PURPOSE OF REVIEW This study aimed to systematically review small bowel obstruction (SBO), focusing on recent changes in diagnosis/therapy. RECENT FINDINGS SBO incidence is about 350,000/annum in the USA. Etiologies include adhesions (65%), hernias (10%), neoplasms (5%), Crohn's disease (5%), and other (15%). Bowel dilatation occurs proximal to obstruction primarily from swallowed air and sec...

Surrogate-based optimisation (SBO) algorithms are a powerful technique that combine machine learning and to solve expensive problems. This type of problem appears when dealing with computationally simulators or algorithms. By approximating the part surrogate, number function evaluations can be reduced. paper defines sustainable SBO, which consists three aspects: applying SBO application, reduci...

OBJECTIVES Although drug eluting stents (DES) have documented convenience in bifurcation lesions, possible unfavorable effects on small side branch ostium (SBO) remain a question. We aimed to explore the effects of DES on small jailed SBs (1.5-2.25 mm) which originated from the lesion on the main vessel and were not treated with either stenting or balloon dilatation. METHODS Angiographic data...

in this study, the antioxidant activity and protective effects of purslane seed water-methanolic extract (pswme) in stabilizing soybean oil (sbo) were tested. dpph radical scavenging activity of pswme at different concentrations varied significantly (p< 0.05), ranging from 15.41% to 79.06%. total phenolic content in pswme was 121.09 mg gallic acid equivalent (gae) kg-1 dw. the protective effect...

Skull base osteomyelitis (SBO) is typically bacterial in origin and caused by Pseudomonas, although the fungus Aspergillus has also rarely been implicated. SBO generally arises from ear infections and infrequently complicates sinonasal infection. Rhinocerebral Mucor infection is characteristically an acute, fulminant, and deadly infection also affecting the orbits and deep face and is associate...

Crossbred pigs (n = 216) were used to test the interaction, if any, of ractopamine (RAC) and dietary fat source on the characteristics of fresh pork bellies. Pigs were blocked by BW (77.6 +/- 6.5 kg) and allotted randomly to pens (6 pigs/pen). After receiving a common diet devoid of RAC for 2 wk, pens within blocks were assigned randomly to 1 of 4 treatments arranged in a 2 x 2 factorial design...

OBJECTIVE The present study aims to determine the diagnostic significance of signs and symptoms of Small Bowel Obstruction (SBO) and to ascertain if there was any delay in presentation of the patients to the hospital. METHODS This retrospective case study spanning 3 years was conducted at Riyadh Medical Complex, Saudi Arabia. All adult patients admitted from the ER with a diagnosis of SBO wer...