OBJECTIVE To investigate whether the uterine artery pulsatility index (UtA PI) of hypertensive pregnancies is higher than that of normal pregnancies in the puerperium, as well as in the antepartum period. METHODS The UtA PI was measured in hypertensive (group 1) and normal pregnancies (group 2) during antepartum, immediate postpartum or late postpartum periods. Using the transvaginal approach...

BACKGROUND Ullrich-Turner syndrome (UTS) girls often present with short stature in adolescence to the endocrinologist when the efficacy of growth hormone (GH) to improve growth remains unknown and parameters to estimate individual GH responsiveness have yet to be determined. OBJECTIVE Retrospective evaluation of adult height (AH) and predicted adult height at GH start (descriptive model of Ra...

BACKGROUND The PAM50, a gene expression assay to categorize breast tumors into intrinsic subtypes, has not been previously used to examine short- and long-term prognostication in a population-based cohort where treatment patterns and time of initial follow-up vary. METHODS In a stratified case-cohort design of 1,691 women from the LACE and Pathways breast cancer survivor cohorts, we used PAM5...

Background:ThePAM50, agene expression assay to categorize breast tumors into intrinsic subtypes, hasnot been previously used to examine shortand long-term prognostication in a population-based cohort where treatment patterns and time of initial follow-up vary. Methods: In a stratified case–cohort design of 1,691 women from the LACE and Pathways breast cancer survivor cohorts, we used PAM50 to c...

OBJECTIVES Preliminary data suggest that antibiotic discontinuation in patients with negative quantitative bronchoscopy and symptom resolution will not increase mortality. Because our hospital algorithm for antibiotic discontinuation rules out ventilator-associated pneumonia in the setting of negative quantitative bronchoscopy cultures, we compared antibiotic utilization and mortality in empiri...

BACKGROUND The Early vs Late Infantile Strabismus Surgery Study Group investigates whether early or late surgery is preferable in infantile convergent strabismus, in a non-randomised, prospective, multicentre clinical trial. The current state of the study after end of recruitment is reported here, focusing on the question of possible sources for bias in this non-randomised trial. METHOD The p...

The Early vs. Late Infantile Strabismus Surgery Study Group is a group of strabismologists and orthoptists from 58 clinics in 11 European countries. They investigate whether early or late surgery is preferable in infantile strabismus, in a non-randomized, prospective, multi-center trial.(1) Infants between 6 and 18 months of age receive a standardized entry examination and are then operated eit...