10 diagnosis of acute cholecystitis

... Department of Otorhinolaryngology University of Helsinki and Dr Maija Hytönen Department of Otorhinolaryngology University of Helsinki Reviewed by: Professor Emeritus Heikki Puhakka Department of Otorhinolaryngology ... University of Tampere and Docent Jukka Luotonen Department of Otorhinolalaryngology University of Oulu Dissertation opponent Professor Jouko Suonpää Department of Otorhinolaryngology University of Turku ... Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology 2003;67(7):757–760 list of original publications Blomgren_K 3 21.11.2003, 11:03:58 abstract The number of diagnosed acute otitis media (AOM) and acute maxillary...

Ngày tải lên: 07/03/2014, 13:20

... Introduction • Ischemic: 80% of stroke • 3rd leading cause of dead in United States • 2025: prediction of 1.2 millions patients/year • In Viet Nam, stroke is top cause of Death (account for 18% ... factor of bleeding after treatment Kidwell Stroke 2002; Nighoghossian Stroke 2002; Derex Cerebrovasc Dis 2004 T2* Identify occlusion site Acute stage < 6h Acute stage (6-24h) Early sub -acute stage: ... Volume of the core • DWI = irreversible lesion = core of infarction • Bigger core, worse outcome • In the MCA occlusion, core volume in DWI > 100cm3 -> no indication of treatment (>1/3 territory of...

Ngày tải lên: 04/10/2016, 22:26

... presence of an acute clot because of simultaneous activation of coagulation and fibrinolysis Hence, a normal D-dimer level renders acute PE or DVT unlikely, i.e the negative predictive value (NPV) of ... the onset of DVT, and may be fatal within h after the onset of symptoms in 10% of cases, the diagnosis going clinically unrecognized in most fatal cases PE presents The consequences of acute PE ... estimated level of the risk of PE-related early death PE can be stratified into several levels of risk of early death (understood as in-hospital or 30-day mortality) based on the presence of risk markers...

Ngày tải lên: 08/03/2014, 14:20

... Diagnosis of acute rheumatic fever (Quick reference guide for health professionals) Management of acute rheumatic fever (Quick reference guide for health professionals) Secondary prevention of acute ... and management of acute rheumatic fever Therefore, it is recommended that a serum CRP level of ≥30mg/L or ESR of ≥30mm/hr is needed to satisfy the minor criterion of elevated acute- phase reactants ... SUMMARY OF MAJOR ELEMENTS OF SECONDARY PREVENTION OF ACUTE RHEUMATIC FEVER/ RHEUMATIC HEART DISEASE INDIVIDUAL LEVEL Accurate and timely diagnosis of ARF Secondary prophylaxis Prevention of infective...

Ngày tải lên: 28/03/2014, 09:20

... Stroke Scale (NIHSS) of above 15 • Decrease in the level of consciousness to give a score of or more on item 1a of the NIHSS • Signs on CT of an infarct of at least 50% of the middle cerebral ... endarterectomy within week of onset of stroke or TIA symptoms • undergo surgery within a maximum of weeks of onset of stroke or TIA symptoms • receive best medical treatment (control of blood pressure, ... hours of onset of symptoms’ This is in line with the National Stroke Strategy 12 The GDG felt that brain imaging in people with a lower risk of stroke should take place ‘within week of onset of...

Ngày tải lên: 31/03/2014, 13:20

... with acute right-sided abdominal pain An ultrasound examination revealed evidence of acute acalculous cholecystitis A laparoscopy was undertaken and the dual pathologies of acute acalculous cholecystitis ... association of acute acalculous cholecystitis and appendicitis A single stage combined laparoscopic appendectomy and cholecystectomy is an effective treatment modality Introduction Acute acalculous cholecystitis ... appendix showed acute cholecystitis with diffuse inflammation of the gallbladder wall, edema and necrosis with extensive venous thrombi but no evidence of gallstones (Figure 1E) along with acute appendicitis...

Ngày tải lên: 10/08/2014, 22:20

... Journal of Hematology & Oncology 2008, 1:17 Background Acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) is the most common malignancy of childhood Cure of many of these children is difficult ... system and software (Leica, Germany) Statistical Methods The study cutoff time limit was September 2006 Overall survival (OS) was calculated from the first day of chemotherapy to the date of last ... ultimately favorable [8,9] An analysis of late Discussion The TEL gene encodes a member of the ETS family of transcription factors and is rearranged in a wide variety of hematological malignancies In...

Ngày tải lên: 10/08/2014, 22:20

... because the evaluation of a patient’s view of his/her own state of health is measured directly, but they are more difficult to administer In the Time Trade-Off Economics of Acute Coronary Syndromes ... saving Improved health status should not be thought of as independent of a disease process Economics of Acute Coronary Syndromes 711 Fig Measures of health status and their relationship to disease ... has a utility and a probability of occurrence The utility of choice A in Fig is the sum of the utility of health state 1, times its probability plus the utility of health state 2, times its probability...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 13:20

... premature rupture of the membranes (PROM) and use of tocolysis initially after preterm labor and, subsequently, shortly after delivery By step-by-step exclusion of every possible cause of acute lung ... only 39% of cases [9] Furthermore, biochemical analysis of the pleural fluid did not reveal signs of exudate The final diagnosis that was made, therefore, by exclusion of other causes of respiratory ... pleural effusions Page of (page number not for citation purposes) Journal of Medical Case Reports 2008, 2:177 is defined as rupture of the chorioamniotic membranes before the onset of labor Maternal...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 23:21

