treatment and prognostic markers review of the literature

... following issues: Understanding the facts and myths of the elderly and traffic safety; Understanding the need for mobility; and THE ELDERLY AND MOBILITY: A LITERATURE REVIEW Identifying methods ... position of safety: the complex traffic environment at intersections and the range of perceptual and cognitive tasks demanded of drivers, often combined to produce a ‘testing of the limits’ type of ... drive The Group’s summary of age-based mandatory assessment programs was thus: The outcome of such procedures is mixed On the one hand, they reduce the overall exposure of older drivers and therefore...

Ngày tải lên: 13/02/2014, 18:20

... which conducts research and analysis for the Office of the Secretary of Defense, the Joint Staff, the Unified Commands, the defense agencies, the Department of the Navy, the U.S Intelligence Community, ... within the RAND National Security Research Division (NSRD) of the RAND Corporation NSRD conducts research and analysis for the Office of the Secretary of Defense, the Joint Staff, the Unified Commands, ... undergo rigorous peer review to ensure that they meet high standards for research quality and objectivity Stress and Performance A Review of the Literature and Its Applicability to the Military Jennifer...

Ngày tải lên: 29/03/2014, 18:20

... on the atrial and ventricular sides of the leaflets They can even be found on the chordae and the endocardium In this case several microthrombi are present on the free edge of the leaflet and ... the Netherlands 3Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, University Medical Center Groningen, the Netherlands Department of Pathology, University Medical Center Groningen, the Netherlands ... the design of the manuscript and they revised and critically reviewed the manuscript All authors read and approved the final manuscript Competing interests The authors declare that they have no...

Ngày tải lên: 10/08/2014, 10:20

... to the square of the number of curves (N) plus The resistance (R) of + 1) The resistance (R) of any curved column to compression forces is directly proportional to the square of the number of ... in the walls of the calcarine sulcus [29] The visual field and pathway are important regulators of postural control Visual input for postural control helps to fixate the position of the head and ... illustrates the development of the sagittal spinal curves This figure illustrates the development of the sagittal spinal curves In the womb, the fetal spine is more of a C-shape (left) As the child...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 13:22

... quality of the paper, a count of quality criteria met and the evaluators' overall assessment of the quality of the paper Step III: Synthesis of findings The third step was extraction of all key ... collection and analysis and lack of discussion of study limitations, transferability of findings and the contribution of the study However, for two of these studies a thorough description of the qualitative ... consumption and therefore the views of parents and school staff which were expressed in some of the studies included were left out of the summary of findings Triangulation of sources may enhance the...

Ngày tải lên: 14/08/2014, 08:21

... OA of the knee is extremely common, with some studies showing that OA of the knee occurs in at least 30% of people after the age of 50 years, and in 80% of people older than 75 years [4,5] Of the ... Traditional and labeled use of Hyaluronic Acid (HA) Orthovisc® for treatment of pain due to OA of the knee involves a series of ml (30 mg of HA: 15 mg/ml) injections weekly in the clinic over a span of ... OA The above statements were also supported by several other studies [2,11,41] The results from our study and other literature reports support the notion that the addition of HA injection at the...

Ngày tải lên: 20/06/2014, 01:20

... postoperative CT and MRI scans and wrote the part of the paper concerning the illustrations PN was the pathologist who examined the tissue and wrote the part of the pathology evaluation IW performed the ETN ... conceived the idea of the paper, reported the case, performed the literature research and statistical analysis, wrote the paper, was the attendant physician-resident during the stay of the patient ... radiotherapy (in another clinic), wrote the part of the paper concerning radiotherapy and followed up the patient at his out-patient clinic AK was the radiologist performing the preoperative and...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 09:20

... planning and treatment of the children HB is responsible for the anaesthesia management of the children PH is responsible for the clinical treatment of the children as head of the division of radiation ... helical tomotherapy have the potential of selectively sparing the thyroid gland and breast tissue in craniospinal irradiation The number of children treated with IMRT and the hard evidence for the benefit ... conventional radiotherapy techniques Here the possible benefits of IMRT like the sparing of organs at risk and the possibility of dose escalation were considered to be more important for the treatment...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 10:20

... patient and edited the manuscript HN reviewed and provided legends for the pathological images MH reviewed the pathological specimens and made the initial diagnosis All authors read and approved the ... review of the literature describes a rare complication of immune restoration in patients with HIV infection in the era of HAART Recognizing AIH in the context of immune reconstitution and initiating ... infection and autoimmune hepatitis during highly active anti-retroviral treatment: a case report and review of the literature Journal of Medical Case Reports 2011 5:233 Competing interests The authors...

