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Showing 1 to 20 of 41 for “"Symptoms and signs"”.
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Longitudinal changes in clinical symptoms and signs in children with confirmed, unconfirmed, and unlikely pulmonary tuberculosis
… (PTB) makes microbiological diagnosis difficult and limits the usefulness of microbiology for assessing treatment efficacy. Clinical response to treatment has thus been used by clinicians to monitor disease activity, as well as by researchers in clinical case definitions of intrathoracic TB to …
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Incidence of atrophic rhinitis after endoscopic sinonasal surgery : a retrospective review
… incisions are visible, is often very aggressive and destructive to the nasal structures. The removal of the nasal turbinates has always been seen as sacrilege due to the risk of developing atrophic rhinitis. If the theory regarding developing atrophic rhinitis after a simple turbinectomy stands …
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The concurrence of typhoid and malaria as compared to typhoid and other diagnoses in adult patients admitted in the medical wards at Iringa Regional Hospital, Tanzania
Malaria and typhoid are two diseases caused by different infectious organisms. Both have symptoms and signs that are very similar, making it possible to diagnose one instead of the other. In some parts of the world these two diseases are very common and may coexist in one patient, hence making it …
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The hyperventilation syndrome
… is the name given to a distinctive group of symptoms and signs which are caused by an increase in the depth and rate of breathing. This abnormal breathing is nearly always the result of emotional stress. The association between emotional stress and disorders of breathing is well-known: …
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Imminent eclampsia: the clinical state and the treatment with Avertin of 100 cases
… from the Greek eklampien meaning a flesh, and its etymology suggests the acute onset of the convulsions. On the surface, therefore, it would appear paradoxical to define any state as being one of "imminent eclampsia". However, although the aetiology is unknown, sufficient knowledge of the …
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ΔΙΑΛΕΙΠΟΥΣΑ ΧΩΛΟΤΗΣ ΤΗΣ ΙΠΠΟΥΡΙΔΟΣ
… CANAL. IT IS CHARACTERIZED MAINLY BY SENSORY SYMPTOMS RELATED TO EXERCISE OR TO CERTAIN BODY POSITIONS. PAIN IS USUALLY PRESENT IN CASES DUE TO LATERAL LUMBAR DISC PROTRUSION AND IN OTHER CASES IF PRESENT HAS PARAESTHETIC QUALITIES. TWO THEORIES ARE ACCEPTED FOR THE SYMPTOM PRODUCTION …
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Συμβολή εις την μελέτην των χορδωμάτων
… the Medical School of the University of Athens and from the Laboratories of Pathology of the hospitals «Saint Savas», «Red Cross Hospital» and «Hippocration General Hospital of Athens». The first part of this Study deals with the development and fate of the notochord and the pathology, …
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Glucose tolerance in patients with abnormal endometrial bleeding during and after the climacteric
Two thousand years elapsed before man could unravel several of the problems and implications of disturbed glucose tolerance. As far back as 30 years B.C. gross manifestations of the disease now known as Diabetes Mellitus were recognized. Despite great advances, however, there is much that is still …
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Symptoms and aspects on eosinophil activity in allergic rhinitis
… about the pathophysiology of this condition, and despite the fact that good treatments are available, there is a need for new treatment options, particularly for such aiming at new targets and reduced side effects. Recruitment and activation of eosinophils is a key feature of allergic …
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Posterior Laryngitis- Aetiology,Treatment and Health-Related Quality of Life
… part of the glottal region in conjunction with symptoms. The cause is multifactorial. The aims of the work presented in this thesis were to examine symptoms, physical signs, different aetiologies and health-related quality of life (HRQOL) in patients with PL and/or oesophageal dysmotility. In …
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Do abnormalities in dynamic cerebral auto-regulation underlie the pathophysiological processes behind syncope in older people?
… cerebral auto-regulation (dCA) explain the symptoms associated with orthostatic (OH) and post-prandial hypotension (PPH). Methods: Based on clinical symptoms and signs for the OH study: 4 Groups: Asymptomatic No OH (control), Symptomatic No OH, Asymptomatic OH, and Symptomatic OH. PPH study: …
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Sensitivity and Specificity of Three Phase Bone Scan in the Complex Regional Pain Syndrome according to the Disease Progress
… difficult to diagnose in chronic pain field and diagnosed by purely clinical criteria based on characteristic symptoms and signs, Three phase bone scan (TPBS) is one of the objective tools in diagnosis of CRPS. However, TPBS cannot confirm CRPS and has limited role in diagnosis of CRPS. The …
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Myocardial ischemia and reperfusion injury, clinical and experimental studies
… artery. Reperfusion reduces infarct size and enhances the rate of survival. But reperfusion may also, in itself, cause reversible injury, stunning and arrhythmias, as well as irreversible lethal reperfusion injury. The aim of this thesis was to gain knowledge about the complex …
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NEUROPROTECTIVE STUDIES ON THE MPTP AND SOD1 MOUSE MODELS OF NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES
… neuronal structure or function, whereby central and/or peripheral nervous system circuitry is severely and irreversibly damaged, resulting in the manifestation of clinical symptoms and signs. Neurodegenerative research has revealed many similarities among these diseases: although their clinical …
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The Pathophysiology of Eosinophilic Esophagitis: Altered Mechanisms of Antigen Detection in the Esophagus
… Based on previous studies in both patients and experimental models, it is possible that an abnormal reaction to antigen mediates the pathophysiology of EoE. In this thesis, symptoms and signs unique to EoE were identified by an age-matched, case-controlled study of 326 patients with EoE and …
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Using Parent-Mediated Intervention to Treat Autism Symptoms in Infants
… disorder characterized by persistent and significant impairments with social communication and a tendency to engage in non-functional restricted and repetitive behaviours which begin in early childhood. Due to an increase in prevalence and lack of specialist services, many regions or …
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Regional ileitis: a clinical and experimental study
… ileitis of the combined diseases jejuno-ileitis, and ileo-colitis 4. The relationship of regional ileitis to other benign non-specific intestinal granulomata has been discussed, and the aetiology of these granulomata considered. 5. The clinical features of the disease have been described. In the …
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Clinical presentation and diagnostic work up of suspected pulmonary embolism in a district hospital emergency centre serving a high HIV/TB burden population
… Pulmonary Embolism (PE) is challenging to make and is often missed in the Emergency Centre. The true incidence of PE in South Africa is unknown. The diagnostic work-up of PE has been improved by the use of Clinical decision rules (CDRs) and CT Pulmonary Angiography (CTPA) in high-income …
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PARESTHESIA DUE TO PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY: ANXIETY AND WELLBEING
… with mental health concerns such as anxiety and wellbeing, but specific symptoms of neuropathic pain have had much less attention than the construct as a whole. Paresthesia, meaning “abnormal sensation” (tingling, numbness, pins and needles, impaired sensation, and itching) is a neuropathic …
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