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Background Hip Osteoarthritis (OA) is one of the most common diseases affecting the ageing population. No specific and safe treatment slowing the development of hip OA as reflected in reduced joint space narrowing has been developed so far. Implantation of hip prosthesis has been a great success,
INTRODUCTION Background Orthodontic treatment should be based on potential risks and benefit ,pledges appropriate positioning of teeth, corrects jaws and occlusal relationship that enhances mastication, speech, facial aesthetics and also promotes oral and general health which in its turn improves
Multiple studies have subsequently used higher dose of prednisolone in infantile spasms at the weight based dosing of 4-8 mg/kg/day with a maximum dose of 60mg/day. The results have shown high rates of clinical and elecroencephalographic remission with lower relapse rates.However, a major concern
Primary brain tumors in adults are less common than metastatic tumors. The most frequent are glioblastoma multiforme, metastases, anaplastic astrocytoma, meningioma, pituitary tumors and vestibular schwannoma. 70% of the tumors in adults are supratentorial. The most infratentorial tumors are
The geriatric population is a population at risk, given the frequent and numerous comorbidities present. Undernutrition is one of these, which is frequently associated with sarcopenia, that is, a decrease in muscle strength. Its screening must be early to avoid complications (osteoporosis,
These patients are also at a higher risk of the complications of hyponatremia such as brain injury, the main result of acute symptomatic hyponatremia and associated with significant morbidity and mortality. Severe hyponatremia (i.e., a serum sodium concentration <125 mmol/L) ), if unrecognized in
Charcot's neuroarthropathy has been identified since 1883, yet we have much to learn about the pathophysiology and evidence based treatment options. Active CNO is characterised by repetitive trauma leading to inflammation in an insensate foot. This includes polypeptide receptor activator of nuclear
Diabetes mellitus is a common disease with much impact on human's health and is related to osteoporosis. But the mechanism remains unclear. The foreign researches revealed thiazolidinedione (TZD) would increase the risk of osteoporosis and bone fracture, especially elderly women. However, it is
Osteoporosis is a systemic bone disease characterized by low bone mass and microarchitectural deterioration of bone tissue with consequent bone fragility and susceptibility to fractures. Fifty percent of women and 20% of men older than 50 y.o. will have an osteoporotic fracture (fragility fracture).
Infection: will be defined as a patient with three of six clinical signs of infection (erythema, heat, edema, pain, loss of function, purulence) or leukocytosis. We will use the Infectious Diseases Society of America's Diabetic Foot Infection guidelines to stratify the severity of infection. This
Leukemia and Bone Morbidity Acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) is the most common pediatric malignancy, with an overall survival rate now exceeding 70%. As such, there is an increasing population of survivors who are at risk for long-term sequelae of childhood leukemia, including osteoporosis. In
In the first part of the study, 150 consecutive patients with a diagnosis of SLE were included in the study. All patients fulfilled the American College of Rheumatology (ACR) revised criteria for the classification of SLE and provided written informed consent. Data collected at the time of study
Design:
This will be a multicenter (6 centers), prospective, randomized, intervention study. Eligible patients will be randomized for percutaneous vertebroplasty or analgesics.
Study population:Two hundred patients will be included.
Patient selection:
Patients will be referred from the GP to the