Where there is inflammation, treatment may reduce disability progression – Commentary

Where there is smoke, there is fire.

The ankle-brachial index (ABI), a ratio of systolic blood pressure measured at the ankle and the brachial artery, is a simple noninvasive screening test used to diagnose peripheral arterial disease (PAD). PAD affects over 12 million people in the United States and its prevalence increases with increasing age (1,2). Patients with an abnormal ABI, defined as 0.90 or 1.40, are at increased risk of...

Where there is a will there is a way

Peritonitis was a significant problem for our peritoneal dialysis patients in 2003. In January 2004, we initiated a continuous quality improvement project to address the problem. Our project took 18 months to complete. We developed many action items. Our first step was to analyze the data to ensure accuracy, and also to determine the causative organism that contributed most to the problem. The ...

Where there is no overlap, there is a gap.

Where There Is No Paediatric Surgeon!

Case 1: A female baby weighing 3 kg referred from a small town near Afghanistan border, after providing initial surgical care for gastroschisis. In privately owned vehicle it takes more than 36 hours to reach our facility from the hospital, where patient was managed initially. The baby was delivered with no antenatal workup. Following birth the patient was immediately transferred to the militar...

Periodontal treatment may reduce levels of systemic inflammation markers associated with atherosclerotic profile.

Key Study Factor The criteria for selecting the trials were as follows: (1) Human subjects with periodontitis; (2) intervention group receiving periodontal treatment (PT) and a non-intervention group receiving no periodontal treatment (NPT); and (3) outcome variables must be clinical CVD parameters and/or markers of atherosclerosis and CVD risk, including markers of systemic inflammation and th...