Abstract: In order to evaluate the level of evidence of factors influencing the survival of reconstructions, systematic reviews of the relevant literature were prepared by a group of rapporteurs. The review papers were circulated to the members of the group before the conference and formed the basis for group and panel discussions. Subsequently, modifications were added to the review papers, and suggestions for consensus statements concerning the following topics were prepared and again critically reviewed in the group and in the plenum: Impact of (i) periodontal disease on the survival of tooth-supported reconstructions, (ii) post-surgical factors as supportive therapy on the survival of implant supported reconstructions, (iii) technical and/or biological complications on the survival of different types of reconstructions, (iiii) material choice for reconstructions on the survival of single crowns and fixed dental prostheses. 相似文献
There are more than 40 H(1)-antihistamines available worldwide. Most of these medications have never been optimally studied in prospective, randomized, double-masked, placebo-controlled trials in children. The aim was to perform a long-term study of levocetirizine safety in young atopic children. In the randomized, double-masked Early Prevention of Asthma in Atopic Children Study, 510 atopic children who were age 12-24 months at entry received either levocetirizine 0.125 mg/kg or placebo twice daily for 18 months. Safety was assessed by: reporting of adverse events, numbers of children discontinuing the study because of adverse events, height and body mass measurements, assessment of developmental milestones, and hematology and biochemistry tests. The population evaluated for safety consisted of 255 children given levocetirizine and 255 children given placebo. The treatment groups were similar demographically, and with regard to number of children with: one or more adverse events (levocetirizine, 96.9%; placebo, 95.7%); serious adverse events (levocetirizine, 12.2%; placebo, 14.5%); medication-attributed adverse events (levocetirizine, 5.1%; placebo, 6.3%); and adverse events that led to permanent discontinuation of study medication (levocetirizine, 2.0%; placebo, 1.2%). The most frequent adverse events related to: upper respiratory tract infections, transient gastroenteritis symptoms, or exacerbations of allergic diseases. There were no significant differences between the treatment groups in height, mass, attainment of developmental milestones, and hematology and biochemistry tests. The long-term safety of levocetirizine has been confirmed in young atopic children. 相似文献
A case-control study to evaluate the efficacy of lung cancer screening conducted by us showed that lung cancer screening may reduce the mortality of the disease up to 28%. Assuming this efficacy is unbiased, and that the screening rate is 51.6%, which was observed in the control group in the above study, the number of lung cancer deaths prevented by screening in the study period was calculated to be 47 for males and females combined. In the same study population, screen-detected lung cancer patients (N = 207) in the same study period were followed and the 7-year survival rate (46.9%) was compared to the 5-year survival rate (11.3%) obtained by the Osaka Cancer Registry, in which screen-detected lung cancer patients were only 1.8%. The number of lung cancer deaths prevented by screening, estimated by the difference in the above two survival rates, was 74 (95% confidence interval; 55–93). The number of lung cancer deaths prevented by screening estimated from the case-control study was significantly lower than that estimated from the survival analysis. This indicates that the efficacy of lung cancer screening estimated by the case-control study was within the range that could be explained by the actual long-term survivors among the screen-detected patients in the study population. 相似文献
This open multicenter study was performed in 20 hospital gynecological units in the UK. The effects of 600 mg oral mifepristone as pretreatment to vaginal prostaglandin induction of second second trimester abortion was studied in 267 women.
The primary efficacy variable was the abortion induction interval, defined as the time taken to expel the fetus from the time of administration of the first prostaglandin pessary. Induction was commenced 36 to 48 hours following mifepristone intake.
The mean abortion induction interval was 7 h. A total of 81.9% of women aborted within 12 h. There was a significant relationship between abortion induction interval and age of gestation, and a significant inverse relationship between abortion induction interval and parity.
