T his 37-year-old man had surgical correction of a coarctation of the aorta nine years previously. He has no complaints and there are no abnormal physical findings. The lesion did not pulsate at fluoroscopy. Bronchoscopy was normal.

STUDY DESIGN Prospective cohort study. OBJECTIVE To investigate the consequences of neck pain after motor vehicle accidents in terms of disability for work and the relationship this has with symptom and work-related factors. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA Previous studies on work disability related to whiplash are very heterogeneous, are often limited in sample size and show a wide variability ...

OBJECTIVES To address the relative importance of general job-related stressors, ambulance specific stressors and individual characteristics in relation to job satisfaction and health complaints (emotional exhaustion, psychological distress and musculoskeletal pain) among ambulance personnel. MATERIALS AND METHODS A nationwide prospective questionnaire survey of ambulance personnel in operatio...

PURPOSE To measure the voice-related quality of life in children/adolescents with vocal complaints through the validation of the Brazilian Pediatric Voice-Related Quality-of-Life survey - VR-QOL-P (Qualidade de Vida em Voz Pediátrico - QVV-P), to verify whether the presence of vocal complaints interfere with the quality of life of children/adolescents, and to determine the relationship between ...