operation—clinical application of 2011 cases

... fixation of an additional reference tool [18] Nevertheless, all of these techniques have physical limitations which allow mobility of the head only in a restricted range of motion after completion of ... were assigned to one of three types of interventions according to head fixation and use of the DRF including its mode of attachment (Figure 6) To assign the patients to one of the three groups, ... additional use of the DRF The patients of this group served as controls Type B consisted of two subgroups The first subgroup included those cases in whom intraoperative repositioning of the head...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 23:22

... Use of the SOFA score to assess the incidence of organ dysfunction/failure in intensive care units: results of a multicenter, prospective study Working group on "sepsis-related problems" of the ... well with SOFA scores from 94 medical ICU patients (Ang-2 > Ang-2/Ang-1 ratio > Ang-1) This marked imbalance of the Ang/Tie machinery in favor of excessive Ang-2 underscores the concept of Ang-2 ... Cytokine profiles as markers of disease severity in sepsis: a multiplex analysis Crit Care 2007, 11:R49 27 Kofoed K, Andersen O, Kronborg G, Tvede M, Petersen J, EugenOlsen J, Larsen K: Use of plasma...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 11:22

... diagnostic method of TB was detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in the sputum on 1353 (56.3%) of patients, diagnosis by means of clinical and radiological findings on 346 (14.4%) of patients, ... (Creswell et al., 2011) The data regarding level of education, occupation and employment status characterize the social situation of the population of patients in our study, since most of them (74.7%) ... collection of data from the medical records of the patients The study was approved by the educational and research committee and conducted in accordance with the guidelines of the declaration of Helsinki...

Ngày tải lên: 15/03/2014, 03:20

... an unbiased comprehensive profiling of serum to assess the effect of CEE is warranted However, such comprehensive quantitative proteomic profiling in the context of a clinical trial has not been ... fractions of 900 µl were collected during the run, corresponding to a total of 720 fractions for each experiment Aliquots of 200 µl of each fraction, corresponding to approximately 20 µg of protein, ... profiling of the serum proteome for clinical investigations The choice of clinical trial for this study, namely the WHI CEE randomized controlled trial, is significant from the point of view of...

Ngày tải lên: 28/03/2014, 14:20

Ngày tải lên: 12/06/2014, 11:34

... Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery and Research 2010, 5:19 http://www.josr-online.com/content/5/1/19 Page of Table Comparison of Reports of Plate External Fixation Author Year of Number Publication of ... Selection of a LCP of appropriate length to span the fracture fragments The LCP may be contoured or twisted to facilitate soft tissue coverage b - A stack of folded towels functions as a spacer of uniform ... article as: Woon et al.: LCP external fixation - External application of an internal fixator: two cases and a review of the literature Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery and Research 2010 5:19 Submit...

Ngày tải lên: 20/06/2014, 04:20

... highly skewed toward severe cases, thus it is not wholly interpretable Of 590 confirmed cases, clinical reviews have been completed for 16 patients, noting reports of the following symptoms: • ... diarrhea: 12 of 15 patients undergoing chest radiography had pneumonia ICU admission occurred in of 16 cases, and mechanical ventilation was required in 7; ARDS developed in patients, all of whom ... death was days from onset of illness Deaths and cases were stratified by age group for 24 cases (see Table 2, below) Table 2: Deaths in Mexico by Age Group Age (yrs) Cases Deaths

Ngày tải lên: 01/08/2014, 16:21

Ngày tải lên: 08/08/2014, 21:20

... pathologists were obtained in two cases The primary diagnosis of an intravascular leiomyosarcoma of our institute was confirmed in both cases *The histopathological assessment by Prof C.Kuhnen was carried ... 182 tumors (11% of all MSTT) were diagnosed as leiomyosarcoma Twelve of these tumors were of intravascular origin Intravascular leiomyosarcoma accounted for 0.7% of all MSTT or 6% of all leiomyosarcomata ... small proportion of soft tissue leiomyosarcomata [4] All publications in the literature are of small clinical series or case reports 11% of the patients treated for a malignant soft tissue tumor...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 03:23

... American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) score and the indication for lung resection (benign or malign pathology) The Page of classification of physical status by American Society of Anesthesiology ... in the development of the ARDS [7] The classification of physical status and co-morbidity by the American Society of Anesthesiology (ASA) is a simple scoring Şen et al Journal of Cardiothoracic ... retrospective clinical study of a hundred forty-three cases Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery 2010 5:62 Submit your next manuscript to BioMed Central and take full advantage of: • Convenient online...

Ngày tải lên: 10/08/2014, 09:22

... the risk of bias, directness of the evidence, consistency and precision of the results, and the likelihood of the Page of publication bias Based on the different initial probabilities of CMA and ... regardless of complications or risks associated with OFC Thus, recommendations offered guidance to this type of clinicians in advising against the use of index tests combined with OFC as they ... meta-analysis of the review results Table shows the evidence profile prepared for one of the questions posed in the guidelines Results Descriptive summaries of evidence providing the interpretation of numerical...

