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OBJECTIVE: To compare psychological difficulties experienced during the initial acute hospitalization and the last follow up visit for children with electrical injuries (EI) and children without electrical injuries (non-EI). We hypothesized that children with electrical burns would have different psychological outcomes…

PURPOSE: It is a concern that elderly donors may have increased risks in the perioperative period due to age related changes in various organ systems. Nephrosclerosis, atherosclerosis and low glomerular filtration rate may portend a poor graft outcome. We performed a study to determine function and outcome of kidneys f…

AIM: The best treatment of non-palpable testes is currently argument of debate. The aim of present study was to describe authors' experience in surgical treatment with inguinal standard orchidopexy of non-palpable testes. METHODS: In the last 17 years we have treated 2002 cryptorchid testes, among these 327 (16.33%) w…

This study examines whether riskier sexual behavior or duration of sexual experience explains why women who become sexually active earlier in life have a higher prevalence of sexually transmitted disease (STD). Responses to a self-administered questionnaire on risk behavior from 4,342 single women attending Planned Par…

INTRODUCTION: HIV/AIDS is a major global public health concern. In Pernambuco state, Brazil, the number of people living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA) is among the highest in the country. Herein, a cross-sectional retrospective observational study was carried out with 811 PLWHA followed up at the Clinical Hospital, Pernambuco,…

PURPOSE: The purpose of this study was to report the long-term outcomes of Descemet membrane endothelial keratoplasty (DMEK) with goniosynechialysis in eyes with iridocorneal endothelial syndrome with an emphasis on the surgical technique. METHODS: This was a retrospective series of 5 eyes of 5 patients undergoing a D…

The implementation of tailor-made dosage forms is currently one of the biggest challenges in the health sector. Over the last years, different approaches have been introduced to provide an individual and precise dispensing of the appropriate dose of an active pharmaceutical ingredient (API). A more recent approach, whi…

OBJECTIVE: To assess therapeutic inertia (TI) in the management of type 2 diabetic patients (DM2), as regards glycemic and lipid control. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Two groups of patients were studied. Group 1: All the patients were older than 14 years, diagnosed with DM2 up to 28th February 2013, and their last determina…

In the last 50 years, 5-fluorouracil-based therapy has been the mainstay of adjuvant and palliative treatment for colorectal cancer but response rates and median survival have been dismal despite the introduction of thymidylate synthase modulators such as leucovorin. Recently, new therapeutic approaches have been intro…

UNLABELLED: BASICS: Mortality caused by asthma has increased in most occidental countries, but its evolution has been unknown for Spain during the last few years. METHOD: Variations of mortality caused by asthma of the age groups from 5 to 44 (age in which it is considered an avoidable cause) and from 5 to 34 years of…

The National Lung Cancer Screening Trial (NLST) found a reduction in lung cancer mortality in high-risk patients aged 55 to 74 who were screened with low-dose computed tomography (LDCT) rather than chest x-ray. This reduction was 20% after 6.5 years and 16% after 7.5 years, with a 6.7% reduction in all-cause mortality…

Post-transplant lymphoproliferative disorders (PTLD) are among the most serious complications after solid organ transplantation (SOT). Monomorphic diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL) is the most common subtype of PTLD. Historically, outcomes of PTLD have been poor with high mortality rates and allograft loss, althoug…

PURPOSE OF THE STUDY: Ligamentoplasty for tears of the anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) is generally thought to be unreliable after the age of 40 years. The purpose of this retrospective analysis was to assess the five-year outcome after ACL plasty in patients aged over 40 at the time of surgery. MATERIAL AND METHODS:…

To compare the characteristics of MSM with different types of primary sexual partners and to analyze the factors associated with MSM not being tested for HIV in the last six months.MSM were recruited in nine cities of Shandong Province from April to July 2021, and face-to-face questionnaires were conducted to collect i…

Current treatment guidelines for HIV infection recommend a relatively late initiation of highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART). Nevertheless, there is still a concern that immune recovery may not be as complete once CD4+ T cells have decreased below a certain threshold. This study addressed the long-term respons…

Over the last 10 years, the discipline of health intelligence has come into being. This combines analysis, informatics, public health methodology, skills and interpretation. We have come a long way but there remains a long way to go. In particular, a number of challenges for the next 10 years are articulated, namely: t…

BACKGROUND CONTEXT: We previously reported the preliminary results of minimally invasive anterior lumbar interbody fusion (mini-ALIF) with percutaneous pedicle screw fixation (PPF) in 2004. PURPOSE: To investigate the long-term results of mini-ALIF followed by PPF for the treatment of back and leg pain in adult isthmi…

INTRODUCTION: Bronchiectasis is a chronic suppurative disease characterized by abnormal bronchial dilatation. The nature of bronchiectasis may have negative impact on psychological status, however it is poorly studied in relation to clinical indices, particularly the severity of disease. Primary aim of this study is to…

OBJECTIVES: To investigate the difference between hospital-acquired acute renal failure (HA-ARF) and community-acquired acute renal failure (CA-ARF) in hospitalized Chinese. METHODS: The diagnosis of ARF in Peking University Third Hospital from January 1994 to December 2003 was reconfirmed and subdivided into AC-ARF a…

BACKGROUND: Clinical trials show benefit from lowering systolic blood pressure (SBP) in people ≥80 years of age, but nonrandomized epidemiological studies suggest lower SBP may be associated with higher mortality. This study aimed to evaluate associations of SBP with all-cause mortality by frailty category >80 y…