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The primary amino acid sequence of a protein contains all the information necessary for protein folding and its biological activity . However, in a normal cellular condition, a nascent polypeptide chain faces a crowded environment and there is a good possibility that protein will be misfolded and will form aggregates t... |
Febrile infection - related epilepsy syndrome (fires), also known as devastating epileptic encephalopathy in school - aged children or acute encephalitis with refractory repetitive partial seizures, is an acute and explosive - onset epileptic encephalopathy with a fatal outcome, which occurs in previously healthy child... |
In rodent brains images may become distorted due to instrument imperfections or, in the case of histology, tissue processing . For example, magnetic field inhomogeneity causes geometric distortions in echo planar imaging (epi) mri; mechanical forces acting on a harvested brain during slicing may cause tissue tearing . ... |
Multiple primary malignancies (mpms) were initially described by billroth in 1889 and later defined by warren and gates as the presence of at least 2 unrelated primary malignancies in a single patient . Occurrences of mpms are rare and are described mostly as case reports, although there are reports from single institu... |
Oxygen is vital for all aerobic biological processes . However, about 5% of it is converted into reactive oxygen species (ros). Methionine residues in proteins are susceptible to oxidation by reactive oxygen and nitrogen species leading to formation of methionine sulfoxide (metso). Organisms developed a complex antioxi... |
Left atrial myxoma is a benign primary cardiac tumor and a cause of embolic stroke . Nearly half of the benign heart tumors are myxomas, making it the most common heart tumor . Although classified as benign tumors, myxomas seem to grow and spread, but there is still debate as to whether they metastase or fragments simp... |
In western countries, more than half of pregnant women take prescription medication, and nearly all pregnant women use over - the - counter medications, vitamins or other dietary supplements.14 drugs that are safe for adults may be teratogenic for the developing fetus . The majority of drugs or their metabolites cross ... |
Radiographs are an important method of diagnosing and monitoring oral diseases, dentofacial development, and the progress or prognosis of therapy.1 panoramic radiography is recommended for patients in several age ranges: children with transitional dentition (after eruption of the first permanent tooth); adolescents wit... |
The bromeliaceae is one of the morphologically and ecologically most diverse flowering plant families native to the tropics and subtropics of the new world (givnish et al ., 2011). Its geographical distribution ranges from the states of virginia, texas, and california in the usa (latitude 37 n) to northern patagonia in... |
Management options for patients with low or intermediate risk prostate cancer and a life expectancy of less than 10 years include active surveillance (1), radical prostatectomy (2), external beam radiation therapy (ebrt), low - dose rate (ldr) brachytherapy monotherapy (3, 4), or high - dose - rate (hdr) brachytherapy ... |
It is an irony of science that the discovery of fundamental principles is often delayed . The nucleus is arguably the functionally most prominent cellular organelle as it houses the vast majority of the genetic information and is the exclusive site of essential processes including transcription, rna processing, replica... |
Primary therapy for locally invasive disease consists of external and intracavitary or interstitial irradiation, except in selected early cases that may be treated surgically with local excision or with brachytherapy alone . Radical surgery, which may involve partial or total pelvic exenteration, is generally reserved ... |
The annotations, sequences, and orthologous relationships of mouse and rat genes were retrieved from ensembl version 53 (www.ensembl.org), whereas those of yeast genes were obtained from the saccharomyces genome database (www.yeastgenome.org). Based on go, immune - related proteins have the annotation of go:0002376 (im... |
Stroke is a leading cause of long - term disability, and the absolute number of patients with stroke is increasing . Of the neurological sequelae that cause functional disability, the incidence of gait disturbance due to hemiparesis is reportedly relatively high among chronic stroke patients1, 2 . The occurrence of thi... |
