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The incidence of carcinoma corporis uteri and myoma uteri in the last 25 years was studied. The number of carcinoma of the uterine body is increasing in relation to other gynaecological cancers. Most cases occurred in the 6th and 7th decade of life. Small uterine cavities (up to 7.5 cm) and uterine weight of less than…

AIMS: To evaluate the contribution of changing procedures in microbiology laboratories over the previous 5 years to the increase in campylobacteriosis notifications. To assess whether regional differences in notification rates are due to variations in laboratory procedures. METHODS: A questionnaire was sent to 69 New…

Haemophilus influenzae is an infrequent etiologic agent of bacterial meningitis in adult patients. In the last 12 years, it was the cause in 12 out of 238 cases (5.0%) of acute bacterial meningitis in adults. There were 5 men and 7 women with a mean age (SD) of 45.4 (16) years (range: 18-68 years). Seven patients (60%)…

Abdominal packing and planned reoperation is a lifesaving technique for temporary control of haemorrhage in severely injured patients. Morbidity and mortality, however, remain significant. The purpose of this study is to evaluate all surgical technique and our results during 31 years of trauma surgery. In the last 12 y…

To compare the career profiles of thoroughbred racehorses in Germany in different decades all horses which raced for the last time in the years 1966/67, 1976/77 and 1986/87 were selected from the annual report of the German Thoroughbred Racing Association. The number of racing horses increased within decades while the…

PURPOSE: Near the end of life, drugs to ensure comfort and improve quality of life should be prioritized, and unnecessary drugs should be avoided. The aim was to assess the evolution and quality of drug therapy throughout the last 3 months of life of older adults in need of palliative care. METHODS: A single-cent…

To investigate the relapse rate in patients with bronchial asthma remission, a questionnaire study was performed. The answer sheets from 450 of 865 patients who first visited Saitama Medical School Hospital before the age of 16 were obtained. 281 patients had been in asthma remission more than one year after the last t…

In the developing countries, where socioeconomic and hygienic conditions are inadequate, hepatitis A is mainly a childhood infection. Improvements in environmental conditions cause a decline in the exposure to hepatitis A virus and a change in the age-distribution of the incidence. In the Sardinian population 3-11 year…

BACKGROUND: In developed countries, the prevalence of asthma in children has significantly increased in the last decades. However, there is no information about the trends of asthma in Latin America. AIM: To determine changes in asthma prevalence between 1994 and 2002 in Chilean schoolchildren. MATERIAL AND METHODS:…

OBJECTIVE: To investigate the clinical effects of spinal canal decompression and pedicle screw reduction and fixation, and intervertebral bone grafting fusion for the treatment of lumbar spondylolisthesis associated with nerve compression symptoms. METHODS: Postlaminectomy vertebral lamina reconstruction and pedicle s…

Out of 5410 blood samples 715 samples were found positive for Salmonella typhi. Enteric fever was prevalent for last three years in Rourkela. In last two years, a number of multidrug resistant strains of Salmonella typhi was isolated which constituted almost 16.1% of the total isolates. In this study, chloramphenicol s…

OBJECTIVES: The study goal was to evaluate the efficacy of CO₂ laser surgery in the treatment of laryngeal papillomatosis. We analysed several parameters such as gender, average age, relapse rate and viral serotype. MATERIAL AND METHODS: A total of 26 diagnosed patients were included in this retrospective descr…

The public image of dentists and dental visits were surveyed in 1980 by interviewing a national sample of 648 Finns 15-50 years. 67 persons who reported having last visited a dentist more than 5 years ago were excluded from this report. 55% of the interviewees had visited the same dentists earlier, 69% of these had bee…

In the last 22 years 520 twin pregnancies were seen at the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Ulm. The material was analyzed retrospectively according to the 4 time periods 1965-1974, 1975-1980, 1981-1983, and 1984-1987. An equal-size group of singleton pregnancies was used as control. 1. By the 20t…

Based on a 20 years experience in the application of the pulmonary radiological control relying on radiophotography, the authors reached the following conclusions: -- 40% of subjects considered as suspect following radiophotography were confirmed to have pathological thoracic changes of which 8.5% with acitve pulmonary…

In 65 cases of benign epilepsy of childhood with controtemporal EEG, 15 were followed-up for 5-7 years, 27 were 8-9 years and 23 were 10-14 years. Last seizure happened 4-14 years ago. Their present age ranged from 14 to 23 years. The disease was not related to sex but negatively correlated to age when first seizure oc…

Out of a total of 126 patients with acute lymphoblastic leukemia, including 69 children aged less than 15 years, and 57 adults aged less than 60 years, who were treated with daunomycin (D.N.R.) initially and with several courses of reinduction, we noted 4 cases of decompensated heart failure (3.1%). 3 cases occurred in…

OBJECTIVE: To estimate the prevalence of asthma and respiratory symptoms in an urban population. MATERIAL: Eight hundred men and women aged 20-44 years, living in the capital Reykjavik and suburbs. METHODS: Participants answered a questionnaire, underwent skin prick testing for atopy, spirometry and a test for bronch…

The authors are reporting their surgical experience of the early gastric carcinoma (EGC). In the last twenty-one years, 48 patients with 54 EGC were operated on: 30 men and 18 women. The proportion of early gastric carcinoma (EGC) among treated gastric carcinoma which was 8% during the first period has risen to 12.5% d…