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The cohort consisted of 331 caucasian adolescents and young adults (162 male and 169 female) with a median (interquartile range) age of 15.4 (13.517.3) years and type 1 diabetes duration of 7.6 (4.910.6) years, who presented for routine complications assessment at the children's hospital at westmead (sydney, australia)...
Glycosaminoglycans (gags) are a diverse group of polysaccharides that participate in many biological processes through the regulation of their protein partners . They are produced by almost every cell type and are most frequently found in the extracellular space and on cell surfaces where they play important roles in m...
. This condition might be under - reported, with <30 cases identified in contemporary literature worldwide . In this article, we describe a diabetic patient with end - stage renal failure who received a renal transplant which was complicated with a large infectious pseudoaneurysm of the renal artery allograft requiring...
Cardiac contractility is governed by the thin filament regulatory proteins, cardiac troponin (ctn) and tropomyosin (tm), and available levels of intracellular free calcium ([ca]i). Cardiac troponin is located at regular intervals along the thin filament and consists of three subunits: cardiac troponin c (ctnc), troponi...
Ankylosing spondylitis (as) and rheumatoid arthritis (ra) are common and severe chronic inflammatory musculoskeletal diseases with a high burden on society, especially since many patients are affected at a young age, and no cure for the diseases are available.1 based on the systemic inflammatory processes, severe alter...
A 53-year - old never - smoker was diagnosed with a deep leg vein thrombosis and one month later with an adenocarcinoma of the lung (negative for egfr mutation and eml4-alk translocation), stage ivb with a malignant pleural effusion . Anticoagulation with low molecular weight heparin (lmwh) was started, overlapping wit...
One - third of adults aged 65 and older fall each year . For older adults, the most frequent cause of admission to a hospital for injury or trauma is a fall, and falls are the leading cause of injury - related death for adults in this age group . Older adults located in rural and frontier areas of the us have increased...
Professional identity of iranian nurses, which has recently had the opportunity to represent itself in social arena, needs investigation . This study was conducted by discourse analysis, using data of 23 semi - structured individual interviews and 4 focus group interviews with nurses and senior nursing students of tehr...
Many medicines and substances, including lipid - lowering drugs (fibrates and statins), alcohol, heroin, cocaine, diuretics, antibiotics, and antifungal agents, have been reported as causes of rhabdomyolysis . Among antihypertensive agents, it has been reported that blockers, such as propranolol, labetalol, pindolol,, ...
The subjects with isolated impaired glucose tolerance (i - igt) (n = 93), isolated impaired fasting glucose (i - ifg) (n = 91), newly diagnosed type 2 diabetes mellitus (t2 dm) (n = 104), and ngt (n = 81) were recruited from the epidemiological survey of diabetes and metabolic syndrome in shanghai communities in 2008 ....
Breast - conserving surgery (bcs) followed by adjuvant radiotherapy (rt) for patients with early breast cancer reduces local recurrence more than surgery alone . Numerous randomized trials have demonstrated that this standard of care can achieve an overall survival (os) that is equivalent to that achieved with a mastec...
Information of protein networks derived from protein interactions can serve as a good starting point for understanding the molecular machinery . Besides, elucidating protein interacting partnerships may help annotate unknown proteins and provide further insight into biological networks . Various experimental strategies...
The histologic patterns of hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (hlh) and rosai - dorfman disease are distinctive, each characterized by macrophages containing large parts of other cells . Hlh is characterized by increased macrophage uptake and destruction of red blood cells, red blood cell precursors, and platelets, res...
Thalassemia (-thal) is a monogenic blood disease that is caused by a lack of or reduction in -globin chain synthesis . Patients with -thal major, also known as cooley s anemia, have severe anemia and usually require frequent transfusions and iron chelation therapy . However, complications related to iron overload canno...
Diabetes has become a global epidemic affecting an estimated 371 million people (in 2012), a number that is expected to reach 552 million by 2030 . With healthcare costs approaching $490 billion for the treatment of diabetes, alternative (patient - centered) lifestyle management approaches and cost - effective dietary ...
Purine nucleoside analogs are effective in the treatment of some b - lymphoproliferative disorders (b - lpds). Fludarabine (fdamp, 9--d - arabinofuranosyl-2-fluoroadenine 5-monophosphate) induces cell cycle arrest and apoptosis and is used to treat patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia (cll) and indolent non - hod...