The 14 human ascariasis cases were reported by human and animal health care providers to the maine department of health and human services (dhhs) or the maine department of agriculture, conservation and forestry . Patients with confirmed infection had excreted in stool 1 worm that was subsequently laboratory - identifi... |
A 66-year - old woman presented to the emergency department with chest pain, dyspnea and sweating for the previous 4 hours after making a speech in front of a large group of people . The initial electrocardiogram on admission showed t - wave inversion in leads v3 through v6, and q - wave in leads v4 through v6 (fig . 1... |
Chchd2 contains a chch domain, which is characterized by a twin cx9c motif (2 pairs of cysteines spaced by 9 residues). Similar to other chch domain - containing proteins, the cx9c motif is responsible for the import of chchd2 into the ims through the mia40-erv-1 system . As it contains an amino - terminal mitochondria... |
Body balance is defined as the organism s ability to maintain the body s position without the aid of another person, excluding uncontrolled falls . In the evaluation of body balance various methods and testing instruments are used, including the observation of oculovestibular reflexes, vestibulospinal reflexes, and tes... |
The term metabolic syndrome (mets) has been used to describe the combination and co - occurrence of abdominal obesity, insulin resistance, impaired glucose tolerance, hypertension, and dyslipidemia (increased low - density lipoprotein / high - density lipoprotein [ldl / hdl] and triglycerides). These cardiovascular ris... |
Percutaneous nephrolithotomy (pcnl) is the favored endourologic procedure for large (> 20 mm) renal calculi, offering patients a low - morbidity procedure with high efficacy in terms of stone clearance . Pcnl has proved its efficacy and has stood the test of time compared with open surgical techniques and extracorporea... |
Vaginal hysterectomy with repair (vhr) of the anterior and posterior vaginal wall is often required to provide functional and lasting relief to women who present with prolapse of the vagina, cervix, and uterus out of introitus, especially near or after menopause . According to studies by wu et al1 and luber et al,2 it ... |
Antimalarial compounds consisting of two 4-amino-7-chloroquinoline (4,7-acq) components linked by flexible tethers were identified as some of the first small molecule botulinum neurotoxin serotype a light chain (bont / a lc) inhibitors . Shortly thereafter, we discovered that antimalarial agents composed of a 4,7-acq c... |
Spine disorders affect various sections of the spine and have a variety of causes1, 2 . Most back pain occurs in the lumbo - sacral and cervical regions of the spine . Low back pain is defined as pain localized between the ribs and the gluteal folds, with or without symptoms in a lower limb . Pain in the upper part of ... |
Hepatitis c virus (hcv) is a small, hepatotropic, positive - strand rna virus with a genome of approximately 9.6 kb in length.1,2 the hcv genome consists of a single open reading frame that encodes viral proteins and a 5 and 3 noncoding region (ncr). The 5 ncr contains the internal ribosome entry site that initiates th... |
Any pink color within a melanocytic lesion can be regarded as a marker for inflammation and has long been recognized as a clinical clue to melanoma [1, 2]. In melanomas without significant pigmentation, either amelanotic or hypomelanotic, a subset of these dermoscopically visible areas has been called milky - red areas... |
This can cause alveolar ridges with a reduced width and height leading to a great challenge in prosthetic reconstruction as well as during endosseous dental implant placement . A lot of techniques have been developed to achieve alveolar ridge augmentation before dental implant placement . Autogenous bone graft harveste... |
Otogenic infections rarely cause pneumocephalus . In 1884, chiari reported the first case of pneumocephalus on an autopsy done in patient of ethmoiditis . In 1926 review of literature by andrew and canalis . Revealed head trauma as the leading cause of otogenic pneumocephalus (36%). Other causes were otogenic infection... |
After independence days, health care coverage has evolved a great deal in african countries . In the 1970s in senegal country located in west africa, however, the state s disengagement from social sectors, in particular, healthcare, due to the economic downturn has dealt a blow to the free health care coverage inherite... |
A central but as yet unanswered question in cell biology concerns the amount of phospholipids or tag that is required in a living cell: how is lipid homeostasis regulated in coordination with nutritional and environmental conditions? The cellular tag content in yeast varies dramatically between different stages of grow... |
