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Chronic suppurative otitis media (csom) is an inflammatory disease of the middle ear and mastoid air cell system, which can result in irreversible changes not only in the middle ear structures but also in the inner ear.1) dysfunction of the eustachian tube and the bacterial infection are important factors in the multif... |
Although fatigue has been increasingly recognized over the past two decades as one of the most frequent and most debilitating symptoms in patients with ms, there are still no insights into its neurobiological mechanisms, and current treatment options are highly frustrating [14]. In clinical practice, ms patients compla... |
In february 2013, a novel avian influenza a (h7n9)virus emerged in eastern of china and quickly spread to other areas. Up to may 2, 128 human infections have been confirmed, with 26 deaths . Transmission may occur through direct or close contact or through exposure to environments that are contaminated with infected po... |
Investigating factors that influence the stability of the secondary structure of peptides and proteins, such as confinement, competitive solvation in a heterogeneous environment, and peptide functional group modifications, is important to our understanding of why proteins misfold and aggregate . Reverse micelles (rms) ... |
Once believed to be rare, trichotillomania is now thought to affect as much as 4% of the population . Usually beginning in early childhood or adolescence, most patients with trichotillomania do not seek treatment until 17 years of age . Patients with trichotillomania often hide their hair - pulling behavior, and the di... |
The ap-2 family of transcription factors (ensembl family ensf00000001105) consists in humans and mice of five members, ap-2, ap-2, ap-2, ap-2 and ap-2; frogs and fish have some of these proteins, and homologs are also known in invertebrates . The chromosomal locations and accession numbers of the family all mammalian a... |
A 56-year - old man was referred for biliopancreatic diversion with a duodenal switch (bpd - ds) for intractable complications associated with morbid obesity . He had been unable to lose weight with orlistat 120 mg three times a day for three months . The patient had diabetes mellitus for twenty years associated with h... |
Medulloblastoma, a primitive neuro - ectodermal tumor (pnet) arising in the posterior fossa, is one of the most common malignant tumor of the central nervous system (cns) in children . Overall survival for children with non - disseminated and non - anaplastic medulloblastoma can approach 80%.1 radiologic and histopatho... |
Prostate cancer is the most commonly diagnosed cancer and the second leading cause of cancer - related deaths amongst men in the united states . Brachytherapy is an effective treatment modality that can be utilized either alone or in combination with external beam radiation therapy (ebrt) for patients with localized pr... |
Understanding transport properties of fluid molecules in microporous materials is of great importance due to intriguing features of fluidic phenomena at the nanoscale . Many industrial and scientific applications such as gas storage and separation, petroleum refining, electrochemical energy storage, nanofluidics and ma... |
Down syndrome is caused by trisomy 21 and is frequently associated with cognitive impairments . Based on the partial triplication of chromosome 16, the mouse homologue of human chromosome 21, a mouse model (ts65dn) has been developed that shows behavioral abnormalities, including deficient hippocampus - dependent learn... |
Infection belongs to the most common complications after human stem cell transplantation (hsct) and constitutes one of the major causes of transplantation - related mortality . Immune deficiency, which persists after hsct for over a year, can be the cause of an atypical and sometimes abrupt course of infectious disease... |
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Arthritis affects around 0.51% of the world population with more women being affected than men . The deregulation of the immune system may lead to the development of autoimmune diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis (ra) which is a prototype of the groups of illnesses with chronic systemic disorders with destructive inf... |
Kaposi's sarcoma (ks) is a highly angioproliferative neoplasm etiologically linked to infection with kaposi's sarcoma - associated herpesvirus (kshv), also formally known as human herpesvirus 8 (hhv-8) [1, 2]. Four epidemiological forms of ks have been described and distinguished based on age, sex, geographical locatio... |
Optical coherence tomography (oct), since its introduction in the late 90s, has become an indispensible imaging technique for evaluation and management of retinal and optic nerve disorders . As a non - invasive test, enhanced depth imaging (edi)-oct enables cross sectional imaging of the retina with resolution approach... |
Paracoccidioidomycosis is a systemic fungal infection caused by the thermally dimorphic fungus paracoccidioides brasiliensis . This disease is endemic in certain south and central american countries with the highest prevalence observed in brazil (approximately 80%). People who work in agriculture and live in rural area... |
Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (pahs) are a large group of organic compounds that are included in the european union (eu) and us environmental protection agency (us epa) priority pollutant list due to their mutagenic and carcinogenic properties . The most important sources of pahs have been identified as coke ovens i... |
Toxoplasma gondii (t. gondii) is an intracellular parasite and the etiological agent of toxoplasmosis . Although the infection is asymptomatic in most immunocompetent individuals, toxoplasmosis may cause severe complications in immunocompromised individuals [1, 2]. If t. gondii infection occurs during pregnancy, transp... |
Syndrome of inappropriate secretion of antidiuretic hormone (siadh), also known as the syndrome of inappropriate antidiuresis (siad), is one of the most common causes of hyponatremia1). Impaired water excretion in the absence of renal insufficiency, glucocorticoid deficiency, hypothyroidism and decreased effective arte... |
Aggregation and bordering behaviors were measured essentially as described2; values report the average fraction of three or more behavioral assays of 150 animals each . Average locomotion speed was calculated by tracking 20 animals for 10 minutes with an automated tracking system30 . For rmg - selective expression of t... |
It is characterized by the diversion of portal venous blood away from the liver, by either end - to - side or side - to - side shunt . A two - and - half - year - old child presented with respiratory distress, poor growth, and loss of appetite for 2 months . Computed tomography (ct) showed mild cardiomegaly with collap... |
Parent - of - origin effects is a broad term that encompasses two distinct phenomena parent - of - origin effects on transcription, and parent - of - origin effects on mutation rates . A parent - of - origin effect on transcription, or genomic imprinting, results from epigenetic modification of the genome which, in tur... |
Workplace violence (wpv) is referred to any incident or situation in which a person in his workplace or work - related circumstances is subjected to mistreatment, threats, or aggression . According to the international council of nurses, the likelihood of health care workers' exposure to violence is even higher than pr... |
The first and second vertebrae (atlas and axis, respectively) are different from others with their function and anatomy . Normally, the intervertebral disc is located between two vertebrae, but not located between atlas and axis . The most common cervical vertebrae anomalies (cvas) are fusion and posterior arch deficie... |
The dna double helix in eukaryotes is packed into nucleosomes, which are composed of repeating array of dna protein complexes called the nucleosome core particles, which are connected via linker dna . Dna deforms significantly to create the nucleosome core particle; the 147 base pair dna is wrapped in 1.84 left - hande... |
Safety of the donor is vital as it influences the possible outlook of society towards voluntary organ donation . Coagulopathy after major hepatic resection may compromise the donor's safety, especially at epidural catheter removal . In the present study, we retrospectively analysed living donors who underwent hepatecto... |
Undiagnosed and untreated thyroid disease can be a cause for infertility as well as sub - fertility . Both these conditions have important medical, economical, and psychology implications in our society . Thyroid dysfunction can affect fertility in various ways resulting in anovulatory cycles, luteal phase defect, high... |
Proximal wrist extensor tendinopathy is a condition most commonly known as tennis elbow, which is pain at or just distal to the lateral humeral epicondyle within the proximal wrist extensor tendon . Many diagnoses have been used to describe this disorder including tendinosis of the lateral elbow, lateral epicondylitis,... |
Traumatic brain injury (tbi) is the most frequent reason for neurosurgical consultation in the emergency room . Minor or mild tbi is common in elderly patients, many of whom are treated on anticoagulant . The common practice is to discharge these patients if computed tomography (ct) of the brain is normal . However, a ... |
What happens to the transference of learning proper jump - landing technique in isolation when an individual is expected to perform at a competitive level yet tries to maintain proper jump - landing technique? This is the key question for researchers, physical therapists, athletic trainers and coaches involved in acl i... |
A 74-year - old man with diabetes mellitus (dm), hypertension (htn), and atrial fibrillation (af) presented to the emergency room with sudden onset of left leg pain due to superficial femoral artery (sfa) thrombosis . Soon after arrival, he was scheduled to undergo emergency thrombectomy . He had been receiving metform... |
Igg4-related disease (igg4-rd) is an emerging fibro - inflammatory condition known to involve potentially every organ system in the body . In view of its recent recognition as a nosological entity, the approach to diagnosis, therefore, necessarily involves the exclusion of common infectious, neoplastic and inflammatory... |
Alzheimer's disease (ad) is an irreversible, progressive brain disorder slowly destroying learning and memory skills . The histopathology of ad is characterized by two hallmark lesions, extracellular amyloid- (a) plaques, and intracellular neurofibrillary tangles (nfts) composed of hyperphosphorylated tau protein . In ... |
