Seiler-Ramadas, Radhika Sandner, Isabell Haider, Sandra Grabovac, Igor Dorner, Thomas Ernst
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There has been growing concern over the use of electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes) in recent years. Although advocated as an aid to smoking cessation, there is increasing evidence of harm not just to the respiratory system, but to all other organs in the body. To give a clearer picture on how e‑cigarettes can affect our health, we gathered an over...
Rosas, Anna Garcia Stögmann, Elisabeth Lehrner, Johann
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The development of Alzheimer's disease (AD) can be assessed using the neuropsychological test battery Vienna (NTBV). The objective of this study was to investigate whether the NTBV test scores of a diagnostic group have changed significantly over time and whether this change is due to disease progression. In this study 358 patients referred to a me...
Perković, Dijana Petrić, Marin Božić, Ivona Borić, Katarina Marasović Krstulović, Daniela Radić, Mislav Martinović Kaliterna, Dušanka
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Systemic sclerosis (SSc) is a rare chronic disease characterized by pathologic collagen deposits in the skin and internal organs. Although it is considered to be an autoimmune disease, immunosuppressants have a limited effect on severe SSc. Intravenous immunoglobulins (IVIG) have shown favorable effects in patients with SSc by suppressing the actio...
Mittmann, Gloria Schrank, Beate
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A wide variety of variables determine health and well-being in adolescence. How these variables may differ in relation to gender or sex is often not clear. In addition, research on sex differences often focuses on females rather than males. This review gives an overview on the literature with respect to possible gender/sex-specific determinants and...
Stromer, Waltraud Pabinger, Ingrid Ay, Cihan Crevenna, Richard Donnerer, Josef Feistritzer, Clemens Hemberger, Sophie Likar, Rudolf Sevelda, Florian Thom, Katharina
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As a typical consequence of bleeding into muscles and joints, patients with severe hemophilia suffer from acute and chronic pain. In spite of its high prevalence, pain in this patient group is not always sufficiently considered or treated in an effective manner. The recommendations presented in this paper address possible improvements in pain manag...
Essl, Anna Loader, Dagmara Feldmann, Robert Steiner, Andreas Sator, Paul
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Psoriasis is an autoimmune disease caused by overactivation of TH1 (Type 1 helper cells) and TH17 (T helper 17) cells. Overactivation of TH1 cells inhibits the activity of TH2 cells involved in type 1 allergies, therefore, psoriasis patients might be less affected by type 1 allergies. This study tested if allergies were less frequent in patients wi...
Auinger, Alice B Besser, Gerold Liu, David T Renner, Bertold Mueller, Christian A
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Olfactory dysfunction (OD) is common in the general population, affects the quality of life (QoL), and is suspected to cause depression. Long-term outcome data are lacking and there is a need to improve patient counselling regarding prognosis. We aimed to assess subjective long-term recovery rates, the QoL, and mood disturbance in a group of 65 pat...
Prischl, Friedrich C Wiesinger, Clemens G Hafez, Ahmed Wimmer, Ludwig
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Vujaklija Brajković, Ana Košuta, Iva Tomek, Dora Rora, Mia Babel, Jakša Rogić, Dunja Lončar Vrančić, Ana Radonić, Radovan
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To investigate the clinical benefit of routine procalcitonin (PCT) measurement in the medical intensive care unit (ICU) of a tertiary referral hospital. Adult patients with suspected infections were included. White blood cells, C‑reactive protein (CRP), and PCT were measured. In this study 129 patients of median age 64 years (interquartile range 39...
Lexow, Monika Wernecke, Kathrin Schmid, Gordian L Sultzer, Ralf Bertsche, Thilo Schiek, Susanne
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Potential additive effects of polypharmacy are rarely considered in adverse events of geriatric patients living in long-term care facilities. Our aim, therefore, was to identify adverse events in this setting and to assess plausible concomitant drug causes. A cross-sectional observational study was performed in three facilities as follows: (i) adve...
