Uncertainty handling in multi-a ...

Establishing a mass casualty ma ...

PREFACE iii ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS vi 1. INTRODUCTION 1 A. DIFFERENT APPROACHES TO MASS CASUALTY INCIDENTS 1 1. Basic Approach 1 2. Classical Care Appr ...

Adherence and Long-Term Effect ...

Introduction: Long-term administration of opiates in patients with chronic noncancer pain (CNCP) is subject to debate due to insufficient clinical ...

Acute abdominal and pelvic pain ...

Background: To investigate the usefulness of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in the evaluation of pregnant women with acute abdominal and pelvic pa ...

Bilateral subthalamic deep brai ...

Background Microelectrode recording (MER) is widely used during deep brain stimulation (DBS) procedures because MER can identify structural borders ...

A comparative study of myostati ...

Muscle regeneration supports muscle function in aging, and plays a role in the functional impairment caused by progressive neuromuscular diseases. M ...

Comparative study of anatomical ...

Objective In single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) cerebral blood flow studies, two major algorithms are widely used statistical parame ...

Large genomic rearrangements of ...

Germline mutations in BRCA1 and BRCA2 increase the risk for developing breast and ovarian cancer. Previously, the techniques available allowed only ...

Out of pocket cost comparison b ...

The purpose of this article is to: (1) describe out of pocket (OOP) costs among minority and Caucasian participants in the BCEI, the Breast Cancer E ...

Correlation of breast cancer su ...

To understand the biology of low-risk breast cancer alleles, and to investigate whether these loci also contribute to disease progression that was o ...

Percutaneous Vertebroplasty in ...

Purpose Percutaneous vertebroplasty (PV) is a minimally invasive procedure involving the injection of bone cement within a collapsed vertebral body. ...

Intracranial aneurysms in adole ...

Purpose Intracranial aneurysms are extremely uncommon in adolescents. This study was undertaken to assess the clinical and radiological characterist ...

Clinical significance of tubula ...

Background Acute kidney injury (AKI) is a common complication in critically ill patients. Urinary excretion of liver-type fatty acid-binding protein ...

Bone density changes around tee ...

The objective of this study was to evaluate bone density changes around the teeth during orthodontic treatment by using cone beam computed tomograph ...

Cardiac memory in humans: vecto ...

Background ‘‘Cardiac memory’’ (CM) refers to a change in repolarization induced by an altered pathway of activation. The effects of biventricular pa ...

Methylprednisolone pulse plus m ...

We evaluated whether methylprednisolone and urokinase pulse therapy combined with mizoribine (MUPM) was effective in children with severe Henoch– S ...

Effects of intramuscular chlorp ...

The objective of this study was to evaluate effects of intramuscularly administered chlorpromazine alone and chlorpromazine–morphine combination on ...

Phenotyping of leukocytes in th ...

In this study, T and B lymphocytes were identified in the lungs of two potoroid marsupial species, the endangered Long-footed Potoroo (Potorous long ...

Valvular Heart Disease in Aging ...

Elderly women are at risk for aortic and mitral valve disease that may be challenging to manage because of co-morbidities. Many reports focus on the ...

Adding Fuel to the Fire: Alcoho ...

Alcohol consumption adds fuel to the HIV epidemic in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). SSA has the highest prevalence of HIV infection and heavy episodic dr ...

Opioid-Induced Hyperalgesia: Cl ...

Opioids have become the unequivocal therapy of choice in treating many varieties of chronic pain. With the increased prescription of opioids, some u ...

Endogenous Hydrogen Sulfide Is ...

Background Endogenous hydrogen sulfide (H2S) is increasingly being recognized as an important gaseous physiological mediator. Accumulating evidence ...

Predictors of Colorectal Cancer ...

Background The incidence of colorectal cancer following a normal colonoscopy in the Medicare population is not known. Methods A 5% national sample ...

Point-of-purchase health inform ...

Objectives Point-of-purchase (POP) information at food stores could help promote healthy dietary habits. However, it has been difficult to evaluate ...

’Posterior fossa metastasis in ...

This study investigated whether vertiginous attacks indicate a high probability for posterior fossa metastasis in lung cancer patients. Twenty-Wve l ...