Detachment of the retina is a serious event, which may result in complete blindness. The outer segments of the photoreceptors receive oxygen and nutrition from the choroid. If the retina is detached from the choroid, the photoreceptors will fail. The fovea has no retinal blood vessels and depends wholly on the choroid for its oxygen, so detachment of the macula leads to permanent damage to the ...

and the changing roles of professionals within it. The Royal College of Physicians must contribute to this debate, restating fundamentals but updating its views on how to maintain high standards of medical care for patients and on the conditions that are necessary for physicians, especially consultants, necessary to deliver that care. In this present state of change, physicians need a clear vie...

The dictionary defines a consultant as " one who gives professional advice or services; expert. " 1 More than most medical specialists, the role of a clinical pathologist can be heterogeneous: overseeing laboratory testing processes; hands-on patient care, especially in transfusion medicine and hemostasis; performing traditional microscopic pathology; developing algorithms for optimized testing...

It so happened that I read the article by Mr Hill and his colleagues on manpower imbalance in obstetrics and gynaecology' in the same week that I saw the film "Gandhi." The similarities were astonishing. Much of the article read like the colonialists' talk in the last days of the empire. There was, essentially, a need to maintain the status quo. Obstetrics was a special case, to be compared to ...

Bedside ultrasonographic assessment of the lung and pleura provides rapid, noninvasive, and essential information in diagnosis and management of various pulmonary conditions. Ultrasonography helps in diagnosing common conditions, including consolidation, interstitial syndrome, pleural effusions and masses, pneumothorax, and diaphragmatic dysfunction. It provides procedural guidance for various ...

(1) Mohamed Hassan Hammad (MD), Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at King Fahad Specialist Hospital Dammam (KFSHD), Saudi Arabia. (2) Sherif Nasef (MD), Consultant rheumatology at KFSHD, Saudi Arabia. (3) Mohamed Yousry Elsammak (MD), Consultant Immunology Lab at KFSHD, Saudi Arabia. (4) Poovathumkadavi Mammunji Abduljaleel (MD), Consultant Radiology at KFSHD, Saudi Arabia. (5) Douaa M Mosal...

Critical Success Factors (CSFs) are used to support and evaluate the success of a strategic and tactical approach in project implementation in order to increase the probability of success. This system is used by executors in project delivery to achieve improved performance capabilities with limited resources. The present paper aims to identify the impact of CSFs amongst the main elements involv...

the present study was designed to investigate a quantitative method for evaluation of patients satisfaction from their consultant physicians.seventy eight physicians were selected randomly by systematic sampling method from a total of 421 consultant physicians practicing in Shiraz.ten patients were selected randomly for each consultant physician that results in a sample of 780 patients.a questi...

E. Kanal is a consultant for, is a member of the speakers bureau of, and provides research support for Bracco Diagnostics and GE Healthcare; is a member of the speakers bureau of and provides research support for Siemens Medical Solutions; and provides research support for Berlex and Medtronic. T. Gilk is a consultant for Mednovus, Inc. J. R. Gimbel provides research support for St. Jude Medica...

S45 Fallenberg E.M.: Advisory Board; Bayer. Research/Grant Support; GE Healthcare, Siemens Healthcare, Bayer. Speaker; GE Healthcare, Siemens Healthcare, Bayer. Froehlich J.M.: Consultant; Guerbet. Frydrychowicz A.: Research/Grant Support; Scientific stipend Bracco Diagnostics. Other; The University of Wisconsin Madison receives research support from GE Healthcare. Fürst S.: Employee; B.W. Jako...