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Association between right-to-left shunts and brain lesions in sport divers	2003	Department of Neurology, Justus-Liebig-University Giessen, Am Steg 20, 35390 Giessen, Germany. Tibo.Gerriets@neuro.med.uni-giessen.de	Read more...
Source Type Print(0) Ref Type Journal Article Periodical, Full Aviation, Space, and Environmental Medicine Periodical, Abbrev. Aviat.Space Environ.Med. Pub Date Free Form Oct Volume 74 Issue 10 Start Page 1058 Other Pages 1060 Notes LR: 20061115; JID: 7501714; 0 (Contrast Media); ppublish Place of Publication United States ISSN/ISBN 0095-6562; 0095-6562 Accession Number PMID: 14556567 Language eng SubFile Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't; IM; S DOI Output Language Unknown(0) PMID 14556567 Abstract BACKGROUND: Recent studies suggest that healthy sport divers may develop clinically silent brain damage, based on the association between a finding of multiple brain lesions on MRI and the presence of right-to-left shunt, a pathway for venous gas bubbles to enter the arterial system. METHODS: We performed echocontrast transcranial Doppler sonography in 42 sport divers to determine the presence of a right-to-left shunt. Cranial MRI was carried out using a 1.5 T magnet. A lesion was counted if it was hyperintense on both T2-weighted and T2-weighted fluid attenuated inversion recovery sequences. To test the hypothesis that the occurrence of postdive arterial gas emboli is related to brain lesions on MRI, we measured postdive intravascular bubbles in a subset of 15 divers 30 min after open water scuba dives. RESULTS: Echocontrast transcranial Doppler sonography revealed a right-to-left shunt in 16 of the divers (38%). Only one hyperintensive lesion of the central white matter was found and that was in a diver with no evidence of a right-to-left shunt. Postdive arterial gas emboli were detected in 3 out of 15 divers; they had a right-to-left shunt, but no pathologic findings on cranial magnetic resonance imaging. CONCLUSIONS: Our data support the theory that right-to-left shunts can serve as a pathway for venous gas bubbles into the arterial circulation. However, we could not confirm an association between brain lesions and the presence of a right-to-left shunt in sport divers. Descriptors Adult, Brain/blood supply/pathology, Brain Diseases/etiology/physiopathology, Cerebral Arteries/abnormalities, Contrast Media/administration & dosage, Decompression Sickness/etiology/physiopathology, Diving/adverse effects, Echoencephalography, Embolism, Air/physiopathology, Female, Humans, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Male, Ultrasonography, Doppler Links Book Title Database Publisher Data Source Authors Gerriets,T., Tetzlaff,K., Hutzelmann,A., Liceni,T., Kopiske,G., Struck,N., Reuter,M., Kaps,M. Original/Translated Title URL Date of Electronic PMCID Editors
Concurrent use of tobacco products by California adolescents	2003	Cancer Prevention and Control Program, Cancer Center, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA.	Read more...
