OBJECTIVE To examine the importance of timing of gestational weight gain during three time periods: 1: ≤ 20 weeks gestation), 2: 21-29 weeks) and 3: ≥ 30 weeks) on fetal growth and infant birth size. METHODS Study uses secondary data from the PRECONCEPT randomized controlled trial in Thai Nguyen province, Vietnam (n = 1436). Prospective data were collected on women starting pre-pregnancy thro...

BACKGROUND High-intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) is a nonsurgical, noninvasive body sculpting method. OBJECTIVE To investigate preferences for treatment settings using a HIFU device. MATERIALS AND METHODS HIFU was applied to the anterior abdomen in three passes of decreasing depth (1.6, 1.3, and 1.1 cm) in patients randomized to HIFU energy levels (each of 3 passes [total]) of 47 (141), ...

According to accident analysis, submarining is responsible for most of the frontal car crash AIS 3+ abdominal injuries sustained by restrained occupants. Submarining is characterized by an initial position of the lap belt on the iliac spine. During the crash, the pelvis slips under the lap belt which loads the abdomen. The order of magnitude of the abdominal deflection rate was reported by Urio...

Introduction: The world’s population ageing is poised to growth in number including in Malaysia. In conjunction with the transition of the nation toward ageing population, the Quality of Life (QoL) among elderly should be maintain or improved to good level. This study was to investigate the relationship between appetite, anthropometric characteristic and QoL among elderly people in the Fe...

Purpose: To investigate the effect of single session Extracorporeal Shock Wave Therapy (ESWT) over the ankle plantar flexor muscles on the spasticity, muscle architecture, and gait in chronic stroke patients. Methods: This quasi-experimental, single group study had a repeated measures design. A total of 17 post-stroke patients were selected by convenience sampling method, and received 2000 sho...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES The risks of currently available invasive procedures in body contouring motivate a need for safer, non-invasive technologies for improving the appearance of body silhouette. A new device has been developed that uses focused therapeutic ultrasound to reduce adipose tissue non-invasively. The aim of this study was to assess the efficacy and safety of a novel non-invasive...

This 6-week-old girl was seen in the emergency room due to constipation and increased fussiness. She had tactile fever the night before admission, but her mother hadn’t taken her temperature. She had no bowel movements for the previous 2 days. Normally, she had three to fi ve formed bowel movements each day. She had been eating normally but was fussier over the past several days. In addition, s...

Gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GISTs) represent 0.1-1% of gastrointestinal malignancies. They are commonly asymptomatic and found incidentally during laparoscopy, surgical procedures or radiological studies. Diagnosis is based on histology and immunohistochemistry, while the role of imaging studies is not diagnosis-specific. We present the case of a 38-year-old patient complaining of an incre...

Sava Ram, aged 45, Goojur by caste, and native of a village called Meoda, in the neighbourhood of Gwalior, was admitted into the Thomason Hospital on the 6th instant, suffering frjm a peculiar horn-growth of more than sixteen months' standing. lie is a strong man of good make and healthyconstitution. The horn?as I must call it, for it does resemble one in form, colour, and texture?is a hard, st...