Hodgkin lymphoma (hl) ranks among the malignancies most curable with chemotherapy, alone or in combination with radiation, in both children and adults . The doxorubicin, bleomycin, vinblastine, and dacarbazine (abvd) regimen, introduced in 1976, has been one of the most widely used regimens because of its efficacy in a...
Analysis of research data requires unique considerations depending on the type of data collected and/or on the main purpose of the research . For instance, while in some cases data is collected in ordinal mode, often it is also obtained in categorized groups . Or, as opposed to the traditional hypothesis testing design...
Hemoglobinopathies are the most common single gene disorders worldwide with a considerable frequency in certain areas particularly mediterranean and middle eastern countries, including iran . Hemoglobinopathies are a group of autosomal recessive disorders that classified to two main groups of thalassemia syndromes (- a...
Pancreaticoduodenectomy (pd) is a procedure commonly performed for malignant and some benign diseases of the pancreatic head . In the past, nowadays, with the advancement of imaging studies, surgical techniques, and perioperative management, the mortality rate of pancreaticoduodenectomy has decreased to 09% . However, ...
An informed consent was obtained from patient before the utilizing their information for the present case report . A 29-year - old male patient reported with a complaint of missing right lower teeth and reported for prosthetic replacement . Past medical history reveals that the patient is a known case of bipolar disord...
Protein post - translational modifications (ptms) are one of the fastest processes through which plants respond to various stimuli . Thus, they increasingly became the focus of scientific studies . Among the various ptms, phosphorylation is one of the most studied modifications, due to the large number of affected prot...
Eosinophilic myocarditis is a rare form of myocardial inflammation that is characterized by the infiltration of eosinophilic cells into the myocardium (1). The clinical symptoms of eosinophilic myocarditis are similar to those of acute coronary syndrome, and eosinophilic myocarditis sometimes occurs in combination with...
A 35-year - old female with a previous history of long - term high - dose benzodiazepine use presented in 2001 following an overdose of ibuprofen . She had concurrent symptoms of depression, persecutory ideas, and bizarre, chaotic behavior (eg, wandering the streets claiming she was being poisoned). Physical examinatio...
Complete fracture, migration, dislodgement, or entrapment of large bore guide wires such as 0.035 or 0.038-inch wires during percutaneous coronary intervention (pci) or percutaneous transluminal angioplasty (pta) for peripheral arterial disease is a very rare event . The guide wire remnants could lead to complications ...
Drug - induced gingival overgrowth is an adverse drug reaction mainly described with three types of commonly prescribed drugs, namely, calcium channel blockers (nifedipine, diltiazem, and verapamil) [14], antiepileptic drugs (phenytoin) and, immunosuppressants (cyclosporine). Drug - induced gingival overgrowth usually ...
During the past three decades, the worldwide prevalence of diabetes has doubled (1,2). A recent estimate predicts the number of people with diabetes will grow from 382 million adults in 2013 to 592 million by 2035 (2). More than two - thirds of this increase (69%) will occur in developing countries . The rates have ris...
Posterior interosseous neuropathy (pin), or posterior interosseous nerve syndrome, is a rare although treatable cause of finger and wrist drop, with estimated annual incidence of 0.003% 1 . It is an important diagnosis to consider as patients often respond well to either conservative measures or timely surgical interve...
The most feared complication of transrectal prostate biopsy is urosepsis which may be increasing in frequency from <1% 2 decades ago to approximately 2%3% in recent studies . The mechanism for this complication is that the transrectal biopsy approach involves penetrating the rectal mucosa and subsequently risks inocula...
During the cleaning of kitchen utensils, the prewashing and washing steps are usually carried out using sponges in order to remove food residues . In due course, some parts of the food residues could adhere to the sponges . Food remains, together with humidity retained in sponges, tender a positive environment for grow...
Geriatric trauma patients represent the fastest growing population segment seen in u. s. trauma centers . This trend is partly due to greater longevity and the increasingly active lifestyle among members of this group compared with historical cohorts . Trauma patients age 65 years and above are hospitalized twice as of...
Human language is a communication system in which, via a limited number of meaningless sounds (phonemes), it becomes possible to make a virtually unlimited number of combinations that produce meaningful elements (morphemes, words), which can then be combined to generate an almost endless number of sentences . This prop...
Allelic variations within a genome of the same species can be classified into three major groups that include differences in the number of tandem repeats at a particular locus [microsatellites, or simple sequence repeats (ssrs)], segmental insertions / deletions (indels), and single nucleotide polymorphisms (snps). In ...