A retrospective cohort study was conducted on 31 type 1 diabetic recipients of itx (itx alone, n = 25; islet after kidney, n = 6) between 2001 and 2007 . Procedures were performed as described (1) under protocols approved by the university of miami health research ethics board, and informed consent was obtained from ea... |
Patients were recruited between february 2005 and june 2007 from the university hospitals of st . Olav, akershus, stavanger, haukeland, and north norway as well as levanger hospital . Inclusion criteria were age 1840 years, insulin - dependent diabetes with positive test for gada and/or ia-2a (antibodies against gad65 ... |
Asthma (mim 600807) is a common chronic respiratory disease resulting from the complex interaction of genetics and environmental factors . Short - acting b2-adrenergic receptor agonists are commonly used bronchodilators for symptom relief in asthmatics . Activated b2-adrenergic receptor (adrb2) stimulates adenylyl cycl... |
An estimated 157,500 surgical site infections (ssis) associated with inpatient surgeries occurred in the united states in 2011 according to a prevalence survey by the u.s . Centers for disease control and prevention (cdc) 1 . In spite of improvements in operating room practices, sterilization methods, physical barriers... |
This is based on visual recognition of particular patterns of distinct cells indicative of specific or general cellular processes . However, it can be difficult or impossible to disambiguate cells in fixed sections using standard illumination methods . In the context of solid tumors, multiple molecular markers particul... |
Chronic mitral regurgitation (mr) results in a state of chronic volume overload for the left ventricle (lv), resulting in compensatory dilatation . This process, known as remodeling, is similar to changes occurring after myocardial infarction or with dilated cardiomyopathy, ultimately resulting in lv failure [15]. Mitr... |
Traumatic spinal cord injury (sci) affects over 200,000 people in the usa, with nearly 10,000 new injuries reported annually [13]. People affected by sci are usually young (average age 32 years) and life expectancy is marginally lower when compared with a non - sci population . Hence, the ramifications of the injury it... |
The carotid body (cb), a neural - crest - derived paired organ located in the carotid bifurcation, is the main arterial chemoreceptor in mammals and facilitates reflex hyperventilation during hypoxia (lpez - barneo et al ., 2001). In addition, the cb is able to undergo neurogenesis to contribute to acclimatization of t... |
Educator highlights for cbe lse show how professors at different kinds of institutions educate students in life sciences with inspiration and panache . If you have a particularly creative teaching portfolio yourself, or if you wish to nominate an inspiring colleague to be profiled, please e - mail laura hoopes at lhoop... |
3d printing, has been used in the clinical sciences for planning complex surgeries and designing custom implants . The introduction of low - cost consumer - grade 3d printers enables this technology to be used for more routine procedures, although its application in rt has not been widely published . These 3d printers ... |
The mammalian cns is inferior to that of invertebrates in the sense that regeneration is extremely limited (tanaka and ferretti, 2009). In that sense the optic nerve has the same organization and three types of glial cells as the cns white matter . Breakthrough in the field of optic nerve regeneration not only has enab... |
The annual incidence of aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage (asah) is about nine people per 100,000 population.2) the population - based mortality of subarachnoid hemorrhage (sah) is 38%,8) 1015% of patients with asah die before they arrive at the hospital, and a further 5% of patients die within the first 24 hours afte... |
Increasing awareness of the important role of vitamin d for bone and other diseases has led to increased 25-hydroxyvitamin d [25(oh)d] testing (d represents d3 and d2 forms). However, variability within and between methods and laboratories has often compromised correct diagnosis and the ability to compare results from ... |
Particle - stabilized emulsions, otherwise known as pickering emulsions, have been recognized for more than a century . Many classes of particles including silica, polymer latexes, and clays can be used to stabilize such emulsions, with surface wettability usually dictating the emulsion type . Thus relatively hydrophil... |
