Results 41 to 50 of about 61,039 (242)

Perinatal and newborn care in a two years retrospective study in a first level peripheral hospital in Sicily (Italy) [PDF]

, 2019
BACKGROUND: Two hundred seventy-five thousand maternal deaths, 2.7 million neonatal deaths, and 2.6 million stillbirths have been estimated in 2015 worldwide, almost all in low-income countries (LICs).
Albano S, Corsello G, Miceli V, Serra G
core   +1 more source

Lessons Learned From a Delayed‐Start Trial of Modafinil for Freezing of Gait in Parkinson's Disease

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective Freezing of gait (FOG) in people with Parkinson's disease (PwPD) is debilitating and has limited treatments. Modafinil modulates beta/gamma band activity in the pedunculopontine nucleus (PPN), like PPN deep brain stimulation. We therefore tested the hypothesis that Modafinil would improve FOG in PwPD.
Tuhin Virmani, Lakshmi Pillai, Reid D. Landes, Aliyah Glover, Shannon Doerhoff, Jennifer Kleiner, Mitesh Lotia, Rohit Dhall, Edgar Garcia‐Rill   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Vacinação contra o vírus influenza em gestantes: cobertura da vacinação e fatores associados

Einstein (São Paulo)
OBJETIVO: Descrever a cobertura vacinal de gestantes para influenza e fatores associados à recusa ou à aceitação da vacina. MÉTODOS: Estudo descritivo, prospectivo, que incluiu 300 puérperas atendidas no Hospital e Maternidade Santa Joana (SP).
Renato de Ávila Kfouri, Rosana Richtmann   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

Infectious Postpartum Sacroiliitis: The Importance and Difficulty of Early Diagnosis

Acta Médica Portuguesa, 2016
The sacroiliitis accounts for about 1.5% - 10% of all cases of septic arthritis and it is strongly associated with gynaecological infections, pelvic trauma or drug abuse (3.4% - 12.8% of cases occur during the postpartum period).
Emídio Vale-Fernandes, Fedra Rodrigues, Carla Monteiro, Luís Carvalho   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Severe Odontogenic Infections during Pregnancy and Related Adverse Outcomes. Case Report and Systematic Literature Review

Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease, 2021
Odontogenic infections have the potential to develop into deep-space infections and may cause severe diseases with possible life-threatening complications.
Resi Pucci, Andrea Cassoni, Daniele Di Carlo, Marco Della Monaca, Umberto Romeo, Valentino Valentini   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Risks of hospitalization and drug consumption in children and young adults with diagnosed celiac disease and the role of maternal education: A population-based matched birth cohort study [PDF]

, 2016
Background: Celiac disease (CD) may affect healthcare use in children and young adults. Socio-economic factors may act as a confounder or effect modifier.
Canova, Cristina, Ludvigsson, Jonas F, Pitter, Gisella, Romor, Pierantonio, Simonato, Lorenzo, Zanier, Loris, Zanotti, Renzo   +6 more
core   +6 more sources

Super‐Refractory Status Epilepticus (SRSE) in a Patient With Compound Heterozygous OPA1 Variants: Case Report and Literature Review

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective Super‐Refractory Status Epilepticus (SRSE) is a rare, life‐threatening neurological emergency with unclear etiology in many cases. Mitochondrial dysfunction, often due to disease‐causing genetic variants, is increasingly recognized as a cause, with each gene producing distinct pathophysiological mechanisms.
Pouria Mohammadi, Lara Basovic, Christopher Michael McGraw   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

The case for launch of an international DNA-based birth cohort study [PDF]

, 2011
The global health agenda beyond 2015 will inevitably need to broaden its focus from mortality reduction to the social determinants of deaths, growing inequities among children and mothers, and ensuring the sustainability of the progress made against the ...
Aulchenko, Yurii, Baqui, Abdullah H, Bhutta, Zulfiqar A, Campbell, Harry, Chopra, Mickey, Edmond, Karen, Horta, Bernardo L, Klugman, Keith P, Lanata, Claudio F, Madhi, Shabir A, Nair, Harish, Qureshi, Zeshan, Rubens, Craig, Rudan, Igor, Theodoratou, Evropi, Victora, Cesar G, Wang, Wei, Weber, Martin W, Wilson, James F, Zgaga, Lina   +19 more
core   +1 more source

Clinical features of varicella-zoster virus infection [PDF]

, 2018
Varicella-zoster virus (VZV) is a pathogenic human herpes virus that causes varicella (chickenpox) as a primary infection, following which it becomes latent in peripheral ganglia.
Gershon, Anne A., Kennedy, Peter G.E.
core   +1 more source

Effects of Biological Sex and Age on Cerebrospinal Fluid Markers—A Retrospective Observational Study

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) analysis is a key diagnostic tool for neurological diseases. To date, only a few studies have investigated in larger cohorts the effect of age and biological sex on diagnostic markers extracted from CSF. Methods For this retrospective observational study, 4163 CSF findings (2012–2020) were evaluated.
Isabel‐Sophie Hafer, Simon Faissner, Ralf Gold, Aiden Haghikia   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source