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16112939 | Hybrid coronary artery revascularization: logistics and program development. | Planning hybrid coronary artery bination of cardiac surgery with percutaneous procedures--requires, at first sight, a plex logistical setup. Technical and equipment related details should be defined as early as possible in order to have time for training of all OR personnel involved. The most challenging aspect in OR-l... |
16112938 | Combined minimally invasive pulmonary vein isolation, left atrial appendage excision and cardiac resynchronization therapy for heart failure: case report. | A 76-year-old male with ischemic cardiomyopathy presented with heart failure symptoms in the absence of angina. Several hospitalizations were required due to heart failure exacerbation and paroxysmal atrial fibrillation. Electrocardiography and tissue synchronization imaging confirmed ventricular dyssynchrony, requirin... |
16112940 | Total endoscopic CABG using robotics on beating heart. | The implementation of a total endoscopic coronary surgery on the beating heart with the aid of the Da Vinci surgical system (Intuitive, Sunnyvale, CA) requires a stepwise learning process. After cadaveric training and clinical start of the program in November 2002, we gained experience with arrested heart procedures st... |
16112942 | Operative mortality after valvular reoperations. | To determine the incidence and risk factors of mortality and morbidity in valvular reoperations. |
16112943 | Treatment of double vessel coronary artery disease by totally endoscopic bypass surgery and drug-eluting stent placement in one simultaneous hybrid session. | Hybrid coronary artery revascularization is bination of minimally invasive coronary artery surgery and catheter-based coronary intervention. Hybrid procedures enable adequate revascularization of patients with multivessel coronary artery disease plete opening of the chest and with the advantage of the most durable opti... |
16112944 | Ongoing procedure development in robotically assisted totally endoscopic coronary artery bypass grafting (TECAB). | Totally endoscopic coronary artery bypass grafting (TECAB) using robotics requires stepwise introduction into a heart surgery program. It is the aim of this study to evaluate the state of procedure development after continued application of telemanipulation techniques in the clinical setting. We also sought to assess p... |
16112945 | Subxiphoid multi-arterial OPCAB: surgical technique and initial case report. | The surgical technique of transsternal coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) has remained relatively stagnant for the past three decades. Unlike general and orthopedic surgery, cardiac surgery has made very little progress in converting our mon procedure into a minimally invasive alternative. Minithoracotomy technique... |
16112947 | Pharmacology of estrogens and progestogens: influence of different routes of administration. | This prises the pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics of natural and synthetic estrogens and progestogens used in contraception and therapy, with special consideration of hormone replacement therapy. The paper describes the mechanisms of action, the relation between structure and hormonal activity, differences in hormo... |
16112948 | The role of mammographic density in evaluating changes in breast cancer risk. | The Women's Health Initiative (WHI) study showed that postmenopausal bined estrogen-progestogen therapy (EPT) significantly increases the risk of breast cancer, thus confirming the results from large epidemiological studies. These results were predicted approximately 15 years previously based on the epidemiology of bre... |
16112949 | Mammographic breast density and cancer risk: the radiological view. | Breast density refers to the presence of fibroglandular tissue in the breast. Several investigators have demonstrated that extensive mammographic density is strongly associated with increased risk of breast cancer. Density can be assessed either subjectively or quantitatively. Subjective measurements include Wolfe patt... |
16112950 | Menopausal hormone therapies: their effect on mammographic density and breast cancer risk. | Postmenopausal hormone therapy (HT) increases breast density, an effect that is rapidly reversed upon treatment discontinuation. Increased breast density is recognised to be a powerful risk factor for breast cancer. It is therefore important to know whether HT-induced changes in mammographic breast density can provide ... |
16112952 | The need for tissue selective menopausal agents. | For decades, hormone therapy (HT) has been the mainstay for managing menopausal symptoms. However, fear of breast cancer, as well as side-effects such as breast pain and return of vaginal bleeding, have made many women stop HT or refuse to take it. There is therefore a clear need for alternative treatments. Recent year... |
16112951 | Is mammographic density, as currently measured, a robust surrogate marker for breast cancer? | In order to determine current beliefs concerning the relevance of breast mammographic percent density (MPD) as a surrogate marker for breast cancer, the panel and the pleted a questionnaire. There was general agreement between the panel and delegates on most aspects, although the delegates were unsure whether high brea... |
