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The clinical picture, course and outcomes of tuberculous meningitis observed in the Maritime Territory over the past 15 years (n = 93) have been studied. The findings have revealed a rise in the incidence of the disease in the recent years, an increase in the number of patients of the most productive age (30-50 years),…

PURPOSE: Craniopharyngiomas (CPGs) are aggressive brain tumors responsible of severe morbidity in children. The best treatment strategies are under debate. Our study evaluates surgical, pituitary, and hypothalamic outcomes of a tailored staged-surgical approach compared to a single-stage radical approach in children wi…

INTRODUCTION: Pelvic fixation in patients with neuromuscular scoliosis is difficult, due to their fragile general condition and poor bone quality. Many techniques have been described, associated with high rates of mechanical complications. The objective of this work was to evaluate the mechanical complications and long…

Many observational studies have reported outcomes after surgical aortic valve replacement (AVR), but there are no recent systematic reviews and meta-analyses including all available bioprostheses and allografts. The objective of this study is to provide a comprehensive and up-to-date overview of the outcomes after AVR…

BACKGROUND: In developing countries, home delivery without a skilled birth attendant is a common practice. It has been evidenced that unattended birth is linked with serious life-threatening complications for both the women and the newborn. Institutional delivery with a skilled birth assistance could reduce 20-30% of n…

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: The annual risk of ischemic stroke distal to > or =50% asymptomatic carotid stenoses was approximately 2% to 3% in early cohort studies and subsequent randomized trials of endarterectomy. This risk might have fallen in recent years owing to improvements in medical treatment, but there are no pub…

Within the last decade, social media has progressed from a form of mere entertainment to a medium for solution of complex issues in our daily lives. During the last few years, social media has gained value in medical education and the diversity in the use of digital media has given new dimensions to medical education w…

The incidence of neuroendocrine tumors of the rectum has been increasing in the last decades, partly due to improved investigation. They are mostly well-differentiated small tumors with a rather good overall prognosis. In the last few years, some aspects of neuroendocrine tumors have been evolving. In 2010, the World H…

There has been a gradual improvement in the outcome for younger patients with Acute Myeloid Leukaemia over the last two decades, but unfortunately this same progress is not apparent in older patients. "Old" has come to mean rather arbitrarily, patients over 60 years. This age cut off has been perpetuated by clinical tr…

Fascioliasis is a worldwide zoonotic infection with Fasciola hepatica and Fasciola gigantica. The zoonoses are particularly endemic in sheep-raising countries and are also endemic in Iran. Typical symptoms that may be associated with fascioliasis can be divided by phases of the disease, including the acute or liver pha…

BACKGROUND: According to a recent Danish study, public health policies in Sweden and Denmark have become more oriented towards the individual over the last few years. We wanted to explore the development in Norway over the last decade. MATERIAL AND METHODS: Changes in policy have been identified by comparing arguments…

Unemployment has increased in Norway during the last years. In order to study the impact of unemployment on primary health care in Hedmark county, a questionnaire was sent to 132 general practitioners. 70% replied. Some of the questions dealt with the doctors' requests for social security benefits for patients whose pr…

BACKGROUND: People who inject drugs (PWID) are at increased risk of acquiring and transmitting HIV and Hepatitis C (HCV) due to sharing injection paraphernalia and unprotected sex. To generate seroprevalence data on HIV and HCV among PWID and related data on risk behaviour, a multicentre sero- and behavioural survey us…

For the last 10 years, the World Health Organization has been celebrating World Hand Hygiene Day on the 5th of May, bringing together the global healthcare ecosystem to celebrate hand hygiene. This day was created to raise awareness about the importance of hand hygiene in healthcare settings, as well as to focus on a s…

A 67-year-old woman who underwent left breast mastectomy and right breast partial mastectomy under the diagnosis of left breast cancer and suspected right breast cancer 10 years earlier was admitted because of dyspnea. Chest computed tomography revealed pericardial fluid accumulation. The patient was treated with peric…

The Atlantic Multidecadal Oscillation (AMO) represents a significant driver of Northern Hemisphere climate, but the forcing mechanisms pacing the AMO remain poorly understood. Here we use the available proxy records to investigate the influence of solar and volcanic forcing on the AMO over the last ~450 years. The evid…

The paper presents a review of the the last 20 years experience of some important oncologic and surgical centers all over the world on IntraPeritoneal Hyperthermic Chemotherapy (IPHC) applied by well known specialists in this domain: Sugarbaker P. (SUA), Takeshi S. (Japan, Elias D. (France), Deraco M. (Italy) and other…

The diagnosis of Wilms tumor stage IV was established in a girl of 5 1/2 years of age in July 1972. Nephrektomy was followed by radiotherapy of the tumorbed and the lung metastasis. Thereafter the child was treated with Vincristine (VCR) and Actinomycine D (AMD) for two years. The child has been off treatment for the l…

BACKGROUND: Despite high coverage of antenatal care (ANC) and family welfare assistant (FWA) visits, emergency contraceptive pill (ECP) awareness is critically low in Bangladesh. We aim to investigate the missed opportunities in generating ECP awareness through ANC and FWA visit programs; and assess the missed opportun…

The authors have made a comparative analysis of postoperative lethality in acute cholecystitis for the period of 25 years. The clinical material included 1383 operated patients, of them 87 (6.3%) patients died. In the previous years postoperative lethality was within the limits of 9-10% and the determining factor was e…