Traumatic brain injury and long-term associations with work, divorce and academic achievement.

Objective: Traumatic brain injuries (TBI), irrespective of severity, may have long-term social implications. This study explores the relationships between TBI severity and outcomes related to work stability, divorce, and academic achievement.

Methods: Using a Danish nationwide sample of persons with and without TBI, we employed case-control and longitudinal cohort designs.

Labour market attachment dynamics in patients with concussion: a Danish nationwide register-based cohort study.

Background: Concussion may lead to persisting post-concussive symptoms affecting work ability and employment. This study examined the transitions between labour market states an individual can experience after the acute phase of concussion. The aim was to describe the incidence of favourable and adverse transitions between different labour market states (e.

Preventing liver disease with policy measures to tackle alcohol consumption and obesity: The HEPAHEALTH II study.

Background & Aims: Chronic liver disease (CLD) causes 1.8% of all deaths in Europe, many of them from liver cancer. We estimated the impact of several policy interventions in France, the Netherlands, and Romania.

The Danish National Survey of Diet and Physical Activity (DANSDA) 1995-2011-2013: Study design, study participants, participation rate and underreporting.

Aim: This study describes the study design, study participants, participation rate and underreporting in the Danish National Surveys of Diet and Physical Activity (DANSDA) from 1995 to 2011-2013.

Methods: DANSDA are government-funded surveys of food and nutrient intake, physical activity and lifestyle, undertaken to support nutritional policy, risk assessment and public health research. The surveys are cross-sectional based on primarily simple random samples (ages 1-80 years in 1995, 4-75 years in 2000-2013) drawn from the Danish Civil Registration System.

Nonpharmacological Treatment of Persistent Postconcussion Symptoms in Adults: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis and Guideline Recommendation.

Importance: Persistent (>4 weeks) postconcussion symptoms (PPCS) are challenging for both patients and clinicians. There is uncertainty about the effect of commonly applied nonpharmacological treatments for the management of PPCS.

Objective: To systematically assess and summarize evidence for outcomes related to 7 nonpharmacological interventions for PPCS in adults (aged >18 years) and provide recommendations for clinical practice.

Facilitators of and barriers to return to work after mild traumatic brain injury: A thematic analysis.

Individuals with mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI) may experience protracted symptoms affecting their ability to work. Several actors may facilitate or act as a barrier to a successful return to work (RTW). This qualitative study used semi-structured in-depth interviews with 22 adults with mTBI at 2-5 years post injury, targeting experiences of how different actors facilitated or acted as a barrier in the RTW process, and encompassed the mTBI trajectory from the acute phase to the post-acute phase.

Five-Year Trends in Marital Stability, Academic Achievement, and Socioeconomic Indicators After Concussion: A National Register Study.

Objective: To examine long-term trends in marital stability, academic achievement, income, and socioeconomic status in patients with concussion.

Design And Setting: Danish national register-based cohort study with 5 years of follow-up.

Participants: A total of 23 549 hospital-admitted or emergency-treated patients between 18 and 60 years of age with concussion (International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision [ICD-10] diagnosis S06.

Premorbid risk factors influencing labour market attachment after mild traumatic brain injury: a national register study with long-term follow-up.

Objectives: Some patients with mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI) experience persistent postconcussive symptoms, influencing the ability to work. This study assessed associations between mTBI and labour market attachment (up to 5 years postinjury) in patients with different premorbid characteristics.

Design And Setting: Danish national cohort study with 5-year register follow-up.

Labour market attachment after mild traumatic brain injury: nationwide cohort study with 5-year register follow-up in Denmark.

Objectives: Sickness absence after mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI) is frequent due to postconcussive symptoms. We examined labour market attachment following mTBI up to 5 years postinjury.

Design And Setting: Nationwide cohort study with register follow-up.

Clinical practices to promote sleep in the ICU: A multinational survey.

Purpose: To describe sleep assessment and strategies to promote sleep in adult ICUs in ten countries.

Methods: Multicenter, self-administered survey sent to nurse managers.

Results: Response rate was 66% with 522 ICUs providing data.

Patient perspectives on navigating the field of traumatic brain injury rehabilitation: a qualitative thematic analysis.

Purpose: This study aimed to provide an understanding of the lived experience of rehabilitation in adults with traumatic brain injury (TBI) from hospital discharge up to four years post-injury.

Materials And Methods: We used a qualitative explorative design with semi-structured in-depth interviews. Twenty participants with TBI were included from a level I Trauma Center in Denmark at 1-4 years post-injury.

