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Over the last 100 years the average temperature on the Earth has risen approximately 1ºFahrenheit (F), increasing at a rate twice as fast as has been noted for any period in the last 1,000 years. The Arctic ice cap is shrinking, glaciers are melting, and the Arctic permafrost is thawing. There is mounting evidence…

PURPOSE: To report long-term ocular alignment and sensory outcomes after medial rectus recession for high accommodative convergence/accommodation (AC/A) ratio esotropia. METHODS: The medical records of consecutive patients who had undergone unilateral or bilateral medial rectus recession for high AC/A ratio esotropia…

Late onset of complete heart block is a potentially dangerous complication after open heart surgery for congenital heart disease. The characteristics of patients with late-onset heart block have not been well described. A retrospective review of a pacemaker database was done to identify patients who presented with new…

STATEMENT OF PROBLEM: Metal ceramic restorations are widely used in prosthodontics, but long-term data on their clinical performance in private practice settings based on prospective trials are sparse. PURPOSE: This clinical trial was designed to provide realistic long-term survival rates for different outcomes relate…

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the association between subclinical hypothyroidism with early menopause, premature menopause, and last menstrual bleeding before the natural age of menopause. METHODS: This was a cross-sectional study conducted in 643 postmenopausal women aged 40-69 years. Groups were formed according to…

BACKGROUND: Rotavirus gastroenteritis (RVGE) is a common cause of childhood hospitalizations and emergency department (ED) visits. In the Rotavirus Efficacy and Safety Trial (REST), the pentavalent rotavirus vaccine (RV5) significantly reduced RVGE-associated hospitalizations and ED visits for up to 2 years following t…

The clinic case of a 36 years-old woman with five episodes of relapsing and alternating Bell's palsy in the last 24 years is reported. The definitive etiology could not be demonstrated. The possibility of an immunologic factor is denoted. The literature was reviewed and other etiopathogenic theories are commented on.

Laboratory confirmed cases of tick-borne encephalitis (TBE) have been reported in the Czech Republic since 1971. Peaks of incidence occurred at 2 to 5-year intervals. The incidence in the eighties was generally lower than in seventies. In the nineties there was a sharp increase in incidence that peaked in 1995 (7.2/100…

BACKGROUND: Mobile-bearing knee designs represent an alternative to conventional fixed-bearing implants in total knee arthroplasty. The purpose of this study was to determine the clinical results of a mobile-bearing knee implant. METHODS: From 1990 to 1998, 326 primary consecutive mobile-bearing total knee prostheses…

INTRODUCTION: The present study analyzed results in 56 osteochondral Mosaicplasty® autografts for osteochondral lesion of the talus (OLT) at more than 5 years' follow-up. HYPOTHESIS: Mosaicplasty® shows long-term efficacy and low morbidity in the treatment of OLT. PATIENTS AND METHODS: A multicenter retrosp…

BACKGROUND: The increasingly fashionable sport of motocross is practiced worldwide by millions of people, but there is very little in the literature regarding its associated injuries and their prevention. We therefore present the first comprehensive, prospective study looking at hand and wrist injuries resulting from m…

BACKGROUND: During the past years, major advances in the management of upper gastrointestinal diseases have been achieved. The aim of this study was to determine if changes in indications for upper gastrointestinal endoscopy and endoscopic findings have occurred during the last 15 years in our area. METHODS: Indicatio…

End-of-life (EOL) HIV cure-related research provides a novel approach to studying HIV reservoirs. The Last Gift is a rapid autopsy research study at the University of California San Diego that enrolls terminally ill people living with HIV (PLWHIV) with a desire to contribute to HIV cure-related research. We conducted i…

This study aims to investigate the five-year trend of minimally invasive hysterectomy and identify factors associated with increased intraoperative and postoperative complications within the last five years (2017-2021).A retrospective chart review was performed between March 30th and April 10th, 2022, which included wo…

OBJECTIVE: To know about the predictive prevalence of hip and knee arthroplasty across Pakistan. METHODS: It is retrospective cross-sectional study with data collection from Pakistan National Joint Registry (PNJR) of number of hip and knee arthroplasty cases in seven years (2014-2021). Fourteen high volume centers acr…

The prevalence of respiratory symptoms indicative of asthma in children from Latin America has been largely ignored. As part of the International Study of Asthma and Allergies in Childhood (ISAAC), 17 centers in 9 different Latin American countries participated in the study, and data from 52,549 written questionnaires…

IMPORTANCE: Although research has shown that centenarians tend to experience shorter periods of serious illness compared with other age groups, few studies have focused on the medical expenditures of centenarians as a potential indicator of the scale of medical resources used in their last year of life. OBJECTIVE: To…

INTRODUCTION: Kidney is frequently affected in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). It has been recently suggested that the renal outcome in this disease has improved with an earlier diagnosis and intensive specific treatment. Quite often, articles with paediatric patients lack a prolonged follow-up which…

Palliative care is the management of patients with progressive, far-advanced disease for whom the prognosis is limited and the focus of care is quality of life. During the last days of life, it is important to redefine the goals, as previously present symptoms may increase and new symptoms may appear. To assess these s…