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BACKGROUND: Current use of menopausal hormone therapy (HT) increases the risk of venous thromboembolism (VTE) and the formulations used may affect risk. METHODS: A total of 1,058,259 postmenopausal UK women were followed by record linkage to routinely collected National Health Service hospital admission and death reco…

PURPOSE OF REVIEW: Real-life (or real-world) studies can provide information that cannot be derived from randomized controlled trials. This approach is currently becoming of relevance for many treatments. In recent years, the real-life method has been applied also to allergen immunotherapy, providing new insights on it…

INTRODUCTION: Proliferating trichilemmal tumour defined with more than one terms by many author, after well documentated series reported as "proliferating epidermoid cysts" by Wilson-Jones, firstly in 1966. They are rare, slowly growing, lobular masses inherited autosomal dominantly and localized on scalps of older wom…

In Japan, we have been engaged in the standardization of clinical laboratory testing for more than 30 years for the purposes of (1) development of reference materials, (2) development of external quality control system and validation. As a result, we have been able to control % CV of enzyme measurements such as AST, AL…

In the last 5 years in our hospital was operated 25 patients with pelvisubperitoneal tumors. Major clinical symptoms are compression and body mass effect. The localization and tumors dimensions, are established by CT and RMI. Surgical resection, difficult by the relations with iliac vessels and nerves, was do it in sub…

Since the first successful laparoscopic cholecystectomy was performed in 1987, surgeons have begun to focus their attention on more diverse procedures. The last few years have brought a tremendous amount of enthusiasm toward laparoscopic surgery, which has finally reached the colorectal surgical communities. Currently,…

Ten children with intra abdominal lymphatic cysts operated in the last 8 years are reported. They formed 0.50% of all pediatric surgical admissions and 33.3% of all intra-abdominal cystic lesions. The mean age was 5 1/2 years and the male-female ratio was 1:1. Half the cysts were in the mesentery and 30% in the omentum…

Haemophilus influenzae is a frequent causal agent of serious infections in infants. Mostly these infections occur at the age of 3 months to 3 years. Reports about infections in the neonatal period were rare in the past and most of them were single cases. In the last years an increase of neonatal infections due to Haemo…

This article reports our experience with 101 polytetrafluoreoethylene and 102 umbilical vein grafts inserted into the femoropopliteal and femorocrural arteries of 98 and 97 patients, respectively, during the last 5 years. These grafted extremities are compared to 416 saphenous vein grafts placed in similar arteries of…

15 cases of free gallbladder-perforation among 3,950 cholezystectomies during the last 15 years are discussed. There was no difference in the sex-distribution. The average age was 67 years. This factor together with delay of the operation because of atypical symptoms and perhaps a toxic agens in the gall are responsibl…

BACKGROUND: Giant pituitary adenoma (≥4 cm) is a rare tumor whose clinical features and prognosis are not well known. AIM: To evaluate the clinical characteristics and therapeutic outcomes of giant non-functioning PA (gNFPA). PATIENTS AND METHODS: A retrospective multicenter study of gNFPA patients diagnosed i…

OBJECTIVES: To investigate the epidemiology, diagnosis and prognosis of acute renal failure (ARF) in hospitalized Chinese during the last decade. METHODS: The diagnosis of patients with ARF in Peking University Third Hospital from January 1994 to December 2003 was reconfirmed and the data of epidemiology, etiology and…

The aim of this study was to describe the changes in frequency and character of interpersonal violence in Aarhus during a twelve year period. A one year (1993-1994) prospective registration of all persons exposed to violence and attending the casualty wards or the Department of Forensic Medicine was performed. The resu…

Cementoblastomas are rare benign odontogenic tumors. Diagnosis of these lesions must be made by an association of clinical, radiographic, and histopathological findings. Cementoblastomas rarely occur in both primary and permanent dentitions. We describe the sixth case of cementoblastoma in the literature with the invol…

PURPOSE: The purpose of this study is to report our experience of fractures in children riding Hoverboards. METHODS: We undertook a prospective review of all children attending our hospital who sustained fractures whilst riding a Hoverboard. Data such as patient demographics, type of fracture sustained, treatment rece…

Serum cholesterol levels from birth to adulthood in a population of North American (Pima) Indians are described and compared to those of Caucasian populations. Cholesterol levels at birth (mean +/- SEM, 87 +/- 2.6 mg/100 ml) were similar in Pimas and Caucasians, but levels in Pimas from 5 to 16 years (148 +/- 4.6 mg/10…

BACKGROUND: Ventricular assist devices (VADs) can be associated with high rates of neurologic complications. This study investigated whether children with VADs continue to exhibit psychomotor impairment after heart transplantation (HTx). METHODS: The United Network for Organ Sharing was queried for children who underw…

BACKGROUND: In children, intramedullary nailing (IN) has been proposed as the best treatment when the femur and tibia are totally affected by fibrous dysplasia (FD). However, in younger children IN must be repeated to maintain stabilization of the affected skeletal segment during growth. We report the long-term results…

The Euroaction project, promoted by European Society of Cardiology, aims to determine whether a nurse co-ordinated, multidisciplinary, family based preventive cardiology programme could help more patients and their families achieve the recommended European lifestyle, risk factor and therapeutic goals for cardiovascular…

BACKGROUND: To estimate the association between body-mass index (BMI: kg/m2) and colorectal cancer (CRC) screening among US adults aged >or= 50 years. METHODS: Population-based data from the 2001 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance Survey. Adults (N = 84,284) aged >or= 50 years were classified by BMI as normal weight…