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Lecomte Y·Sante mentale au Quebec
In this first article, the author analyses the socio-e-conomico-political conditions that have led to the closing of 78.5 % of beds in American asylums in the last 30 years. The author goes on to show how the U.S. government used legislative and fiscal measures to accomplish its deinstitutionalization policy, a policy…
Clabaugh W A·Plastic and reconstructive surgery
A 5-year clinical experience using superficial dermabrasion to remove tattoos is presented. This procedure can be done quickly in the office with low patient risk. Good pigment removal is obtained with little or no scar formation. Cases are presented which are typical of the 250 tattoos removed in the last 5 years.
Sussman Steve, Arpawong Thalida Em, Sun Ping, +3 more·Journal of behavioral addictions
BACKGROUND AND AIMS: Recent work has studied multiple addictions using a matrix measure, which taps multiple addictions through single responses for each type. METHODS: The present study investigated use of a matrix measure approach among former alternative high school youth (average age = 19.8 years) at risk for addi…
Raglow G J, Luby S P, Nabi N·Tropical medicine & international health : TM & IH
OBJECTIVE: To investigate the behaviour, knowledge of risks, and attitudes towards injections among patients at a clinic in Karachi. METHODS: In March 1995, trained staff administered a structured questionnaire to 198 consecutive new adult patients attending a university clinic in Karachi, Pakistan. RESULTS: Half (97…
Nageotte M P, Towers C V, Asrat T, +2 more·Obstetrics and gynecology
OBJECTIVE: To examine the outcome of pregnancies in high-risk patients whose last antepartum fetal assessment was a negative contraction stress test (CST) or a negative modified biophysical profile. METHODS: Twenty-nine hundred ninety-four women who received modified biophysical profiles were compared with 2450 who ha…
Giannini Sandro, Romagnoli Matteo, Barbadoro Paolo, +4 more·Foot and ankle surgery : official journal of the European Society of Foot and Ankle Surgeons
BACKGROUND: A new design of 3-part ankle replacement was developed to achieve compatibility with the natural ligaments by allowing certain fibers to remain isometric during passive motion. METHODS: We evaluate 75 ankle prostheses implanted from July 2003 to December 2008, at a mean follow-up 6.5±1.1years (range 5…
Abitbul Vered, Lidar Merav, Shabshin Noga, +2 more·Harefuah
PURPOSE: Spondyloarthropathies are characterized by inflammatory involvement of the sacroiliac joints [SIJ] and sacroiliitis is a diagnostic criterion for the disease. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is considered the preferred imaging modality for detection and diagnosis of sacroiliitis in its early stages. We review…
Andersson Fredrik L, Svensson Klas, Gerhardsson de Verdier Maria·Respiratory medicine
Little is known about what happens to COPD patients during their final years of life, in particular in terms of hospital use. We linked the Swedish Mortality and Inpatient Registers to examine this research question during the period 1987-2000. In year 2000, 2331 fatalities were diagnosed with COPD as the underlying ca…
Adili Anthony, Trousdale Robert T·Clinical orthopaedics and related research
We reviewed the clinical and radiographic results of 29 consecutive femoral head resurfacing procedures in 28 patients with avascular necrosis done from February 1997 until April 2000. There were 18 males and 10 females with an average age of 31.6 years (range, 12-48 years). The average Harris hip score significantly i…
Baczyk M, Ruchała M, Wolska E, +2 more·Endokrynologia, diabetologia i choroby przemiany materii wieku rozwojowego : organ Polskiego Towarzystwa Endokrynologow Dzieciecych
The aim of the study was to compare the current state and efficiency of iodine prophylaxis during the last six years. The study included 800 children from the rural and urban area (462 children in 1992 and 338 children in 1998) with the proportional sex and age (8-13 years) distribution, 24.936 newborns (9875 in 1992/1…
Panigrahi Manas, Krishnan Shyam Sundar, Vooturi Sudhindra, +3 more·International journal of surgery (London, England)
