... cause ofinjuriesin most centres followed by falls (Table 1) Falls were important causes ofinjuriesin children Increase in the number of patients who sustained injuries as a result of assaults, ... ofmaxillofacialinjuries especially in northern part of the country [4,43,45,52] The peak age of incidence ofmaxillofacialinjuries was 21–30 years in most centers followed by 31–40 years In ... sport injuries, industrial accidents and animal attacks Fasola et al [18] in Ibadan (SW) reported an increase in number ofmaxillofacialinjuries due to assaults, falls, sporting injuries and industrial...
... verification of the etiology ofmaxillofacialinjuries helps to recommend ways in which maxillofacialinjuries can be averted [5] The maxillofacialinjuries remain the serious clinical problems because of ... traffic of patients reference to the injuries day The numberaccidents in with maxillofacialtime of aresulting The number of patients with maxillofacialinjuries resulting from traffic accidents in ... occurring maxillofacialinjuries resulting from traffic accidents include injuries to facial soft tissues, injuries to teeth and alveolar process and mandibular fractures Maxillofacial injuries...
... diagnosis of TB in the elderly A positive sputum AFB smear was obtained in 57.1% of elderly and in 57.5 % of young TB patients, and a positive AFB culture was obtained in 70.6% of the elderly and in ... data included the following: demographic characteristics, presenting symptoms and body temperature, underlying illnesses, laboratory findings (including microbiologic study at the time of diagnosis), ... (including alcoholic liver disease) composed the majority of underlying illnesses in both groups Elderly had significantly higher frequencies of cardiovascular and chronic lung disease including...
... phase of a discrete movement or the reflecting point of rhythmic movement Here, we hypothesized that, in stroke patients, the curvature increases even in the middle of reaching due to the patient s ... line shows linear fitting of the data represented by the magenta triangles The dashed line shows linear fitting of the data represented by the open circles Osu et al Journal of NeuroEngineering ... Although in single case, we observed a coincident reduction of spatial and temporal smoothness when movement speed increased in a patient with a SIAS score of This finding was not observed in the...
... CNS inflammation and demyelination, resulting in axonal and neuronal damage [1] The thiazolidinedione class of drugs were developed for the treatment of type diabetes and act by improving insulin ... autoimmune-mediated, demyelinating disease which provides a model for MS [2,3] In view of these effects and the established safety profile of TZDs, we investigated the therapeutic potential of the FDA-approved ... fatigue and cognitive decline In 1994, a trial of interferon β-1b was discontinued because of increased spasticity, and she was not a candidate for glatiramer She had no history of diabetes, cardiovascular,...
... having poor housekeeping practices and minimum engineering control, lacking local and general exhaust ventilation and washing facilities culminating into alarmingly high blood lead levels of ... preventing conversion of ALA to porphobilinogen and inhibits incorporation of iron into the protoporphyrin ring respectively This results in reduced heme synthesis and elevated levels of the ... Several lines of evidence point to the association of blood lead levels with increase in the blood pressure [10] The detailed clinical investigation in the present study helped us to diagnose the patient...
... reporting on the results of the "epidemiological" part of the study, including a description of patients' characteristics in terms of baseline socio-demographic and clinical variables, pattern of ... example, the choice of morphine in eligible patients), eventually the comparison of outcomes (for example, pian intensity) by matching or stratifing patients according to the value of the propensity ... average pain score of ≥ points (pain intensity difference, PID, >/= 2) at week (day 28 from inclusion) over baseline As to the assessment of the quality of analgesic care, the adequacy of pain management...
... discovered incidentally in completely asymptomatic patients or in those presenting with non-specific clinical symptoms like in our case About 50% of all patients show splenomegaly or signs of hypersplenism ... metastatic diseases or disseminated infections [2] Since Figure Neoplastic sinuses lined by a single cell layer (20× obj, HE-staining) Cordesmeyer et al World Journal of Surgical Oncology 2011, ... microscopic examination reveals anastomosing vascular Figure Combined expression of endothelial (CD31) and histiocytic (CD68) markers in immunohistochemical staining Page of channels lined with tall...
... participated in treatment of the patient and helped to draft the manuscript MY, TH, DS, HT, YK, MS and MT participated in treatment of the patients MO and HO participated in treatment planning of the patient ... outcome of NF is rendered poor most importantly by delays in its diagnosis and surgical debridement Thus, early diagnosis of necrotizing soft-tissue infections followed by administration of intravenous ... surgical intervention is the best way of decreasing the mortality associated with this aggressive infection Clinical features of NF include high fever with chills, tender- Figure colon cancer invading...
... round nuclei within a hyalinized, well-vascularized stroma (Original magnification ×100) of pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors, this lesion contains interconnecting nests and trabeculae of uniform cuboi(A)cells ... Competing interests The authors declare that they have no competing interests 17 Authors' contributions TP collection of data, analysis of data, draft of manuscript, critical revisions of draft, final ... draft, final review of manuscript, DJ collection of data, analysis of data, draft of manuscript, critical revisions of draft, final review of manuscript, KH collection of data (interventional radiology),...
