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These results suggest that regular consumption of milk-based probiotics could be associated with lower risk of preeclampsia in primiparous women....
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PMID: 21821542
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These results mandate aggressive VTE prophylaxis in patients with histories of prehospital entrapment.
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PMID: 21816386
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We conducted a nationwide, population-based prospective cohort study of all female residents in Denmark diagnosed with stage I-III invasive breast carcinoma who were reported to the Danish Breast Cancer Cooperative Group registry between 1996 and 2003 (n = 18 769). Women were followed for a median...
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PMID: 21813413
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Low 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25[OH]D) levels are common in patients with non-dialysis-dependent chronic kidney disease (CKD). The associations between low 25(OH)D levels and mortality in non-dialysis-dependent patients with CKD are unclear.
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PMID: 21816525
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We expected that a substantial proportion of patients staying in Norwegian hospitals would report postoperative pain of high intensity....
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PMID: 21946593
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We therefore used nationwide registries in Iceland to study CM and establish its incidence rate. This was a retrospective study involving all patients diagnosed with CM in Iceland between 1986 and 2010. Cases were identified through three different registries, and hospital charts and histology resul...
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PMID: 21851419
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The Radioimmunotherapy Network (RIT-N) is a Web-based, international registry collecting long-term observational data about radioimmunotherapy-treated patients with malignant lymphoma outside randomized clinical studies. The RIT-N collects unbiased data on treatment indications, disease stages, patie...
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PMID: 21828114
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The evaluation of available dataset of unclassified multiple anotia and microtia may help the delineation of new syndromes and associations with better prognosis and recurrence risk estimation, thus finally a better chance for their prevention. Orv. Hetil., 2011, 152, 1399-1416....
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PMID: 21846614
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The purpose of this study was to describe hospital variability in the rate of finding obstructive coronary artery disease (CAD) at elective coronary angiography.
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PMID: 21835315
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To compare induction of labor and expectant management by gestational week with regard to the need for cesarean section (CS) in labor.
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PMID: 21542808
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Studies of adoptees have the potential to disentangle the contributions of genetic versus family environmental factors in the familiar transmission of coronary heart disease (CHD) because adoptees do not share the same family environment as their biological parents. The aims of this study were as fol...
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PMID: 21835293
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Basem B Elbarouni,
Nabeel N Ismaeil,
Raymond T RT Yan,
Keith A A KA Fox,
Kim A KA Connelly,
Carolyn C Baer,
J Paul JP Deyoung,
Richard R Gallo,
Krishnan K Ramanathan,
Yves Y Pesant,
Lawrence A LA Leiter,
Shaun G SG Goodman and
Andrew T AT Yan
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We sought to evaluate (1) the temporal changes in the medical and invasive management and (2) in-hospital outcome of NSTE-ACS patients with and without diabetes....
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PMID: 21835297
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Prenatal screening for karyotype anom-alies takes place in most European countries. In Denmark, the screening method was changed in 2005. The aim of this study was to study the trends in prevalence and prenatal detection rates of chromosome anomalies and Down syndrome (DS) over a 22-year period.
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PMID: 21827720
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Depressive symptoms are known to compromise health status in cardiac disease, but this relationship has not been described in peripheral artery disease (PAD). Depressive symptoms (PHQ-9) and disease-specific health status (Peripheral Artery Questionnaire, PAQ) were assessed in 242 PAD patients underg...
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PMID: 21828173
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We hypothesize that a matured regional EGS service would show decreasing mortality and length of stay (LOS) over time.
We performed a retrospective study of a prospectively collected EGS registry data from 2004 to 2009. Patients were included if they had been discharged from the EGS...
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PMID: 21825946
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To validate the accuracy of clinical ophthalmic information held on the West Australian blind register.
Community-based cross-sectional study.
Legally blind or severely vision-impaired people were selected randomly from the Association for the Blind of...
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PMID: 21819503
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We investigated survival of an uncemented, tapered titanium femoral stem that was available either with or without HA coating (Bi-Metric). Patients and methods The stem had been used in 4,772 total hip arthroplasties (THAs) in 4,169 patients registered in the Swedish Hip Arthroplasty Register betwee...
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PMID: 21751858
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We assessed the effect of the baseline characteristics and management on 30-day mortality. Consecutive patients were included from January 2006 to December 2007. Two propensity scores (for being male) were calculated, 1 from the baseline characteristics and 1 from both the baseline characteristics a...
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PMID: 21741026
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The precise cause of takotsubo cardiomyopathy (TC) remains controversial. Plaque rupture with transient thrombotic occlusion of a transapical left anterior descending coronary artery (LAD) has been advanced as a potential mechanism. To explore this hypothesis, the investigators analy...
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PMID: 21741604
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Percutaneous mitral valve repair with the MitraClip has been shown to decrease mitral regurgitation (MR) severity, left ventricular volumes, and functional class in patients with severe (3+ or 4+) MR. Determination of which patients are optimal candidates for MitraClip therapy versus...
