OBJECTIVE The usefulness of estimated glomerular filtration rate may not be restricted to pre-dialysis patients, since we reported that estimated glomerular filtration rate was well correlated with measured total creatinine clearance in peritoneal dialysis patients. To clarify the clinical usefulness of estimated glomerular filtration rate as a parameter for peritoneal dialysis adequacy, we ret...

BACKGROUND The rate of spontaneous HCV viral clearance is reported as 20-25% but recent data indicate a higher frequency in some cohorts. The rate of spontaneous clearance in intravenous drug users has not been reported in an Irish setting. AIMS To determine the rate of spontaneous hepatitis C viral clearance and genotype in an Irish intravenous drug-using cohort. METHODS Drug users attendi...

Twenty-five years ago Rehberg proposed the exogenous creatinine clearance for the measurement of glomerular filtration rate (1). In the dog and rabbit, this clearance provides a simple and accurate method of determining the filtration rate, coinciding with the inulin and ferrocyanide clearances (2, 3). Subsequently, Shannon (4) and Miller and Winkler (5) found in man that the exogenous creatini...

OBJECTIVES To investigate the efficacy and safety of topical application of 5-aminolaevulinic acid (ALA) photodynamic therapy (PDT) for the treatment of condylomata acuminata (CA) in larger population. METHODS Patients with CA were given a treatment of ALA-PDT once a week for 3 weeks and followed up at 4, 8, 12 and 24 weeks after the treatment finished. RESULTS In 531 patients, a clearance ...

Little is known about the factors that influence clearance of human papillomavirus (HPV), the primary cause of cervical carcinoma. A total of 227 women cytologically normal and HPV positive at baseline were identified from a population-based cohort of 1,995 Bogota, Colombia, women aged 13-85 years followed between 1993 and 2000 (mean follow-up, 5.3 years). HPV DNA detection and viral load deter...

Background/Aims Impaired esophageal acid clearance may be a contributing factor in the pathogenesis of Barrett's esophagus. However, few studies have measured acid clearance as such in these patients. In this explorative, cross-sectional study, we aimed to compare esophageal acid clearance and swallowing rate in patients with Barrett's esophagus to that in healthy controls. Methods A total of...

To investigate the static characteristics of aerostatic journal bearings with porous bushing, flow model—in which compressibility lubricating gas is considered—is established based on Reynolds lubrication equation, Darcy equation for material, and continuity equation. With finite difference method, schemes non-uniform grids, relaxation virtual node numerical method governing equations compressi...

Clearance of Inhaled Potassium Octatitanate Whisker from Rat Lungs: Hiroshi YAMATO, et al. Department of Environmental Health Engineering, University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Japan—The clearance rate of inhaled man-made fibers (MMFs) is one of the important factors for predicting health hazards in human. Potassium octatitanate whisker is a newly developed MMF in Japan with stro...