the arthroscopic study of knee joint is of outstanding interest in assessment of knee complaints. the present article describes the results of arthroscopic examination of 100 patients (mean age 29.4 years 82% male) evaluated from 1996 to 1997 in imam khomeini hospital of tehran. sport injury was the most prevalent cause of referral (40%). the 2 most frequent complaints were knee pain (94%) and ...

yersinia pestis which is the causative agent of pneumonic plague and distributed in all continents has led to many deaths during the history. because of its high mortality rate, it must be diagnosed and treated at the earliest time post infection and therefore, rapid diagnostic tests are required. in the present study, we cloned the coding sequence of f1 capsular antigen of the bacteria in the ...

Sodium nitrite is a strong oxidising agent with multiple industrial uses. Ingestion of small dose can cause death rapidly through the formation methaemoglobin and nitric oxide. Globally, while deaths due to sodium ingestion have been sporadic tended be accidental, frequency purposeful ingestions increasing. Local incidences in Singapore remain rare. We present case report Singapore, challenges ...

objectivethis study aimed to assess brain natriuretic peptide in early diagnose of cardiac function in children with congenital heart diseases.methodologythis study was performed on children with chd and healthy. severity of heart failure modified ross classification system was used for grouping patients in four classes. for all participants, height, weight and head circumference were measured....

Endometriosis is defined as the presence of endometrial tissue outside the uterus. It affects 10-15% of women during reproductive age and has a big personal and social impact due to chronic pelvic pain, subfertility, loss of work-hours and medical costs. Such conditions are exacerbated by the fact that the correct diagnosis is made as late as 8-11 years after symptom presentation. This is due t...

BACKGROUND With the development of computed tomography (CT) technology, coronary CT angiography can be acquired with low doses of radiation and contrast agent without a loss of diagnostic performance. The primary objective of the CONCENTRATE study is to prove the noninferiority of the enhancement effect of low-concentration contrast agents compared to a high-concentration contrast agent of the ...

OBJECTIVE To compare the overall diagnostic costs associated with non-contrast and contrast echocardiography. STUDY DESIGN Phase III clinical trial. PATIENTS AND METHODS In a secondary analysis of data from a phase III clinical trial of the intravenous contrast agent Optison, we compared the costs associated with obtaining a diagnosis in 203 patients who underwent non-contrast and contrast ...

Sociological contributions on digital health have acknowledged the enduring significance of sensory work in diagnosis and practices care. Previous explorations these entanglements focused separately healthcare providers or patients/caregivers, rarely bringing worlds together. Our analysis, based collation ethnographic fieldwork clinics, medical schools, homes Australia, offers rare insights int...