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Growth chart committee of Indian Academy of Pediatrics (IAP) has revised growth charts for 5-18-year-old Indian children in Jan 2015. The last IAP growth charts (2007) were based on data collected in 1989-92 which is now >2 decades old. India is in an economic and nutrition transition and hence growth pattern of Indian…

OBJECTIVE: Suicidal ideation and suicide attempt are generally considered as non-fatal suicidal behaviors (NFSB) by most researchers. Across different cultures, the prevalence of NFSB has been found to be alarmingly high among adolescents. As there is no published study estimating prevalence rates in India, we conducte…

STUDY OBJECTIVE: We describe the operators, techniques, success, and adverse event rates of adult emergency department (ED) intubation through multicenter prospective surveillance. METHODS: Eighteen EDs in the United States, Canada, and Australia recorded intubation data onto a Web-based data collection tool, with a g…

UNLABELLED: Having updated data on the prevalence of suicidal ideation and its associated factors is essential to guide preventive strategies. AIM: to examine the prevalence and relationship between sociodemographic factors, health indicators, and substance use with suicidal ideation in a community sample of adults in…

PURPOSE: The burden of abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAA) has changed in the last 20 years but is still considered to be a major cause of cardiovascular mortality. The introduction of endovascular aortic repair (EVAR) and improved peri-operative care has resulted in a steady improvement in both outcomes and long-term sur…

Middle childhood and early adolescence have received disproportionately low levels of scientific attention relative to other life stages, especially as related to nutrition and health. This is partly due to the justified emphasis on the first 1000 days of life, and the idea that early deficits and consequences m…

INTRODUCTION: Over the last few years, lung cancer screening by low-dose CT scan has demonstrated a decrease in lung cancer mortality. While this method has been in use since 2013 in the United States of America, no European country has yet implemented a systematic screening program. We hereby report the results from t…

INTRODUCTION: Multiple gestational and early life factors have been described as the variables that increase the risk for each phenotype of infantile wheezing. Our objective was to study the evolution of wheezing in a cohort of children followed up to 9-10 years of age and its relationship with different perinatal risk…

PURPOSE: To compare long-term clinical and radiographic results and survival rates between hybrid and cemented total knee arthroplasties (TKAs) performed on paired knees. METHODS: Seventy-two patients with hybrid and cemented TKAs performed on paired knees with NexGen® cruciate-retaining prostheses were retrospec…

IMO's Anti-Fouling Systems convention banned the use of organotin-based antifouling systems in 2008 as the ultimate effort to stop tributyltin (TBT) inputs into the marine environment. One of the hazardous effects of TBT is imposex (the superimposition of male sexual characters onto gastropod females), a phenomenon tha…

PURPOSE: To report a decade long experience with powered endoscopic dacryocystorhinostomy (DCR). METHODS: A retrospective review of all consecutive patients undergoing powered endoscopic DCR was performed at this institution over a period of 11 years from 2002 to 2013. All patients completed a minimum of 3 months foll…

AIM: There is no consensus regarding the ideal treatment of type A thoraco-lumbar fractures. Many surgical techniques have been described but none has demonstrated its superiority over others. Recently, minimally invasive techniques have been widely used as they reduce the immediate morbidity related to the procedure.…

INTRODUCTION: In current era of widespread use of percutaneous coronary interventions (PCI), it is debatable whether coronary artery by-pass graft (CABG) patients are at higher risk. OBJECTIVE: The aim of the study was to evaluate trends in risk profile of isolated CABG patients. METHODS: By analysing the EuroSCORE a…

BACKGROUND: Posterior decompression, instrumentation, and posterolateral fusion are surgical procedures for the treatment of degenerative lumbar diseases. Solid fusion usually causes adjacent problems. This study investigated the clinical outcome and radiographic fate of the L5-S1 segment in patients who underwent post…

AIMS/HYPOTHESIS: Increasing diabetes prevalence has been reported in most European countries in the last 20 years. In this study we report on the development of prevalence and incidence of diabetes from 1972 to 2001 in Laxå, a rural community in central Sweden. MATERIALS AND METHODS: A diabetes register was estab…

BACKGROUND: Death is increasingly postponed to older ages which has implications for future care planning as health and social care expenditure peaks during the end-of-life. Hence, a detailed understanding of the care services involved is needed. This study aims to identify patterns of health-and-social care expenditur…

: Femoral neck and proximal femur fractures in the elderly can result from low-energy trauma due to osteoporotic changes and contribute significantly to increased morbidity and mortality. Despite various treatment options, closed reduction and internal fixation (CRIF) with intramedullary nails has become the predominan…

BACKGROUND: Delayed or inappropriate treatment for sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) increases the risk of HIV acquisition and may cause other harmful outcomes. However, studies on STD treatment-seeking behaviour and correlated factors in men who have sex with men (MSM) are scarce. This information is crucial for th…

PURPOSE: Congenital pseudoarthrosis of the tibia (CPT) is a rare disease in children, and its treatment remains a challenge for orthopedic surgeons. The purpose of this study was to evaluate treatment outcomes of patients with CPT treated by using the Ilizarov method combined with intramedullary fixation. METHOD: Eigh…

INTRODUCTION: Scoliosis could develop at the childhood age and progress beyond skeletal maturity. An early spinal fusion arrests growth of the spine and thorax, risking the development of secondary thoracic insufficiency syndrome. Vertical expandable prosthetic titanium rib (VEPTR) is a fusionless technique aiming to c…