OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to develop and test the validity of a new repeatable method to delimit abdominal areas for follow-up of fat mass (FM) and lean tissue mass (LM) in DEXA examinations. METHODS 37 male volunteers underwent two DEXA examinations. Total body FM and LM measurements and corresponding abdominal measurements in a carefully defined region were calculated from the fir...

AIMS (1) To determine the predominant pulmonary function abnormality in our population of obese children; and (2) to assess the correlation between the severity of lung function impairment and the degree of obesity as assessed by dual energy x ray absorptiometry (DEXA). METHODS Sixty four obese patients underwent physical examination, standardised pulmonary function tests (spirometry, lung vo...

INTRODUCTION Adjuvant Aromatase Inhibitors (AIs) predispose breast cancer patients to accelerated bone loss. Guidelines recommend initial screening and follow up of bone mineral density with dual energy X-ray absorptiometry (DEXA) scan. In this audit we assessed the rate of adherence to these guidelines and introduced awareness measures to improve it. METHODS All post-menopausal women who sta...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE An early detection of osteoporosis through DEXA procedure will not only improve the disease management practices but also would help in impeding national productivity losses by mass screening and awareness. Our objective was to measure efficacy of DEXA procedure in early detection of osteoporosis and prevention of its complications. METHODS This case series observatio...

A marked reduction of 40-70% in regional bone mineral density (BMD) has been reported after fractures of long bones, and this post-traumatic osteopenia may to some extent persist for several years, perhaps lifelong. In this cross-sectional study, we investigated whether prolonged alcohol abuse had any effect on the degree of post-traumatic osteopenia after isolated tibia shaft fractures, the ra...

Aims: (1) To determine the predominant pulmonary function abnormality in our population of obese children; and (2) to assess the correlation between the severity of lung function impairment and the degree of obesity as assessed by dual energy x ray absorptiometry (DEXA). Methods: Sixty four obese patients underwent physical examination, standardised pulmonary function tests (spirometry, lung vo...

This special issue represents the best papers presented at the “Mobility in Databases and Distributed Systems” (MDDS’99) workshop held in September of 1999 in Florence, Italy. The year 1999 was a milestone in a sense that it marked the end of an era in mobile database management research where focus was on human interaction and on extending classical concepts of distributed databases and system...

PURPOSE To investigate the neuropeptides substance P (SP) and calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP) after subcutaneous injection of dexamethasone prior to skin incision in rats. METHODS Twenty seven Wistar-EPM-1 rats were randomly divided into three groups. The sham group (SG) of rats was injected with 0.9 % saline. The second group (Dexa) was injected with 1.0 mg/kg dexamethasone, and the t...

The bone mineral density (BMD) of the lumbar spine and femoral neck was measured by dual energy X-ray absorptiometry (DEXA) in 102 healthy Turkish children, aged 3-15, and values were correlated with age, height, weight and pubertal status. BMD increased with age in children of both sexes. The increase was steeper at the time of puberty. There were no significant differences between boys and gi...

Radiol Bras. 2014 Mai/Jun;47(3):IX Obesity is currently a public health problem, presenting prevalent exponential growth in all age groups, particularly in children and adolescents. Accumulation of visceral fat is associated with increased cardiovascular risk, metabolic syndrome (hypertension, dyslipidemia, type II diabetes) and insulin resistance. There is a greater correlation than that with ...