BACKGROUND The "gold standard" employed for obtaining blood pressure (BP) for all the National Health and Nutrition Examination Surveys (NHANES) has been the mercury sphygmomanometer (HgS). Because of environmental concerns, there is a need to explore an alternative to HgS. METHODS We compared the accuracy of the Welch Allyn 767 wall aneroid sphygmomanometer (AnS) to the HgS in children and a...

OBJECTIVE: The present study was aimed at evaluating the performance of residents trained in the reading of conventional and digital mammography images with a specific computational tool. MATERIALS AND METHODS: The training was accomplished in the Laboratory of Medical Images Qualification (QualIM – Laboratório de Qualificação de Imagens Médicas). Residents in radiology performed approximately ...

INTRODUCTION THIS REVIEW explores a poorly-defined area of borderline abnormal blood pressures. Different definitions as to what is normal and abnormal blood pressure traditionally apply sharp cutting lines, but they differ from study to study. No one would question that consistent readings below 130/80 represent normal blood pressure, and those always above 160/100 at any age require medical a...

Moral error theory claims that all moral judgments are in error. abolitionism is the view theorist should then eliminate talk or judgments. This paper dis-cusses possible effects of adopting on lying,