... d'Ivoire Parasitology 2003; 127: 52 5 -53 1 Butler JC, Bosshardt SC, Phelan M, et al Classical and latent class analysis evaluation of sputum polymerase chain reaction and urine antigen testing for diagnosis ... standard Clinical decisions regarding TB status should be made taking into account the final post-test probability after exploring all findings, and comparing this probability with the therapeutical ... sputa was performed All clinical and laboratory testing was part of routine examination For HIV testing, specific informed consent was asked and counseling offered Approval for this study was...
... relation to gynecological malignancies in India: a study of the patients with gynecological malignancies inatertiarycare hospital of Kolkata J Cancer Education (in press) Sankaranarayanan ... Out-Patient Clinic in Kolkata, India Siyal AR, Shaikh SM, Balouch R, et al (1999) Gynaecological cancer: histopathological experiences at Chandka Medical College and Hospital Larkana Med Channel, ... gynaecological and female breast neoplasms in Papua New Guinea P N G Med J, 25, 143 -50 Nkyekyer K (2000) Pattern of gynaecological cancers in Ghana East Afr Med J, 77, 53 4-8 Odukogbe AA, Adebamowo...
... constraints For Shan State, Kachin State and Rahkine State, data is incomplete except for the information that an additional 268 patients were screened in Shan State and 292 in Kachin State The ... intraocular pressure secondary to retinal detachment AIDS clinicians working in locations where intraocular injection skills were otherwise not available were carefully trained in intraocular injection ... clinical examination of the retina Screening criteria were broad, reflecting the principle that examination of the retina should be part of the basic physical examination of all AIDS patients at...
... statistically significant In comparing the age of presentation, patients older than 50 years of age have a 90% and a 45% 3- and 5- year OS respectively, as compared to 83.3% and 55 .6% for 3- and ... Males, Females; mean age: 52 .4 years, range: 29-71) were evaluated The median age for patients at presentation was 53 .13 years; most of them were above 40 years of age, except one who was 28 years ... summarized in Table In our series, females have a 3- and 5- year overall survival (OS) at 83.3% and 27.8% respectively; the males patients have a 3-year OS of 90% and 5- year OS of 67 .5% , this was...
... lastday SOFA score was calculated in all cases For a single missing value, replacement was calculated from the mean of the sum of the results immediately preceding and following the missing values ... unarousability in which the patient can be awakened by external stimuli, accompanied by motor behaviour leading to the avoidance of uncomfortable or aggravating stimuli Obtundation was defined as easy arousal ... Ridgway EC, McCammon JA, Benotti J, Maloof F: Acute metabolic response in myxoedema to large doses of intravenous Lthyroxine Ann Intern Med 1972, 77 :54 9 -55 5 Khaleeli AA: Myxoedema coma A report...
... gynecological cancers occurred in 40-69 years age group The mean age for cervical carcinoma was 52 .0 years while that for ovarian carcinoma 46.4 years and endometrial carcinoma 56 .0 yearsA study done in ... Nigam PK, Jain A, Goyal P, Chitra R (20 05) Role of heat stable fraction of alkaline phosphatase as an adjunct to CA 1 25 in monitoring patients of epithelial ovarian carcinoma Indian J Clin Biochem, ... gynaecological cancers in Australia Breaking the silence: a national voice for gynaecological cancers Canberra: The Senate Standing Committee on Community Affairs Sankaranarayanan R, Ferlay J...
... 117: 251 -53 24 Yamasaki-Nakagawa M, Ozasa K, Yamada N et al: Gender difference in delays to diagnosis and health care seeking behaviour ina rural area of Nepal Int J Tuberc Lung Dis, 2001; 5: 24-31 ... significant effect on the referral interval While Nakagawa et al found that the referral interval was longer in female than in male patients [24], Taylor et al determined that the median referral interval ... diagnosis intervals and initiation of treatment intervals with respect to days One hundred and three patients (50 .5% ) had delays in diagnosis and 51 patients ( 25% ) had delays in initiation of treatment...
