Course description This course offers theoretical and conceptual background for understanding the sociological and anthropological study of medicine. It will also include normative analysis of bioethical stances in the context of using novel medical technologies which challenge existing socio-cultural definitions. To illustrate these issues we will focus on two examples: genetic testing and adv...

The aim of the present study was to investigate factors associated with bruxism in children aged from 1 to 13 years with developmental disabilities. A total of 389 dental records were examined. The bruxism analyzed was determined based on parental reports. The following variables were also analyzed: gender, age, International Code of Diseases (ICD), mouth breathing, history of gastroesophageal ...

BACKGROUND Few studies have employed formal diagnostic criteria to determine the prevalence of psychiatric disorders in contemporaneous samples of children with and without intellectual disabilities. AIMS To establish the prevalence of psychiatric disorders against ICD-10 criteria among children with and without intellectual disabilities, the association with social/environmental risk factors...

DESCRIPTION A 63-year-old woman without any significant medical history presented with acute thoracic pain and dyspnoea after alcohol abuse and an argument with her husband. Her initial electrocardiography showed giant negative T waves in all precordial leads. Troponin T, creatine kinase and creatine kinase MB concentrations were only slightly increased. Two dimensional transthoracic echocardio...

UNLABELLED Apical ballooning syndrome, also called Takotsubo cardiomyopathy, is characterized by transient systolic dysfunction of mid to apical segments and hyperkinesis of basal segments of the left ventricle that mimic acute myocardial infarction without significant coronary artery stenosis. We reported a 51-year-old man with chest distress, hypotension and abnormal electrocardiogram. Echoca...

BACKGROUND While standardized methods are established to examine the pathway from motorcortex to the peripheral nerve in patients with facial palsy, a reliable method to evaluate the facial muscles in patients with long-term palsy for therapy planning is lacking. METHODS A 3D ultrasonographic (US) acquisition system driven by a motorized linear mover combined with conventional US probe was us...

my viab Several case studies of acute transient left ventricr apical ballooning without significant coronary ry disease (takotsubo cardiomyopathy) have been orted. The pathophysiologic mechanism of this drome is believed to be related to catecholamineuced stunning of the apical myocardium. Definitive of, however, is lacking. Here we report a case of transient apical ballooning which metabolic i...

OBJECTIVE Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder is a heterogeneous disorder of unknown etiology. Little is known about the comorbidity of this disorder with disorders other than conduct. Therefore, the authors made a systematic search of the psychiatric and psychological literature for empirical studies dealing with the comorbidity of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder with other disor...

A survey carried out to detect children with aniridia/Wilms's tumour syndrome identified 8 living and 3 dead children. The incidence of aniridia was found to be 1 in 43 among Wilms's tumour patients in the UK. The clinical features included complete bilaterial aniridia, cataracts, glaucoma, mental retardation, hyperkinesis, hypospadias, and undescended testes. A high incidence of bilateral tumo...