Invasive aspergillosis (IA) are a major complication in immunocompromized patients where can be serious and rapidly fatal. Early diagnosis and early appropriate antifungal treatment is important in reducing mortality and morbidity. But despite many efforts to develop detection methods, the diagnosis of IA still remains challenging and current conventional methods are limited for adequate diagno...

A medical device, which allows imaging 3d conductivity distribution in the subsurface areas using the EIT approach, has been developed and tested. The purpose of the new system is the early detection and preliminary diagnosis of the breast tumours. Design of the measuring system and software are described. Results of clinical evaluation of the system are presented. EIT images of healthy and can...

The importance of identifying this anomaly is that it is associated with other congenital malformations in over 20% of cases, most commonly being associated with cardiovascular anomalies and congenital dislocation of hip. Of the 44 infants with this syndrome, Pape and Pickering found 27 to have major anomaly of skeletal, genitourinary, respiratory and cardiovascular systems. The disorder most c...

The present Supplement of the European Respiratory Journal assembles a number of reviews on "Early detection" and it is the product of a symposium held in Barcelona on June 22 2002. The symposium was organised by the European Institute of Healthcare, which was set up by AstraZeneca. It was the fourth symposium of this kind organised by this Institute. The goals of the Institute were extensively...

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consensus decision is going to be reached the best course is to thank members for a useful discussion and say that you will put the matter on the agenda for the next meeting for reconsideration. You may think it helpful to ask any member who has been particularly vocal to prepare a paper on the subject for that meeting. Alternatively, if it is an important matter, you can set up a subcommittee ...

Alkaptonuria is a rare disorder of metabolism characterized by deficiency of homogentisic acid oxidase. This leads to the characteristic features like darkening of urine, ochronosis and arthropathy. Darkening of urine is one of the first symptoms noticed by the parents of the child suffering from this disorder. Ochronosis is seen in various organs like eyes, skin, tendons and joints. A case of ...

Primary open-angle glaucoma (often loosely called "chronic glaucoma") is one of the main causes of preventable loss of sight in Britain1 2 and throughout the world. All too often it is diagnosed only when loss ofthe visual fields is advanced and the condition is resistant to treatment.3 Early detection is therefore of the highest importance, especially with recent evidence that appreciable neur...