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A Simple Technique Of Umbilical Port Closure In Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy, A Khan, M N. Siddiqui, M Ahmed

Department of Surgery Docs

No abstract provided.

A Clustering Of Childhood Meningococcal Disease: A Challenge For Physicians, Press And Community., Michael S. Dreyer, Stephen C. Eppes, Joel D. Klein

Department of Pediatrics Faculty Papers

The Delaware Division of Public Health reported only two cases of documented meningococcal infection in the pediatric population in 1992. As of March 1, 1993, the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report indicated only one case of meningococcal disease in the state of Delaware for 1993. However, from the end of February to early April 1993, approximately six weeks, there were seven cases of documented meningococcal infection in the pediatric population that either presented or were transferred to one of the pediatric care facilities in the Wilmington, Delaware area. Notification of these cases to the Delaware Division of Public Health prompted …

Ms211: Letter To Dennis Sokol From Armin Weinberg, Armin Weinberg

Works on Radiation Effects: 1990-2020

This an early note to Dennis Sokol who Armin met with at the request of Ambassador Robert Strauss during his first trip to Russia (the meeting with the ambassador was facilitated also by Billy Goldberg). Dennis was a US entrepreneur who was establishing Western style clinics in the former USSR and the ambassador thought we could help especially based on his knowledge of the BCM/TMH affiliation with the Admiral Bristol Hospital that became the American Hospital of Istanbul. See more at Armin Weinberg, PhD Papers and its finding aid.

Digest Of The Philadelphia College Of Osteopathic Medicine (Fall 1993), Philadelphia College Of Osteopathic Medicine

Digest

The Fall 1993 issue of the Digest of the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine includes the following articles:

• President's Perspective: PCOM’s Mission: Nation’s Priority
• Renovations and Innovations Highlight Beginning of Academic Year: Doctors From Day One: Learning More than Lectures and Labs
• PCOM Launches Graduate Biomedical Sciences Program
• Campus News
• Letters to the Editor
• Primary Care and Plastination Topics for Recent Grants
• First Golf Outing a Classic!
• Just Published
• Class Acts
• In Memoriam
• Coming Events

Microscopic Colitis: A Diagnosis To Consider, S Hamid, W Jafri, Z Abbas, H Shah, S Abid, H Sheikh, A Hussainy, H Khan

Section of Gastroenterology

Microscopic colitis is a syndrome of chronic watery diarrhoea for which no cause can be identified other than the presence of diffuse, chronic inflammation in the lamina propria on colonic biopsy. Endoscopically and radiologically the colon appears normal. We studied case records of 215 patients presenting to our institution over a three year period with chronic diarrhoea. Nineteen patients were included in the study where two pathologists agreed on the presence of chronic inflammation on colonic biopsies. All patients had watery diarrhoea with urgency. Stool examination, laboratory indices, radiology of the large and small bowel and colonoscopy were normal in …

Book Review, Mitchell M. Simon

RISK: Health, Safety & Environment (1990-2002)

Review of: MARSHALL A. KAPP, ETHICAL ASPECTS OF HEALTH CARE FOR THE ELDERLY: AN ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY. (Greenwood Press 1992). [200 pp.] Number 17 in series, Bibliographies and Indices in Gerontology. Author index; foreword by Erdman B. Palmore, series editor; preface; subject index. LC: 92-17776; ISBN: 0-313-27490-8. [Cloth $45.00. P.O. Box 5007, Westport CT 06881.]

Sweet's Syndrome, A Jabbar

Section of Pulmonary & Critical Care

No abstract provided.

Phyllocontin (Theophylline) Induced Esophagitis, Y M. Shaikh, A H. Khan, N Rao, I H. Rizvi, T A. Hameed, T A. Rana

Department of Radiology

No abstract provided.

The Effect Of The Cooper Wellness Program In Promoting Long- Term Lifestyle Behavior Changes, Ernesto P. S. Medina Jr.

