INTRODUCTION Almost 30% of hypertension among Canadians may be attributed to excess dietary sodium. METHODS We examined the average sodium intake of Canadians aged 30 years and over, with and without hypertension, by age, sex and diabetes status using 24-hour recall data from the 2004 Canadian Community Health Survey, Cycle 2.2, Nutrition. We compared absolute (crude) average sodium intake le...

  Purpose: Mesh technique is the standard for inguinal hernia repair because of less recurrence,   but it is inferior or equal to sutured technique in case of other post-operative complications   such as chronic pain. This clinical trial set out to compare these two techniques.   Materials and Methods: A total number of 322 cases of unilateral inguinal hernia in participants   older than 18 yea...

April 24 2021 Prema-chandra Athukorala Comment on Rethinking “Economic Fundamentals” in an Era of Global Physical Shocks: Insights from the Philippines Experience with COVID-19 Author and Article Information Online ISSN: 1536-0083 Print 1535-3516 © by Asian Economic Panel Massachusetts Institute Technology2021American Society Health Economists Technology Papers (2021) 20 (1): 141–143. https://d...

BACKGROUND Current evaluation of muscle fatty infiltration has been limited by subjective classifications. Quantitative fat evaluation through magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) may allow for an improved longitudinal evaluation of the effect of surgical repair on the progression of fatty infiltration. HYPOTHESES We hypothesized that (1) patients with isolated full-thickness supraspinatus tendon...

Autotransfused blood is often used as an alternative to banked blood. The fibrinolytic consequences of autotransfused blood are undefined. This prospective study was designed to determine the effect of intraoperative autotransfused blood on fibrinolysis and other coagulation parameters. Ten consecutive patients undergoing cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) for open-heart procedures were studied. All ...