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Mesenteric pseudocyst is a term used to describe abdominal cystic mass without the origin of abdominal organ. (1) this has been classified according to embryologic, ehiologic, histologic, and ther data, causing considerable confusion . It was considered the term mesenteric cyst as merely descriptive, and apply a histol... |
Hepatitis e virus (hev) is a nonenveloped, single stranded rna virus which belongs to the hepeviridae family . Hev is a causative agent for acute hepatitis in one - third of the world's population and fulminant hepatitis in pregnant women . The virion is relatively resistant to environmental conditions and remains infe... |
Early diagnosis of rib fractures can rapidly indicate the source of thoracic pain and be helpful in pain management of trauma patients . Other than pain, rib fractures have been reported to be associated with morbidity and mortality in elderly patients (3 - 5). In most emergency departments, ultrasonography is consider... |
Aortic dissection following coronary angiography and angioplasty is a rare, but potentially fatal complication with an overall reported incidence of 0.01 - 0.04% [1 - 3]. The incidence is significantly higher during percutaneous coronary interventions (0.12%) than during elective diagnostic procedures . Moreover, in th... |
A significant percentage of overweight and obese individuals show signs of insulin resistance, up to and including the metabolic syndrome . Overweight individuals with insulin resistance are in turn at increased risk of type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease (cvd). Cvd has been the leading cause of morbidity and mo... |
We used the lrn as a conduit to maintain the confidentiality and anonymity of the variola testing sites . A convenience sample of 45 laboratory workers completed an online survey developed by researchers at the university of nebraska medical center (omaha, ne, usa). Nonidentifying demographic information was collected,... |
A 57yearold woman who had initially been implanted with a double chamber pacemaker for complete atrioventricular block was upgraded to crtp at another center after a year due to left ventricular dysfunction and dyspnea . She was referred to us 3 months after the upgrade due to wound infection by pseudomonas sp caused b... |
Stroke and other cerebrovascular diseases caused by cerebral vascular blockage or bleeding cause loss of normal blood circulation in the affected area and anoxia, resulting in irreversible brain damage which manifests as functional impairments in consciousness, movement, senses, recognition, comprehension, and language... |
Nine human hereditary neurodegenerative disorders, including huntington's disease (hd) and several spinocerebellar ataxias (scas), are caused by the abnormal expansion of cag repeats located in the translated sequences of different genes (fig . 1). For example, hd is triggered by the expression of at least 36 cag repea... |
With the announcement on 26 october 2011 that eli lilly and company (indianapolis, in, usa) was withdrawing drotrecogin alfa (activated) from the worldwide market, we witnessed the end of the only drug specifically approved for sepsis . The move was prompted by the failure of prowess - shock, a large international stud... |
Mouse luecs were immortalized with polyoma middle t antigen and cultured in mcdb131 medium (gibco; life technologies) supplemented with 20% fbs (invitrogen), 2 mm l - glutamine (lonza), 1 mm na - pyruvate (gibco; life technologies), 100 g / ml heparin (sigma - aldrich), and 50 g / ml ec growth supplement (ecgs) obtaine... |
Transorbital intracranial injury is rare and may cause serious brain damage and is associated with a high mortality rate . This type of injury, accounting for 4.5% of all orbital pathology,[35] represents 0.04% of all head trauma, 24% of penetrating head trauma in adults, and 45% in children . Penetrating orbital injur... |
All study subjects were recruited in a consecutive manner from our glaucoma clinic; the patients were examined between february and april 2010 at the asan medical center, seoul, korea . On initial evaluation, all subjects underwent a complete ophthalmologic examination including the recording of medical, ocular, and fa... |
Some studies have shown that colonization of denture inner surfaces by yeasts causes oral and systemic diseases11,23, particularly in aged and immunodepressed patients and those with reduced salivary flow11,26 . The mechanical removal of debris with the use of toothbrush, dentifrice and water is a popular cleansing tec... |
Dkk1 is a 29 kda secreted protein belonging to the dickkopf (dkk) family, which comprises four main glycoproteins in vertebrates (dkk1 - 4). Dkk1 has been identified as a potent inhibitor of the canonical wnt signaling due to its ability to bind to the wnt coreceptor lrp5/6, thus blocking the canonical wnt/-catenin pat... |
It typically improves in the weeks and months after stroke, yet about 50% of patients are left with long - term residual deficits . Few studies have documented the possibility of treatment - induced improvements in post - stroke language functions after 12 months . Traditionally, aphasia interventions utilize compensat... |