16112955 | Prevalence of obesity and dyslipidaemia in hypertensives seen in Abuja, Nigeria. | This is a report of observations on a hospital-based study over the prevalence of obesity and dyslipidaemia seen in hypertensives attending our hypertension clinic. 409 patients were screened and 315 (77%) found hypertensive (BP>140/70 mmHg): 71.6% of 109 women screened (mean systolic 165 mmHg) were obese (BMI>30) as a... |
16112954 | The metabolic syndrome. | The metabolic syndrome is a multifaceted clinical entity resulting from the interaction of genetic, hormonal, and lifestyle factors. Over the past two decades, the number of people diagnosed with the syndrome has steadily increased and is associated with the global epidemic of obesity and diabetes. The metabolic syndro... |
16112956 | Clinical and laboratory diagnostics of cardiovascular disease: focus on natriuretic peptides and cardiac ischemia. | Chest pain is the mon clinical presentation of acute ischemic heart disease, but only one third of these patients are ultimately found to have an acute coronary syndrome. Initial assessment of the patient presenting with chest pain includes a careful history, physical examination, an initial electrocardiogram (ECG) and... |
16112958 | Insulin resistance and inflammation in the early phase of type 2 diabetes: potential for therapeutic intervention. | Prospective studies of prediabetic subjects have shown that obesity and its duration are major risk factors for type 2 diabetes. Longitudinal studies are consistent with an etiologic role of subclinical inflammation in the pathogenesis of type 2 diabetes, primarily as a mediator of obesity-induced insulin resistance. I... |
16112959 | Quality of guidelines for the laboratory management of diabetes mellitus. | There is increasing concern about the quality and reliability of practice guidelines, especially in the field of laboratory medicine, as most mendations are developed by clinical specialty societies, often without involving laboratory professionals. Little information is available on the methodological quality of guide... |
16112960 | Consequences of bias and imprecision in measurements of glucose and hba1c for the diagnosis and prognosis of diabetes mellitus. | To investigate the effect posite analytical bias and imprecision in the measurements of fasting plasma-glucose (fPG) for diagnosis of diabetes mellitus and estimation of risk of development and progression of retinopathy using measurements of Haemoglobin A1C (HbA1C%). |
16112961 | Standardization of HbA1c and Optimal Range of Monitoring. | The IFCC has established a working group on HbA1c standardization, which developed a reference system to act as basis for global standardization of all glycohemoglobin/HbA1c assays. The reference system is based on HbA1c, defined as beta-N-1-deoxy fructosyl haemoglobin ponent. Two reference methods specifically measure... |
16112962 | Elevated placental growth factor (PlGF) predicts cardiovascular morbidity and mortality in type 1 diabetic patients with diabetic nephropathy. | Placental growth factor (PlGF) is up-regulated in early and advanced atherosclerotic lesions, acts as a primary inflammatory instigator of atherosclerotic plaque instability, and may be an independent biomarker of adverse e in patients with acute coronary syndromes. In diabetic nephropathy the relative cardiovascular m... |
16112963 | Quality control of SMBG in clinical practice. | We present results of quality control of self-monitored blood glucose (SMBG) performed in diabetes outpatient clinic. The tests included: inspection of glucose meter, blood glucose self-measurement by a patient, glucose measurement by point-of-care analyzer used in a clinic and with the laboratory method. In the study ... |
16112964 | Biomarkers in angina. | Angina represents the earliest stage of symptomatic atherothrombotic disease and is part of the continuum that ultimately results in myocardial infarction. Development of plaque is related to conventional risk factors. The progression to active disease occurs as a result of plaque destabilisation and rupture. This is a... |
16112965 | Diagnosis and management of patients with suspected acute myocardial infarction. | Patients admitted with suspected acute myocardial infarction (MI) constitute a diagnostic, prognostic and therapeutic challenge for the treating physician. Elevation of a marker of myocardial necrosis together with ischemic symptoms and/or ischemic ECG changes are mandatory for the diagnosis of acute MI. Troponin T or ... |
16112966 | Monitoring of patients with heart failure. | The recent guidelines of the European Society of Cardiology, mends laboratory testing as an essential part of the evaluation of the patient presenting with acute or chronic heart failure. The decrease in BNP has been included as a treatment goal for the management of acute heart failure. As for other properties it is i... |
