Background: Pre-eclampsia is a complex condition associated with maternal and fetal mortality morbidity. Various screening tests have been proposed for the prediction of pre-eclampsia varying results. Non-invasive doppler velocimetry studies uterine arteries in second trimester abnormal forms can predict occurrence pre-eclampsia. This wave indicate defective perfusion consequence placental impl...

Methods Children presenting to our neurovascular service and who had had cerebral and renal angiography, other than those with a final diagnosis of vasculitis, were eligible for inclusion. Cerebrovascular disease was categorized MM or other occlusive cerebrovascular disease (OCVD) using standard definitions. Case notes, imaging reports and renal angiograms were retrospectively reviewed. Hyperte...

The 2000 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention growth charts are unable to accurately define and display BMI percentiles beyond the 97th percentile. At Children's Hospital Colorado, we created new growth charts that allow clinicians to track and visualize BMI values in severely obese children. This growth chart defines a child's BMI as a "percentage of the 95th percentile." It has the pote...

We surveyed 4315 2-5 year olds in Iran. Prevalence of obesity (BMI >95th centile, Iranian reference data) was compared with the recent "IOTF" approach. Prevalence was significantly higher than expected, and increased with age, but contradictory trends were obtained from the two approaches. Monitoring of childhood obesity using the BMI in developing countries is indicated, but differences associ...

The Systolic Blood Pressure Intervention Trial (SPRINT), conducted on older adults with markedly elevated risk for cardiovascular events, demonstrated significant outcome benefit with treatment of blood pressure (BP) to a goal of ≤120/80 mm Hg. Results of the SPRINT trial would not seem generalizable to children and adolescents because the SPRINT focus was on older adults at high risk for cardi...

Abstract. Ground ice is foundational to the integrity of Arctic ecosystems and infrastructure. However, we lack fine-scale ground maps across almost entire Arctic, chiefly because there no established method for mapping ice-rich permafrost from space. Here, assess whether remotely sensed late-season subsidence can be used identify permafrost. The idea that, towards end an exceptionally warm sum...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD) is a progressive hereditary disorder affecting children and young adults. Early intervention may be necessary to significantly affect the long-term consequences of this disease. DESIGN, SETTING, PARTICIPANTS, & MEASUREMENTS The authors conducted a 5-yr randomized clinical trial to assess the effect of BP control wi...

In order to determine reference values for the ambulatory blood pressure, a population sample of 328 subjects, aged 20-81 years, who reported themselves to be in good health, was investigated. The ambulatory blood pressure was recorded over 24 h, taking measurements at 20 min intervals from 8 am to 10 pm, and at 45 min intervals from 10 pm to 8 am. Blood pressure was also measured by trained ob...

Background—Patient outcomes provide a critical perspective on quality of care. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) is publicly reporting hospital 30-day risk-standardized mortality rates (RSMRs) and risk-standardized readmission rates (RSRRs) for patients hospitalized with acute myocardial infarction (AMI) and heart failure (HF). We provide a national perspective on hospital pe...