MALPRESENTATION- INCIDENCE AND CAUSES

The incidence and causes of hypercalcaemia.

A prospective screen for hypercalcaemia in 58,053 hospital in-patients was conducted over 12 months. The incidence of hypercalcaemia was 0.6%, being transient in 19.2% of patients and sustained in the remainder. The most common causes in the sustained group were malignancy (45%) and primary hyperparathyroidism (16.5%). The incidence of primary hyperparathyroidism was 78/100,000 hospital in-pati...

Endograft Migration: Incidence, Causes, and Clinical Significance

Endovascular device migration is approximately 2% at 1 year using each of the Food and Drug Administration-approved devices (Medtronic AneuRx, Gore Excluder, Cook Zenith). In this report, we review the incidence, causes, and clinical importance of endograft migration over a 5-year period after endovascular aneurysm repair with the AneuRx stent graft. In a multicenter United States clinical tria...

The incidence and causes of rectal bleeding.

Sir, The conclusion of JV Metcalf and colleagues,' that all patients over the age of 40 presenting in general practice with rectal bleeding should be referred for flexible sigmoidoscopy or colonoscopy, needs further scrutiny before it becomes part of 'routine good practice', or before dissemination to the public by the popular media occurs. Metcalf et al, in their study, observed the incidence ...

Ice hockey injuries: incidence, nature and causes.

In this prospective study, we have investigated incidence of injuries of different severity, types of injury, and mechanisms of injury during ice hockey games. All twelve Swedish elite hockey teams were observed during the season 1988-1989 when a total number of 664 games were played. There was a total number of 285 injuries, of which the majority were minor (61%) and only 9% were classified as...

[Causes, incidence and appearance of periorbital fractures].