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In this study, surface sediments along the Zayandehrud River (14 samples), and two dated core sediments (46 samples) from small artificial urban lakes at the middle section of the Zayandehrud River in the Gavkhooni basin in the central arid regions of Iran were analyzed for residual levels of 20 organochlorine pesticid…

BACKGROUND: COPD exacerbations accelerate disease progression. AIMS: To examine if COPD characteristics and systemic inflammatory markers predict the risk for acute COPD exacerbation (AECOPD) frequency and duration. METHODS: 403 COPD patients, GOLD stage II-IV, aged 44-76 years were included in the Bergen COPD Cohort…

INTRODUCTION: The opioid maintenance treatments (OMT) are widely misused and diverted in many countries. Doctor shopping represented the main way to obtain high quantities of opioids in abuse/diversion. The aim of this study was to assess the trends in the prevalence of doctor shopping for high dosage buprenorphine (HD…

OBJECTIVE: To compare the clinical effects of interlocking intramedullary nail and micro-invasive internal fixation with plate for the treatment of multiple segmental tibiofibular fractures. METHODS: The clinical data of 39 patients with multiple segmental tibiofibular fractures received treatment from January 2010 to…

OBJECTIVE: Long term survival after endovascular aortic repair (EVAR) vs. open surgical repair (OSR) remains debated. However, EVAR is increasingly used across all ages. This study aimed to compare trends in elective abdominal aortic aneurysm (eAAA) repairs over the last decade and the long term survival by age and sur…

The data was obtained retrospectively from clinical records concerning 399 HIV infected patients. The HIV infected individuals predominated in the age group ranging from 20 to 40 years (73.4%) and 75% were male. The was no difference in the ratio of male and female patients regarding asymptomatic HIV infection or AIDS.…

On the occasion of 50th anniversary of foundation of the Medical Academy of Białystok, a brief history and the present state of the School are described. The main achievements over the last 50 years are presented.

INTRODUCTION: In 1967 Donald Ross introduced the subcoronary Ross procedure consisting of transplantation of the autologous pulmonary valve into aortic position. We describe our 15-year experience in Ross procedures. METHODS: 576 subcoronary operations have been performed (436 male and 140 female patients); the mean a…

OBJECTIVES: Epileptic encephalopathy with continuous spike-and-wave during sleep (CSWS) or the newly named Epileptic encephalopathy with spike-and-wave activation in sleep (EE-SWAS) is a syndrome in which epileptiform abnormalities are associated with the progressive impairment of cognitive functions. This study aimed…

OBJECTIVE: To investigate the clinical characteristics, causative organisms, treatment procedures and prognosis of glaucoma bleb-associated endophthalmitis. METHODS: It was a retrospective case series study. All cases were patients with glaucoma bleb-associated endophthalmitis treated at Shandong Eye Institute, Qingda…

To compare the postoperative efficacy of simple double-row suture bridge technique and double-row suture bridge technique combined with type Ⅱ "Chinese way" in treating huge massive rotator cuff injury.The clinical data of 74 patients with unilateral massive rotator cuff injury admitted to Department of Orthoped…

A newly recognized type of cerebral astrocytoma has been described in the last 5 years among patients under the age of 30. The designation of pleomorphic xanthoastrocytoma has been suggested for this neoplasm on the basis of its unique histological features. These include abundant lipid droplets in the astrocytic cytop…

CD4+ T-cell level is one of the important criteria for categorising HIV-related clinical conditions to determine initiation of antiretroviral therapy (ART). The present study is undertaken to analyse baseline CD4 count at which persons living with HIV/AIDS (PLHA) were getting registered for ART in India. It also examin…

Iminoguanidines, first reported in 1898, have received renewed attention in the last 5 years due to their ability to recognize and separate anions from competitive aqueous environments. Iminoguanidines display high recognition abilities towards hydrophilic oxyanions (e.g., sulfate, chromate, carbonate) through strong a…

This short paper describes strategies and tactics that have been used for introducing Health Informatics projects in Scotland, UK during the last almost 40 years. This is a country of only 5 million population. It has a scattered geography with isolated islands and moorland and hilly areas along with a populous former…

We made examinations (physical, clinical and laboratory) of 301 senior children and adolescents with varicocele admitted to Research Institute of Urology for the last 5 years. Spermatogenesis was assessed by WHO criteria for healthy men. 78% of the patients were operated by Ivanissevich, 22% received sclerotherapy. Spe…

This is the case of a young woman, 16-year-old, calling to our Department because of the appearance, in the floor of the mouth, of a mass progressively growing until about 5 cm diameter. Through fine needle biopsy was diagnosed of epidermoid cyst. Despite its size and infrahyoid site was removed successfully. Perusal r…

Embryologists have dreamed of their own particular philosophers stone for 100 years. During that time they have repeatedly demonstrated the likely existence of signalling molecules or morphogens that control the pattern of development in the embryo. Now at last seems possible that some of these morphogens may have been…

During the last 5 years, over 1,500 minor lacerations in children were treated in the emergency room of Nahariya Regional Hospital, by the adhesive "Hystoacryl Blue," with gratifying results. The method, its advantages, and special precautions are described.