OBJECTIVE Simultaneously assess the relationship between the family support perception and the intensity of hopelessness, depression, and anxiety symptoms in alcohol or drug dependent (AOD) patients and in non-AOD dependent control group (CON). METHOD 60 patients who met the DSM-IV criteria for AOD dependence and 65 individuals with similar profile, but not dependent on AOD completed the Fami...

linical characteristics and testing results in those with and without HF at the time of their AoD. Those with CHF tended to resent in atypical fashion, and whereas CHF at the time of AoD id not appear to lead to inordinate delays in patient presentation, potential impact of CHF on time to recognition of AoD was oted, and CHF was an independent predictor of surgical delay. In ur data set, it is ...

PURPOSE If a patient with aortic dissection (AoD) is inadvertently treated with thrombolytic agents, severe complications and poor outcomes are likely to ensue. We reported a case and postulated mandibular pain as warning sign for diagnosing AoD related stroke. CASE REPORT We report an 81-year-old woman presenting with left mandibular pain followed by left hemiplegia. Extracranial carotid dup...

Atlanto-occipital dislocation (AOD) is rarely seen in clinic because it is characteristically immediately fatal. With recent progress in the pre-hospital care, an increasing number of AOD survivors have been reported. However, because the pathophysiology of AOD is not clearly understood yet, the appropriate strategy for the initial management remains still unclear. We report a case of successfu...

The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) provides daily global coverage, but the 10 km resolution of its aerosol optical depth (AOD) product is not adequate for studying spatial variability of aerosols in urban areas. Recently, a new Multi-Angle Implementation of Atmospheric Correction (MAIAC) algorithm was developed for MODIS which provides AOD at 1 km resolution. Using MAIAC ...

Differences in preweaning growth of calves nursing 2- and 3-yr-old dams compared with contemporaries nursing older dams are accentuated in the Miles City Line 1 Hereford herd relative to age-of-dam (AOD) effects implied by preadjustment of 205-d weight in national cattle evaluation. Mixed-model analyses of 205-d weight that fit random individual direct effects and maternal genetic and permanent...

The visible infrared imaging radiometer suite (VIIRS) environmental data record aerosol product (VIIRS_EDR) and the Aqua-moderate resolution imaging spectroradiometer (MYD04) collection 6 (C6) aerosol optical depth (AOD) products are validated against the Cimel sun–photometer (CE318) AOD measurements during different air quality conditions over the Yangtze river basin (YRB) from 2 May 2012 to 3...

BACKGROUND Ambulance offload delay (AOD) has been recognized by the National Association of EMS Physicians (NAEMSP) as an important quality marker. AOD is the time between arrival of a patient by EMS and the time that the EMS crew has given report and moved the patient off of the EMS stretcher, allowing the EMS crew to begin the process of returning to service. The AOD represents a potential de...

Satellite-derived aerosol optical depth (AOD) observations have been used to estimate particulate matter smaller than 2.5 μm (PM2.5). However, such a relationship could be affected by the representativeness of satellitederived AOD to surface aerosol particle mass concentration and satellite AOD data quality. Using purely measurementbased methods, we have explored the impacts of data quality and...

BACKGROUND Experience suggests that patients with alcohol and other drug use disorders (AOD) are commonly cared for in our intensive care units (ICU's) and require more sedation. We sought to determine the impact of AOD on sedation requirement and mechanical ventilation (MV) duration. METHODS Retrospective review of randomly selected records of adult patients undergoing MV in the medical ICU....