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Mild head injury : inhospital observation or computed tomography?
(2005-11-25)
Background: Patients with mild head injuries are treated every day in emergency
departments around the world. The rationale for any management strategy
is to identify with a high degree of safety at reasonable costs, ...
Rotavirus in pediatric gastroenteritis in Nicaraguan children
(2004-10-26)
Rotavirus, the most common diarrheic pathogen in children worldwide,
causes approximately one third of diarrhea-associated hospitalizations
and 800,000 deaths per year. To prevent the enormous health burden of
rotavir ...
Penicillin-resistant pneumococci in Sweden : epidemiology and public health response
(2005-12-30)
risk for children to acquire PRP in DCC groups without active intervention (area B) was 6.4 (95% CI 2.0 - 20.7). Each prevented case in area A was estimated to have demanded the exclusion of 2 other children from day-care for approximately four to five...
Neutropenic fever during treatment of hematological malignancy : etiology and diagnostics
(2005-01-07)
management of the febrile neutropenic patient. All positive blood cultures (274 episodes) collected from patients with acute myeloid leukemia during 2 7years periods (1980-86 and 1990-96) were evaluated. During the later period prophylaxis with ciprofloxacin...
Off-label drug treatment and related problems in children : a register-based investigation
(2006-04-21)
Introduction: There is a lack of pediatric documentation concerning efficacy and safety of many drugs, which may contribute to off-label drug treatment and increase the risk for adverse drug reactions (ADRs).
Aims: ...
Viridans group streptococci septicaemia and endocarditis : molecular diagnostics, antibiotic susceptibility and cinical aspects
(2005-04-27)
Viridans group streptococci (VGS) are inhabitants in the oral cavity and in the gastrointestinal tract. They cause severe infections, they are responsible for up to 39 % of the cases of septicaemia in neutropenic patients ...
Patellar tendinopathy : on evaluation methods and rehabilitation techniques
(2006-10-27)
Background: Patellar tendinopathy is an increasingly common overuse and degenerative injury for recreational and elite athletes. The management of this injury is often difficult and frustrating and the treatment may take ...
Rheumatoid arthritis : pharmacological modulation of cytokines : aspects of clinical response and endocrine regulation
(2006-01-06)
Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a systemic inflammatory disease primarily affecting the joints. In the pathogenesis several cells of the immune systeme and messengers of the immune systeme, cytokines, are important. In this ...
Advanced radiological imaging in patients treated with Extracorporeal Memebrane Oxygenation
(2006-11-17)
Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) is the use of a modified heart-lung machine to support life during severe acute cardiac and/or respiratory failure. Patients on ECMO are at high risk for complications due to the ...
Study of serotonin, innervation and sensory neuropeptides in allergic contact dermatitis
(2005-08-17)
In a murine model of contact allergy, 24 h after challenge with antigen, increased axonal growth using an antibody to growth-associated protein-43 (GAP-43) was seen in the epidermis and dermis of eczematous skin. Protein ...