Source Type Print(0) Ref Type Journal Article Periodical, Full Preventive medicine Periodical, Abbrev. Prev.Med. Pub Date Free Form May Volume 36 Issue 5 Start Page 575 Other Pages 584 Notes LR: 20061115; JID: 0322116; ppublish Place of Publication United States ISSN/ISBN 0091-7435; 0091-7435 Accession Number PMID: 12689803 Language eng SubFile Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't; IM DOI S0091743502000646 [pii] Output Language Unknown(0) PMID 12689803 Abstract BACKGROUND: To describe patterns and correlates of tobacco product use other than cigarettes in adolescents 12-17 years of age. METHODS: Adolescent respondents (N = 6090) to the 1999 California Tobacco Survey provided estimates of ever and current use (in last 30 days) of smokeless tobacco, cigars, and bidis, which were examined by cigarette smoking experience, demographics, and known predictors of cigarette use. RESULTS: Only 3% of adolescents who never smoked cigarettes experimented with other tobacco products. Among ever smokers who were not current smokers, the rate was 35%. Nearly 60% of current cigarette experimenters had tried another tobacco product, but almost 90% of current established smokers had experimented with one. Over 40% of current established smokers used another tobacco product in the last 30 days. Factors predictive of cigarette smoking were also highly associated with other tobacco use. In ever cigarette smokers, having peers who used other tobacco products was most highly associated with other tobacco use. Problem or risky behaviors, beliefs that cigarettes are safe or beneficial, and receptivity to tobacco promotions were also independently associated with other tobacco product use. CONCLUSIONS: Adolescent smokers who use other tobacco products may be prone to risky behavior and such use may hasten the development of nicotine tolerance. Descriptors Adolescent, Adolescent Behavior/ethnology/psychology, California/epidemiology, Data Collection, Demography, Female, Humans, Male, Peer Group, Prevalence, Risk Factors, Smoking/epidemiology/ethnology, Tobacco Use Disorder/epidemiology/ethnology, Tobacco, Smokeless/supply & distribution Links Book Title Database Publisher Data Source Authors Gilpin,E. A., Pierce,J. P. Original/Translated Title URL Date of Electronic PMCID Editors
Residential smoking therapy	2003	Received from Ambulatory Care Service, Durham VA Medical Center, Durham, NC 27705, USA.	Read more...
Source Type Print(0) Ref Type Journal Article Periodical, Full Journal of general internal medicine Periodical, Abbrev. J.Gen.Intern.Med. Pub Date Free Form Apr Volume 18 Issue 4 Start Page 275 Other Pages 280 Notes LR: 20151119; JID: 8605834; OID: NLM: PMC1494850; ppublish Place of Publication United States ISSN/ISBN 0884-8734; 0884-8734 Accession Number PMID: 12709094 Language eng SubFile Clinical Trial; Journal Article; IM DOI jgi11114 [pii] Output Language Unknown(0) PMID 12709094 Abstract OBJECTIVE: To evaluate a pilot 4-day residential smoking treatment program for smokers who had relapsed after participation in an outpatient smoking program. DESIGN: A single-arm clinical trial. Participants stayed in a supportive, smoke-free environment for 4 days during which they attended educational sessions on nutrition, exercise, and psychology. Nicotine withdrawal was treated with nicotine inhalers and patches. After discharge, participants attended monthly outpatient group sessions for 6 months. SETTING: The Durham, NC Veterans Affairs Medical Center residential unit. PARTICIPANTS: Twenty-three medical outpatient smokers. MEASUREMENTS: Seven-day point prevalence smoking abstinence was determined by self-report of zero cigarettes smoked and verified by exhaled carbon monoxide <8 parts per million. MAIN RESULTS: Participants' mean age was 57.4 years; 100% were male; 61% were Caucasian; and 39% were African American. The mean score on the Fagerstrom Test for Nicotine Dependence was 7.1 (SD 2.3). Daily nicotine doses ranged from the nicotine inhaler alone to 56 mg of transdermal nicotine plus nicotine inhaler. Verified smoking abstinence on discharge (after 4 days) was 21/23 or 91.3% (95% confidence interval [95% CI], 73 to 100). At 6 months, the 7-day point abstinence rate was 6/23 or 26.1% (95% CI, 15 to 36). CONCLUSIONS: This pilot residential smoking treatment program was designed to assist smokers who relapsed after outpatient treatment. Four days of residential smoking therapy successfully relieved smoking withdrawal. At 6 months after discharge, participants maintained an abstinence rate comparable to other medical therapies for smoking. Descriptors Aged, Attitude to Health, Behavior Therapy/methods, Confidence Intervals, Diet Therapy/methods, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, North Carolina, Patient Education as Topic/methods/statistics & numerical data, Pilot Projects, Psychotherapy, Group, Recurrence, Smoking/epidemiology/prevention & control, Smoking Cessation/methods/psychology/statistics & numerical data, Surveys and Questionnaires, Time Factors, Treatment Outcome, Veterans Links Book Title Database Publisher Data Source Authors Green,A., Yancy,W. S., Braxton,L., Westman,E. C. Original/Translated Title URL Date of Electronic PMCID PMC1494850 Editors
Influence of different repair procedures on bond strength of adhesive filling materials to etched enamel in vitro	2003	Department of Operative Dentistry, Preventive Dentistry and Periodontology, University of Gottingen, Gottingen, Germany. Christian.hannig@med.uni-goettingen.de	Read more...
