Of 252 male lung cancer patients, 248 or 98% were cigarette smokers, significantly (P less than .001) more than in the control group (526 = 64% of 839). In relation to the relative risks (RR) of never-smokers, the adjusted (for age, total years smoked, and average number of cigarettes smoked per day) lung cancer RR for smokers who had exclusively smoked cigarettes belonging to group II (15-24 m...

OBJECTIVES/HYPOTHESIS To identify characteristics and disparities associated with presentation of pediatric acute bacterial sinusitis (ABS) complications. STUDY DESIGN A cross-sectional study of the 2008 Nationwide Emergency Department Sample database. METHODS A total of 101,660 children 18 years of age or younger diagnosed with ABS, 696 of whom had orbital or intracranial complications, we...

OBJECTIVE To determine whether an association exists between Bell's palsy during pregnancy and adverse perinatal outcomes. METHODS A retrospective study comparing all singleton pregnancies of patients with and without Bell's palsy was conducted. Multiple logistic regression model was performed to control for confounders. RESULTS Out of 242,216 deliveries, 0.017% (n = 42) were diagnosed with...

OBJECTIVES The purpose of this study was to evaluate the relationship between race and level of amputation and to discuss the implications if a disparity was found. METHODS From the 2003 Healthcare Cost and Utilization Nationwide Inpatient Sample, 80845 (weighted) discharges with a diagnosis of vascular disease and black or white race were evaluated for a disparity in level of amputation. Lev...

BACKGROUND Candidemia remains a major cause of morbidity and mortality in the health care setting, and the epidemiology of Candida infection is changing. METHODS Clinical data from patients with candidemia were extracted from the Prospective Antifungal Therapy (PATH) Alliance database, a comprehensive registry that collects information regarding invasive fungal infections. A total of 2019 pat...

IMPORTANCE There is limited data on the prevalence and mortality of venous thromboembolism (VTE) following oncologic surgery. OBJECTIVE To evaluate the trends, factors, and mortality of VTE following major cancer surgery. DESIGN, SETTING, AND PARTICIPANTS Patients undergoing colectomy, cystectomy, esophagectomy, gastrectomy, hysterectomy, lung resection, pancreatectomy, or prostatectomy wer...

Background: Nursing preceptor are under the pressure of clinical and teaching work. The impact on physical mental health includes depression, anxiety, sleep disorders, even exhaustion exhaustion. If they fail to get relief from work, it will cause negative emotions, be physically mentally exhausted for a long time.Aims: To understand workplace stress, sleep, resilience nursing preceptor.Methods...

Abstract Background A higher risk of death and major cardiovascular events, including Heart Failure (HF), after a Myocardial Infarction with Non-Obstructive Coronary Arteries (MINOCA) has been described. In particular, HF negative impact not only on survival but also quality life. this context, strategies to identify subjects greater developing are needed. Aims To assess the incidence predictor...

To investigate the diurnal variation of the pulse waveform parameters determined by laser speckle flowgraphy (LSFG) on the optic nerve head (ONH) in healthy subjects.This prospective cross sectional study was conducted at Nagoya University Hospital. We studied 13 healthy volunteers whose mean age was 33.5 ± 7.6 years. Eight pulse waveform parameters on the ONH were determined by LSFG (LSFG-NAVI...