‘Deficit omne quod nascitur’, the Roman rhetorician Marcus Fabius Quintilianus wrote in his opus magnus “Institutio oratoria”. As death is an immanent part of human life, death and the medical profession are inseparably connected. The process of dying and death is complex, spanning the continuum of palliative care, diagnosis and certification of death, performance of last offices, and support o...

AIM pH is the direct indicator of the body reaction following the activities performed. Establishing precise correlations between pH and blood biochemical parameters might support the balancing of values during periods of marked physical activity. METHOD We conducted a case study in a group of elite rowers. Twelve athletes were included in the study. Monitoring was carried out by collecting b...

OBJECTIVE The purpose of this pilot investigation was to describe the development and implementation of simulation exercises and investigate the feasibility, satisfaction, and relative effectiveness of a manikin-based simulation program in chiropractic undergraduate education. METHODS This investigation consisted of (1) a qualitative review of other simulation environments and evaluation of r...

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BACKGROUND Roux-en-Y reconstructive surgery excludes the biliopancreatic system from conventional endoscopic access. Balloon-assisted enteroscopy allows therapeutic endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) in these patients, avoiding rescue surgery. The objective of the current study is to compare success and complication rate of double-balloon (DBE) and single-balloon enteroscope ...

In this study, compressive strength, density, porosity, and methylene blue adsorptive intensity of sodium aluminosilicate monolith produced from coal fly ash (CFA), ceramic tile waste (CTW), spent bleaching earth (SBE) were evaluated. Using simple lattice mixture design, CFA-CTW-SBE blend with mass ratio 55.95% CFA, 38.73% CTW, 5.31% SBE, an alkali solution containing 80% 8M NaOH 20% silicate, ...

INTRODUCTION A Dieulafoy lesion (DL) of the small bowel can cause severe gastrointestinal bleeding, and presents a difficult clinical setting for endoscopists. Limited data exists on the therapeutic yield of treating DLs of the small bowel using single-balloon enteroscopy (SBE). METHODS Data were collected from Tampa General Hospital a 1 018-bed teaching hospital affiliated with University of...

Poor aqueous solubility of anticancer drug, albendazole (ABZ), prevents parenteral application. Here, we demonstrate how to increase the aqueous solubility of ABZ to 6- 8 mg/ml using sulfobutylether - β-cyclodextrin (SBE-β-CD) or Hydroxypropyl- β-cyclodextrin (HP- β-CD) by manipulation of complexation parameters such as the physical state of ABZ (ionized in acetic acid), the concentration of io...