What medical options should be considered for the treatment of primary hyperparathyroidism?

Emergent Colorectal Surgery: What Should Be Considered?

In emergent settings for the treatment of colorectal diseases, diverse complications, including obstruction, perforation, ischemia, and sepsis, contribute to the high risk of both mortality and morbidity in comparison to scheduled settings. According to Western studies, the mortality and the complication rates are high in such cases, ranging from 10% to 25% and 30% to 50%, respectively [13]. Ho...

Staphylococcus lugdunensis; a pathogen that should be considered in Iran

Background: Staphylococcus lugdunensis is Gram-positive cocci of the staphylococcaceae family. S. lugdunensis despite having a clotting factor (wall coagulase), was classified in the coagulase negative staphylococcus group (CoNS) for lack of free coagulase. Although this bacterium is part of the human normal flora, in terms of virulence, S. lugdunensis is in second place after S. aureus. S. lug...

When should surgery be considered for the treatment of epilepsy?

comparison of zoe and vitapex for canal treatment of necrotic primary teeth

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Genotyping should be considered the primary choice for pre-treatment evaluation of thiopurine methyltransferase function.

BACKGROUND AND AIMS A pre-treatment determination of the thiopurine S-methyltransferase (TPMT) genotype or phenotype can identify patients at risk of developing severe adverse reactions from thiopurine treatment. The risk of misclassifying a patient might be dependent on the method used. The aim of this study was to investigate the concordance between TPMT genotyping and phenotyping. METHODS ...