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PMID: 21741608
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Juan J JJ Carrero,
Dinanda J DJ de Jager,
Marion M Verduijn,
Pietro P Ravani,
Johan J De Meester,
James G JG Heaf,
Patrik P Finne,
Andries J AJ Hoitsma,
Julio J Pascual,
Faiçal F Jarraya,
Anna V AV Reisaeter,
Frederic F Collart,
Friedo W FW Dekker and
Kitty J KJ Jager
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We hypothesized that this paired mortality risk during dialysis may be explained by a relative excess of cardiovascular-related mortality in women. Design, setting, participants, & measurements We compared 5-year age-stratified cardiovascular and noncardiovascular mortality rates, relative risks, an...
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PMID: 21734088
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We aimed to analyze the diagnostic and prognostic potential of a newly developed high-sensitive troponin T assay and compared these results with those of a contemporary troponin T assay in 2 distinct patient cohorts, one including patients with evident ACS and the other one including patients with g...
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PMID: 21742093
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We assessed the impact of a clopidogrel LD (≥300 mg) compared to a conventional dose (<300 mg) on bleeding, need for blood transfusion, and 30-day and 12-month survivals in 791 elderly patients (≥75 years old, mean age 81 ± 4 years, 48% women, 35% with ST-segment elevation MI) included in this...
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PMID: 21726837
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We examine the Joint Theater Trauma Registry (JTTR) for infections and potential risk factors, such as transfusions, among Iraq and Afghanistan trauma patients....
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PMID: 21795880
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Frequency of rehospitalization and associated resource requirements are unknown for combat casualties. Differences may also exist in readmission rates for injuries to separate body regions. This study investigates rehospitalization of combat casualties with a hypothesis that extremity injuries cause...
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PMID: 21795886
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Paul S Chan,
Manesh R Patel,
Lloyd W Klein,
Ronald J Krone,
Gregory J Dehmer,
Kevin Kennedy,
Brahmajee K Nallamothu,
W Douglas Weaver,
Frederick A Masoudi,
John S Rumsfeld,
Ralph G Brindis and
John A Spertus
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Despite the widespread use of percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI), the appropriateness of these procedures in contemporary practice is unknown.
To assess the appropriateness of PCI in the United States.
Multicenter, prospective study of patients w...
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PMID: 21730241
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A National Diabetes Register was established in the National Board of Health in 2006 following a pilot study showing the feasibility of doing so based on existing registers.
The register contains data of birth, date of inclusion, and date of death as well as informati...
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PMID: 21775353
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The right internal thoracic artery (RITA) is biologically identical to the left ITA, yet is rarely used in coronary artery bypass graft surgery (CABG). We examined the results and long-term patency of RITA grafts.
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PMID: 21718825
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Fewer patients are undergoing reoperative coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG). We investigated the prevalence of redo vs primary CABG and previous percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI), changing trends in preoperative risk profiles, and independent predictors of operative death.
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PMID: 21718829
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We sought to determine whether implementation of IS has altered outcome. Design, setting, participants, & methods We prospectively evaluated 280 incident MGN patients from three distinct 10-year periods starting from 1975. Results We found expected changes in treatment regimens but also variations i...
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PMID: 21685024
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We report on the total wrist replacements and their revision rates over a 16-year period. Material and methods 189 patients with 189 primary wrist replacements (90 Biax prostheses (80 of which were cementless), 23 cementless Elos prostheses, and 76 cementless Gibbon prostheses), operated during the...
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PMID: 21657971
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Existing evidence of the survival associated with bariatric surgery is based on cohort studies of predominantly younger women with a low inherent obesity-related mortality risk. The association of survival and bariatric surgery for older men is less clear.
To determin...
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PMID: 21666276
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To determine transfusion rates, risk factors for transfusion and the prevalence of unexpected red blood cell alloantibodies in women undergoing hysterectomy for benign disease. In addition, we aimed to evaluate the necessity of the pretransfusion testing for red blood cell alloantibodies.
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PMID: 21370997
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There were no deaths, major bleeding events, or clinical deterioration of MS. Access site complications included limited groin hematoma (5, 1.0%); there were no arteriovenous fistulas or puncture site infections. Systemic complications included only rare cardiac arrhythmias (6, 1.2%). Procedure-rela...
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PMID: 21679067
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In group 2, there were more men (79% vs. 63%; p = 0.03), and the patients had more diagnosed (p<0.01) and previously repaired (p<0.01) abdominal aortic aneurysms. Aneurysms in group 2 were significantly larger in both diameter (63 vs. 56 mm, p<0.01) and length (157 vs. 113 mm, p<0.01). Percent...
