Search results for "Examination"

Rectal cancer: ESMO Clinical Practice Guidelines for diagnosis, treatment and follow-up

2013

Gender and the gynecological examination: women's identities in doctors' narratives.

2007

The authors explore the constructions of gender in male doctors' narratives of gynecological examinations. Focusing on the ways in which gender identities are constructed in the stories of the medical encounter, they argue, first, that gender is more flexible during the visit with a gynecologist than has been suggested. Gendered identities are assumed and put aside as the interaction progresses, with its final stage—the pelvic examination—being constructed with gender removed. Second, they argue that undressing is invested with a special status during the examination. It is a gendered rite of passage between the two different ungendered subject positions of the doctor and the patient. They …

Visual hallucinations and agitation in Alzheimer's Disease due to memantine: report of three cases

2007

Memantine, a non-competitive N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptor antagonist, is currently the only drug proposed for the treatment of moderate to severe Alzheimer’s disease.1 It has been shown to have neuroprotective effects by inhibiting the excitotoxic effect of NMDA glutamate receptors.2 Memantine has a tolerability profile similar to placebo.1 However, the worsening of psychotic symptoms in patients with Lewy body dementia (LBD) treated with memantine has been recently reported.3 We describe three patients with probable Alzheimer’s disease who developed worsening or de novo visual hallucinations and agitation after memantine treatment. Patient 1 was a 65-year-old woman with a 2-year hi…

Prevalence of early and late age-related macular degeneration in India: the INDEYE study.

2010

Purpose.: To estimate the prevalence of early and late age-related macular degeneration (AMD) in India. Methods.: Of 7518 people aged 60 years and older identified from randomly sampled villages in North and South India, 5853 (78%) attended an eye examination including fundus photography. Fundus images were graded according to the Wisconsin Age-Related Maculopathy Grading System. Results.: Fundus images were ungradable in 1587 people, mainly because of cataract. People 80 years of age and older were less likely to attend the eye examination and more likely to have ungradable images. For ages 60 to 79 years, the percent prevalence (95% confidence interval [CI]) were late AMD 1.2 (0.8–1.5); a…

Biochemical and microbiological analysis of the saliva of institutionalized elderly: With edentulism, use of dentures and presence of biofilm

2020

Background To analyze biochemical and microbiological parameters of the saliva of institutionalized elders and to investigate the relation of these parameters with edentulism, use of dentures and presence of biofilm. Material and Methods A cross-sectional study carried was out in seven long-term institutions. Samples (n=161) of unstimulated saliva were collected for analysis of salivary flow, quantification of total proteins and identification of microorganisms. Oral examination was carried out to verify the number of missing teeth, the use of dentures and the presence of visible biofilm on the surface of teeth and dentures. Associations were performed using chi-square or Fisher’s exact tes…

Ancora sulle "esplosive palatali" nelle inchieste dell'Atlante Linguistico del Mediterraneo (ALM): i punti albanesi

2021

Tra i «Problemi redazionali» emersi in fase di controllo e organizzazione dei materiali giunti dalla campagna di rilevamenti dell’Atlante Linguistico del Mediterraneo (ALM), Berruto (1971-1973) rileva la proliferazione e l’eterogeneità di alcune scelte grafemiche operate da diversi raccoglitori che, impegnati in una trascrizione più o meno puntuale delle risposte ottenute, avevano interpretato e risolto variamente alcune delle indicazioni previste nel sistema di trascrizione fonetica che accompagnava il Questionario. Particolarmente complesso era emerso il quadro relativo alla trascrizione di alcune consonanti del settore “palatale”, per le quali i grafemi (e i foni a essi corrispondenti) p…

Skull-Cervico-Mandibular Unit: Correlation between Hyoid Bone, Thyroid Gland and Posture

2010

Purpose: The aim of this study is to evaluate the postural control of the patient with pathology or surgery of the neck area. We have examined a group of subjects with thyroid pathology and destined to total thyroidectomy. Method: Our sample comprised 10 patients (7 female and 3 male; mean age 50,9±15,8). They have been submitted to postural examination, before and after total thyroidectomy, using the baropodometric platform, the scoliosismeter and the ocular convergence test. All the values obtained from the baropodometric tests executed before and after thyroidectomy have been compared using a statistical analysis. The T Student test and a significant level of 5% (a=0,05;p£,05) have been …

The individuals’ interest in preventing everyday accidents and crises : A Swedish explorative study of the importance of motivation

2014

This explorative study presents an empirical examination of the connection between motivation and the measures individuals take to prevent everyday accidents and prepare for crises. Positional factors (age and gender) and situational factors (education, size of locality, and household composition) are included because the literature highlights their importance. The study used data gathered in a 2010/2011 poll of randomly selected Swedish residents aged 16–75 (N = 2000; 44.8% response rate). A factor analysis reduced the theoretical model for situational motivation (Guay, Vallerand, & Blanchard, 2000) from four to two dimensions: motivation and amotivation. Subsequent regression analyses sta…

Automatic screening of cardiac disorders using wavelet analysis of heart sound

2017

Body auscultation is a dominant method for physical examination of human heart using conventional stethoscope. This clinical method is non invasive and efficient but it requires a medical expert to interpret the heart sound for assessment of cardiac disorders. This paper presents analysis of heart sounds in wavelet domain for automated screening of cardiac disorders. Heart sound signal is transformed in wavelet domain to find out discrimination between heart sounds recorded from healthy and anomalous patients. Discriminatory features extracted from wavelet coefficients of heart sound are subjected to machine learning for screening of cardiac disorders automatically. The proposed method for …

Serum eosinophil cationic protein as a potential biomarker for interleukin-5 antibody treatment in patients with severe uncontrolled eosinophilic ast…

2018

Serum eosinophil cationic protein (ECP) has been described as a marker reflecting activation of eosinophils in asthma, potentially correlating to airway inflammation. Our aim was to examine the role of serum ECP to predict treatment efficacy in asthmatics starting interleukin-5 antibody (anti-IL5) therapy. We evaluated 65 patients with severe, uncontrolled eosinophilic asthma (≥300 eosinophils per µl blood) before and approx. 4 months after initiation of anti-IL5 therapy with mepolizumab; 35 patients completed a 12 month follow-up. Evaluation of treatment efficacy included medical history, asthma questionnaires, physical examination, spirometry, exhaled NO and blood tests. Depending on the …