BACKGROUND Transient ischaemic attacks (TIA) and minor strokes (TIAMS) have the same pathophysiological mechanism as stroke and carry a high risk of recurrent ischaemic events. Diagnosis of TIAMS can be challenging and often occurs in general practice. Absolute cardiovascular risk (ACVR) is recommended as the basis for vascular risk management. Consideration of cardiovascular risk in TIAMS diag...

Data from 14 U.S. feedlots January 1, 2017, through De­cember 31, 2020, were evaluated for disease treatment on the probability of being terminally diagnosed with heart (HD). The study objective was two-fold: 1) determine as­sociation between number bovine respiratory (BRD) treatments (0,1,2,3+) and HD, 2) common feedlot (AIP, BRD, Complex Disease, GI+Bloat, Other), cohort demographics HD. anal...

Increases in sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) among men who have sex with men (MSM) have coincided with recent increases in sexual risk behaviors across the United States and Europe. The identification of same-sex sexual risk behavior in men and the subsequent risk for certain bacterial and viral infections requires competency in taking a sexual history. Recent advances in the diagnosis and...

Cytogenetic evaluation is an important step in the diagnosis of infertile or sterile animals. Moreover, the analysis of sex chromosomes is crucial for a proper classification of disor‐ ders of sex development (DSD). For many years, chromosome studies mainly addressed the livestock species, while recently, increasing interest in such analysis in companion an‐ imals is observed. New molecular and...

Abstract Background and Aims ANCA-associated vasculitis (AAV) is associated with an increased risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD). The CVD seems to be shortly after initial diagnosis as well in the long-term setting. However, no studies have addressed period preceding AAV diagnosis. Since often a substantial diagnostic delay, we hypothesize that patients consistently are at developing already ...

Past studies have shown inconsistent results on whether there is an association between multiple sclerosis (MS) and rheumatoid arthritis. To investigate the possible relationship between the 2 autoimmune diseases, we performed a nationwide cohort study utilizing the National Health Insurance Research Database and the Registry of Catastrophic Illness.A total of 1456 newly diagnosed patients with...

OBJECTIVE To determine the incidence of renal scars in children with primary vesicoureteral reflux taking into consideration the following variables: sex, age at diagnosis, febrile urinary infection, degree of reflux and bacteria specimen. METHOD Retrospective study of 58 children with age ranging from 2 months to 11 years, presenting primary vesicoureteral reflux detected by voiding cystoure...

OBJECTIVE To study the occurrence of ischaemic and haemorrhagic stroke in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) compared with the general population by age, sex and time since SLE diagnosis METHODS: Adults with incident SLE were identified from the Swedish National Patient Register (NPR, n=3390) and general population comparators from the Total Population Register were matched on age, sex and coun...

OBJECTIVE To investigate how the prenatal diagnosis of a sex chromosome anomaly is first communicated to parents. DESIGN Health professionals were interviewed by telephone and the conversation was taped; parents were sent questionnaires at 1 month after diagnosis and those who responded were sent another at 6 months. PARTICIPANTS 29 health professionals who had recently informed parents tha...