16112968 | Markers for early detection of cardiac diseases. | The existing markers for myocardial necrosis, such as cardiac troponin, creatine kinase-MB, and myoglobin are thought to be released into blood following irreversible myocardial necrosis. Thus results of these tests are usually negative for patients with acute coronary syndromes (ACS) who present to the emergency depar... |
16112967 | Standardization of cardiac markers. | Developing primary reference materials to standard cardiac biomarker assays, specifically cardiac troponin I (cTnI) and B-type natriuretic peptide (BNP), as well as develop quality specifications for immunoassays to optimize clinical use, whether for diagnostics or risk assessment, have been primary goals of the IFCC C... |
16112969 | Prevalence of the metabolic syndrome in southwest Germany. | The metabolic syndrome is a highly prevalent multifaceted clinical entity. Obesity, which is part of the metabolic syndrome, is the fastest growing health-related problem worldwide. Since currently prevalence data of the metabolic syndrome are lacking from Germany, we have applied ATP III-criteria in two urban and rura... |
16112970 | Health gains by using natriuretic peptides in diagnosis, prognosis and treatment. | The cardiac natriuretic peptides, and in particular plasma levels of the B-type natriuretic peptides, are acknowledged biomarkers of cardiac function and prognosis in cardiovascular disease. A growing body of evidence confirms plasma BNP and/or NT-proBNP are independent predictors of mortality and/or heart failure even... |
16112971 | Biochemical cardiac risk markers in the general population, hypertension and coronary artery disease. | Recently there has been a growing interest in risk assessment of individuals, using biochemical markers of cardiac risk, with an increasing focus on a multi-marker strategy. Natriuretic peptides (BNP and NT-proBNP) are well-established markers of increased risk in the general population and in high-risk groups with hyp... |
16112972 | The HOPE (Heart Outcomes Prevention Evaluation) Study and its consequences. | The HOPE study was a 19 country, prospective randomized trial in which the ACE-inhibitor Ramipril but not Vitamin E significantly reduced the risk of future cardiovascular events in a high-risk population of men and women, including many with diabetes. The benefits were present in all sub-groups, independent of the pre... |
16112973 | Interrogation of patient data delivered to the operating theatre during hepato-pancreatic surgery using high-performance computing. | The Op3D visualization system allows, for the first time, a surgeon in the operating theatre to interrogate patient-specific medical data sets rendered in three dimensions using puting. The hypothesis of this research is that the success rate of hepato-pancreatic surgical resections can be improved by replacing the lig... |
16112974 | The effect of visual and haptic feedback on computer-assisted needle insertion. | We present a study evaluating the effects of visual and haptic feedback on human performance in a needle insertion task. |
16112975 | The use of a head-mounted display for visualization in neuroendoscopy. | To evaluate the clinical use of a head-mounted display (HMD) for visualization in all neuroendoscopic procedures. |
16112976 | Safe femoral pin placement in knee navigation surgery: a cadaver study. | A number of navigation systems used for total knee replacement surgery currently require the insertion of a distal femoral reference sensor pin, which is placed anterior to posterior just superior to the level of the knee joint. There is potential for the posterior neurovascular bundle to be damaged during the insertio... |
16112977 | An "optimal" k-needle placement strategy and its application to guiding transbronchial needle aspirations. | This article addresses the problem of finding an "optimal" strategy for placing k biopsy needles, given a large number of possible initial needle positions. We consider two variations of the problem: (1) Calculate the smallest set of needles necessary to guarantee a successful biopsy; and (2) Given a number k, calculat... |
16112979 | Reading and reviewing the orthopaedic literature: a systematic, evidence-based medicine approach. | The principles of evidence-based medicine are rapidly gaining acceptance in the field of orthopaedic surgery. This approach to patient care requires a careful, systematic review of the literature to appropriately value the merit of studies. Systematic review assists the orthopaedic surgeon in interpreting study results... |
16112980 | Gene therapy for the treatment of musculoskeletal diseases. | Research into the orthopaedic applications of gene therapy has resulted in progress toward managing chronic and acute genetic and nongenetic disorders. Gene therapy for arthritis, the original focus of research, has progressed to the initiation of several phase I clinical trials. Preliminary findings support the applic... |
16112985 | Rapid and sensitive identification of major histocompatibility complex class I-associated tumor peptides by Nano-LC MALDI MS/MS. | Identification of major plex (MHC)-associated peptides recognized by T-lymphocytes is a crucial prerequisite for the detection and manipulation of specific immune responses in cancer, viral infections, and autoimmune diseases. Unfortunately immunogenic peptides are less abundant species present in plex mixtures of MHC-... |