It has long been established that t cells are mediators of the pathology of multiple sclerosis (ms) in both murine models and patient studies [16]. Although, the impact of b cells and their antibody products in mediating the pathology of ms has long been considered [710], their contributions have been more recently hig... |
Pain is a significant problem in cancer patients and is often the most feared aspect of the disease; thus, effective analgesia is an essential component of pain management . Cancer patients require a comprehensive pain treatment plan that not only addresses the moderate to severe background cancer pain (bcp) but also p... |
A rpbphp2 gene was kindly provided by eric giraud (institute for research and development, france). Ifp1.4 gene was de novo synthesized by genscript company, based on the available protein sequence . The dna sequence was optimized with proprietary optimumgene algorithm (gensript), taking into account the codon usage bi... |
Every year thousands of infants, children, adolescents and young adults die suddenly and unexpectedly.1 of these a significant proportion are autopsy negative and are classified as autopsy negative sudden, unexplained death.1 sudden unexpected death in infancy (sudi) is defined as clinically unexpected death in infants... |
Many lifestyle interventions use calorie restriction (cr), defined as a reduction in caloric intake without malnutrition, as a key tool to improve health . Indeed, cr appears to beneficially affect physiology and biomarkers related to cardiometabolic health, even in non - obese populations . A prime example of the card... |
Ninety six well plates (flat bottom with lid) (corning inc ., one riverfront plaza, ny, usa), muller hinton broth (mhb) and muller hinton agar (mha) (becton dickinson, franklin lakes, nj, usa) and chloramphenicol (sigma - aldrich, buchs sg, switzerland) were used . Sodium chloride and dimethysulphoxide (dmso) were purc... |
Endothelial polarity is assumed to be mechanistically similar to that of epithelial cells, where it is well studied . Undoubtedly, the morphological and molecular organization of the vascular endothelial cells (ecs) at any of the diverse blood - tissue interphases must reflect the highly polarized environment in which ... |
Ochronosis (alkaptonuria) is a rare inborn error of metabolism with an incidence of <1 per 250,000 live births.1 the cause of alkaptonuria is the lack of an enzyme homogentisate 1,2-dioxygenase, which results in an accumulation of homogentisic acid . Some of the homogentisic acid is secreted in urine, while the rest is... |
Key language abilities, such as perception and production, are governed by multiple regions in the brain . These abilities can quickly become jeopardized in people with brain tumors, epilepsy, or other structural abnormalities . Many of these patients require resection of pathological tissue near eloquent language area... |
Chronic granulomatous disease is a hereditarily determined illness, characterized by inability of the body's phagocytic cells to destroy certain microorganisms . As a consequence, patients with cgd have an increased susceptibility to infections caused by certain bacteria and fungi (frequently staphylococcus aureus, and... |
Dietary berries, a rich source of bioactive compounds, especially the polyphenols, have been associated with protective effects against chronic diseases, especially lowering risk factors of cardiovascular disease (cvd) [13]. Oxidative stress is one of the major contributors to the pathophysiology of cvd and is triggere... |
Fungal endocarditis is an uncommon occurrence; its incidence was reported as 1.3 to 6% of infective endocarditis cases (1). Aspergillus species contributes to approximately 25% of all cases of fungal endocarditis, second to the candida species in frequency . Several conditions predispose patients to aspergillus infecti... |
To report a case of a cyclodialysis cleft that was successfully managed with gas endotamponade and cyclocryotherapy . A 37-year - old male victim of a severe blunt ocular trauma was referred to our service for evaluation and treatment of a left eye hypotony . Clinical examination revealed an intraocular pressure of 2 m... |
Across the developed world, the provision and financing of long - term care is increasingly becoming a central policy issue, challenging policymakers and governments alike.1 changing dynamics in both the demographic composition of the population and the policy context in the area of long - term care, underpin the acade... |
