Aim: Sudden cardiac death (SCD) due to arrhythmias is a major cause of in elderly patients on hemodialysis (HD). It has been found that prolonged Tp-e interval (Tpe) electrocardiography (ECG) and increased Tpe/QTc ratio are strongly associated with SCD. In this study, we aimed inves¬tigate the effects changes serum electrolyte levels pre- post-HD ECG parameters, particularly Tpe. Methods: The s...

BACKGROUND It is often challenging to distinguish tuberculous pleural effusion (TPE) from malignant pleural effusion (MPE); thoracoscopy is among the techniques with the highest diagnostic ability in this regard. However, such invasive examinations cannot be performed on the elderly, or on those in poor physical condition. The aim of this study was to explore the differential diagnostic value o...

There is a growing interest in extending project evaluation methods to the evaluation of programs: complex interventions involving multiple activities. In general a program evaluation cannot be based on separate evaluations of its components since interactions between the activities are likely to be important. We propose a measure of program impact, the total program effect (TPE), which is an e...

Gene-silencing mechanisms are being shown to be associated with an increasing number of fungal developmental processes. Telomere position effect (TPE) is a eukaryotic phenomenon resulting in gene repression in areas immediately adjacent to telomere caps. Here, TPE is shown to regulate expression of transgenes on the left arm of chromosome III and the right arm of chromosome VI in Aspergillus ni...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the clinical, methodological and reporting aspects of systematic reviews and meta-analyses in order to determine the efficacy of therapeutic patient education (TPE). METHODS A thorough search of the medical and nursing literature recorded in MedLine database from 1999 to August 2009 was conducted using the keywords: patient education, efficacy, diabetes, asthma, COPD, hy...

Halogen-substituted iminosulfuranes are transdermal penetration enhancers (TPEs) in permeation studies using hairless mouse or human cadaver skin. The interaction of N--(4--R-benzoyl)-S,S-dimethyliminosulfuranes 1--4, where R=H, Cl, Br, and I, with l-alpha-dimyristoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine (DMPC) has been studied using differential scanning calorimetry, isothermal titration calorimetry, n...

Telomere position effect (TPE) is the influence of telomeres on subtelomeric epigenetic marks and gene expression. Previous studies suggested that TPE depends on genetic background. As these analyses were performed on different chromosomes, cell types and species, it remains unclear whether TPE represents a chromosome-rather than genetic background-specific regulation. We describe the developme...

BACKGROUND Chronic renal failure and hemodialysis affect many ECG parameters which can affect cardiac repolarization. OBJECTIVE To investigate the change in ventricular repolarization before and after kidney transplantation in children. METHODS A total of 45 children with end-stage renal disease, 45 children at least 6 months after successful renal transplantation, and 45 normal age-matched...

Background The simple, rapid, and accurate diagnosis of tuberculous pleural effusion (TPE) remains difficult. This study aimed to determine the accuracy hepatocyte growth factor (HGF) in TPE. Methods We quantified expression HGF, adenosine deaminase (ADA), interferon gamma (IFN-γ) (PE) 97 TPE subjects 116 non-TPE using an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) or a fully automatic biochemica...

Background: The goal was to use surface electrocardiographic (ECG) indicators detect COVID-19's malignant arrhythmic potential.
 Methodology: In 51 COVID-19 patients and 40 control subjects, the ECG parameters PR, QT, QTc, QTd, TPe, Tpe/QTc were assessed. had substantially higher mean QTc (410.8 24.3 msec vs. 394.6 20.3 msec, p.001), (0.19 0.02 0.18 0.04, p =.036), median QTd (47.52 46.5) ...