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In Greece, despite efforts toward early diagnosis of congenital dislocation of the hip (CDH) during the last 20 years, treatment of 75% of infants so diagnosed has not been begun until they are 2 to 9 months of age, with an average treatment onset age of 4.6 months. Five hundred eighty-seven infants (947 hips) two to n…

262 cases of coral nephrolithiasis (CN) treated for the last 5 years (mean age 51.6 years) have been analysed. Of them, 46 (17.9%) patients have undergone 2 to 4 operations, 14 (5.4%) patients had bilateral nephrolithiasis. Open surgical interventions (section nephrolithotomy, pyelonephrolithotomy) were performed in 31…

Brazil's public healthcare system (SUS) offers specialized oral health services to Brazilians, but the productivity of specialists, such as Pediatric Dentists, has not been characterized. Therefore, the objective of this study was to characterize the outpatient dental procedures (ODPs) carried out by Pediatric Dentists…

BACKGROUND: The aim of this study is to report the radiological glenoid modifications and clinical outcomes at 3 years mean follow-up of hemi shoulder arthroplasty (HA) with pyrocarbon (PYC) humeral head. Our hypothesis was that the PYC implants would provide good outcomes without major glenoid erosion. Additionally, w…

The clinical and pathologic features of 26 examples of a histopathologically distinct form of metaplastic carcinoma of the breast are reported. All neoplasms had overt carcinoma with direct transition to a cartilaginous and/or osseous stromal matrix without an intervening spindle cell zone or osteoclastic giant cells.…

PURPOSE: Although HIV surveillance contains information on HIV outcomes among transgender persons with HIV (TPWH), it does not include other important data, for example, gender-affirming health care, which may influence viral suppression (VS). We describe TPWH accessing Medicaid and the association of gender-affirming…

PURPOSE: The aim of this study was to determine clinical and radiographic outcomes for Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (DMD) patients who underwent posterior spinal fusion from T2/3 to L5 (without pelvic fixation), at this single centre. METHODS: From January 2012 to January 2020, 29 consecutive DMD scoliosis patients und…

Infectious complications are common following kidney transplantation and rank in the top five causes of death in patients with allograft function. Over the last 5 years, there has been emerging evidence that changes in the gastrointestinal microbiota following kidney transplantation may play a key role in the pa…

The possibility that hypokalaemia might increase the mortality of treated hypertensives in the Glasgow Blood Pressure Clinic has been examined by comparison of serum potassium in decedents and survivors and by calculation of age-adjusted mortality rates for patients grouped in quartiles of serum potassium measured at t…

BACKGROUND: The aim of this study was review the epidemiology of the bacterial meningitis in our area. MATERIAL AND METHODS: A retrospective study was carried out of all the cases of bacterial meningitis in children with ages between two months and fourteen years, admitted in our hospital between 1986 and 1997. The fo…

A domestic case of rabies has not been reported in Japan since 1957. The last case of rabies reported in Japan was an imported case from Nepal in 1970. We recently experienced a new case imported from the Philippines, the first case in Japan in 36 years. Although Japanese people are about to forget the dangers of rabie…

The incidence was studied of broncho-pulmonary carcinoma, as well as of other epidemiological indicators in the 5th district of Bucharest over a period of 14 years (1960-1973) during which a total of 525 cases have occured. The incidence in this territory tends to become real from 1967 when the curve overtook the death…

BACKGROUND: Citalopram is a selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI) mainly prescribed to treat major depression. OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to compare the pharmacokinetic characteristics of a new and a branded citalopram 20 mg formulation to support the marketing authorization of the test formulation i…

OBJECTIVES: To systematically review the current evidence on Helicobacter pylori-negative chronic gastritis including natural history, available therapies and outcomes. METHODS: Articles providing data on the prevalence, treatment or outcomes of Helicobacter pylori-negative gastritis were identified through a systemat…

Sixty multibacillary leprosy patients with an average initial bacteriological index (BI) of 2.5 were followed up after they had completed the WHO--recommended multidrug therapy regularly till attaining bacteriological negativity. The minimum duration of treatment was two years as stipulated by WHO and the maximum durat…

IMPORTANCE: Vitamin D treatment has been found to decrease the incidence of viral respiratory tract infection, especially in patients with vitamin D deficiency. Whether vitamin D is associated with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) incidence is unknown. OBJECTIVE: To examine whether the last vitamin D status before…

OBJECTIVE: To determine long-term outcomes of patients with ranibizumab-treated retinal vein occlusion (RVO). DESIGN: Prospective follow-up of a subset of patients from 2 phase 3 trials. PARTICIPANTS: Thirty-four patients with branch RVO (BRVO) and 32 with central RVO (CRVO) who completed the Genentech-sponsored rani…

STUDY OBJECTIVE: The change in reimbursement rates for emergency physician services has yet to be quantified. We attempted to fill this knowledge gap by evaluating the monetary trends in Medicare reimbursement rates over the last 20 years for the most common emergency medicine services. METHODS: We obtained commonly u…

PURPOSE: To find the optimal duration of the long-term video-EEG (LTM) and assess diagnostics utility of LTM in patients with epilepsy and other paroxysmal events in terms of future diagnosis and management. METHODS: Retrospective analysis of 282 LTMs performed in the last 5 years in our Epilepsy Monitoring Unit (EMU)…

INTRODUCTION: Juvenile dermatomyositis (JDM) is a rare multisystem disorder of childhood primarily involving the skeletal muscles and skin. PATIENTS AND METHODS: The case records of patients with JDM seen at our centre in the last 10 years were reviewed and data on clinical presentation, management, outcome and compli…