16112986 | Proteomic analysis of Schistosoma mansoni cercarial secretions. | Schistosomiasis is a global health problem caused by several species of schistosome blood flukes. The initial stage of infection is invasion of human skin by a multicellular larva, the cercaria. We identified proteins released by cercariae when they are experimentally induced to exhibit invasive behavior. Comparison of... |
16112981 | Management of extremity trauma and related infections occurring in the aquatic environment. | Wounds sustained in oceans, lakes, and streams are exposed to a milieu of bacteria rarely encountered in typical land-based injuries. These include Vibrio species, Aeromonas hydrophila, Pseudomonas and Plesiomonas species, Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae, Mycobacterium marinum, and other microbes. Failure to recognize and... |
16112983 | Orthopaedic management of ankylosing spondylitis. | Ankylosing spondylitis is an inflammatory disease of unknown etiology that affects an estimated 350,000 persons in the United States and 600,000 in Europe, primarily Caucasian males in the second through fourth decades of life. Worldwide, the prevalence is 0.9%. Genetic linkage to HLA-B27 has been established. Ankylosi... |
16112982 | Management of the upper extremity in juvenile rheumatoid arthritis. | Juvenile rheumatoid arthritis is a multifaceted disease. Average age of onset is 6 years, with peaks between 1 and 4 and between 9 and 14 years. Girls are affected more frequently than boys. Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs are the standard first line of therapy. Second-line therapy of antirheumatic drugs may be us... |
16112984 | High tibial osteotomy. | High tibial osteotomy is effective for managing a variety of knee conditions, including gonarthrosis with varus or valgus malalignment, osteochondritis dissecans, osteonecrosis, posterolateral instability, and chondral resurfacing. The fundamental goals of the procedure are to unload diseased articular surfaces and to ... |
16112988 | Comparative study of the L-hydro process and glutaraldehyde preservation. | Commercial bioprosthetic heart valves monly preserved in glutaraldehyde and are cytotoxic to host cells, preventing spontaneous endothelialization. The aim of this study was to demonstrate the potential for in vivo endothelialization of bioprostheses treated by the L-Hydro process which consists of mild extraction of a... |
16112989 | Early results of anatomic repair in a subgroup of corrected transposition. | The atrial switch operation with the Rastelli procedure is ing popular for treatment of the subgroup of corrected transposition of the great arteries with ventricular septal defect and pulmonary obstruction. This technique eliminates the problem of short- and long-term right ventricular failure, and decreases the incid... |
16112990 | Omentoplasty in treatment of early bronchopleural fistulas after pneumonectomy. | This study was undertaken to assess the efficacy of omentoplasty in 12 cases of bronchopleural fistula after pneumonectomy. All fistulas formed within 16 days after the primary operation (median, 7 days). In 10 cases, omentoplasty was performed within 10 hours of diagnosis; the other 2 cases were treated at 28 and 31 h... |
16112992 | Conservative management of postsurgical chylothorax with octreotide. | Postsurgical chylothorax after lung resection has an important associated rate of morbidity and mortality, and a large proportion of cases require re-exploration. The most desirable and least aggressive option is conservative treatment. The use of octreotide seems to be associated with a higher rate of resolution witho... |
16112991 | Repair of anomalous pulmonary artery with interposition graft: midterm results. | Anomalous pulmonary artery arising from the aorta is a rare congenital anomaly. The midterm results of repair of this malformation by Gore-Tex graft interposition were examined in 5 patients: 3 with anomalous right pulmonary artery and 2 with anomalous left pulmonary artery from the ascending aorta. Echocardiography wa... |
16112993 | Total cavopulmonary connection with off-pump technique. | The aim of this study was to evaluate an off-pump technique for total cavopulmonary connection. Between May 2000 and June 2004, 16 patients underwent total cavopulmonary connection without cardiopulmonary bypass. There were 8 males and 8 females, with a mean age of 9.8 +/- 6.2 years and a mean weight of 27.7 +/- 14.9 k... |
16112994 | Concomitant aortoaxillary bypass and coronary artery bypass grafting. | The optimal revascularization strategy for patients with subclavian and coronary artery disease has not been established. This study assessed the mid-term clinical e of itant aortoaxillary bypass and coronary artery bypass grafting in 5 patients. A ring-reinforced polytetrafluoroethylene graft was attached to the ascen... |