Patients undergoing induction chemotherapy for acute leukemias are at a particularly high risk of developing neutropenic fever (nf) due to the prolonged duration of severe neutropenia . In the majority of these cases, the rapid administration of broad spectrum antimicrobials decreases the risk of progression to septic ... |
Radiotherapy plays an important role in the management of head and neck cancer, especially oropharyngeal and nasopharyngeal cancer . Radiotherapy is usually recommended as the primary treatment, as an adjunct to surgery, in combination with the chemotherapy, or as a palliative measure . The radiation dose needed for th... |
Microspordia are emerging pathogens in recalcitrant stromal keratitis.1 the disease is difficult to diagnose both clinically and by laboratory diagnosis . Existing reports have shown clinical and histological evidence that the disease is restricted to the stroma, with no recurrence after penetrating keratoplasty.12 cur... |
Diabetic neuropathy is the most common microvascular complication of diabetes, and it is a major cause of morbidity and mortality . Neuropathy is estimated to be present in 10%90% of the patients with diabetes although it changes according to diagnostic criteria and patient population . Diabetic peripheral neuropathy i... |
Epilepsy, which is characterized by recurrent seizures, is one of the most common neurological disorders in the world . Abnormal synchronization of neuronal discharges plays critical role in seizures (carlen et al ., 2000). Besides chemical synapses, direct coupling via gap junction (gj) channels provides a second majo... |
Two molecules of each of the core histone proteins - h2a, h2b, h3 and h4 - form an octamer, the protein component of the nucleosome core particle, around which 147 basepairs of dna are wrapped . One histone molecule of the linker or h1 class binds to the octamer near the point where the dna enters and exits the nucleos... |
Alpha-1 acid glycoprotein (agp; also known as orosomucoid) is a 44 kda, heavily glycosylated protein synthesized primarily by hepatocytes and secreted into the plasma, where it circulates under normal conditions in humans at 830 m [1, 2]. During the acute phase response, circulating levels of human agp are elevated ove... |
Uscaca is a non - exclusive organization that welcomes all who wants to volunteer time and effort to support cancer research and education . The mission of uscaca is to facilitate collaborations among chinese and american professionals in the field of cancer research, treatment, and prevention; promote knowledge and in... |
Differential diagnosis (ddx) includes malaria, typhoid fever, dengue fever, chikungunya fever, influenza and hepatitis a (hav),, . Fever and chills suggest malaria, but may be present in dengue, chikungunya and influenza . Atypical lymphocytosis may be are present in malaria, dengue fever, chikungunya fever and influen... |
To survive and adapt to their native surroundings, plants have developed mechanisms that detect and rapidly respond to assaults by both pathogens and arthropods . Plants recognize the plant - derived chemical, electrical, and hydraulic signals associated with wounding, as well as the chemical signals that are introduce... |
Injection of botulinum toxin type a (bont / a) is a frequently administered aesthetic treatment for the reduction or prevention of hyperkinetic facial lines and rhytids . However, since the introduction of bont / a to aesthetic medicine,1 studies evaluating the effects of this treatment have predominantly relied on sem... |
In the treatment of osteoporosis, bisphosphonates have demonstrated their clinical efficacy, particularly their anti - fracture efficacy, and have become the most widely used anti - osteoporotic drugs worldwide . The anti - fracture efficacy of ibandronate was first demonstrated in the bone study (oral ibandronate oste... |
The replication of genomic dna is a central event in the division and propagation of a bacterial cell . The nucleoprotein complex responsible for dna replication is the replisome, which precisely coordinates the action of several discrete factors to efficiently and rapidly couple dna unwinding with high - fidelity nucl... |
Corneal hydrops is a condition of acute stromal edema that occurs after a rupture in descemet's membrane . This is not an uncommon sequelae of late keratoconus and is a frequent indication for penetrating keratoplasty (pkp). Approximately, 3% of keratoconus patients experience one or more episodes of corneal hydrops.1 ... |
Atrial standstill or silent atrium is a rare condition presenting with the absence of electrical and mechanical activity in the atria . It presents with the absence of p waves, bradycardia, and wide qrs complex in the electrocardiogram (ecg) and has several substantially different etiologies, ranging from hereditary mu... |
