the root canal treatment (RCT) prognosis. The successful RCT prevents tooth loss and avoids pain and apical periodontitis. This review aimed to categorize common operative procedure errors and clinical factors associated with RCT. Based on this, will be approached common errors of procedures within the clinical operative sequence: endodontic treatment planning, pulp and periapical disease diagn...

Most people are born with the ability to digest lactose, the major carbohydrate in milk and the main source of nutrition until weaning. Approximately 75% of the world's population loses this ability at some point, while others can digest lactose into adulthood. This review discusses the lactase-persistence alleles that have arisen in different populations around the world, diagnosis of lactose ...

OBJECTIVES As chronic conditions affect the evaluation, treatment, and possible clinical outcomes of patients, accurate reporting of chronic diseases into the patient record is expected. In some countries, the reported magnitude of comorbidity inaccuracy and incompleteness is compelling. Beyond incentives provided in payment systems, the role and significance of other factors that contribute to...

the success of oocyte donation is influenced by multiple factors. we performed a retrospective analysis to evaluate prognostic factors in oocyte donation cycles. the main outcome measurements including recipient age, donor age, estradiol level in midcycle, the day of transfer and number of transferred embryos were not different in pregnant and non pregnant groups. endometrial pattern but not en...

Despite improvements in the antifungal armamentarium and diagnostic modalities, invasive aspergillosis (IA) remains an important cause of morbidity and mortality in immunocompromised patients. There is an emergence of non-traditional groups at risk for IA, including intensive care unit (ICU) patients, post-operative patients, those with chronic pulmonary diseases, patients with AIDS and patient...

ORK-LOAD CONTROL FACTORS in clinical laboratories are not available in the literature. Business engineering and manpower-study methods are not readily applicable to laboratory work in which varied human elements exist. The remarkable variety of methods, choice of technics, personal viewpoints, lack of contacts, and few chances for direct comparison with the work of others in the field also make...

Purpose. In an attempt to identify clinical and histopathological factors of prognostic importance in chondrosarcomas, 115 cases of malignant and borderline chondromatous tumours were reviewed.Patients/methods. Histopathological features tested for prognostic information as well as reproducibility included cellularity, nuclear pleomorphism, multinucleated cells, mitotic activity and grade. Elev...

Objectives. The purpose of this study was to investigate the clinical features of Meckel's diverticula at different ages, genders, and pathology in order to serve as a reminder to clinicians when evaluating potential cases and to help obtain an early diagnosis. Methods. We collected information of patients with Meckel's diverticulum diagnosed at Mackay Memorial Hospital in Taiwan from 1984 to 2...