Patients who are recently discharged from hospital have an increased risk of experiencing an adverse drug event, and more than half of such adverse drug events may be preventable or ameliorable.1 in one study of the quality of medication instructions following a hospitalization, coleman et al reported that 14% of recen... |
Vitamin d has two different forms: vitamin d2 which exists in food (plants) and d3 (cholecalciferol) which is produced by following the path 7-dehydrocholesterol previtamin d vitamin d3 in the skin upon ultraviolet b (uvb) sun exposure and at skin temperature . The process of generating vitamin d3 from sun exposure is ... |
Use of immunosuppressive drugs in patients after transplantation of vascularized organs may be associated with changes in the concentration of certain fractions of plasma proteins [13], although data in the literature are scarce . In patients receiving immunosuppressive drugs (tacrolimus or cyclosporine a in monotherap... |
Only 10%20% of patients with pancreatic cancer qualify for surgery and the prognosis of this disease is poor; median survival for patients undergoing surgery ranges from 20 to 23 months . For patients receiving solely chemotherapy, survival approximately ranges from 3 to 11 months . With this limited prognosis, there i... |
Lower urinary tract symptoms (luts) due to benign prostatic hyperplasia (bph) are one of the most common diseases in elderly males . Patients in general are prescribed an alpha - blocker first and then, if necessary, are treated by transurethral resection of the prostate (turp) if not enough response to the alpha - blo... |
The mammary gland has been a pivotal feature in the evolution and taxonomic classification of animal species, and it has even had a role in the acceptance of evolutionary theory . The presence and secretory capacity of the mammary gland provided the basis for the taxonomic grouping of species into the class mammalia mo... |
Mammographic density as an independent risk factor for developing breast cancer has been documented since the 1970s . The appearance of density on mammography is the result of the relative proportion of breast stroma, which is less radiolucent compared to fat, accounting for increased breast density . Wolfe classified ... |
This is a widely endorsed public perception of fear, derision and avoidance of the mentally ill . One reason could be lack of awareness, but other reasons abound . To take an example, popular films seem to suggest that people with mental illnesses: are mass - murdering, homicidally inclined violence junkies;have themse... |
Measures were obtained from a cohort of 24 subjects (age 32.2 years 17.7 sd; range, 979 years) from a larger group (n = 78) enrolled in a multicenter natural history study of xlrs, clinicaltrials.gov nct0233117 . Included here are results from a single visit for patients receiving supplementary evaluations that were no... |
The interaction between follicle - stimulating hormone (fsh) and the fsh receptor (fshr) is essential for normal oogenesis and spermatogenesis [115]. In the male, fsh is fundamental for sertoli cell function and the induction and maintenance of qualitatively and quantitatively normal spermatogenesis by a specific recep... |
The bone marrow stroma contains primitive and potentially self - renewing cells that can differentiate into various mesenchymal cells . These mesenchymal stem cells (msc) are capable of supporting the expansion and differentiation of hematopoietic stem cells (hsc) in vitro and enhance hematopoietic engraftment in vivo ... |
When detection is delayed or the rupture occurs spontaneously, it sometimes resembles acute kidney injury because ascites, oliguria and increasing serum creatinine levels are observed in patients with intraperitoneal urinary leakage . A 37-year - old woman presented with post - operative acute abdominal distension and ... |
Ocular surface diseases occur in 15% of elderly patients and 4859% of patients with glaucoma [13]. Ocular surface disease is hypothesized to occur in patients with glaucoma due to the side effects of antiglaucoma eye drops or glaucoma surgery . Antiglaucoma eye drops are associated with a decrease in lacrimal fluid and... |
Dsrcts are rare tumours of young adults (mean age 28.3 years) with a male predominance (4:1). Painful abdominal masses clinically predominate . Multifocal peritoneal masses with a dominant soft tissue lesion is a distinctive imaging finding . A large desmoplastic reaction differentiates dsrcts from histologically simil... |
Recent progress in high - throughput sequencing has opened new avenues in studying genome structure and its implications on gene regulation . Lieberman - aiden et al (2009) recently presented the first contact map of the human genome . They obtained this map using hi - c, a method enabling the examination of the spatia... |
The use of laparoscopy as an alternative to laparotomy in gynecologic procedures has increased in recent years, especially since the advent of laparoscopic cholecystectomy . Local general hospitals in taiwan have been slow to follow this trend because of the large initial investment required for state - of - the - art ... |
