chell, M.D. (May 1896.)?This is performed with a binaural stethoscope which has a clamp audi screw uear the sound-receiving end, and to this is attached a solid wire rod connected with a head-piece, consisting of two plates which fit on the forehead and occiput. Both hands are left free for percussion, while the instrument ismoved by a slight inclination of the head, and sufficient pressure is ...

Transplantation in pediatric patients has become a common occurrence. Each year more than 2000 children receive solid organ transplants in the United States and this number is expected to increase in the future (UNOS database annual report 2001). Post transplant children may present for anesthesia and surgeries that are routine in pediatric patients (myringotomy with tubes, tonsillectomies, str...

Dr. DnBois, an associate professor of health care ethics, Saint Louis University St. Ij)uis, is a member of the United Network for Organ Sharing s Region 8 Liver Review Board and Mid-America Transplant Services' Not i -Hea rt-Bca ting Organ Donation Lay Committee. O rgan donation after death is considered a generous gift, a gift of life. In harmony with many religious t radi t ions, the Catholi...

 ABSTRACTBackground: Monte Carlo simulation has been used by many researchers to calculate organ and effective dose of patients arising from conventional X-ray examinations. In this study the radiation transport code, MCNP-4C, has been used to perform Monte Carlo simulations to estimate radiation dose delivered to different organs in conventional X-ray examinations.Material and Methods: In this...

Objectives: To assess the feasibility of DWIBS in screening patients for metastasis either in bone, solid organs or lymph nodes. Patients and Methods: A total of 50 patients (27 men and 23 women) with their ages ranged from 27-69 years, mean age, 48 years. Forty five patients (25 men and 20 women) had distant metastases from a known primary malignancy, and five patients (2 men and 3 women) had ...

OBJECTIVE To establish and verify the utility of plugging biopsy tracts, using a combination of Gelfoam slurry and torpedo in the prevention of post-biopsy bleeding in patients at high risk of post-procedure haemorrhage following ultrasound-guided percutaneous biopsy of solid organs. DESIGN Case series. SETTING Radiology Department of a regional hospital in Hong Kong. PATIENTS In our unit...

Three issues are critical for successful cryopreservation of multicellular material: gases dissolved in liquid, thermal conductivity of the tissue, and localization of microstructures. Here we show that heat distribution is controlled by the gas amount dissolved in liquids and that when changing the liquid into solid, the dissolved gases either form bubbles due to the absence of space in the la...