Smoking patterns by birth cohort in Argentina: an age-period-cohort population-based modeling study.

Background: Argentina's smoking rates remain high. We aim to estimate Argentina age-specific histories of smoking initiation, cessation, prevalence, and intensity by birth-cohort to inform policy interventions.

Methods: Modeling study.

Patterns of Birth Cohort‒Specific Smoking Histories in Brazil.

Introduction: Smoking prevalence has decreased considerably in Brazil from 34.8% in 1989 to 12.6% in 2019 owing to the implementation of strong tobacco control policies.

Augmentation Cystoplasty in Adult Patients with Renal Impairment.

Bladder augmentation is beneficial in patients with neurogenic bladder due to spinal cord injury, multiple sclerosis, and tuberculous bladder. This retrospective study was done to determine the outcome of augmentation cystoplasty in adult patients with renal dysfunction. The study was done at the Sindh Institute of Urology and Transplantation (SIUT), Karachi from January 2010 till December 2019.

The association between smoking behaviors and prices and taxes per cigarette pack in the United States from 2000 through 2019.

Objective: The conclusions on how tax and price increases affect smoking behaviors are mixed. This work is devoted to re-evaluating the relationship between cigarette prices and taxes and smoking behaviors.

Methods: Using 2000-2019 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System data, we employed linear mixed-effect models to re-examine the impact of cigarette prices and taxes on smoking prevalence and the proportion of current smokers having tried to quit smoking in the past 12 months.

Frequency of thyroid disorders during interferon and ribavirin therapy in chronic hepatitis C infection.

Objective: The objective of this study was to assess the frequency of thyroid dysfunction in response to combination of interferon and ribavirin therapy in chronic hepatitis C (CHC) patients and HCV outcome.

Study Design: Descriptive study.

Place And Duration Of Study: This study was conducted at Outpatient Department of Liaquat University of Medical and Health Sciences, Jamshoro, Hyderabad from September 2005 to September 2007.

The effect of bleaching, varying the shade or thickness of composite veneers on final colour: an in vitro study.

Objective: To investigate whether bleaching prior to placement of a composite veneer had an effect on the final shade of the restoration and whether this was affected by the thickness or shade of the veneer.

Methods: Twenty bovine teeth were collected, sectioned and divided into two groups. One group was the non-bleached control, while the other was the bleached group.

Circadian distribution of in-hospital cardiopulmonary arrests on the general medical ward.

Background: A circadian pattern has been convincingly demonstrated for the onset of many outpatient ischemic vascular events. A morning peak exists for the onset of acute myocardial infarction, sudden cardiac death, reversible myocardial ischemia, and ischemic stroke. Data regarding circadian patterns of disease in hospitalized patients, however, are lacking.