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Physical therapists work in different medical and related settings and serve to maintain and restore functional capability. Pakistan has a disability rate of 2.65% with a total of around 5.035 million disabled people. Physical therapy as a profession started in 1956 at the Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre with a 2-ye…

PURPOSE: To report the results of a simple outpatient method for soft tissue socket expansion in young children with congenital anophthalmos. METHODS: Seventeen congenital anophthalmic sockets of 15 infants of a mean age of 4.2±4.4 months were fitted with specially designed serial solid acrylic shapes or hydrogel…

Cardiovascular diseases (CVD) produce almost a million deaths a year in Latin America (LA), becoming the main cause of death in the last years, and it is estimated that the number of deaths in the region attributable to CVD will increase in the near future. This new epidemic is a consequence of the demographic, economi…

OBJECTIVE: The authors examine the tenure of first-time Chairs in academic departments of psychiatry in order to stimulate discussion on extant workforce and leadership issues. METHOD: Data on tenure of Chairs in psychiatry and other nonsurgical specialties were derived from the longitudinal database of the Associatio…

BACKGROUND AND METHODS: We conducted an all-Ireland population-based prospective epidemiological survey of motor neurone disease (MND) using the Northern Ireland and Republic of Ireland MND registers to examine the incidence and prevalence of the disease over the period 2004-2005. RESULTS AND CONCLUSIONS: Incidence of…

Infection represents a serious complication in vascular surgery. The average of 2-3% of reconstructions are involved. The article offers a review of current diagnosis and treatment of infection after vascular reconstruction. Emphasis is put on early diagnosis and its impact on prognosis of patients. We summarize the pr…

Of approximately 2,000 pathologically confirmed symptomatic CVD patients, atherothrombotic infarctions were found in 23%, lacunar infarctions in 18%, cardioembolic infarctions in 17%, hypertensive cerebral hemorrhages in 16%, lobar type hemorrhages in 3%, subarachnoid hemorrhages in 4%, progressive subcortical vascular…

During the last few years, a unique group of patients was recognized among the burn patients treated in our institution. They were all young men with small, isolated, lower-extremity burns that, in appearance, were not compatible with the claimed etiology. In an attempt to characterize these patients, we retrospectivel…

Driving while intoxicated rates have declined substantially in the last 20 years. This is as a result of public opinion combined with increased law enforcement efforts. A recent tool has been the Breath Analyzed Ignition Interlock Device. This new technology is designed to prevent persons with excessive blood alcohol l…

OBJECTIVE: To discuss the etiology, diagnostic criteria and treatment of Nelson's syndrome. METHODS: Twenty-three patients with Nelson's syndrome who were treated in our department over the last 19 years were analyzed retrospectively. Removal of adenoma by the transsphenoidal approach was done in 21 patients and by tr…

A case report of a girl aged 3.5 years affected by the extremely rare combination of idiopathic pulmonary haemosiderosis (IPH) and coeliac disease (CD) is presented. It is the 13th such case that has been published over the last 25 years and only the 7th to be reported in a child. We believe that the concurrence of the…

Much outstanding progress concerning the application of ESR spectroscopy/imaging in the biomedical field has been made in recent years. The literature in this field has already been specifically covered by several reviews. The aim of this article is to provide an overview of the most important findings, obtained in the…

795 cases of inguinal and femoral hernia repair, utilizing polypropylene meshes, were performed during the period 1/1/91-31/3/97. The Trabucco repair was performed in 301 cases (37.8%), while the Lichtenstein technique in 494 (62.2%). In the last two years the Lichtenstein technique was preferred to homogenize the resu…

This study reports 4 cases of Behçet Syndrome which came under our observation and were surgically treated for vascular or gastrointestinal manifestations. These cases included 3 males and 1 female, mean age 26.5 years, of which 2 were treated with implantation of prosthesis for aneurysm of the abdominal aorta wit…

Azoospermia in two spermiograms, normal FSH and normal testicle size are sufficient for the diagnosis of excretory azoospermia and constitute an indication for surgery. Over the last 15 years, in 642 men an epididymo-vasostomy was performed for inflammatory (51%), inborn (44%) or acquired (5%) epididymal obstruction. I…

In a five year retrospective study of 360 patients with homozygous (SS) sickle cell disease, eighteen (5%) were found to have neurological complications. Their ages ranged from 7 months to 21 years with a mean of 11.1 +/- 6 years. Of those with neurological complications, twelve (67%) of the patients had cerebrovascula…

The DSM-III is the first criteria-based, multiaxial classification system of mental disorders. Since its introduction in 1980, it has received more attention than any previous nosology in the history of psychiatry. The present report attempts to gauge the impact of DSM-III on diagnostic practice at one of the largest u…

A rising incidence and mortality rate from cancer of the colon and rectum has been observed in some Chilean regions. An estimated 1.350 hospital admissions and 650 deaths occurred in the last decade. Cumulative risk for developing these lesions is estimated at 0.75% under 60 and 1.52% under 75 years of age. Mean age at…

Ischemic necrosis of the bones in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) usually appears when treatment with corticosteroids is initiated. The most frequent site is the hip, while the knee and shoulder are less frequently involved. A 21-year-old man was admitted because of bilateral shoulder pain 3 years after diagnosis of…