This case is more unusual, as the patient was a known case of recurrent patellar dislocation and presented with an atraumatic locked and vertically rotated patellar dislocation . This type of presentation has never been reported in literature to the best of our knowledge . A 14-year - old healthy male child with previo... |
The use of the internet has expanded incredibly across the world over the last few years . The internet provides remote access to others and abundant information in all areas of interest . However, maladaptive use of the internet has resulted in impairment of the individual's psychological well - being, academic failur... |
Compromised renal functions and previous central nervous system (cns) disease have been shown to predispose to this neurotoxicity . We describe a case of acute transient encephalopathy in a patient treated with ceftriaxonefor enteric fever infection . The present case illustrates the diagnostic challenges and managemen... |
In the field of medicine, stress is one of the most common complaints among patients1 . Stress may negatively influence the affective state of an individual, which in turn may exert direct adverse effects on biological processes or behavioral patterns, thereby increasing the individual s disease risk and pathogenesis o... |
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Tumors of the nail apparatus often present a challenge to diagnosis as well as treatment due to the specialized nail anatomy . The nail plate may conceal the tumor as well as alter the tumor growth pattern . However, alterations in the color, thickness, curvature of the nail plate may often provide a clue . A 40-year -... |
Between 1903 and 1906, oswaldo cruz, director - general of public health, had devoted his energies to improving sanitary conditions in rio de janeiro, a government priority under the administration of francisco de paula rodrigues alves (19026). If yellow fever put a damper on the country s business prospects and image ... |
Ovarian cancer represents the sixth most commonly diagnosed cancer among women in the world and causes more deaths per year than any other cancer of the female reproductive system . In advanced disease which constitutes about 75% of women at presentation, this has been the approach for some decades, though the 5-year s... |
To report a rare presentation of unifocal langerhans cell histiocytosis (lch) simulating a limbal papilloma . A 24-year - old man presented with a limbal mass in his left eye which had initially been suspected to be a papilloma based on clinical findings . The mass was excised and a histopathological diagnosis of acute... |
A 2-year - old asian indian female presented to us with mild fever and swelling of the right upper lid of 10 days duration . There was no history of preceding viral illness or significant medical history necessitating treatment with antibiotics . Cutaneous anthrax was unlikely as there was no history of unexplained cat... |
In recent years, the results after surgery for rectal cancer in norway, with a 5-year overall survival (os) rate of 60.1%, has surpassed that of colon cancer at 57.5% . This has been achieved because the surgical technique has been standardized according to total mesorectal excision (tme) with subsequent dramatic reduc... |
According to the surveillance epidemiology and end results (seer) database, the incidence of thyroid cancer, the most prevalent endocrine malignancy, increased in the us between 1975 and 2012, with estimated 62,450 new cases and 1950 deaths in 2015.1 a rising incidence has also been documented in many other countries.2... |
Stroke is a neurological disease caused by the cutoff of normal blood supply due to vessel rupture or thrombosis, and it causes brain tissue damage . Motor, sense, recognition, language, and perception deficits are typical symptoms of the disease, depending on the affected areas, size, and the cause of damage1 . Stroke... |
Discovery of vitamin k antagonists (vkas) in anticoagulation occurred in the 1920s, when the veterinarian frank schofield studied the hemorrhagic disease affecting cattle consuming sweet clover . Karl link and his team studied spoiled sweet clover and, in 1939, extracted dicumarol and identified the hemorrhagic agent, ... |
Recent times have witnessed much turmoil regarding the' life is sacred at any cost' maxim . Current technology is capable of indiscriminately maintaining some of the vital functions of the body, but the same technology does not necessarily allow us to heal underlying disease processes . An unintended side effect of mod... |
Adult onset still s disease (aosd) is a chronic systemic inflammatory disorder in which high spiking fever, typical skin rash, and polyarthritis occur . The main biological features are neutrophilic leukocytosis, hyperferritinemia, and negative rheumatoid factor (rf) or antinuclear antibodies (ana). Others may include ... |
Epilepsy is associated with a two- to three - fold increase in mortality among patients compared with the general population . Sudden unexpected death in epilepsy (sudep) is one of the most frequent causes of death among patients with epilepsy . There is strong evidence suggesting that sudden unexpected death in epilep... |
