Bispectral index (BIS) is a reliable parameter for measuring depth of hypnotic level during anesthesia. Convective air warming system is an effective equipment to maintain normothermia during operation. We report falsely elevated BIS value due to convective air warming system while undergoing kidney transplantation.

MEDICAL Directors are all very familiar with the purpose and operations of the MIB Medical Impairment Search and Retrieval System, which is utilized by virtually every major company issuing life, health, and disability insurance in the United States and Canada. However, not as much is known about the MIB Center for Medico-Actuarial Statistics, commonly known as CMAS, where most of the insurance...

aging declines abilities and leads to increased risk of falling and subsequently poorer quality of life. the objective of this study was to identify a proper assessment for risk of falling among institutionalized elderly. in order to accomplish this aim, two functional assessment methods, berg scale and tinetti scale, were used and the validity indices of these methods were calculated. prospect...

Using the Shedler-Westen Assessment Procedure (SWAP)-200 Q-Sort items in a large clinical sample of outpatients (N = 105), we developed the SWAP insight scale. The rationale, psychometric properties, and convergent validity of this insight scale are reported. Through factor analysis, six of the SWAP-200 items were identified as psychometrically optimal in the assessment of insight (presence or ...

BACKGROUND Functional assessment of a patient focuses on the assessment of independence in activities of daily living. The aim of the study was to verify the usefulness of a new tool (Functional Capacity Scale - FCS) for early functional assessment of patients after surgical treatment of an intracranial aneurysm. MATERIAL/METHODS The study was conducted in the Neurosurgical Department and Cli...