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The majority of older people experience progressive disability at the end of their lives and require long-term care as a result. This study analysed patterns of care utilisation during the 5 years prior to death, particularly the effects of age and time to death in relation to the use of public elder care (i.e. ho…

Systematic reviews (SRs) are published with an increasing rate in many fields of biomedical literature, including orthodontics. Although SRs should consolidate the evidence-based characteristics of contemporary orthodontic practice, doubts on the validity of their conclusions have been frequently expressed. The aim of…

PURPOSE: To study long-term results of MyoRing treatment of keratoconus. METHODS: Retrospective study of MyoRing implantation into a corneal pocket for keratoconus. RESULTS: Corneal thickness at the thinnest point remained unchanged, SIM K's, manifest sphere and cylinder were significantly improved at the first follo…

The study aimed to analyze the mortality and leading causes of death associated with Sjögren's syndrome (SS) in the United States (US) between 1999 and 2020 using a multicause approach. We analyzed mortality based on SS as the cause-of-death. Using mortality rates, number of deaths, and historical trends, we exami…

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Patients with multiple sclerosis (MS) require increasing health care support, particularly in the last year of life. Despite the benefits of palliative care in addressing symptom burden and improving quality of life, its integration into MS care remains inconsistent. This study aimed to chara…

OBJECTIVES: Annual fecal occult blood testing (FOBT) is often continued in patients who have had a recent negative colonoscopy, despite recommendations to the contrary. This prospective study aimed to determine the proportion of patients with a positive FOBT who had adenomas and cancers on colonoscopy stratified accord…

BACKGROUND: Local anaesthesia (LA) is frequently used in the Emergency Department (ED). Local anaesthetic systemic toxicity (LAST) is a potentially fatal complication associated with its use. It is assumed that all doctors administering LA are trained in all aspects of its use including the management of LAST. METHODS…

OBJECTIVES: We aimed to reveal the change in the demographic characteristics of patients with scabies in the last three years and the increase in frequency of patients with scabies observed in our region. METHODS: All patients diagnosed as having scabies in Erzurum Regional Training and Research Hospital and Paland&#x…

INTRODUCTION: After discontinuation of growth friendly (GF) surgery for early onset scoliosis, patients undergo spinal fusion or continued observation. This last planned treatment is colloquially called "definitive" treatment, conferring these patients as "graduates" of a growing program. The 5-year radiographic and cl…

PURPOSE: The aim of this study was to assess the long-term survival rate in children who have undergone orthotopic liver transplantation (OLT) in the last 13 years. METHODS: The records of 198 consecutive patients under 18 years of age who underwent 249 OLTs between 1986 and 1998 were reviewed. Actuarial patient survi…

BACKGROUND: Women are currently underrepresented in academic psychiatry. As publication activity reflects both leadership and participation in academia, we examined temporal trends in women's authorship by conducting a large-scale bibliometric study of psychiatry journals. METHODS: We examined changes in proportions o…

OBJECTIVE: This review paper on tuberculosis in children aims at describing the classical pathogenic findings and to discuss practical features for diagnosis, treatment and prevention, based on Brazilian official rules. METHODS: The author reviews the last 5 years literature on the subject using as sources Medline, Min…

AIM: To investigate the epidemiology of childhood Type 1 diabetes mellitus in Crete over the last 25 years and to evaluate incidence trends over time. METHODS: The study included all children aged 0-14 years who live in Crete and were diagnosed during the 25-year period from 1 January 1992 to 31 December 2016. RESULT…

INTRODUCTION: Acute liver failure (ALF) is a syndrome defined by jaundice, coagulopathy (INR > 1.5) and hepatic encephalopathy in patients with no evidence of prior liver disease. Toxins and drugs are a frequent cause of ALF in children. MATERIAL AND METHODS: The aim of our study was to establish the causes of toxic A…

The first review on biomaterials for the treatment of myocardial infarction (MI) was written in 2006. In the last 5 years, the general approaches for biomaterial treatment of MI and subsequent left ventricular remodeling remain the same, namely, left ventricular restraints, epicardial patches, and injectable therapies.…

BACKGROUND: Gender disparities remain in the field of gastroenterology (GI) despite the decreasing gender gap in the medical field overall. We sought to examine primary and last female authorship as a marker of academic opportunity and advancement to assess the proportion of women publishing in GI over 20 years (1997-2…

OBJECTIVE: Ebstein's anomaly is a rare congenital heart malformation for which surgical and medical management are still controversial. The cone repair has transformed surgical outcomes in many of these patients. We aimed to present our results on the outcomes of patients with Ebstein's anomaly who underwent a cone rep…