text stringlengths 0 868k |
|---|
Accelerometers have changed physical activity (pa) reporting from a self - reported estimation of intensity and duration to an objective measurement of bodily movement . Movements are quantified based on changes in accelerations and reported in the more or less arbitrary unit counts . Because the health benefits of pa ... |
The cataract and lasik surveillance studies were conducted at 10 and 7 sites, respectively, in the united states . Cases from patients aged 18 years and above were eligible for inclusion . For the cataract and lasik studies, data were collected on consecutive cases of routine primary cataract surgery (phaco with poster... |
Three major methods are used to analyze these processes: 1) analysis of individual cells over time (time - lapse analysis), 2) analysis of synchronized populations of cells over time, and, less commonly, 3) use of mathematical methods to extract dynamic data from a single time point of an asynchronous population (mitch... |
Sclerosing polycystic adenosis (spa) is a rare salivary gland lesion that was first described by smith et al . . Most cases of spa have originated in the parotid and submandibular glands, with a few cases of minor salivary gland origin . We present a case of right nasal cavity spa in a 49-year - old man with nasal obst... |
The requirements for patients to enter the study were as follows: (a) adult patients with hepatic cirrhosis and hcc (b) a prothrombin time ratio (i.e., the normal time divided by the patient's time) greater than 40%, (c) a platelet count higher than 40,000 per cubic millimeter (4010 /l), (d) newly diagnosed patients wi... |
A tension headache is a headache that feels like pressure or tension in and around the head . Pain and specially tension headaches are often associated with low quality of life and high levels of psychologic discomfort (2). About half of the patients with chronic pain report that the pain is uncontrollable (3, 4). Lack... |
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (als) is a devastating neurodegenerative disease which affects not only motor function but also involves extramotor systems . According to the revised el escorial criteria for the diagnosis of als the presence of signs for the affection of both upper motor neurons (umn) in the primary moto... |
The red flour beetle (tribolium castaneum) provides an excellent genetic model system for coleoptera, the largest and most diverse order of eukaryotic organisms . Similar to drosophila in the order diptera, tribolium has characteristics desired in a genetic model organism including ease of culture, short generation tim... |
One of the first recorded theories on the origin of neurons was presented by nicolaus kleinenberg, a german biologist who had obtained a doctorate degree under ernst haeckel . In his anatomical - evolutionary investigation of hydra, kleinenberg had discovered polarized cells with 2 processes: one sensory process toward... |
Diarrheal disease is one of the leading causes of morbidity and mortality of infants in the developing world (1). A wide variety of microorganisms including bacteria, viruses, and parasites are the etiological agents of diarrhea (2). Among the bacteria, diarrheagenic escherichia coli strains are most frequently associa... |
A 62-year - old female presented at our hospital complaining of pain in the left buttock and a tingling sensation in the left l5 dermatome . Eight months prior, the patient's left leg pain did improve after undergoing discectomy at the l5-s1 level, but her pain recurred and she still had the tingling sensation in her l... |
The treatment of the entire root canal system is essential to maximize the possibility of success in endodontic therapy . It is necessary for the clinician to have a thorough knowledge of the dental anatomy as well as of its variations . Undetected extra roots or root canals are a major reason for failure of root canal... |
Pediatric liquid medicaments (plm) have a long history of use in the field of medicine . They are very commonly prescribed, widely available, and are easily accepted by both parents and children . Young and chronically sick children with cardiac disease, leukemia, epilepsy, cystic fibrosis, renal disease, and asthma ar... |
Cystoisospora belli are intracellular, extracytoplasmic coccidian parasites of the intestinal tract and have been recognized as a pathogen in humans since 20th century . It is a well - acknowledged fact that cryptosporidium and cystoisospora, which were earlier assumed to be the causal agents of acute diarrhoea merely ... |
The restoration of functional distance and near vision, independent of any additional refractive correction, remains an ultimate goal for many cataract surgeons . Multifocal intraocular lenses (iols) use the principle of simultaneous vision to allow functional vision at all distances.1 clinical experience with multifoc... |
Eyelid or periocular wounds may be only initial sign of occult deep intracranial penetrations . In these cases, the initial absence of ocular or neurologic signs contributes to a low suspicion for intracranial extension, and injuries are commonly repaired without further investigation (guthkelch 1960; bard and jarrett ... |