We studied 64 subjects divided into three groups matched for age and sex: 24 healthy nondiabetic subjects, 22 diabetic subjects with no clinical peripheral neuropathy, and 18 neuropathic diabetic subjects . Presence of diabetic peripheral neuropathy was determined according to standard clinical techniques as previously... |
A number of bioceramic mixtures have been evaluated in terms of their ability to promote cellular attachment and induction of osteogenic differentiation . There have been many reports of enhanced cellular bioactivity using biosilicates (p2o5-na2o - cao - sio2),1 calcium - magnesium - silicate ceramics,2 calcium - silic... |
We studied the results of six patients operated on by the national university hospital (nuh) diabetic foot team in singapore between october 2011 and january 2012 . There were four malays, one indian, and one chinese ranging in age 4767, the average being 54 years old . The diabetic foot infections were abscesses (two ... |
Acute coronary syndrome is rare in patients with hemophilia, potentially due to shorter lifespan or perhaps because of coagulation factor viii abnormality.1) hemophilia a directly protects against the development of coronary artery disease . 2)3) however, patients with hemophilia might not be protected against atherosc... |
Central nervous system toxoplasmosis is a common opportunistic infection in immunocompromised patients especially in human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) positive patients . Involvement of spinal cord due to toxoplasmosis presenting as myelopathy is rarely seen in this era of antiretroviral therapy . Vacuolar myelopathy,... |
The rehabilitation of large bone defects may be achieved by different types of grafting materials, from natural or synthetic origin . Autologous grafting is the option exhibiting the highest success rate . Despite of its several advantages, this grafting type may cause the morbidity of the donor area, increase the reco... |
We restricted our analyses to peridomestic cases that were reported in the geographic region previously determined to be at high risk on the basis of environmental factors (6). Thus, we included 123 (75.9%) of 162 cases reported in new mexico during the study period . We also restricted our analyses to the cbgs that ha... |
Kumar1 claimed that people have difficulty using the hamstrings, muscles that are prone to shortening . Ayala2 argued that the hamstrings play a significant role in effective walking and running, and that short hamstrings have often been observed in people, especially athletes . In addition, extended hamstring muscle c... |
Venolymphatic malformations (vlms) are tumor - like lesions combining dysplastic lymphatic and venous vessel structures . The international society for the study of vascular anomalies has divided vascular lesions into hemangiomas and vascular malformations (vms). Hemangiomas are characterized by rapid growth in neonata... |
Ultrafast laser technology in the last two decades progressed to the point where heterodyne - detected four wave mixing (fwm) experiments can fully characterize the third - order optical response . In such experiments, three excitation pulses, separated by two time delays t1 and t2, induce a coherent signal in a molecu... |
Bladder cancer (bca) was estimated to be the seventh most common type of cancer worldwide in 2009 . In poland, bca was the third most frequent malignant tumor in men and thirteenth in women in 2009 . Etiology of bca includes environmental factors such as exposure to tobacco smoke, occupational exposure, and geography o... |
The index patient (patient b2 - 1) was a 47-year - old woman, and patient b3 - 1 was her 29-year - old daughter (figure 1). Both were investigated and followed at the neurology outpatient clinic of turku university hospital . The father of patient b2 - 1 was diagnosed with pd at age 52 and died at age 63 . The father o... |
Respiratory resistance is proportional to the total opposition to breathing caused by frictional forces in the airway passages . At any given time, respiratory resistance is equal to the ratio of respiratory pressure to airflow, given by (1)rres=presv, where rres is respiratory resistance, pres is the respiratory press... |
Upon recognition of hepatitis c virus (hcv) infection by toll - like receptor 3 (tlr3) and retinoic - acid inducible gene i (rig - i), the innate immune response is promptly activated in hepatocytes . The two pattern recognition receptors (prrs) recruit their respective adaptors, toll / interleukin-1 receptor - domain ... |