Source Type Print(0) Ref Type Journal Article Periodical, Full Operative dentistry Periodical, Abbrev. Oper.Dent. Pub Date Free Form Nov-Dec Volume 28 Issue 6 Start Page 800 Other Pages 807 Notes LR: 20131121; JID: 7605679; 0 (Compomers); 0 (Composite Resins); 0 (Definite composite resin); 0 (Dental Cements); 0 (Dental Materials); 0 (Dentin-Bonding Agents); 0 (Diphosphates); 0 (Dyract); 0 (Etch&Prime); 0 (Methacrylates); 0 (Monobond S); 0 (Pol Place of Publication United States ISSN/ISBN 0361-7734; 0361-7734 Accession Number PMID: 14653297 Language eng SubFile Journal Article; D DOI Output Language Unknown(0) PMID 14653297 Abstract Contamination of etched enamel with repair bond agents during repair of dental restorations may interfere with the bonding of composite to enamel. This study examined the bond strength of adhesive filling materials to etched bovine enamel after pre-treatment with the repair systems Monobond S, Silibond and Co-Jet. The materials Tetric Ceram, Dyract and Definite and their corresponding bonding agents (Syntac Single Comp, Prime & Bond NT, Etch and Prime) were tested in combination with the repair systems. One hundred and thirty-five enamel specimens were etched (37% phosphoric acid, 60 seconds) and equally distributed among three groups (A-C). In Group A, the repair materials were applied on etched enamel followed by applying the composite materials without using their respective bonding material. In Group B, the composite materials were placed on etched enamel after applying the repair materials and bonding agents. In control Group C, the composite materials and bonding agents were applied on etched enamel without using the repair systems. In each sub-group, every composite material was applied on 15 specimens. Samples were stored in artificial saliva for 14 days and thermocycled 1,000 times (5 degrees C/55 degrees C). The shear bond strength of the samples were then determined in a universal testing machine (ISO 10477). Applying Monobond or Silibond followed by the use of its respective bonding agents resulted in a bond strength that was not statistically different from the controls for all filling materials (Group C). The three composites that used Monobond and Silibond without applying the corresponding bonding agent resulted in bond strengths that were significantly lower than the controls. Utilizing the Co-Jet-System drastically reduced the bond strength of composites on etched enamel. Contamination of etched enamel with the repairing bonding agents Monobond and Silibond does not interfere with bond strength if the application of Monobond and Silibond is followed by using its corresponding bonding system of the composites tested. Descriptors Acid Etching, Dental, Animals, Bisphenol A-Glycidyl Methacrylate/chemistry, Cattle, Compomers/chemistry, Composite Resins/chemistry, Dental Bonding, Dental Cements/chemistry, Dental Enamel/ultrastructure, Dental Materials/chemistry, Dental Prosthesis Repair/methods, Dental Restoration, Permanent, Dentin-Bonding Agents/chemistry, Diphosphates/chemistry, Ethanol/chemistry, Materials Testing, Methacrylates/chemistry, Polymethacrylic Acids/chemistry, Resin Cements/chemistry, Shear Strength, Silanes/chemistry, Siloxanes/chemistry, Terpenes/chemistry Links Book Title Database Publisher Data Source Authors Hannig,C., Hahn,P., Thiele,P. P., Attin,T. Original/Translated Title URL Date of Electronic PMCID Editors
Wheeze, eczema and rhinitis in 6-7 year old Irish schoolchildren	2003	Department of Paediatrics, Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda, Co. Louth.	Read more...