This condition, which is estimated to affect more than 2 million persons in the u.s . Alone, has increased mortality and morbidity compared to the general population [2, 3]. Individuals with schizophrenia typically suffer from a combination of debilitating symptoms including hallucinations and delusions and treatment -... |
Seventeen obese subjects (bmi 41.0 1.5 kg / m, age 35.1 1.0 years, 15 female and 2 male, 13 african american and 4 caucasian), who were not markedly insulin resistant based on homeostasis model assessment of insulin resistance score 2.6 (21), participated in the study . Potential subjects were interviewed with a questi... |
Oral infections of geotrichum candidum are clinically similar to candidiasis and commonly associated with diabetes mellitus and hiv infection, . Cases of dissemination and fungemia are reported in patients with chronic and acute myeloid leukemia,,,,,, . Old women post - partum with isolated renal calculi and renal fung... |
Granulosa cell tumours (gcts) though accounting for approximately 70% of malignant sex - cord stromal tumors are rare, comprising only 25% of all ovarian neoplasms [13]. These tumours arise from granulosa cells that are hormonally active stromal elements in close association with ovarian oocytes, which are responsible ... |
Under the name of lymphoproliferative disorders various disease patterns are included which are characterized by the expansion of a lymphoid clone more or less differentiated . The application in recent times, of immunological methods for determining the phenotype of many cell components, together with the acquisitions... |
The prevalence of diabetes in korea has increased six- to sevenfold from 1.5 to 9.9% over the past 40 years . The number of people with diabetes worldwide is expected to increase 11.4% from 366 million in 2011 to 552 million by 2030, affecting one in 10 adults . This global increase in the prevalence of diabetes will i... |
We make observations and based upon these observations we make empirical predictions . In the engineering sciences this is often be reduced to formulae and mathematical modelling which can be used predictively to design newer and better engineered products however orthodox medicine has been struggling to develop such m... |
Technological advances in computed tomography (ct) have made chest ct a fast and accurate, and therefore extensively used imaging technique in trauma patient care [1, 2]. Although the utility of ct for detection of chest injuries is primarily demonstrated in severely injured patients, this widespread use deserves recon... |
Many different chemotherapy regimens were therefore developed.13 however, little is known on the feasibility and efficiency of chemotherapy for these cancer types in patients with severe renal failure.46 only case reports on the pharmacology of irinotecan in patients with colon or rectal cancer are available at present... |
The number of elderly people aged 65 years and older has been increasing worldwide, and the aging of the population is particularly rapid in japan . In 2007, the japanese orthopaedic association proposed the concept of locomotive syndrome (ls), which refers to the conditions under which people require or may soon requi... |
Metabolic syndrome (mets) is a growing concern among patients with schizophrenia1 because metabolic adverse events are widely regarded as a major risk factor for cardiovascular diseases2,3 and mortality.4,5 although the causes of metabolic adverse events are complicated, the risk factors among patients with schizophren... |
Giant cell tumor (gct) is a tumor found most often in the ends of long bones and is essentially located in the epiphyseal or metaphyseal or epiphyseal equivalent portions of bone . It is a locally aggressive neoplasm, generally arising in adults between the ages of 20 and 40 years, clinically possessing metastatic pote... |
Ovarian tumors of borderline malignancy, borderline ovarian tumors (bot), constitute about 10 - 15% of all epithelial ovarian malignancies (1). However, conservative treatment might be considered in patients who want to preserve their fertility because of the excellent prognosis reported (2, 3). Although spontaneous co... |
The formation of long lasting memories appears to depend upon enduring changes in the strength of neurotransmission that alters cellular mechanisms thus reconfiguring neural circuitry and communication [16]. This review describes the relationship among extracellular matrix (ecm) molecules, cell adhesion molecules (cams... |
Place the aluminum heat sink inside the 22.96 cm (9 ") pie pan approximately 2 cm from the side of the pan, as shown in figure 1c . Using a black marker pen, mark holes for the aluminum heat sink . Note: if the aluminum block (purchased at a local scrap metal shop or online at http://www.onlinemetals.com) does not come... |
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (copd), as a common problem in the elderly, is a major cause of chronic morbidity and mortality throughout the world.1 it is characterized by chronic obstruction of expiratory flow affecting peripheral airways, and is often associated with chronic bronchitis and emphysema, thereby ... |