Congenital hypothyroidism (ch) is the most common congenital endocrine disorder in childhood which is associated with irreversible neurological problems and poor growth in untreated individuals . In europe and north america, 1 in 3,000 to 4,000 newborns is affected by this disease [1, 2]. In the majority of patients, c... |
A true aneurysm of the inferior thyroid artery (ita) is extremely rare15). Despite its rarity, several authors have recommended aggressive management because the lesion has the potential to be highly lethal4). Surgical ligation and/or excision and endovascular embolization were reported as possible treatments for this ... |
The half - life of knowledge in the medical fields is estimated to be between five and seven years . Providers who do not conscientiously pursue a programme to maintain state - of - the - art practice could lose half of their competence in that period of time . This implies that the information base upon which clinical... |
Shoulder pain is one of the most common complaints encountered in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (ra). During the first 2 yr of ra, nearly 50% of patients have shoulder symptoms, and 90% complain of shoulder pain at some time during the course of the disease (1). In addition to the synovitis of the glenohumeral (gh... |
Bacillus calmette - gurin (bcg) is an attenuated strain of mycobacterium bovis [1, 2]. Since bcg is usually considered to be avirulent, it is used for vaccination against tuberculosis in japan for infants . On the other hand, a previous report suggested that delayed granuloma formation could develop at the bcg vaccinat... |
We obtained the full - length genome sequence for a / duck / nigeria/3724 - 2/2008 and the sequence of the hemagglutinin (ha) segment for a / duck / nigeria/3724 - 10/2008 (4). Sequences of the 8 gene segments of a / duck / nigeria/3724 - 2/2008 were submitted to the global initiative on sharing avian influenza data pu... |
The progressive development in the field of information and communication technology (ict) during the last decades has led to great advances also in the health sector (e - health). There is a global, regional, and national awareness about the importance of e - health . The world health organization (who) millennium dev... |
Orthorexia nervosa, literally meaning proper appetite, is a pathological fixation with healthy food that has aptly been described as a disease disguised as a virtue.1 although not yet officially recognized as a psychiatric diagnosis, orthorexia is often associated with significant impairment, as what starts as an attem... |
The feedback [table 1] from the relative who attended the squint surgery was obtained by a trained secretary . The feedback was taken in their native language, preferably on the first follow - up visit, in the opd (same evening or second postoperative day) or by a telephonic call at their convenient time, in their pref... |
Some unusual renal tumors like clear cell sarcoma kidney (ccsk), rhabdoid tumor kidney (rtk), congenital mesoblastic nephroma (cmn), multilocular cystic nephroma (mcn), teratoid wilms, and renal teratomas are found infrequently . They are usually diagnosed by tissue biopsy in the form of histopathological examination (... |
Several studies assessing the adverse effects of sepsis on the heart have shown that myocardial dysfunction is a common, severe complication of sepsis, and the mechanisms responsible for development of myocardial dysfunction are complex . Hemodynamic monitoring is important in the management of critically ill sepsis pa... |
Neonatal diabetes mellitus (ndm) is a rare endocrinological disorder, which affects children in the first 6 months of life, with estimated incidence of 1/90,000 to 1/210,000 live births 1, 2 . Two forms of this condition have been identified, transient and permanent neonatal diabetes mellitus (tndm and pndm). Tndm is a... |
A 17-month - old boy weighing 14 kg was diagnosed with a fracture of the right lateral humeral condyle and scheduled for open reduction and internal fixation with a kwire . He had suffered from an upper respiratory infection for the previous 3 weeks and drug - induced hepatitis developed as a result of his medication .... |
Hydrocephalus occurs if the production of cerebrospinal fluid (csf) exceeds its resorption, and this leads to elevated intracranial pressure . It often requires surgical treatments such as repetitive lumbar punctures or a ventriculoperitoneal (vp) shunt to reduce the intracranial pressure and avoid compression of the p... |
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