The diagnosis of asbestos-related pulmonary disease is frequently based in part on the identification of pleural plaques; however, postmortem observations have suggested that pleural plaques may occur without associated pulmonary disease. To examine this issue, we compared the pulmonary parenchymal pathology in 93 patients with pleural plaques to 93 control patients matched for age, race, and s...

Objective: To evaluate the diagnostic accuracy of the spiral-CT in patients with clinically suspected acute appendicitis. Material and Methods: A total of 124 patients referred for CT scan with suspected appendicitis between January 2005 and October 2006 were assessed for the appendiceal size and the presence of signs of appendicitis. The findings were correlated with surgical histopathology. R...

This report describes the design, implementation, and function of integrated, learner-centered education at the Ostrow School of Dentistry of the University of Southern California. The 190 required courses of the previous curriculum have been condensed to forty-four courses. Four courses, presented for each of eleven trimesters of the four-year D.D.S. program, are entitled Human Structure, Huma...

Results Forty-five patients were included (n = 45) and received the following diagnosis: ischemic stroke/TIA 55.6% (n = 25), hemorrhagic stroke 6.7% (n = 3), other 37.8% (n = 17). Ninety-one percent (n = 41) were admitted for further examination. Eighty percent (n = 20) of patients with validated stroke were aged 61-90 years. In 91% of cases with suspected stroke, the tentative diagnosis was su...

This study investigated the effect of different traditional cooking methods on glycemic index (GI) and glycemic response of ten Sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas) cultivars commonly eaten in Jamaica. Matured tubers were cooked by roasting, baking, frying, or boiling then immediately consumed by the ten nondiabetic test subjects (5 males and 5 females; mean age of 27 ± 2 years). The GI varied betwee...

41 patients with trauma to the urinary bladder are reviewed. 70 percent were injured as a result of blunt trauma and 63 percent of patients had an associated fracture of the pelvis. 82 percent of extra peritoneal ruptures were associated with fracture of the pelvis. The most common cause of trauma was car accident (56 percent), followed bywar injury (25 percent). The incidence of intra and...

INTRODUCTION Clinical features of systemic lupus erythematosus vary between different parts of the World; however, this information on Nepalese systemic lupus erythematosus does not exist. METHODS Patients with systemic lupus erythematosus fulfilling the American College of Rheumatology criteria treated in Patan Hospital were studied by means of retrospective review of their case records. The...

The activity of cefotetan against 430 strains of anaerobic bacteria was compared with that of cefoxitin, ceftizoxime, clindamycin, metronidazole, and chloramphenicol. Percent susceptible values for the Bacteroides fragilis group were 60, 80, 29, 86, 100, and 100%, respectively. Percent susceptible values for the B. fragilis species were 91, 92, 46, 98, 100, and 100%, respectively. Non-B. fragil...

Growth in health care expenditures slowed to 9.1 percent in 1984, the smallest increase in expenditures in 19 years. Economic forces and emerging structural changes within the health sector played a role in slowing growth. Of the $1,580 per person spent for health care in 1984, 41 percent was financed by public programs; 31 percent by private health insurance; and the remainder by other private...