Streptococcus agalactiae, also known as group b streptococcus (gbs), is a bacterium often isolated from vaginal or rectal swab of pregnant women and long recognized as the major cause of neonatal sepsis, meningitis, and infection in pregnant women . Gbs is a minor pathogen of necrotizing fasciitis (nf); however, the in... |
. Chronic lower respiratory tract disease, defined as asthma, emphysema, chronic bronchitis, bronchiectasis, and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (copd), is the third leading cause of death in people aged 65 years and older.1 according to 2010 census data, 13% of the us population, or 40.3 million people, are olde... |
Micronutrients such as vitamins and mineral deficiency are associated with hiv infection and contribute to worsening of the disease and increased mortality . The prevalence of micronutrients deficiency is more in hiv - infected patients than the non - hiv individuals . Hiv - positive patients appear to require an intak... |
Using a previously reported method (4), we assembled the pseudovirus with membrane proteins of hemagglutinin (ha) and neuraminidase (na) from influenza a / shanghai/4664t/2013(h7n9) and capsid protein from hiv . The genomic rna of the pseudovirus also carries a luciferase reporter gene; thus its infectivity can be quan... |
. These compounds are 1,4-naphthoquinone derivatives usually found alongside with some of their corresponding esters, in different ratios, in the roots of some plants of boraginacea family such as lithospermum erythrorhizon, arnebia euchroma, and alkanna tinctoria . It was being used for dying foods and fabrics as well... |
Although decades have passed since most cellular organelles were initially characterized by microscopy and subcellular fractionation, a complete catalogue of the proteins in each organelle has yet to be obtained . Whereas genomics provides a list of potential proteins encoded by an organism's genome, data from proteomi... |
Adipose triglyceride lipase (atgl, ec 3.1.1.3) deficiency is caused by mutations in atgl gene, also called pnpla2,, . It presents profound lipid accumulation mainly in skeletal and cardiac muscles, manifesting neutral lipid storage disease with myopathy (nlsd - m)/triglyceride deposit cardiomyovasculopathy (tgcv),,,, .... |
Brain plasticity, the developing brain's ability to change in response to either positive experiences or negative experiences, is a critical component of pediatric neurology . The major types of plasticity in the developing brain include adaptive plasticity occurs in response to learning or recovering from injury or di... |
Hiv / aids is spreading rapidly in the society and the major cause is attributed to commercial sex workers sexual behaviour . Higher risk of hiv transmission is determined by frequent partner change or higher number of partners; lack of, low level, or inconsistent condom use; unprotected anal intercourse; and presence ... |
Health care workers (hcws) are at the front line for acquiring blood - borne viruses (hepatitis b virus, hbv; hepatitis c virus, hcv and human immunodeficiency virus, hiv) infections . The worldwide hbv infection rate is higher in dentists than other blood borne viruses like hcv and hiv . Hbsag prevalence among dentist... |
An 81-year - old female with oavs presented to a general dentist for a dental implant consultation . Her medical history was remarkable for an epibulbar dermoid and previous grafting of an anterior mandibular defect at the age of 16 . After a routine examination, the patient was referred to an oral and maxillofacial su... |
Microarray technology, monitoring mrna abundance of tens of thousands of genes simultaneously, provides an efficient tool to characterize a cell at the molecular level . It has been applied to a variety of research areas, ranging from biomarker detection [1, 2] to gene regulatory networks [35] and cancer classification... |
Tobacco and alcohol are the most common risk factors for oral malignancy . Other factors, including dna viruses, especially human papilloma virus (hpv) have been documented to play a role in the initiation or development of these lesions . And then supported by others on basis of the fact that hpv shows epitheliotropis... |
Chronic kidney disease (ckd) is an irreversible and progressive disorder characterized by loss of kidney function . Esrd patients eventually need renal replacement therapy via dialysis (subdivided into hemodialysis and peritoneal dialysis) or kidney transplantation in order to survive . As the life expectancy of esrd p... |
Haemolytic uraemic syndrome (hus) is most frequently caused by infection with shiga toxin - producing strains of escherichia coli or shigella dysenteriae type 1 . Other causes include inherited and acquired abnormalities affecting the alternative pathway of complement, other infections and certain drugs, including cisp... |
Rapid correction of hyponatremia is a known risk factor for the development of osmotic demyelination syndrome (ods), a disorder characterized by the wide spread development of demyelination in the pontine as well as the extra - pontine regions . We herewith describe a patient of ods in the face of a slow correction of ... |
Nutritional status is very important especially in old age population because any imbalance in nutritional status has negative effect on quality of life and causes increase morbidity and mortality . For instance, phytobezoar, a bezoar consist of fruit and vegetable fibers, can lead to small bowel obstruction and has ri... |
