signs and symptoms in neurologic diagnosis

... prevalence of signs and symptoms of TMD in adolescent school children through clinical examination and subjective data obtained from questionnaires and compare the findings with other national and international ... of signs and symptoms in temporomandibular disorders Clinical signs in cases and control JADA 1990, 120:273-281 Okeson JP: Assessment of orofacial pain disorders, In: Okeson JP orofacial pain: ... an Orthodontist and a Paediatric Dentist Inter and intra examiners calibration and standardization was done prior to the Table 1: Prevalence (%) of signs and symptoms of TMD in different epidemiological...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 23:22

... assessed independently by a trainee psychiatrist and a psychiatrist using a standard clinical interview Clinical interviews were conducted within 24 hours of admission Patients were included in the ... negative loading for increased sexual interest Factor (11.5% of variance) contained speech abnormalities (pressured speech) and insight and negative loading for sleep Four variables (increased motor ... collection, analyzing the data and drafting the manuscript Both authors read and approved the final manuscript Competing interests The authors declare that they have no competing interests Page...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 15:22

... negative, investigation of classic serologic tests and antibodies occupy an important place in diagnosis of brucellosis Antibodies begin to form weeks after the beginning of disease Those who engage in ... origin Ig G, Ig M and Ig A antibodies This method is brucella agglutination test that occurs in microwell and performed with Coombs antiserum and determines the three antibodies that form against ... Faculty of Medicine from various clinics were included in the study and kept at -70ºC until performing laboratory study Coombs anti-brucella test (Vircell, S.L., Spain), ELISA Ig G and Ig M (Vircell,...

Ngày tải lên: 25/10/2012, 10:56

... the 1968-1969 examination Discussion Main finding of this study Smoking, low socio-economic status, mental stress, and obesity predicted obstructive symptoms in women and smoking alone also predicted ... were calculated in a linear regression model including VC, FEV1 and PEF and individual heights The other “standard” confounding factors for lung function measurements, gender and age, were not controlled ... participants in the population study were physically examined and interviewed by physicians and research nurses Information concerning education and socio-economic group was obtained by questionnaire,...

Ngày tải lên: 31/10/2012, 15:34

... resistance must now be seen within a broadening and evolving clinical context Moreover, it is increasingly apparent that clinically relevant prediction and monitoring of viral resistance may not ... of lamivudine resistance including determination of ALT values, and especially HBV DNA (viral load) assays are routinely used in the clinic A comparison of these methods is presented in Table ... viral load is an indispensable means for monitoring and confirming resistance to lamivudine therapy Indeed, resistance to antivirals is still generally defined clinically by a rise in serum HBV DNA...

Ngày tải lên: 03/11/2012, 09:41

... symptoms and COPD are shown in Table The prevalence of respiratory symptoms and chronic bronchitis by physician’s diagnosis increased between the baseline investigation and 2006 with increasing ... function, Inflammation and Aging), a prospective cohort of elderly women living in the highly industrialised Ruhr district and in adjacent rural areas in Germany Chronic respiratory symptoms and lung ... baseline and who agreed to further examinations in the questionnaire follow-up in 2006 The women were invited in a randomized manner from four cities in the Ruhr area (Duisburg, Dortmund, Essen and...

Ngày tải lên: 17/02/2014, 22:20

... Alarm Bells in Medicine Danger Symptoms in Medicine, Surgery and Clinical Specialties Alarm Bells in Medicine Danger Symptoms in Medicine, Surgery and Clinical Specialties Nadeem ... deterioration in many health conditions in older patients ADLs include the basic functions of bathing, dressing, getting to the bathroom, transferring out of bed or chair, remaining continent and feeding ... of Congress Cataloging -in- Publication Data Alarm bells in medicine : danger symptoms in medicine, surgery, and clinical specialties/[edited by] Nadeem Ali p ; cm Includes index ISBN-13: 978-0-7279-1819-2...

Ngày tải lên: 19/02/2014, 09:20

... being achieved Passive case finding is the mainstay of case finding in most developing countries This relies heavily on sputum examination by smear and culture, chest radiology and tuberculin ... Biology and Medicine, (1): 32-36, 2012 Sputum samples were decontaminated using N – acetyl – L – cysteine + % NaOH and concentrated by centrifugation at 2500 – 3000 rpm Samples were processed and inoculated ... ZN staining plays an important role in case detection in RNTCP, while culture on LJ medium is the gold standard With the emergence of MDR and XDR TB, case detection and identification retains a...

Ngày tải lên: 15/03/2014, 03:20

... apical infiltrates, haemoptysis, fever, HIV infection and culture In model and we remove findings with lower discriminative power: haemoptysis (low sensitivity) and fever (low specificity) In model ... take into account the existing uncertainty surrounding the performance of the so-called reference standard Clinical decisions regarding TB status should be made taking into account the final ... Diagnostics, Singapore) in case of a discordant result; chest x-ray read by a radiologist and an internist or by three internists on a consensus base, all blinded to previously obtained clinical information...

Ngày tải lên: 22/03/2014, 18:20

... during the acute phase of HSP than during remission However tissue staining for VEGF showed more intense staining for VEGF in the epidermis and vascular bed during the resolution phase than during ... peripheral blood lymphocytes and to also induce Fas-ligand expression in lung macrophages (in vitro and in vivo), promoting Fasdependent macrophage apoptosis in a murine model of silicosis [96,97] ... Updates in the Diagnosis and Treatment of Vasculitis lium and interstitial tissues It may be inferred that the mPR3+/CD177+ cells possess greater killing capabilities, including higher NET and ROS...