Loma Linda University Electronic Theses, Dissertations & Projects

Most research on health behavior change programs examines their effectiveness in producing initial behavior changes, but fails to evaluate long-term maintenance of those changes. This study examined the effectiveness of the Cooper Wellness Program (CWP) in Dallas, Texas, in promoting maintenance of lifestyle behavior changes for one year or longer in the areas of diet, exercise, and stress management.

The CWP offers an intensive live-in lifestyle behavior modification program in four-, seven-, or 13-day formats. Data were collected from 223 individuals who attended the CWP between January, 1989, to February, 1992. The study addressed the following areas: 1) long-term maintenance …

The Diagnosis Of Poncet's Disease, K Hameed, M Karim, N Islam, T Gibson

Section of Internal Medicine

Two cases of polyarthritis in young people with extra-articular tuberculosis are described. The clinical features were consistent with the concept of Poncet's disease. After synovial biopsy one patient proved to have tuberculous peripheral arthritis. This observation raised doubts about the diagnosis in the other patient. Multiple joints may be simultaneously infected with Mycobacterium tuberculosis and Poncet's disease, if it exists, should not be entertained in the absence of synovial biopsy.

Abuse, Neglect And Exploitation In Licensed Facilities - Recognize It - Prevent It - Report It, Maine Department Of Human Services

Maine Collection

Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation In Licensed Facilities - Recognize It - Prevent It - Report It.

Maine Department of Human Services - Bureau of Elder and Adult Services, Augusta, Maine (August 1993).

Contents: Introduction / Signs of Abuse and Neglect / Abuse: Risk Factors / Prevention / Maine's Reporting Law / Investigations of Reports of Abuse, Neglect or Exploitation / Where to Report / Other Relevant Agencies

Does Red Blood Cell Distribution Width (Rdw) Improve Evaluation Of Microcytic Anaemias?, Muhammad Sajjad Baqar, Mohammad Khurshid, A Molla

Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

Abstract

The red cell distribution width (RDW) is an index of the variation in red cells size (anisocytosis). A study was conducted to examine the validity of using RDW in improving classification of microcytic anaemias. A total of 300 blood samples collected from a patient population aged 3 months to 55 years who were referred for haemoglobin electrophoresis were examined at The Aga Khan University Hospital (AKUH). On complete blood count, initially 200 patients (66.6%) were found to have hypochromic microcytic anaemia. Following haemoglobin electrophoresis 41% (821200) patients were diagnosed to have thalassemia minor and 59% (1181200) had hypochromic microcytic …

Ochrobactrum Anthropi Bacteremia In A Child., Joel D. Klein, Stephen C. Eppes

Department of Pediatrics Faculty Papers

Children undergoing chemotherapy for cancer are at increased risk of supervening infection, including bacteremia. This may be due to immunosuppression as well as the presence of intravascular devices such as central venous catheters. Bacteria responsible for these infections include those found in the child's endogenous flora as well as in environmental sources. We report the case of a child with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) who developed bacteremia secondary to Ochrobactrum anthropi. Details of this extremely rare infection are the focus of this report.

Uhs-Communicator, Summer 1993: Campus Construction, University Of Health Sciences College Of Osteopathic Medicine, Uhs-Com Alumni Association

Communicator (1991-2012)

Contents: Progress Notes: A Homecoming Report -- The Heritage Society -- Betty Jo White, D.O. Establishes First Charitable Trust -- Tools for Excellent Tomorrows -- Michigan Alum's Trip to Russia Results in Invitation to Goodwill Games -- Campus News -- DOings -- Alumni Association's Corner of the World.

Department Of Radiology-Annual Report-July 1, 1992 To June 30, 1993, David C. Levin

Department of Radiology Administrative Documents and Reports

Department of Radiology Annual Report, July 1, 1992 to June 30, 1993. Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. 85 pages.