Drug - coated balloon has been developed as an alternative to drug - eluting stents (des). Results of several preclinical and clinical studies indicate that short - term exposure of injured arteries to paclitaxel eluted from regular percutaneous transluminal angioplasty and ptca balloons may be sufficient to reduce lat... |
The largest systematic review to date of the use of botulinum toxin for the management of both neurogenic and idiopathic detrusor overactivity (ndo and ido) revealed that 300iu onabotulinumtoxina was the most commonly reported dose in the former and 200u in the latter . With the initial off licence use of this therapy,... |
In the last decade, the worldwide distribution in the different environmental compartments of perfluoroalkyl substances (pfas) became a concern for the scientific community [14]. This class of chemicals has been used in a wide range of industrial and consumer products for the past six decades mainly to repel dirt, wate... |
Since the introduction of the guglielmi detachable coils in the early 1990s, endovascular detachable coil embolization has become one of the most preferred treatment modalities for intracranial aneurysms . However, some technical complications of endovascular coil embolization of intracranial aneurysms have yet to be o... |
Worldwide prevalence estimates for hypertension may be as much as 1 billion individuals, and approximately 7.1 million deaths per year may be attributable to hypertension . The world health organization reports that suboptimal systolic blood pressure (sbp)> 115 mmhg is responsible for 62 percent of cerebrovascular dise... |
The american cancer society has estimated 22,280 new cases of ovarian cancer and 14,240 deaths in 2016 (siegel et al ., 2016). Amongst the types of ovarian cancer, epithelial ovarian carcinoma represents greater than 90% of cases . Has helped stratify two different subsets of disease (malpica et al ., 2004). Greater th... |
Systemic inflammation participates in atherosclerosis evolution from the early development of endothelial dysfunction, to formation of mature atheromatic plaques, to the ultimate endpoint, rupture, and thrombotic complications . Plaque rupture with the formation of an occlusive thrombus is the cause of acute coronary s... |
Diabetic nephropathy (dn) is the leading cause of chronic kidney disease and the primary diagnosis in more than 40% of new patients on dialysis in several parts of the world including the united states . Identifying the factors that contribute to the pathogenesis of dn is a critical step towards halting its progression... |
In a recent article in genome research, thompson and colleagues present a development of a next - generation sequencing technology - the heliscope sequencer - that enabled them to detect mutations in the human breast cancer 1 (brca1) gene, as a model of a clinical diagnostic protocol . It therefore holds great promise ... |
The first step in a typical computational pipeline for protein identification through database searching is comparing ms / ms spectra to peptide sequences to identify the best matching peptide for each spectrum, referred to as peptide - to - spectrum matches (psms). These psms are then processed by protein inference al... |
Recently, there has been a focus on evaluating the association between the nutritional quality of dietary intake and health outcomes . Several studies have reported an inverse association between higher diet quality, all - cause, and chronic disease - specific mortality . Our recent systematic review demonstrated a sig... |
A healthy 35-year - old man was scheduled for laparoscopic cholecystectomy under general anesthesia for acute cholecystitis . He had a history of asthma and allergy to animal hair and was treated with a salbutamol inhaler 3 years prior, but showed no symptoms recently . Physical and pre - anesthetic examinations, inclu... |
The differential diagnosis between breast lymphoma and breast adenocarcinoma is difficult clinically and radiologically as these diseases share common characteristics, and the diagnosis is usually confirmed postoperatively . Diagnosis of the two conditions in a single patient is often thought to be coincidental, but th... |
Aconite rootstocks of aconitum carmichaelii (chuanwu) and a. kusnezoffii (caowu) have been used in traditional chinese medicine for over two millennia . They are commonly used as a key ingredient in many herbal prescriptions in the orient for rheumatalgia, heart failure, contracture of limbs, and pain in joints . The p... |
Melanin is a heterogeneous polymer produced and concentrated within the melanosomes of the melanocytes, and tyrosinase is a key rate - limiting enzyme for melanin biosynthesis . Tyrosinase catalyzes three steps in melanin biosynthesis: the hydroxylation of tyrosine to 3, 4-dihydroxyphenylalanine (dopa), the oxidation o... |
Femoral head avascular necrosis (fhavn) is the result of irreversible anoxia of the subchondral bone . Fhavn is one of the increasing common causes of musculoskeletal disability that poses a major diagnostic and therapeutic challenge . With approximately 20,000 new reported cases each year, it is the underlying disease... |
Intraosseous ganglion cyst (igc) is a benign, no neoplastic bone lesion with histological similarity to the soft tissue ganglion cyst.1, 2 intraosseous ganglion contains mucoid viscous material with no epithelial or synovial lining . The radiolucent carpal lesions are usually symptom - free found incidentally on radiog... |
