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The study's aim was to analyse whether children's bone status, assessed by calcaneal ultrasound measurements, is influenced by dairy consumption and objectively measured physical activity (PA). Moreover, the interaction between dairy consumption and PA on bone mass was studied. Participants of this cross-sectional stud…

Antithyroid drugs (ATDs) remain the first-line therapy in patients with Graves' disease (GD), despite a high relapse rate. The purpose of this study was to identify the predictors of remission in patients with GD treated with ATDs-retrospective study at an endocrine referral service in Northern Greece. Two-hundred and…

OBJECTIVE: To develope a robot (BioXbot) that performs mapping transperineal prostate biopsy (PB) with two perineal skin punctures under ultrasound guidance. Our pilot study's clinical endpoints were complications and its technical endpoints were the duration for each phase. METHODS: This institution review board-appr…

AIMS: To examine undergraduate nursing students' attitudes towards organ donation and to determine whether or not attitudes were related to the students' education and training. BACKGROUND: Nurses' knowledge and personal opinion can influence patient's willingness to donate organs or to hold an organ donor card. It is…

Using the Primary Socialization Theory (PST), we examined substance use and sexual risk-taking behaviors between Black (N = 1,464) and White (N = 3,946) adolescents in the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health, Wave 1, public use (Add Health). Self-reported substance use and sexual risk-taking behaviors, PST…

Nurses are active participants in caring for people with wounds and use their systematic knowledge to plan care. However, to apply adequate treatment, nurses need efficient tools to assess their patients' conditions. The purpose of this study was to characterize the tissue integrity and perfusion of the lower limbs of…

INTRODUCTION AND OBJECTIVES: Permanent His-bundle pacing is effective in patients with supra-Hisian atrioventricular block. We report our experience in patients with infra-Hisian atrioventricular block. METHODS: The study involved selected patients referred for syncope and intraventricular conduction disturbance, infr…

BACKGROUND: Published epidemiological information relating the effects of occupational exposure to organic solvents (OS) to olfaction is limited. AIMS: The objectives of this pilot study were to measure the chemosensory abilities of medical laboratory employees occupationally exposed to OS mixtures, to compare these w…

The use of beta-blockers for the treatment of heart failure in the United States is inadequate, despite available data and current guidelines that support their use. The Initiation Management Predischarge: Process for Assessment of Carvedilol Therapy for Heart Failure (IMPACT-HF) study was designed to determine whether…

The purpose of this study was to explore the clinical impact of child sex abuse on bulimic patients. Specifically, differences in treatment response and preliminary treatment outcome between hospitalized bulimic patients with and without a reported history of sexual abuse were examined. The patients were evaluated for…

OBJECTIVE: To describe, quantify and analyse the phenomenon of a change of doctor. DESIGN: An observational, descriptive and retrospective study. SETTING: The Torrero-Este Health Centre in the urban periphery of Zaragoza, attending a population of 20,433 people. PATIENTS: 268 people of both sexes, between 16 and 87…

BACKGROUND: Mechanisms by which delayed allograft function reduces renal allograft survival are poorly understood. This study evaluated the relationship of delayed allograft function to acute rejection and long-term survival of cadaveric allografts. METHODS: 338 recipients of cadaveric allografts were followed until d…

We assessed the relationship between dietary restraint and menstrual cycle characteristics in 27 ovulatory women, previous participants in a longitudinal study of spinal cancellous bone mineral density (BMD). Subjects completed the restraint scale of the Three Factor Eating Questionnaire, recorded basal temperature and…

Screening of 6,144 patients in a general practice clinic to assist physician case-finding uncovered 983 (16%) who were uncontrolled hypertensives. Following physician recommendation, 115 patients volunteered for a controlled trial to test the effectiveness of supplementary strategies to the pharmaceutical management of…

KNOWLEDGE SUMMARY UPDATE: This paper is an update to 'Can I Hang? Ideal Time to Replace Isotonic Crystalloid Intravenous Fluids and Sets to Prevent Fluid Contamination and Blood Stream Infection: a Knowledge Summary' by Fausak et al. (2016).Please click the link to view the original paper: https://doi.org/10.18849/ve.v…

The semantic relatedness effect, a memory advantage of semantically related items (e.g., "penguin, giraffe, goat"), is well established in the literature on working memory (WM). Nevertheless, it remains unclear what mechanisms are responsible for this effect. Although an influential account ascribes it to the cue-depen…

BACKGROUND: Numerous studies have demonstrated autonomic abnormalities in various pain conditions. However, few have investigated heart rate variability (HRV) in young women with primary dysmenorrhea, and the conclusions have been inconsistent. More evidence is required to confirm the reported trend for consistent fluc…

BACKGROUND: Previous imaging studies have suggested links between brain pathologies and factors that are associated with falls such as gait, balance and daily function. Possible neuropathological correlates of older people's falls have been suggested based on brain imaging studies, but to date none have been examined i…

The EURRECA Network of Excellence is working towards the development of aligned micronutrient recommendations across Europe. The purpose of the present study was to define how to identify dietary intake validation studies in adults pertaining to vitamins. After establishing a search strategy, we conducted a MEDLINE and…

BACKGROUND AND AIMS: Evaluating the impact of coronary revascularization on patients' health related quality of life with a patient-based and disease-specific tool is important for drawing conclusions about treatment and outcomes. This study reports on the translation, adaptation and psychometric evaluation of a Greek…