BACKGROUND The high mortality of hip fracture patients is well documented, but sex- and cause-specific mortality after hip fracture has not been extensively studied. The purpose of the present study was to evaluate mortality and cause of death in patients after hip fracture surgery and to compare their mortality and cause of death to those in the general population. METHODS Records of 428 con...

Background: The high mortality of hip fracture patients is well documented, but sexand cause-specific mortality after hip fracture has not been extensively studied. The purpose of the present study was to evaluate mortality and cause of death in patients after hip fracture surgery and to compare their mortality and cause of death to those in the general population. Methods: Records of 428 conse...

In order to clarify the role of prostacyclin-thromboxane system (PTS) in development acute circulatory disorders early postoperative period after coronary artery bypass surgery, its condition was studied 86 patients with disease. vascular insufficiency and shock, a decrease level thromboxane blood revealed, while arterial hypertension, elevated concentrations were determined absence changes pro...

OBJECTIVES To determine whether football results are associated with mortality from circulatory disease. DESIGN Retrospective study, comparing mortality on days of football matches between 18 August 1994 and 28 December 1999 with the results of the football matches. SETTING Newcastle and North Tyneside, Sunderland, Tees, and Leeds Health Authority areas of England. SUBJECTS All persons re...

In a previous paper (Wade et al., 1956) it was suggested that hexamethonium bromide, in lowering the raised pulmonary vascular resistance present in some cases of mitral disease, acted indirectly through changes in, or redistribution of, the blood content of the lungs; and that evidence for participation of the autonomic system was inconclusive. These views were supported by Storstein and Tvete...

The authors examine the relationships between body mass, smoking, and overall and cause-specific mortality among U.S. adults aged 60 and older, using data from the National Health Interview Survey linked to the Multiple Cause of Death file and Cox proportional hazard models. The authors find that, compared to those who are normal weight, obese individuals have higher risks of overall, circulato...

Exposure to high doses of ionizing radiation is associated with damage to the heart and coronary arteries. However, only recently have studies with high-quality individual dosimetry data allowed this risk to be estimated while adjusting for concomitant chemotherapy. An association between lower dose exposures and late-occurring circulatory disease has only recently been suspected in the Japanes...

STROKE DUE TO ATHEROMATOUS DISEASE of the carotid artery is preventable by endarterectomy if a causative lesion is identified early enough. Despite its limitations arteriography remains the definitive test for carotid disease. Ideally, arteriography should be done when the risk of stroke is considerably greater than the risk of a complication from the diagnostic procedure. The warning signs of ...

Background: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is an inflammatory disorder and has been proposed to have imbalance between pro-inflammatory anti-inflammatory factors. Methods: This study was conducted on 41 participants {18 COPD patients (smokers, S (n = 9); reformed smokers, RS 9)) 23 controls (non-smokers, CNS 14); CS 9))}. Flow cytometry used identify circulatory immune cells corre...