Ngày tải lên: 30/03/2014, 00:20

... during the acute phase of HSP than during remission However tissue staining for VEGF showed more intense staining for VEGF in the epidermis and vascular bed during the resolution phase than during ... peripheral blood lymphocytes and to also induce Fas-ligand expression in lung macrophages (in vitro and in vivo), promoting Fasdependent macrophage apoptosis in a murine model of silicosis [96,97] ... Updates in the Diagnosis and Treatment of Vasculitis lium and interstitial tissues It may be inferred that the mPR3+/CD177+ cells possess greater killing capabilities, including higher NET and ROS...

Ngày tải lên: 30/03/2014, 18:20

... clinical monitoring and medication adjustment • clinical monitoring and medication adjustment • a continuing point of contact for support, including home visits, when appropriate • a continuing ... compared clinical diagnosis, at various stages of disease progression, to a final diagnosis including details of autopsy findings The clinical diagnosis was determined using the UK PDS Brain Bank ... alone52 123I-FP-CIT SPECT: Binding index in putamen contralateral to initially clinically affected side50 TRODAT-1 SPECT: Binding index in putamen contralateral to initially clinically affected side50...

Ngày tải lên: 31/03/2014, 13:20

... non-specific bindings and aberrant signals with analytes in complex matrices • In labeled assays, incorporation of multiple binding events and amplification tags increase specificity and sensitivity, ... imprinting approaches include higher affinity, less non-specific binding and lower cost For this sensor, dopamine was used as the functional monomer and polymerized on the surface of a QCM chip in ... Practice guidelines for the diagnosis and management of skin and soft-tissue infections Clin Infect Dis 2005;41(10): 1373-406 148 Oz Y, Kiraz N Diagnostic methods for fungal infections in pediatric...

Ngày tải lên: 13/05/2014, 13:59

... itching, pain, scaling, and cracking of skin Some symptoms (itch, soreness, pain, stinging) are included in the Dermatology Life Quality Index (DLQI), a 10-item questionnaire commonly used in clinical ... practiced medicine in a research and teaching capacity, while the fifth clinician practiced in a teaching capacity Two of the physicians worked in both inpatient and outpatient care settings, while ... • Observed lesion coverage Burning Stinging Sensitivity Inflammation Redness Stinging (secondary symptom) • • • • • • Itch Pain Scaling Cracking Dry skin Nail pain/ sensitivity • • • • • • Regular...

Ngày tải lên: 18/06/2014, 18:20

... and Quality of Life Outcomes 2005, 3:48 prevalence of depression or of depressive symptoms in communities in Japan [3,4] To assist in detecting depression or depressive symptoms, many screening ... the time (3 points), some of the time (4 points), a little of the time (5 points), or none of the time (6 points) Because items (iii) and (v) ask about positive feelings, their scoring was reversed ... computed by summing the scores of each question item and then transforming the raw scores to a 0–100-point scale [18] Items (i) and (iii) are almost identical to items in the Zung Self-rating Anxiety...

Ngày tải lên: 20/06/2014, 15:20

... address an important gap in understanding by offering a prospective, longitudinal, multidimensional examination of functional status, psychosocial adjustment, HRQL, and symptoms in a cohort of survivors ... analyses Covariates, including biologic, physiologic, and treatment-related factors, are anticipated to influence HRQL and will be incorporated into the cross-sectional and longitudinal analysis as ... research, including Spanish speakers, and individuals undergoing reduced intensity transplantation or receiving treatment for disease relapse following transplantation The knowledge gained from...

Ngày tải lên: 20/06/2014, 15:20

... chest in the morning in the winter? Bring up phlegm during day or night in the winter? Bring up phlegm most days for three months each year? Ever had asthma? Appendix Suffer from long term limiting ... Questionnaire information Information on respiratory symptoms was obtained in ECRHS II by questions 1-11 listed in appendix Asthma was defined as ever having had asthma, question 12 in appendix ... asthma or COPD and cannot be explained by atopy, reduced lung function, or BHR Understanding the nature of these symptoms and the implications for diagnosis, treatment and prevention, remains a relevant...

Ngày tải lên: 20/06/2014, 16:20

... pollutants and pathogenic infections trigger the inflammatory process in the gastrointestinal tract Thus, the disruption of the intestinal barrier results in intestinal inflammation by pro-inflammatory ... stomach For instance, surface-type mucins were stained by galactose oxidase-cold thionine Schiff (GOTS) staining, while glandular mucins were stained by paradoxical concanavalin A staining (PCS) ... cancer, and the gastrokine-1 protein in cancer progression The topics presented in this book are suggested to all clinicians and researchers interested in gastroprotection, gastritis and gastrointestinal...

Ngày tải lên: 28/06/2014, 04:20

... determination of protein concentration Refolding of proteins was performed using a Refolding kit (Novagen) following the manufacturers instructions The concentration of purified recombinant protein ... by variations in the stage of infection In the attempt to increase sensitivity, several modifications have been tried including using a combination of antigens or a single recombinant antigen ... sheep and cattle is improved by removing cross-reacting antibodies by absorbing sera with Mycobacterium phlei This increases the specificity of serological testing to 98.8% and 99.8% in sheep and...

Ngày tải lên: 07/08/2014, 17:22

... decline in Flanders which started in 1996 Co-ordinated investigations were set up to evaluate the role of soil and stand characteristics, climate, micro-organisms, and the effects of oak decline ... observed in 31 disks, mainly in the more severely damaged oaks (II, IV and VII) Feeding tunnels were absent in trees having less than 25% leaf loss (i.e oaks Agrilus biguttatus in declining oak ... galleries in infected branches of wilting bur oaks, presumably made by A bilineatus, but did not investigate the trunks A bilineatus appears to start its attacks in the crown of declining oaks and...

Ngày tải lên: 08/08/2014, 01:22