... single measure of how well the treatment dose distribution of a specific radiation treatment plan conforms to the size and shape of the target volume In general, the conformity index of a given radiosurgical ... simultaneous irradiation of multiple lesions The lack of a requirement for the use of a head-frame allows for staged treatment Since the planning system has access to a large number of potential non-isocentric ... the dose to critical structures The planning software calculated the optimal solution for treatment The DVH of each plan was evaluated until an acceptable plan was generated Treatment planning...
... exponential in its complexity The algorithm for multiple sequence alignment has a time complexity of Θ(2N LN ) and a space complexity of Θ(LN ) It turns out that not all cells of the cube (for ... finite set of symbols Elements of Σ are called characters A string over Σ is defined as a finite sequence of elements of Σ The length of a string S, |S|, is defined as the number of elements ... neighbors of x and then removing x insert : Insert is the inverse of delete This means that inserting x as a neighbor of x makes a subset of current neighbors of x become the neighbors of x Following...
... computational approach that offers a unified explanation for the cancellability of pragmatic inferences in general, and of no approach that handles cancellations that occur in sequences of utterances It ... the existence, for each type of pragmatic inference, of a set of necessary conditions that must be true in order for that inference to be triggered Once such a set of conditions is met, the corresponding ... and the translation of an utterance or set of utterances uttered(u) The Mgorithm builds the set of all possible interpretations for a given utterance, using a generalization of the semantic tableau...
... resolution of symptoms, the restoration of psychosocial functioning and the prevention of relapses When collecting scientific data on the treatmentof BD, diagnosis seems to be a problem as it is often ... suggests that proper treatmentof BD patients needs continuous administration of an antimanic agent [42], but this may be one of the Table 2: Grading of data on the basis of a modified POST method ... Vieta E, Moller HJ: World Federation of Societies of Biological Psychiatry (WFSBP) guidelines for biological treatmentof bipolar disorders Part I: Treatmentof bipolar depression World J Biol...
... factors, offer a number of advantages over FFP These include a lower volume of infusion, ambient storage and reconstitution, lack of blood group specificity, a more favorable safety profile and ... immediate reversal of anticoagulant activity [1,5,11] Recommended treatments for rapid reversal of oral anticoagulant therapy include fresh frozen plasma (FFP) and prothrombin complex concentrates ... antithrombotic benefits of oral anticoagulants are well established, these therapies increase the risk of hemorrhagic events, some of which may be severe or even life-threatening [4-7] The risk of bleeding...
... 28203, USA Division of Critical Care Medicine, Departments of Medicine and Emergency Medicine, Cooper University Hospital, One Cooper Plaza D393, Camden, NJ 08103, USA Division of Critical Care ... Association of arterial blood pressure and vasopressor load with septic shock mortality: a post hoc analysis of a multicenter trial Crit Care 2009, 13:R181 Wiggers C: Physiology of Shock London: ... P, Van de Werf F, Califf RM: Predictors of 30-day mortality in the era of reperfusion for acute myocardial infarction Results from an international trial of 41,021 patients GUSTO-I Investigators...
... I is Professor of Clinical Psychology in the Department of Psychology at the University of Montreal Fearing Others The Nature and Treatmentof Social Phobia Ariel Stravynski University of Montreal ... disruptive social anxiety are features of the lives of many thousands of people But exactly what is social phobia? What causes it? What is its nature and what kinds of treatments can improve it? Using ... and ways of testing them 81 5.3 Reliability: agreeing about the entity of social phobia 86 5.4 Predictors of response to treatment 95 5.5 Social phobia in the family 99 5.6 Association of social...
... by insufficient treatmentof AF or, on the contrary, is caused by adverse effects of the treatment, however, is too realistic to be ignored All we have stated about the treatmentof AF in MICU ... 80% of patients with AF convert to SR within 24 hours The use of β-blockers before the start of AF and the absence of diabetes and left ventricular hypertrophy were independent predictors of conversion ... disease and other nosocomial complications Can treatmentof atrial fibrillation improve survival? There are few data on the effect oftreatmentof AF on mortality in ICU patients A meta-analysis...
... Antipsychotics [29] Initiation ofTreatment First Year ofTreatment Duration ofTreatment • Baseline fasting glucose level • Fasting glucose level every 3–4 months • Observe for signs of hyperglycemia • ... of our patients develop renal disease, psychiatrists must be aware of the effects of psychotropics on the kidneys, as well the effects of decreased renal functioning on the pharmacokinetics of ... bioavailability of free, active highly protein-bound drugs Accumulation of active hydroxylated metabolites of carbamazepine may lead to symptoms of drug toxicity despite therapeutic drug levels [70] Of all...
... mind, in the presence of adherent scars, after having infiltrated the whole area with a solution of Lidocaine 0.5% and Epinephrine 1:200,000 very close to one of the two edges of the scar, a small ... that brings great improvement to the treatmentof depressed scars AUTHORS' CONTRIBUTIONS FI: participated in the surgical treatment and in the follow-up of this patient MT: drafted the manuscript ... literature FMA: participated in the surgical treatment and in the follow-up of this patient MM: participated in the design of this case study and in the follow-up of this patient ADI: revised the literature...