Acne vulgaris is a common skin disorder characterized by a multiple spectrum of lesions affecting different parts of the body.1 the disorder affects 45 million people in the united states, with over 85% of the affected population aged 1524 years.2 males typically have a higher prevalence and more severe form of the dis... |
Hyaluronic acid (ha) is a polysaccharide containing alternating units of glucuronic acid and glucosamine . Apart from the cellular and molecular functions, ha protects local tissues and cells against compression . Ha, because of its high swelling property and viscous nature, restricts the movement of molecules includin... |
There is a well - described association between lymphoproliferative disorders (lpds) and autoimmune hemolytic anemia and thrombocytopenia . An 8.7-year, retrospective study of 626 non - hodgkin's lymphoma (nhl) patients reported 16 patients (2.6%) with autoimmune hemolytic anemia (aiha), 11 patients (1.8%) with thrombo... |
We decided to show the new rotaxane switch on a background image representing the old electron paramagnetic resonance (epr) spectrometer used in bologna in the 80s and 90s . Back then, we would have never imagined that one day we would be able to switch on / off epr signals with a molecular machine! G. ciamician alma m... |
A 65-year - old woman with cirrhosis due to hepatitis c infection was submitted for a splenectomy in 2011 in order to control an upper gastrointestinal bleed . Since 2012, she had at least 3 episodes of mental and behavioral disorders, which were alleviated by lowering the blood ammonia . She had progressive bradykines... |
Intracorneal ring segment (icrs) implantation is becoming widely accepted as a good surgical option for the treatment for keratoconus . However, the lack of a standard nomogram, different icrs arc lengths, shape, thickness, optical zone, and poor predictability are challenges facing ophthalmologists who treat keratocon... |
Legionella pneumophila is a cause of community - acquired pneumonia that also induces electrolyte disorders, such as hyponatremia, hypokalemia, and hypophosphatemia . We herein report two cases of legionella pneumonia who presented with hyponatremia and hypophosphatemia, which may have been caused by fanconi syndrome a... |
Although meningiomas and sarcomas are often reported after irradiation, very few reports of gliomas developing after radiation therapy exist 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 . We experienced a case in which multiple astrocytomas developed 24 years after radiation therapy for pituitary adenoma . A site that had appeared to be radiat... |
Resin cements are used for cementation of crowns, porcelain veneers, inlays, onlays, and inlay - retained fixed partial dentures . Resin cements have many advantages, such as improved bond strength, low microleakage, low solubility, good mechanical properties, and good esthetics.1234 conventional resin luting depends o... |
Community health workers (chws) are lay members of communities who serve for pay or as volunteers in association with the local health care system in both urban and rural environments and usually share ethnicity, language, socioeconomic status, and life experiences with the community members served . Chws are identifie... |
This section provides a summary of our methods; a complete description may be found in the supplementary information . We use the standard bi - allelic diploid model with two - way mutation, viability selection, drift and, in some cases, migration . Specifically, we assume there are two possible alleles at each site: n... |
Using computed tomography (ct), we scanned humeri and femora of 18 adult female and 10 adult male chimpanzees (pan troglodytes) from gombe (tanzania), mahale mountains (tanzania), and ta forest (cte d'ivoire) national parks to acquire cross - sectional images equivalent to 3 locations per diaphysis: 35% (mid - distal),... |
Fatty acid oxidation (fao) defects are a heterogeneous group of disorders, affecting energy homeostasis mainly in the liver, heart and skeletal muscles . Hence, cardiac manifestations are common in symptomatic cases of fao defects, including cardiomyopathies, arrhythmias and pericardial effusion,, and can lead to cardi... |
Spontaneous vasoconstriction of the extracranial internal carotid artery (sveica) is a rare cause of cerebral infarction . The standard treatment for this condition has not been established and its long - term prognosis is unclear . A 25-year - old man with a history of refractory vasospasm angina presented with transi... |
Health care aides (hcas) are unregulated direct care providers working across the continuum of care (hewko et al ., 2015). They provide care as assigned, assisting patients with activities of daily living, comfort, and safety . The range of care provided depends on the patient population, care setting, knowledge and sk... |
Sleep - walking or somnambulism is a complex motor behavior initiated during sleep and is characterized by events like rising from bed and walking about . It is most common between the ages of 4 - 8 years and resolves spontaneously and very less common in adults and elderly . It usually occurs during the rem stages 3 a... |
Wt c57bl/6 mice, csf2rb mice and the congenic strain b6.sjl-ptprc pepc / boyj (b6.sjl) were from the jackson laboratory . Mice were maintained in our specific pathogen - free animal facility according to institutional guidelines . Experiments used sex- and age - matched mice at 6 - 16 weeks of age . 1a was determined b... |