16112995 | Effect of chordal preservation on left ventricular function. | Chordopapillary apparatus preservation pared with valve-excising mitral valve replacement in a retrospective analysis of 360 patients, of whom 98 had total or partial chordal preservation and 262 had the conventional operation. No significant differences were seen in age, sex, pathology, crossclamp or cardiopulmonary b... |
16112996 | Correction of traumatic tricuspid insufficiency using the double orifice technique. | Traumatic tricuspid insufficiency is an mon clinical condition and surgical procedures vary. In this paper we report our experience in treating traumatic tricuspid insufficiency using the double orifice technique. From January 2000 to September 2003, 10 patients with traumatic tricuspid regurgitation were admitted to o... |
16112997 | Clinical and electrophysiologic profile of Brugada syndrome in Iranian patients. | Clinical and electrophysiologic characteristics of 20 patients (15 males; mean age, 42 +/- 9 years) with Brugada syndrome were studied. Electrocardiographic abnormalities (spontaneous in 6 and provoked in 14) were recognized in 5 symptomatic and 15 asymptomatic patients. Mean PR (188 +/- 18 vs. 184 +/- 24 ms) and QT (3... |
16112998 | Ablation of atrial fibrillation using microwave energy--early experience. | Between Dec 12, 2002 and Aug 22, 2004, 84 operative patients with chronic atrial fibrillation (AF) were subjected to AF ablation with microwave energy. Of these, 49 patients were female; their ages ranged between 20 and 72 years (mean, 43.1 years). Most patients suffered from mitral disease, panied in over one third of... |
16112999 | Bicaval anastomosis reduces tricuspid regurgitation after heart transplantation. | The standard surgical technique utilizing two atrial cuff anastomoses has been used in the majority of transplant centers until recently when bicaval anastomoses was introduced. The purpose of this study was pare the prevalence of tricuspid regurgitation after the bicaval and standard techniques of anastomosis. Heart t... |
16113000 | Mixed venous-arterial CO2 tension gradient after cardiopulmonary bypass. | Significant venous hypercarbia has been reported in septic shock and circulatory failure. Cardiopulmonary bypass also impairs systemic and pulmonary blood perfusion. The objective of this study was to determine the clinical significance of the increased venous-arterial CO2 tension gradient resulting from venous hyperca... |
16113001 | Analysis of recurrent mitral regurgitation after mitral valve repair. | Mitral valve repair was performed in 437 patients with mitral regurgitation from January 1994 to January 2002. The causes of mitral regurgitation were degenerative in 238 (54%), rheumatic in 134 (31%), and others in 65 (15%). The most frequently employed surgical techniques were ring annuloplasty in 417 (95%) cases, ne... |
16113002 | Mitral valve repair for ischemic mitral regurgitation in dilated cardiomyopathy. | Ischemic mitral regurgitation contributes to poor survival in patients with heart failure. The intermediate-term e of mitral reconstruction in 15 patients who had ischemic dilated cardiomyopathy with mitral regurgitation requiring surgical intervention was studied. They underwent mitral valve repair along with coronary... |
16113003 | A very rare entity: catamenial pneumothorax. | Catamenial pneumothorax, a variant of spontaneous pneumothorax occurs exclusively in women of menstrual age. Catamenial pneumothorax is associated with a high rate of recurrence. The etiology and pathogenesis is enigmatic. We describe the case of a 42-year-old woman with right-sided catamenial pneumothorax recurring fo... |
16113004 | Stent implantation to maintain patency of a stenosed Blalock Taussig shunt. | A 14-year-old female plex congenital heart disease underwent a left-sided classical Blalock Taussig (BT) shunt 15 days after birth. Ten years after the operation her oxygen saturation had decreased significantly. An angiography revealed a severely stenosed BT shunt. Balloon dilation including implantation of a 6 x 13 m... |
16113005 | Aortic coarctation repair with patch graft aortoplasty and severe hemoptysis. | This report describes the successful treatment of a confirmed case of hemoptysis from a false aneurysm at the site of a previous coarctation repair. Professionals involved in the clinical care of patients that have undergone previous coarctation repair with patch graft aortoplasty, should be aware of the late risk of f... |
16113006 | A new surgical technique for adenoid cystic carcinoma involving tracheal carina. | Reported is the successful treatment of a 24-year-old male with adenocystic carcinoma involving the tracheal carina, in which the tumor extended along the right main bronchus across the orifice of the right upper lobe. The patient underwent a carinal resection plus right upper lobectomy and reconstruction of the carina... |
16113007 | Unruptured sinus of Valsalva aneurysms manifesting as complete heart block. | We present a patient with bilateral unruptured sinus of Valsalva aneurysms involving both the left and right coronary sinuses. The large left sinus aneurysm protruded into the left atrium and the right sinus aneurysm extended into the interventricular septum, producing a plete heart block. |
