97,413 papers found

Tick-borne encephalitis (TBE) vaccines are effective and well tolerated. However, their acceptance and use by the public in endemic areas are suboptimal. To some extent this is due to the complicated dosing schedule requiring frequent boosters at variable intervals that even change with age. Simplification of the dosin…

BACKGROUND: Psychogenic movement disorders (PMDs) may be difficult to differentiate from organic abnormal movements. METHODS: We aimed to characterise the prevalence and clinical features of PMDs resembling tics during the last 3.5 years in our centre. RESULTS: We studied 9 patients (five females) with psychogenic ti…

OBJECTIVE: To discuss the results of total knee arthroplasty undertaken for Charcot arthritis patients. METHODS: Between September 2000 and January 2007, 4 consecutive patients (2 men and 2 women; 5 TKAs) with Charcot arthritic knees were treated. At the time of surgery, the mean age of the patients was 67.3 years (64…

This paper presents preliminary analysis of the nutritional status assessment (NS) and morbidity of low-income children under 5 years of age seen by the Food and Nutritional Surveillance System of a primary health care unit in Rio de Janeiro between 1987 and 1991. The distribution of lengh/stature for age (LSA) was ske…

1. The overall operative risk for the palliative procedures for Tetralogy was 3,2% (93 cases). The Blalock-Taussig shunt remains the intervention of choice in older children. The Waterston shunt gives optimal results in the infants under six months of age but on long term the hasard of pulmonary hypertension still exis…

OBJECTIVE: To investigate the surgical indications and surgical techniques of revision total hip arthroplasty for the failed hemiarthroplasty. METHODS: From June 1997 to June 2000, 56 cases (31 males and 25 females) of failed hemiarthroplasty received the revision total hip arthroplasty. The age was from 64 - 75 years…

OBJECTIVES: To examine changes in the prevalence of smoking in young adult diabetic patients between 1990 and 1999. SETTING: Walton Diabetes Centre, University Hospital Aintree, Liverpool, UK. DESIGN: Direct questioning as well as the urinary cotinine:creatinine ratio were used to assess the smoking habits of 99 youn…

In a prospective, controlled, randomized, multicenter study the immunogenicity of a single (day 0) and two (day 0, 28) booster vaccination against diphtheria were compared in subjects who had received their last diphtheria vaccination more than 10 years ago. Both short-term and long-term immunogenicity was assessed by…

PURPOSE: In industrialized countries the prevalence of upper urinary tract stones has continually increased during the 20th century, but there are considerable differences between countries and also within the same country. To study whether there is still an increase in the frequency of renal stones, an investigation w…

Thoracic empyema encompasses a spectrum of inflammatory manifestations ranging from thin parapneumonic pleural effusion to the formation of a thick, constricting rind. The aim of this study is to determine the applicability of thoracoscopically aided pleural debridement (TAPD) in children with complicated empyema and t…

Important advances have been made in the treatment of haemophilia during the past 30 years. We have analysed the data of all the known 163 patients with severe haemophilia A living in Finland in 1930-79 in order to study changes in the prognosis of severe haemophilia A. During the period of 50 years the mean age at dea…

OBJECTIVES: National guidelines call for annual testing for certain sexually transmitted infections (STIs) among specific adolescent populations, yet we have limited population-based data on STI testing prevalence among adolescents. With inclusion of a new item in the 2019 national Youth Risk Behavior Survey, we provid…

PURPOSE: To evaluate the efficacy and safety of ab-interno canaloplasty combined with microstent implantation in patients with severe glaucoma. PATIENTS AND METHODS: This retrospective study included patients with severe glaucoma (mean age 74.6±8.7 years), predominantly primary open-angle (90%). All eyes underwen…

Montgomery, TR Jr, Olmos, A, Sears, KN, Succi, PJ, Hammer, SM, Bergstrom, HC, Hill, EC, Trevino, MA, and Dinyer-McNeely, TK. Influence of blood flow restriction on neuromuscular function and fatigue during forearm flexion in men. J Strength Cond Res 38(7): e349-e358, 2024-To determine the effects of blood flow restrict…

To further clarify the mid-and-long term follow-up results of self-designed tibial periosteum-bone complex transplantation in the treatment of Hepple V osteochondral lesion of the talus(OLTs).The clinical data of 30 patients with Hepple V OLTs who received treatment in the Sports Medicine Center of the First Affiliated…

BACKGROUND: The method of evaluating office blood pressure (OBP) varies greatly among different guidelines. OBJECTIVES: We performed a cohort study to compare the association of various directly transferred attended automated OBP (AOBP) estimations with all-cause and cardiovascular mortalities. METHODS: Overall, 475&…

OBJECTIVES: To define the frequency of cytomegalovirus disease among kidney transplant patients in an intensive care unit in which this complication was suspected and to identify predisposing factors and their possible impact on clinical outcome. METHODS: Retrospective observational study in which kidney transplant pa…

UNLABELLED: Cannabis use is rising in the USA. Its relationship to cannabinoid signaling in bone cells implies its use could affect bone mineral density (BMD) in the population. In a national survey of people ages 20-59, we found no association between self-reported cannabis use and BMD of the hip or spine. INTRODUCTI…

PURPOSE: Previous studies have demonstrated that cervical disc arthroplasty has favourable short- and medium-term clinical and radiological outcomes. However, long-term follow-up outcomes have rarely been reported. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the ten year follow-up clinical and radiological outcomes…

BACKGROUND: Examine the evolution of stunting in <5&#x2009;years of age in Peru and its relationship with birth interval (BI), and associated factors from 1996 to 2014. METHODS: Data were extracted from the National Demographic and Health Survey of Peru (DHS) for the years 1996, 2000, 2005, 2010 and 2014 on children <…