Due to rather unspecific statutory regulations in Germany, particularly for patients with neurodegenerative disorders, many seniors still drive despite severe driving-related cognitive deficits. An accurate assessment of driving fitness requires immense financial, personnel and temporal resources which go beyond daily clinical routines. In cooperation with a working group from Switzerland, we t...

BACKGROUND The specific antiviral T cells provide CC chemokine receptor 5 (CCR5) for the immune response during the hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection. Heterogenous and/or homozygous 32 base pair deletion in CCR5 gene (CCR5Δ32 bpdel) leads to reduced protein expression. OBJECTIVES In the current case control study, we aimed to compare the histopathological findings of liver to the CCR5Δ32 bpde...

Helicobacter pylori infection is usually acquired in early childhood and it can persist throughout life without antibiotic treatment. This study aimed to compare the accuracy of the noninvasive H. pylori Stool Antigen Test-applied on the stool samples with the invasive gold standart Rapid Urease Test-applied on the gastric biopy samples of patients with upper gastrointestinal complaints. After ...

A new, rapid and sensitive multiresidue method is reported for the simultaneous determination of tropane alkaloids (tropine, atropine, scopolamine, homatropine, anisodamine) and glycoalkaloids (α-solanine, α-chaconine) in grains and seeds (wheat, rye, maize, soybean, linseed). Dispersive solid phase extraction (DSPE) was performed with 0.5% formic acid in acetonitrile/water and a mixture of mag...

OBJECTIVE The neonatal mortality rate (NMR) continues to remain quite high, one important cause being preterm deliveries. The main obstacle in the pathway towards decreasing NMR is identification of babies in need of extra care. To analyze the utility of newborn foot length as a proxy measure for birth weight and gestational age. METHODS A cross-sectional study done in a hospital of eastern I...

BACKGROUND This study aimed to evaluate the diagnostic value of gray-scale and power Doppler sonography for acute cholecystitis and show a correlation between sonographic and intraoperative findings, quantitively. METHODS Forty chronic and forty acute cholecystitis patients were examined. Early laparoscopic cholecystectomy was performed for acute cholecystitis. Demographic characteristics, so...

OBJECTIVES Our purpose is to validate previously described massive transfusion (MT) scoring in our Transfusion Trauma Registry. DESIGN A retrospective cohort of adult trauma patients. SETTING Trauma and Emergency Intensive Care Unit of a tertiary hospital. PATIENTS Patients with severe trauma (injury severity score>15) admitted from October 2006 to July 2009. INTERVENTIONS None. VARIA...

Abstract: Fast tracking approaches in liver transplantation include postoperative extubation immediately after surgery in the operating theatre. Based on the experience of 837 liver transplantations performed between 01/97 and 05/05, we report on the safety and feasibility of this procedure in almost 80% of transplant recipients, without increasing the incidence of subsequent reintubation (11%)...

Background: Swallowing dysfunction can complicate acute stroke and directly affect patient's prognosis and recovery through development of chest infection (respiratory morbidity), nutritional problems and dehydration. Objective: To study the relationship of post stroke dysphagia (assessed clinically and by pulse oximetry) with the stroke 'site and size, and with subsequent in hospital respirato...

Objective: To determine the diagnostic accuracy of color Doppler ultrasonography for diagnosing septocutaneous nature anterolateral thigh flap perforators taking peroperative findings as gold standard among patients undergoing soft tissue reconstruction. Methodology: A total number 100 reconstruction using antero-lateral at plastic surgery unit, Pak Italian Modern Burn Center, Multan and fulfil...