BACKGROUND Suboptimal thyroid hormone replacement may carry harmful health consequences. AIMS Our objectives were to determine the prevalence and factors associated with inadequate replacement in patients receiving treatment with levothyroxine. DESIGN Retrospective general practice audit. METHODS We identified levothyroxine users through electronic searches of primary care records in all ...

Cow-calf producers require a consistent source of replacement females in order to maintain the size of the breeding herd at the desired level. Replacement females may be produced internally or acquired from external sources. This discussion will focus upon the critical control points that range from the selection criteria used in mating decisions to produce potential replacement heifers to the ...

We demonstrated previously that short term administration of recombinant beta-glucuronidase to newborn mice with mucopolysaccharidosis type VII reduced lysosomal storage in many tissues. Lysosomal storage accumulated gradually after cessation of enzyme replacement therapy. Mice alive at 1 yr of age had decreased bone deformities and less lysosomal storage in cortical neurons. Here we compare th...

OBJECTIVE The present study was aimed to investigate the impact of postoperative pituitary tumor adrenal insufficiency and hormone replacement therapy (HRT) on tumor recurrence. PATIENTS AND METHODS The prospective study included 143 pituitary tumor patients as study subjects. Within 6 months after the operation, the study was planned to explore differences (if any) between the tumor recurren...

OBJECTIVE Review of surgical repair of aortic root aneurysms using composite graft or homograft in children. METHODS A consecutive series of 34 children (mean age 10.8+/-5.4 years) who underwent elective aortic root replacement using composite graft or homograft from 1987 to 2003 (mean follow-up 5.7+/-3.7 years). RESULTS Preoperatively, the aortic annulus and aortic root average z-scores we...

The goal of the present study was to explore the effects of long-term hormone deprivation on the ability of subsequent estrogen replacement to affect cognition. Female rats, 12 months of age, underwent ovariectomies (n = 30) or sham surgeries (n = 10). Intact rats and 20 ovariectomized rats received cholesterol implants. Ten ovariectomized rats received implants containing 25% estradiol. Five m...

conclusions the most common cause of restoration replacement in patients referred to the babol university of dentistry during years 2013 and 2014 was secondary caries that were found in class ii restorations. patients and methods age, sex, type of occlusion, dmf, existing parafunction, type of tooth, class and reason of composite restoration replacement was recorded for patients who had referre...

OBJECTIVES To examine the relationships between weight at early and middle adulthood and adult weight gain and the risk of total knee and hip replacement for OA. METHODS At baseline interview during 1990-94, 38,149 participants [mean age 54.9 (S.D. 8.6) years] of the Melbourne Collaborative Cohort Study were asked to recall their weight at age 18-21 years and had their middle age height and w...

Two experiments were conducted with a co-product of corn endosperm fermentation. The first experiment determined nutrient digestibility of high-protein corn distillers dried grains (HP-DDG; 54% CP) after feeding semipurified diets from 15 to 22 d of age. The AMEn of HP-DDG was 2,526 kcal/kg, whereas standardized ileal Lys, Met, and Thr digestibilities were 73.0, 84.9, and 73.0%, respectively. I...