Bone and cartilage are highly specialized connective tissues that are engineered by nature to perform a variety of specialized tasks . As a result, these tissues have unique cellular constituents and ultrastructural organization that help to optimize the biochemical demands and biomechanical loads in vivo . Our knowled... |
They were between 35 and 65 years of age, and had arterial bp in excess of the cut - off established by the joint national committee on prevention, detection, evaluation and treatment of high blood pressure: an average diastolic 5 phase bp of 90 mm hg, systolic bp of 140 mm hg, or both . For safety reasons volunteers w... |
Long - term indwelling urinary catheterization is done in patients who have spinal cord injury, neurological or musculoskeletal disorder impairing walking movements or bladder control of person, and in elderly with urinary retention who are unfit for surgery . It is a widespread practice in medical field and its well -... |
The discovery of compartmentalization in mammalian genomes goes back to more than 40 years ago when, using cs2 so4/agultracentrifugation (corneo et al . 1968), it was shown that the bovine genome mainly consisted of a small number of families of main band (non - satellite, non - ribosomal) dna molecules 1020 kb in size... |
The instruments used in surgical techniques for inner ear surgeries, such as stapedotomy and cochlear implantation, must be powerful enough to be efficient while, at the same time, preventing damage to the inner ear . Lasers with varying wavelengths, set to appropriate intensities, can fulfil two basic principal requir... |
Synaptic dysfunction downstream of toxic amyloid species is thought to play a major role in altered brain function and cognitive impairments in ad . A growing body of literature suggests that translational regulatory mechanisms are disrupted in ad [24]. More specifically, ad has been associated with elevated phosphoryl... |
Glioblastoma multiforme is the most malignant brain tumor among astrocytic gliomas with a typical prognosis of about 12 months in spite of current therapeutic approaches that include neurosurgery followed by combined chemotherapy and radiotherapy . Recently, the development of massive screening genome technologies, suc... |
The surgical correction of scoliosis bears the risk of one of the most catastrophic surgical complications such as neurological impairment . The etiology of spinal cord lesion in scoliosis surgery is considered to be multifactorial with the dominance of mechanical and vascular ground . Early detection of neurological c... |
Subcutaneous mycoses include a heterogeneous group of fungal infections that develop at the site of transcutaneous trauma and can occur in both immunocompetent and immunocompromised patients . Infection evolves slowly as the etiological agent survives and adapts to the adverse host tissue environment . The main subcuta... |
Rarely, vertigo may be caused by cervical spine lesion which is known as bow hunter's syndrome1). Bow hunter's syndrome is symptomatic vertebrobasilar insufficiency (vbi) caused by occlusion of the vertebral artery in cervical spine which is provoked by head rotation2,6,11,12). Typical symptoms include diplopia, dysart... |
Mouse embryos were transfected with separate expression constructs for each factor and egfp, and cultured as described30 with modifications mainly in the timing and location of the transfection . Embryos were collected, fixed with 4% paraformaldehyde, and processed for whole - mount in situ hybridization, paraffin sect... |
For the management and prognosis of patients with acute brain injuries, the pupillary light reflex (plr) is an important factor, in conjunction with other clinical information, such as age, mode of injury and glasgow coma scale (gcs)1214). Terminology generally used to describe the plr includes " fixed ", " sluggish " ... |
A 55-year - old male was referred to our department for total abdominal aorta obstruction with intermittent claudication . At first he had a history of hemigastrectomy and gastrojejunostomy for acute gastric ulcer with perforation 4 years ago . Abdominal computed tomography (ct) showed the swelling of pancreas and smal... |
Cutaneous pseudolymphoma refers to a heterogeneous group of benign, reactive t- or b - cell lymphoproliferative processes of multifactoral origin that clinically and/or histologically simulate lymphomas . The inflammatory infiltrate is band like, nodular, or diffuse and is composed predominantly of lymphocytes with or ... |
The hadassah - hebrew university medical center is a tertiary medical center in jerusalem, israel, with more than 1,000 admission beds in 2 campuses . Patients who are admitted usually belong to the greater jerusalem area (more than a million population). The admission area includes the jordan valley and judean regions... |
The potential for tcdd contamination in vietnam is a consequence of the war (19621971), during which the us army forces used about 72 million litres of phenoxy and other herbicidal agents . All applications of herbicides ceased in 1971 . Between 1968 and 1971, a total of 6,500 spraying missions were carried out in an a... |
