PURPOSE Tape tension adjustment is an essential procedure in mid-urethral sling surgery. The goal of this study was to determine if intraoperative maximal urethral closing pressure (MUCP) elevation could be used as a reference value for adequate tape tension adjustment and predict transobturator (TOT) sling surgery outcome. MATERIALS AND METHODS A prospective study was performed using MUCP me...

BACKGROUND Patients with inferior wall ST segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) are considered to be at lower risk than patients with anterior wall STEMI. Nonetheless, 30-40% of all acute inferior wall MI cases have a poor prognosis. AIM To assess the frequency of ST segment changes (elevation or depression) in lead aVR in inferior STEMI patients, and to determine the clinical cours...

The general aim of this study was to evaluate the disease spectrum in patients presenting with a pure polymyositis (pPM) phenotype. Specific objectives were to characterize clinical features, autoantibodies (aAbs), and membrane attack complex (MAC) in muscle biopsies of patients with treatment-responsive, statin-exposed necrotizing autoimmune myositis (NAM). Patients from the Centre hospitalier...

background: inferior rectus recession, knapp procedure, partial tendon transposition, and combined procedure are different surgical procedures in the management of monocular elevation deficiency (med). only a few studies have been published on the management of this problem. in this study, we report our experience with patients with med focusing on the indications and types of surgery in the so...

It has been reported that hypertension and obesity often coexist with hyperuricemia. To clarify the relations between serum uric acid, plasma norepinephrine, and insulin or leptin levels in subjects with weight gain-induced blood pressure elevation, we conducted the present longitudinal study. In 433 young, nonobese, normotensive men, body mass index, blood pressure, and levels of serum uric ac...

Abstract. We present a new 3D unstructured-grid global ocean model to study both tidal and nontidal processes, with focus on the total water elevation. Unlike existing models, resolves estuaries rivers down ∼8 m without need for grid nesting. The is validated satellite in situ observations elevation, temperature, salinity. Tidal elevation solutions have mean complex root-mean-square error (RMSE...

STUDY DESIGN Single-cohort laboratory-based study. OBJECTIVES To measure thoracic spine extension motion during bilateral arm elevation using functional radiography and photographic image analysis. BACKGROUND Impairment of thoracic spine extension motion may impact shoulder girdle function. Motion of the thoracic spine during arm movement has not been directly measured using functional radi...

An analysis of the annual mean temperature (TMEAN) (1961-2010) has revealed that warming amplification (altitudinal amplification and regional amplification) is a common feature of major high-elevation regions across the globe against the background of global warming since the mid-20th century. In this study, the authors further examine whether this holds for annual mean minimum temperature (TM...