Risk factors for invasive disease among children in Spain.

Objective: To identify the risk factors related to invasive disease caused by Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib), Neisseria meningitidis, and Streptococcus pneumoniae.

Methods: Case-control study. All hospitals of the region of Valencia in Spain (covering 95% of the population of Valencia).

[Brachial artery flow-mediated dilation in healthy men, men with risk factors, and men with acute myocardial infarction. Importance of occlusion-cuff position].

Introduction And Objectives: Flow-mediated dilation (FMD) is endothelium-dependent and can be assessed by ultrasound in the brachial artery. We sought to determine the most suitable position for the occlusion cuff for the study of FMD in three groups of adult men.

Subjects And Methods: We included 160 subjects, mean age 58.