OBJECTIVES To determine whether patients receiving fibrin sealant placed in a single lateral osteotomy site during rhinoplasty will note substantial improvement in pain, bruising, swelling, and overall healing compared with the untreated side and to determine whether blinded observers detect a substantial difference in bruising and swelling on the basis of review of standard postoperative photo...

BACKGROUND For youth living with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)/acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS), nonadherence to antiretroviral therapy (ART) can lead to poor health outcomes and significantly decreased life expectancy. OBJECTIVE To evaluate the feasability, acceptability, and preliminary efficacy of short message service (SMS) or text message reminders to improve adherence to A...

BACKGROUND This study is a part of the randomized controlled trial, the Trondheim Hip Fracture Trial, and it compared physical behavior and function during the first postoperative days for hip fracture patients managed with comprehensive geriatric care (CGC) with those managed with orthopedic care (OC). METHODS Treatment comprised CGC with particular focus on mobilization, or OC. A total of 3...

Introduction: We observed serum transthyretin (TTR) constantly maintained low even with adequate nutritional support if the patients’ general conditions are poor. We conducted this study to analyze the change of serum TTR with time from injury in massive burn patient and verify the validity of prediction of clinical outcome with serum TTR of early post-burn period. Methods: From January of 2005...

Twelve healthy volunteers aged 23-30 years participated in the study, which comprised two test periods of seven days. Diet was unrestricted except for beverages, which in one test period were limited to two litres of tap water daily and in the other to two litres of tea (four bags of 2 g Assam/ Ceylon Brook Bond tea per litre, steeped for five minutes). On day 5 of each test period the subjects...

In the mantle cell lymphoma (MCL)-002 study, lenalidomide demonstrated significantly improved median progression-free survival (PFS) compared with investigator's choice (IC) in patients with relapsed/refractory MCL. Here we present the long-term follow-up data and results of preplanned subgroup exploratory analyses from MCL-002 to evaluate the potential impact of demographic factors, baseline c...

We examined the effects of an intensive fixture schedule on salivary IgA (SIgA) concentration in professional soccer players from the English Premier League. Salivary samples were obtained from 21 males who participated in seven games over a 30-day period during December 2013 and January 2014 (games 1-5 occurred in a 15-day period). Salivary-IgA decreased (P < 0.05) at 2 days post-game 3 (45 ± ...

OBJECTIVE Recent in vitro and in vivo studies have shown that the nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory agent, acetylsalicylic acid (ASA) or aspirin has antioxidant properties on various cell lines and tissues. Hence, the aim of the present study is to investigate the effects of ASA at 2 different concentrations (75 and 300 microg/ml) on the proliferative capacities and lipid peroxidation of in vitro ...

BACKGROUND CONTEXT Short-term readmission rates are becoming widely used as a quality and performance metric for hospitals. Data on unplanned short-term readmission after spine fusion for deformity in pediatric patients are limited. PURPOSE To characterize the rate and risk factors for short-term readmission after spine fusion for deformity in pediatric patients. STUDY DESIGN This is a retr...

abstract: acidophilus milk after preparation, with the defined characteristics of ph, titratable acidity and viable counts of lb. acidophilus, was kept at the refrigerator (5 °c) and changes of above mentioned parameters were evaluated during 21 days at 7-day intervals. the obtained results showed that the titratable acidity of product significantly (p≤0.05) increased over storage period, demon...