Many studies performed in the last decade showed significantly higher absorption rates and a greater local pharmacological effect for drugs applied to the skin entrapped in liposomes as compared to conventional topical formulation [1]. It is also well established that liposome bilayer properties play an important role in transport. But there is a lack of methods by which it is possible to direc...

UNLABELLED The association of bupropion and nicotine is a good choice in the treatment of smoking cessation. However, not all patients actually give up smoking. STUDY OBJECTIVES This work was undertaken with the aim of finding out the functional or clinical variables that could be associated with the success of the cessation therapy. DESIGN In one year, 88 patients who were treated with bup...

BACKGROUND Community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) is a common disease, responsible for significant healthcare expenditures, mostly because of hospitalization. Many practice guidelines on CAP have been developed, including admission criteria, but a few on appropriate hospitalization in children. The aim of this study was to evaluate appropriate hospital admission for CAP in a pediatric population. ...

Smart sensors have been used in several biomedical applications such as a glucose level monitor and cancer monitors. On the other hand, the mobile Internet user population has undergone a tremendous growth in the past few years. The cellular network is being rapidly upgraded to 3G. This paper proposes the sensor-based mobile telemedicine architecture to resolve the large-scale medical query res...

UNLABELLED Inconsistencies about dynamic asymmetry between the on- and off- transient responses in oxygen uptake are found in the literature. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to characterize the oxygen uptake off-transient kinetics during a maximal 200-m front crawl effort, as examining the degree to which the on/off regularity of the oxygen uptake kinetics response was preserved. Eight...

Flower-N is a flowering stimulant composition with 22% nitrobenzene. The main systemic effect associated with human exposure to nitrobenzene is methaemoglobinaemia. A 25-year-old female presented after 3 hours following ingestion of 100 ml of 22% Nitrobenzene (Flower-N). Her initial methaemoglobin (MetHb) was 81%; this responded to methylene blue. However, she developed recurrent methaemoglobin...

A 5-month-old boy was admitted to hospital for an episode of bronchiolitis. Despite the rapid resolution of his pulmonary symptoms, his oxygen saturation value remained low (SpO2: 82%) as monitored with a pulse oxymeter. This value was normalized by oxygenotherapy but diminished again when oxygenotherapy was stopped. Clinical examination, blood count and red cell indices were normal, as were ch...

Corresponding author: In-Cheol Choi, M.D., Ph.D., Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, 388-1, Pungnap 2-dong, Songpa-gu, Seoul 138-736, Korea. Tel: 82-2-3010-3862, Fax: 82-2-3010-6790, E-mail: [email protected] This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial L...

A 14-year-old adolescent man from the Republic of Congo, with no personal medical history, presented with progressive shortness of breath and exercise limitation. On clinical examination, he had a 3/6 systolic murmur and regular cardiac rhythm, and cyanotic fingers and clubbing, as well. Pulmonary auscultation was normal. No recent episode of fever or shivering or peripheral sign of endocarditi...