A 30-year - old african - american male presented with a 3-week history of a gradually progressive frontal headache, with enlarging skin nodules and a progressively enlarging painless right hemiscrotal mass during the past year . The patient's mother and several first - degree relatives had a history of sarcoidosis . T... |
The malformation of the external ear canal, a type of atresia, occurs in about one in every 20,000 live births.1 it is characterized by the absence or deformity of the pavilion, aplasia, or hypoplasia of the external auditory canal, middle ear deformities, and, occasionally, internal ear deformities.1 hearing loss is t... |
We often find ourselves in environments where we need to keep track of objects moving around us while we ourselves are also in motion, such as when we drive in traffic, play team sports, or walk down a crowded sidewalk . These common situations can be challenging tracking moving objects and navigating through space are... |
The contribution of a. baumannii to hospital acquired infections has increased over the past three decades (1, 2). This organism causes of serious infectious diseases such as pneumonia, urinary tract infections, endocarditis, wound infections, meningitis, and septicemia (3). It is becoming evident that biofilm forming ... |
Fistulas can occur between the luminal gastrointestinal tract and multiple organs including the skin, aorta, biliary system, pericardium, and pancreas . Previously published cases of fistulas between the small intestine and the inferior vena cava have involved the duodenum [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14... |
When a woman presents with abnormal uterine bleeding, her history is taken and further tests are then considered (dreisler et al ., 2013; bignardi et al ., 2009; risk factors for uterine intracavitary pathology in general, and endometrial cancer in particular, include postmenopausal status, advanced age and oestrogen e... |
Acute retinal pigment epithelitis (arpe), also known as krill s disease, has been described by krill and deutman in 1972.1 it is characterized by an acute and severe loss of vision in young, healthy adults due to alteration of the macular pigment epithelium.2 the disease equally affects males and females, can be either... |
A major depressive episode diagnosed according to the dsm - iv - criteria can be accompanied by symptoms or psychopathological phenomena that dsm - iv does not include . The classification of these symptoms is often difficult; some specialists speak of an atypical depression or of a comorbidity [24]. Possible examples ... |
Numerous studies have shown the influence of nutrient supply on development in utero.14 a poor nutrition supply during fetal development affects physiological functions of the fetus and has longterm consequences at adulthood.5,6 this concept of programming represents the mechanism whereby a stimulus or an insult during... |
A hallmark feature of aging and the onset of disease is a general decline in physiological function and behavioral capacity . This decline can be manifested in different levels and functions of the biological system, including skeletal muscle [24], cardiovascular processes [5, 6], central nervous system activity [79], ... |
Suction drainage in total knee arthroplasty (tka) has been used primarily to prevent hemoarthrosis, hematomas and infections, and secondly to promote wound healing and rehabilitation1). In general, a large amount of blood is lost during and after surgery, which requires allogenic transfusion to stabilize the patient's ... |
Human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) infection is associated with renal disease [1, 2]. The most frequently observed histopathological manifestations being hiv - associated nephropathy (hivan), immune complex glomerulonephritis, non - collapsing focal segmental glomerulosclerosis, thrombotic microangiopathy, tubulo - int... |
The global initiative for chronic obstructive lung disease (gold) strategy classifies patients with copd into gold groups a to d, based on individual risk, in terms of airflow limitation, symptoms, and history of exacerbations . Patients with mild (gold i, forced expiratory volume in one second [fev1] 80% predicted) an... |
The problem of excess body weight affected over 30% of children and adolescents in the united states (2). In the european union, overweight and obesity are recognized in 25% of children . In poland in 2009, excess body weight was identified in 16.4% of children and adolescents aged 6 - 19 years (3). Nutritional and met... |
Alzheimer s disease (ad) is the most common cause of dementia in the elderly population, accounting for 5080% of dementia cases . The worldwide prevalence of ad is approximately 30 million, a number that is expected to quadruple within the next 40 years . As a direct consequence, ad currently represents a major global ... |
Alzheimer's disease is a chronic neurodegenerative disorder that causes progressive decline in memory and other higher cortical functions . The underlying neuropathological molecular changes are apparently mirrored by elevated cerebrospinal fluid (csf) levels of total tau (ttau) and phosphorylated tau (ptau) and a redu... |