Source Type Print(0) Ref Type Journal Article Periodical, Full Irish medical journal Periodical, Abbrev. Ir.Med.J. Pub Date Free Form Apr Volume 96 Issue 4 Start Page 102 Other Pages 104 Notes LR: 20151119; JID: 0430275; 0 (Tobacco Smoke Pollution); ppublish Place of Publication Ireland ISSN/ISBN 0332-3102; 0332-3102 Accession Number PMID: 12793469 Language eng SubFile Journal Article; IM DOI Output Language Unknown(0) PMID 12793469 Abstract The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of wheeze, eczema and rhinitis in 6-7 year old schoolchildren in Louth and Meath and assess their risk factors. The ISAAC (International Study for Asthma and Allergies in Childhood) questionnaire was used. The response rate was 64.1% (n = 1899). The prevalence rates for wheeze, eczema and rhinitis were 17.4%, 11.2% and 20.2% respectively, with 2.4% of children reported to be suffering from all 3 conditions. The main risk factors for wheeze were male sex and smoking in the home. Ninety-five (28.7%) children with wheeze had no diagnosis of asthma. Of these children 36 (37.9%) had wheeze with exercise, 55 (59.9%) had a dry cough not associated with a cold or flu and 13 (13.7%) reported more than 4 attacks of wheeze in the last year. This study suggests underdiagnosis and undertreatment of atopic illness in this age group. It also suggests decreasing exposure to passive smoking and early recognition and treatment will improve quality of life for many children. Descriptors Child, Eczema/epidemiology, Female, Humans, Ireland/epidemiology, Male, Prevalence, Respiratory Sounds, Rhinitis/epidemiology, Risk Factors, Sex Factors, Surveys and Questionnaires, Tobacco Smoke Pollution/adverse effects Links Book Title Database Publisher Data Source Authors Harty,S. B., Sheridan,A., Howell,F., Nicholson,A. Original/Translated Title URL Date of Electronic PMCID Editors
Adverse health effects of prenatal and postnatal tobacco smoke exposure on children	2003	Erasmus MC, University Medical Centre Rotterdam, Sophia Children's Hospital, Rotterdam, Netherlands. w.hofhuis@erasmusmc.nl	Read more...
Source Type Print(0) Ref Type Journal Article Periodical, Full Archives of Disease in Childhood Periodical, Abbrev. Arch.Dis.Child. Pub Date Free Form Dec Volume 88 Issue 12 Start Page 1086 Other Pages 1090 Notes LR: 20140610; JID: 0372434; 0 (Tobacco Smoke Pollution); RF: 83; OID: NLM: PMC1719394; ppublish Place of Publication England ISSN/ISBN 1468-2044; 0003-9888 Accession Number PMID: 14670776 Language eng SubFile Journal Article; Review; AIM; IM DOI Output Language Unknown(0) PMID 14670776 Abstract Parents who choose to smoke are possibly not aware of, or deny, the negative effects of passive smoking on their offspring. This review summarises a wide range of effects of passive smoking on mortality and morbidity in children. It offers paediatricians, obstetricians, specialists in preventive child health care, general practitioners, and midwives an approach to promote smoking cessation in smoking parents before, during, and after pregnancy. Descriptors Child, Child Behavior Disorders/etiology, Child, Preschool, Developmental Disabilities/etiology, Female, Fetal Diseases/etiology, Humans, Hypersensitivity/etiology, Infant, Infant, Low Birth Weight, Infant, Newborn, Infection/etiology, Lung Diseases/etiology, Neoplasms/etiology, Obstetric Labor Complications/etiology, Otorhinolaryngologic Diseases/etiology, Pregnancy, Prenatal Exposure Delayed Effects, Respiration Disorders/etiology, Sudden Infant Death/etiology, Tobacco Smoke Pollution/adverse effects Links Book Title Database Publisher Data Source Authors Hofhuis,W., de Jongste,J. C., Merkus,P. J. Original/Translated Title URL Date of Electronic PMCID PMC1719394 Editors
MCH released in a novel pheromone dispenser prevents spruce beetle, Dendroctonus rufipennis (Coleoptera: Scolytidae), attacks in south-central Alaska.	2003	Holsten, E.H., U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station, 3301 "C" St., Ste 200, Anchorage, Alaska 99503, USA.	Read more...
