should be encouraged. In the mean time dentists should follow all the recommended measures of asepsis, disinfection, and sterilisation beginning with, among others, handwashing and care ofhands and decontamination of instruments and environmental surfaces and ending with disposal of waste materials.3 Our findings are further evidence ofwidespread contamination by HBsAg-in areas where carriage r...

Impedance phlebography, a noninvasive approach to the diagnosis of venous thrombosis, depends on decreasing calf electrical impedance in normal subjects during inspiration. In order to assess the relationship between impedance changes and inspiratory volume, normal subjects were studied at various depths of inspiration. The mean inspiration volume required for a result indicating no evidence of...

38-year-old man had chronic deep venous thrombosis (DVT) as a result of multiple injuries caused by an explosion of grenade 12 years ago, with recurrent pulmonary thromboembolisms and pulmonary hypertension which was unrecognized for a decade. Patient was admitted with a progressive dyspnea and exercise intolerance (NYHA II). The diagnosis was established according to clinical symptoms, transth...

prior to phlebography. Results in disagreement were reviewed retrospectively. Ascending phlebography was performed using a modified method and diagnostic criteria described by Rabinov and Paulin (7). We obtained 211 phlebograms in 200 patients. USINGTHERMOGRAPHY to diagnose deep venous thrombosis was suggested in 1972 by Soulen et al. (1). They confirmed that thermography was helpful in recogni...

A radiopharmsceutical product, labelled macroaggregates of albumin (M.A.A.), which is in use as a lung scintiscanning agent has been noted to have an affinity for venous thrombi. With this material and an inexpensive portable scintillation detector we have attempted to diagnose and localize thrombi in leg veins. The procedure is performed at the bedside and the result is available in 30 minutes...

We are reporting a case of a 80-year-old lady with effort angina who underwent coronary angiography through the right radial artery, using a dedicated radial multipurpose 5 French Optitorque Tiger catheter. The catheter was advanced into the left ventricle and a left ventriculogram was obtained, while the catheter appeared optimally placed at the centre of the ventricle and the pressure wavefor...

Deep vein thrombosis (DVT) is an important life threatening condition that is difficult to diagnose, particularly in the early stages. Looking for DVT in lower limb can be considered ancillary in suspected cases of pulmonary embolism (PE) indirectly highlighting a cause and effect relationship of a single disease (i.e cause being DVT and effect is the assault on the lung vasculature). Prompt an...