INTRODUCTION Psychosocial stress is a significant risk factor for smoking, and Blacks experience higher levels of psychosocial stress relative to other racial/ethnic groups. Limited research has comprehensively examined psychosocial stressors in relation to smoking among Blacks. METHODS We examined psychosocial stressors in relation to smoking status (current, previous, and never) in middle-a...

background: for treatment of severe alcohol withdrawal syndrome, high dose benzodiazepines (bzds) may cause delirium and over-sedation. phenobarbital (pbt) is a long-acting barbiturate effective for the treatment of alcohol withdrawal. given the potential benefits of pbt, we sought to investigate the effectiveness of pbt as adjunctive treatment for alcohol withdrawal. methods: this was a retros...

BACKGROUND In adults, increased sympathetic and decreased parasympathetic nervous system activity are associated with a less favorable metabolic profile. Whether this is already determined at early age is unknown. Therefore, we aimed to assess the association between autonomic nervous system activation and metabolic profile and its components in children at age of 5-6 years. METHODS Cross-sec...

BACKGROUND Long-term outcome after hematopoietic stem cell transplantation including late transplant-related events is of increasing interest. The aim of this study was to evaluate the incidence of cardiovascular events after allogeneic HSCT and to search for their risk factors. DESIGN AND METHODS This is a retrospective multicenter European Group of Blood and Marrow Transplantation (EBMT) an...

BACKGROUND Protrusion of the lower eyelid is an aesthetic condition that is influenced by many anatomical features. Aim is to identify and categorize fat pad protrusion under the lower eyelids, and to evaluate the scoring system for determining the anatomical characteristics that will yield optimal surgical results. MATERIAL AND METHODS During a six year period (2000-2005) we operated 42 pati...

OBJECTIVES This study examined the effect of anxiety on mortality and nonfatal myocardial infarction (MI) in patients with coronary artery disease (CAD). BACKGROUND Inconsistent data exist regarding the impact of anxiety on the prognosis of patients with CAD. METHODS The authors conducted a prospective cohort study at an outpatient cardiology clinic of 516 patients with CAD (mean age 68 yea...

AIMS. The aim of this study is to determine the extent of carotid atherosclerosis in Chinese patients with type 2 diabetes in relation to the cumulative atherosclerosis risk factors using ultrasonography. METHODS. The presence of hypertension, dyslipidemia, and chronic kidney disease (CKD) was documented in 106 Chinese subjects with type 2 diabetes. Subjects with 0, 1, and ≥2 additional atheros...

The objective of this study was to assess the efficacy and safety of oral 30% dextrose during venepuncture in neonates. Neonates admitted in the Special Care Nursery for jaundice from September 200 to January 2001 were recruited for this double-blind randomised controlled trial. The intervention consisted of administration of either 2 ml of oral 30% dextrose or 2 ml of sterile water 2 minutes b...