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Five-year changes in the percentage of positive intradermal test to allergens in patients with bronchial asthma (BA) and allergic rhinitis (AR) over a period of 30 years from 1969 to 1998 were analyzed, with consideration of their association with the yearly changes in the levels of airborne pollens and molds over 30 y…

Taxonomy within genus Sousa is confused largely due to inconsistencies among external morphology, skull morphology, pigmentation patterns and molecular studies. Here we provide our understanding of the evolution of Sousa chinensis by proposing a phylogeographic history based on mtDNA study. It is proposed that the spec…

Objective - to determine current clinical practice of nutrition support in hospitals in the UK and to determine whether there have been any apparent changes in practices since 1988. Design - An 81 question survey about enteral and parenteral nutriton was sent to all District Dietitians registered with the British Diete…

PURPOSE: To examine the success rate and the dose-response ratio of three-muscle compared to two-muscle surgery for the treatment of medium- and large-angle (20 to 45 prism diopters [PD]) intermittent exotropia. METHODS: Medical records of patients who underwent strabismus surgery for treatment of intermittent exotrop…

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…

Extensive dating of the fossil corals associated with the Waimanalo shoreline on Oahu has shown that 120,000 years ago the ocean was approximately 7.6 meters above its present level. Corals grown during that time constitute a major portion of the subaerial reef-derived material on the island, with exposures ranging fro…

The ranges of arctic-alpine species have shifted extensively with Pleistocene climate changes and glaciations. Using sequence data from the trnH-psbA and trnT-trnL chloroplast DNA spacer regions, we investigated the phylogeography of the widespread, ancient (>3 million years) arctic-alpine plant Oxyria digyna (Polygona…

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…

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…

BACKGROUND: Osteosynthesis of leg fractures and deformities in children with osteogenesis imperfecta should align the skeleton and overcome its fragility during growth with a telescopic effect. A high rate of mechanical complications is associated with various surgical techniques described in the literature. PURPOSE:…

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…

The rate of patients with extrapulmonary tuberculosis has increased in the last years (about 5% of all cases), and displaying a wide spectrum of clinical manifestations. Among them, the anal localization is a rare occurrence (0.7%) according to available published data. During the last two years, we have diagnosed and…

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…

INTRODUCTION: Long term results of different surgical techniques in Hirschsprung's Disease (HD) are contradictory. There are still no long term large or multicentric reports about functional results of De la Torre technique. We have studied the mid term functional results of the patients operated on Duhamel (D) and De…

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