How common are incomplete pulmonary fissures, and what is their clinical significance?

What Is Their Significance?

According to Webster,1 the terms “spurious,” “artifactual,” or “pseudo” denote false or deceptive resemblance. These terms when used specifically to hypertension refer to something that does not correspond with reality—a false perception; implicit in this definition is normalcy or a benign prognosis. Before discussion of the pros and cons of spurious, artifactual, or pseudohypertension, one sho...

What is the clinical significance of isolated subsegmental pulmonary embolism?

Pulmonary nodular ground-glass opacities in patients with extrapulmonary cancers: what is their clinical significance and how can we determine whether they are malignant or benign lesions?

BACKGROUND The clinical significance of pulmonary nodular ground-glass opacities (NGGOs) in patients with extrapulmonary cancers is not known, although there is an urgent need for study on this topic. The purpose of this study, therefore, was to investigate the clinical significance of pulmonary NGGOs in these patients, and to develop a computerized scheme to distinguish malignant from benign N...

What is the Clinical Skills Learning Center?

With shorter periods of hospitalazation, fewer patient beds and more health care facilities in the society, patients are now more acutely ill and highly dependent, causing less opportunities for medical students to practice and learn basic clinical skills. On the other hand, enhanced patient rights and other learnig limitations require that professional education provide not only knowledge and ...

in translation: translators on their work and what it means

کتاب در باب ترجمه، اثر استر آلن و سوزان برنوفسکی منتشر شده در ماه می 2013 توسط نشریه کلمبیا است. نویسندگان در این کتاب به بررسی 18 مترجم با در نظر گرفتن نقش آثاری که این مترجمان ترجمه کرده اند میپردازند. کتاب به دو بخش تقسیم میشود: " مترجم در جهان" و " کار مترجم" این دو بخش مقالات همیشگی ترجمه و موقعیت خاص ادبیات بیگانه در جهان وسیع امروزی را مورد خطاب قرار میدهد. در این کتاب مقالات متعددی از ن...