Use of bovine pregnancy-associated glycoproteins to predict late embryonic mortality in postpartum Nelore beef cows.

The primary objective was to determine if circulating concentration of bovine pregnancy-associated glycoproteins (bPAGs) on Day 30 after artificial insemination (AI) may serve as a marker of late embryonic mortality in Bos indicus (Nelore) beef cows. In experiment 1, postpartum Nelore beef cows (n = 56) were artificially inseminated at a fixed time (Day 0) after synchronization of ovulation. Serum samples were collected on Days 0, 21, 24, 27, and 30 after AI.

Increased health-care utilisation in international adoptees.

Introduction: Several studies have documented that international adoptees have an increased occurrence of health problems and contacts to the health-care system after arriving to their new country of residence. This may be explained by pre-adoption adversities, especially for the period immediately after adoption. Our study aimed to the assess health-care utilisation of international adoptees in primary and secondary care for somatic and psychiatric diagnoses in a late post-adoption period.

Responsibility without legal authority? Tackling alcohol-related health harms through licensing and planning policy in local government.

Background: The power to influence many social determinants of health lies within local government sectors that are outside public health's traditional remit. We analyse the challenges of achieving health gains through local government alcohol control policies, where legal and professional practice frameworks appear to conflict with public health action.

Methods: Current legislation governing local alcohol control in England and Wales is reviewed and analysed for barriers and opportunities to implement effective population-level health interventions.

Parkinson's disease and thyroid dysfunction.

Background: Although no causal linkage between hypothyroidism and Parkinson's disease (PD) has been demonstrated so far, both share common manifestations and coexistence can be a source of diagnostic delay and confusion.

Purpose: To assess thyroid function in patients with PD.

Scope: Ninety-five PD patients and 102 age-matched controls were assessed for hypothyroidism through clinical evaluation and laboratory screening.

Perioperative antibiotic prophylaxis in ureteroscopic stone removal.

Objective: This study shall settle the question whether a perioperative single shot prophylaxis in connection with a ureteroscopic stone removal has an influence on the rate of postoperative urinary tract infections (UTIs) and inflammable complications or not.

Methods: 113 patients were included in this prospective randomized study. In 57 patients 250mg Levofloxacin p.

Laparoscopic therapy for tubal pregnancy using prostaglandins.

Nineteen patients with confirmed tubal pregnancy and constant or rising plasma beta-human chorionic gonadotropin (beta-hCG) levels were treated with laparoscopically guided injection of prostaglandin F2 alpha into the oviduct. Fifteen patients received additional prostaglandin E2 during three consecutive postoperative days. One patient was excluded from the study.

Effects of the 65-mph speed limit on rural interstate fatalities in New Mexico.

As a result of federal legislation passed in April 1987, New Mexico was the first state to resume a 65-mph speed limit on rural Interstate highways. We compared the rates of fatal crashes before and after the speed limit change. The rate of fatal crashes in the 1 year after the speed limit was increased was 2.

Child restraint law effects on motor vehicle accident fatalities and injuries: the New Mexico experience.

The New Mexico State Legislature passed a child restraint law applicable to children less than 5 years of age that became effective in June 1983. To evaluate the effectiveness of this law, we analyzed traffic accident data for New Mexico from January 1981 through September 1984. During this period, there were 20,972 children younger than 5 years of age in motor vehicle accidents.

Medical services provided to 2,394 patients at methadone programs in three states.

The type and amount of medical services provided to 2,394 patients in methadone maintenance programs in three states was studied. Data were obtained from on-site confidential interviews with the entire treatment staff at seven programs. It was found that there were marked differences in the number and type of medical staff.

Units of observation and perspectives on the psychoanalytic process.

Over the past quarter century, brief segments of tape-recorded psychotherapy have become the most widely employed unit for the empirical investigation of the psychotherapeutic process. Our aim was to see how judgements based upon brief segments of tape-recorded psychoanalysis corresponded with judgements based upon the hours from which they were taken. Seven experienced psychoanalysts independently made clinical and quantitative judgements about 29 treatment-related variables on 24 five-minute segments excerpted from psychoanalytic sessions and on the 12 whole sessions from which they were taken.

Preconditions and consequences of transference interpretations. A clinical-quantitative investigation.

Our aim was to study the preconditions and consequences of transference interpretations by both quantitative and clinical methods. We selected the three specimen psychoanalytic treatments which had been studied most by clinical-quantitative research. For each patient the main data consisted of 16 interpretation contexts.