BACKGROUND/AIMS Liver congestion due to heart failure in patients with valvular heart disease (VHD) can result in an overestimate of the liver stiffness (LS) as assessed by transient elastography (TE). This prospective pilot study investigated the dynamics of LS during the perioperative valve operation period. METHODS Thirty-two patients who underwent a valve operation (case) and 12 who under...

BACKGROUND Lynch syndrome (LS) is the most common hereditary colon cancer syndrome, accounting for 3-5% of colorectal cancer (CRC) cases, and it is associated with the development of other cancers. Early detection of individuals with LS is relevant, since they can take advantage of life-saving intensive care surveillance. The debate regarding the best screening policy, however, is far from bein...

BACKGROUND Factors associated with liver stiffness (LS) are unknown and normal reference values for LS have not been established. Individuals at high risk for alcoholic (ALD) and non-alcoholic fatty (NAFLD) liver disease need to be non-invasively discriminated during routine health checks. Factors related to LS measured using a FibroScan and normal reference values for LS are presented in this ...

BACKGROUND To identify factors which determine high life satisfaction (LS) and to analyse the prognostic influence of LS on mortality. METHODS Data collection was conducted on 2,675 participants, age 25-74 years, as part of the MONICA Augsburg Project 1994-95. Multivariate logistic regression analyses were used to determine factors associated with high LS (measured with one item, 6-level Like...

Lipedematous scalp (LS) and Lipedematous Alopecia (LA) are uncommon disorders of unknown etiology, pathogenesis and treatment. They are characterized by thickening of the subcutaneous layer of the scalp and a boggy scalp on palpation. Also, hair loss or shortening of hair is seen in LA. In this report, we describe LS in a 42-year-old woman presented with a diffuse thickened and spongy scalp. To...

The aim of the study was to determine the mechanism of action of the 800 nm semiconductor laser on skin blackheads and coarse pores. A total of 24 healthy purebred short-haired male guinea pigs, weighing 350-400 g, were selected and smeared with 0.5 ml coal tar suspension evenly by injector once daily. Treatment was continued for 14 days to form an experimental area of 8×3 cm on the back of the...

a simple and rapid method for the determination of 137ba isotope abundances in water samples by inductively coupled plasma-optical emission spectrometry (icp-oes) coupled with least-squares support vector machine regression (ls-svm) is reported. by evaluation of emission lines of barium, it was found that the emission line at 493.408 nm provides the best results for the determination of 137ba a...

Ziel: Ziel dieser Studie war die Evaluation der diagnostischen Genauigkeit eines Ganzkörper-Linearröntgenscanners (LS) bei Polytraumapatienten im Vergleich zur 128-Zeilen-Mehrschicht-Computertomografie. Material und Methoden: 106 Polytraumapatienten (33 Frauen; 73 Männer) wurden retrospektiv in diese Studie eingeschlossen. Alle Patienten erhielten eine LS-Untersuchung des gesamten Körpers sowie...

An in vitro gas production technique was used to investigate the associative effects of untreated or biologically-treated linen straw with berseem hay (H). The linen straw (LS) was biologically treated with white rot fungi (TLS). Ground samples (200 mg DM) of H, LS, TLS and the mixtures (50% w/w) of H + LS and H + TLS were incubated in 100 ml glass syringes with buffered rumen fluid. Cumulative...

Different molecular weight fractions of lignosulfonates (LS), LS having different cations, and modified LS with different degree of sulfonation and intrinsic viscosity were prepared and used as dispersants for Dimethomorph water-dispersible granules (DWG). The suspending ratio of DWG was tested to evaluate the effectiveness of LS as a dispersant. Moreover, the stability of DWG suspensions was m...