Terminal Syringomyelia: Is It As Innocent As It Seems?-Case Report-

ABET Assessment : Is It Really as Difficult as It Seems ?

While EC2000 was developed with the laudable goals of ensuring "program improvement and quality assurance in higher education" [1], from the point of view of the ABET accreditation visitor and the programs being evaluated, the EC2000 criteria can be both more difficult to understand and more difficult to apply than the more specific and straightforward criteria which they replaced. In addition ...

[Reducing asthma treatment: is it as simple as it seems?].

El objetivo máximo en el tratamiento del asma es alcanzar el control total de la enfermedad con el menor riesgo de efectos adversos. Las diferentes guías y consensos nacionales e internacionales, comparten un mismo mensaje en relación al tratamiento: controlar el asma con la menor dosis posible y eficaz de fármacos, referido generalmente al uso de corticoides inhalados (CI).1-4 Las distintas es...

Evaluation of cytopathological findings in thyroid nodules with macrocalcification: macrocalcification is not innocent as it seems.

OBJECTIVE Microcalcification is strongly correlated with papillary thyroid cancer. It is not clear whether macrocalcification is associated with malignancy. In this study, we aimed to assess the result of fine needle aspiration biopsies (FNAB) of thyroid nodules with macrocalcifications. SUBJECTS AND METHODS We retrospectively evaluated 269 patients (907 nodules). Macrocalcifications were cla...

[Deep brain stimulation in mood disorders: is it as easy as it seems?].

2 is a 47-year old male, diagnosed of severe bipolar subtype major depressive disorder, and who has been resistant to all the psychopharmacological treatments available and to several electroconvulsive therapy sessions. His mood status changed immediately after being implanted with the deep brain stimulation electrodes. The results on the neuropsychological examination changed. Prior to the int...

Cause-of-death certification--not as easy as it seems.