16113008 | Cellular cardiomyoplasty for myocardial regeneration. | The evolving challenge of managing patients with congestive heart failure is the need to develop new therapeutic strategies. The cellular, molecular, and genetic approaches investigated aim to reinforce the weak, failing heart muscle while restoring its functional potential. This approach is principally cellular therap... |
16113014 | Exclusive versus predominant breastfeeding in Italian maternity wards and feeding practices through the first year of life. | Determinants of exclusive versus predominant breastfeeding in the maternity ward and the relationship with later feeding practices were investigated in 1656 mothers who breastfed exclusively or predominantly in the maternity ward. Mothers were interviewed through 12 months postdelivery about feeding practices. Informat... |
16113013 | Clinical lactation practice: 20 years of evidence. | Lactation consultants depend on a vast multidisciplinary knowledge base to support their practices. To coincide with the 20-year anniversary of the International Lactation Consultant Association, the authors sought to highlight the knowledge base to demonstrate how practice has been affected. Using standard databases, ... |
16113015 | Factors affecting the duration of exclusive breastfeeding among HIV-infected and -uninfected women in Lusaka, Zambia. | Exclusive breastfeeding (EBF) is optimal for infant health and is associated with decreased risk of mother-to-child HIV pared with mixed feeding of breast milk and other foods. To investigate why many women stop EBF before the mended 6 months, maternal and infant health and infant-feeding data were collected from 177 H... |
16113016 | Exclusive breastfeeding in 3 rural localities in Mexico. | The purpose of this study was to assess the factors associated with exclusive breastfeeding (EBF) during the first 6 months of life. A prospective, cohort study was conducted in 291 newborn children in 3 semirural localities in Mexico. Data were collected on infant-feeding practices, anthropometry, morbidity, and mater... |
16113017 | Regional variation in public opinion about breastfeeding in the United States. | Because social and cultural norms are associated with women's breastfeeding behaviors, it is important to understand public opinions toward breastfeeding in the United States. Using data from the Healthstyles survey, the authors examined regional variations in (1) public knowledge about health benefits of breastfeeding... |
16113018 | Explanation for cessation of breastfeeding in mothers of twins. | This study used content analysis to examine reasons for cessation of breastfeeding of twins by 2 time points: 9.4 weeks and 28.3 weeks of age. From a convenience sample of 123 mothers, 110 initiated breastfeeding for their twins. Thirty women had stopped breastfeeding by time 1, with an additional 37 women stopping by ... |
16113019 | Epidural analgesia during labor and delivery: effects on the initiation and continuation of effective breastfeeding. | This prospective cohort study examined the association between epidural analgesia during labor and delivery, infant neurobehavioral status, and the initiation and continuation of effective breastfeeding. Healthy, term infants delivered vaginally by mothers who received epidural analgesia (n = 52) or no analgesia (n = 6... |
16113020 | Country of origin and race/ethnicity: impact on breastfeeding intentions. | This article reports on breastfeeding intentions of Hispanic and black women by country of origin (continental US born or foreign born) in a e population that has experienced demographic shifts. Data were derived from prenatal interviews with 382 women from munity clinics. Primary e measures were intentions to formula ... |
16113021 | Factors influencing the initiation and duration of breastfeeding among low-income women followed by the Canada prenatal nutrition program in 4 regions of quebec. | The factors that influence the actual initiation and duration of breastfeeding were studied among e women followed by the Canada Prenatal Nutrition Program (CPNP). A group of 196 pregnant women were selected at random from a sample of 6223 pregnant women who registered with the CPNP. Two 24-hour recalls and information... |
16113022 | National prevalence of breastfeeding in Taiwan. | The objectives of this study were to describe the national prevalence of breastfeeding during hospitalization and at 1 and 3 months after delivery in Taiwan. A stratified proportional probability sampling method was used, with a total of 2079 mothers participating in the postal questionnaire. The prevalence of exclusiv... |
16113023 | Improving breastfeeding practices on a broad scale at the community level: success stories from Africa and Latin America. | munity-level behavior change programs designed to improve breastfeeding practices were implemented in Bolivia, Ghana, and Madagascar. These programs reached sizable populations: Bolivia, 1 million; Ghana, 3.5 million; and Madagascar, 6 million. Over 3 to 4 years, timely initiation of breastfeeding (within 1 hour of bir... |
