Determining Quality of Life in Older and Younger Women With Congestive Heart Failure and Myocardial Infarction.

The purpose of this study was to compare quality of life (QOL) between older and younger women diagnosed with congestive heart failure (CHF) or myocardial infarction (MI) and to ascertain if QOL varied with age. Using the Medical Outcomes Survey (MOS-SF-36) we examined 131 women: 69 diagnosed with CHF and 62 with MI. Older women (age equals 65 years) with CHF had a higher mean for general health, whereas younger women (age equals 64 years) had higher mean scores for role physical, vitality, role emotion, and social functioning. Older women with MI had higher mean scores on role emotion, mental health, and social functioning. The younger MI women had higher mean scores on physical functioning, and role physical. Aspects of QOL may vary in subsets of women depending on age and cardiac diagnosis. This suggests the need for age appropriate intervention in women with MI and CHF.

A determination of the sensitivity if the dental pulp of primary maxillary anterior teeth to electrical stimuli in children with unilateral and bilateral clefts / Determinação da sensibilidade da polpa dentária do maxilar anterior primário a estímulo elétrico em crianças com fissura unilateral e bilateral

A study was conducted to determine differences in pulpal sensitivity of the maxillary primary anterior teeth in groups of children with unilateral clefts of the lip, alveolar process and palate, bilateral clefts of the lip process, and children without clefts. Thirty-nine children between the ages of 4 and 5 years with a total of 216 maxillary primary anterior teeth were tested using a pulp tester. The results indicated that maxillary primary anterior teeth distal to the cleft site are unaffected and demonstrate pulpal responses similar to the control group, while maxillary primary anterior teeth mesial to the cleft site are affected and demonstrate signficantly less response to pulp testing compared to the control group. The results of this study are important for the clinician in establishing a proper diagnosis and treatment plan for children with clefts

A dental caries survey on filipino school children

Incidencia de caries en niños filipinos. Se observó una alta incidencia de caries (8.4 DMFT) en el examen de 355 niños escolares filipinos de una comunidad rural. Se recomienda la necesidad de implementación de mejores procedimientos preventivos