how can imaging modalities be combined in the diagnosis of pulmonary embolism

Accuracy of Clinical Signs in the Diagnosis of Pulmonary Tuberculosis: Comparison of Three Reference Standards Using Data from a Tertiary Care Centre in Rwanda doc

Ngày tải lên : 22/03/2014, 18:20

... testing was part of routine examination For HIV testing, specific informed consent was asked and counseling offered Approval for this study was obtained from the relevant authorities of the Ministry ... in this study including clinical, bacteriological and Julie et al radiological findings not permit the measurement of disease status directly, because they are all (imperfect) indicators of the ... which can not be solved directly mathematically, but iterative application of algorithms can deduce the probability of each test pattern for the hypothetical disease, the prevalence of the hypothetical...

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Báo cáo y học: "Splendors and miseries of expired CO2 measurement in the suspicion of pulmonary embolism" pdf

Ngày tải lên : 13/08/2014, 20:21

... PS: The bedside investigation of pulmonary embolism diagnosis study: a double-blind randomized controlled trial comparing combinations of 3 bedside tests vs ventilation-perfusion scan for the initial ... modern emergency medicine [12] Also, the use of capnography in the prehospital setting is interesting: there might be situations in which a rapid and rough evaluation of the patient’s expired ... feasibility in the ﬁeld Moreover, as acknowledged by the authors themselves, the clinicians who established the diagnosis were not blinded to either clinical assessment or capnography results Finally, the...

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Tài liệu Role of diffusion-weighted imaging in the diagnosis of gynecological diseases pdf

Ngày tải lên : 13/02/2014, 06:20

... parallel imaging reduces the number of phase-encoding steps, the effective TE can be shortened and susceptible components of the ETL can be eliminated This keeps the susceptibility effect to a minimum ... in the evaluation of nodal status in this patient group Since the highly cellular tissue in reactive lymph nodes may also show increased intensity, the role of DWI and ADC in distinguishing between ... parallel imaging technique (SENSE factor of 2) Imaging time of DWI was 90 s for 20 slices Detection of uterine malignancy The ADC values of uterine cancers are lower than of normal tissue On the other...

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Báo cáo khoa học: Cell death-inducing DFF45-like effector, a lipid droplet-associated protein, might be involved in the differentiation of human adipocytes pdf

Ngày tải lên : 23/03/2014, 03:20

... analyses of the relative levels of the indicated proteins after western blotting (as in D) were carried out Similar experiments were performed ﬁve times and the intensity of the individual bands in ... subcellular compartments other than lipid droplets The expression of CIDEC is elevated during the differentiation of adipocytes To gain further insight into the roles of CIDEC in adipocyte differentiation, ... adipocytes In addition, the roles of proteins that associate with lipid droplets during adipogenesis, such as PAT proteins (named after the founding members of the family: perilipin, adipophilin ⁄...

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[TO BE PUBLISHED IN THE GAZETTE OF INDIA, EXTRAORDINARY PART-II, SECTION-3, SUB-SECTION (i)] - MINISTRY OF CORPORATE AFFAIRS potx

Ngày tải lên : 29/03/2014, 14:20

... reconditioning, repairing, servicing, refitting, finishing or demolishing of buildings or structures; or (x) farming, feeding, rearing, treating, nursing, caring, and stocking of living organisms; ... *Address of the registered office or of the principal place of business in India of the company (c) Global location number (GLN) of company (b) *E-mail Address of the company (a) *Financial year ... contravenes any provisions of these rules, the company and every officer thereof who is in default, including the persons referred to in sub-section (6) of section 209 of the Act, shall be punishable as...

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Báo cáo y học: "Inhibition of antithrombin by hyaluronic acid may be involved in the pathogenesis of rheumatoid arthritis" potx

Ngày tải lên : 09/08/2014, 06:22

... to the heparin-binding region of antithrombin However, such binding did not stimulate the activity of antithrombin as did heparin and heparan; in fact, it blocked the ability of antithrombin ... on the interleukin-1 induced synthesis of both nitric oxide and prostaglandin E2 in chondrocytes How Ca2+ and Fe3+ are involved in inhibiting antithrombin by HA is also poorly understood Some investigators ... arthritis dylarginine deiminase of involvement of hyaluronic of rheumatoid Proposed mechanism (PADI4) in the pathogenesis acid (HA) and peptidylarginine deiminase (PADI4) in the pathogenesis of rheumatoid...

