PURPOSE This study examines the impact of dental coverage provided through a health insurance program for low-income children on the use of dental services in Western Pennsylvania. METHODS A before-after design with a control group was used. Telephone interviews were conducted with the families of newly enrolled children at the time of enrollment, at 6 months and at 12 months after enrollment...

OBJECTIVE To assess the degree, cause, and consequence of delays from presenting signs to diagnosis of retinoblastoma. METHODS A retrospective chart review was conducted of 64 consecutive patients who presented to the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center with newly diagnosed retinoblastoma. Seven patients with a positive family history were excluded. RESULTS The median times from presenti...

introduction lung herniation following blunt chest trauma is extremely rare and only a few hundred cases of this pathology have been reported in the english language medical literature. this type of lung hernia is divided into intercostal, parasternal, or supraclavicular subtypes based on the exact location of the chest wall defect. traumatic intercostal lung hernia is even more uncommon. delay...

background vascular injury represents less than 1% of all injuries, but deserves special attention because of its severe complications. amputation or retention of a painful functionless limb is the most untoward result of severe vascular injury or inadequate treatmet. thus, vascular injury needs a judicious and multidimensional approach. objectives this retrospective study was done to asess the...

this paper is concerned with the problem of synchronization for complex dynamic networks with state and coupling time-delays. therefore, larger class and more complicated complex dynamic networks can be considered for the synchronization problem. based on the lyapunov-krasovskii functional, a delay-independent criterion is obtained and formulated in the form of linear matrix inequalities (lmis)...

background: various compounds of plant origin have been widely investigated since ancient times for their possible immunomodulatory properties as well as for the treatment of a wide range of diseases. objective: to study the immunomodulatory functions of the aqueous extract of the seeds of abrus precatorius commonly known as indian liquorice (fabaceae), a medicinal plant native to central india...

background chitosan is a naturally occurring biopolymer which has been widely used in a variety of biomedical applications including local antibiotic delivery due to its excellent mechanical properties, biodegradability and biocompatibility. beads are spherical, porous carriers which are prepared from various materials including chitosan. objectives the current study aimed to fabricate a new co...

OBJECTIVES To review the causes and management of penile fracture and to compare between surgical and conservative management as well as immediate and delayed interventions in terms of overall and specific complications. METHODS A search of all reported literature was conducted for all articles reporting on the management and outcomes of penile fractures. Full texts of relevant articles were ...

treatment related acute myeloid leukemia (t-aml) is well documented phenomenon after chemotherapy. in this subgroup of patients acute promyelocytic leukemia (apml) due to delayed complication of using anthracycline is very rare occurrence. very few cases are reported in world literature. we are reporting a rare case of occurrence of t-apml in cured breast cancer patient treated with doxorubicin...

conclusions it is suggested that the steward of health in iran, the ministry of health, develops an appropriate infrastructure and finally puts a high priority on the implementation of the health information management system for elderly health sector in iran. background there are increasing change and development of information in healthcare systems. given the increase in aging population, man...