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OBJECTIVE: To describe a case of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) comorbid with Melkersson-Rosenthal Syndrome (MRS). METHODS: We present a case study of comorbid OCD and MRS in a 13-year-old girl. RESULTS: She admitted to doubt obsessions and a control compulsion. The patient history included frequent facial palsy…

Introduction Most cancer patients spend their last days of life in the hospital, often receiving invasive and non-palliative interventions. These patients are particularly susceptible to infections, which are a major cause of death. The decision to use antimicrobials in a palliative context is difficult, given the lack…

BACKGROUND: Over the past decades, there has been a rapid change in the gender ratio of medical doctors, whereas gender differences in academia remain apparent. In transplantation research, a field already understaffed with female doctors and researchers, there is little published data on the development in proportion,…

OBJECTIVES: The aim of this study was to describe how the prevalence of fatigue changed from the subacute phase to the chronic phase after stroke, and to investigate how activity was associated with fatigue among participants included in the randomized controlled multicentre-study Life After STroke (LAST). METHODS: Th…

INTRODUCTION: Little is known about the prevalence and distribution in Denmark of hospital inpatients who are in their last year of life. Knowledge about these patients could attract attention towards needs for their identification and for optimisation of end-of-life care initiatives. The aims of this study were to det…

OBJECTIVES: . To calculate the frequency and factors associated with external workplace violence (EWV) against doctors in health inpatient services in the metropolitan area of Lima (Spanish: Lima Metropolitana), Peru. MATERIALS AND METHODS: . A cross-sectional analytic study, which included doctors from the Ministry o…

OBJECTIVE: To assess the usefulness of the General Behavior Inventory (GBI) to predict the development of mood disorders in the offspring of parents with bipolar disorder. METHOD: The GBI and the K-SADS (first measurement) and the SCID (last measurement) were used to assess psychopathology among 129 adolescent and you…

Twenty-one children aged 5-6 years (mean age: 71.2 months; S.D. = 2.7) were videotaped in 4 different kindergartens throughout the school day for a period of one week. Eighteen of these children were then followed up after the summer holidays and videotaped for one week while attending the first year of primary school.…

IMPORTANCE: Bisphosphonate treatment in patients with early breast cancer has become part of care, but the optimal treatment duration is still unclear. OBJECTIVE: To compare 2 vs 5 years of zoledronate treatment following adjuvant chemotherapy in patients with early breast cancer. DESIGN, SETTING, AND PARTICIPANTS: T…

OBJECTIVES: To determine the seroprevalence of HIV, STI and related risks among men who have sex with men (MSM) in Dodoma municipality, Tanzania. METHODS: A cross-sectional study using respondent-driven sampling was employed to recruit study participants aged 18 years and above. Data on sociodemographics, HIV/STI know…

OBJECTIVES: To define the optimal timing for percutaneous pulmonary valve implantation (PPVI) in patients with severe pulmonary regurgitation (PR) after Fallot's Tetralogy (ToF) correction. BACKGROUND: PPVI among the aforementioned patients is mainly driven by symptoms or by severe right ventricular (RV) dilatation/dy…

OBJECT: In this paper the authors' goal was to determine the factors associated with the progression of degenerative lumbar scoliosis (DLS). METHODS: Twenty-seven patients (3 men and 24 women; mean age 64.9 years) with more than 10° of lumbar scoliosis at baseline were monitored for a mean period of 10 years. The…

: Insertion of an intraosseous access device enables intravascular access for critically ill patients in a prehospital and emergency department setting even when intravenous access is not possible. The aim of our study was to assess the attitudes of prehospital and emergency department nursing staff towards the utiliza…

OBJECTIVES: Stroke symptom recognition is critical in reducing time to treatment, but it is not known whether the increased support for stroke education programs during the last several years has led to an improvement in regional stroke symptom recognition levels since they were last assessed in the mid-2010s. METHODS…

Between 1997 and 2007, we have conducted eye surgery on 72 patients (i.e. 72 eyes) as a consequence of proliferative diabetic retinopathy complications. The patients' average age was 61; the follow-up observations were carried out over a period of one year after the surgery. When we compare the initial vision with the…

From a random digit dialing survey of American women, we assessed current smokers (n=371). Respondents were 33.6+/-7.6 years old, 49.6% married, and 87.6% White, with an FTND score of 3.9+/-2.6. When asked "which cigarette of the day would be the most difficult for you to give up?" 30 women gave uncodable responses and…

OBJECTIVES: To have data about the indications, morbidity and mortality of the nephrectomy by the open approach, to obtain information that could be compared with the laparoscopic approach. To our knowledge there is not a similar review in the Spanish literature since the 60's. METHODS: We analyzed 681 nephrectomies a…

Dextromethorphan (DXM) is a derivative of codeine with an antitussive properties. Acute poisonings with this drug are related to serious, often life-threatening clinical symptoms. In the last decade the number of DXM poisonings increased and the problem was particularly noticeable among adolescents. The aim of this stu…

The Dutch Public Health Status and Foresight report 2014 explores the future of public health in the Netherlands, using a trend scenario and four future scenarios. The trend scenario provides projections until 2030, based on the trends over the last decades and assuming the policy stays the same. After many years the u…

OBJECTIVE: To study the morbidity pattern among cotton mill workers. MATERIAL AND METHODS: This cross-sectional study was conducted in cotton mills in Guntur District (AP) in January 2009 to May 2009. Total 474 workers were included in the study. RESULTS: All study subjects were male. Most of the study subjects belon…