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BACKGROUND: It is unclear whether frailty index (FI) change captures mortality risk better than and independently of the current FI level, i.e. whether a regular FI assessment among older adults provides additional insights for mortality risk stratification or not. METHODS: We used data from the LASA 75-PLUS-study, wh…

OBJECTIVE: To update information on the mortality trend due to lung cancer in Mexico from 1990 to 2016. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Age-adjusted rates were obtained using the direct method. The percentage of annual change in the mortality of lung cancer was obtained through joinpoint analysis at the national level, by regi…

To discuss the surgical treatment and its effectiveness of odontoid fracture complicated with atlantoaxial dislocation in children with spinal cord injury.From January 2010 to December 2014, 10 cases of children under 14 years old, with intractable odontoid fracture with atlantoaxial dislocation were enrolled. The mean…

Congenital diaphragmatic hernia (CDH) remains one of the major challenges in neonatal surgery. Survival rate has increased in the last decades mainly due to perinatal care and surgical technique improvements. Classically, a laparotomy has been performed after cardiovascular and respiratory stabilization. Introduction o…

Many works carried out in the last decades have shown that the pollen season for taxa flowering in winter and spring, in temperate regions, has tended to be earlier, probably due to the continuous rise in temperature. The mean annual temperature in Perugia, Central Italy, was about 0.5 °C higher in the last t…

UNLABELLED: In congenital blepharoptosis the upper eyelid cannot be lifted normally because of congenital impairment in the levator function. The descended eyelid margin partially or completely obstructs of the visual axis with the consequent risk of amblyopia. Frontalis suspension is the surgery of choice for ptosis w…

(1) Standard treatments fail in about 20% of children with acute lymphoblastic leukaemia. About half these children die within 10 weeks. (2) Clofarabine, a cytotoxic drug chemically related to fludarabine, is now marketed for use in this setting. (3) The decision to grant marketing authorization was based mainly on the…

BACKGROUND: The few studies in Chile assessing the nutritional status of indigenous children show a high prevalence of stunting, excess weight and feeding problems. AIM: To compare anthropometric indices in children from indigenous and non indigenous ancestry. SUBJECTS AND METHODS: School children aged 6 to 8 years o…

BACKGROUND: Long-term studies indicate that adherence to asthma controller therapy decreases over time, and persistence with therapy may be poor. METHODS: This primary care database study assessed persistence with therapy over one year after first prescription of inhaled corticosteroid (ICS) for children aged 2-14 yea…

INTRODUCTION: Readiness to perform a wide variety of procedures or manage nearly any patient presentation remains an essential aspect of emergency medicine training and practice. Often, simulation is needed to supplement real-life exposure to provide comfort and knowledge, particularly with rarer pathology and procedur…

The cardiovascular risk associated with left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH) in the community and, particularly, in the hypertensive fraction of the general population, represents the rationale for its timely and accurate identification in order to implement adequate preventive strategies. Although electrocardiography (E…

PURPOSE: Dirofilaria repens is an endemic parasite in Mediterranean countries that mostly affects animals. Rarely, however, it can infect humans. This case series presents patients with ocular infections due to D. repens. MATERIALS AND METHODS: A chart review was performed of patients with ocular dirofilariasis after…

INTRODUCTION: Tuberculosis is responsible for more than 40% of spine infections. While tuberculostatic chemotherapy remains the gold-standard treatment, surgical intervention is necessary only in specific cases. This paper reports the results of 33 patients with spine tuberculosis operated in our department in the last…

PURPOSE: The incidence of kidney stones in adults has increased in the last 30 years. This retrospective, single site review was done to test the hypotheses that the incidence of urolithiasis in pediatric patients increased from 1994 to 2005, and that metabolic abnormalities were more common in patients with renal ston…

Ongoing publicity about methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE) suggests that this chemical is of greater concern than other contaminants commonly found in drinking water. The purpose of this article is to evaluate the available MTBE data in context with other volatile organic compounds (VOCs) that are detected in public dr…

BACKGROUND: Surgical resection of the primary tumor in peripancreatic cancer has been associated with an improved survival and decreased morbidity in the recent literature. The purpose of this review was to analyze the results at a single institution. METHODS: Between 1985 and 1995, 88 patients underwent a pancreatico…

The authors report their experience of organ procurement during the last 5 years to evaluate a program that began in 1988 to improve organ retrieval in Calabria. In this region only two donations were reported up to 1988, one each in 1980 and 1985. Because of the large population on dialysis and the willingness of a gr…

Of 584 leprosy patients known at the Institut de Léprologie Appliquée de Dakar because they suffered a nerve lesion with or without chronic plantar ulcer (CPU), 242 (41%) could be followed-up during a mean period of time of 8.2 years (range: 5 and 10 years) by the means of the mobile disability prevention tea…

INTRODUCTION: The most appropriate method to manage adult patients with ischemic-onset moyamoya disease (MMD) without hemodynamic compromise remains undetermined. This study aimed to elucidate the long-term (5- to 10-year) clinical, angiographic, and cognitive outcomes of nonsurgical management alone (including a reduc…

Platelet-rich plasma (PRP), which is widely used in many dermatologic conditions, has also been used in the treatment of melasma in recent years. The objective of this study is to determine the efficacy of PRP in melasma. Fifteen female patients with melasma participated in this study. Intradermal PRP was performed eve…