Clinical Factors Related to Undescended Testis in Infants with Gastroschisis

Retrieval-induced forgetting (RIF) refers to the finding that the retrieval of an item from memory impairs the retrieval of related items. The extent to which this impairment is found in laboratory tests varies between individuals, and recent studies have reported an association between individual differences in the strength of the RIF effect and other cognitive and clinical factors. The present study investigated the reliability of these individual differences in the RIF effect. A RIF task was administered to the same individuals on two occasions (sessions T1 and T2), one week apart. For Experiments 1 and 2 the final retrieval test at each session made use of a category-cue procedure, whereas Experiment 3 employed category-plus-letter cues, and Experiment 4 used a recognition test. In Experiment 2 the same test items that were studied, practiced, and tested at T1 were also studied, practiced, and tested at T2, but for the remaining three experiments two different item sets were used at T1 and T2. A significant RIF effect was found in all four experiments. A significant correlation was found between RIF scores at T1 and T2 in Experiment 2, but for the other three experiments the correlations between RIF scores at T1 and T2 failed to reach significance. This study therefore failed to find clear evidence for reliable individual differences in RIF performance, except where the same test materials were used for both test sessions. These findings have important implications for studies involving individual differences in RIF performance.

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Clinical factors can identify blunt head injury patients at low risk for intracranial injuries

PsycEXTRA Dataset ◽

10.1037/e556132006-018 ◽

2006 ◽

Keyword(s):

Head Injury ◽

Low Risk ◽

Clinical Factors

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Prevalence and incidence of peripheral polyneuroapathy and correlation among different clinical factors in people with type 1 diabetes

Diabetologie und Stoffwechsel ◽

10.1055/s-0036-1580942 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 11 (S 01) ◽

Author(s):

B Valiyeva ◽

N Müller ◽

G Eidner ◽

C Kloos ◽

G Wolf ◽

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Keyword(s):

Type 1 Diabetes ◽

Clinical Factors

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Laboratory Evaluation and Clinical Characteristics of 2,132 Consecutive Unselected Patients with Venous Thromboembolism – Results of the Spanish Multicentric Study on Thrombophilia (EMET*-Study)

Thrombosis and Haemostasis ◽

10.1055/s-0038-1655986 ◽

1997 ◽

Vol 77 (03) ◽

pp. 444-451 ◽

Cited By ~ 163

Author(s):

José Mateo ◽

Artur Oliver ◽

Montserrat Borrell ◽

Núria Sala ◽

Jordi Fontcuberta ◽

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Keyword(s):

