Bracing of Pectus Carinatum in Children: Current Practices.

Background: Although effective, compressive orthotic bracing (COB) in children with pectus carinatum is still not standardized. This study has aimed to analyze current practices amongst members of the Chest Wall International Group (CWIG).

Methods: A web-based questionnaire was mailed to all CWIG members at 208 departments.

Model-based calculation of thyroid gland normal tissue complication probability in head and neck cancer patients after radiation therapy.

Aim: Primary hypothyroidism is one of the late complications that can occur after radiation therapy for malignant tumors in the head and neck region. The aim of this retrospective study was to show the validity of the Lyman-Kutcher-Burman (LKB) normal tissue complication model for thyroid gland based on clinical results.

Methods: Thyroid function was evaluated by measuring thyroid-stimulating hormone and free thyroxine serum levels before radiation therapy, 3 months after the beginning of radiation therapy, and afterwards at each follow-up visit.

Central Systolic Hypertension in Patients with Well-Controlled Hypertension.

. Central systolic blood pressure (CSBP) has prognostic significance and simplified devices for its estimation have been introduced recently. The aim of this study was to assess the achievement of the target CSBP in treated hypertensive patients.

Age and sex variability of initial parts of the QRS complex displayed in isointegral maps of young people.

Although body surface electrocardiographic mapping is used also in clinical practice, there are only a few papers concerning the isointegral maps (IIMs) in children. We constructed IIMs of 169 healthy young people during the initial parts of the QRS complex: the first 20 ms (QRS20), 30 ms (QRS30), 40 ms (QRS40), and from 20 ms to 40 ms (QRS(20-40)). Subjects were divided into 6 groups: 9-10 y (F1, M1), 13-14 y (F2, M2), 18-19 y (F3; M3).