The accuracy of the Ischemic Score (IS) of Hachinski in the differential diagnosis between senile dementia (SDAT) and multi-infarct dementia (MID) is evaluated in this study. Ninety-four demented patients were subdivided on the basis of CT scan in three subgroups: 1) CT-SDAT (ventricular enlargement and widening of cortical sulci), 2) CT-MID (multiple low density areas attributable to ischemic ...

BACKGROUND Early detection and confirmation of cholera outbreaks are crucial for rapid implementation of control measures. Because cholera frequently affects regions with limited laboratory resources, rapid diagnostic tests (RDT) designed for field conditions are important to enhance rapid response. Stool culture remains the "gold standard" for cholera diagnosis; however, its lack of sensitivit...

Our objective was to determine the accuracy of three dimensional (3D) ultrasonography in the differentiation of ovarian tumours. Women (n = 20) with ovarian tumours (13 benign and seven malignant) were first examined using two-dimensional (2D) ultrasonography and were then evaluated with three-dimensional (3D) ultrasonography. All patients underwent surgery within 7 days of 2D and 3D ultrasonog...

One of the greatest challenges within the field of headache is the identification of secondary headache disorders. Physicians are particularly fearful of missing serious causes of secondary headache disorders such as brain tumors, subarachnoid hemorrhage, temporal arteritis, meningitis, and stroke. Missing one of these disorders could result in significant morbidity to the patient and leave the...

All previously published papers were reproduced with permission from the publishers. To Mattias and Frida The mind is its own place, and in itself Can make a Heav'n of Hell, a Hell of Heav'n-John Milton, Paradise Lost 2 3 ABSTRACT Background: Schizophrenia is one of the top-ten leading disorders causing disability worldwide. Heredity is accepted as a major causative factor but the mechanisms ar...

kidney stone disease has become more common in children, but it remains non diagnosed in a significant proportion of patients, due to a lack of notable signs and symptoms. all children with colicky abdominal pain or microscopic hematuria should be examined thoroughly for urolithiasis. patients’ histories in terms of family, medical, and drug and a thorough physical examination are required to b...

OBJECTIVES to evaluate the ability of the diagnostic criteria proposed by Cerero et al in 2010 to perform an early diagnose in patients with proliferative verrucous leukoplakia. STUDY DESIGN retrospective study with patients diagnosed with leukoplakia at Oral Medicine Service at Oral Medicine and Surgery Department at Dentistry Faculty at Universidad Complutense of Madrid. RESULTS the crite...

Failed back surgery syndrome is a common problem with enormous costs to patients, insurers, and society. The etiology of failed back surgery can be poor patient selection, incorrect diagnosis, suboptimal selection of surgery, poor technique, failure to achieve surgical goals, and/or recurrent pathology. Successful intervention in this difficult patient population requires a detailed history, pr...

Cervicogenic headache is a chronic, hemicranial pain syndrome in which the source of pain is located in the cervical spine or soft tissues of the neck but the sensation of pain is referred to the head. The trigeminocervical nucleus is a region of the upper cervical spinal cord where sensory nerve fibers in the descending tract of the trigeminal nerve converge with sensory fibers from the upper ...

box Whereas the development of diagnostic technologies has greatly accelerated, the methodology of diagnostic research still lags behind that of evaluation of treatment. Diagnostic research appears to be more comprehensive and complex than treatment research as it evaluates the connection between diagnostic and prognostic assessment with choosing optimal interventions. Objectives of diagnostic ...