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OBJECTIVE: The aim: We aimed to conduct a prospective analysis of the epidemiology of cerebrovascular disease and stroke among the adult population of Kyiv City, Ukraine the last 12 years. PATIENTS AND METHODS: Materials and methods: We analyzed sectoral statistical reports of cerebrovascular disease and stroke in Kyi…

SETTING: Long-stay prisoners are not regularly screened for TB in Hong Kong. OBJECTIVE: To evaluate tuberculosis (TB) screening in prison. METHOD: All prisoners in a maximum security prison as of 31 October 2001 were screened by chest radiograph (CXR), except for those being followed up for TB or examined by CXR in t…

Turkey has a young population as a result of high fertility and growth rates in the recent past. Thirty-five percent of the population is less than 15 years of age, and 25 percent of the population comprises reproductive-age woman. The latest estimate of the population growth rate was 19 per thousand for the 1990-1995…

This review article describes the use of fibrin glue or fibrin sealants and their development over the past 5 years, with a focus on cardiac surgery. The roles of various types of sealants that are available in hemostasis control are reviewed briefly, together with the various potential risks and side effects of their…

All Grampian and North Tayside General Practitioners (GPs) were surveyed by a postal questionnaire to find out how often they had seen victims of child sexual abuse in the last two years; how they managed these patients; and whether any measures were needed to improve interagency working, especially at Case Conferences…

In the past, Medical Economics has conducted an annual survey of fees charged by office based physicians in general practice, family and internal medicine, obstetrics-gynecology and pediatrics, and general surgery. This year, the data-base was expanded to include six other specialties. The article provides a series of…

BACKGROUND: Epidural motor cortex stimulation (MCS) is an established neuromodulatory option for refractory neuropathic pain; however, structured data on long-term outcomes, stimulation dependency, and real-world device management remain limited, particularly in chronic neuropathic orofacial pain. METHODS: This retros…

BACKGROUND: Self-reported data on body height and weight have often been used as an alternative when standardized measurements in large population-based examination surveys were not feasible. The timeliness and source of self-reported body height and weight information is often unknown. The aim of this analysis was to…

Fibromuscular dysplasia (FMD) mainly affects renal arteries. Percutaneous transluminal renal angioplasty (PTRA) and surgery are effective treatments, but long-time follow-up is lacking. Retrospective follow-up for 7.0+/-4.7 years of 69 consecutive patients (age 44+/-13 years) treated for hypertension due to FMD, 59 pat…

We analysed determinants of risk of cervical cancer in women aged less than 45 years using data from a case-control study conducted in Italy. Cases were 261 women aged < 45 years with histologically confirmed invasive cervical cancer. Controls were 257 women aged < 45 years, with acute, non-neoplastic conditions, judge…

Aims Mental health conditions are increasingly encountered in general practice. The aim of this study was to review the antidepressant prescribing of this practice. Methods Health One analysis was used to search for patients prescribed antidepressants in the last 6 months and to generate a list of their antidepressant…

Due to the lack of comprehensive surveillance data representing Turkey, the authors aimed to derive information by panoramically reviewing all articles related to invasive meningococcal disease (IMD) published in the last 40 years. The following databases were reviewed: Ulakbim (the national database), BIOSIS Previews…

BACKGROUND: Notified tuberculosis (TB) cases in Korea have not decreased over the last decade (2001-2010). METHODS: To clarify the reasons, we analyzed an annual report on notified tuberculosis patients and age-specific population drift in Korea. RESULTS: Compared to the age-specific notified TB cases between 2001 an…

BACKGROUND: To investigate the mortality from cancer of the corpus uteri in relation to parity and age at first and last birth. METHODS: A cohort of 431,604 married women aged 45-74 years at the Norwegian Census in 1970 was followed over 15 years. A total of 752 deaths from cancer of the corpus uteri were diagnosed du…

The author describes his own unilateral multifocal and recurrent central serous retinopathy (CRS). After 71 recurrences during the first 19 years, he photocoagulated the diseased macula three times by sungazing. There were no more recurrences after photocoagulation treatment during the last 10 years. Fluorescence angio…

Obesity is a major public health concern around the world, including Asia. Bariatric surgery has grown in popularity to combat this rising trend. An e-mail questionnaire survey was sent to all the representative Asia-Pacific Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery Society (APMBSS) members of 12 leading Asian countries to provi…

INTRODUCTION: Obesity in childhood and adolescence has reached alarming proportions in Europe and the United States. As the incidence of childhood obesity has increased during last few years, the consequences of obesity in children, including type 2 diabetes, hyperlipidemia and cardiovascular disease, have also increas…

Tubular renal toxicity is a side-effect of long-term therapy with nucleos(t)ide analogue(s) (NA) in chronic hepatitis B (CHB). There are no established surrogate markers in plasma of early NA-related toxicity. Neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin (NGAL) is a protein produced by tubular cells following renal damag…

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the relationship of sociodemographic and clinical characteristics and satisfaction with social support with the quality of life of schizophrenic patients. METHODOLOGY: This study included a sample of 268 participants. An interview was conducted to obtain sociodemographic and clinical data, suppl…

Chagas' disease is a parasitic zoonosis with high prevalence in Chile. It is distributed in rural and periurban section in the northern most seven out of thirteen regions in which the country is divided, and affects about 142,000 individuals dispersed in most of the 165 counties sited in the chagasic zone. Triatoma inf…