ackground: There is growing evidence that individual differences among depressed patients on electrophysiologic (EEG), neuroim nd neurocognitive measures are predictive of therapeutic response to antidepressant drugs. This study replicates prior find retreatment differences between selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI) responders and nonresponders in EEG alpha po symmetry and examines w...

The piriformis syndrome is a condition allegedly attributable to compression of the sciatic nerve by the piriformis muscle. Recently, magnetic resonance neurography and electrophysiologic study have helped to diagnose piriformis syndrome. High dose radiotherapy could induce acute and delayed muscle damage. We had experienced piriformis syndrome with fatty atrophy of piriformis muscle after radi...

Ischemic stroke is one of the most common complications of the antiphospholipid syndrome (APS). Because of the relative lack of definitive prospective studies, there is still some debate as to whether the persistent presence of antiphospholipid antibodies (aPLs) increases the risk of recurrent stroke. There is more evidence for aPLs as a risk factor for first stroke. The mechanisms of ischemic ...

BACKGROUND The aim of this study was to generate and evaluate new logistic regression models from simple demographic and hormonal data to predict the outcome of pregnancies of unknown location (PULs). METHODS Data were collected prospectively from 185 consecutive women classified as having a PUL by transvaginal scan; blood was taken at presentation and 48 h later to measure serum progesterone...

OBJECTIVES Using a decision-analytic model, we sought to examine the cost-effectiveness of three strategies for cardioversion of patients admitted to the hospital with atrial fibrillation. BACKGROUND Transesophageal echocardiographic (TEE)-guided cardioversion has been proposed as a method for early cardioversion of patients with atrial fibrillation. The cost-effectiveness of this approach, r...