CONTEXT Pneumonia causes significant mortality and morbidity among persons aged 65 years or older. However, few studies have explored trends according to age groups, which may affect intervention strategies. OBJECTIVES To examine trends in hospitalizations for pneumonia among persons aged 65 years or older and to compare characteristics, outcomes, and comorbid diagnoses. DESIGN, SETTING, AN...

Introduction. According to the recommendation of the United States Preventative Services Task Force, most countries provide average-risk screening for colorectal cancers (CRCs) between the ages of 50 and 75 years. However, the age range of screening should be modified because of an increasing life span. Methods. Totally 124,314 CRC cases were registered in Taiwan Cancer Registry from 1988 to 20...

Detection of TBSA was attempted in pleural aspirates of 74 patients with tuberculous and 44 patients with nontuberculous pleural effusion by gas chromatography/mass spectrometry with selected ion monitoring. The results were disappointing with a test sensitivity of 67.6 percent and a specificity of 52.3 percent. In contrast, histologic examination of pleural biopsies gave a diagnostic sensitivi...

 The 2014 EBRI/Greenwald & Associates Consumer Engagement in Health Care Survey (CEHCS) finds that 15 percent of the privately insured population was enrolled in a consumer-driven health plan (CDHP); 11 percent was enrolled in a high-deductible health plan (HDHP); and 74 percent was enrolled in more traditional coverage. Overall, 26 million individuals with private insurance were enrolled in a...

Alopecia areata (AA) is an autoimmune disease that has underlying immuno-inflammatory pathogenesis and characterized by nonscarring hair loss ranging from small patches to complete scalp (alopecia totalis [AT]), face, body universalis [AU]). Studies describing the epidemiology of AA, especially measuring occurrence AA within general population, are scarce. This was a historical population-based...

An outbreak of measles occurred among adolescents in Corpus Christi, Texas, in the spring of 1985, even though vaccination requirements for school attendance had been thoroughly enforced. Serum samples from 1806 students at two secondary schools were obtained eight days after the onset of the first case. Only 4.1 percent of these students (74 of 1806) lacked detectable antibody to measles accor...

filtration may be costly, biofiltration can effectively and inexpensively reduce exhaust odors. Biofiltration costs for a 700-head farrow-to-wean swine facility are estimated at $0.25 per piglet, amortized over a 3-year life of the biofilter. Reductions of ammonia emission at that operation are approximately 74 percent, whereas reductions in both hydrogen sulfide and odor emissions are about 90...

STUDY DESIGN Cost-effectiveness analysis. OBJECTIVE To examine the cost-effectiveness of operative versus non-operative treatment of type-II odontoid fractures in patients older than 64 years old. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA Significant controversy exists regarding the optimum treatment of geriatric patients with type-II odontoid fractures. Operative treatment leads to lower rates of non-uni...

This systematic review and meta-analysis compared prevalence rates for subthreshold anxiety disorders in adults aged 55+ examined if these were associated with age. A search screening procedure resulted 46 included articles. First, statistically compared. Subthreshold panic, generalized specific phobia significantly more prevalent than the corresponding clinical disorders. In general, appeared ...