Ngày tải lên: 10/08/2014, 23:21

... assessed because of the complex issue of these tumours and the lack of large series In fact, among the 14 cases reported in the literature, eight patients had a benign clinical course and six experienced ... case report and review of the literature Journal of Medical Case Reports 2011 5:64 Authors’ contributions MM conceived of, coordinated with other coauthors and drafted and revised the manuscript ... adjuvant treatment in two cases [6] Conclusion SCOs of the pituitary gland are rare tumours whose pathogenesis and management remain debated because of the few numbers of reported cases These tumours...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 00:22

... region of the neck There was no localized accumulation of fat in her abdomen and in the submental region of her neck The hump in the back of her neck was causing neck pain, headaches off and on and ... unboosted ATV therapy and the occurrence of Buffalo Hump This is the first report on the development of Buffalo Hump in the course of antiretroviral therapy including these drugs: on the basis of our ... scan of the cervical region The scan evidenced a massive lipohypertrophy of the dorso-cervical region of the neck (the maximum diameter identified by focusing up and down through the planes of the...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 00:22

... identified the variant, performed the anatomical dissection, created the schematic drawing and reviewed the final version of the manuscript OI and AR prepared the draft of the manuscript AR improved the ... Anatomical knowledge of the origin and course of the TA is of great importance during renal and testicular surgery The origin and course of the TA must be carefully identified and demarcated in ... gland; 2) the middle group, which is made up of the third to fifth mesonephric arteries which run along the ventral surface of the suprarenal gland; 3) the caudal group, which is made up of the...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 00:22

... the calcitonin and katacalcin regions of the protein Results of the measurement are available within one hour, and only 20 μl of blood serum or plasma is needed for the test The sensitivity of ... injury, and others and that this non-specific and non-infectious stimulation of PCT is much lower than specific induction and much lower compared with other markers of the inflammatory response The ... surgery with CBP.© The Board of Management and Trustees of the British Journal of Anaesthesia Reproduced from [36] by permission of Oxford University Press/British Journal of Anaesthesia who underwent...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 03:20

... case of MZ with mirror-imaging of AC in the literature In this case, we describe the second case of MZ with mirror-imaging of AC and discuss the possible clinical implications First, Helland and ... lack of systematic monitoring and follow-up Therefore, a large percentage of patients with AC are probably undiscovered Mirror images, on the other hand, are present in approximately 25% of MZ Therefore, ... consider that it is mandatory to monitor the counterpart of the symptomatic patient with AC as early as possible, irrespective of the absence of symptoms Conflict of Interest The authors have declared...

Ngày tải lên: 25/10/2012, 11:00

... occurrence of the tumor corresponded exactly one to the other; and (4) there was a more than one year interval between trauma and the appearance of the tumor As regards the pathogenesis of post-traumatic ... time interval between trauma and the appearance of the tumor of at least year, a longer latent period increasing the likelihood of a causal relationship The presence of the tumor must be proved histologically ... at the time of the trauma demonstrating significant injury and the follow-up scans demonstrating tumor at the same site4 With the routine use of CT and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), some of...

Ngày tải lên: 25/10/2012, 11:48

... hours; the greatest part of that delay was attributed to the purchase of therapeutic material by patients and their families [48] The overall evaluation of professional skills, together with the ... resources; and four, organizational resources The structural aspects of EmOC and the interpersonal constituents of the EmOC process were easily identified The clinical aspects of EmOC, where the role of ... retained for further analysis Figure presents the various stages of this literature review and their results Articles finally selected included two literature reviews, seven explana- Page of 12 (page...

Ngày tải lên: 18/06/2014, 17:20

... primary angiitis of the central nervous system: report of cases and review of the literature Arthritis Rheum 2003, 49(3):421-427 Greenberg SM, Rapalino O, Frosch MP: Case records of the Massachusetts ... obtained from the patient for publication of this case report and any accompanying images A copy of the written consent is available for review by the Editor-in-Chief of this journal List of abbreviations ... descriptions of the 3D-house and sunflower were made more vivid (05/25) Because T1 Gd-enhanced lesions almost disappeared after the fifth course of the steroid (05/28), we stopped the steroid therapy, and...

Ngày tải lên: 19/06/2014, 22:20

... carpometacarpal joint of the thumb: an anatomic and cadaver study J Hand Surg 1994, 19A:93-98 Shah J, Patel M: Dislocation of the carpometacarpal joint of the thumb A report of four cases Clin Orthop ... the ligaments embedded within the joint capsule Ligaments not only represent the primary source of joint stability, but also set the limits of motion in conjunction with the passive tension of ... tension of muscles [4] Therefore, their integrity is essential to maintain the static and dynamic stability between the 1st metacarpal bone and trapezium Excessive laxity of the ligaments, such...

Ngày tải lên: 20/06/2014, 04:20

... disease of the pelvis: a case report and review of the literature Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery and Research 2010 5:17 Submit your next manuscript to BioMed Central and take full advantage of: • ... given the option of Figure CT scan showing destruction of the hip with superior migration of the femoral head into the iliac bone affected by the hydatid disease Neelapala et al Journal of Orthopaedic ... encountered an extended bone and soft tissue disease with no signs of systemic infection but a history of multiple recurrences Extensive involvement of the ilium and destruction of the hip joint not responding...

Ngày tải lên: 20/06/2014, 04:20

... conceived and wrote the paper Dr MKW and Dr TSH were the surgeons of the two patients and revised the manuscript critically for intellectual content All the authors read and approved the final ... application of an internal fixator: two cases and a review of the literature Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery and Research 2010 5:19 Submit your next manuscript to BioMed Central and take full advantage of: ... tibial plateau and fibula shaft fractures On presentation, there was marked swelling of the right leg, with blistering of the overlying skin and severe pain on passive dorsiflexion of the ankle He...

Ngày tải lên: 20/06/2014, 04:20