Excessive fluid intake can substantially dilute urinary drug concentrations and result in false-negative reports for drug users. Methods for correction ("normalization") of drug/metabolite concentrations in urine have been utilized by anti-doping laboratories, pain monitoring programs, and in environmental monitoring programs to compensate for excessive hydration, but such procedures have not b...

The determination of adjustment method of urinary mercury in spot urine is one of the important issues in assessing the health risks of mercury workers. But there have been debates about whether creatinine or other forms of correction for urinary concentration are better in reducing the variation of urinary mercury. We evaluated four adjustment methods-specific gravity, creatinine, log creatini...

BACKGROUND The herbicide BASTA (AgrEvo, Germany), containing glufosinate ammonium (20%) and an anionic surfactant, polyoxyethylene alkylether sulfate (33%), is widely used. In acute oral BASTA poisoning, patients develop a variety of clinical signs, including disturbed consciousness, convulsions, and apnea. These effects are suspected to be due to the effects of glufosinate on the central nervo...

results color doppler usg had a sensitivity of 95% and specificity of 98% in diagnosis of arterial injury. positive and negative predictive values of doppler usg were 92.5% and 94.2%, respectively. conclusions color doppler usg can be used as a reliable modality with acceptable sensitivity and specificity values to screen hemodynamically stable patients with limb trauma suspicious for arterial ...

Sir, A 5-mo-old male infant was brought with history of cough, cold and fever of 2 d duration and excessive cry for 3 h prior to admission. There were no similar complaints in the past. On examination, the baby was febrile, fussy and crying excessively. His vitals were normal. Examination was unremarkable except for a palpable liver 2 cm below right costal margin and a distended urinary bladder...

Introduction: The incidence of cancer breast is on rise and its early detection is warranted. Inclusion of USG guided FNAC in Tripletest instead of mammography will be cost effective way of early detection of breast cancer. Methodology : 75 breast lesion from 69 female and one male were evaluated with clinical examination, USG images and USG guided FNAC. Twenty cases were further subjected to h...