OBJECTIVE The purposes of this study were to assess the utility of barium studies after adjustments of laparoscopically inserted gastric bands and to identify a threshold stomal diameter for predicting which bands should be loosened because of excessive tightening. MATERIALS AND METHODS A total of 246 patients with laparoscopically inserted adjustable gastric bands underwent 668 routine band ...

Abstract Available literature data on the aqueous chemistry of radium are compiled. There limited available experimental and a significant portion has been estimated using electrostatic techniques, typically based corresponding barium. The compared with barium (and strontium) methodology for estimating additional thermochemical is described.

The evolution during thermal treatment of the precursor obtained by a new method to synthezise barium hexaferrite by chemical coprecipitation is described; the method involves the precipitation froma strongly alkaline ferrate(V1) solution containing barium chloride. Barium hexaferrite may be formed by heating of the original superparamagnetic precursor at temperatures as low as 700QC as shown b...

Maximum admissible concentration level (MACL) of barium in natural mineral waters, natural spring waters and potable waters was set at the level of 1 mg/l, while MACL of this element in natural curative waters intended for drinking therapies and inhalations were set at the levels of 1.0 mg/l and 10.0 mg/l, respectively. Those requirements were related to therapies which are applied longer than ...

Background: A successful endodontic treatment is inseparable from the right choice of root canal dressing. The medicaments would result in patient satisfaction. Enterococcus faecalis (E. faecalis) and Porphyromonas gingivalis (P. gingivalis) are usually found failed treatments. Calcium hydroxide a gold standard dressing that creates an alkaline environment has bactericidal effect. Commercially,...

The value of barium meal examination in the management of younger patients with dyspepsia has been seriously questioned as diagnostic yield is reported to be low with only minor abnormalities detected. Our 9 month survey of general practice and hospital out-patient use of barium meal examination in the City and Hackney Health District during 1983-84 shows that 51% of patients investigated were ...