Source Type Print(0) Ref Type Journal Article Periodical, Full Journal of economic entomology Periodical, Abbrev. J.Econ.Entomol. Pub Date Free Form / Volume 96 Issue 1 Start Page 31 Other Pages 34 Notes Place of Publication ISSN/ISBN 0022-0493 Accession Number Language SubFile DOI Output Language Unknown(0) PMID Abstract Field tests of 3-methyl-2-cyclohexen-1-one (MCH), the antiaggregation pheromone of the spruce beetle, Dendroctonus rufipennis Kirby, were conducted in south-central Alaska in stands of Lutz spruce, Picea x lutzii Little, and Sitka spruce, P. sitchensis (Bong.) Carr. The deployment of MCH in a novel releaser significantly reduced trap catches and spruce beetle attacks on standing live spruce by 96 and 87%, respectively. The results of this study demonstrate the first successful field test of MCH in Alaska for the prevention of spruce beetle attacks on standing, live spruce. Descriptors 3 methyl 2 cyclohexen 1 one, 3-methyl-2-cyclohexen-1-one, cyclohexane derivative, pheromone, animal, article, beetle, biological pest control, devices, spruce, United States Links Book Title Database MEDLINE Publisher Data Source Embase Authors Holsten,E. H., Shea,P. J., Borys,R. R. Original/Translated Title URL Date of Electronic PMCID Editors
Water pipe (Sisha) smoking in cafes in Egypt.	2003	Israel, E., Egyptian Smoking Prevention Research Institute.	Read more...
Source Type Print(0) Ref Type Journal Article Periodical, Full Journal of the Egyptian Society of Parasitology Periodical, Abbrev. J.Egypt.Soc.Parasitol. Pub Date Free Form / Volume 33 Issue 3 Suppl Start Page 1073 Other Pages 1085 Notes Place of Publication ISSN/ISBN 0253-5890 Accession Number Language SubFile DOI Output Language Unknown(0) PMID Abstract Shisha cafÃ© patrons in Cairo, Egypt were interviewed to assess their knowledge, attitudes and practices regarding smoking and health. The median age of initiation of Shisha smoking is 20 years. Shisha smokers know about the hazards of smoking and believe that Shisha smoking is less dangerous than cigarette smoking. Over half the Shisha smokers have tried to quit in the past year. The younger adults who smoke Shisha also tend to smoke more often with friends, smoke cigarettes in addition to Shisha and prefer fruit flavored tobacco as compared to tobacco mixed with molasses favored by Shisha smokers who are older. Heavy Shisha smoking was not related to age. Descriptors adolescent, adult, article, attitude to health, catering service, Egypt, female, human, interview, male, smoking, smoking cessation Links Book Title Database MEDLINE Publisher Data Source Embase Authors Israel,E., El-Setouhy,M., Gadalla,S., Aoun,S. A., Mikhail,N., Mohamed,M. K. Original/Translated Title URL Date of Electronic PMCID Editors
Embolic inner ear decompression illness: correlation with a right-to-left shunt	2003	Department of Otolarynology-Head and Neck Surgery, University of Heidelberg, Germany. christpoh_klingmann@med.uni-heidekberg.de	Read more...
