... International Training and Education Center on HIV (I-TECH) and theTrinidad and Tobago Health Training Centre (TTHTC): Trinidad and TobagoDistance Learning Assessment: Final Report of Findings. ... ways to increase the number and skills of health workers, including using distancelearning in their training. In 2008, the authors reviewed and assessed the country’s current distance learningprogrammes ... requirements, constraints do exist forprint modality, including minimal availabil ity of printedcourse materials for students due to financial con-straints, and problem s disseminating materials...
... Glatstein E, Steinberg SM, Merino MJ, Rosenberg SA:Randomized prospective study of the benefit of adjuvant radiationtherapy in the treatment of soft tissue sarcomas of the extremity. J ClinOncol ... determinant of local recur-rence in previous studies were the surgical margins andthe response to chemotherapy and our study corroboratedthese findings in emphasizing the importance of negativesurgical ... 2(2.2%)1Grade of Tumour was not documented in 5 patients and outcomeinformation was missing in 22.2Margin status was not documented in 31 patients and outcome informationmissing for 10 patients.Grade...
... malignant degeneration of chronic, draining osteomyelitis into a sarcoma is sel-dom [18]. Most malignancies arising in a sinus tract aresquamous cell carcinomas [19]. In our case the situationis ... moth-eaten aspect of the proximalphalanx of the third toe with cortical destruction. Thereis an infiltration in, and swelling of the soft tissue sur-rounding the lesion. The head of the third metatarsalbone ... ailments.According to literature, it is unclear whether osteomy-elitis is an etiological factor in the development of osteo-sarcoma. Although malignancies arising from a draininginfection are...
... complaints of a dull aching suprapubicpain for the last 6 weeks. The pain radiated slightly tothe left groin. The pain was present continuouslythroughout the day and it increased on standing ... onwalking. However coughing, sneezing, voiding orstraining at stool did not exacerbate the symptoms.Patient also had a history low grade evening rise in tem-perature and weight loss of 6 Kg since ... Howeverwith the advent of anti-tubercular agents the recoveryand prognosis is b etter. In cases involving complete dis-ruption of symphysis, some form of bridging in theform of plate or bone graft...
... Dybowski &Makuchowa [5] in 1974 (32 cases). Since the introduc-tion of effective anti-tubercular agents and the ge neraldecline in incidence of tuberculosis, involvement of thepubis symphysis ... complaints of a dull aching suprapubicpain for the last 6 weeks. The pain radiated slightly tothe left groin. The pain was present continuouslythroughout the day and it increased on standing ... onwalking. However coughing, sneezing, voiding orstraining at stool did not exacerbate the symptoms.Patient also had a history low grade evening rise in tem-perature and weight loss of 6 Kg since...
... Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER), Chandigarh, IndiaFull list of author information is available at the end of the articleSaini et al. Journal of Orthopaedic ... to2007andwewereabletofollow12ofthosecases.Patients were classified according to Campanacci’ sradi-ological grading method consisting of three grades [22].Grade I tumors had a well-defined border of a thin ... confirmation of GCTwas done in 3 cases, all of which had a grade III tumorand there was a suspicion of a malignant neoplasm onaccount of aggressive radiograp hic pictur e. In re maining7 cases, an intraoperative...
... could influence the acquisition of resistance;these included CD4 cell count, viral load at initiation of ART, and time of resistance genotyping.DiscussionThe overall findings in our review ... or K70E in 23% of patientsfailing first-line therapy with d4T/3TC/NVP [33]. A studyfrom South Africa, meanwhile, detected K65R in 7% and15% of patients failing first-line or second-line regimenswhose ... infections: a systematic reviewof evidence (1996–2008)Jorge L Martinez-Cajas†1, Nitika P Pai†2, Marina B Klein2 and Mark A Wainberg*3Address: 1Department of Medicine, Infectious Diseases,...
... illness, since hospitalization may affect certaindomains of QoL in a patient with chronic disease [23].Mode of administration of the questionnaire by an inves-tigator negatively influences certain ... with aminimum of 0 and maximum 1%. 23% of the respond-ents self-administered the questionnaire. The average time of completion of the SF-36 was 8.4 minutes (SD = 2.9),with a minimum of 3 minutes ... was observed in tests of the item internal consist-ency and tests of item discriminant validity for all scaleswith the exception of the GH scale: Success rate in the test of item internal consistency...
... neuropeptides.The increase in the level of neuropeptides may be the ini-tiating event in pathogenesis of vitiligo. In a study of 150vitiligo patients, we assessed the nature and extent of thesocial ... development for disseminating the results of biomedical researchin our lifetime."Sir Paul Nurse, Cancer Research UKYour research papers will be:available free of charge to the entire ... of vitiligo is under investigation. Al-Abadie et al [17] indicated that psychological stressincreases level of neuroendocrine hormones which affectsthe immune system and alters the level of...
... perforation resulting from ingestedchicken bone revealing previously undiagnosedcolonic adenocarcinoma: report of a case and review of literature Douglas H McGregor1,2*, Xiaoying Liu1, Ozlem ... obstructing colon cancer are oftendelayed, and the present reported case is an interestingexample of ingested foreign body resulting in both colonperforation and the discovery and resection of ... occurs at the point of acute angula-tion and narrowing, and the most common site of perfora-tion is the terminal ileum and colon, with an increasednumber of rep orts o f p erfora tion in a ssoc...
... profile of advanced stage transitional cellcarcinoma of the ovary. Am J Obstet Gynecol 1997, 177:120-5.7. Shen K, Lang J, Guo L: Overexpression of C-erbB3 in transitional cellcarcinoma of ... and HM analyzed and interpreted the patient data regarding itsoncological features. MFT and YA have been involved in drafting themanuscript and HE has given final approval of the version to be ... is available for review by the Editor -in- Chief of this journal.Author details1Departement of Medical Oncology, National Institute of Oncology, Rabat,Morocco.2Departement of Urology, CHU...