Although monitoring of vascular accesses by physical examination is nearly as sensitive as surveillance measurements by vascular access pressure when performed by examiners, the frequency of examinations is limited by time. We developed intravascular access pressure surveillance as a surrogate to physical examination. Using real-time data from hemodialysis machines, we derived intravascular acc...

background: despite the growing tendency toward tooth-colored restorations in dentistry, polymerization shrinkage and subsequent marginal microleakage remains a problem. the aim of this in vitro study was to compare microleakage between silorane-based and methacrylate-based composite resins at different time intervals and with different restorative techniques. materials and methods: in this in ...

In-situ observations of atmospheric CO2 and CH4 at Hateruma Island (24.05 N, 123.80 E, 47 m a.s.l), Japan shows large synoptic scale variations during a 6-month period from November to April, when the sampled air is predominantly of continental origin due to the Asian winter monsoon. Synoptic scale variations are extracted from the daily averaged values for the years between 1996 and 2007, alon...

INTRODUCTION While the liraglutide effect and action in diabetes (LEAD-6) clinical trial compared the efficacy and safety of liraglutide once daily (LIRA) to exenatide twice daily (EXEN) in adult patients with type 2 diabetes, few studies have explored the associated per-patient costs of glycemic goal achievement of their use in a real-world clinical setting. METHODS This retrospective cohort...

the aim of this study was determination of abundance and biodiversity of zooplankton community at integrated fish culture of grower and fingerling fishes at east of golestan province, gonbade kavous city. sampling was done monthly at 6 ponds during one season culture from june to november 2011. during six month study period, 4 groups and 27 genuses were identified. between recorded groups, 12 g...

BACKGROUND Acute exacerbations may cause deteriorations in the health status of subjects with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). The present study prospectively evaluated the effects of such exacerbations on the health status and pulmonary function of subjects with COPD over a 6-month period, and examined whether those subjects showed a steeper decline in their health status versus t...

We describe a prospective analysis, in one hospital, of reported significant observations involving unsafe practices and working conditions during anaesthesia. Of the 549 significant observations reported voluntarily during a period of 18 months, 82% involved occurrences which were considered preventable and 27% could have been fatal if they had not been recognized and corrected. Ninety-three p...

OBJECTIVE To assess haematological and biochemical parameters in Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) patients under going antiretroviral therapy. METHODS We enrolled HIV patients from, 18-65 years, who were under first line antiretroviral therapy and followed them for six months from February 2010 for changes in haematological and biochemical parameters. Profiles for ALAT, creatinine, amylase,...