background central venous catheterization is done frequently in cardiac surgery and intensive care settings. faulty positioning of the catheter can cause many complications. objectives the aim of our study was to study the average depth of insertion and formulate a general guideline through the right internal jugular vein (ijv). patients and methods the right ijv was cannulated over a period of...

BACKGROUND Numerous changes in body composition occur with aging. This study reports on secondary analyses of data from a subsample of institutionalized and free-living elderly Canadians taking part in both phases of the Canadian Study of Health and Aging (CSHA-1 and CHSA-2; n = 10,263) to document and examine correlates of the evolution of anthropometric characteristics over a 5-year period. ...

AIM To provide growth and sexual maturation reference data for Moroccan children living in The Netherlands and to compare them with the reference data of children of Dutch origin. METHODS Cross-sectional growth and demographic data were collected from 2880 children of Moroccan origin and 14,500 children of Dutch origin living in The Netherlands in the age range 0-20 y. Growth references for l...

INTRODUCTION The Third National Health and Morbidity Survey Malaysia 2006 includes a nutritional status assessment of children. This study aimed to assess the inter- and intra-examiner reliability, the technical error of measurement and the validity of instruments for measuring weight, height and waist circumference. METHODS A convenience sample of 130 adults working in a selected office sett...

There are few historical data on final or adult heights after the completion of long-term growth hormone (GH) therapy in children with GH deficiency (GHD). Adult height has been defined as that achieved at chronologic ages ranging from 18 to 30 years, at bone ages >/=13 years (girls) and >/=15 years (boys), at growth velocities </=1 to 2 cm per 6 to 12 months, at the "cessation of growth," at "...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE There is disagreement whether shorter persons suffer increased rates of coronary heart disease (CHD) or stroke. Potential mechanisms for such associations are not well understood. We used findings from a cohort study, in which 10 000 Israeli men were followed up, to examine the associations between stature and fatal CHD as well as fatal stroke. METHODS The cohort was co...

BACKGROUND Estimation of the nares-to-epiglottis and nares-to-vocal cords distances would facilitate the selection of properly sized nasopharyngeal airways and appropriate positioning of a fibreoptic bronchoscope in young children. The purposes of this study were to measure the nares-to-epiglottis and nares-to-vocal cords distances and to create an algorithm to predict these distances based on ...

BACKGROUND Assessment of pubertal stages should be related to updated and reliable referance data from the same background population. OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to provide normative data for the onset and tempo of puberty in Turkish girls and analyze the growth parameters in puberty. METHODS The analyses are based on data that were collected and evaluated biannually on 1020 Turkis...

Received 24 February 1995 Revised version accepted for publication 25 May 1995 Abstract This report describes a 12 year 10 month old girl with short stature and a non-mosaic 46,X,Xp + karyotype. Her height remained below -2 SD of the mean, and her predicted adult height (143 cm) was below her target height (155.5 cm) and target range (147-5 cm-163-5 cm). Cytogenetic and molecular studies showed...