Background: In response to the need for diagnosis and treatment, medical radiation has been increasingly used worldwide. This study investigated the medical utilization of radiation-related diseases among radiological technologists (RTs) and factors that influence such diseases. Materials and Methods: Data were collected from the Taiwan National Health Insurance Research Database. A panel study...

carotid gamma angiography completes the advantage of paraclinic investiga - tions in field of neuroradiology. since this procedure can easily proceed the regular contrast angiography, it furnishes additional valuable data without being additionally traumatizing to the patient. informations obtained by gamma angiography give important indications on the cerebral circulatory dynamics and in fact ...

n engl j med 370;6 nejm.org february 6, 2014 582 are highlighted. First, we concentrate on serodiscordant couples in long-term partnerships (the target population of the HIV Prevention Trials Network 052 study); Hontelez and de Vlas simulate a generalized epidemic. Second, we focus on patients who are already identified and in care (treatment as prevention). In contrast, Hontelez and de Vlas de...

ent ways to produce Coombs serum are described with little or no attempt to define how important they are in the overall scheme of human blood and serum groups. But perhaps because this is a reference book it is more important to detail everything than to discuss those areas that the authors deem important. Some subjects, the Lewis, the I, i, and the leukocyte groups, for example, are discussed...

In this study a new minimum lumped electrical model of total circulatory system through numerical solutions to approximate the response of the human circulatory system was presented. Among five existent ventricular elastances as activity function of heart pumps, a more accurate model was chosen as well as the operation of baroreflex system to accommodate variations in heart rate and systemic va...

Background: Number of deaths increases during periods of elevated heat. Objectives: To examine whether differences in heat-related deaths between 2003 and 2015 occurred in Slovenia. Materials and Methods: We estimated relative risks for deaths for the observed diagnoses, sex, age, and area, as well as 95% confidence intervals and excess deaths associated with heat waves occurring in 2015 and 20...

BACKGROUND Circulatory congestion is an adverse predictor of mortality in peritoneal dialysis (PD) patients. OBJECTIVE This study evaluated the nutritional status, energy intake, and expenditure profile of PD patients with and without previous circulatory congestion. DESIGN We conducted a cross-sectional study in 244 PD patients, of whom 92 had previous circulatory congestion. We estimated ...

previous studies have demonstrated that vascular endothelial growth factor (vegf) can trigger angiogenesis as well as inflammation through binding to its membranous receptor-1 on endothelial and inflammatory cells. we aimed to correlate the circulatory number of cells expressing such receptor as well as the serum level of vegf and the soluble form of its receptor-1 (svegfr1) to the severity of ...

Introduction: This report presents 2011-2012 data on leading causes of death in the Islamic Republic of Iran by Province. Methods: Data in this report are based on information from all death certificates filed in the 31 provinces in 2011-2012 . Causes of death classified by the International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision (ICD–10) are ranked a...