Abstract Background and study aims American Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (ASGE) European (ESGE) guidelines recommend categorizing patients by risk for choledocholithiasis to determine management. The goal our was compare the accuracy criteria proposed in these guidelines. Patients methods All with suspected at institution were prospectively identified. Based upon initial test results, ...

2011 Using the reciprocal to calculate generating functions for permutations with no consecutive pattern matches Permutation Patterns 2011 San Luis Obispo, CA 2011 Reciprocal method to enumerate permutations with no consecutive pattern matches FPSAC 2011 Reykjavik, Iceland 2010 Pattern matching in the cycle structure of permutations Permutation Patterns 2010 Dartmouth, NH 2010 Advancement to ca...

CONTEXT Videofluoroscopic swallowing study is a dynamic exam and allows the evaluation of the complete swallowing process. However, most published studies have only reported alterations in the oropharynx and pharyngoesophageal transition, leaving the analysis of the esophagus as a secondary goal. OBJECTIVES The goal of this study was to investigate the prevalence of alterations in the esophag...

Puberty represents a particular period of life characterized by hormonal changes and physical and psychological modifications leading children from childhood to adolescence. During this period, menarche represents the most important event in females. Age of menarche is different among populations and has been recognized as an useful marker of socio-economic status, as well as dietary and enviro...

Background: The prolonged mechanical ventilation among cardiac surgery patients has been correlated with negative clinical outcome and increased healthcare resources utilization. The aim of this study was to identify the risk preoperative and intraoperative factors for increased ventilation among cardiac operated patients. Method and Material: An observational cohort study was carried out durin...

Iron supplementation contributes an effort to improving iron status among athletes, but it does not always prevent iron deficiency. In the present study, we explored the effect of three consecutive days of endurance training (twice daily) on the hepcidin-25 (hepcidin) level. The effect of iron supplementation during this period was also determined. Fourteen male endurance athletes were enrolled...

This study investigated the responses in substrate- and energy-based properties to repetitive days of prolonged submaximal exercise and recovery. Twelve untrained volunteers (Vo(2)(peak) = 44.8 +/- 2.0 ml.kg(-1).min(-1), mean +/- SE) cycled ( approximately 60 Vo(2)(peak)) on three consecutive days followed by 3 days of recovery. Tissue samples were extracted from the vastus lateralis both pre- ...

The emergence of West Nile virus lineage 2 in central Macedonia, Greece, in 2010 resulted in large outbreaks for 5 consecutive years. We report a case of viral meningitis in an individual infected with human immunodeficiency virus type 1, which preceded the recognition of the outbreak and was confirmed retrospectively as West Nile virus neuroinvasive disease.