16113028 | Challenges to complementary and alternative medical research: focal issues influencing integration into a cancer care model. | Complementary and alternative therapies are increasingly used by cancer patients for palliative and postcancer preventive and/or wellness care. It is critical that evidence-based models be employed to both provide information for patients' use and informed consent and for physicians to advise patients and assess relati... |
16113029 | Chinese herbal medicine and chemotherapy in the treatment of hepatocellular carcinoma: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials. | Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), one of the mon malignancies worldwide, is highly resistant to standard therapy. It is unclear whether chemotherapy, arterial embolization, or arterial chemoembolization improve survival advantage enough to justify their high toxicity. Treatment with Chinese herbal medicine has been binin... |
16113031 | Toward an understanding of decision making on complementary and alternative medicine use in poorer countries: the case of cancer care in Pakistan. | During the past 2 decades, the study plementary and alternative medicine (CAM) in general, and the sociological study of CAM in particular, have developed apace in richer countries. In addition to data on use levels and the nature of provision, there is now increasing research on issues such as motivation for use, deci... |
16113030 | Can a cancer program-sponsored spiritual event meet with acceptance from patients and other attendees? | While many cancer patients derive strength from spiritual or religious faith, concern often remains regarding how different patient subgroups and munity members might react to faith-based services when sponsored by a secular health care organization. |
16113032 | Patient assessment of effectiveness and satisfaction with traditional medicine, globalized complementary and alternative medicines, and allopathic medicines for cancer in Pakistan. | Virtually no research has been conducted on patient assessments of traditional medicines and allopathic medicines for cancer care in poorer countries marked by pluralistic medical environments. Pakistan represents an excellent case for such a study because of the coexistence of culturally and historically specific indi... |
16113035 | Soft tissue facial profile changes following functional appliance therapy. | The aim of this study was to evaluate changes in the facial profile resulting from the use of a twin block (TB) functional appliance. The prised 38 patients (24 males and 14 females) with a Class II division 1 malocclusion. Nineteen subjects were treated with a functional appliance while the remaining 19, who did not u... |
16113036 | Prediction of post-treatment outcome after combined treatment with maxillary protraction and chincap appliances. | The aims of this study were to identify differences in the initial skeletal morphology between successful and unsuccessful groups and to establish a novel method for predicting the final e of treatment with a maxillary protraction appliance (MPA) and chincap. The cephalograms used in this study were taken from 32 Japan... |
16113038 | Maternal and neonatal side-effects of remifentanil patient-controlled analgesia in labour. | Remifentanil has been suggested as an ideal opioid for patient-controlled analgesia (PCA) in labour, but the safety profile has not been established. The aims of this preliminary prospective observational study were to investigate the maternal side-effects and early neonatal effects, and to assess the placental transfe... |
16113037 | Low dose of S+-ketamine prevents long-term potentiation in pain pathways under strong opioid analgesia in the rat spinal cord in vivo. | micro-Opioid receptor (MOR) agonists are strong antinociceptive drugs. Low, but not high doses of the MOR agonist fentanyl prevent synaptic long-term potentiation (LTP) in pain pathways. Block of spinal N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptors prevent central sensitization. Here we tested whether the NMDA receptor antagon... |
16113039 | Halothane enhances dopamine metabolism at presynaptic sites in a calcium-independent manner in rat striatum. | We have previously reported that halothane anaesthesia increases the extracellular concentration of dopamine (DA) metabolites in the rat striatum with no change in DA. Although the metabolism of catecholamines is a source of oxidative stress, there is little information about DA metabolism and anaesthesia. We assessed ... |
16113040 | Recent advances in contraceptive vaccine development: a mini-review. | Contraceptive vaccines (CV) may provide viable and valuable alternatives to the presently available methods of contraception. The molecules that are being explored for CV development either target gamete production [luteinizing hormone-releasing hormone (LHRH)/GnRH, FSH], gamete function [sperm antigens and oocyte zona... |
16113041 | Intervertebral disc height in treated and untreated overweight post-menopausal women. | The effect of the menopause and HRT on the intervertebral discs has not been investigated. |