... directed at reducing the drying effect of radiation on the skin and involves instructing patients to avoid irritating the irradiated region Dryness due to RT leads to desquamation and loss of the superficial ... for breast cancer patients including phase II and III trials comparing different agents in the treatment of radiation dermatitis In one Phase III trial, 194 female patients receiving breast or chest-wall ... the patientof skin dryness, softness, satisfaction, roughness, and smoothness and examiner assessment of skin dryness, erythema, and peeling Methods This study was approved by the St Jude Institutional...
... flare-ups of pain over and above an ongoing pain problem and 10.4% reported flare-ups with pain-free intervals 14.5% of the patients gave no information about their pain pattern Factors influencing ... reasons In conclusion, independent of the applied therapeutic management of the disease, there was neither a clinical relevant benefit nor a worsening of symptoms in our investigated group of patients ... results of the visual analogue scale ratings from 0–10 provide more specific information about the patients' pain-induced functional limitations (Table 3): Pattern of pain at time point T0 In their...
... antibody) An ultrasound scan of the patient' s abdomen showed mild splenomegaly with a trace of ascites During a follow-up in clinic two months later, he complained of increased lethargy with reduced ... Written informed consent was obtained from the patient for publication of this case report and accompanying images A copy of the written consent is available for review by the Editor -in- Chief of this ... must be based on clinical manifestations However, combinations of factor V Leiden and protein C deficiency, protein S deficiency or AT III deficiency greatly increase the risk of severe and recurrent...
... pain was noted within weeks Although there was a reduction in pain after the administration of pregabalin, there were no differences in pain measurements following the reduction in reported pain ... is of interest as it documents an abnormality in the cutaneous temperature as determined by infrared digital imaging when all other diagnostic testing did not indicate an abnormality In this patient, ... processing of pain can be reduced, the neural injury, possibly of the sympathetic system, is irreversible Pregabalin has proved effective for reducing various sorts of neuropathic pain such as spinal...
... concentration of endogenous DA significantly [22,34] Comparing the BP before and after the administration of AMPT, we have BP Methods BPAMPT Receptor binding Binding potential (BP) of D2 receptors ... The increase in D2 receptor BP induced by the acute administration of AMPT into the patients had a significant positive correlation with the improvement of positive symptoms after weeks of the ... on the dopaminergic terminals are taken into account (assuming a = 0.2 in the model) The DA level might further be enhanced with increased proportions of the high-affinity states of D2 receptors,...
... parametric study of frontostriatal abnormalities in schizophrenia patients BMC Psychiatry 2010 10:93 Submit your next manuscript to BioMed Central and take full advantage of: • Convenient online submission ... Published: 19 November 2010 Reference Tanaka S: Model-based parametric study of frontostriatal abnormalities in schizophrenia patients BMC Psychiatry 2010, 10:17, PMID: 20187970 Pre-publication history ... http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-244X/10/93 Page of Page 7: “Δ PANSS is the change” should be “Δ PANSS is the percent change” Page 10: Reference 35 should be removed from the list because of the reason provided in Correction #4...
... andpresence ofconfirming pigPhotomicrograph showing the(haematoxylin and eosin stain) Photomicrograph showing the presence of haemosiderin deposits, foamy histiocytes and giant cells confirming pigmented ... (haematoxylin and eosin stain) Since the first description of this condition by Jaffe et al in 1941 [4], the aetiology of this benign tumour involving the synovial membrane has remained unclear ... reported in patients on anticoagulation therapy [1] and with a bleeding disorder [9] In our patient, the symptoms in the knee worsened following these repeated episodes of haemarthrosis and the INR...
... prospective trials showing the benefit of late intervention Many of these procedures are done outside of the classic "therapeutic window", as was done in this patient due to his rapid clinical deterioration ... or extravasation of dye (Figure 1) The patient was sent to the ICU Diffusion magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) the following morning showed multiple tiny diffusion bright lesions in the cerebellum, ... artery Flow is seen in the distal basilar artery after 10 mg of tissue plasminogen activator was infused in a pulsatile fashion over 30 minutes after discharge; however, the patient was lost to...
... occurring as a result of abnormal function of osteoclasts [3] Three clinically distinct forms of osteopetrosis have been recognised – the infantile malignant autosomal recessive form, the intermediate ... dominant form The disease represents a spectrum of clinical variants because of the heterogeneity of genetic defects resulting in osteoclast dysfunction [4] The propensity to fracture is seen in ... major complication in the autosomal dominant form because of the normal life span of patients in this category [5] Most of the fracture patterns are transverse or short oblique and involve diaphyseal...
... AC was involved in reviewing the literature and proofreading the manuscript VA approved the final manuscript Consent Written informed consent was obtained from the patient for publication of this ... nodes Competing interests Authors' contributions The author(s) declare that they have no competing interests EP is the senior author and was involved in collecting patient details, reviewing the ... literature and final proofreading of the manuscript AS was involved in collecting Figure FDG-PET/CT transaxial views of the left iliac lymph node FDG-PET/CT transaxial views of the left iliac...