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PMID: 21679072
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Craig D CD Newgard,
Maria J MJ Nelson,
Michael M Kampp,
Somnath S Saha,
Dana D Zive,
Terri T Schmidt,
Mohamud M Daya,
Jonathan J Jui,
Lynn L Wittwer,
Craig C Warden,
Ritu R Sahni,
Mark M Stevens,
Kyle K Gorman,
Karl K Koenig,
Dean D Gubler,
Pontine P Rosteck,
Jan J Lee and
Jerris R JR Hedges
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The decision-making processes used for out-of-hospital trauma triage and hospital selection in regionalized trauma systems remain poorly understood. The objective of this study was to assess the process of field triage decision making in an established trauma system.
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PMID: 21817971
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We hypothesized that there would be no difference in outcome at Level I versus Level II trauma centers....
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PMID: 21817972
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Computed tomography (CT) is the primary source of nontherapeutic medical radiation exposure. Radiation exposure is associated with an increased risk of cancer mortality. Although the risk of cancer mortality is negligible in comparison with that of trauma mortality in high-risk patients, the balance...
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PMID: 21817973
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High cervical spinal cord injury (CSCI) can cause life-threatening bradycardia from autonomic instability that may be resistant to pharmacologic interventions. Placement of a cardiac pacemaker, traditionally reserved for patients refractory to drug therapy, may be lifesaving.
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PMID: 21817987
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This, the third annual immunisation coverage report, documents trends during 2009 for a range of standard measures derived from Australian Childhood Immunisation Register data, including overall coverage at standard age milestones and for individual vaccines included on the National...
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PMID: 22010506
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To examine possible associations between chronic inflammatory arthritides and pregnancy outcomes with separate analyses of first and subsequent births before and after diagnosis.
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PMID: 21630243
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We aimed to assess the population-based incidence trends of non-melanoma skin cancer (NMSC): squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) and basal cell carcinoma (BCC).
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PMID: 21601891
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We studied 2,472 consecutive patients initially hospitalized in our institution from April 2004 to December 2009. Risk scores were calculated for each patient using 4 risk score models, including the Seattle Heart Failure Model (SHFM), Acute Decompensated Heart Failure National Registry regression m...
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PMID: 21600539
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Chronic hypertension is a major concern in adults who have undergone resection of coarctation of the aorta (CoA) in childhood. In otherwise healthy subjects, exercise-induced hypertension is prognostic for chronic hypertension; however, the prognostic value in patients with CoA remai...
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PMID: 21550580
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We aimed to determine the prevalence, clinical correlates, and effect of CAD in patients with PAH. We reviewed the medical records of consecutive patients diagnosed with PAH at a university-based referral center for pulmonary vascular disease from January 1990 to May 2010. The patients systematicall...
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PMID: 21600533
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Six percent hetastarch is used as a volume expander but has been associated with poor outcomes. The aim of this study was to evaluate trauma patients resuscitated with hetastarch.
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PMID: 21600555
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Our findings suggest that patients with extrapulmonary TB have no ability of TB transmission, nor do patients with bacteriologically negative pulmonary TB....
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PMID: 21735856
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Giuseppe Biondi-Zoccai,
Imad Sheiban,
Claudio Moretti,
Tullio Palmerini,
Antonio Marzocchi,
Davide Capodanno,
Corrado Tamburino,
Massimo Margheri,
Giuseppe Vecchi,
Giuseppe Sangiorgi,
Andrea Santarelli,
Antonio L Bartorelli,
Carlo Briguori,
Luigi Vignali,
Francesco di Pede,
Angelo Ramondo,
Massimo Medda,
Marco de Carlo,
Giovanni Falsini,
Alberto Benassi,
Cataldo Palmieri,
Vincenzo Filippone,
Diego Sangiorgi,
Fabio Barlocco and
Stefano de Servi
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We thus appraised the prognostic role of left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) in patients undergoing PCI for ULM with drug-eluting stents (DES).
Consecutive eligible subjects were retrospectively enrolled in a national registry. Patients were divided into three groups: LVEF < ...
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PMID: 21128078
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We reviewed radiographs of 1234 of the 1271 women who had a subtrochanteric or shaft fracture and identified 59 patients with atypical fractures. Data on medications and coexisting conditions were obtained from national registries. The relative and absolute risk of atypical fractures associated with...
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PMID: 21542743
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Although the abdominopelvic CT findings of abdominal trauma in children have been described, little has been written about the subset of children who are victims of abuse.
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PMID: 21107556
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We reviewed our CRC epidemiology, international screening age-guidelines, and screening tests for the elderly persons and presented our long-term results of colonoscopy and semi-quantitated immunochemical fecal occult blood tests (I-FOBTs) in individuals that are 75 years or more....
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PMID: 21448071
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A series of retrospective studies have reported that patients with human epidermal growth factor receptor 2(HER2)-positive breast cancer are at a greater risk of central nervous system (CNS) metastases. Trastuzumab, which does not cross the blood-brain barrier, has been associated with this increased...
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PMID: 21509760
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