introduction: to retrospectively analyze the outcome of patients who underwent meckel’s scan in a local centre in hong kong over the past fifteen years. diagnostic values in different referring indications were also reviewed. methods: all patients who referred for meckel’s scan in a local hospital in hong kong from 1/1/1996 to 31/12/2010 were identified. patients’ demographic data, presenting s...

AIM To evaluate the role of low mechanical index (MI) contrast-enhanced sonography (CEUS) for the characterization of small hepatocellular carcinomas (HCC) in cirrhotic patients by comparing the results to ultrafast dynamic gadolinium-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) studies. MATERIALS AND METHODS Between September 2003 and June 2004, 73 patients (49 male and 24 female; mean age, 63 ...

OBJECTIVE To determine the accuracy of the CRAFFT substance abuse screening test. DESIGN Criterion standard validation study comparing the score on the 6-item CRAFFT test with screening categories determined by a concurrently administered substance-use problem scale and a structured psychiatric diagnostic interview. Screening categories were "any problem" (ie, problem use, abuse, or dependenc...

BACKGROUND Acute appendicitis is the most frequent surgical emergency encountered worldwide. This study was conducted to compare the efficacy of Tzanakis score and Alvarado score in diagnosing acute appendicitis. OBJECTIVES The aim of this study is to compare the efficacy of Tzanakis scoring system with Alvarado scoring system in diagnosing AA. METHODS This was a retrospective and nonrandom...

www.aafp.org/afp AMERICAN FAMILY PHYSICIAN 1073 negative test result. A positive result on a test with a high positive predictive value indicates that the patient probably has the disease in question. Similarly, a test with a high negative predictive value indicates that the patient with a negative test result most likely does not have the disease in question. Sensitivity and specificity are in...

to report the association of pulp calcification with that of cardiovascular disease (cvd) using digital panoramic dental radiographs.digital panoramic radiographs of patients referred from the angiography department were included if the patient was under 55 years old and had non-restored or minimally restored molars and canines. an oral and maxillofacial radiologist evaluated the images for pul...

The objectives of this study were to do inexpensive lamellar body count (LBC) in amniotic fluid, to do statistical analysis to evaluate cutoff values for fetal lung maturity (FLM) and fetal lung immaturity (FLI), to derive a threshold for obtaining a lecithin-to-sphingomyelin (L/S) ratio and phosphatidylglycerol percentage (%PG), and to determine the potential cost savings to the hospital if th...

background paranasal sinus ct has high sensitivity and specificity for sinusitis. however, this modality is costly and involves greater radiation exposure than plain radiographs. objectives we tried to compare 10-cut limited ct scan and standard ct scan in the diagnosis of sinusitis. materials and methods we conducted a cross sectional case series from august to december 2010 on 150 patients wi...

Background: It has been established that the level of some inflammatory cytokines increases in celiac disease (CD) and non-celiac gluten sensitivity (NCGS) in comparison with healthy subjects. Therefore, the primary interest in our research was proposing an accurate tool to diagnose patients with CD and NCGS from healthy individuals in an Iranian population. Methods: The serum samples were exam...