Small Bowel Cancers Diagnosed b ...
Background Primary malignant neoplasms of the small bowel comprise only 1–3% of all gastrointestinal malignancies. Small bowel cancers pose a signif ...
Continuous Glucose Monitoring i ...
Background Delayed gastric emptying can alter glucose levels in diabetic patients; hyperglycemia can delay gastric emptying. Continuous glucose moni ...
Can Quality of Care for Patient ...
Introduction The ultimate purpose of measuring quality of care is to discriminate between healthcare providers in order to motivate improvement. Rec ...
Disease-Specific Knowledge, Cop ...
Background Little is known about the effects of diseaserelated education and knowledge in individuals with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). The lim ...
Hepatobiliary Disease Associate ...
Gastrointestinal involvement in the idiopathic hypereosinophilic syndrome (HES) most commonly manifests as gastroenteritis. There are, however, case ...
Lactobacillus plantarum Prevent ...
Background Bacterial translocation is considered a major cause of initiation and development of systemic sepsis and multiple organ dysfunction in cl ...
Use of Enterally Delivered Angi ...
Background Renin-angiotensin system blockade reduces inflammation in several organ systems. Having found a fourfold increase in angiotensin II type ...
Plasma Free Myristic Acid Propo ...
Background/Aims Serum free fatty acid (FFA) composition and abnormal fatty acid metabolism have been implicated in the pathogenesis of nonalcoholic ...
The Effect of Saliva on the Vis ...
Powdered thickeners are used to modify drink consistency in the clinical management of dysphagia. These thickeners are composed of primarily modifie ...
Pharyngeal Swallowing Sound Pro ...
Recently, we described three components of a normal pharyngeal swallowing sound. The aim of the present study was to identify variations of these co ...
Chronic Aspiration without Pulm ...
We report the long-term history of two patients with oropharyngeal dysphagia subsequent to partial resection of the larynx (supraglottic and subtota ...
Intraindividual comparison of g ...
This study is an evaluation of the diagnostic accuracy of gadolinium-enhanced computed tomography pulmonary angiography (CTPA) for the detection of ...
Are you ready?—lessons learned ...
On November 5, 2009, a US Army psychiatrist allegedly opened fire with one or more handguns, killing 12 military personnel and one civilian at Fort ...
Environmental home inspection s ...
This review deals with environmental home inspection services in Western Europe provided for patients at the request of attending physicians to impr ...
Insight into physical activity ...
Metabolic syndrome (MetS) is increasingly reported in children, mainly in the presence of overweight/ obesity. From the most recent report, up to 60 ...
MRI performed after intratympan ...
The objective of the study was to compare the outcomes of a series of diagnostic parameters in Me´nie`re’s disease (MD) patients with the extent of ...
Intracochlear perfusion of leup ...
The therapeutic efficiency of cochlear infusion of two anti-apoptotic substances: a potent calpain inhibitor, leupeptin and a caspase inhibitor, z-V ...
Errors associated with the conc ...
This paper presents two cases of using erroneous concentrations of epinephrine during endonasal surgery. The two patients discussed were part of a l ...
Role of intra-operative ultraso ...
The objective of this study was to evaluate the beneWts of intra-operative ultrasonic guidance in the management of isolated nasal bone fractures. A ...
Local neck symptoms before and ...
Local symptoms in the neck such as swallowing and voice disorders, and throat discomfort might be related to a goiter if present, but are also repor ...
Who is performing percutaneous ...
Tracheotomy is one of the most common surgical procedures performed in the ICU setting. Traditionally tracheotomy has been performed by otolaryngolo ...
Association of TLR-4 and TNF-al ...
Our objective was to determine the frequency of TNF-alpha -238, -308 G/A promoter and TLR-4 299 D/G and 399 T/I polymorphisms in healthy population ...
A technical note: pre-operative ...
Ultrasound-guided wire localization of impalpable lesions is a well-recognized technique in the management of breast pathology, but its use in the h ...
Clinical impact of cervical lym ...
The impact of cervical lymph node metastases and the optimal surgical management of the neck in patients with papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC) rema ...
Perioperative clinical factors ...
Postoperative volume changes in reconstructed Xaps are known to inXuence the functional restoration of resected areas of the upper aerodigestive tra ...