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    The primary objective of the study was to determine whether the Monitoring Outcomes of Psychiatric Pharmacotherapy (MOPHAR) program improved somatic monitoring practices at an outpatient clinic for bipolar disorders in the Netherlands. The secondary objective was to determine in MOPHAR the frequency of metabolic syndrome (compared with its measurability before MOPHAR) and treatment thereof.
    Frequencies of physical examinations and laboratory tests before (retrospectively) and after (prospectively) the active introduction of MOPHAR were compared among adult patients (N=155).
    A median of three measurements (range 0-19) per patient were performed before MOPHAR, compared with 24 measurements (range 3-24) after MOPHAR (p<0.001). MOPHAR revealed somatic abnormalities previously unknown to treating physicians. Metabolic syndrome was present in 53% of patients; of these, 98% were not known to have metabolic syndrome before MOPHAR.
    Introducing a monitoring program largely improved knowledge regarding metabolic abnormalities, which are frequently present among patients with bipolar disorder.
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    OBJECTIVE: The likelihood of a patient attending regular follow up can affect decision making when planning and performing tympanomastoid surgery. This study investigated whether demographic factors were associated with loss to follow up.
    METHODS: A database of patients who had been investigated and treated for chronic otitis media was searched. Patients lost to follow up and a matching sample of patients who were formally discharged were identified. The demographic factors of age, sex and postcode were compared between the two groups. The information collected was also used to provide measures of deprivation.
    RESULTS: Fifty patients in each group were identified. Patients lost to follow up were significantly younger than patients formally discharged (p < 0.02), and were more likely to live in an area of education and training deprivation (p < 0.05).
    CONCLUSIONS: Younger patient age, and living in an area of education and training deprivation, are associated with a higher incidence of loss to follow up.
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    OBJECTIVE: Cigarette smoking is an established risk factor for pancreatic cancer (PC). We examined the association between cigarette smoking and PC in a San Francisco Bay Area clinic-based, case-control study.
    METHODS: A total of 536 cases and sex and age frequency-matched controls (n = 869) were recruited predominately from the University of California San Francisco (UCSF) medical clinics between 2006 and 2011. Participants were interviewed in-person using structured questionnaires. Adjusted odds ratios (ORs) were computed.
    RESULTS: Forty-eight percent of cases and controls reported never having smoked cigarettes; 39% of cases and 40% of controls were former smokers; 13% of cases and 12% of controls were current smokers. No association was found for either former (OR = 0.85, 95% confidence interval [CI] = 0.66-1.1) or current cigarette smoking (men: OR = 1.0, 95% CI = 0.60-1.7; women: OR = 1.2, 95% CI = 0.73-2.1). No dose-response relationships were detected with number of cigarettes/day, smoking intensity, duration, or years since last smoked. Comparisons with a 1995-1999 population-based UCSF study demonstrated a significantly increased proportion of never smokers in this study (P < .001).
    CONCLUSIONS: This study revealed no significant associations between cigarette smoking and PC in the San Francisco Bay Area during 2006-2011. Data suggest a reduction in the duration of smoking within the referral population.
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