... Position of Occlusion Begnning of the CCA Begnning of the CCA Begnning of the ICA Left cavernous sinus part of the ICA, right beginning of the ICA Begnning of the ICA Symptom Other aeurysms SAH PCA SAH ... sclerosis of the CCA PCA VA→ECA→IC A Present case 2010 69/F Arterio- Begnning SAH sclerosis of the ICA No No Year Age/ Cause gender 41/F aortitis 63/M Position of Occlusion Begnning of the CCA ... arteries The angiograph of the vertebral artery showed no delay in the blood flow of anterior circulation The saccular aneurysm with a diameter of 3.2 mm was observed at the apex of the basilar artery...
... Different methods of decompressive craniectomy in the treatmentof TBI Different methods of decompressive craniectomy have been developed for, or applied to, decompression of the brain at risk ... most authors.11, 26 The temporary removal of a piece of skull followed by loose closure of the dura and skin layers presumably allows for expansion of the edematous brain into a durotomy “bag” ... comes down to the floor of the middle cranial fossa, at the root of the zygoma; this ensures adequate lateral decompression of the temporal lobe, allowing it to “fall out” of its usual calvarial...
... indication of techniques for the treatmentof this kind of surgical complication Spontaneous healing of to mm openings can occur, while untreated larger defects are connected with the pathogenesis of ... attention for the presence of sporadic intraoral drainage in posterior left maxilla The discomfort was of a few years duration and had its origin following an endodontic treatmentof tooth 2.6 provided ... characteristics of OAC/OAF; the apexes of tooth 26 were in extremely close approximation to the maxillary sinus, and an area of periapical rarefaction was evident (Fig 1) After the failure of the endodontic...
... restraints of the surgery RESULTS A total of 174 people (77 women, 97 men; mean age 64, range 22-89) were included Length of follow-up was at least years with a maximum of years Location of facet ... the treatmentof low back syndrome Pain 1977;3:257-63 Savitz MH Percutaneous radiofrequency rhizotomy of the lumbar facets: ten years' experience Mt Sinai J Med 1991;58:177-8 Schaerer JP Radiofrequency ... elsewhere as treatment prior to considering the endoscopic option The facet injections in these 72 patients gave 50 to 100% relief of their pain in 86% of the patients with a median relief period of months...
... objectives adaptation and the development of new forms oftreatment are necessary This team is composed of the lymphologist or professional trained in the treatmentof lymphedema, psychologists, nutritionists, ... was developed for the treatmentof the lower extremities by producing dorsoflexion of the foot and allows treatment sessions of hours or more daily with losses of as much as 20 cm in circumference ... research of lymphedema with excellent results attending the necessities of patients from distant localities This option of simple and feasible treatment can change the lives of millions of people...
... adhered to the dosing schedule less than 75% of the time Method of assigning patients to treatment groups Patients were assigned to treatment groups (order of treatments) using computer-generated randomization ... ingredients Use of concomitant prohibited medication (narcotics, oral NSAIDs, topical NSAIDs) within four weeks of randomization Use of acetaminophen or ibuprofen within days of randomization ... thus compromising the quality of life of millions of Americans In addition, OA costs the North American economy approximately $60 billion per year Current treatmentof OA includes exercise, heat/cold...
... efficient treatment option even for deep wound infections The most important advantages of this system are an increased localised blood flow, the reduction of tissue bacterial counts, elimination of ... the transport of cellular and humoral components of the immune system to the infected area is facilitated, which leads to a significant reduction of the bacterial count The efficacy of the V.A.C ... reduction, the V.A.C.-system is not often used in the treatmentof prosthesis – related infections Currently, there exist only four reports about the use of the V.A.C – system in the infection...
... total dose of antibiotics should not exceed 10% of the weight of the cement in order to avoid fracture of the cement spacer [27] The implantation of an ALC spacer shortens the duration of systemic ... time of reimplantation and allow delivery of the antibiotics of choice according to sensitivities [23,36] The disadvantage of a static spacer is that it does not allow physiological motion of the ... substantial impairment of patients’ normal daily activities during the prolonged course oftreatment Another drawback of the static spacer is bone loss attributed to migration of the block spacer...
... of soft-tissue shortening and provision of sufficient infection therapy is the usage of temporary, antibiotic-loaded cement spacers [5, 7, 14, 24] Although their indication in the treatmentof ... the diagnosis of an osteomyelitis of the femoral head Table 1: Patients’ data, surgical procedures, and causative organisms at the site of hip spacer implantation in the treatmentof coxitis and ... Fig 2: Evaluation of the hip joint function by the Merle d’ Aubigne score at the site of spacer implantation in the treatmentof proximal femur infections Fig 3: Evaluation of the hip joint function...
... properties of gentamicin-loaded hip spacers after insertion of Kirschner wires [31] Stress experiments showed an average failure load of 1.6 kN The insertion of the K-wires prevented any dislocation of ... review of the literature South Med J 2007; 100: 712-6 Cabrita HB, Croci AT, Camargo OP, Lima AL Prospective study of the treatmentof infected hip arthroplasties with or without the use of an ... retrospective evaluation of the patients’ records did not allow any differentiation of the particular cause of the renal failure, respectively (antibiotic-impregnation of the spacer, systemic...