Vomiting, pelvic pain, and nausea were the most frequently reported adverse events. Two patients required transfusion and one patient with a uterine scar from a previous cesarean section suffered a ruptured uterus and hysterotomy. 相似文献
Endocrine tumor of the pancreas is potentially malignant. A multicenter analysis of these tumors was conducted to clarity
the present status of their surgical management and the subsequent long-term surgical results. The Japan pancreatoduodenectomy
(JPD) study group carried out the study; 368 patients were enrolled and variables related to tumor characteristics, surgery,
and survival were retrospectively analyzed. There were 222 patients with functioning tumor and 143 patients with nonfunctioning
tumor. Malignant tumor was found in 140 of 368 (38%) of the patients, and 63/140 (45%) of these patients had metastatic lesion;
the most common site of the metastasis was liver 34/136 (25%), followed by regional lymph nodes 26/136 (19%). Pancreatic resection
was performed in 91% of patients with nonfunctional tumor and in 83% of those with malignant tumor, and 73% of the pancreatic
resections were done with lymph node dissection. The overall 5-year actuarial survival rate was 76% in patients with malignant
tumor. The actuarial 5-year survival rate was 93% in the patients without metastasis and 83% in patients who received curative
resection. Multivariate analysis showed that the presence or absence of synchronous metastasis was the sole significant prognostic
factor. The results suggest that: (i) malignant endocrine tumor of the pancreas is a curable malignancy when pancreatic resection
with lymph node dissection is adopted and (ii) that synchronous metastasis is the dominant prognostic factor.
This study was carried out as a group project. The authors' institutions are as follows 相似文献
BACKGROUND: Bronchial responsiveness (BR) to histamine or methacholin is a common finding in adult non-asthmatic patients with allergic rhinitis. OBJECTIVE: We tested whether BR is also present in children with a comparatively short history of allergic rhinitis in a paediatric cohort. METHODS: We performed pulmonary function tests and histamine challenges in a total of 654 children (age 7 years, participants of the German Multicenter Allergy Study) and compared PC20 FEV1 values in children with asthma, allergic rhinitis, asymptomatic allergic sensitization and non-atopic controls. RESULTS: Most pronounced BR to histamine was observed in allergic asthmatics (n = 28), irrespective of the presence or absence of allergic rhinitis. Furthermore, PC(20)FEV(1) values in non-asthmatic children with allergic rhinitis (n = 24) were not significantly different from those seen in asymptomatic atopic (n = 54) or non-atopic controls (n = 92). CONCLUSIONS: In contrast to adult study populations, 7-year-old non-asthmatic children with allergic rhinitis do not show a higher degree of BR than asymptomatic atopic or non-atopic controls. Therefore, secondary preventive measures in non-asthmatic children with allergic rhinitis (such as regular local anti-inflammatory therapy or specific immunotherapy) should be studied and applied more intensely to prevent bronchial hyper-responsiveness (BHR) and asthma in this high-risk group. 相似文献
Background: The presence and the pathogenetic role of
circulating IgA reacting with neutrophil cytoplasmic antigens (IgA-ANCA) in
patients with Henoch-Schonlein purpura (HSP) is still debated. This study
was aimed to investigate some characteristics of serum IgA and
macromolecular IgA in HSP patients, focusing on IgA-ANCA.
Methods: Eighty-seven HSP patients with biopsy proved
renal involvement (51 adults and 36 children) enrolled in a multicentre
study of the Italian Group of Immunopathology were investigated.
Results: Significantly high levels of IgA immune
complexes were found in both adults (P <0.05) and children (P
<0.01), while the binding of IgA to jacalin, was significantly low
in children with HSP (P <0.01) only. Two series of ELISA were done
for IgA-ANCA, in two different laboratories. Increased binding to PMN crude
extracts (P <0.01) without any modification in IgA binding to
proteinase 3 was found by either specific ELISA. Conversely, the binding of
IgA to myeloperoxidase (MPO) was found to be significantly (P <0.05)
increased with positive values in 25% of patients by one assay only. Three
of four sera with positive IgA-MPO ANCA exhibited binding in Western-blot
studies with the MPO preparation used in ELISA to a 28-kDa species.
D-galactose and N-acetyl-glucosamine decreased the binding of serum IgA to
MPO more in HSP than in controls (P <0.05).
Conclusions: The conflicting reports on IgA-ANCA may
reflect some atypical characteristics of the reaction which can be detected
only by some ELISAs. We suggest that not an antigen-antibody reaction but a
lectinic interaction due to abnormal composition of IgA carbohydrate side
chains may account for the IgA-ANCA reaction in patients with HSP
nephritis. 相似文献