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Constrictive pericarditis (CP) is considered a rare, dreaded possible complication of acute pericarditis. Nevertheless, there is a lack of prospective studies that have evaluated the specific risk according to different etiologies. The aim of this study is to evaluate the risk of CP after acute peric...
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PMID: 21844077
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The RenalGuard System, which creates high urine output and fluid balancing, may be beneficial in preventing contrast-induced acute kidney injury.
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PMID: 21844075
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A nine day-old girl was hospitalised because of breast-feeding problems and life-threatening hypernatremic dehydration; weight loss was 30% of birth weight and s-Na 187 mmol/l. The question is raised whether there could be an association to the current changes in the perinatal health care in Denmark....
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PMID: 21917222
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Prospective studies on the role of psychosocial factors in heart failure development are virtually nonexistent. The authors aimed to address the effect of psychosocial factors on the risk of heart failure hospitalization in men and women free of cardiovascular disease. In 1991-1993, the 8,670 partici...
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PMID: 21821541
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There is inconclusive evidence suggesting a possible association of asthma with increased risk of caries. The authors conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis to synthesize the evidence on the relation between asthma and caries. They performed an Ovid Medline (US National Library of Medicine)...
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PMID: 21828369
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We summarize data on the economic consequences of liver and renal allograft quality in contemporary practice. Policy makers and providers must work together to ensure that financial disincentives do not lead to wastage of lifesaving organs....
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PMID: 21905445
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The first objective was to determine the prevalence of depressive mood in First Nations youth in school grades 5 through 8 in seven on-reserve communities. The second objective was to determine the unadjusted and adjusted risk indicators associated with depressed mood in these youth.
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PMID: 21913579
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To describe the issues encountered during the implementation of an indoor smoking ban in prison and its effects on self-reported tobacco use, perceived exposure to second-hand smoke (SHS) and perceived health status of inmates in Quebec's provincial correctional facilities.
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PMID: 21913577
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The purpose of this study was to explore school and individual characteristics associated with smoking susceptibility among a nationally representative sample of Canadian youth who were never-smokers.
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PMID: 21913578
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We measured 25OHD concentrations in a multi-ethnic group of pregnant women living in Vancouver (49 degrees N) and explored the determinants of 25OHD....
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PMID: 21913590
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The purpose of this study was to determine whether registered nurses in specific areas of employment during pregnancy had a higher risk for congenital anomalies in their offspring. An offspring cohort (n = 22,611) was created through linkage of the British Columbia Vital Statistics Agency live and st...
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PMID: 21905386
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In 2003, the university-based Program on Work and Health in Central America, SALTRA, was launched to build national and regional capacities in occupational safety and health with the goal of preventing and reducing poverty in Central America. SALTRA has implemented 20 projects including action projec...
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PMID: 21905390
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About one-third of all work-related injuries happen to the hands, with enormous consequences ranging from deformities to mortalities. Characterizing injuries and their trends will allow safety managers to concentrate their resources on areas of safety that will be most effective in the sawmill workpl...
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PMID: 21913544
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Waist circumference; (WC) waist-to- hip -ratio; (WHR), Waist-to-Height ratio (WHtR), could predict cardiovascular disease risk factors.
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PMID: 21913536
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Juvenile delinquency is the involvement of a child younger than 18 years in behavior that violates the law. Its cost in terms of human potential, public safety and tax expenditures can be very high. Research that assesses how and why children become delinquent is a sound investment, because it can pr...
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PMID: 21913542
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Varicella may have a serious and sometimes fatal course, especially in immunocompromised patients. Some patient groups may need prophylaxis after exposure to the varicella-zoster-virus. In this article we review the evidence for usefulness of prophylactic measures after such exposure.
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PMID: 21901036
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Etiologic differences between subtypes of breast cancer defined by estrogen receptor (ER) and progesterone receptor (PR) status are not well understood. The authors evaluated associations of hormone-related factors with breast cancer subtypes in a population-based case-control study...
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PMID: 21768404
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George G Howard,
Leslie A LA McClure,
Claudia S CS Moy,
Monika M MM Safford,
Mary M Cushman,
Suzanne E SE Judd,
Brett M BM Kissela,
Dawn O DO Kleindorfer,
Virginia J VJ Howard,
David J DJ Rhodes,
Paul P Muntner and
Hemant K HK Tiwari
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Longitudinal cohort studies normally identify and adjudicate incident events detected during follow-up by retrieving medical records. There are several reasons why the adjudication process may not be successfully completed for a suspected event including the inability to retrieve med...
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PMID: 21804050
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End-stage renal disease affects more than 70,000 persons in France, i.e., 1,1 per 1000 people, of whom 53% are on dialysis and 47% are living with a functioning graft. This prevalence increases about 4% per year. Overall, end-stage renal disease incidence tends to stabilize, excep...
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PMID: 21906908
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We reported abnormalities in multiple 5-HT markers in the medullary 5-HT system of infants dying from sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS), suggesting that 5-HT dysfunction is involved in its pathogenesis. Here, we tested the hypothesis that markers of GABAA receptors are decreased in the medullary 5...
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PMID: 21865888
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Yuji Y Shimizu,
Kenji K Maeda,
Hironori H Imano,
Tetsuya T Ohira,
Akihiko A Kitamura,
Masahiko M Kiyama,
Takeo T Okada,
Yoshinori Y Ishikawa,
Takashi T Shimamoto,
Kazumasa K Yamagishi,
Takeshi T Tanigawa and
Hiroyasu H Iso
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Several epidemiological studies have established an association between chronic kidney disease (CKD), based on estimated glomerular filtration rate (GFR), and risk of stroke. However, sex-specific evidence for the relationship between CKD and risk of stroke and its subtypes is still limited.
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PMID: 21852604
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