Ngày tải lên: 10/08/2014, 10:23

... III levels by ELISA Sera from 21 cases with anti-RNAP I/III were tested by ELISA Six cases of atypical presentation (Table 1) and 15 cases of typical presentation of SSc are shown P = 0.04 by Mann-Whitney; ... African Americans, and of mixed ethnic background Sixteen of 21 cases had a diagnosis of SSc at the initial visit while did not (Table 1) In the Caucasian patients, 14 out of 18 were diagnosed ... to the development of RP two years later RP is often the first symptom of SSc and may start many years prior to development of SSc [2] Since cases of anti-RNAP III positive patients who developed...

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 17:22

... group of patients without a memory of the ICU is consistent with the more frequent use of neuroleptics as agents of choice for treatment of delirium [24,25] The significantly different number of ... clear memory of the ICU is consistent with the general lack of clear memory It could have been influenced by the more frequent use of propofol in the patients without a clear memory of the ICU ... clear memory of the ICU and seven patients (28%) with a clear memory of the ICU reported delusional memories In the patients with a clear memory of the ICU, the number of memories of factual events...

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 20:20

... decreased since the release of the 1998 Job Analysis of Chiropractic from the National Board of Chiropractic Examiners [3] Yet, many contemporary guidelines regarding the use of radiography in back ... use of radiography for assessing patients with acute LBP In the United States, the annual cost of radiography of the low back was estimated at $500 million in 1991 [7] Interestingly, most of these ... also been identified Because of the close proximity of the reproductive organs for example, lumbar spine radiography results in one of the highest cumulative doses of radiation to the gonads [8]...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 14:20

... over the course of five years prior to commencing data gathering on the application of the DBCDG This occurred in the form of monthly clinical meetings in which the application of the DBCDG in ... [22] found that the presence of positive findings on three of these tests indicated at least a 65% probability of the presence of cervical radiculopathy The presence of positive findings in all ... prevalence of myofascial signs of 22% was more than double that found in a cohort of low back pain patients evaluated using the DBCDG [77] It is not clear whether this reflects a higher prevalence of...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 15:21

... over the course of five years prior to commencing data gathering on the application of the DBCDG This occurred in the form of monthly clinical meetings in which the application of the DBCDG in ... were gathered on a cohort of LBP patients examined by one of three examiners trained in the application of the DBCDG Results: Data were gathered on 264 patients Signs of visceral disease or potentially ... In the case of central pain hypersensitivity, there is no well-established means of identification Utilizing Waddell’s non-organic signs with a threshold of a score of 3/5 may be of insufficient...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 15:21

... (926 cases) The third most common medical emergency was cardiac conditions (509 cases, 4.9%), followed by fear of flying (460 cases, 4.3%) and generalised pain (432 cases, 4.1%) Details of all ... type of emergency The frequency of aircraft diversion was also investigated All data regarding names, ages and the sex of the patient and the name of the airline were anonymous The goal of this ... after take-off and before landing were included rpk values were also obtained from the individual airlines rpk is a measure of the volume of passengers carried by an airline; it is the sum of the...

Ngày tải lên: 25/10/2012, 10:31

... performance of a bronchoalveolar lavage for culture, or start of or a change in antimicrobial therapy in case of unexpected infiltrates on the CXR; repositioning of tubes in case of malposition of orotracheal ... ultrasound of the thorax in case of pleural effusion on the CXR, start or change in medication (diuretics); insertion of a pleural drain; and repositioning of devices in the case of malposition of medical ... Table aAbsolute number of chest radiographs (% of all daily routine chest radiographs) bAbsolute number of patients (% of all patients with daily routine chest radiographs) of daily routine CXRs...

Ngày tải lên: 25/10/2012, 10:39

... indication of techniques for the treatment of this kind of surgical complication Spontaneous healing of to mm openings can occur, while untreated larger defects are connected with the pathogenesis of ... characteristics of OAC/OAF; the apexes of tooth 26 were in extremely close approximation to the maxillary sinus, and an area of periapical rarefaction was evident (Fig 1) After the failure of the endodontic ... discontinuity of the sinus floor, but showed radiographic loss of lamina dura at the inferior border of the maxillary sinus over the involved tooth and the localized swelling and thickening of the sinus...

Ngày tải lên: 25/10/2012, 11:48

... This is one of the first reports of the successful application of PLDD for the treatment of thoracic discogenic pain Although the study group is small with only ten patients, six out of the ten ... utilized in short bursts to vaporize the inside of the disc In most cases these burst were of ten second intervals; the patient usually complained of burning mid back pain which limited the time ... common than that of lumbar and cervical discs However, certain types of impact, such as parachute landing, carry an increased risk of thoracic disc injury Optimal treatment of thoracic discogenic...

Ngày tải lên: 26/10/2012, 09:07