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BACKGROUND: To improve homelessness prevention practice, we met with recently homeless adults, to explore their pathways into homelessness, problems and service use, before and after becoming homeless. METHODS: Recently homeless adults (last housing lost up to two years ago and legally staying in the Netherlands) were…

INTRODUCTION: In the last few years, the immigrant population in Spain, as well as the number of HIV-infected patients from countries where the prevalence of HIV-1 infection is higher, have continued to increase. No data are available on the impact of immigration on new cases of HIV-1 diagnosed in children. The objecti…

Modern sleep medicine has been in existence for only 20 years and therefore has to be regarded as a comparatively recent field of specialization. For this reason it is not surprising that there are numerous new trends and developments concerning the treatment of sleep-related breathing disorders. This review focuses on…

BACKGROUND: Pneumonia is a disease with great relevance in public health, as a leading individual cause of infant mortality worldwide. Legionellosis is a respiratory disease with a bacterial origin and two different clinical forms. AIM: To determine pneumonia and legionellosis mortality in Spain. MATERIAL AND METHODS…

Endocranial casts of 15 genera of fossil felids provide a record of felid brain evolution over the past 35 million years. Brains of the earliest felids, known as paleofelids, had coronolateral, suprasylvian and variably developed ectosylvian sulci as their only neocortical sulci. The last paleofelids, which became exti…

OBJECTIVE: Evidence from long-term, real-world use of blood glucose (BG) monitoring technologies is sparse. We investigated whether using a diabetes app with connected meters could support durable diabetes management improvements in people with type 2 diabetes (T2D) over 5-years. METHODS: Anonymized glucose and app an…

Splenic metastatic tumors are rare in clinical practice, and traditional treatment methods are limited. A retrospective analysis was conducted on the clinical data of patients with splenic metastatic tumors who underwent ultrasound-guided percutaneous radiofrequency ablation at the First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzho…

We reviewed 51 plate fixations for fracture of the humeral diaphysis managed during the last 3 years. The indications for surgery included non-union, delayed union, polytrauma, neurological involvement and inadequate reduction. All the fractures were stabilized with a Limited Contact Dynamic Compression Plate (LCDC Pla…

To explore the clinical effects of fractional carbon dioxide laser combined with autologous fat injection in the treatment of hypertrophic scar after burn.From April 2018 to April 2019, 12 patients with hypertrophic scar after burn who met the inclusion criteria were admitted to the Department of Plastic Surgery and Bu…

INTRODUCTION: Smoking habit of 54 asthmatics was followed for 15 years. OBJECTIVE: To examine if there was any difference of lung function tests between smoking and nonsmoking young asthmatics. METHOD: Based on questionnaires, clinical examinations, lung function tests and skin prick tests, 54 adolescents with asthma…

This study reviews the clinical and radiographic results of 138 consecutive cementless acetabular revisions in 131 patients performed for aseptic loosening at a mean of 10.5 years followup. Kaplan-Meier survivorship of these components was 84% at 11.5 years. Two components (1.8%) in two patients were considered aseptic…

Twenty young males, all active in middle-distance running, were studied between January 1968 and May 1974 for the purpose of gathering longitudinal data regarding Vo2 during treadmil running. Vo2 submax (measured during the last 2 min of a 6-min run at 202 m/min) and Vo2 max values (measured during a 5-8 min increasing…

BACKGROUND: Recently, publications have hypothesised that the demonstrated increase in the incidence of schizophrenia in New Zealand is a side effect of the increased strength of available cannabis derivatives over the last 25+ years and the much more recent increase in the population's use of methamphetamine.…

INTRODUCTION: Antibiotic resistant P. acnes have influenced acne therapy worldwide resulting in increased use of topical and systemic retinoids. Judicious use of oral antibiotic is important for effective therapeutic outcome. OBJECTIVES: To determine the response and side effects of oral antibiotic treatment in acne v…

After around 64,000 transplantations in Europe since 1988 liver transplantation has emerged as a standard treatment option for otherwise incurable chronic liver diseases. Cirrhosis of different etiologies represents the most frequent transplant indication. Overall survival in this group amounts to 72% after 5 years, an…

Herein we report our experience in renal transplantation in 38 children (40 transplants), ages 1 to 5 years, between 1989 and 2005. Demographics as well as patient and graft survivals are reported. Mean age at transplantation was 3.3 +/- 1.3 years, and mean weight was 14 kg (range, 5.7-25 kg); 92.5% were Caucasian, 7.5…

PURPOSE: To evaluate the long-term outcome after cataract surgery with primary intraocular lens implantation in children with juvenile idiopathic arthritis-associated uveitis. METHODS: The medical records of all 24 children (34 eyes) with chronic juvenile idiopathic arthritis-associated uveitis who underwent cataract…

OBJECTIVE: Long-term results of patch repair in patients with a saccular aneurysm of the aortic arch were investigated. PATIENTS: From December 1984, 43 patients with a saccular aneurysm of the arch underwent patch repair. Indications for patch repair were determined as orifice diameter of aneurysm being less than 1/3…

BACKGROUND: Exposure to high levels of environmental air pollution causes several health outcomes and has been associated with increased mortality, premature mortality, and morbidity. Ambient exposure to PMis currently considered the leading environmental risk factor globally. A causal relationship between exposure to…

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate long-term radiographic and clinical effectiveness of total cervical disc replacement (TDR) with Prodisc-C prosthesis at a minimum of 10 years follow-up. METHODS: The clinical data of 118 patients with cervical disc degeneration disease (CDDD) treated with TDR by using Prodisc-C prosthesis betwee…