It was einstein, podolsky, and rosen (epr) and afterwards bell who shed light on the non - local properties between subsystems in quantum mechanics . Separately kochen and specker analysed sets of measurements of compatible observables and found the impossibility of their consistent coexistence, i.e., quantum indefinit...
Mdl is california's reference laboratory for detecting and identifying bacterial, parasitic, and fungal infections of public health importance . Cultures submitted to mdl come from> 500 clinical laboratories through a network of 39 county or city public health laboratories . Isolates for identification are forwarded to...
It was defined as delivery before 37 completed weeks of gestation(1). About 28% of early neonatal deaths premature births are the cause of 27% of annual infant mortality worldwide, 70% of prenatal mortality in developing countries, and 50% of neurological disorders (3). Prematurity was the most common reason for death ...
Glaucoma is a leading cause of blindness globally, and reducing intraocular pressure (iop) is the key to glaucoma management according to several large - scale clinical trials.1 among the known iop - lowering treatments, trabeculectomy is regarded as the standard surgical modality in cases refractory to medical and/or ...
Antiphospholipid syndrome (aps) is characterized by the formation of antibodies to a variety of phospholipids and phospholipid - binding proteins . The kidney appears to be a major target organ in both primary and secondary aps . An early detection of renal involvement will allow the initiation of anticoagulation to pr...
Neural tube defects (ntds) are among the most common birth defects resulting in infant mortality and serious disability, with around 500 pregnancies being affected in england and wales each year.1 numerous countries including the uk recommend that all women planning to become pregnant should take 400 g per day of folic...
In recent years there has been a growing interest in finding ways to summarize connectivity properties of the brain through maps based on sets of functional magnetic resonance images (fmri). Although these maps may use different measures of connectivity and have been named differently (e.g., maps of cortical hubs, buck...
We retrospectively analyzed the data of 225 patients who received gefitinib treatment at any point in the nej002 study . The eligibility criteria of the nej002 study included the presence of advanced nsclc harboring an egfr mutation (exon 19 deletion or l858r, g719x, or l861q point mutation) without the resistant egfr ...
In 2010, it was estimated that 34 million people were living with hiv / aids and more than 90% were living in low and middle - income countries . Enumeration of cd4 lymphocytes is essential for the clinical management of hiv - infected people . Cd4 lymphocyte count can be used for initiating or stopping prophylaxis aga...
Nanoparticles are being introduced, in some cases rapidly, into the consumer market but there is a fundamental lack of knowledge on their potential consequences for human and environmental health (reviewed in refs (1 and 2)). The use of silver nanoparticles (agnp) has increased very significantly in recent years, with ...
A previous study reported that workers in sedentary jobs spent an average of 10 h in a seated posture during a 24-h period2 . Prolonged sitting at sub - optimal workstations is associated with musculoskeletal dysfunction3,4,5 . While seated postures are less physically stressful overall than are standing postures, they...
Ureteral stent placement is an effective procedure to relieve ureteral obstruction . However, encrustation and bacterial colonization of stents are problematic and potentially lead to morbidity, such as infection, sepsis, or renal failure (1, 2). In particular, the encrustation of forgotten ureteral stents can pose a s...
It is common knowledge that the last few decades have experienced a growing public health challenge in relation to the control and management of infectious diseases and microbial resistance to existing therapies . Indeed, recent studies by the world health organisation (who) tend to confirm that new resistance mechanis...
Obesity in children has become a serious public health problem similar to that found in the adult population . It is well known that obesity increases the risk of complications such as diabetes mellitus and cardiovascular disease in adults . Although obese children have lower incidences of these complications than adul...
Primary sclerosing cholangitis (psc), a progressive cholestatic liver disease characterized by diffuse chronic inflammation and fibrosis of the biliary tree, affects primarily young to middle - aged men (1). In contrast, autoimmune hepatitis (aih) is a chronic hepatitis characterized by autoimmunologic features with a ...
Recent advances have been achieved with our better understanding of the signaling pathways and molecular underpinnings of cancer drug resistance.it has become apparent that a single therapeutic agent shows limited efficiencies in the clinical environment due to the drug - resistance profiles . To enhance anticancer eff...
Lavage of the temporomandibular joint (tmj) is a minimally invasive treatment modality with a low rate of side effects and has been recommended for patients with painful disc displacement without reduction (ddwor). This pain, when it becomes chronic, often leads not only to protracted personal suffering and reduced qua...
Some cases of ch have been reported among patients with turner syndrome (1, 2). In these cases, ch resulted from congenital vascular abnormality and hypertension . There is a relatively high prevalence of hypertension in turner syndrome patients, compared with age - matched control groups (3,4,5), and most of these are...
