BACKGROUND The aim of this study was to analyze changes of coping strategies in severely injured accident victims over time and to compare patients with high and low posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptom levels with regard to their coping patterns and accident-related cognitions. METHODS 106 consecutive patients with severe accidental injuries admitted to a trauma surgery intensive car...

Extreme salivary hypofunction is a result of tissue damage caused by irradiation therapy for cancer in the head and neck region. Unfortunately, there is no currently satisfactory treatment for this condition that affects up to 40,000 people in the United States every year. As a novel approach to managing this problem, we are attempting to develop an orally implantable, fluid-secreting device (a...

BACKGROUND This study aimed to evaluate the potential benefit, in terms of pain relief, of the new oral fast-release orodispersible galvanic form of tramadol in women undergoing hysterosalpingography (HSG) with either a metal cannula or a balloon catheter. METHODS In a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, 2 x 2 factorial-design trial, conducted at a single academic centre, 128 women ...

We examined whether a pretargeting method using a new recombinant anti-CD20 bispecific antibody (bsMAb) followed by (90)Y-1,4,7,10-tetraazacyclododecane-N,N',N'',N'''-tetraacetic acid ((90)Y-DOTA)-peptide could reduce hematologic toxicity yet improve therapeutic responses compared with conventional (90)Y-anti-CD20 IgG and a chemically conjugated bsMAb. TF4, a humanized, tri-Fab bsMAb with two F...

OBJECTIVE The practice of regular dose measurement helps to ascertain the level of occupational dose delivered to the staff involved in diagnostic procedures. This study was carried out to evaluate the dose exposed to the hands of radiologists and a radiologic technologist carrying out HSG and radionuclide bone scan examinations in several hospitals in Nigeria. METHODS Radiation doses exposed...

BACKGROUND We previously reported that Fas antigen was strongly expressed on salivary duct epithelial cells and that some salivary infiltrating cells showed the Fas ligand in patients with severe sialoadenitis due to Sjögren's syndrome (SS). Apoptotic changes were observed in ductal epithelial cells and some infiltrating cells by DNA nick end labeling methods. These findings suggest that the Fa...

Background: Hysterosalpingography (HSG) is one of the imaging modality used in evaluating females presenting with complaints infertility. Infertility not just issue couples alone both extended family involved typical African environment, therefore it essential to identify possible causes and proffer solutions where possible.
 Aim: This study aimed at documenting indications findings among ...

BACKGROUND Studies have shown that pistachios can improve blood lipid profiles in subjects with moderate hypercholesterolemia which could reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease. However, there is also a widely perceived view that eating nuts can lead to body weight gain due to their high fat content. PURPOSE To investigate the impact of different dosages of pistachios on body weight, blood...

Research questionWhat are the long-term costs and effects of oil- versus water-based contrast in infertile women undergoing hysterosalpingography (HSG)?DesignThis economic evaluation a follow-up multicentre randomized controlled trial involved 1119 to HSG with (n = 557) or 562) Netherlands.ResultsIn oil-based group, 39.8% needed no other treatment, 34.6% underwent intrauterine insemination (IUI...