4 technical principles of nuclear medicine

... broad-spectrum antibiotics for a prolonged period A number of other types of fungal infection occur in these patients About 75% of all cases of Cryptococcus neoformans infection occur in persons who have AIDS ... from loss of position sense characteristic of tabes dorsalis About 10% of patients with late untreated syphilis experience cardiovascular complications, usually in the form of aneurysms of the ascending ... Insertion of permanent cardiac pacemaker (B) Insertion of temporary cardiac pacemaker followed by insertion of permanent cardiac pacemaker (C) Administration of atropine, mg IV (D) Administration of...

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... use with the 17th edition of HARRISON’S PRINCIPLES OF INTERNAL MEDICINE EDITED BY CHARLES WIENER, MD Professor of Medicine and Physiology Vice Chair, Department of Medicine Director, Osler Medical ... PhD Professor of Medicine Vice-President for Medical Affairs and Lewis Landsberg Dean Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine Chicago JOSEPH LOSCALZO, MD, PhD Hersey Professor of the ... MD William Ellery Channing Professor of Medicine Professor of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics Harvard Medical School Director, Channing Laboratory Department of Medicine Brigham and Women’s...

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... sources in nuclear medicine is to avoid or minimize the chance of contamination For safe use of radionuclides in nuclear medicine, the following basic requirements should be met: The nuclear medicine ... Piffanelli A (1999) Quality control of Mo99/Tc99m generators: results of a survey of the radiopharmacy working group of the Italian Association of Nuclear Medicine (AIMN) Nucl Med Com mun 20:1077 ... 415 Part Physics and Chemistry of Nuclear Medicine I Basic Physics and Radiation Safety in Nuclear Medicine G S Pant Contents Basic Atomic and Nuclear Physics 1.1.1...

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... total of 10 to 12 weeks Voriconazole and itraconazole are of no value Results of hyperbaric oxygen therapy have been unimpressive Appropriate management results in cure of about half of craniofacial ... excision of skin snips for the diagnosis of onchocerciasis, the collection of rectal snips for the diagnosis of schistosomiasis, and punch biopsy of skin lesions for the identification and culture of ... lesions and polymorphonuclear infiltrates found at postmortem examination of the brain and the acute polymorphonuclear CSF pleocytosis often occurring during the first to days of disease In addition,...

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... History of Nuclear Medicine Henry N Wagner, Jr A Personal History of Nuclear Medicine Henry N Wagner, Jr., MD, PhD Professor of Environmental Health Sciences, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public ... focus of research in the future of the NIH This declaration of intent by the NIH was exciting for those in nuclear medicine, because molecular imaging had been the hallmark of nuclear medicine ... History of Nuclear Medicine Figure Elias Zerhouni trained in nuclear medicine at Johns Hopkins At present, he is head of the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Maryland “atomic medicine ...

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... representative of the major areas covered in Harrison’s Principles of Internal Medicine, 15th ed., and (2) parallel the format and degree of difficulty of the questions on the examination of the ABIM ... level of competence in internal medicine Study of this self-assessment and review book should help to (1) identify areas of relative weakness; (2) confirm areas of expertise; (3) assess knowledge of ... edition of HARRISON’S PRINCIPLES OF INTERNAL MEDICINE EDITED BY RICHARD M STONE, MD Clinical Director, Adult Leukemia Program Department of Adult Oncology Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Associate Professor...

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... mechanism of action is (A) primary inhibition of fibrinolysis (prevents dissolution of formed clots) (B) prevention of activation of the clotting cascade (C) prevention of activation of the clotting ... cascade and inhibition of fibrinolysis (D) enhancement of platelet activity (E) enhancement of platelet activity and inhibition of activation of the clotting cascade V-29 Which of the following statements ... majority of patients with APML The mechanism of action of this drug appears to be induction of differentiation of the malignant clone As such, patients enter remission slowly over a period of 30...

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... temperature of 40ЊC (104ЊF), blood pressure of 120/70, heart rate of 70, and respiratory rate of 20 The remainder of the physical examination is remarkable for an erythematous posterior pharynx, areas of ... therapy, is often fatal VI-27 The most common source of bacterial infection of intravenous cannulas is (A) contamination of fluids during the manufacturing process (B) contamination of fluids during ... be of greatest help in the immediate management of this boy would be (A) (B) (C) (D) blood culture examination of a blood smear biopsy of an axillary lymph node aspiration and Gram stains of...

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... magnitude of the shunt depends on the size of the defect, the diastolic properties of both ventricles, and the relative impedance of the pulmonary and systemic circulations Defects of the sinus ... abnormalities consist of disorganized arrangements of myocytes in the ventricular septum As many as 50% of these cases have familial predisposition, often resulting from one of several mutations ... administered at a dose of – 1.5 mg/kg to a maximum dose of mg/kg Should lidocaine be ineffective, the use of procainamide at a dose of 20 – 30 mg/min to a maximum dose of 17 mg/kg may be effective...

