Background and Purpose: Despite the documented diagnostic value of local cerebral blood flow maps by xenon-enhanced computed tomography, reports of cerebral blood flow activation by inhaled 33% Xe raised concerns about the method's safety and accuracy. We evaluated the effect of 33% Xe inhalation on cerebral blood flow and cerebral metabolic rates for oxygen and glucose in four awake and six fe...

An assessment of early graft function in canine single lung transplant recipients was made by analysing early postoperative radiographic progression, lung perfusion, bronchial patency and bronchial anastomotic wound healing and histopathology of the allografted lung. Eighteen mongrel dogs weighing 15kg on average were used. Donor lung bloc with a generous atrial cuff, the pulmonary artery and l...

Racional: O cisto pilonidal é infecção da pele e do tecido subcutâneo, secundário à inflamação crônica, com maior frequência na região sacrococcígea, associado presença de pelos nesta região. tratamento eminentemente cirúrgico. Objetivo: Demonstrar os resultados endoscópico pilonidal. Método: Estudo prospectivo, 67 pacientes que tiveram como indicação cirúrgica o diagnóstico Os equipamentos uti...

OBJECTIVE The purpose was to determine the effect of vaginal pessaries in patients at risk for spontaneous preterm birth (SPB). STUDY DESIGN Transvaginal sonography (TVS) was longitudinally performed to measure cervical length (CL) in 258 singleton at risk for SPB and 282 twin pregnancies. Pairs with or without treatment were matched for gestational age and the CL at examination. RESULTS In...

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The conventional method to collect data on the health, nutrition, and food security status of a population affected by an emergency is a 30 x 30 cluster survey. This sampling method can be time and resource intensive and, accordingly, may not be the most appropriate one when data are needed rapidly for decision making. In this study, we compare the precision, time and cost of the 30 x 30 cluste...

OBJECTIVE This study was performed to determine the clinical significance of the Ki-67 labeling index (LI) for local control (LC) in patients with World Health Organization (WHO) grade II meningioma. We also tried to discern the effect of postoperative radiotherapy (PORT) on LC depending upon the Ki-67 LI value. MATERIALS AND METHODS The medical records and values of Ki-67 LIs were retrospect...

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