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The number of suicides by children and juveniles has remained similar or even slightly reduced in the last 5 years. This correlates with the constancy or slight reduction in the number of the under-20-years population over this period. Comparison with deaths due to suicide in Prussia (1894-1897) indicates that suicide…

OBJECTIVE: To analyze the pattern of speaker activity related to both flexible ureteroscopy (fURS) and percutaneous nephrolithotomy (PCNL) during plenary sessions at the main (endo)urological international meetings over the last 10 years. METHODS: We reviewed the meeting programs of the main endourological intern…

AIM: To assess stress level and coping strategies in chronic insomnia as its potential psychological factors. MATERIAL AND METHODS: The study group included 29 patients (19 women), aged 18-55 years old (mean age 33.1±2.1 years), with chronic insomnia diagnosed in accordance with the International Classification o…

BACKGROUND: Estimates of the interval from HIV-1 infection to disease progression may be affected by selection bias, and data concerning asymptomatic early seroconverters are limited. We examined the interval until disease progression in HIV-1 seroconverters in whom the timing of infection could be estimated within 1&#…

A 51-year-old renal transplant patient, whose spleen had been removed 11 years ago, was admitted to hospital for elective surgery, which was cancelled as she developed spiking fever and nonproductive cough and her general condition deteriorated. After 2 weeks, leishmaniasis was unexpectedly diagnosed from a bronchoalve…

A great number of congenital heart diseases are now amenable to treatment before school age. A homogeneous experience of 158 cases operated upon made it possible to make the follow remarks:--The operative mortality before the age of 1 year remains high, in view of the difficulties of ressuscitation, but mainly because…

BACKGROUND: Substance use and traumatic experiences have been identified as risk factors for suicidal ideation and behavior in community samples. The aim of this study was to explore these associations in a clinical sample of adolescents with substance use disorder (SUD). METHODS: The sample included N =&#x2009…

BACKGROUND: Though anthracyclines are the commonly used chemotherapeutics for cancer treatment, close monitoring of patients is required due to its well reported cardiotoxicity. The present study evaluates the role of biomarkers [N-terminal pro-B-type natriuretic peptide (NT-proBNP) and high sensitivity cardiac troponi…

OBJECTIVE: Psychotropic medicines use alters according to socio-economic factors and perceived stress. The study aimed to assess the prevalence of use of psychotropic medicines and supplements (PMS) without medical advice, including storage at home, and its relationship with socio-demographic characteristics and percei…

BACKGROUND: The purpose of this study is to analyze renal function outcomes in abdominal neuroblastoma patients undergoing proton therapy (PT). PROCEDURE: From 2011 to 2019, two single-institution Institutional Review Board-approved protocols prospectively enrolled neuroblastoma patients for data collection. To assess…

Enteroendocrine cells were historically classified by a letter code, each linked to a single hormone, deduced to be the only hormone produced by the cell. One type, the L cell, was recognised to store and secrete two products, peptide YY (PYY) and glucagon-related peptides. Many other exceptions to the one-cell one-hor…

PURPOSE: Several accelerated partial breast radiation (APBR) techniques have been investigated in patients with early-stage breast cancer (BC); however, the optimal treatment delivery techniques remain unclear. We evaluated the feasibility and toxicity of APBR delivered using intensity-modulated radiation therapy (IMRT…

Invasive fungal disease (IFD) has high mortality rate, especially in the growing population of immunocompromised patients. In spite of introduction of novel diagnostic approaches, the intravital recognition of IFD is challenging. Autopsy studies remain a key tool for assessment of epidemiology of visceral mycoses. We a…

OBJECTIVES: Severe throat pain can result from tonsillectomy and last up to 10 days in children. Codeine has recently been banned by the FDA in light of a recently recognized risk of death in these patients. Acupuncture has previously been associated with decreased pain in children after tonsillectomy. However, about 1…

BACKGROUND: Permanent pacemakers (PPMs) are capable of recording tachyarrhythmic events including nonsustained ventricular tachycardia (NSVT), though the clinical significance of NSVT on routine PPM evaluation is unknown. Our goals: assess the prevalence of NSVT on routine PPM follow-up and survival of PPM patients wit…

BACKGROUND/AIM: In the last years a major emphasis is laid on the Allogeneic Transplantation of Blood Stem Cells from the Umbilical Cord Blood with a simultaneous development of Umbilical Cord Blood bank. The attitude and knowledge of Health Professionals is vital to the success of this attempt as it affects significan…

OBJECTIVE: In CSWS (continuous spike waves during sleep) activation of spike waves during slow wave sleep has been causally linked to neuropsychological deficits, but the pathophysiologic mechanisms are still unknown. In healthy subjects, the overnight decrease of the slope of slow waves in NREM (non-rapid eye movement…

BACKGROUND: In 2009, an estimated 3590 new heterosexually acquired HIV infections occurred in males in the United States. Three randomized controlled trials demonstrated that male circumcision decreased a man's risk for HIV acquisition through heterosexual sex. We describe circumcision prevalence in US males and determ…

The psychoflexed hand is a rare clinical condition characterized by fixed finger contractures undetermined by organic etiology, often associated with a psychiatric pathology. We report a series of 20 patients (nine males and 11 females, mean aged 56.2 years). We have introduced a new classification of the various possi…

OBJECT: Contralateral C-7 nerve transfer was developed for the treatment of patients with brachial plexus avulsion injury (BPAI). In the surgical procedure the affected recipient nerve is connected to the ipsilateral motor cortex, and the dramatic peripheral alteration may trigger extensive cortical reorganization. How…