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About half (640 subjects) of the population of Soleminis, a canine leishmaniasis focus 15 km north of Cagliari, Sardinia, was subjected to the leishmanin skin test. The total positive rate was 9.7%, and that of males was 15.5%. The age trend in the positive rate resembled a hyperbolic curve, with the 0-5 years age grou…

Onconephrology is an emerging subspecialty of nephrology. The American Society of Nephrology(ASN) created a forum dedicated to the field of onconephrology in 2011 to improve collaborative care for cancer patients with kidney disease. In this article, we review the ASN Kidney Week abstracts that were related to onconeph…

In the last 20 years the prevalence of diabetes in Germany has increased by approximately 50%. Associated with this is a distinct rise of diabetes-induced comorbidities and long-term consequences. One of the most frequent consequences is the diabetic foot or the diabetic foot syndrome. This is an ulceration of neuropat…

The Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infects nearly 170 million people in the world. The major characteristic of virus C is its tendency to chronicity in more than 85% of cases. Generally asymptomatic, HCV infection may also evolve with time to cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma. During the last few years, HCV-related end-s…

Decreases in mortality from major thermal injury over the last 20 years have been due to advances in resuscitation, control of infection, support of the hypermetabolic response, and early closure of the burn wound. Of these advances in burn care, early wound closure has progressed the most in the last five years. The r…

PURPOSE: This study analyses our results after revision surgery for failed trapezectomy and suspension arthroplasty with painful proximalisation of the 1(st) metacarpal using the Mini TightRope(®). PATIENTS AND METHODS: In a prospective observational study, 5 patients (4 women and 1 man) with an average age of 62…

BACKGROUND: This study evaluated the effect of CSII on hypoglycemia awareness and on glucose profile in type 1 diabetes (T1D) subjects with repeated non-severe or severe hypoglycemia (NS or SH, respectively). METHODS: We included subjects (1) older than 18 years, (2) with T1D duration of >5 years, (3) on multiple dose…

PURPOSE: To evaluate the effectiveness and safety of a modified approach using the Ex-PRESSimplant combined with a scleral pocket in the management of secondary open-angle glaucoma in hereditary transthyretin amyloidosis (hATTR) at our department. METHODS: This was a retrospective analysis. The primary endpoints inclu…

OBJECTIVE: This report measures fathers' involvement with their children. Father involvement is measured by how often a man participated in a set of activities in the last 4 weeks with children who were living with him and with children who were living apart from him. Involvement is measured separately for children age…

PURPOSE: To determine the safety and efficacy of electrolysis treatment of trichiasis by using ultrafine needle. METHODS: The medical records of 24 lids of 24 patients who underwent electrolysis treatment for trichiasis by the same surgeon (Y.S.) during the period from May 2006 through December 2008 were reviewed. The…

Twelve infants with choroid plexus tumors were reviewed retrospectively. Enlarging head circumference, bulging fontanelle, and vomiting were the major symptoms and signs appearing 2 to 5 weeks (mean = 3.7 weeks) before diagnosis. The average age at diagnosis was 7.7 months. Total removal was performed in 11 patients wi…

Between September 1968 and October 1987, 152 patients (66 males and 86 females; age range, 15 to 79 years) underwent 1 or more reoperations (total, 179) for prosthetic valve dysfunction at our hospital. In this report, we present material and statistics reflecting our experience with the last reoperation in these 152 p…

Improved outcome (1 to 10 years) of 140 asthmatic children retrospectively correlated with 8 of 49 variables in admission evaluation: (1) age of onset, (2) IgE, (3) night/early AM bronchospasm, (4) aggression, (5) severely disrupted family circumstances, (6) severe psychopathology, (7) psychotic signs, and (8) I.Q. Pat…

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…

Although liver resection is the accepted treatment for patients with metastatic colorectal cancer to the liver, there remains some controversy as to the criteria for patient selection and its impact on the recurrent disease following the operation. One hundred and sixteen patients underwent liver resection for metastai…

OBJECTIVE: To investigate the effectiveness of arthroscopic treatment for irreducible hip posterior dislocation caused by acetabular labrum bony Bankart lesions. METHODS: Between February 2008 and August 2016, 11 patients with irreducible hip posterior dislocation caused by acetabular labrum bony Bankart lesions, were…

OBJECTIVE: We aimed to examine the long-term effects of parity, age at first childbirth, and age at last childbirth on mortality in postmenopausal women. STUDY DESIGN: The data were from the Women's Health Initiative involving 106,760 postmenopausal women. We used propensity score matching to create matched samples, w…

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…