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INTRODUCTION: Superficial vein thrombosis of the lower limbs is a common condition encountered by a wide spectrum of clinical specialties. In contrast to deep vein thrombosis of the lower limbs though, there is significant variability in terms of its treatment with respect to the type and duration of pharmacotherapy, a…

OBJECTIVE: Lumbar micro instability is a diffuse problem mostly in elderly population. Interspinous processes devices (IPDs) have been introduced in the clinical practice for relieving the dynamic compression on the nerve roots due to instability. First-generation IPDs did not achieve bone fusion so their good immediat…

OBJECTIVES: To explore the family experience of home ventilation through a comparison of anticipated home life changes with subsequent experiences. STUDY DESIGN: Guided interviews with parents across three states who chose home ventilation for their child within the last 5 years. PATIENT-SUBJECT SELECTION: Purposive…

INTRODUCTION: Eruption of central incisors occurs at a time when the mixed dentition starts to develop and their impaction is mostly a severe esthetic problem. AIM: Our aim was to assess the frequency of impaction of an upper central incisor and to analyse the factors which affect the successful outcome and the protoc…

OBJECTIVE: To aim the incidence of congenital and acquired heart disease in our institution. MATERIAL AND METHODS: A retrospective, transverse, descriptive and comparative study was conducted, from August 2001 to July 2011, in which we evaluated echocardiograms of patients between the ages of newborn to 18 years of ag…

BACKGROUND: The objective was to compare the use of emergency primary health care services on Christmas Eve and New Year's Eve to a normal Saturday. MATERIAL AND METHOD: The material comprises data obtained from reimbursement claims from all doctors on out-of-hours duty in Norway in the period 2008-18. The number of c…

In the US there were 400,000 home fires resulting in 2755 deaths, 12,450 injuries, and $6.9B lost. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the content-validity of photographs taken in the home for use as an educational instrument to teach about "safe" and "unsafe" fire safety practice for adults and older adults. A t…

Key modifications to in vitro genetic toxicology testing have been made in the last 5 years including the use of optimization approaches such as structure-activity relationships and screening assays to identify and eliminate potentially genotoxic chemicals from further consideration, better guidance on cytotoxicity ass…

OBJECTIVE: To review literature published in the last 5 years on the effects of premature birth on the development and quality of life of preschool- and school-age children. SOURCES: Systematic review of empirical studies published in the last 5 years and indexed on PubMed, MEDLINE, LILACS, SciELO and PsycINFO. Keywor…

In the light of an aging society, effective delivery of healthcare will be more dependent on different technological solutions supporting the decentralization of healthcare, higher patient involvement and increased societal demands. The aim of this article is therefore, to describe the role of health informatics in the…

BACKGROUND: During the last 10 years the number of publications reporting a rise in the incidence of hypernatremia in children who are exclusively breast-fed has increased. OBJECTIVE: To report the results of a series of cases detected in a district hospital in the last 6 years in order to better delineate the clinica…

Necrotizing enterocolitis is an overwhelming gastrointestinal emergency that primarily afflicts premature infants born weighing less than 1500 g. Despite years of investigation, the etiology remains unclear, and accepted prevention and treatment strategies are lacking. Studies published over the last year have provided…

OBJECTIVE: To assess the practical usefulness of single-cell microelectrode recording (MER) when performing posteroventral pallidotomy. METHODS: A retrospective comparison of the initial, magnetic resonance imaging-derived coordinates of the pallidotomy target to the final, MER-refined lesion coordinates in 132 consec…

We reviewed the records of 135 patients with tricuspid atresia and 120 patients with double-inlet ventricle who underwent modified Fontan procedure from 1973 to June 1985. This represents 67% of the total number of patients undergoing the procedure during this period. There were 32 (12%) in-hospital deaths (14 tricuspi…

This article documents the developments in surgery for the rheumatoid hand that have been made during the last 40 years and reviews the pertinent literature.

Seven observations of papulo-vesicular acrolocated syndromes in males between 6 months and three years age. Clinical, histological and nosological aspects are commented in according to Gianotti's words and last reports about this disease.

This is a report of prospective study of eight patients with testicular tumours seen at the Urology Unit of the Lagos University Teaching Hospital over a five-year period (1979-1983). The mean age was 32.7 years. Four patients (50%) had germ cell tumours including embryonal carcinoma 25%, seminoma 12.5% and malignant t…

Infection with Mycobacterium avium ssp. paratuberculosis (MAP) in dairy cattle often results in reduced milk production and premature culling. Some test-positive animals can live for years without being affected by infection, whereas others are test negative when they die from the infection. Our objective was to descri…

BACKGROUND: Internal migration, a consequence of the demographic transition towards urbanization driven by globalization, represents a particular public health challenge. Change in residence from one sociocultural geographic context to another, with not only economic implications, but also changes in women's long-estab…