introduction: based on the existing studies, measuring serum level of immunoglobulin for making decisions regarding prescription of tetanus prophylaxis seems logical and cost effective. therefore, the present study was done with the aim of evaluating the diagnostic accuracy of tetanus quick stick (tqs) in comparison with elisa method in this regard. methods: the present diagnostic accuracy stud...

normal 0 false false false en-us x-none ar-sa background: in some studies, the level of adenosine deaminase ( ada) in sputum and effusion liquids was used for the diagnosis of tuberculosis (tb). but it is not always possible to access these materials. the goal of this study is to assess the diagnostic value of serum ada levels in pulmonary tb patients. materials and methods: in this study, 40 s...

The modified Mallampati score is used to predict difficult tracheal intubation. We have conducted a meta-analysis of published studies to evaluate the Mallampati score as a prognostic test. A total of 55 studies involving 177 088 patients were included after comprehensive electronic and manual searches. The pooled estimates from the meta-analyses were calculated based on a random-effects model ...

Let C1 , ..., Ck be a system of closed curves on a triangulizable surface S. The system is called minimally crossing if each curve Ci has a minimal number of selfintersections among all curves C$i freely homotopic to Ci and if each pair Ci , Cj has a minimal number of intersections among all curve pairs C$i , C$j freely homotopic to Ci , Cj respectively (i, j=1, ..., k, i{ j). The system is cal...

In this study, we introduce a new type of surface curves called $D$-type curve. This curve is defined by the property that the unit Darboux vector $vec{W}_{0} $ of a surface curve $vec{r}(s)$ and unit surface normal $vec{n} $ along the curve $vec{r}(s)$ satisfy the condition $leftlangle vec{n} ,vec{W}_{0} rightrangle =text{constant}$. We point out that a $D$-type curve is a geodesic curve or an...

BACKGROUND Age, estimated glomerular renal function (eGFR), and ejection fraction are preprocedural predictors of contrast-induced acute kidney injury (CI-AKI) after primary percutaneous coronary intervention. The effect of renal function-adjusted contrast volume (CV) remains not totally explored, and a threshold has not yet been established. METHODS AND RESULTS Logistic regression and receiv...

Yingxu Wang∗ University of Calgary, Canada, [email protected] James A. Anderson: Brown University, USA Christine Chan, Yiyu Yao, : University of Regina, Canada Witold Kinsner: University of Manitoba, Canada Jean-Claude Latombe: Stanford University, USA Dilip Patel: London South Bank University, UK Witold Pedrycz: University of Alberta, Canada Philip Sheu: University of California, Irvine, USA ...

PURPOSE To evaluate the diagnostic accuracy of ultrasonograph and fine-needle aspiration cytologic examination (USG-FNAC) in the staging of axillary lymph node metastasis in breast cancer patients. METHODS We conducted an electronic search of the literature addressing the performance of USG-FNAC in diagnosis of axillary lymph node metastasis in databases such as Pubmed, Medline, Embase, Ovid ...