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báo cáo khoa học: "Contribution of magnetic resonance imaging in the diagnosis of talus skip metastases of Ewing’s sarcoma of the calcaneus in a child: a case report" pdf

Ngày tải lên : 10/08/2014, 23:20

... spread of the tumor In Ewing’s sarcoma, the metastatic pattern may be pulmonary involvement, bone or bone marrow spreading, skip metastases, or combined metastatic disease [7,9] The imaging features ... Furthermore, MRI can often distinguish the large solid sarcomatous soft-tissue mass around the involved bone from edema or an osteomyelitic abscess MRI findings can narrow the differential diagnosis, ... osteosarcoma, and the distinction often requires extensive evaluation using varied imaging modalities [7] CT can reveal a soft-tissue mass of the foot, such as permeative lytic lesions of the bone with...

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Báo cáo y học: " Possible Cis-acting signal that could be involved in the localization of different mRNAs in neuronal axons" potx

Ngày tải lên : 13/08/2014, 23:20

... of cofilin mRNA RNA secondary structure of 3'-UTR of cofilin mRNA The arrow indicates the U-rich signal sequence that could be involved in the localization of the messenger The mRNAs containing ... for the localization of the mRNA The sequence is a tandem repeat of an ACACCCACACCC motif The mRNA of βactin has been located in the axon of the neuron and in dendritic spines [12,14] β-actin ... present in axons, the possible participation of the protein in events related to the unplugging of synapses because of its association with actin further suggests that it is not confined to the axon...

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Báo cáo y học: " the Value of Serum Biomarkers (Bc1, Bc2, Bc3) in the Diagnosis of Early Breast Cancer"

Ngày tải lên : 25/10/2012, 11:15

... surrounding cytoplasmic membrane in at least 10% of invasive carcinoma cells or presence of membranous staining in less than 30% provided that the staining is intense (++) Score 3: Presence of intense ... below the 0.70 for Bc1 in all groups The relevance of this finding is that it was the result of the first subgroup analysis for these biomarkers Bc1 should therefore be studied in terms of tumoral ... specificities 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...

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Báo cáo hóa học: " An international evaluation of ultrasound vs. computed tomography in the diagnosis of appendicitis" doc

Ngày tải lên : 20/06/2014, 23:20

... as the first-line test in the case of suspected appendicitis, and its use is increasing [15,16,20] In this international study, we compared the performance of CT and US in the evaluation of suspected ... reasoning behind the use of ultrasound in Israel is likely multi-factorial In 2000, only 38 CT scanners were operating in Israel, representing one of the lowest ratios of CT per population in the developed ... meta-analysis of prospective studies of the accuracy of CT and US in the diagnosis of acute appendicitis in adults and adolescent patients, including four studies directly comparing the two, showed that...

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ADVANCES IN THE DIAGNOSIS OF CORONARY ATHEROSCLEROSIS pot

Ngày tải lên : 27/06/2014, 18:20

... outlined by contrast and hence no information on the extent of atheroma contained within the vessel wall or the functional significance of the stenosis which can only be inferred Both of these ... The larger lesions in TRAIL −/− apoE −/− mice appeared to be due to an increase in the number of lesional VSMCs, suggesting the anti-atherogenic action of TRAIL Intriguingly, the difference in ... Role of TRAIL in atherosclerosis and vascular injury (in vivo findings) With regard to the role of TRAIL in the vascular wall, Secchiero et al first demonstrated compelling in vivo findings using...

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Báo cáo y học: "Effect of dsDNA binding to SmD-derived peptides on clinical accuracy in the diagnosis of systemic lupus erythematosus" potx

Ngày tải lên : 09/08/2014, 10:20

... in the detection of antidsDNA antibodies in the SmD peptide ELISA [32] In the present study we confirmed the dsDNA binding property of the SmD1 peptide This finding was further supported by the ... bridging effect of dsDNA on the reactivity of SmD1-negative samples (amino acids 83–119) Increasing concentrations of dsDNA (recombinant plasmid) showed an inhibitory effect on the binding of anti-dsDNA ... reactivity in 70.0% of SLE patients and in only 8.3% of controls using a SmD1 synthetic peptide [15] This peptide, but not the fulllength protein, has been shown to bind dsDNA contained in blocking...

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Báo cáo y học: "Ultrasound in the diagnosis of a median neuropathy in the forearm: case report" doc

Ngày tải lên : 10/08/2014, 10:20

... majority of the studies using HRUS in peripheral nerves of the upper extremity have focused on the entrapment neuropathies of the median nerve at the wrist and of the ulnar nerve at the elbow These ... suggest the presence of a neuroma Finally, the abnormal appearance of the soft tissue deep to the median nerve in the anatomic location of the flexor digitorum profundus was consistent with an inflammatory ... bands compressing the median nerve during subsequent healing It has been shown that HRUS may be used as an adjunct to physical examination and electrodiagnostic findings in the diagnosis of nerve...