INTRODUCTION: The current study aimed to evaluate the clinical characteristics and outcome of hemispherotomy in children with refractory hemispherical epilepsy. METHODS: Retrospective analysis of data in twenty one children aged ≤12 years who underwent hemispherotomy and had at least two years post surgery foll…
Pavone Rossana, Fonte Carla, Sardi Iacopo, +9 more·Children (Basel, Switzerland)
We aimed to investigate the significance of optical coherence tomography (SD-OCT) in managing pediatric optic pathway gliomas (OPGs) in children younger than 5 years of age. A retrospective monocentric study was conducted. SD-OCT scans were obtained using the handheld iVue system to assess peripapillary retinal nerve f…
Weigel Ralf, Polemikos Manolis, Uksul Nesrin, +1 more·European spine journal : official publication of the European Spine Society, the European Spinal Deformity Society, and the European Section of the Cervical Spine Research Society
PURPOSE: Surgical treatment of Tarlov cysts is still a matter of debate. Published literature thus far includes mainly small case series with retrospective evaluation and short-term follow-up. We present a novel microsurgical technique that combines the decompression of the nerve fibers with the prevention of recurrenc…
Benito M Bartolomé, Gorricho B Pérez·International journal of pediatric otorhinolaryngology
OBJECTIVE: Acute mastoiditis is a serious complication of acute otitis media, but it can be treated successfully in most of the cases with broad spectrum intravenous antibiotics and myringotomy. In the last 5 years we have perceived that there have been more complicated cases in the otic infectious pathology and the fr…
Käsmann-Kellner B, Hille K, Pfau B, +1 more·Der Ophthalmologe : Zeitschrift der Deutschen Ophthalmologischen Gesellschaft
BACKGROUND: The aim of the study was the evaluation of how ophthalmological diagnoses and the proportion of multiply handicapped children has changed within the last 20 years at a state school for visually handicapped and blind children. PATIENTS AND METHODS: A profile investigation was conducted on all 105 children a…
Loría A, Fernández V, Arroyo P·Salud publica de Mexico
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the coverage of Mexican journals and manuscripts of biomedical research in a Mexican data base (Bibliomex Salud) during its 10 years of existence (1985-1994). MATERIAL AND METHODS: All the manuscripts published by a single Mexican journal Revista de Investigación Clínica (RIC) were sea…
Larmarange Joseph, Wade Abdoulaye S, Diop Abdou K, +5 more·PloS one
BACKGROUND: Men who have sex with other men (MSM) are a vulnerable population in Africa that has been insufficiently explored. Given the high rate of bisexuality among MSM (73% in the past year), it is important to understand their risk-taking behaviors regarding both men and women. METHODOLOGY/PRINCIPAL FINDINGS: A s…
Pujol Nicolas, Blanchi Marie Philippe Rousseaux, Chambat Pierre·The American journal of sports medicine
BACKGROUND: Little is known about the evolution of anterior cruciate ligament injury rates among elite alpine skiers. PURPOSE: To evaluate epidemiologic aspects of anterior cruciate ligament injuries among competitive alpine skiers during the last 25 years. STUDY DESIGN: Descriptive epidemiology study. METHODS: Data…
Daruich Alejandra, Matet Alexandre, Munier Francis L·Retina (Philadelphia, Pa.)
PURPOSE: To determine the age distribution of children with Coats disease and the impact of age at diagnosis on the visual prognosis. METHODS: Consecutive Coats disease cases aged 18 years or younger at diagnosis were retrospectively included. Clinical and imaging parameters were analyzed by comparative, correlation,…
Stulak John M, Sundt Thoralf M, Dearani Joseph A, +3 more·The Annals of thoracic surgery
BACKGROUND: The Cox-maze procedure is the standard to which other surgical treatments of atrial fibrillation (AF) are compared. However, evaluation of new devices and lesion sets is difficult because of variable methods of reporting success in eliminating AF. We analyzed 10-year outcome with the "cut and sew" Cox-maze…