BACKGROUND Criteria for diagnosis of infected internal fixation implants at the time of conversion to total hip arthroplasty (THA) are not clear. The purpose of this study is to identify risk factors for infection in patients undergoing conversion to THA. METHODS We retrospectively reviewed patients at a single institution who underwent conversion to THA from 2009 to 2014. Patients were diagn...

background: the amount of literature concerning the implication of the red cell distribution width (rdw) in the assessment of ulcerative colitis (uc) activity is rather limited. the aim of this study is to investigate the potential role of rdw in the evaluation of uc disease activity. materials and methods: a total of 96 patients with uc and 51 age and sex-matched healthy volunteers were includ...

background and aim: kawasaki disease (kd) is an acute childhood febrile illness with world­wide incidence and the highest incidence occurs in asian children, with coronary arteritis being the main complication. sensorineural hearing loss (snhl) has also been described as a comp­lication of kd in several articles. the aim of this study was to evaluate the prevalence of snhl in patients with kd t...

Psoriatic arthritis (PsA) has been classically defined as an inflammatory arthritis associated with psoriasis. However, in comparison with other relevant inflammatory arthropathies, in which a definite diagnosis is frequently possible only by means of laboratory investigations, in PsA true laboratory diagnostic markers are lacking. Some markers are utilised more to differentiate other diseases ...

We present a case of highly elevated tenfold rise of serum chromogranin A in a young, morbidly obese, hypertensive female being investigated for pancreatic mass, weight loss, and elevated ESR. Following extensive noninvasive investigations, an ultrasound-guided pancreatic biopsy confirmed benign haemorrhagic cyst. A clue to the etiology of the hyperchromogranin A was the elevated serum gastrin ...

OBJECTIVE This prospective study was planned to study the prognostic value of routine clinical, hematological and biochemical parameters, including platelet aggregation in patients of acute stroke, on fatality occurring during the first 30 days. MATERIAL AND METHODS In this study 116 consecutive patients (77 males and 39 females) of stroke (within 72 hours of onset) were included. After clini...

Title of Document: RELIABILITY EVALUATION OF LIQUID AND POLYMER ALUMINUM ELECTROLYTIC CAPACITORS 45BAnshul Shrivastava, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), 2014 Directed By: Professor Michael Pecht, Department of Mechanical Engineering Liquid aluminum electrolytic capacitors are known for their reliability problems. They are considered as the weakest link in the power electronics system. The liquid e...