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Ich (White Spot Disease)

Fish infected with Ich may have white specks on their skin as though they were sprinkled with salt (Fig. 1). Because of this appearance, Ich is sometimes called white spot disease. The skin of the fish may also look bumpy. Mature forms of the parasite are large (up to 1 mm or 1/32 inch across) and can be seen without magnification. Ich often causes the fish to have large amounts of mucus slough...

Ich Weiss Nicht Was Soll Es Bedeuten: Language Matters in Medicine

F or better or worse, English (with its many words annexed from Latin and other languages) is today's lingua franca in the medical and life sciences. It is nearly impossible to be a successful medical or life scientist without basic skills to read and communicate in English. There are, however, many other potential consumers of medical and scientifi c research results—health-care professionals,...

24-Hour ICH Score Is a Better Predictor of Outcome than Admission ICH Score

BACKGROUND The ICH score is a validated tool for predicting 30-day morbidity and mortality in patients with intracerebral hemorrhage. AIMS AND/OR HYPOTHESIS The aim of this study is to determine if the ICH score calculated 24 hours after admission is a better predictor of mortality than the ICH score calculated on admission. METHODS Patients presenting to our center with ICH from 7/08-12/10...

Recovery from ICH – Potential Targets

Intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH) is a devastating clinical event caused by rupture of blood vessels and accumulation of blood in the brain. Many disorders, including hypertensive arteriosclerosis, amyloid angiopathy, neoplasia, coagulation disorders and cerebrovascular malformations, directly or indirectly damage blood vessels in the brain and thus lead to ICH. The annual occurrence of ICH is est...

Streamlining ICH Q6B Analytical Testing of Biotherapeutics