98,345 papers found

PURPOSE: To determine the mortality associated with atrial flutter and atrial fibrillation in the general population. SUBJECTS AND METHODS: Using the Marshfield Epidemiologic Study Area, a database that captures nearly all medical care and deaths among its 58,820 residents, we identified patients diagnosed with atrial…

Julia Kydd, Martin Nielsen and Andrew Waller highlight some of the key presentations given at last year's 11th International Equine Infectious Diseases Conference, which was held virtually.

In this critical review the applications of gold catalysed reactions in total synthesis during the years since our last article are reviewed. At the end of this article a literature analysis is conducted to evaluate the progress in this field.

With the 2006 hurricane season near and memories of last year's storms painfully fresh, here are 12 priorities hospitals should set in preparing for natural and other disasters.

The extent to which the vagaries of the history of biology have influenced subsequent developments is often surprising. In particular, the early dichotomies between individual fields of enquiry have sometimes led to the disregard of important biological phenomena. The development of biological oceanography over the las…

BACKGROUND: Niemann-Pick disease type C (NP-C) is a rare neurovisceral lipid storage disorder characterised by progressive, disabling neurological symptoms and premature death in most patients. During the last decade, national cohort studies have accrued a great deal of data on the symptomatology and natural history of…

Survival of patients with metastatic pheochromocytoma that have exceeded 30 years without therapy to reduce tumors have been reported. We reviewed the records of 38 patients with malignant pheochromocytoma who had received 131I-metaiodiobenzylguanidine (131I-MIBG) treatments between 1981 and 1996 to evaluate longevity.…

BACKGROUND: The aim of this study was to investigate whether C7 slope can be used as a substitute for T1 slope in idiopathic scoliosis. METHODS: From January 2014 to October 2019, 101 patients who received posterior spinal internal fixation and fusion in our hospital were retrospectively analyzed. After analyzing the…

The use of shoulder manipulation in the treatment of frozen shoulder remains controversial. Humeral fractures and neurological damage are the risks associated with the procedure. A concern of causing a rotator cuff tear exists but the incidence of iatrogenic rotator cuff tears is not reported. The purpose of this study…

Surgery for hereditary cardiopathies has made much progress over the last 25 years. For left/right ventricular shunts, mortality is 5% and quality of life is satisfactory in 85% at five years. All interventricular communications with major pulmonary hypertension should be operated during the first year of life. When su…

UNLABELLED: It has been suggested that the incidence of childhood empyema have increased during the last years in France without clear explanation. Streptococcus pneumoniae is responsible for the vast majority of bacteriological documented cases. Potential prevention of pleural empyemas by the heptavalent pneumococcal…

CMV disease (CMVD) is a recognized problem of the early post-transplant period (PTP) in renal transplant recipients. Information on CMVD in the late (> or = 2 years) PTP is scarce. We have observed 5 cases of CMVD during late (3-8 years) PTP during the last 15 years. Three of these patients died from CMVD. One of the p…

The authors examined case records and autopsy protocols of 6173 dead children aged 0-15 years made in the regional pediatric dissecting room over the past 15 years. The incidence of congenital malformations (CM) in the dead children was found to range from 22.5 to 29.2%. The central nervous and cardiovascular systems,…

BACKGROUND: This study reports the minimum 10 years results of total hip arthroplasty (THA) performed using a monoblock acetabular component with a large-diameter head ceramic-on-ceramic bearing. METHODS: Of the 276 THAs included in this study, there were eleven deaths and 27 patients lost to follow up (11%) during th…

PURPOSE: The challenges of treating central nervous system (CNS) tumors in young children are many. These include age-specific tumor characteristics, limited treatment options, and susceptibility of the developing CNS to cytotoxic therapy. The aim of this study was to analyze the long-term survival, health-related, and…

OBJECTIVES: To determine pertussis risk by diphtheria-tetanus-acellular pertussis (DTaP) vaccination status and time since last DTaP dose. METHODS: Children born at Kaiser Permanente Northern California between 1999 and 2016 were followed from 3 months of age until they tested positive for pertussis; disenrolled from…

OBJECTIVES: To describe the disease characteristics, continuous course and long-term outcome and to evaluate predictors of outcome in JIA in Greece. METHODS: We performed a retrospective cohort analysis of 17 years' prospective data on JIA. Outcome assessment included radiographic (modified Sharp-van der Heidje score)…

BACKGROUND: We assessed the outcome in patients with Marfan syndrome operated on exclusively with the aortic valve-sparing reimplantation technique for aortic root aneurysms during more than a decade. METHODS: Between July 1993 and April 2005, the aortic valve-sparing reimplantation technique (David I) was used in 325…

BACKGROUND: To report the natural, longitudinal history of shifts in refractive errors in different age groups in a large western European cohort over at least 5 years in the same patients. METHODS: The electronic database of a large regional clinic containing 225,000 patients was searched for records of patients with…