Objective evaluation, using computed tomography, of round window access for cochlear implantation.

Objective: The aim of this study was to determine optimal radiological parameters for assessment of the round window approach in cochlear implantation surgery.

Materials And Methods: Patients undergoing cochlear implantation at the Department of Otolaryngology in Szczecin, between 2015 and 2022 inclusive, were eligible for the study. Radiological assessments were performed according to eight parameters (seven proposed in the literature) and visibility clinical assessments were made intra-operatively on a scale of 1 to 5 (1 - not visible, 5 - fully visible).

Death has a preference for birthdays-an analysis of death time series.

Purpose: To examine the relation between the day of death and the day of birth. To determine whether the "death postponement" hypothesis or the "anniversary reaction" hypothesis is more appropriate.

Methods: We analyzed data from the Swiss mortality statistics 1969-2008.

Stroke severity, its correlates and impact on thrombolysis in a population-based study.

Objective: Data about the distribution of stroke severity and its correlates are sparse. In a population-based approach, we determined the NIH Stroke Scale Score (NIHSSS) and studied associations with demographic variables, stroke unit care, etiology, the onset assessment interval (OAI), and the rate of thrombolysis.

Methods: We performed a databank-based post-hoc analysis of data ascertained during the prospective, population-based stroke study among the 188,015 permanent residents of Basel City, Switzerland.

Barriers to stroke thrombolysis in a geographically defined population.

Objective: Barriers to thrombolysis are rather assessed for hospitalized stroke patients than among geographically defined populations. In a population-based approach, we assessed (1) the utilization rate of stroke thrombolysis in the community, and (2) the significance of the chosen stroke care provider as a potential barrier to thrombolysis.

Methods: We performed a databank-based post-hoc analysis, derived from data ascertained in a prospective, population-based stroke study among the permanent residents of the canton Basel-City, Switzerland.

Epidemiology of aphasia attributable to first ischemic stroke: incidence, severity, fluency, etiology, and thrombolysis.

Background And Purpose: In a geographically defined population, we assessed incidence and determinants of aphasia attributable to first-ever ischemic stroke (FEIS).

Methods: A 1-year prospective, population-based study among the permanent residents of the canton Basle City, Switzerland, was performed using multiple overlapping sources of information.

Results: Among 188,015 inhabitants, 269 patients had FEIS, of whom 80 (30%; 95% CI, 24 to 36) had aphasia.

Incidence of first-ever ischemic stroke in the Canton Basle-City, Switzerland: a population-based study 2002/2003.

Our study sought to estimate the incidence rate of first-ever ischemic stroke (FEIS) in the geographically well-defined population of the Canton Basle-City, Switzerland. An one-year prospective population-based study among the permanent residents of the Canton Basle-City (188015 inhabitants, census 2002) was carried out. Multiple overlapping sources of information were used.

Analysis of the relationship between total cholesterol, age, body mass index among males and females in the WHO MONICA Project.

Objective: To explore the relationship between hypercholesterolaemia, age and BMI among females and males.

Design: Population-based cross-sectional survey.

Subjects: The data came from the initial surveys of the WHO MONICA Project.

[Prevalence of dementia in the City of Zurich].

Objectives: The purpose of the study was to estimate the prevalence rate of dementia (PRD) in relation to age, gender, and ApoE-genotype.

Methods: The random sample consisted of 465 subjects aged 65 and more. The interview was conducted by means of the Canberra Interview for the Elderly.

[Depression among the elderly in Switzerland].

Data for this analysis came from a cross-sectional study on dementia, depression, and disability conducted in Zurich and Geneva in 1995/96. The random sample stratified by age and gender consisted of 921 subjects aged 65 and more. Based on the Canberra Interview for the Elderly, depression was assessed by means of psychogeriatric assessment scales (PAS) according to DSM-III-R criteria.

[Dementia, depression and activity of daily living as risk factors for falls in elderly patients].

Objectives: Falls among elderly are a well-recognised public health problem. The purpose of the present study was to explore the relation between dementia, number of depressive symptoms, activities of daily living, setting, and risk of falling.

Methods: Data for the analysis came from a cross-sectional study about dementia, depression, and disabilities, carried out 1995/96 in Zurich and Geneva.

[Epidemiological analysis of accidental falls by the elderly in Zurich and Geneva].

The purpose of the study was to determine the prevalence rate of fallers (PRF%) and fall-related consequences among the elderly according to age, gender and setting. Data derive from a cross-sectional study on dementia, depression and handicaps among the elderly, carried out between 1995 and 1996. Elderly people aged 65 and over living in Zurich or Geneva were considered eligible for the study.

[Prevalence, circumstances and consequences of falls in institutionalized elderly; a pilot study].

Falls are frequent among elderly people, and are a still-underestimated medical problem with respect to causes and consequences. The present epidemiological study describes the experience from a 79-bed nursing home in the city of Zürich, regarding frequency, circumstances and consequences of falls. Over half of residents of the studied nursing home fell at least once during the study period of one year, and one third even suffered 3 or more falls.

[The meteorological factors influencing the number of man-hours lost by workers in the engineering industry (author's transl)].

For 4,000 men aged from 35 to 50 years, all employed in an industrial plant in Poznan a record was made of the daily number of the first sick-notes issued as a result of accidents, acute inflammation of the respiratory tract and exacerbation of chronic diseases which accounted for a total of 82 per cent of the absence from work. On the days which showed an increased incidence of accidents and exacerbations of chronic diseases, the weather charts issued by the Institute of Meteorology indicated a statistically significant and more frequent prevalence of meteorotropically active weather conditions over Poland. In contrast, the number of sicknesses due to an acute inflammation of the respiratory tract increased significantly on the day following the passage of a warm or cold weather front in Poland.