Malignant melanoma rarely affects the breast, accounting for less than 5% of all malignant melanomas . Malignant melanoma of the breast has various manifestations: primary cutaneous melanoma, primary glandular melanoma, metastatic melanoma, and in - transit metastases to the breast . Primary cutaneous malignant melanom... |
These materials are made of either latex (natural rubber) or synthetic polymer materials (polyurethane). Latex elastics are more commonly used because they present improved properties such as: greater flexibility, lower cost and greater capacity of returning to the original dimensions after undergoing deformation . In ... |
The porcelain fused to metal technique has been known as a reliable choice of treatment for fixed partial dentures (fpd) for almost four decades now, still representing the gold standard. [13] however, with the increasing interest in esthetic dentistry and the question of some dental metals and alloys being biocompatib... |
Human beings always encounter different kinds of problems and they try hard to solve them . Obviously, even the contemporary people face their own problems, but in the last two decades, such problems were focused more . One of these is leisure time and its spending, which is a serious and effective issue in different a... |
Gram - positive cocci are impor tant pathogens which can specially cause soft tissue and skin infection (1). S. aureus and coagulase - negative staphylococci (cons) are recognized as common microorganisms leading to nosocomial or community acquired infection all over the world (2, 3). Increased incidence of methicillin... |
A 26-year - old female was admitted to the neurology unit for fever, severe temporal, parietal and occipital headache, paresthesia of the hands and involuntary blinking of the left eye which had started 10 days before . A transient episode of aphasia she had undergone dental procedures some months before without any an... |
Unenhanced computed tomography (low - dose ct) in risk groups for lung cancer, spiral ct demonstrated non - calcified nodules in up to 66% of asymptomatic smokers with no history of malignancy . The proportion of individuals with nodules was higher with thin slice thickness and use of multidetector ct [110]. The propor... |
The british thoracic society have provided guidelines that detail a systematic approach to the investigation of unilateral pleural effusion . Our case highlights the potential for serious harm when pleural procedures are performed without bedside pleural ultrasound . Pulmonary tuberculosis (tb) is a leading cause of de... |
The global labor force is about 2,600 million and 75% of this force is working in developing countries . The total labor force in india is estimated to be 317 million, in which the organized sector employs only 26.8 million (8.5%) while the unorganized sector employs as many as 290.2 million (91.5%). The indian industr... |
The report is one of a trilogy of basic international documents which will guide future disability policy . The most important of these documents is the un convention on the rights of persons with disabilities(2) which lays out values, especially human rights, and principles such as accessibility . The second and third... |
Appropriate placement of dental implants is essential for esthetic and restorative aspects.12 the development of computer - assisted guided surgery has helped realize restoration - driven implant placement.3 contemporary guided implant surgery systems are generally based on cone - beam computed tomography (cbct) and co... |
Fiberoptic intubation is a valuable technique in securing the airway in predicted difficult intubation scenario, compromised airway, lower airway pathology and when neck extension is to be avoided . In awake fiberoptic intubation under intravenous (iv) sedation patient should remain calm, fall asleep if undisturbed and... |
The purpose of this study was to explore nurses attitudes to the barriers of patient education as a right for getting information based on work situation of nurses, educational facilities in hospitals, and patients situation . Twenty questions were about their working situation, 4 questions about hospital educating fac... |
Acne is a prevalent condition in society affecting nearly 80% of adolescents and often results in secondary damage in the form of scarring . Although these lesions can be treated in a number of ways, they are often physically and emotionally troublesome . Retinoic acid (ra) improves acne scars and postinflammatory hype... |
The highest prevalence is seen in sephardic jews from iran and iraq that is 1:3000 who also often have an associated coagulation factor vii deficiency (14). Dubin johnson syndrome manifests with an intermittent jaundice in the first two decades of life . Pregnancy or intake of oral contraceptive may provoke manifestati... |
We administered intravitreal bevacizumab injection to eight eyes of eight patients of various etiologies ranging from retinal vein occlusion to diabetic retinopathy, age related macular degeneration amd, and choroidal neovascular membrane cnvm . The best corrected visual acuity of seven out of eight patients was poor a... |
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