Fundamental concepts in psychology and philosophy of the mind are the notion of sensation and perception . When a stimulus produces an effect on different sensory receptors it induces sensation . Subsequent interpretation and organization of this sensory stimulus produce a meaningful experience of the world and of one'... |
Atlantoaxial instability (aai) may be caused by trauma, arthritis, tumor, infection, or congenital malformation316). Atlantoaxial stabilization resulted from bony fusion is needed to correct deformities and prevent neurological impairment . The surgical method of c1 - 2 transarticular screw fixation was introduced by m... |
Lymphoepithelioma is a term used to designate an undifferentiated malignant epithelial tumor of the nasopharynx that is histologically distinctive because of a markedly prominent lymphoid infiltrate (1). Carcinomas with similar histological features arising outside the nasopharynx are called lymphoepithelioma - like ca... |
Prostaglandins (pg) are a family of structurally related eicosanoids that have regulatory roles in normal physiological as well as pathological contexts . Cyclooxygenase enzymes catalyze the conversion of arachidonic acid to pgh2, which is converted to other prostanoid species including pgd2, pge2, pgf2, prostacyclin (... |
Cancer dormant cell theory takes the view that activation of resting cells is the key factor causing cancer metastasis . Recent studies indicate that resting cells can be activated through escaping immune surveillance when immune function is weakened and that energy used for cell revivals can be provided by the newborn... |
The disease is endemic all over india especially in uttar pradesh, bihar, jharkhand, andhra pradesh, orissa, tamil nadu, kerala and gujarat . There are at least six million attacks of acute filarial disease per year and 45 million persons are currently having one or more chronic filarial lesions . . Conventional mode o... |
Stroke accounts for approximately 11% of all deaths worldwide and is the most common cause of adult - acquired disability . Among all stroke cases, ischemic stroke and intracerebral hemorrhage (ich) account for about 8085% and 1520%, respectively . Intravenous thrombolysis by using tissue plasminogen activator (tpa) is... |
Percutaneous nephrolithotomy (pnl) is the gold standard for treating patients with kidney stones over 2 cm in diameter . It has replaced open surgeries due to equal efficacy, less morbidity, and higher patient acceptance . However, the most common complications are still urine extravasation, infection, and bleeding . T... |
Pop is a prevalent problem which has been reported to affect 50% of parous women . Eleven percent of the women will have undergone an operation for prolapse or urinary incontinence by the age of 80 . Oab is known to be a highly prevalent disorder that increases with age in both sexes and that has a profound impact on q... |
Antitumor necrosis factor (tnf) biologics appeared over a decade ago in the armamentarium for inflammatory bowel disease (ibd). Originally evaluated in crohn's disease (cd) and thereafter in ulcerative colitis (uc), their efficacy was demonstrated in both diseases and has deeply modified the management of patients with... |
A major task for evolutionary biology has been to develop and test theories for the origin of novelty that are consistent with the fundamental genetic principles of gradual populational change . Novelty, however, is a loaded term with many different definitions that include or exclude a variety of morphological charact... |
Caries activity usually causes tooth decay or cavities and can even lead to the loss of afflicted teeth, which is particularly harmful to children's growth and development . The world health organization (who) reported that 6090% of schoolchildren worldwide experience caries, with the disease being most prevalent in as... |
The development and function of mammals, like that of any multicellular organism, depends on intercellular communication . Classically, this occurs either through direct cell - to - cell interaction bringing together cell surface proteins or, at a distance, through secreted soluble molecules binding to cell surface rec... |
Patients with symptomatic sciatic hernias commonly present with flank, abdominal, pelvic, lower back or thigh pain . Most asymptomatic patients have been treated conservatively, while surgery has been reserved for symptomatic patients . We describe a case revealed by left hydronephrosis with severe left back pain in a ... |
The randomized, controlled clinical trial is an attempt to minimize bias introduced by the knowledge of treatment allocation and, thereby, come to reliable conclusions regarding the hypothesis tested . Many interventional, randomized, controlled clinical trials need to assume that randomization distributes baseline cha... |
Telepathology is defined as the practice of pathology at a distance, transmitting macroscopic and/or microscopic images via telecommunication links for (1) remote interpretations (telediagnosis), second opinions or consultations (teleconsultation), and educational purposes (teleconferencing). With the widespread availa... |
Obstructive sleep apnea (osa) is a public - health problem as it affects at least 10% of the middle aged men and represents a main cause of cardiovascular morbidity and mortality . An independent association between osa, insulin resistance, and type 2 diabetes has been consistently demonstrated by a number of cross - s... |
