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The statistical study of a large number of eclamptic patients (n = 704), divided into five successive 3-year periods, was undertaken at the Hospital de Gineco-Obstetricia No. 2 del Centro Médico Nacional in Mexico City in orders to detect significant changes in therapeutic results and/or in the basic character of…

This study reports a follow-up on 2415 occlusal sealings performed in a dental office. After nine to ten years service time, the survival rate of all sealed surfaces dropped to 69.5% because of either occlusal or interproximal carious activities. Retention of the sealings was intact in 91.5% after one year, but dropped…

OBJECTIVE: Evaluate factors associated with HIV transmission risk behavior among HIV-infected adults in Uganda. DESIGN: Cross-sectional and nationally representative study (2004-2005 Uganda HIV/AIDS Sero-Behavioral Survey) tested 18,525 adults (15-59 years old) for HIV and herpes simplex virus type 2 (HSV-2). METHODS…

The effect of color on the production of responses to the Rorschach task has been considered by investigators from 2 different positions: (a) that color has little effect on the production of responses, and (b) that color increases the number of responses. Some previous results found by the current investigators have s…

Conventional methods of fluorescent antibody test (FAT) and virus isolation (VI) and molecular method of polymerase chain reaction (PCR) were compared for the detection of HSV in keratitis during a 9-year period. Of 186 corneal scraping specimens, 108 were subjected to FATand VI in the pre-PCR period (initial 5 years)…

During a period of twelve years--January 1983 to December 1994, 371 children suspected of foreign body inhalation were admitted in Hospital Pediatric of Coimbra. The diagnosis was confirmed in 200 of them (54%), and this group was analysed. The incidence has increased until 1989 and stabilized in the last 5 years with…

Three new cases of diffuse pulmonary lymphangioleiomyomatosis are presented. Case number 1 is a female patient who presented repeated pneumotorax and dyspnea without evidence by CT scan and gynecological ultrasound of extrathoracic lesions. This patient did not respond to medroxiprogesterone and died 5 years after the…

A prospective mortality study of tobacco smoking of Swiss physicians is reported over a period of 18 years (1955-1973). The mortality rate increases with the intensity of the daily smoking quantity, going till to the double of non-smokers. This elevation is not seen in late smokers. Contrary to the habits of English do…

714 cases of Fallot's tetralogy have been encountered over the last thirty years. A closed heart operation was undertaken in 472 patients. The mean age at operation was 5,1 years. In 87% of cases, a Blalock-Taussig anastomosis was carried out. The operative mortality was of the order of 3%. The operative risk was almos…

OBJECTIVES: Interstitial lung disease (ILD) carries significant morbidity and mortality risk in systemic sclerosis (SSc). We aimed to estimate the incidence of new-onset SSc-ILD and the associated risk factors, as well as its impact on the prognosis. METHODS: Patients classified as having SSc, with the absence of ILD…

BACKGROUND: The potential association between fertility drugs and risk of ovarian cancer has been analysed using data from a case-control study conducted between January 1992 and September 1999 in four Italian areas. METHODS: Cases were 1031 women (median age 56, range 18-79 years) with incident, histologically confir…

BACKGROUND: The ISAAC (International Study of Asthma and Allergies in Childhood) was thought in order to maximize the value of epidemiological research into asthma and allergic diseases in childhood, establishing a standardized methodology and facilitating collaboration and comparison between several countries. METHOD…

The purpose of this study was to examine the stability of somatotypes of 63 boys in Saskatoon, Canada who were followed from 7 to 16 years of age. Somatotype photos were taken annually and rated by a criterion rater (BH-R). Comparisons were made longitudinally across all years using repeated-measures ANOVAs of the whol…

We review our results of transplantation performed during the last 10 years in 65 children less than 15 years old: 32 parental grafts (group P) are compared with 35 grafts from well-matched (mean HLA-A,B mismatches: 1.7) cadavers (group C). Group P patients' survival is slightly but not significantly better than that o…

BACKGROUND: Dislocation of an artificial intraocular lens (IOL) into the vitreous is a rare complication in cataract surgery. The removal of the IOL from the vitreous can be associated with various difficulties. As vitreal surgery in Latvia has been developed only during the last two years, patients with IOL dislocatio…

During the last 5 years, 640 patients had treatment to their port wine stains (PWS) with a flashlamp-pumped pulsed dye laser. One hundred and fifty-six patients have been discharged for varying reasons, of which 59 (38%) achieved excellent (at least 75%) lightening of their birthmark. Of the remaining patients, those w…

Over the last 20 years a comprehensive paediatric nephrology service has been developed in Northern Ireland, based in the academic medical unit at the Royal Belfast Hospital for Sick Children (RBHSC). In the 15 years 1984-1998 a total of 77 renal transplants have taken place in patients aged 18 years and under. Initial…

BACKGROUND: Referral treatment costs and insurance status impact treatment decisions for colic. OBJECTIVES: To evaluate changes in the cost of referral treatment for colic, and insurance cover and premiums in the United Kingdom between 2018 and 2023. STUDY DESIGN: Cross sectional study. METHODS: Thirty UK equine ref…