Depofoam bupivacaine (exparel, bupivacaine liposome injectable suspension) is for single - dose infiltration into the surgical site to produce postsurgical analgesia . Among new drug delivery systems, exparel is promising because such formulation leads to a slow release of bupivacaine, therefore, allowing a longer dura... |
Granulomatosis with polyangiitis (gpa) and microscopic polyangiitis (mpa) are autoimmune diseases characterized by systemic necrotizing vasculitis mainly affecting the respiratory tract and the kidneys . Histopathological analysis reveals severe structural alterations of microvascular endothelial cells, leading to impa... |
Study area: the study area is located in the lower northern part of thailand . Borders of the lower northern thailand connect to the upper northern, the central and the northeastern parts and in addition connect to lao people s democratic republic and myanmar (fig . 1.maps of thailand showing the major regions and indi... |
Rectovaginal endometriosis (rve) is one of the most severe forms of endometriosis, and is considered stage 4 according to kirtner s classification.1,2 it is much less common than ovarian or peritoneal endometriosis and affects between 3.8% and 37% of all patients with endometriosis.3,4 rve is deep infiltrating endometr... |
Lower urinary tract symptoms (luts) are subjective indicators of a disease or change in condition perceived by the patient and are generally qualitative indicators.1 among the most common symptoms are urinary frequency and urgency, nocturia, and urinary incontinence (ui).2 among the symptoms, ui has a greater prevalenc... |
Cervical cancer is the fourth leading cancer in women globally, but its major burden is felt in the low- and middle - income countries (lmics) with very limited resources to introduce and sustain effective population - based cervical cancer screening programmes . In most asian countries including india, cervical cancer... |
A congenital midline cleft of the sternum is a rare developmental anomaly, usually occurring as a part of a defined syndrome, e.g., cantrell's pentalogy . It results from failed ventral midline fusion of the sternal bars, which normally occurs during the first 3 months of embryonic life . Isolated sternal cleft without... |
Seaweed is known to contain high concentrations of arsenic in comparison with terrestrial plants because marine plants possess the ability to concentrate the arsenic derived from water . Arsenic exists in different chemical forms, which are either free inorganic arsenic species, such as as (iii) and as (v), or organic ... |
We present a case of intracranial taser (thomas a. swift s electric rifle, taser international, scottsdale, arizona) dart penetration requiring neurosurgical management . We review the literature of three cases and determine optimum management of patients with direct intracranial taser injuries . Our case is of a fourt... |
Three clinical microbiology laboratories that served patients in the southern, central, and eastern parts of finland participated in this multicenter, matched case control study . A case - patient was defined as a person with stool culture, collected during the study period and tested at one of the three laboratories, ... |
Although not life - threatening, rectal prolapses can significantly erode quality of life and can cause concern among patients caregivers . Many procedures are reported to repair rectal prolapse, and the procedure used depends on the severity of the prolapse and the status of the patient; however, surgical intervention... |
Acute abdominal pain is one of the most common conditions encountered in the emergency department (ed). The clinical diagnosis of acute abdominal pain is unreliable, resulting in both negative laparotomies, as well as ill - advised surgical delay in a large number of patients . New and emerging imaging techniques offer... |
Wt, itk, btk, and itk btk mice were generated as previously described . To generate bmmcs for in vitro stimulation, female mice were used at 68 weeks old . Bone marrow cells were harvested from the femurs and cultured in complete dulbecco modified eagle medium (dmem, 4.5 g / l glucose, 10% low - endotoxin fetal bovine ... |
Foreign bodies (fbs) in the urinary tract are among the most common urologic problems due to different etiologies . Although they are usually iatrogenic in the upper urinary tract, fbs in the bladder and/or urethra may be due to iatrogenic, self - insertion, and rarely migration from adjacent organs . Endoscopic and la... |
Haemophilus influenzae is a gram negative rod - shaped bacterium (1), that is classified as either unencapsulated or encapsulated (2). Haemophilus influenzae type b includes 90% of cases half of which appears as meningitis (3). High levels of multidrug resistance are usually associated with mobile genetic elements that... |
The genus leuconostoc belongs to the order lactobacillales, an order of gram - positive bacteria within the phylum firmicutes . Like other lactic acid bacteria, leuconostoc sp . They are used in the production of fermented products such as cheese, butter, buttermilk, kefir, sourdough and kimchi . At the time of writing... |
Glaucoma is the leading cause of irreversible blindness worldwide and is estimated to currently affect more than 60 million people . Elevated intraocular pressure (iop) is the main risk factor for the onset and advance of glaucoma . In effect, reducing iop is the accepted consensus strategy to delay or even avoid the d... |
