BACKGROUND The NTI-tss device is an anterior bite stop, which, according to the manufacturer, is indicated for the prevention and treatment of bruxism, temporomandibular disorders (TMDs), tension-type headaches, and migraine. The aim of this systematic review was to appraise the currently available evidence regarding the efficacy and safety of the NTI-tss splint. METHODS We performed a system...

We studied the relation between thyroxin-binding proteins and free thyroxin (FT4) measurements by five radioimmunoassays (RIA) and an FT4 index (FT4I) in patients with non-thyroidal illness (NTI). The one-step FT4 RIAs and the FT4I frequently failed to identify the true FT4 status (as determined by equilibrium dialysis) of NTI patients. In these patients, falsely low FT4 results with one-step R...

This paper? provides a description of our Network Time Interface M-Module (NTI) supporting high-accuracy external clock synchronization by hardware. The NTI is built around our custom Universal Time Coordinated Synchronization Unit VLSI chip (UTCSU-ASIC), which contains most of the hardware support required for interval-based clock synchronization: A state and rate adjustable clock device with ...

Understanding wetland changes under urbanization is important for wetland management. In this study, net transition intensity (NTI) and total transition intensity (TTI) are presented to characterize wetland transitions based on spatial data obtained from Landsat satellite images of Pearl River estuary in South China. NTI is commonly used to represent changes in absolute amounts for each class o...

We determined free triiodothyronine (FT3) and free thyroxin (FT4) in serum of patients with various nonthyroidal illnesses (NTI), by both commercial analog-type radioimmunoassays (A) and new equilibrium dialysis procedures (D). The mean FT3 was significantly lower in NTI by both techniques, but the decreases were of different magnitudes. The FT3(D):FT3(A) ratio was 1.96, vs 1.11 for healthy con...

BACKGROUND Non-thyroidal illness (NTI) refers to changes in thyroid hormone levels in critically ill patients in the absence of primary hypothalamic-pituitary-thyroid dysfunction, and these abnormalities usually resolve after clinical recovery. However, NTI can be accompanied by primary thyroid dysfunction. We report herein a case of a woman with NTI accompanied by primary hyperthyroidism. CA...

PURPOSE Difficult intubation is a major problem in anesthesia. In case of limited mouth opening only a few intubating devices are available. Our study was designed to evaluate the effectiveness and safety of a modified transillumination technique for nasotracheal intubation (NTI). METHODS One hundred twenty-three patients needing NTI were studied, 76 in group A: NTI with no expected intubatio...

Background Several studies have identified side effects of general anesthesia with endotracheal intubation, such as laryngeal pain, dysphonia, and postoperative nausea and vomiting (PONV). The laryngeal mask airway (LMAw) is believed to decrease these side effects. The aim of this trial was to compare postoperative discomfort, emergence delirium, and recovery time of patients who received eithe...

To clarify whether serum free fatty acid (FFA) is an inhibitor of extrathyroidal conversion (IEC) of thyroxine (T4) to thyronine (T3), we measured the concentration of FFA, IEC activity and thyroid hormones in normal subjects, acute ketotic children and children with low T3 syndrome due to nonthyroidal illness (NTI). Iodothyronine (I) 5'-deiodinase activity was assayed with reverse triiodothyro...