BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Our goal was to compare outcomes of patients with proximal middle cerebral artery occlusions treated with intravenous tissue plasminogen activator (tPA) with those of patients treated with stent-based thrombectomy (SBT). METHODS Patients with proximal middle cerebral artery occlusions included in our prospective stroke registry were identified. Patients presenting with ...

Background Sharing simulation-based training (SBT) courses between institutions could reduce time to develop new content but also presents challenges. We evaluate the process of sharing SBT courses across institutions in a mixed method study estimating the time required and identifying barriers and potential solutions. Methods Two US academic medical institutions explored instructor experienc...

Safe liberation from mechanical ventilation remains a challenge for the critical care physician. Undue prolongation of mechanical ventilation or extubation failure followed by re-intubation is associated with negative outcome. Recent clinical practice guidelines suggest using pressure augmentation during a spontaneous breathing trial (SBT), which would result in more successful SBTs and higher ...

OBJECTIVES Cognitive dysfunction (CD) is a common finding in geriatric patients presenting to the emergency department (ED). Our primary objective was to determine the diagnostic accuracy of the Ottawa 3DY (O3DY) and Short Blessed Test (SBT) as screening tools for the detection of CD in the ED. Our secondary objective was to estimate the inter-rater reliability of these instruments. METHODS W...

We study the problems of sorting signed permutations by reversals (SBR) and sorting unsigned permutations by transpositions (SBT), which are central problems in computational molecular biology. While a polynomial-time solution for SBR is known, the computational complexity of SBT has been open for more than a decade and is considered a major open problem. In the first efficient solution of SBR,...

PURPOSE To evaluate a multi-group-specific sequence-based typing (SBT) method for resolving ambiguous results from human leukocyte antigen (HLA) genotyping. MATERIALS AND METHODS A total of 50 samples that showed ambiguous genotypes for at least two HLA loci from HLA-A, -B, -C and -DRB1 by the conventional SBT assay were evaluated using a new SBT test, the AVITA plus assay. The most likely HL...

SMALL bowel transplantation (SBT) has become clinically feasible. The surgical procedure including transection. denervation. and ischemia may alter intestinal motility. A study of motility in the transplanted smail bowel may help increase the understanding of clinical problems. such as diarrhea. which are frequently seen after SBT. The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of SBT on...

Pusat Ziarah Keluarga Kudus Nazaret Sa’pak Bayobayo Toraja (PZKKN-SBT) pertama kali diresmikan oleh Uskup Agung Makassar pada tanggal 03 Juli 2018. PZZKKN-SBT menghadirkan wisata rohani yang dengan paket lengkap. Namun demikian, terdapat kendala terkait layanan air ada PZZKKN-SBT, belum memenuhinya ketersediaan baik dari segi kuantitas maupun kualitas merupakan salah satu masalah harus segera d...

BACKGROUND AND STUDY AIMS Chronic liver disease (CLD) can cause hepatopulmonary syndrome (HPS), defined as triad of liver disease, hypoxemia, and intrapulmonary vascular dilation (IPVD). The aim of this study was to determine the evidence of IPVD in a cohort of pediatric patients with CLD pre- and post-liver transplantation (LT). MATERIAL AND METHODS All pediatric patients with CLD listed for...

Small bowel transplantations (SBT) are increasingly performed to treat patients with irreversible intestinal failure or short-bowel syndrome. Histologic evaluation of small bowel allograft biopsies is important for the diagnosis of acute cellular rejection (ACR). A reliable serological marker of ACR after SBT is still unknown. Recently, citrulline was identified as a potential biomarker of redu...