Infection with seasonal influenza can cause serious morbidity and mortality in hospitalized patients.1 the reported effectiveness of the modern trivalent influenza vaccine ranges from 74%2 to 89.4%,3 depending upon the population and study type . Immunization of health care workers is a proven strategy for reducing the... |
It is used in the treatment of respiratory, intra - abdominal, urinary tract, skin and soft tissue infections . Overall, it has a low rate of adverse reactions, 2% compared to other quinolones having about 10% . According to pharmacovigilance studies moxifloxacin along with levofloxacin, are quinolones that have less c... |
For efficient solar energy conversion lightharvesting materials that can tap into large portions of the electromagnetic spectrum, and, in particular, can utilize red and near infrared light, are essential.1 to illustrate the benefits of such panchromic materials, it has been suggested that extending the photosynthetica... |
Currently, there is a high level of commercial interest for subtilisins that work under extreme biochemical conditions [1, 2]. Therefore, understanding the structure and function of subtilisins is fundamental to employing rational and directed evolution strategies in order to enhance activity and/or change substrate sp... |
Malaria remains one of world's most burdensome and intractable diseases [1 - 3]. As the roll back malaria campaign proceeds to promote the effective implementation of existing control methods, one of the most rapidly developing new strategies is the possibility of rendering wild vector populations less susceptible to i... |
The photodynamical behavior of retinal protonated schiff bases (rpsbs) is of great interest, as they form the photoactive moiety in the family of rhodopsines . When electronically excited, they perform an isomerization around a formal double bond within the limited range of the cavity of the opsine . The class of proto... |
Multiple sclerosis (ms) is a chronic progressive disease that destroys the central nervous system myelin, thereby affecting the sensory and motor function and can be determined in 85 to 90% of patients with periods of worsening (exacerbation of symptoms) and recovery . This disease is one of the most common neurologica... |
Introduction of adjuvant treatment has led to improved treatment outcomes in cervical cancer; however, 10%-20% of patients still experience treatment failure after radical surgery followed by recommended adjuvant treatment [1 - 3]. This recurrent disease has an unfavorable prognosis, with a 5-year survival rate of 35% ... |
Multiple sclerosis (ms) is a progressive autoimmune disease that invokes an inflammatory attack on the central nervous system (cns) resulting in an accumulating disability [1, 2]. Experimental allergic encephalomyelitis (eae) is a primary animal model of ms which is widely used for the evaluation of different drugs in ... |
Metabolomics (also known as metabonomics) is the study of global metabolite profiles in biological samples such as biofluids, cell extracts, and tissues . Metabolomics can be integrated with other omics sciences such as genomics, transcriptomics, and proteomics to facilitate a more complete understanding of global biol... |
Acute otitis media (aom) is a common upper respiratory tract infection in children; 90% of children have at least one attack until two years of age . However, in young children, otalgia is suggested by crying, high fever, rubbing / holding of the ear, or changes in the child's sleep or behavior pattern . Fever is prese... |
The occipitofrontalis muscle is generally regarded as one muscle composed of two muscle bellies joined through the galea aponeurotica14). According to kushima et al.10), however, the occipitofrontalis muscle appears to be composed of two physiologically and anatomically different muscles . The position and shape of for... |
Possible bacterial contamination of anesthesia breathing machines (abm) has been an infection control issue since the 1950s,,, . A number of studies explored bacterial contamination of abms concentrating on disposable breathing - circuit - systems (bcs), yet, focusing on the inspiratory and expiratory port of the abms ... |
Vascular anomalies, commonly vascular tumors or vascular malformations, are usually developmental in origin and can present as a neck mass . . Complex arteriovenous malformations (avms) in the neck, due to their anatomical location, may present with pressure symptoms, particularly on airway, and circulatory problems . ... |
Ventricular septal defect (vsd) is a rare but lethal complication of myocardial infarction (mi). The event occurs 28 days after an infarction and often precipitates cardiogenic shock.1 to avoid the high morbidity and mortality of this disorder and cardiogenic shock, patients should undergo emergency surgical treatment.... |
The online version of this article (doi:10.1007/s00134 - 011 - 2253-x) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users . Most deaths in intensive care units (icus) take place after a decision is made to limit or withdraw medical treatment . Questions regarding the level and aim of treatment form... |
Subsets and Splits
No community queries yet
The top public SQL queries from the community will appear here once available.