... ICU was Page of (page number not for citation purposes) shock of septic origin (n = 3) or of other origin (n = 4), or a pulmonary oedema (n = 1) Only one ICU patient had a history of cardiac disease ... placed through the centre of the mitral flow and aligned in the direction of the inflow jet Propagation velocity of LV inflow at early diastole (Vp) was measured as the slope of the first aliasing ... difference between the two sets of measurements divided by the mean value of measurements, and expressed as a percentage of error Agreement for the measurement of Doppler parameters was also assessed...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 03:20

... Sci 2011, organism Isolation of the microorganism from the culture ensures diagnosis of the disease but sensitivity of this method is correlated 30-90 % with the stage of the disease (1) When the ... type of antibody (3) Obtaining negative results in agglutination tests is a common phenomenon One of the reasons for this is blocking antibodies One of the methods used to show existence of blocking ... or with Ig A in acute brucellosis, Ig G rises alone or with Ig A in chronic brucellosis (12) The sensitivity of Ig M ELISA test was 80 % in acute cases whereas the sensitivity of Ig G and Ig M...

Ngày tải lên: 25/10/2012, 10:56

... absorption of fats and carbohydrates [5] In spite of their widespread use and the lack of credible reports regarding adverse effects, controversy has existed regarding the safety of bitter orange ... and is not a constituent of C aurantium Because of the known cardiovascular effects of nor-epinephrine and ephedrine, it has generally been assumed that consumption of p-synephrine and bitter ... increases in heart rate and blood pressure [8-11] The purpose of this study was to determine the effects of the acute administration of a product containing caffeine from guarana, p-synephrine...

Ngày tải lên: 25/10/2012, 11:10

... were transferred to a data processor and software capable of analyzing univariate statistical analysis (ProteinChip Data Manager Software) Mass calibrations of all spectra were performed internally ... 23–71; mean age 39.1) Complex protein profiles of sera of 27 women with BC, 24 women with benign breast disease and 37 healthy women were obtained by SELDI-TOF MS analyses using IMAC30-NI beams ... since none of them alone is useful for the majority of the BC and none of them is specific for cancer or breast tissues No biomarker has been suggested to date for the early diagnosis of BC (24)...

Ngày tải lên: 25/10/2012, 11:15

... based on a first pass of signal-noise ratio of and a minimum peak threshold of 20% of all spectra This process was completed with a second pass of peak selection at 0.2% of the mass window, and ... calculated as the ratio of the 42 number of correctly classified diseased samples to the total number of diseased samples Specificity was calculated as the ratio of the number of negative samples ... desorption/ionization time -of- flight mass spectrometry (MALDI-TOF MS) is one useful tool for integrating separation and analysis of complex mixtures of proteins Captured proteins are then analyzed by TOF-MS, generating...

Ngày tải lên: 25/10/2012, 11:18

... of Hepatology, the official journal of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases (AASLD), and of Current Hepatitis Reports, and a member of the Editorial Board of the Journal of ... University of Paris and Pasteur Institute, France Jean-Michel Pawlotsky, MD, PhD, is Professor of Medicine at the University of Paris XII and the Director of the Department of Virology, of INSERM ... likelihood of an SVR with a low dose of ribavirin and only 24 weeks of treatment [19, 23, 28] Thus, in the absence of contra-indications, these patients should be treated regardless of the severity of...

Ngày tải lên: 02/11/2012, 09:56

... From Acute to Chronic HBV Disease When hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection is suspected, it is the appearance of serum markers of HBV infection that establishes the diagnosis of the disease Of these, ... patient serological profiles fall outside of classical patterns Some key advantages and disadvantages of HBV DNA testing are presented in Table Current HBV DNA assays make use of differing technologies ... necessary should the rate of emergence of resistance and the impact of such mutations turn out to be clinically relevant for therapy management Molecular Mechanisms of Drug Resistance HBV is...

Ngày tải lên: 03/11/2012, 09:41

... provide indirect evidence of ocular infection [4] Moreover, it’s important to highlight that FRET PCR is able to detect the presence of T gondii DNA on a small amount of 136 sample as it was in ... experience (

Ngày tải lên: 03/11/2012, 11:01

... for the day off A B C D 58 He has made a lot of mistakes in his writing because his carelessness A B C D 59 Mr Smith is going to buy a new Japanese car, doesn’t he? A B C D 60 Despite of his age, ... you still have no idea of (64) to do, ask the person next to you When it comes to the food, if you like it, say so They are looking forward to hearing your compliments Of course, you will thank ... attract a female bird It is their way of saying that they are looking for a wife Birds also sing to tell other birds to keep away To a bird, his tree or even a branch of a tree is his home He does not...

Ngày tải lên: 21/07/2013, 01:28

... was one of the (65) _ summer holidays I’ve ever had 61 A work 62 A to get 63 A lot of 64 A interest 65 A good B to work B get B lots of B interested B well C worked C got C a lots of C interesting ... known novels are The Call of the Wild and the Sea-Wolf Jack London died in 1916 at the age of 40 66 Jack London was born in A 1867 B 1876 C 1878 D 1886 67 At the age of 14, he became a A pilot ... visited was the A pilot B sailor C writer D poster 70 Most of Jack London’s novels were of A romantic love stories B sailor’s life C the sight of on the river D adventures V WRITING 71 I like to watch...

Ngày tải lên: 05/09/2013, 22:10

... coffee?' Peter asked me a Peter asked me if I liked coffee b Peter offered to give me some coffee c Peter asked me to make him a cup of coffee d Peter wanted to know if I-would like to make coffee ... b have gone c went d will go 11 a they had often done b they often had done c had they often done d often had they done VIII Choose the correct form of the verbs to complete these sentences If ... don't you join us for coffee, Don?' After the movie, we asked Don a would he join us for coffee b why he didn't join us for coffee c to join us for coffee d join us for coffee 11 'You look beautiful...

Ngày tải lên: 05/11/2013, 13:11