women. Twenty-four hours after a single dose of 600 mg aspirin, in vitro production of thromboxane B2 in response to collagen fell by 95%, whereas in vivo production of thromboxane B2 and 6-keto-PGF,a in bleeding time blood fell by 87% and 66%, respectively. Subjects with the lowest absolute levels of thromboxane B2 24 hours after aspirin were also those with the longest postaspirin bleeding ti...

The evaluation and appropriate management of the critically ill neonate requires knowledge of the physiologic changes and life-threatening pathologies that may present during this time period. A broad systematic approach to evaluating the neonate is necessary to provide a comprehensive yet specific differential diagnosis for a presenting complaint or symptom. Efficient recognition and prompt ma...

OBJECTIVES To assess level of fulfillment and utility of the hospital discharge register (HDR) as a complementary source of information for estimating the number of deaths at 30 days due to motor vehicle crashes in Spain. METHODS It is a cross-sectional study were we compared the number of people injured due to motor vehicle crashes hospitalised in a public hospital (HDR), in Spain during 200...

OBJECTIVES This study sought to identify the frequency and etiology of readmission within 30 days of percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) in a large integrated healthcare system. BACKGROUND One-fifth of Medicare patients are readmitted within 30 days of hospitalization. Identifying the causes of readmission may help identify strategies to prevent readmission. METHODS All patients underg...

Methods Retrospective analysis of 30-days mortality in 62 pts (49 male,13 female, mean age 65,74 ± 11,18) hospitalized in our ICU. Age, Apache II score, Sofa score and GCS were recorded on admission day. CT-scan was performed in order to determine the site of the ICH, the presence of intraventricular hemorrhage (IVH) and the amount of ICH. Volume was estimated using the ABC/2 method and the big...

The Affordable Care Act currently requires hospitals to report 30-day readmission rates for certain medical conditions. It has been suggested that surveillance will expand to include hip and knee surgery-related readmissions in the future. To ensure quality of care and avoid penalties, readmissions related to hip fractures require further investigation. The goal of this study was to evaluate fa...

BACKGROUND HIV is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality in Zambia. Like many other African nations with high HIV burden, heterosexual intercourse is the commonest mode of HIV spread. The estimation of prevalence and factors associated with sexual intercourse among in-school adolescents has potential to inform public health interventions aimed at reducing the burden of sex-related diseases ...

The present study was designed to test the efficacy, as assessed by blastocyst production, of culturing slaughterhouse-derived bovine oocytes in Ménézo's B2 (B2) medium with or without serum and with or without buffalo rat cell (BRL) coculture. In addition, OPU-derived oocytes were cultured in B2-BRL coculture with or without serum for the first 72 h or TCM 199-BRL coculture with serum and the ...