16113042 | Follow-up of ovarian function post-chemotherapy following ovarian cryopreservation and transplantation. | The purpose of this study was to assess the ovarian function after treatment of a malignant disease in women who previously had cortical tissue from an entire ovary cryopreserved prior to chemotherapy, and to assess ovarian function after autotransplantation of cryopreserved ovarian tissue. All were treated with chemot... |
16113043 | Phosphatidylserine externalization in human sperm induced by calcium ionophore A23187: relationship with apoptosis, membrane scrambling and the acrosome reaction. | Translocation of phosphatidylserine (PS) from the inner to the outer leaflet of the plasma membrane is a modification of the lipid architecture occurring in sperm. This is one of the earliest signs of apoptosis that can be monitored by the calcium-dependent binding of annexin V. |
16113044 | Dynamic assays of inhibin B, anti-Mullerian hormone and estradiol following FSH stimulation and ovarian ultrasonography as predictors of IVF outcome. | We evaluated basal and dynamic hormonal markers [(FSH, inhibin B, estradiol and anti-Mullerian hormone (AMH)] during the follicular phase and luteal phase of the menstrual cycle and ultrasonic ovarian morphology as predictors of IVF e. |
16113047 | Prostaglandin E2 protects lower airways against bronchoconstriction. | Prostaglandin E2 (PGE2), similar to beta-adrenergic receptor agonists, can protect airways from bronchoconstriction and resulting increase in airway resistance induced by a number of agents, including cholinergic receptor agonists and antigen. We examined the impact of sustained alterations in PGE2 pathways on changes ... |
16113046 | Growth and density-dependent regulation of NO synthase by the actin cytoskeleton in pulmonary artery endothelial cells. | We previously reported association of eNOS with actin increases eNOS activity. In the present study, regulation of activity of eNOS by actin cytoskeleton during endothelial growth was studied. We found eNOS activity in PAEC increased when cells grew from preconfluence to confluence. eNOS activity was much greater in PA... |
16113048 | NO responsiveness in pulmonary artery and airway smooth muscle: the role of cGMP regulation. | The purpose of this study was to assess intrinsic smooth muscle mechanisms contributing to greater nitric oxide (NO) responsiveness in pulmonary vascular vs. airway smooth muscle. Canine pulmonary artery smooth muscle (PASM) and tracheal smooth muscle (TSM) strips were used to perform concentration response studies to ... |
16113049 | Hypoxia-induced skeletal muscle fiber dysfunction: role for reactive nitrogen species. | Hypoxia impairs skeletal muscle function, but the precise mechanisms are pletely understood. In hypoxic rat diaphragm muscle, generation of peroxynitrite is elevated. Peroxynitrite and other reactive nitrogen species have been shown to impair contractility of skinned muscle fibers, reflecting contractile protein dysfun... |
16113050 | Pulmonary vascular iNOS induction participates in the onset of chronic hypoxic pulmonary hypertension. | Pathogenesis of hypoxic pulmonary hypertension is initiated by oxidative injury to the pulmonary vascular wall. Because nitric oxide (NO) can contribute to oxidative stress and because the inducible isoform of NO synthase (iNOS) is often upregulated in association with tissue injury, we hypothesized that iNOS-derived N... |
16113051 | Potentiation of tumor formation by topical administration of 15-deoxy-delta12,14-prostaglandin J2 in a model of skin carcinogenesis. | The effect of prostaglandins on the development of papillomas has been investigated in mice receiving prostaglandins E2 (PGE2) or the cyclopentenone 15-deoxy-delta(12,14)-PGJ2 (15dPGJ2) topically, using the 7,12-dimethylbenz[a]anthracene (DMBA)-induced tetradecanoylphorbol acetate (TPA)-promoted model of skin carcinoge... |
16113052 | Accurate genotyping from paraffin-embedded normal tissue adjacent to breast cancer. | Genetic polymorphism analysis for disease risk is widely used in epidemiology studies; blood or oral cavity cells are the most widely used source of DNA. However, these types of samples are not always available, particularly for studies that were conducted years ago. An alternative potential source of patient DNA exist... |
16113053 | Inhibition of Akt signaling and enhanced ERK1/2 activity are involved in induction of macroautophagy by triterpenoid B-group soyasaponins in colon cancer cells. | Triterpenoid B-group soyasaponins have been found to induce macroautophagy in human colon cancer cells at concentrations obtainable through consumption of legume foodstuffs. In the present studies the mechanism(s) for this autophagy-inducing action of soyasaponins was evaluated by measuring changes in signal transducti... |
16113054 | Meat and meat-mutagen intake and risk of non-Hodgkin lymphoma: results from a NCI-SEER case-control study. | Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma (NHL) incidence has risen dramatically over past decades, but the reasons for most of this increase are not known. Meat cooked well-done using high-temperature cooking techniques produces heterocyclic amines (HCAs) and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) such as benzo[a]pyrene (B[a]P). This stu... |
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