Centenarians were once believed to be rare, but nowadays they are becoming increasingly common . In the united states, there are approximately 1020 centenarians per 100 000 population, averaging approximately 80 000 . In okinawa japan, there are approximately 50 centenarians per 100 000 population . The general consens...
Ankyloblepharon filiforme adnatum (afa) is characterized by partial or complete adhesion of the ciliary edges of the upper and lower eyelids at the gray line, by single or multiple fine bands of extensible tissue, which reduces the palpebral fissure by interfering with the movement of the lids . It should be differenti...
Epigenetic regulation of gene expression is mediated through at least five series of events involving changes of chromatin at the molecular level: dna modifications, histone modifications, histone variants, noncoding rnas, and nucleosome remodeling . Epigenetic control of transcription is essential to drive cells towar...
During november 2004april 2007, a total of 989 clinical m. tuberculosis isolates were cultured and examined by first- and second - line anti - tb drug susceptibility test (dst) at the spch tb reference laboratory . These isolates were collected from 989 inpatients (mean age sd 40.1 18.9 years; range 0.388 years; 65.5% ...
Molecular imaging aims towards the non - invasive characterization of disease - specific molecular alterations in the living organism in vivo . In that, molecular imaging opens a new dimension in our understanding of disease pathogenesis, as it allows the non - invasive determination of the dynamics of changes on the m...
Although the problem of managing male subfertility changed dramatically since the introduction of assisted fertilization (ivf, icsi), routine semen examination still remains the cornerstone in male subfertility diagnosis, although the usefulness of sperm evaluation in predicting human fertility has often been questione...
On august 28, 2013, a previously healthy 51-year - old poultry worker (patient 1) noted unilateral conjunctivitis . After the worker was examined by a physician, a conjunctival swab sample was collected and tested at st . Orsola hospital in bologna; it was positive for influenza a virus subtype h7 . Three days later, a...
Ashy dermatosis, also known as erythema dyschromicum perstans, is an idiopathic dermal melanosis of unknown etiology, but probably with an immunologic basis . It is characterized by asymptomatic blue - grey pigment patches with or without erythematous borders most commonly located on the face, neck, trunk and upper lim...
Esophageal cancer (ec) is the 8th most common cancer and the 4th leading cause of cancer death worldwide . The most common pathological type is squamous cell carcinoma (scc), in contrast to the predominance of adenocarcinoma (ac) in the west [3, 4]. Therefore, a study that takes into account the predominance of esophag...
The reducing type, such as that found in london, consists mainly of carbonaceous particulate matter and sulfur dioxide . The oxidizing form, such as that found in the los angeles area, consists mainly of primary pollutants (hydrocarbons and the oxides of nitrogen) and photochemical reaction pollutants (ozone, nitrogen ...
Nodular fasciitis is defined by the world health organization as a benign and reactive fibroblastic growth extending from the superficial fascia into the subcutaneous tissue or muscle . The tumors are equally distributed between genders and are more common in the third to fifth decades of life . Lesions are small, soli...
A uterine manipulator is normally inserted through the cervix into the uterus before surgery, which sometimes is not possible in patients with a myoma bulging out of the external os of the uterus into the vagina . The primary 10 mm trocar may be inserted at a point 2 - 3 cm above the umbilicus or in the palmer's area i...
It is now relatively safe for an attempt at vaginal birth after cesarean section (vbac). Vbac is thus being recommended as a relatively safe way of decreasing the ever rising rate of cesarean delivery globally.1,2 vaginal delivery is associated with fewer risks, requires less anesthesia, poses a lower potential for pos...
Various causes are known to result in macrocytic anemia, consisting of megaloblastic or nonmegaloblastic types . A synthetic dna problem is responsible for megaloblastic pernicious anemia, most often due to folate / vitamin b12 deficiency, poisonous toxins, or chemotherapeutic agents . In addition, chronic alcoholism s...
Manual contouring of targets and organs at risk (oar) for radiotherapy planning is a tedious and labour intensive process . Consistent and accurate delineation of oar and target structures for prostate patients is vital when using dose escalation and intensity modulated radiation therapy (imrt) planning techniques . Al...
The sof is a multicenter observational study designed to identify risk factors for osteoporotic fractures in postmenopausal women . Methods have been described previously . In brief, 9704 community - dwelling women aged 65 years were recruited from population - based listings in baltimore, maryland; minneapolis, minnes...
