Our hospital is located in the Tono region in the southeastern district of Gifu Prefecture in which there are forests and inhabitants who still hunt and eat game meat. Therefore, boar meat increases the risk of contracting paragonimiasis. We treated two patients who were infected by Paragonimus westermani after eating boar meat. They developed hydropneumothorax in association with eosinophilic ...

The purpose of this study was to establish normal physiologic reference values for intraocular pressure (IOP) and Schirmer tear test (STT) results in clinically normal ostriches (Struthio camelus). Twenty ostriches of both sexes, 10 juveniles (1.5-2 yr of age) and 10 adults, were included in this study. Complete ophthalmic examination was performed prior to this investigation. STT was performed...

Este estudio analiza el modelo estilístico cinematográfico de Antonio Lara, “Tono”, atendiendo a los elementos nacionales, internacionales y personales que lo conforman largo cinco décadas (1930-1978). Se plantea como objetivo determinar su aportación específica al cine español, recomponer la huella transversal obra en comedia cinematográfica nacional reflexionar sobre influjo posteriores cinea...

Así como en la Odisea el héroe su viaje de regreso debe resistir al encanto las Sirenas, Argonáuticas los héroes también deben superarlas a Hélade. Aunque estudios bibliográficos advierten un cambio tono entre modelo homérico y texto apoloniano (de siniestro humorístico erótico), consideramos que no han advertido importante valor metapoético. Según nuestra lectura, enfrentamiento Orfeo Sirenas ...

INTRODUCTION Point-of-care ocular ultrasound (US) is a valuable tool for the evaluation of traumatic ocular injuries. Conventionally, any maneuver that may increase intraocular pressure (IOP) is relatively contraindicated in the setting of globe rupture. Some authors have cautioned against the use of US in these scenarios because of a theoretical concern that an US examination may cause or exac...

PURPOSE The effect of travoprost 0.004% on 24-hour intraocular pressure (IOP) was examined in patients with normal tension glaucoma (NTG). SUBJECTS AND METHODS This study included 17 patients with newly diagnosed unilateral NTG. IOP was measured at three-hour intervals over 24 hours by Goldman applanation tonometer in patients taking topical travoprost 0.004% and was compared retrospectively ...