98,289 papers found

Cannabis is the third most consumed drug worldwide. Thus, healthcare providers should be able to identify users who are in need for an intervention. This study aims to explore the relationship of acute, chronic, and early exposure (AE, CE, and EE) to cannabis with cognitive and behavioral harms (CBH), as a first step t…

BACKGROUND: The objective of this study was to assess the complication and re-operation rates, evaluate the risk of non-union, and describe the functional outcomes at last follow-up in children and adolescents after lower-limb malignant tumour resection and reconstruction using the induced-membrane technique. HYPOTHES…

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the early clinical outcomes of subtotal corpectomy and intervertebral bone grafting through posterior approach alone in the treatment of thoracolumbar burst fracture or thoracolumbar fracture-dislocation. METHODS: Between January 2009 and December 2010, 20 patients with thoracolumbar burst fract…

OBJECTIVE: To examine the association between neonatal bilirubin levels and subsequent neurodevelopmental outcome. DESIGN: Prospective cohort study. SETTING: 12 US medical centers from 1959 (first births) to 1974 (last follow-up). PARTICIPANTS: 41,324 singleton white or black infants with birth weight > or = 2500 g…

BACKGROUND: Evidence suggests a prodromal phase in multiple sclerosis (MS) identifiable via healthcare use, including psychiatric symptoms. The association between psychiatric morbidity in this phase and future outcomes remains unclear. OBJECTIVES: We investigated the association between psychiatric morbidity in the 5…

PURPOSE: To compare the sexual function of healthy adult pregnant women with that of gestational diabetes patients (GDM) in the third trimester. METHODS: This cross-sectional study enrolled two groups of women managed antenatal care clinics. Inclusion criteria were: maternal age .20 years, gestational age at least 28…

Binocular luster is a visual phenomenon that can be elicited by dichoptic stimuli showing an interocular difference in color or luminance contrast. For instance, when the two eyes are presented with simple center-surround stimuli in which the center patch in one eye is brighter and in the other eye darker than the comm…

Accuracy of endoscopic examination in early gastric cancer and precancerous conditions diagnostics for many years depended only on quality of biopsy. That's why, risk of overlooking gastric focal carcinoma, particularly-- multiple, was relatively high. Last couple of years new endoscopic method--confocal laser endomicr…

The trachea forms the part of the conducting system which transports air from the external environment to the lungs. The aim of this study was to provide quantitative dimensions of the trachea of Red Sokoto goat (Capra hircus). Quantitative analysis was conducted on nine tracheas from goats (ages were ranged between ei…

BACKGROUND: Gallbladder torsion is a rare disease, predominantly affecting elderly women. It is an important differential in the acute surgical abdomen. METHODS: A total of 324 published case reports of torsion of the gallbladder were reviewed. Features in diagnostic imaging suggestive of torsion were reviewed and sum…

The modern treatment of the osteoarticular tumors requires a multidisciplinary approach. Due to their proximity to major neural and vascular pathways, to the fact that they affect young people, as well as because they can permanently impair the functionality of the limb, the preoperative assessment of the patients must…

OBJECTIVE: To identify the mean time of permanent teeth eruption in children aged 5-15 years in Samsun, Turkey. STUDY DESIGN: A total of 1,491 children aged 5-15 years (Female: 773; Male: 718) were included in this study. Teeth were recorded as either "not erupted" or "erupted," which was defined as having at least on…

Background. Perception remains that brachytherapy-based regimens are inappropriate for patients having increased risk of extracapsular extension (ECE). Methods. 321 consecutive intermediate and high-risk disease patients were treated between 1/92 and 2/97 by one author (M. Dattoli) and stratified by NCCN guidelines. 15…

Zoonotic fascioliasis is a problem not only in Dakahlia Governorate, but also in other Egyptian Governorates. This work was conducted in ten centers at Dakahlia Governorate, Egypt. Three thousand cases were randomly selected annually from each center representing five rural and five urban areas. Cases were examined for…

Mood disorders in children and adolescents and their treatments have received increasing attention and clinical investigation over the last few decades. The core features of mood disorders are essentially the same across the life span. Developmental level, however, appears to influence the expression of certain mood sy…

AIM: Achalasia is a disease of unknown etiology resulting from degeneration of the esophageal Auerbach submucous plexus. This degeneration makes normal relaxation of the cardia during swallowing impossible leading to dysphagia, chest pain and regurgitation of varying degree. Until 15 years ago the main conservative tre…

OBJECTIVE: Study patients diagnosed of pericardial effusion and pericardiocentesis was made. We search the etiology, complications and the cnic's mortality. METHOD: 69 patients of Clinic Hospital of Zaragoza admitted in the critical care unit. RESULTS: We present 69 patients with 20-87 years old, 21 women and 48 men.…

Available data for obstetric care in the University Malaya Medical Centre, Kuala Lumpur from 1987 to 1999 were reviewed. Despite incomplete data, we were able to determine fairly well the practice of obstetric anaesthesia and analgesia in the unit, and the changes over the years. There was a decline in the use of gener…

The epidemiological analysis of morbidity in drug addiction in Russia for the period of 25 years is presented. As shown in this analysis, by 1992 the number of drug addicts rose twofold in comparison with 1986, and by 1998 this number rose tenfold, reaching 109.5 per 100,000 of the population. The total number of perso…

The authors present their experience with 93 patients operated at the First Surgical Clinic of the General Faculty Hospital and First Medical Faculty, Charles University Prague on account of familial adenomatous polyposis (FAP) assembled during 36 year starting in 1962. They analyze 91 patients followed up in collabora…