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BACKGROUND: Surgery for stages 4 and 5 of retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) is challenging. The long-term results even in initially successful cases are not satisfactory. Data on long-term results are sparse. METHODS: Retrospective analysis of patients with stages 4 and 5 of ROP who underwent surgery at a tertiary care…

Contrast-induced nephropathy (CIN) has been a hot topic during the last 5 years due its association with increased morbidity and mortality. CIN is an important complication, particularly in patients with advanced chronic kidney disease (CKD) associated with diabetes mellitus. Methods to diminish the incidence of CIN ha…

BACKGROUND: The prevalence of obesity has increased worldwide during the last decades. The goal of this article is to explore whether the obesity epidemic has reached Norway. MATERIAL AND METHODS: We have conducted a literature review where we identified and summarized recent population studies of prevalence, distribu…

According the information of Maxillo-Facial Surgery Clinic of Moscow Medical Academy the percentage of the patients with face furuncles and carbuncles from all the hospitalised is the following: 1994--4.5%, 1995--7.9%, 1996--11.4%, 1997--17.0%. That gives about 3.7 times during the last 2 years. The rate of dangerous f…

Diabetes is the most prevalent long-term condition, occurring in approximately 6.5% of the UK population. However, an average of 18% of all acute hospital beds are occupied by someone with diabetes. Having diabetes in hospital is associated with increased harm - however that may be defined. Over the last few years the…

Primary amebic meningoencephalitis (PAM) is a devastating infection of the brain caused by the thermophilic free-living ameba, Naegleria fowleri. Infection can occur when water containing the ameba enters the body through the nose, usually during recreational water activities such as swimming or diving. Historically, i…

OBJECTIVE: To characterize the maternal mortality in the state of Mississippi for 1987-1991 and compare the maternal mortality from 1977-1986 with that of the last 5 years. STUDY DESIGN: Factors associated with maternal mortality were obtained from death certificates, replies to questionnaires, medical records, and au…

The antibiogram of 658 S. typhi strains isolated in Moldova during the last 20 years points out that this bacterium is preserving in the studied area its natural sensitivity towards the antibiotics used in the treatment of typhoid fever. A very small number of strains resistant to these antibiotics (below 0.5%) have ap…

Cardiovascular diseases are the first cause of death in all developed countries and in many underdeveloped countries (1). In Cuba they have constituted the first cause of death in the last 20 years, with a tendency to increase, with the characteristic that this tendency is due to ischemic heart disease (IHD) (2). The f…

BACKGROUND: This paper studies the influence of biological and behavioural determinants on the reproductive period and fertility of older, rural Portuguese women (Municipality of Oleiros) and their mothers and describes the secular trends 1880-1940. METHOD: The reproductive histories of 337 women who were 44 years and…

Here we present a pragmatic multistep approach for the treatment of transsexual patients. The importance of an individually designed cross-gender hormone replacement therapy embedded in a multidisciplinary treatment concept, provided by psychiatrists, endocrinologists and surgeons, is demonstrated. Following this conce…

Within the last 10 years, ultrasonic screening was carried out in 11,996 females (27,000 examinations on the whole) on an outpatient basis. The reliability of the procedure in diagnosing ovarian tumors proved as high as 94.1%. Cancer morbidity for the last 5 years was compared in the ultrasonography and no ultrasonogra…

PRECIS: In eyes with intractable glaucoma, drainage devices provide long-term control of intraocular pressure also after penetrating keratoplasty (PK). There is a high incidence of corneal graft failure. PURPOSE: To compare very long-term results of eyes with glaucoma drainage device (GDD) after PK. METHODS: We retro…

The data on 130 children with brain abscesses treated over 21 years (1970-1990) were analyzed retrospectively. The whole group included four infants. Chronic ear infection and cyanotic congenital heart disease were the most common predisposing factors. In infants, meningitis and/or ventriculitis were dominant in the et…