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AIM: To determine the incidence and examine the epidemiology of achalasia before the age of 16 years in the UK from 1998 to 2008. METHODS: 25 regional paediatric surgery referral centres were asked to provide demographic and epidemiological data on cases of childhood achalasia from 1998 to 2008. Incidence rates were c…

Fire has played an essential role in the development of human civilization. Most previous research suggests that frequent-fire regimes in the late Holocene were associated with intensification of human activities, especially agriculture development. Here, we analyze fire regimes recorded in the Song Hong delta area of…

OBJECTIVE: To describe the methods and analyses of the 1999 National Nutrition Survey (NNS-99). MATERIAL AND METHODS: The 1999 National Nutrition Survey (NNS-99) is a probabilistic survey with nationwide representativity. The NNS-99 included four regions and urban and rural areas of Mexico. The last sampling units wer…

OBJECTIVE: To examine complications of pediatric tracheostomy. STUDY DESIGN: Retrospective. METHODS: Chart review of children undergoing tracheotomy or laryngeal diversion between 1990 and 1999. RESULTS: Charts of 142 children were examined. Average age was 2.64 years (standard deviation [SD], 4.73 y) at surgery. Du…

Ulcer incidence in the Crimeahas increased during the last 9 years from 118.4 to 185.7 cases per 10,000 of adult population, being higher in South Coast and in mountains. From 125 patients with duodenal ulcer after conservative treatment only 12.8% have recovered (follow up for 8-10 years). 29.6% of patients underwent…

Among 462 cases receiving coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) during the period from November 1991 to January 1999, emergency operation was performed within 24 hours for 27 cases. Male-to-female ratio was 21:6, and age of patients ranged from 50 to 83 years (average age: 65.9 years). Intra aortic balloon pumping (IABP)…

The last few years have withnessed the significant increase of febrile neutropenias caused by diphteroids. In fact, with the development of bacterologically protected units, saprophytic bacteria--including diphteroids 0 became increasingly important in the aethiology of febrile neutropenias. Over the period from April…

It is possible that asthma epidemiology will contribute to the definition of asthma precipitant factors. This work is enrolled in an international study co-ordinated by COMAC-EPI. In Oporto, among 137.000 residents in the same town region, a standardised sample of 4.047 male and female individuals aged from 20 to 44 ye…

Within the last 19 years, 20 cases of placentitis post partum have been studied at the clinic. On 14 occasions the condition took the form of excessive uterine bleeding (metrorrhagia) post partum and, on five occasions, of prolonged vaginal discharge lasting 8-13 weeks post partum. One bitch with a clinically undetecta…

INTRODUCTION: We aimed to evaluate factors predictive of negative ureteroscopy (URS) in ureteral stones. METHODS: Patients who underwent URS between January 2007 and June 2018 were included in the study. Patients were divided into two groups: group 1- positive URS (841 patients); and group 2 -negative URS (75 patients…

OBJECTIVE: To perform a stepwise development of the surgical method for robotics-assisted laparoscopy in donor hysterectomy for uterus transplantation (UTx), a unique treatment for absolute uterine-factor infertility. DESIGN: Prospective observational study. SETTING: University hospital. PATIENT(S): Eight donors, ag…

To assess structural changes in retina after systemic immunosuppressive treatment in Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada (VKH) disease using spectral-domain optical coherence tomography (SD-OCT).The clinical data of 17 VKH cases (34 eyes) who consecutively attended the Beijing Tongren Hospital between December 2015 and December 2019…

OBJECTIVES: This study examines violence experienced in work and personal contexts and relation to HIV risk factors in these contexts among female sex workers (FSW) in Andhra Pradesh, India. METHODS: FSW at least 18 years of age (n=2335) were recruited through three rounds of respondent-driven sampling between…

BACKGROUND: Endovascular embolization represents the method of choice for the treatment of carotid-cavernous fistulas (CCFs). METHODS: We report our experience using the endovascular technique in 24 patients harboring 25 CCFs treated between October 1994 and April 2010, with an emphasis on the role of detachable ballo…

Thomas is a 13-year-old boy with autism spectrum disorder, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), generalized anxiety disorder, separation anxiety disorder, and major depressive disorder who presented for a follow-up to his developmental and behavioral pediatrician (DBP). His mother describes an increase in s…

CONTEXT: Acromegaly is usually due to the excessive secretion of GH by a pituitary adenoma. It is frequently accompanied by comorbidities that compromise quality of life and results in elevated mortality rates. OBJECTIVE: To evaluate mortality and morbidity in patients with acromegaly receiving multimodal care. SETTI…

 The present systematic review aimed to investigate the influence of high physical demand on the increase in muscle and ligament injuries in professional soccer athletes. We analyzed scientific publications to determine the incidences of the main injuries, their causes and mechanisms, and their associatio…

Obstetric violence has not received the same amount of interest as other forms of violence against women (VAW). We assess the prevalence and factors associated with experiences of obstetric violence (obstetric abuse and violence, and nonconsensual care) among women between 15 and 49 years of age in their latest childbi…

BACKGROUND: In the last few years, quality of life (QoL) has become an outcome measure in patients with pituitary diseases. OBJECTIVE: To describe the available data on QoL impairment evaluated with questionnaires in patients with pituitary diseases. DESIGN: Critical review of the pertinent literature and pragmatic d…

Endoscopic disc surgery (EDS) for lumbar spine disc herniation is a well-known but developing field, which is increasingly spreading in the last few years. Rate of recurrence/residual, complications, and outcomes, in comparison with standard microdiscectomy (MD), is still debated and need further data. We performed an…