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Clinical epidemiological evaluations on brucellosis, done during the last five years in endemic areas in Lima (Peru), in 39 families with 232 members, have let us observe a high rate of symptomatic infection 118/232 (50.9%) and has also let us identify, as risk factors to contract the disease; age older than 10 years 9…

Porous gold films have attracted increasing interest over the last ten years due to the unique properties of high specific surface area and electrical conductivity combined with chemical stability and ability to alter the surface chemistry. Several methods have been developed to synthesize porous gold films such as de-…

For 30 years physiological techniques have been used to investigate excitatory amino acids as neurotransmitters. In the last ten years progress on the definition of receptor subtypes and the availability of more selective agonists and antagonists has fuelled physiological, neurochemical and histochemical approaches to…

A total of 917 children and young people under 18 years with established renal failure (ERF) were receiving treatment at paediatric nephrology centres in 2014.At the census date (31st December 2014), 79.3% of prevalent paediatric patients aged ,18 years had a functioning kidney transplant, 11.2% were receiving haemodia…

IMPORTANCE: The prevalence of underage alcohol use has been studied extensively, but binge drinking among youth in the United States is not yet well understood. In particular, adolescents may drink much larger amounts than the threshold (5 drinks) often used in definitions of binge drinking. Delineating various levels…

The purpose of this study was to catalogue spleen and liver features by US in a cohort of 103 pediatric patients with Gaucher disease, and to document response to enzyme replacement therapy by serial US examination. There were 42 boys and 61 girls, 2 were splenectomized. Forty-eight patients received enzyme replacement…

BACKGROUND: Treatment of early onset scoliosis (EOS) with growing rods (GR) can be challenging in patients with significant deformity, hyperkyphosis, or poor bone quality, due to risks of neurological deficit and hardware pull-out. The objective of this study is to report a series of EOS patients managed with a 2-stage…

We evaluated the clinical outcome of malignant inferior vena cava (IVC) syndrome after intrahepatic IVC stent placement by retrospective analysis of 50 consecutive patients (25 men, 25 women, age 32-83 years) with malignant IVC syndrome who were treated with intrahepatic stent placement. Gianturco-Rosch-Z (GRZ) stents…

OBJECTIVES: We conducted a large household survey in 2013 to determine the current status of oral health practices and use of oral health services in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA). METHODS: The Saudi Health Information Survey is a national multistage survey of individuals ≥ 15 years of age. We used a backwa…

Epilepsy is a characteristic feature of Wolf-Hirschhorn syndrome (WHS) with onset usually in the first 2 years of life. There have been several reports of epilepsy ceasing as children get older. We have inspected a register of WHS cases from the UK and identified 27 adults with the condition; their mean age was 24.8 ye…

OBJECTIVE: In recent decades, frame-based (FBB) and frame-less stereotactic brain biopsy (FLB) have played a crucial role in defining the diagnosis and management of expanding intracranial lesions in critical areas. During the same period, there have been significant advances in diagnostic imaging, a shift in surgical…

PURPOSE: To clarify the outcome of aortorenal bypass (ARB) in Takayasu arteritis-induced renal artery stenosis (TARAS). METHODS: A retrospective chart review was conducted on thirty-three consecutive patients (24 females; mean age, 25 years) with TARAS, who underwent ARB with autologous saphenous vein graft. The effec…

Asthma incidence and prevalence have significantly increased during the last 25 years, making this pathology to be one of the most diffused in the industrialized world. It affects 5% of the adult population and the 10-15% of the children. The aethipathogenesis of asthma clearly involves a number of mediators, among whi…

Since the consumption of aromatic and medicinal herbs has been increasing in the last years, the Argentinian Health Authorities are concerned to control the quality and security of them. Fungal and aflatoxin contamination are two parameters to be taken into account, to ensure the harmlessness of the phytomedicinal prod…

Forty-eight revision total knee arthroplasties (TKAs) for failed unicompartmental total knee prostheses were evaluated at 5.4 +/- 2.5 years after revision. The most frequent mode of failure of the original arthroplasty was loosening. All revisions used a condylar-type prosthesis. Fifty percent of the knees had bone def…

During the last 18 years, 81 patients were diagnosed in the Department of Pediatric Surgery, Rambam Medical Center, as having congenital diaphragmatic hernia, 11 of whom (13.5%) presented after the first 24 h of life. In this retrospective study we describe our experience with late presentation (beyond 8 weeks after bi…

81 cases of colonic wound were treated in the last 10 years. In early diagnosis, attention was paid to clinical signs and a few untypical bu. specific signs of colonic injury. In the management of colonic injury, one stage operation must comply with 5 operative indications including correct approach to the dangerous fa…

For the last 5 years, the examination of the farms in the Ukrainian SSR revealed the following distribution of Mycobacterium cultures isolated from cattle: M. bovis, 50.5%, M. hominis, 0.4%; M. avium, 1.8%; and atypical bacilli, 47.3%. In 31% of the farms considered to be safe enough in relation to tuberculosis, tuberc…

Since 1964 245 resections of the esophagus because of cancer were performed at the University Hospital of Cologne. Hospital mortality was 27%. It was reduced to 12.1% during the last 5 years. Surgeon's experience turned out to be of major influence upon hospital mortality whereas tumor and organ related risk factors or…

In the last years non operative and surgical efforts could not diminish the high lethality of severe acute haemorrhagic necrotising pancreatitis. While majority of patient die in consequence of pancreatitis-shock, hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBO) can improve all hypoxic circulation situations. Therefore the value in tre…