Abstract Introduction The subcutaneous implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (S-ICD) is considered especially beneficial in young patients with an inherited cardiac disease, but data on these patient groups limited. Purpose To evaluate the eligibility of disease for therapy a Methods We retrospectively analysed all who received S-ICD our tertiary center between February 2009 and June 2021. ECG...

CONTENTS U S E O F GROWTH S T A N D A R D S . . 20 HISTORY . . . 20 D E F I N I T I O N S . . 21 REFERENCE OR S T A N D A R D . . . 21 LOCAL OR I N T E R N A T I O N A L . . . 22 SCALES O F MEASUREMENT . . . 22 Centile . . . 23 Percentage of median . . 23 SD score . . 23 D I S T A N C E A N D VELOCITY S T A N D A R D S . . 26 Weight for height . . . 28 M A R G I N A L A N D C O N D I T I O N A ...

Extracts of human term amniotic, placental, and chorion/decidua tissue contained, respectively, 4.36 +/- 2.79 (pmol/g wet wt; mean +/- S.E.M.: n = 5). 2.78 +/- 0.5 (n = 5) and 0.68 +/- 0.68 (n = 5) peptide YY (PYY)-like immunoreactivity. Using a specific PYY antiserum, gel filtration chromatography and reverse-phase high performance liquid chromatography (HLPC), amniotic, placental and fetal in...

Main results 7 trials (8 treatment arms) were included in the analysis. The trials involved very low birthweight infants who were receiving mechanical ventilation; the corticosteroid was dexamethasone, with a starting dose of 0.5 mg/kg/day and a duration of 2–42 days. Meta-analysis showed that moderately early PC treatment reduced mortality at 28 days (but not mortality before discharge [6 stud...

AIM The aim of this study was to interpret and validate a French version of the Oswestry disability index (ODI), using a cross-cultural validation method. The validity and reliability of the questionnaire was assessed in order to ensure the psychometric characteristics. METHOD The cross-cultural validation was carried out according to Beaton's methodology. The study was conducted with 41 pati...