OBJECTIVES To assess the influence of the department of initial admission on the hospital management and 3-month prognosis of patients with non-ST elevation acute coronary syndromes. PATIENTS AND METHOD The data for the 4115 patients admitted to 18 hospitals in the PEPA study were compared according to the department of initial admission. RESULTS Twenty-six percent of the patients were admi...

RAMOS, A. AND P. MORMÈDE. Stress and emotionality: A multidimensional and genetic approach. NEUROSCI BIOBEHAV REV. 22(1) 33–57, 1998—The use of behavioural tests aiming to assess the psychological components of stress in animals has led to divergent and sometimes arbitrary interpretations of animal behaviour. This paper presents a critical evaluation of behavioural methods currently used to inv...

To assess the regional difference and influence of the biological variables on atherosclerosis in female, we analyzed 7 segments of aorta (2 ascending, 3 thoracic, and 2 abdominal) from 90 superficially healthy Korean women (39+/-14 yr of age) who died from external causes. Tissue specimens were macroscopically examined and histopathologically divided into 7 grades for scoring (ATHERO, from 0=i...

BACKGROUND Surgical margin is an important prognostic factor in hepatectomy for patients with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). But the extent of surgical margins is still controversial. Our study was designed to systematically evaluate the prognosis of different width of resection margin. METHODS We conducted comprehensive searches of electronic databases including PubMed, MEDLINE, EMBASE, Coc...

BACKGROUND A meta-analysis of the efficacy of chemohormonal regimens versus standard therapy in the management of advanced hormone-sensitive prostate cancer was conducted. MATERIALS AND METHODS The eligible studies included randomized studies evaluating chemohormonal regimens in the setting of high-risk localized or metastatic hormone-sensitive prostate cancer. RESULTS The search strategy y...

OBJECTIVES Because of the fluctuating and occasional character of Crohn's disease (CD), patients have to cope with a changeable condition of health. Personal perceived control is known to be an important element of adaptation to their medical condition. The objectives of this work are to determine if perceived personal control is predictive of the clinical activity of the disease and of psychol...

BACKGROUND Prostate cancer (PCa) patients initiating androgen deprivation therapy (ADT) are suffering from adverse effects; exercise has been proposed as a treatment to relieve adverse effects of ADT, available meta-analysis has proved exercise improves quality of life, and therapy caused fatigue; recently, some high-quality trials have been conducted in order to get more assessment; we conduct...

OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to evaluate the association of human leukocyte antigen (HLA)-DQ and HLA-DQA1/DQB1 alleles with Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada (VKH), providing further evidences on the genetic background of this disease. METHODS A comprehensive literature search was conducted on the relationship of HLA-DQ and/or HLA-DQA1/DQB1 alleles with VKH through PubMed, Embase, Cochrane Library,...

OBJECTIVE To investigate the association between 2 lysyl oxidase-like 1 (LOXL1) polymorphisms, rs1048661 (R141L) and rs3825942 (G153D), and exfoliation syndrome (XFS) in black South African individuals. METHODS A total of 43 black patients with XFS and 47 ethnically matched controls were recruited for genetic analysis. Samples were analyzed for presence of the LOXL1-R141L and G153D variants u...

CONTEXT Postoperative emesis is common after pyloromyotomy. Although postoperative feeding is likely to be an influencing factor, there is no consensus on optimal feeding. OBJECTIVE To compare the effect of feeding regimens on clinical outcomes of infants after pyloromyotomy. DATA SOURCES Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature, The Cochrane Central Register of Controlled T...