... there was no decrease in the incidence of RA related TKA in Denmark in the Scandinavian survey, indicating that geographical differences may play a role Potential explanations for the reduced rate ... year of the studied cohort increased slightly over time (from 60.2 yearsin 1998 to 61.7 yearsin the THA analysis (Table 2), and from 60.6 yearsin 1998 to 62.9 yearsin 2007 in the TKA analysis ... (Table 1) Among these, 1 ,54 5 were women (71.4%) Mean age at diagnosis was 51 years (standard deviation 16.7, range 16 to 90) A total of 110 Page of Table Characteristics of all included RA patients...
... Road, P.O Box 350 0, Karachi 74800, Pakistan 2Liaquat National Hospital, National Stadium Road, P.O Box 350 0, Karachi 74800, Pakistan 3Shaukat Khanum Cancer Memorial Hospital, Main Clifton Road, ... tissue sarcoma and 58 had bone sarcoma Synovial Sarcoma, Leiomyosarcoma, Fibrosarcoma and Liposarcoma were the main subtypes of soft tissue sarcoma While for bone sarcoma, Osteosarcoma, Ewing’s sarcoma ... Chondrosarcoma and dashed lines depicts for Ewing’s sarcoma year recurrence free survival was 25% for Osteosarcoma, 57 % for Chondrosarcoma, and 49% for Ewing’s sarcoma Leiomyosarcoma Synovial Sarcoma...
... Fabian TC: Noniatrogenic esophageal trauma Ann Thorac Surg 19 95, 59 (4):8 45- 850 Jones WG, Ginsberg RJ: Esophageal Perforation: A continuing challenge Ann Thorac Surg 1992, 53 :53 4 -54 3 Wu JT, Mattox ... died after drainage alone were treated in the early 1990 s The interval from perforation to initiation of treatment is a crucial determinant of outcome after esophageal perforation Although advances ... an actual communication between air-filled esophagus, and an adjacent mediastinal or paramediastinal air-filled collection [9] Additionally, CT is particularly useful in follow-up after the initiation...
... Physicians inaTertiaryCare Hospital Doctor’s Initials: Age: Sex: Specialty: male female General Practitioner Pulmonary Internal Medicine Infectious Disease Year graduated from Medical School: ... consisting of rifampicin, isoniazid and pyrazinamide The duration of treatment usually lasts 6-8 months [(n=36; 95% ) (Table 5) ] Table Physicians’ approach in the diagnosis of PTB Yes CXR alone ... exam for smear-positive cases are followed by 89.7% (n= 35) Knowledge or information on tuberculosis is gained mainly through periodicals and attending academic meetings The internet is also a...
... esophageal carcinoma Interact Cardiovasc Thorac Surg 2008, 7:809-812 Shiono S, Kawamura M, Sato T, Nakagawa K, Nakajima J, Yoshino I, Ikeda N, Horio H, Akiyama H, Kobayashi K: Disease-free interval ... esophageal carcinoma to elucidate its efficacy A previous report indicated that solitary pulmonary metastasis from esophageal carcinoma was a favorable indicator for surgical treatment [6] In this article, ... Esophageal carcinoma was located in cervical esophagus (Ce) in patients, and in the upper thoracic esophagus (Ut) in patients The histological type of esophageal carcinoma was squamous cell carcinoma...
... than 60 years ago The total area of watershed at the sampling point is 41.5ha, including the area of 4.5ha of tea fields The major bedrock at the area is granite The watershed of the upstream ... the loadings from the tea plantation areas in 20 05 The flow rate data were calculated with 10-minute interval monitoring of water levels at the sampling point and an H-Q equation derived from ... variance at the sampling point and the upstream in the period between April and December in 2003, and in the period between April and October in 20 05 Sampling point A Sampling point B Sampling...
... VARIABLES AVAILABLE AT TIME OF RANDOMIZATION Client savings balance (hundreds) Active account Barangay’s distance to branch Bank’s penetration in barangay Standard deviation of balances in barangay ... impact using Intent to Treat specifications as well as quantile regressions, and using both change in savings balance as well as binary outcomes for increasing savings over certain percentage ... intrahousehold allocation rather than with self-control Anderson and Baland [2002] argue that Rotating Savings and Credit Associations (ROSCAs) provide a forced savings mechanism that a woman can...