Epithelial - mesenchymal transition forkhead box protein c2 n - acetylgalactosamine ganglioside gd2 (disialoganglioside) ganglioside gd3 (disialoganglioside) ganglioside gm3 (monosialodihexosylganglioside) short hairpin ribonucleic acid transforming growth factor in the last decade or so, it has become increasingly acc...
Rutin (ru, figure 1), chemically known as (quercetin-3-o-(6-o - rhamnosid) glucoside), is a well - known and available flavonoid present in many foodstuffs, such as buckwheat, onion, apple, tea, and red wine . Studies have shown that ru has an antioxidant, anti - inflammatory, anti - carcinogenic, antimicrobial, and ev...
The incidence of intraoperative posterior capsule tears varies in the literature, ranging from 0.453.6% even among experienced surgeons . Although rare, posterior capsule tears and vitreous loss can cause serious intra- and postoperative complications such as loss of nuclear fragments into the vitreous cavity, endophth...
Breast cancer is one of the most commonly diagnosed cancers and one of the leading causes of cancer related deaths in women . Early detection of the disease can improve the treatment effectiveness and often also the patient's quality of life . A number of imaging techniques can be used to aid in the diagnosis and stagi...
An 81-year - old male patient presented with complaint of a pulsating mass on the left side of the neck, which enlarged rapidly for three admission days . An infected pseudoaneurysm was diagnosed by neck computed tomography (ct) scan, and the patient underwent emergency operation against impending rupture . Three month...
Protein drugs, also called protein therapeutics and protein biologics, are proteins that provide healing, repair, and regenerative functionalities to injured and damaged cells and tissues . These include cell - secreted extracellular growth factors (gfs) and signaling proteins for induction of cell growth, cell divisio...
The medical records of 1458 patients diagnosed with glaucoma between january 2003 and december 2012 from an ophthalmologic hospital were reviewed and analyzed . Glaucoma was defined according to the international society of geographical and epidemiologic ophthalmology criteria . In this definition, criteria for the cat...
The abnormal eye alignment is caused by aberrant signals from the brain that cause excessive movement of the muscles in a certain direction, such as the disproportionate contraction of the medial rectus muscles in patients with infantile esotropia . In addition, the orbital structures that surround the globe are normal...
This case report followed the tenets of the declaration of helsinki and was approved by the institutional review board of dongguk university, ilsan hospital . A 36-year - old woman presented with multiple facial masses in the left submandibular and forehead area (fig . Incisional biopsy of the forehead lesion revealed ...
A 48-year - old woman developed adenocarcinoma of the breast treated with lumpectomy and radiation therapy . Three years later, she developed painless vertical diplopia and was found to have a right trochlear nerve paresis . Mri revealed an enhancing, right paraclinoid lesion and a smaller, similar lesion on the left (...
The appearance of thyroid autoantibodies (in particular, antithyroid peroxidase; anti - tpo) in plasma and cerebrospinal fluid (csf) is a necessary condition for the diagnosis of hashimoto's encephalopathy (he), a rare disease associated with autoimmune thyroiditis [1, 2]. The plasma level of antithyroid antibodies, ho...
Multiple myeloma (mm) is a clonal b - cell malignancy of terminally differentiated plasma cells . Mm is the second most common cancer of blood system . As the aging of the population in recent years, the incidence of this disease increased gradually . Although the treatment method was improved in the recent 10 years, t...
Colorectal cancer (crc) is a major cause of death in japan, where it accounts for the largest number of deaths from malignant neoplasms in women and the third largest number in men . The cumulative 5-year survival rates of japanese crc are 90.6% at stage i, 81.2% at stage ii, 63.7% at stage iii, and 13.2% at stage iv ....
Advanced chronic renal failure is a progressive and irreversible impairment where the kidney s ability to filter metabolic waste products from the blood, and maintain water and electrolyte balance disappears, hence resulting in uremia (1). In patients with advanced chronic renal failure, nowadays, 242 out of 1000 peopl...
Rheumatoid arthritis (ra) is a chronic inflammatory multisystemic disease targeting the synovium.1 the condition exists worldwide and affects all ethnic groups at a rate of approximately 0.5% to 1% of the adult population.2 the etiology of ra is unknown;35 however, it may be triggered by reactions to infections in susc...
One of the primary considerations when constructing educational materials, including video, is cognitive load . Cognitive load theory, initially articulated by sweller (1988, 1989, 1994), suggests that memory has several components . Information from sensory memory may be selected for temporary storage and processing i...
