OBJECTIVES To review early surgical outcomes in a contemporary series of adults with congenital heart disease (CHD) undergoing cardiac operations at the University of Michigan, and to investigate possible preoperative and intraoperative risk factors for morbidity and mortality. METHODS A retrospective medical record review was performed for all patients > or =18 years of age who underwent ope...

Social Class and Serum Uric Acid M. G. Cook, M.B., and others; R. Finn, M.D. .......................... 232 Sudden Death after Exertion M. McCormack, M.B.; D. C. L. Savage, M.R.C.P. ......................... 232 Congenital Anomalies of the Vas Deferens R. E. B. Tagart, F.R.C.S...................233 Warning to Travellers to Tanzania G. H. Robb, M.R.C.P. 233 Exposure and Exhaustion G. A. Ballance...

In 2012, a mutant porcine circovirus type 2 (mPCV2) strain was identified in cases of PCV-associated disease (PCVAD) in the USA. The mPCV2 had an additional amino acid, lysine (K), in the capsid at position 234. The objectives of this study were to compare the pathogenicity of mPCV2, PCV2a and PCV2b in pigs using biologically pure infectious virus stocks derived from respective infectious DNA c...

En anmeldelse af Troskabens utopiAf Marina GambaroffTiderne Skifter, København 1986. Pris 168 kr. 234 s.

The reservoir for Neisseria meningitidis (Nm) is the human oropharynx. Implementation of Nm serogroup C (NmC) glycoconjugate vaccines directly reduced NmC carriage. Prophylactic vaccines are now available to prevent disease caused by the five major Nm disease causing serogroups (ABCWY). Nm serogroup B (NmB) vaccines are composed of antigens that are conserved across Nm serogroups and therefore ...