BACKGROUND The aim of this study was to determine the risk factors of MTX-associated nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) with transaminitis in a cohort of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients from Singapore. METHODS Patients who developed ultrasound proven NAFLD with transaminitis while on MTX therapy were identified. The demographic and clinical characteristics of the above patients (case...

Introduction: The aim of our study was to investigate the relative efficiency and adverse effects of various treatments of steroid sensitive nephrotic syndrome (SSNS) in children, and to determine factors associated with relapse risk in these patients. Materials and Method: We retrospectively studied the data from 690 SSNS children treated in referral center over 25 years. The analyzed treatmen...

The relationship between external dose and internal dose of trichloroethylene (Tri) was analyzed by using a physiological simulation model. The external dose of Tri was represented by the time-weighted average (TWA) concentration in inhaled air or by the product of exposure concentration and exposure duration, and the internal dose by the area under the curve (AUC) of Tri blood concentration or...

Glucocorticoids are associated with serious side effects related to dosing and time of use. Unfortunately, there is no standard method for determining glucocorticoid exposure, especially in patients undergoing long-term treatment. The aim this work was create a free easy-to-use web application calculate, systematic way, the total cumulative dose corticosteroids. calculated as sum all periods tr...

A patient with sero-positive rheumatoid arthritis was treated with D-penicillamine (cumulative dose 3 . 7 3 9 . Three weeks after starting therapy she developed a fever, rash and a cholestatic jaundice. Cessation of D-penicillamine resulted in improvement. However, reintroduction of D-penicillamine 1 0 days later (cumulative dose 2g), was followed by acute hepatic failure and death. Liver biops...

BACKGROUND The seventh Committee on "Biological Effects of Ionizing Radiation" (BEIR VII, 2006) underlines "the need of studies of infants who are exposed to diagnostic radiation because catheters have been placed in their hearts". OBJECTIVE To determine the lifetime attributable risk (LAR) of cancer associated with the estimated cumulative radiological dose in 59 children (42 male, age 2.8+/...