OBJECTIVE To investigate the minimum optimal acquisition number of hepatic shear wave velocities (SWVs) on ultrasound elastography in children. MATERIALS AND METHODS We prospectively performed hepatic supersonic shear wave elastography in children of four groups (group A-C, healthy children, group A with 0-5 years old; group B with 6-10 years old; group C with 11-18 years old; and group D, ch...

BACKGROUND/AIMS Extrahepatic biliary atresia (EHBA) is the most important cause of neonatal cholestasis. The validity of different diagnostic methods in the diagnosis of EHBA in developed countries has been presented elsewhere, but data from developing countries with low national incomes are scarce. The aim of this study was to investigate the relative accuracy and roles of abdominal ultrasonog...

hypersensitivity reactions to natural rubber latex have increased recently, especially among people with high exposure to latex allergens. hypersensitivity reactions to latex are related to many conditions like occupational asthma. our study was performed to determine the prevalence of hypersensitivity to natural rubber latex and potential food cross reactions in operation room personnel in shi...

Résumé T. Turner — « Batetela », « Baluba », « Basonge » : l'ethnogenèse au Zaïre. Les étiquettes ethniques Luba, Songye et Tetela existaient toutes au xixe siècle, et cependant aucune n'avait la signification qu'elle revêt aujourd'hui. Les Européens ont joué un rôle déterminant dans la définition et la redéfinition de ces groupes ethniques en créant et en transformant les stéréotypes de chaque...

The pathway from clinical suspicion to establishing the diagnosis of biliary atresia in a child with jaundice is a daunting task. However, investigations available help to point towards the correct diagnosis in reasonable time frame. Imaging by Sonography has identified several parameters which can be of utility in the diagnostic work up. Comparison of Sonography with imaging by Nuclear medicin...

Attention selects objects or groups as the most fundamental unit, and this may be achieved through a process in which attention automatically spreads throughout their entire region. Previously, we found that a lateralized potential relative to an attended hemifield at occipito-temporal electrode sites reflects attention-spreading in response to connected bilateral stimuli [Kasai, T., & Kondo, M...

BACKGROUND Biliary atresia (BA) is a progressive inflammatory disorder of the extrahepatic bile ducts leading to the obliteration of bile flow. The purpose of this study was to determine serum adiponectin in BA patients and to investigate the relationship of adiponectin with clinical parameters and liver stiffness scores. METHODS Sixty BA patients post Kasai operation and 20 controls were enr...

Abstract The love story between Chibinda Ilunga and Lueji, one of the best-known legends Central African history, recounts genesis Mwant Yav dynasty Lunda polity. Previous discussions narrative pitted symbolic interpretations against historical findings. This article asks why became so influential from middle nineteenth century. Instead being an exclusively narrative, represented interests narr...

The objective: to show the possibility of anesthesia during liver retransplantation in a child absence adequate vascular access. A clinical case 10-year-old patient with transplant dysfunction and acquired thrombophilia is considered. In 2011, underwent Kasai portoenterostomy, 2012, living-related transplantation left lateral bisegment from related donor was performed due cirrhosis as an outcom...