Source Type Print(0) Ref Type Journal Article Periodical, Full The Laryngoscope Periodical, Abbrev. Laryngoscope Pub Date Free Form Aug Volume 113 Issue 8 Start Page 1356 Other Pages 1361 Notes LR: 20041117; JID: 8607378; CIN: Laryngoscope. 2004 Aug;114(8):1510; author reply 1510-1. PMID: 15280736; ppublish Place of Publication United States ISSN/ISBN 0023-852X; 0023-852X Accession Number PMID: 12897559 Language eng SubFile Journal Article; IM DOI 10.1097/00005537-200308000-00017 [doi] Output Language Unknown(0) PMID 12897559 Abstract OBJECTIVES/HYPOTHESIS: Inner ear decompression illness is thought to be a rare phenomenon in recreational divers, isolated signs and symptoms of inner ear dysfunction usually being attributed to inner ear barotrauma. STUDY DESIGN: We present 11 cases of inner ear dysfunction in nine divers with inner ear decompression illness. RESULTS: All nine divers had significant right-to-left shunt as diagnosed by transcranial Doppler sonography. CONCLUSIONS: The authors thought that mechanism of causation in these cases may have been intravascular bubble emboli and that inner ear decompression illness may be more common among recreational divers than currently recognized. Failure to treat inner ear decompression illness with recompression therapy can result in permanent disability. Because the differential diagnosis between inner ear barotrauma and inner ear decompression illness can be impossible, the authors suggested that divers who present with inner ear symptoms following a dive should have recompression immediately after having undergone bilateral paracentesis. Descriptors Decompression Sickness/diagnosis/physiopathology/therapy, Diving/injuries, Embolism, Air/etiology/physiopathology/therapy, Heart Septal Defects, Atrial/complications/diagnosis/physiopathology, Humans, Hyperbaric Oxygenation, Labyrinth Diseases/diagnosis/etiology/physiopathology/therapy Links Book Title Database Publisher Data Source Authors Klingmann,C., Benton,P. J., Ringleb,P. A., Knauth,M. Original/Translated Title URL Date of Electronic PMCID Editors
Central nervous system involvement in patients with decompression illness	2003	Department of Neurosurgery, Division of Hyperbaric Medicine, University of Occupational and Environmental Health, 1-1 Iseigaoka, Yahatanishi-ku, Kitakyushu 807-8555, Japan.	Read more...
Source Type Print(0) Ref Type Journal Article Periodical, Full Sangyo eiseigaku zasshi = Journal of occupational health Periodical, Abbrev. Sangyo Eiseigaku Zasshi Pub Date Free Form May Volume 45 Issue 3 Start Page 97 Other Pages 104 Notes LR: 20061115; JID: 9507473; RF: 54; ppublish Place of Publication Japan ISSN/ISBN 1341-0725; 1341-0725 Accession Number PMID: 12833851 Language jpn SubFile English Abstract; Journal Article; Review; IM DOI Output Language Unknown(0) PMID 12833851 Abstract Dysbarism or decompression illness (DCI), a general term applied to all pathological changes secondary to altered environmental pressure, has two forms decompression sickness (DCS) and arterial gas embolism (AGE) after pulmonary barotrauma. Cerebral and spinal disorders have been symptomatically categorized as AGE and DCS, respectively. Magnetic resonance images (MRIs) of divers with DCI showed multiple cerebral infarction in the terminal and border zones of the brain arteries. In addition, there were no differences between MRI findings for compressed air and breath-hold divers. Although the pathogenesis of the brain is not well understood, we propose that arterialized bubbles passing through the lungs and heart involved the brain. From the mechanisms of bubble formation, however, this disorder has been classified as DCS. We propose that there is a difference between clinical and mechanical diagnoses in the criteria of brain DCI. In contrast to brain injury, the spinal cord is involved only in compressed air divers, and is caused by disturbed venous circulation due to bubbles in the epidural space. The best approach to prevent diving accidents is to make known the problems for professional and amateur divers. Descriptors Central Nervous System/pathology, Decompression Sickness/diagnosis/etiology/pathology/therapy, Diving/adverse effects, Embolism, Air/diagnosis/etiology/pathology/therapy, Humans, Hyperbaric Oxygenation, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Occupational Exposure/adverse effects Links Book Title Database Publisher Data Source Authors Kohshi,K., Katoh,T., Abe,H., Wong,R. M. Original/Translated Title URL Date of Electronic PMCID Editors

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