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AIM: To report on the characteristics, treatment, attendance, scheduling and duration of treatment sessions of child patients attending a specialist paediatric dental hospital service for inhalation sedation. METHODS: A retrospective study was carried out of all 88 patient case notes of inhalation sedation recipients…

The aim of this study was to quantify the demands of road competitions ending with sprints in male professional cycling. 17 races finished with top-5 results from 6 male road professional cyclists (age, 27.0±3.8 years; height, 1.76±0.03 m; weight, 71.7±1.1 kg) were analysed. SRM powe…

We report the clinical features in 27 Australasian patients with Angelman syndrome (AS), all with a DNA deletion involving chromosome 15(q11-13), spanning markers from D15S9 to D15S12, about 3 center dot 5 Mb of DNA. There were nine males and 18 females. All cases were sporadic. The mean age at last review (end of 1994…

PURPOSE: The aim of this study was to investigate the use and acceptance of digital radiographic examinations by Brazilian dental practitioners in daily practice and to evaluate the advances that have occurred over the past 5 years. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Dental practitioners enrolled in extension courses at the Pirac…

BACKGROUND: Hypoglycaemia is a well recognized complication of falciparum malaria in children but its diagnosis may be overlooked because all the clinical features may be mimicked by severe malaria. To determine the prevalence of hypoglycaemia at the point of hospital admission of under-fives with falciparum malaria an…

UNLABELLED: Sugammadex is a medication that may have cost considerations with the potential for waste of unused product in pediatric patients due to the vial size and its single-use limitation. Therefore, exploring the potential of vial-splitting for perioperative use may be beneficial. METHODS: The study was a retros…

Onconephrology is an upcoming and expanding subspecialty that deals with the intersections between hematology/oncology and nephrology. With the paradigm shift in the understanding of cancer immunobiology and mechanisms of oncotherapeutic drug toxicities, it is important for a nephrologist to have a sound understanding…

Hypertensive disorders of pregnancy (HDP) represent 10% of human births globally and the major complication preeclampsia has a 3-5% prevalence. The etiology of HDP remains uncertain; however, major advances have been made over the last 25 years. The Seventh International Workshop on Reproductive Immunology, Immunologic…

BACKGROUND: Semiconductor fluorescent or metallic nanocrystal quantum dots (QDs) engineered with the bottom-top approaches provide several unique properties that make them superior imaging probes or contrast agents. Targeted fluorescent QDs make possible previously unachievable sensitivity of detection by tagging them…

BACKGROUND: Recent data suggest that the prevalence of genotype 4 HCV strains among Spanish carriers is increasing. OBJECTIVE: To assess changes in the prevalence of HCV genotypes in Spain during the last nine years. METHODS: HCV RNA was amplified by the polymerase chain reaction from 3161 serum samples from unselect…

Evidence-based medicine (EBM) is an important strategy for assessing the vast amounts of published data and applying them appropriately to our patients. However, in intensive care medicine, there is a shortage of "gold standard" randomized controlled trial evidence to support (or not support) therapeutic decisions. In…

Advanced age and low hemoglobin levels have been associated with a poor prognosis in ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI). We studied 1,111 patients with STEMI who received reperfusion treatment (1,032 [92.9%] primary angioplasty and 79 [7.1%] fibrinolysis without rescue percutaneous coronary interve…

Gender disparity in the field of neurology impedes scientific advancements and innovations. In 2018, 45.0% of neurology and neurological subspecialty residents were women. Despite a notable rise in the proportion of women neurologists over the past decades, inequalities regarding publication proportions between men and…

BACKGROUND: Motor cortex stimulation (MCS) has been used in the treatment of chronic neuropathic pain for more than 25 years. However, the mechanisms and outcome predictors still represent major challenges. OBJECTIVES: To investigate outcome predictors and potential mechanisms of MCS on central post-stroke pain (CPSP)…

There is a consensus that the development of premenstrual dysphoric states is related to cyclical change in gonadal hormone secretion during the menstrual cycle. However, results from studies seeking to link symptom severity to luteal phase progesterone concentration have been equivocal. In the present study we evaluat…

AIMS: To assess hepatic safety data of pexidartinib in adult patients with tenosynovial giant cell tumor (TGCT) from the retrospective 5-year evaluation of the TURALIO® Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategy (tREMS) Program. PATIENTS & METHODS: We analyzed data collected from healthcare professionals, patients,…

BACKGROUND: When performing total hip arthroplasty in patients with severe developmental dysplasia, shortening the femur facilitates reduction while also preventing sciatic or crural nerve injury and excessive length of the operated limb. No consensus exists about the optimal type of implant and best internal fixation…

This study discusses the climatological aspects of the most severe drought ever recorded in the semiarid region Northeast Brazil. Droughts are recurrent in the region and while El Nino has driven some of these events others are more dependent on the tropical North Atlantic sea surface temperature fields. The drought af…

Monte Carlo techniques have become ubiquitous in medical physics over the last 50 years with a doubling of papers on the subject every 5 years between the first PMB paper in 1967 and 2000 when the numbers levelled off. While recognizing the many other roles that Monte Carlo techniques have played in medical physics, th…

OBJECTIVE: Asthma is the most common chronic respiratory disease among children. In recent years, the prevalence of childhood asthma was rising in most countries around the world. This nationwide study was conducted to investigate the prevalence of childhood asthma in urban areas of large cities in China, and to find t…