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Báo cáo y học: " Pitfalls in the diagnosis of a tumefactive demyelinating lesion: A case report" potx

Ngày tải lên : 10/08/2014, 23:21

... the presence of reactive astrocytes can raise the diagnosis of an astrocytoma, in the non-neoplastic demyelinating plaque, these astrocytes are not significant in number to establish such a diagnosis ... with rings of intact myelin MRI is the method of choice for imaging demyelination lesions, tumefactive or not Although the usual appearance of MS is that of multiple, small, demyelinating plaques, ... significant differences, in that the signal intensity was lower in the center of the lesion in T2 images (Figure 1d), whereas the enhancing rings appeared to fade away centrifugally (Figure 1e, f) The...

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Báo cáo y học: " Bench-to-bedside review: The role of the alveolar epithelium in the resolution of pulmonary edema in acute lung injury" pps

Ngày tải lên : 12/08/2014, 20:20

... endotoxin on the integrity of the epithelial barrier [42] The conflicting findings of preserved versus impaired AFC in ALI may be partly explained by the theory that, in mild ALI, injury to the ... and the route of delivery of treatment In addition, most of the research discussed here has been done by administering the modulator of AFC before the lung injury, raising the question of whether ... 100% increase in the rate of AFC [43], and a similar increase of 76% has been shown in an ischemia/reperfusion model of ALI [44] The increase in AFC in ALI may be due to increased synthesis and/or...

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Báo cáo y học: "Usefulness of manufactured tomato extracts in the diagnosis of tomato sensitization: Comparison with the prick-prick method" pdf

Ngày tải lên : 13/08/2014, 13:22

... could not be enough represented in the extracts This could be the case of these two subjects The selection of patients could be biased by the need to recruit patients in the shortest period in order ... assess the characteristics of the skin sensitizations in this population Even if the number of subjects and the selection of individuals make difficult to compare results between positive individuals ... during the period of the study were also included, 39 were atopic and 20 were non-atopic The inclusion algorithm is shown in figure All patients were skin prick tested with a common battery of inhalant...

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Báo cáo y học: "Real-time reverse-transcription PCR in the diagnosis of influenza A (H1N1)v in intensive care unit adult patients" pdf

Ngày tải lên : 13/08/2014, 19:20

... cause The antiviral treatment should be maintained until the clinical diagnosis is confirmed by a new RT-PCR sample Competing interests The authors declare that they have no competing interests ... is followed Our findings alert us to suboptimal performance of RT-PCR for diagnosis of influenza A (H1N1)v pneumonia, which is important in the decision-making process Only 25% of our patients ... 14:pii 19230 The ANZIC Influenza Investigators: Critical care services and 2009 H1N1 influenza in Australia and New Zealand N Engl J Med 2009, 361 [Epub ahead of print] Page of (page number not for...

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**A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF THE DIAGNOSIS OF PULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS USING CONVENTIONAL TOOLS AND POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION* pot**

Ngày tải lên : 06/03/2014, 04:20

... that within a period of six months after being diagnosed as not having tuberculosis, the PCR profile of the individual had changed markedly, suggesting an increase in the bacterial load in the sputum ... DISCUSSION The need for an efficient tuberculosis diagnostic becomes evident from the fact that for every patient of tuberculosis who can be detected using microscopy, nine have to be screened using indirect ... history of extra -pulmonary tuberculosis was dead Three individuals were immediate family contacts of tuberculosis cases, two of whom were on antituberculosis treatment (Table 1B) The remaining two individuals...

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More Show Me How: Everything We Couldn't Fit in the First Book Instructions for Life from the Everyday to the Exotic Perfect Paperback

Ngày tải lên : 15/01/2014, 12:15

... spirits Just the two of you in town? Grab a witness off the street A rip in the veil brings good luck The pieces of a broken glass symbolize the many happy years ahead 167 Pay the officiant in cash ... at the front desk 168 get married in the philippines forge a bond in china Children bear wedding rings and coins Hire lucky lion dancers to entertain guests An heirloom rosary is part of the ... concert Dive into the ar s of m a hottie in the crowd Cruise the merchandise table to pick up a memento of the show—or of when you first met “Bump into” that special someone during a particularly...

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