Abstract: Started in 1991 the longitudinal study SIMA pursued the participants' development of independent living between 1991 and 1998. Until the end of 1998 data from 340 of initially 375 participants were available for analyses with regard to loss of ...
Summary: Started in 1991 the longitudinal study SIMA pursued the participants' development of independent living between 1991 and 1998. Until the end of 1998 data from 340 of initially 375 participants were available for analyses with regard to the loss ...
Maintaining and Supporting Independent Living in Old Age (SIMA) - Part XX: Risk of DementiaSummary: Started in 1991 the longitudinal study SIMA pursued the participants' development of possible dementia between 1991 and 1998. Until the end of 1998 data ...
Maintaining and Supporting Independent Living in Old Age (SIMA) - Part XXI: Mortality RisksAbstract: Started in 1991 the longitudinal study SIMA pursued the participants' mortality between 1991 and 1998. At baseline participants were community residents ...
Motor, cognitive and social-emotional development of 11-year-olds born with early risks: late consequences?Summary:Objectives: The investigation of the impact of early childhood risk factors on developmental outcome at the age of 11 years. Methods: The ...
Visual evaluation of the occurrence of BAB (born after ban) cases pointed towards spatial clustering. Therefore a statistical analysis of spatial case clustering was conducted using GIS technology. In the initial analysis, all 376 cases (135 BAB, 241 BBB/...
The protozoan parasite Neospora caninum is one of the most important infectious abortion causes in cattle worldwide. In a Swiss case-control-study we investigated 113 abortion problem farms and 113 control farms. It was possible to detect N. caninum in 21%...
The risk of injury to veterinarians treating horses is high, particularly when performing painful procedures. The present retrospective study investigated this risk, including the frequency and severity of kick injuries, by submitting questionnaires to ...
Antimicrobial resistance amongst organisms such as Escherichia coli, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) and S. pseudintermedius has become a serious threat to veterinary small animal practice. There is an urgent ...
A retrospective, cross-sectional study was conducted to determine the leptospiral seroprevalence in clinically healthy horses in Switzerland. A representative sample of 615 horse sera was examined by microscopic agglutination test for the presence of ...
Postweaning multisystemic wasting syndrome (PMWS) was epizoozic between 2003 and 2008 in Switzerland. Nevertheless, infectious risk factors including porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus (PRRSV) were missing at all or were seen only ...
Die Antibiotika-assoziierte Diarrhoe (AAD) ist insbesondere bei ambulanten Patienten eine häufig auftretende unerwünschte Arzneimittelwirkung bei der Behandlung mit Antibiotika. Prinzipiell kann eine solche Diarrhoe durch jedes Antibiotikum ausgelöst ...
Dermatomyositis (DM) and polymyositis (PM) are idiopathic inflammatory muscle diseases which remain a therapeutic challenge. The association between DM and malignancy is relatively well established while this relationship is weaker with PM. The clinical ...
Die tiefe Venenthrombose (TVT) und die Lungenembolie (LE) sind Hauptursachen für Morbidität und Mortalität. Die Inzidenz der TVT hat sich in den letzten Jahrzehnten nicht verändert: In der allgemeinen Bevölkerung wird die Anzahl Ereignisse auf 1/1000 ...