conclusions la increases the risk of cva and dementia. the la pathology is unknown. the epidemiological studies revealed the age, diabetes, smoking and atherosclerosis are related with la. our findings showed that cimt as an atherosclerosis marker was higher in la patients than control group. results totally 200 patients were studied, 102 in normal group and 98 in ila group. the mean age of pat...

aim : the aim of this study is to evaluate the accuracy of preoperative abdominal ultrasonography in suspected appendicitis, and equivocal exam. background : acute appendicitis is a common problem and occasional challenging diagnosis in emergency department of every general hospital. patients and methods : within a period of one year from march 2007 through march 2008, all patient with suspecte...

Abstract Background Assurance of proper endotracheal tube (ETT) location is crucial immediately after intubation as undiagnosed esophageal can be catastrophic. The primary purpose for this study to determine the diagnostic accuracy evaluate an inclusive three-window ultrasonography assessment rapid authentication position in intensive care unit (RICU) with reference Co 2 monitors (capnography) ...

background: the comparison between voluntary and automatic contraction of deep abdominal muscles in patients with nonspecific low back pain (nlbp) may justify being the best treat for them. the aim of this case-controlled study was to compare changes in the thickness of the transverses abdomin is (tra) and internal oblique (io) muscles during the abdominal drawing-in maneuver (adim) and the act...

Corresponding author: Jeong Uk Han, M.D., Ph.D., Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Inha University Hospital, 7-206, 3-Ga, Sinheung-dong, Jung-gu, Incheon 400-711, Korea. Tel: 82-32-890-3969, Fax: 82-32-881-2476, E-mail: [email protected] This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http:// creativecommons.o...

Recently, numerous research and, techniques have been developed for analyzing And diagnosing testicular tumors, beyond conventional B-mode imaging, including color Doppler ultrasound, contrast-enhanced ultrasound (CEUS) and tissue elastography used in the characterization of both benign and malignant intratesticular lesion. The purpose of this review study was to summarize the testicular diseas...

There was no pericardial effusion. Abdominal ultra-sonography revealed bilateral normal size kidneys with plications, lymphatic injury, lymph leak increased echogenicity. The patient was started on maintenance haemodia-lysis. A double lumen haemodialysis catheter was

introduction: renal length measurement is an important diagnostic clue in several urinary tract abnormalities. although ultra sonography is the most frequent used modality for renal size estimation, renal diameter assessment by 99mtc-dmsa scintigraphy is of great value. by now, pointing to the renal size in the 99mtc-dmsa scintigraphy report has not been recommended by guidelines. if the validi...