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Adenocarcinoma of the exocrine pancreas is one of the most aggressive types of solid tumor and stands at fourth position in the tumor death frequency scale due to a high mortality rate. Effective screening methods are not available and only radical surgery offers a curative option. With adjuvant chemotherapy the median…

AIM: The aim of this survey was to establish prevalence of cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) training within the last 5 years and reasons preventing training and initiation of CPR in Ireland as well as awareness of the emergency numbers. METHODS: An in-home omnibus survey was undertaken in 2008 with quota sampling r…

UNLABELLED: Only one study evaluated the scientific activity in community pharmacies in Spain, and it was restricted to articles published in just two journals. OBJECTIVE: To assess the scientific activity in community pharmacies in Spain through a bibliometric analysis of the original papers published during the year…

Medulloblastoma is the most common malignant brain tumor in children. There was a perception of pediatric neuro-oncologists that the incidence had declined in Canada. An epidemiological survey was undertaken to determine the incidence of this tumor in Canada and if a change had indeed occurred. All patients 14 yea…

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the survival rate and complications of endodontically treated residual crowns and roots restored directly or by glass fiber post and core or cast metal post and core. METHODS: In this study, 96 patients with a total of 142 teeth were selected. All the teeth were undergone root canal therapy. And…

Between 1961 and 1994, 1,120 adult and adolescent patients had reintervention on the aortic, mitral or both valves. Operative mortality was 7%; five, 10, 15 and 20 year survival rates were 81%, 65%, 54% and 52%, respectively. From the sixties to the nineties, the number of procedures (58 to 304), the age of patients (4…

PURPOSE: Pelvic fractures are classified as stable or unstable. They correlate with a severity of trauma and the initial medical treatment is decisive. This study evaluated the transferrals of such fractures and described the initial treatment as well as the clinical course. METHODS: We analysed retrospective data fro…

The spread of antibiotic resistance among bacterial pathogens is to a large extent mediated by mobile antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs). The prevalence and geographic distribution of several newly discovered ARGs, as well as some clinically important ARGs conferring resistance to last resort antibiotics, are largely u…

As the prevention and treatment of cervical cancer improves, there is increasing focus on the months and years after cancer treatment. Of those women living after a diagnosis of cancer, 10% will have a gynaecological malignancy and although the incidence of cervix cancer has dropped over the last 20 years, so has the a…

PURPOSE: To review the recent developments in asthma research in China, presenting the background of further asthma research and promoting academic exchanges between Chinese and foreign respirologists. DATA SOURCES: A literature search was conducted using 5 authoritative journals covering the years 1994-1998. STUDY S…

We investigated the long-term prognosis of Lennox-Gastaut syndrome (LGS) in 72 patients followed up for > 10 years. Long-term seizure and intellectual outcomes were poor, as previously reported. The diagnosis of LGS was first made in the age range from 2 to 15 years with peak occurrence at 5 years. Progressive IQ score…

The mortality attributed to asthma has increased annually in England and Wales from 1960 to 1965. The increase is more pronounced at ages 5 to 34 years than at older ages and is most pronounced at ages 10 to 14 years. In this last age group the mortality increased nearly eight times in seven years, and in 1966 asthma a…

Applying accommodating resistance combined with isoinertial resistance has been demonstrated to be effective in improving neuromuscular attributes important for sport performance. The main purpose of this study was to determine whether short sprints can be acutely enhanced after several sets of back squats with or with…

Ten healthy, normal subjects (5 male and 5 female) aged 20-28 years participated in this experimental study of the effect of moclobemide on sleep. The design consisted of 2 sessions of 5 nights each, comprising 1 adaptation night, 2 nights on placebo and 2 inputs of moclobemide 4 mg/kg (session B). The 2 sessions were…

OBJECTIVE: To study the clinical and immunological profile of children with juvenile rheumatoid arthritis (JRA). DESIGN: Retrospective hospital based study. SETTING: Tertiary level center of North India. SUBJECTS: 74 patients attending the Pediatric Rheumatology and Immunology Clinic over last 5 years. RESULTS: The…

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…

BACKGROUND: Cixian county has one of the highest incidence rates of esophageal cancer (EC) in China, as well as the world. In 1974, the Cixian population-based cancer registry system was established, so that there is now information on esophageal cancer cases over almost 30 years. METHODS: Data from Cixian Cancer Regi…

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…

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…