There are different diagnostic methods but they have some drawbacks . To prepare mycobacterium culture, which is the golden standard for tb diagnosis, it may take 8 weeks . Finding acid - fast bacilli is the quick screening method for pulmonary tb diagnosis; nevertheless, its sensitivity is low . The polymerase chain r... |
Androgen deprivation therapy (adt) by bilateral orchiectomy or gonadotropin - releasing hormone analogs, with or without antiandrogens, is indicated as front - line treatment in metastatic prostate cancer, as well as in the adjuvant setting following radical prostatectomy with nodal metastasis or radiation therapy, and... |
All adults had bmi> 40 kg / m, and all obese children had a bmi> 97th percentile for sex and age (table 1). Three hundred forty - five french morbidly obese adults were recruited by the cnrs umr8090 at lille and the department of nutrition of paris hotel dieu hospital . We also sequenced 287 swiss morbidly obese adults... |
In the last 30 years, we have made great strides in the treatment of ms . We have developed and brought to market seven disease - modifying medications to reduce the frequency of ms relapses and slow the accumulation of irreversible disability, and many therapies are available to control ms - related symptoms . However... |
Harmony among the skeletal, dental, and soft - tissue structures is a prerequisite for good occlusion . Disharmony in these structures results in malocclusion.1 for proper intercuspation, the teeth must be proportional in size . If teeth are mismatched, with unusually large teeth in one arch compared to the other, then... |
Anti--tubulin mouse monoclonal antibody (sigma - aldrich corp), anti - arf6 mouse monoclonal antibody (santa cruz biotechnology, inc), anti - rab11 rabbit polyclonal antibody, anti - tfr mouse monoclonal antibody (invitrogen corp), anti - eea-1 mouse monoclonal antibody and anti - gm130 mouse monoclonal antibody (bd bi... |
Low back and neck pain are commonly seen in the workplace, and are the two most common spinal problems encountered in clinical practice . Back and neck pain are important clinical conditions that can limit the ability to perform routine daily activities, decrease productivity, and negatively affect quality of life . It... |
Current situation is the result of the increasing number of cases of patients being diagnosed in an extended state of the disease (ca 70% of cases local extent) and its frequent occurrence in elderly people (50% above 65 years old, 30% 70 years old), who are usually stressed with coexisting diseases . In these cases an... |
Hip resurfacing arthroplasty (hra) is a conservative alternative to total hip arthroplasty in a young and active patient, with the midterm survival reported between 95% and 96% . Clinical outcomes in hip resurfacing have been shown to be dependent on both patient selection and surgical technique . Femoral neck fracture... |
Continuous efforts by researchers and constant addition of literature minimized the aura of one of the deadliest disease, that is, oral malignant melanoma (omm). As a result, the new innovative approaches came to existence and this became the first step to successful treatment against this disease . The disease is know... |
Urinary tract infection (uti) is one of the most common clinical syndromes encountered in general and gynecological practices . Adult women (4050%) have a history of at least one episode of uti in their lifetime . Community acquired infection is caused by escherichia coli, klebsiella pneumoniae, proteus mirabilis, stap... |
It is well established that high - risk (hr) human papillomavirus (hpv) types are causative for the development of cervical cancer [13]. The majority of hpv infections are cleared without further consequences for the host, but some infections with hr - hpv types may give rise to high - grade cervical intraepithelial ne... |
Damage - associated molecular patterns (damps) are endogenous molecules that can perpetuate inflammatory responses during cell stress or injury . The ecm glycoprotein tn - c, is specifically induced upon tissue injury [1, 2] and infection [3, 4] and upregulated in septic patients . Tlr4-mediated tn - c expression induc... |
Type 2 diabetes mellitus (t2 dm) is one of the most common noncommunicable diseases characterized by insulin resistance and impaired insulin secretion [1, 2]. Metabolic proinflammatory disorder including chronic hyperglycemia and increased levels of circulating cytokines suggests immunological disturbances [37], which ... |
Antioxidant deficiency contributes to develop and aggravate various chronic diseases, including copd which is sensitive to oxidative stress . Supplementation with vitamin c, as an antioxidant, improves antioxidant status in copd.1 several epidemiologic studies2,3 and prospective studies4,5 revealed protective effects o... |
Tobacco use has fallen in many high - income countries, at least in men, but is now rising rapidly in many low- and middle - income countries such as china . Thirty - eight percent of the world's smokers are chinese, especially chinese men who smoke one - third of the world's cigarettes, with 52.9% smoking prevalence a... |
