Articles: disease.
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Acta Obstet Gynecol Scand · Oct 1997
Review Randomized Controlled Trial Comparative Study Clinical TrialOral contraceptive use among female elite athletes and age-matched controls and its relation to low back pain.
Exogenous and endogenous female sex steroids may influence the risk of low back pain. The fact that back pain is a very common symptom during pregnancy supports this theory. Back pain is also more common among female than male athletes. Oral contraceptives have been suggested to increase the risk of low back pain. ⋯ This study does not support the theory that low back pain is affected by the use of oral contraceptives. Instead, constitutional factors and mechanical stress during intense physical activity is probably more important.
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To determine the effect of transfusion on hematologic recovery and mortality among severely anemic children during and after hospitalization in rural Kenya. ⋯ The use of transfusion can be improved by targeting use of blood to severely anemic children with cardiorespiratory compromise, improving immediate availability of blood, and treating severely anemic children with effective antimalarial therapy.
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Management of the critically ill patient forms a significant proportion of obstetric and gynaecological (O & G) practice. There have however, been very few reports on the management of such patients in intensive care units (ICU). We review all O & G patients admitted to the surgical ICU at King Edward VIII Hospital, Durban, South Africa, and make recommendations regarding management of such patients. ⋯ O & G patients form a major workload of surgical ICUs and the majority of these patients are women with eclampsia. Management of such patients requires an understanding of the physiological changes of normal and abnormal pregnancies. Therefore, all large obstetrical units in developing countries should establish their own ICU in order that patient care, health personnel training and continuing health care education may be improved.
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Genitourinary medicine · Oct 1997
Sexual relationships, risk behaviour, and condom use in the spread of sexually transmitted infections to heterosexual men.
To examine the effect of patient defined non-regular sexual relationships and other risk behaviours on the incidence of sexually transmitted infections in heterosexual men and the role of condom use in the prevention of their spread. ⋯ Heterosexual men who reported non-regular sexual relationships compensated for their increased risk lifestyle by using condoms more frequently and showed only an increased incidence of chlamydial infection. More consistent condom use with regular partners was significantly associated with the absence of sexually transmitted infection. These findings suggest that transmission between regular partners has been underestimated.