Body position and oxygenation: An intriguing relationship

Body position and oxygenation: An intriguing relationship.

Dyspnea and hypoxemia are among the most common symptoms and signs that need to be assessed in clinical practice. This case illustrates how simple steps in history taking and physical examination can be crucial for diagnosis. We present a patient with intermittent hypoxemia, initially attributed to a pulmonary infection. However, the hypoxemia persisted even after successful treatment of the in...

DNA Repair and Telomeres — An Intriguing Relationship

Phlebotomy, stat testing and laboratory organization: an intriguing relationship.

Stat or urgent testing is a conventional circumlocution, which is used to designate timely or “ rush ” performance of laboratory tests. The term “ stat ” is literally derived from the Latin word “ statim ” , which actually means “ immediately ” . In the daily practice, this concept is used to defi ne a series of activities or processes required to obtain rapid test results for the immediate man...

an investigation about the relationship between insurance lines and economic growth; the case study of iran

مطالعات قبلی بازار بیمه را به صورت کلی در نظر می گرفتند اما در این مطالعه صنعت بیمه به عنوان متغیر مستفل به بیمه های زندگی و غیر زندگی شکسته شده و هم چنین بیمه های زندگی به رشته های مختلف بیمه ای که در بازار بیمه ایران سهم قابل توجهی دارند تقسیم میشود. با استفاده از روشهای اقتصاد سنجی داده های برای دوره های 48-89 از مراکز ملی داده جمع آوری شد سپس با تخمین مدل خود بازگشتی برداری همراه با تعدادی ...

Latex, an intriguing allergen.