... (5 -gccgcccatatgcaccaccaccaccaccacagcaccagtca gaactct), the reverse primer xa100– (5 -gtggtgaattcagc cagtgtgcccttg), and pNIall2 as a template To facilitate purification of recombinant enzyme, the ... molecular mass of 57 752 Da and the a- subunit contains 808 amino acids with a calculated average molecular mass of 87 392 Da The total calculated average molecular mass of the heterotetrameric (a2 b2) ... XDHABC C acidovorans preparation [22] Low aeration Specific activity, UÆmg)1 Functionality, % A2 80 : A 450 ratio FAD:aba Fe:aba Mo:aba kcat, s) 1a Km xanthine, lM Km NAD+, lM High aeration 11.18 15...
... plasmids pSIB1-Cd and pSIB1 -a3 +Cd, respectively The sequences of the 5 PCR primers were 5 -AGAGAGAA TTCATATGTCAGATTTGTTCAG-3¢ for N-domain+, 5 CTGAAAACGCTAAGCATATGGGTATTACGA-3¢ for C-domain–, ... kinase [13] and a chitobiase [14] from psychrophilic bacteria consist of a heat labile domain and a heat stable domain Bentahir et al [13] have proposed that a heat labile domain provides a sufficient ... variants are schematically shown in comparison with that of the intact protein in Fig Because a long a3 helix spans both the N- and C-domains, and because the region containing only a1 and a2 ...
... Projahnmo Study Group includes (in alphabetical order): Jahiruddin Ahmed, Saifuddin Ahmed, Ashraful Alam, Nabeel Ashraf Ali, Ahmed Al-Kabir, Arif Billah AlMahmud, Ahmed Al-Sabir, Tariq Anwar, Abdullah ... Fazlul Haque, Quamrul Hasan, Daniel Hossain, Shahla Khatun, Paul Law, Amnesty LeFevre, Ishtiaq Mannan, Qazi Sadequr Rahman, Syed Moshfiqur Rahman, Samir K Saha, Mathuram Santosham, Habibur Rahman ... Birth and Neonatal Care Preparedness Additionally, they ensured the provision of safe delivery care, as well as essential newborn care during and after birth, by maintaining active coordination...
... Characteristic Age (years) 18–24 25 34 35 44 45 54 55 –64 65 74 > 75 Gender Male Female Education < yearsyearsyears 13 years > 13 years Occupation Manager/Director Professional Business man Employee ... variables PCS Total sample Ageα 18–24 25 34 35 44 45 54 55 –64 65 74 > 75 Genderβ Male Female Occupatio nδ >Educatio nal level γ < yearsyearsyears 13 years > 13 years Marital status Singleγ Marriedγ ... domain, and a 370% increased odds in the usual activities domain (OR = 4.7, 95% C.I 3.3–6.7) Having a headache at least once a week affected mainly the pain and discomfort domain with a 300% increased...
... were asked to rate their average pain due to FM over the past 24 hours with an 11-point numeric rating scale ranging from (indicating no pain) to 10 (indicating pain as bad as you can imagine) ... authors have read and approved the final manuscript Competing interests This study was funded by Pfizer, Inc Arthi Chandran and Gergana Zlateva are employees of Pfizer Inc Caroline Schaefer, Meghan ... FM and a mean age of 47 years, found that the mean level of physical functioning in their overall sample was lower than that for an average 80 to 89 year old [3] Patients also demonstrated diminished...
... Kerian, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Penang, Malaysia 2Advanced Medical and Dental Institute, Universiti Sains Malaysia, No 1-8 (Lot 8), Persiaran Seksyen 4/1, Bandar Putra Bertam, 13200 Kepala Batas, ... Mertajam District Hospital, Pulau Pinang Singapore Med J 1988, 29:383-6 Zulkifli A, Hashim MH, Khairul Anuar A: Snake bites in Kelantan, Peninsular Malaysia Trop Biomed 19 95, 12:1-4 Jamaiah I, ... such as muscular weakness, spreading paralysis (within 15 to h), dysphagia, dysphasia, ptosis, external opthalmoplegia as well as slowed, labored breathing, culminating in respiratory arrest with...