introduction:differentiated thyroid carcinoma (dtc) follow-up after thyroidectomy and radioiodine-ablation is performed mainly by thyroglobulin (tg), diagnostic iodine-131 whole body scan (dxwbs) and sonography. some patients with undetectable tg have thyroid-bed uptake after ablation in whom decision making regarding the need for retreatment is still controversial. methods: in this study, we e...

this systematic review intended to combine factors associated with tuberculosis treatment non-adherence and lost to follow up among tb patients with/without hiv in developing countries. comprehensive remote electronic databases (medline, (pmc, pub med central), google scholar and web of science) search was conducted using the following keywords: tuberculosis, treatment, compliance, adherence, d...

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Introduction:Differentiated thyroid carcinoma (DTC) follow-up after thyroidectomy and radioiodine-ablation is performed mainly by thyroglobulin (Tg), diagnostic iodine-131 whole body scan (DxWBS) and sonography. Some patients with undetectable Tg have thyroid-bed uptake after ablation in whom decision making regarding the need for retreatment is still controversial. Me...

Introduction: Internal jugular vein ectasia is a condition in which there is a dilatation of the internal jugular vein. A patient usually presents in the first decade with swelling in the neck, which aggravates in size while straining or coughing. This is a very rare condition and the chances of misdiagnosis are quite high. It is diagnosed by proper history taking, examination, and radiol...

BACKGROUND & OBJECTIVES Mother-to-child transmission (MTCT) is the most significant route of HIV transmission in children below the age of 15 yr. In India, perinatal HIV transmission, even after treatment, accounts for 5.4 per cent of HIV cases. The present study was conducted to evaluate the efficacy of anti-retro viral therapy (ART) or prophylactic treatment (PT) to control maternal viral loa...

A particular advantage of such trials is that there is almost complete follow up of each treatment arm, with patients maintained in the assigned groups for intent-to-treat analysis at least for the randomized portion of the trial, even if drug exposure is discontinued for whatever reason. The appropriate statistical analysis of such comparator groups in the trial context of equivalent follow up...

PURPOSE To evaluate the efficacy of a 1,064-nm neodymium-doped yttrium aluminium garnet (Nd:YAG) laser using lower than traditional fluences (22-40 J/cm(2)) for treatment of pseudofolliculitis barbae (PFB). METHODS Twenty-two patients with PFB refractory to conservative therapy received five weekly treatments over the anterior neck using a 1,064-nm Nd:YAG laser at 12 J/cm(2). Pulse duration w...