Programmable valve shunts allows selection of opening pressure of shunt valve. In the presented article, a unique complication pertaining to programmable shunts has been discussed. A 5-year-old boy who had tectal plate low grade glioma with obstructive hydrocephalus was managed with Codman programmable ventriculoperitoneal shunt. There was a spontaneous change in the opening ...

I magine this announcement: “Accuration Instruments Inc. is proud to announce the release of the Reliabulator 2/500, a new hallmark in the reliability of clinical diagnostic laboratory automation.” Your laboratory will be one of the fi rst installations of the new Reliabulator 2/500. The manufacturer claims the “2” in the instrument name stands for an expected two years between undetected grave...

Maintenance Prevention (MP) is an important concept for ensuring reliability and maintainability of manufacturing facilities by providing various information collected during actual operations (MP information) to their design phase. However, in many cases, information collected in the shop floor is not detailed and/or accurate enough to make use of it in the design phase. In this paper, we prop...

OBJECTIVE: The objective of this selective evidence based medicine review is to determine whether or not far infrared therapy reduces the incidence of arteriovenous fistula (AVF) malfunction in patients with renal disease undergoing hemodialysis. STUDY DESIGN: Review of three primary randomized controlled trial studies published from 2007-2013. DATA SOURCES: Three peer-reviewed randomized contr...

The ubiquitin/proteasome pathway plays a vital role in plant development. But the effects of proteasome malfunction on root growth, and the mechanism underlying this involvement remains unclear. In the present study, the effects of proteasome inhibitors on Arabidopsis root growth were studied through the analysis of the root length, and meristem size and cell length in maturation zone using FM4...

A 3-year study by three medical centers has revealed a 1-year electrode malfunction rate of 7.4%; most malfunctions occurred within the first 30 days. The incidence of unavoidable early malfunction (3.2%) fell within the 5% standards suggested by the committee report of the Inter-Society Committee on Heart Diseases. Incidences of obscure cause (3.2%) may be difficult to identify prospectively a...

Developing technologies have changed both the components and the management style when extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) is used to support critically ill cardiac and respiratory patients. The Cardiohelp system is a small, portable extracorporeal system just recently available within the United States. Manufacturing standards and quality processes have made mechanical failure and malfu...