Due to its excellence in esthetics, biocompatibility, and mechanical properties, zirconia has been gaining popularity as a single crown core material, or in its usage in fixed prosthetics.1 volumetric changes during sintering, cutting, and manufacturing processes of zirconia could exert an influence on the adaptability...
Compared with the general population, adults with intellectual disability experience significant healthcare inequalities including general health screening, mental health support, women's health screening, and oral healthcare services, and this equally applies to adolescents with intellectual disability [2, 3]. The maj...
Lung dysfunction after cardiac surgery is the most frequently reported cause of postoperative morbidity.1,2 in fact, postoperative atelectasis occurs more frequently in patients undergoing cardiac surgery with cardiopulmonary bypass (cpb) than in any other type of surgery3 in patients undergoing cardiac surgery, death ...
A 41-year - old man, 174 cm in height, weighing 72 kg, with american society of anesthesiologists (asa) physical status i, was scheduled to under go right shoulder arthroscopy for rotator cuff repair under isb . A preoperative examination revealed there was equal air entry on both sides of his chest with no evidence of...
Since the introduction of cephalometrics by broadbent in 1931, its role has been vital in orthodontic diagnosis and treatment planning, and for monitoring treatment and growth changes.1 the diagnostic norm is a standard, which helps us to determine the extent of deviations from the normal or what is considered healthy ...
Churg - strauss syndrome (css) or allergic granulomatous angiitis is a rare syndrome first described in 1951, characterized by allergic rhinitis, asthma and peripheral eosinophilia . Css is classified as a vasculitis of medium- and small - sized vessels, affecting mainly the lung, followed by the skin . But this syndro...
The aim of this study was to determine the factors that are associated with poor adherence in a sample of hypertensive patients in nsukka, nigeria . The study employed a cross sectional, household survey to identify cases of hypertension in nsukka . Adherence to antihypertensive medications was assessed on participants...
Chemotherapy - induced nausea and vomiting (cinv) is associated with significant adverse effects on patient quality of life and can result in decreased compliance with further chemotherapy.1,2 highly emetogenic chemotherapy (hec; eg, cisplatin - based regimens) can produce acute cinv in virtually all patients, and mode...
Colloidal ncs from the i iii vi group semiconductors have attracted much attention during the past years as promising alternatives for classical lead and cadmium chalcogenide ncs . Vi materials is motivated by their reduced toxicity as well as by their successful applications in thin film photovoltaics . Vi quantum dot...
During february 13april 22, 2012, serum samples were obtained at random from blood drawn by field veterinarians from 519 cow / calf pairs at 209 farms located in southeastern (195 farms; figure 1, rectangle a) or southwestern (14 farms; figure 1, square b) belgium . None of the 519 calves exhibited neurologic signs of ...
Atrial fibrillation (af) is the most common cardiac arrhythmia and is associated with increased morbidity and mortality . It is important to identify appropriate management to prevent af recurrence and improve these patients clinical prognosis . Electrical cardioversion (ec) is commonly used to restore sinus rhythm in ...
It is well known that ions of heavy metals, in particular, co(ii), pd(ii), and rh(iii), and especially their radioactive isotopes which are the products of uranium and plutonium fission, are socially dangerous pollutants . As a result of leakage of radioactive substances at nuclear accidents at power stations fukushima...
Temporomandibular disorders (tmd) is considered the most common cause of pain of non - dental origin in the orofacial region and encompasses a heterogeneous group of disorders with common features of psychophysiological orofacial pain, masticatory dysfunction, or both . Signs and symptoms of this dysfunction are presen...
Contrast - induced nephropathy (cin) is a serious complication of angiographic procedures in which impaired renal function occurs within 4872 h after administration of the intravascular contrast agent . Internal factors such as local hypoxia, oxidative stress, and direct cytotoxic effects of the contrast media interact...
Nausea and vomiting can result in a series of adverse events, such as wound dehiscence, postoperative bleeding, and reflux and aspiration.1,2 a review has suggested that multiple risk factors such as age, female gender, obesity, nonsmoking status, history of motion sickness, inhalational anesthetics, duration of surger...
In this randomised controlled trial children were invited through letters sent to families (n 6290) living in or near the northern swedish university town of ume (about 114 000 inhabitants). The recruitment procedure has been described in previous publications, and inclusion criteria comprised: children born between 19...
Bezoars are concretions or hard masses of foreign matter that are found in the gastrointestinal tract . The word bezoar derives either from the arabic term badzehr or the persian word this condition was described for the first time during the autopsy of a patient who died from gastric perforation and peritonitis . The ...