Iodine-125 vs. Palladium-103: Long-term complications

Long-term potency after iodine-125 radiotherapy for prostate cancer and role of sildenafil citrate.

OBJECTIVES To assess the long-term sexual potency and attrition in sexual function after iodine-125 ((125)I) seed radiotherapy and the effect of sildenafil on radiation-induced erectile dysfunction (ED). METHODS This prospective study consisted of 86 sexually active patients (mean age 63.5 +/- 7.7 years) who underwent (125)I seed implantation from 1997 to 1999 to treat low-volume prostate can...

Proteinuria- Long Term Complications

Patients with diabetes or hypertension with microalbuminuria (MA)/ proteinuria are prone to CV risk and progressive renal damage. This risk increases progressively with increasing levels of proteinuria. MA generally increases the relative risk of CV mortality by 1.3 and macroproteinuria by 2.4. 10-20% of hypertensive, 30-40% of diabetics and 5-7% of healthy population has MA. The CV risk exists...

short-term vs long-term systemic corticosteroid in ocular toxoplasmosis

purpose: to compare the effects of short-tem and long-term systemic corticosteroids in the treatment of confirmed ocular toxoplasmosis. methods: this randomized comparative clinical trial was performed on 69 patients with confirmed active ocular toxoplasmosis with typical clinical manifestations. the subjects were randomly assigned to receive either 10 days (group a, 33 cases) or 4-6 weeks (gro...

Cyclotron production of no-carrier-added palladium-103 by bombardment of rhodium-103 target.

Electroplated rhodium foil was employed as the target for cyclotron production of palladium-103. An electrodissolution apparatus was found better than other dissolution methods in terms of personnel shielding and palladium-103 yield. The ion-exchange column chromatography method was simple and effective for the purification of palladium-103 and the final stripping agent of NH4Cl + NH3(1:1) was ...

Peripherally Inserted Central Catheter Complications in Rural vs. Uban Children Receiving Long-Term Parenteral Antimicrobial Therapy