Venous Thrombosis ◽

Odds Ratio ◽

Protein C ◽

Protein S ◽

Laboratory Evaluation ◽

Clinical Factors ◽

Recurrent Thrombosis ◽

Heparin Cofactor Ii ◽

Crude Odds Ratio ◽

History Of

SummaryPrevious studies on the prevalence of biological abnormalities causing venous thrombosis and the clinical characteristics of thrombotic patients are conflicting. We conducted a prospective study on 2,132 consecutive evaluable patients with venous thromboembolism to determine the prevalence of biological causes. Antithrombin, protein C, protein S, plasminogen and heparin cofactor-II deficiencies, dysfibrinoge-nemia, lupus anticoagulant and antiphospholipid antibodies were investigated. The risk of any of these alterations in patients with familial, recurrent, spontaneous or juvenile venous thrombosis was assessed. The overall prevalence of protein deficiencies was 12.85% (274/2,132) and antiphospholipid antibodies were found in 4.08% (87/2,132). Ten patients (0.47%) had antithrombin deficiency, 68 (3.19%) protein C deficiency, 155 (7.27%) protein S deficiency, 16 (0.75%) plasminogen deficiency, 8 (0.38%) heparin cofactor-II deficiency and 1 had dysfib-rinogenemia. Combined deficiencies were found in 16 cases (0.75%). A protein deficiency was found in 69 of 303 (22.8%) patients with a family history of thrombosis and in 205/1,829 (11.2%) without a history (crude odds ratio 2.34, 95% Cl 1.72-3.17); in 119/665 (17.9%) patients with thrombosis before the age of 45 and in 153/1,425 (10.7%) after the age of 45 (crude odds ratio 1.81, 95% Cl 1.40-2.35); in 103/616 (16.7%) with spontaneous thrombosis and in 171/1,516 (11.3%) with secondary thrombosis (crude odds ratio 1.58, 95% Cl 1.21-2.06); in 68/358 (19.0%) with recurrent thrombosis and in 206/1,774 (11.6%) with a single episode (crude odds ratio 1.78,95% Cl 1.32-2.41). Patients with combined clinical factors had a higher risk of carrying some deficiency. Biological causes of venous thrombosis can be identified in 16.93% of unselected patients. Family history of thrombosis, juvenile, spontaneous and recurrent thrombosis are the main clinical factors which enhance the risk of a deficiency. Laboratory evaluation of thrombotic patients is advisable, especially if some of these clinical factors are present.

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Validity and reliability of the nonalcoholic fatty liver diseases activity score (NAS) in Korean NAFLD patients and its correlation with clinical factors

The Korean Journal of Hepatology ◽

10.3350/kjhep.2010.16.1.29 ◽

2010 ◽

Vol 16 (1) ◽

pp. 29 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Kyung-Hun Lee ◽

Sang Hoon Park ◽

Yu Jin Kim ◽

Kyung Rim Huh ◽

Kwang Seon Min ◽

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Keyword(s):

Fatty Liver ◽

Liver Diseases ◽

Activity Score ◽

Clinical Factors ◽

Validity And Reliability ◽

Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver ◽

Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Diseases

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Short stature, low-set ears, short 5.finger, undescended testis, bradycardia

Endocrine Abstracts ◽

10.1530/endoabs.32.p347 ◽

2013 ◽

Author(s):

Evrim Cakir

Keyword(s):

Short Stature ◽

Undescended Testis

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A Clinical Study and Management of Inguino-scrotal Swellings In Children

Journal of Medical Research and Innovation ◽

10.15419/jmri.125 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 2 (S1) ◽

pp. e000125

Author(s):

Khyati Vaja ◽

Mukesh Suvera

Keyword(s):

Inguinal Hernia ◽

Pediatric Surgery ◽

Pediatric Patients ◽

Undescended Testis ◽

Length Of Hospital Stay ◽

Indirect Inguinal Hernia ◽

Short Term ◽

One Year ◽

Groin Hernias ◽

Inguinal Hernia In Children

Aims and Objectives: To know the most common surgical problems in pediatric patients presented with inguino-scrotal swellings and management done routinely. Methodology: This study was carried out in the department of general surgery, Sharadaben hospital and pediatric surgery of VS hospital, Ahmedabad. The cases were studied for a period of about one year (January, 2017 to Dec, 2017) and all children below 12 years of age, presenting to us with inguinoscrotal swellings were included in this study. The information was analysed in terms of age, diagnosis, procedure carried out and outcome. Results: Amongst the 150 children under the age of 12 years, 143 patients were males and 7 were females. Among these 150, 52 cases were of hydrocoele, 70 cases of hernia (of which 63 were males and 7 were females), 25 cases of undescended testis and 3 cases of epididymo orchitis were documented. All cases underwent simple herniotomy for hernia and hydrocoele, orchidopexy for undescended testis. The length of hospital stay ranged from 2-4 days with mean of 2.46 days. 11 children in the study were documented to have short term complications, all of which were recognised in the hospital and managed with good results. Conclusion: Hernia and Hydrocoele in children are often congenital and diagnosed clinically (history and examination). Indirect inguinal hernia are more common than other groin hernias. Open herniotomy is the operation of choice for inguinal hernia in children.

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