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... pressure of 180/96, pulse of 98, and a temperature of 37.1ЊC (98.7ЊF) Laboratory values reveal a serum creatinine of 177 ␮mol/L (2 mg/dL) Which of the following statements is true? (A) The presence of ... temperature of 39ЊC (103ЊF), blood pressure of 110/70, pulse of 110, and respiratory rate of 234 X DISORDERS OF THE GASTROINTESTINAL SYSTEM — QUESTIONS X-84 (Continued) 25 The rest of the physical ... accumulation of toxic metabolites Furthermore, the degree of acidosis is disproportionate to the degree of renal insufficiency Ethylene glycol intoxication often requires a large amount of alkali...

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... one-third of affected patients as a result of both high volumes of secreted hydrochloric acid and the maldigestion of fat caused by inactivation of pancreatic lipase Other examples of secretory ... Deposition of calcium pyrophosphate crystals Deposition of urate crystals Lymphocytic infiltration of synovium Neutrophilic infiltration of synovium Loss of articular cartilage XI-26 Which of the following ... the absence of HBeAg in serum does not preclude the development of chronic hepatitis B infection In acute hepatitis B, the disappearance of HBeAg from serum often presages resolution of the acute...

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... increased deposition of copper is not known, but serum ceruloplasmin levels are low because of secondary inhibition of formation of this protein as a result of the excess of copper Whatever the ... after the administration of human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG) (D) the appearance of menses after a short course of progesterone therapy (E) a lack of hot flashes XII-6 Which of the following inhibits ... in which of the following? (A) Normalization of the serum calcium level, improvement of the bone densitometry studies, and a decreased incidence of nephrolithiasis (B) Normalization of the serum...

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... the excretion of 0.03 to 0.3 g/d of albumin, is also statistically predictive of the progression of renal disease In contrast, nocturia is usually a manifestation of undertreatment of diabetes ... Which of the following would help exclude the diagnosis of seizure in a patient with sudden loss of consciousness? (A) A brief period of tonic-clonic movements at the time of falling (B) An aura of ... indication not of renal failure but of an osmotic diuresis There is no clear-cut relation between insulin requirement and the development of any of the long-term complications of diabetes, including...

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... the medial portion of the foreleg A lesion of the L5 root would result in weakness of knee flexion, dorsiflexion of the ankle and great toe, and weakness of inversion and eversion of the foot Sensory ... transient loss of consciousness consequent to blunt impact to the skull, is believed to occur because of electrophysiologic dysfunction of the upper midbrain as a result of sudden movement of the brain ... oculomotor nuclei Lesions of the MLF, which are common in multiple sclerosis, result in an internuclear ophthalmoplegia, or failure of adduction of the eye on the side of the lesion, accompanied...

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... to specific types of FMIs (see Table for general applicability of principles to specific types of FMIs and Annex E for applicability of key considerations to specific types of FMIs) For example, ... requirements of one or more principles CPSS-IOSCO – Principles for financial market infrastructures – April 2012 13 Table 11 General applicability of principles to specific types of FMIs Principle ... set of standards, is the result of that review The standards in Section of this report replace the CPSIPS, RSSS, and RCCP standards insofar as they are directed specifically to FMIs Mappings of...

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... paragraph of section 2.1 45 NUCLEAR MEDICINE NUCLEAR MEDICINE 3.1 Introduction The safe, efficient and efficacious practice of nuclear medicine involves the integration of a number of processes ... open to a wide range of applications They may offer a multiplicity of modes (and sub-modes) of operation A set of the modes and submodes that represent the intended uses of the equipment should ... verification Limitation of overexposure Verification of AEC optical density (OD) under reference conditions Repeatability of OD Verification of sensors of AEC Verification of AEC IEC (1994) EN (1994)...

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... consideration of invasive patient management strategies A From the Departments of Medicine and Radiological Sciences, UCLA School of Medicine, the Departments of Nuclear Cardiology and Nuclear Medicine ... the Department of Nuclear Medicine, Montefiore Medical Center, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY Address reprint requests to Mark L Travin, MD, Department of Nuclear Medicine, Montefiore ... use of nuclear scan in guiding decisions for catheterization, with low early catheterization rates after nuclear scanning in patients with little evidence of ischemia: A review of the use of nuclear...

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... Risk-Benefit Profile of Commonly Used Herbal Therapies: Ginkgo, St John’s Wort, Ginseng, Echinacea, GALE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE Scabies Saw Palmetto, and Kava.” Annals of Internal Medicine ... is the presence of the sandpapery red rash GALE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE 1793 Diagnosis Scarlet fever Treatment Because of the nature of the infection and the danger of serious complications, ... diagnostic of schizophrenia are a lack of emotional response (affective flattening), poverty of speech, and absence of volition or will In general, the GALE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE...

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... classification of soft tissue sarcomas abandoned this previous vision of a pericyte-derived tumor in favor of a fibroblastic cell origin, integrating this lesion into the family of solitary fibrous ... constitute a small subset of soft tissue sarcomas They were first named by Stout and Murray in 1942, and described as distinct vascular soft tissue tumors characterized by groups of endotheliallined ... unit where he received a total of units of packed red blood cells and units of fresh-frozen plasma The postoperative recovery was uneventful Histological examination of the cystic lesion showed...

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