A stool sample was obtained from a healthy 2-year - old boy living in senegal . The stool was sent to and frozen in marseille at 80c until laboratory culture isolation . Strain sit12 was isolated in may 2015 by cultivation on marine medium in anaerobic atmosphere after 21 days incubation . Growth of the strain was test... |
Posterior vitreous detachment (pvd) is a common phenomenon frequently related with aging of ocular structures . The presence of persistent vitreomacular adhesions exerting tractional forces (vitreomacular traction, vmt) may be associated with the development of macular hole (mh) [2, 3]. These alterations in the symptom... |
Hydrocephalus is an entity which embraces a variety of diseases whose final result is the enlarged size of cerebral ventricular system, partially or completely . Among usual classifications, the most important are those who differ the communicating from non - communicating and congenital from acquired . Its prevalence ... |
Oct is an emerging medical imaging technology which enables cross - sectional imaging of tissue microstructure in situ and in real - time . Oct can achieve 110 m resolutions and 12 mm penetration depths, approaching those of standard excisional biopsy and histopathology, but without the need to remove and process tissu... |
Seventy patients of ages 7 months to 11 years were included, of whom 59 (84%) were <5 years of age . During the study, of these, one died within 15 min of admission, and two died within the first 24 h after admission . One patient of age 2.5 years had severe neurologic sequelae 28 days after discharge, comprising spast... |
Laparoscopic pyelolithotomy was successfully performed in a pelvic kidney with an operative time of 310 minutes . The use of intraoperative fluoroscopy and a semi - automatic suturing device greatly facilitated the procedure . The patient's operative pain was managed with 3 doses of ketorolac; she resumed a regular die... |
Bspp: bisulfite padlock probe; charm: comprehensive high - throughput arrays for relative methylation; cimp: cpg island methylator phenotype; esc: embryonic stem cell; fda: food and drug administration; help: hpaii tiny fragment enrichment by ligation - mediated pcr; mca: methylated cpg island amplification; mcam: meth... |
Exercise is one of the most powerful non - pharmacological method of affecting cells and organs in the body1 . Regular aerobic and resistance exercise training has a positive long - term impact on the cardiovascular system, which is a biologically complex adaptive system that is characterized by a variety of complex re... |
Body language reading is of immense importance for adaptive social behavior and non - verbal communication . Healthy perceivers are able to infer emotions and dispositions of others represented by point - light body movements that minimize availability of other cues (pollick et al ., 2001; atkinson et al ., 2004; heber... |
Aripiprazole is the third generation atypical antipsychotic and a dopamine serotonin system stabilizer (dss) that is effective against positive and negative symptoms of schizophrenia . It has a low propensity for extrapyramidal side effects, causes minimal weight gain or sedation, produces no elevation in serum prolact... |
Venous thromboembolism (vte) occurs to be one of the most serious complications after undergoing total joint arthroplasty.1) generally, pulmonary thromboembolism is generated as the secondary by - product from deep vein thrombosis (dvt) while its emergence may possibly trigger the chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hyper... |
Non - alcoholic fatty liver disease (nafld), the hepatic manifestation of metabolic syndrome, includes a spectrum of diseases ranging from simple steatosis, through steatohepatitis (nash), to fibrosis and ultimately cirrhosis (1, 2). The disease definition and modalities used for diagnosis and epidemiology studies are ... |
A 2-year - old boy was transferred to the emergency department approximately 4 hours after having severe head trauma with loss of consciousness . On physical examination, he had a right temporoparietal scalp laceration and subgaleal hematoma; the child had a status of decerebrate rigidity . Brain ct showed intraventric... |
Since the seminal report on lung protective strategy published by amato et al . In the new england journal of medicine in 1998, whether or not and in what ways the different strategies of mechanical ventilation affect the clinical outcome of ards patients remains a controversial topic among physicians and researchers .... |
Head and neck cancer is the sixth most common type of cancer in the world, representing about 6% of all cancer cases . Worldwide, more than half a million head and neck cancer cases and 320,000 deaths due to head and neck cancer are estimated to occur each year, and it is the eighth cause of cancer mortality in the wor... |
As a service to our authors and readers, this journal provides supporting information supplied by the authors . Such materials are peer reviewed and may be reorganized for online delivery, but are not copyedited or typeset . Technical support issues arising from supporting information (other than missing files) should ... |
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