We describe the case of a patient who became ill with Salmonella Blockley food poisoning while working in Cyprus in August 1994. As his diarrhoea resolved he began to suffer from lower limb joint pains which were diagnosed as acute salmonella reactive arthritis. His condition deteriorated, then improved somewhat over a period of 2 years, but he continued to suffer symptoms over 5 years after in...

Lecture at the 10 World Congress of Perinatal Medicine. Punta del Este Uruguay, 08-11 November, 2011. Erich Saling Institute of Perinatal Medicine e.V. (http://www.saling-institute.org/) Located at Vivantes Klinikum Neukölln, Berlin, Germany Amnioscopy – developed by us in 1961 – is a simple endoscopic examination which takes only a few minutes. The amnioscope is passed into the cervical canal,...

Non-functioning pituitary macroadenomas (NFPAs) are the most prevalent pituitary macroadenomas. One common symptom of NFPA is hypogonadism, which may require long-term hormone replacement. This study was designed to clarify the association between the pre-operative tumor volume, pre-operative testosterone level, intraoperative resection status and the need of long-term post-operative testostero...

Heart rate variability has been widely used to monitor athletes' cardiac autonomic control changes induced by training and competition, and recently shorter recording times have been sought to improve its practicality. The aim of this study was to test the agreement between the (ultra-short-term) natural log of the root-mean-square difference of successive normal RR intervals (lnRMSSD - measure...

OBJECTIVES Labor induction in post-term pregnancy is considered as a conventional process of mothers' care. Shiatsu technique is one of the complementary methods which use for post-term pregnancy induction. Therefore, the researchers decided to examine the effect of Shiatsu technique on the induction of post-term pregnancy. MATERIALS & METHODS This is a randomized control trials which conduct...

OBJECTIVE Post-thrombotic syndrome causes considerable morbidity. The Home-LITE study showed a lower incidence of post-thrombotic syndrome and venous ulcers after 3 months of treating deep vein thrombosis with the low-molecular-weight heparin tinzaparin versus oral anticoagulation. This systematic review examined whether long-term treatment of deep vein thrombosis using low-molecular-weight hep...

Post term pregnancy (PTP) is one of the commonest obstetric conditions. Pregnancy is called term when it lies between 37 completed weeks to 42 completed weeks (259 to 294 days) from the last menstrual period. If the pregnancy exceeds this period (above 42 completed weeks) it is classified as post term pregnancy. The over all incidence of PTP is 10.0% of all pregnancies. The incidence of PTP var...

introduction: micap is a new notation in which the teeth are indicated by letters (i-incisor, c-canine, p-premolar, m-molar) and numbers [1,2,3] which are written superscript and subscript on the relevant letters. fdi tooth notation is a two digit system where one digit shows quadrant and the second one shows the tooth of the quadrant. this study aimed to compare the short term retention of kno...

conclusions gossypiboma may not be symptomatic for many years or could be symptomatic for a short duration of time. besides being a rare surgical complication, gossypiboma can lead to serious morbidity and mortality that may cause medico-legal problems. diagnosis with imaging methods is difficult. background gossypiboma is the term for forgotten textile products such as a surgical sponge and co...

The aim of the study was to examine sperm viability of Pinzgau bull insemination doses following longor short-term storage. Insemination doses, provided by Slovak Biological Services Inc. (Lužianky, Slovak Republic), were slow-frozen and stored in containers with liquid nitrogen for 1 18 years. The sperm samples were divided, according to the length of storage, to the short-term ( ≤ 15 years) a...