Suggested Reference Ranges In Clinical Chemistry For Apparently Healthy Males And Females Of Pakistan., Ayesha Molla, Mohammad Khurshid, William T. Manser, Rukhsana Lalani, Anis Alam, Zubaida Mohammad

Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

Abstract

Seven hundred and eighty six apparently healthy males (418) and females (368) aged 0-69 years were randomly selected for estimation of reference ranges of 24 serum analytes at the clinical chemistry laboratory of The Ago Khon University Hospital (AKUH). Of the total study samples, 56% (439/786) were in the poediatric age group (0-14 years) and 44% (347/786) in the adult (1 5_60 years) group. Beckman Astra Ideal Autoanalyzer was used for all the estimations. Moon and standard deviations (SD) were calculated for each of the age groups. Reference ranges were calculated following standard methods of the International Federation of …

Digest Of The Philadelphia College Of Osteopathic Medicine (Summer 1993), Philadelphia College Of Osteopathic Medicine

Digest

The Summer 1993 issue of the Digest of the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine includes the following articles:

• President's Perspective: Hospitals’ Sale Signals New Beginnings
• DO/MBA Program: Higher Degrees of Health Care
• Commencement ‘93
• A Glimpse of the Cass of 1993
• Bulletin Board
• Class Acts
• Readership Survey
• Coming Events

Signal Processing With Neural Networks, Pero Smrzlic

Masters Theses

In this study, we introduce the Adaptive Back Propagation (ABP) learning algorithm, computationally superior to the standard Back Propagation. The ABP is based on the new activation function, with its corresponding adaptive learning parameter. By using the combination of computer simulations and analysis in the domain of activation function, the Method of One Hidden layer was developed for the effective utilization of units in one-hidden layer networks. A parallel version of the ABP was designed and implemented on a nCUBE-2 supercomputer with 128 processors.

The simulation results suggested a strong correlation between frequency of signals and the role of hidden …

Aggressive Angiomyxoma Of Vulva, Farrukh Aijaz, Shahid Pervez, Shehnaz Wasti, Sheema H. Hassan

Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

No abstract provided.

Suppressive Effects Of Transforming Factor-Β And Interleukin-10 On The Cytolytic Activity Of Murine Macrophages And Reversal By Cytokines, Chin-Hung Lin

Loma Linda University Electronic Theses, Dissertations & Projects

In this study, the suppressive effects of transforming growth factor-β (TGF-β) and interleukin-10 (IL-10) on peritoneal macrophage killing of H238 target cells and the potential for reversal of the immunosuppressive effect by IL-4 and interferon-γ (IFN-γ) were investigated. The responsiveness of naive and peptone-activated macrophages was compared. The cytolytic activity for tumor cells of these effector cells was measured by percent lysis of ³H-thymidine labeled Herpes simplex virus type 2-transformed tumor cells (H238). After 18-24 hours of incubation with TGF-β or IL-10, the cytolytic activity of macro-medium alone. The immunosuppressive effect of TGF-β or IL-10 on non-activated macrophages was …

Estimation Of The Incidence Of A Rare Genetic Disease Through A Two-Tier Mutation Survey, R Chakraborty, M R Srinivasan, S Raskin

Faculty, Staff and Student Publications

Recent attempts to detect mutations involving single base changes or small deletions that are specific to genetic diseases provide an opportunity to develop a two-tier mutation-screening program through which incidence of rare genetic disorders and gene carriers may be precisely estimated. A two-tier survey consists of mutation screening in a sample of patients with specific genetic disorders and in a second sample of newborns from the same population in which mutation frequency is evaluated. We provide the statistical basis for evaluating the incidence of affected and gene carriers in such two-tier mutation-screening surveys, from which the precision of the estimates …

Tuberculous Mastitis Mimicking Malignancy--A Case Report With Review Of Literature, M Y. Sheikh, T A. Rana, M U. Islam

Department of Radiology

No abstract provided.

Regulation Of Human Lung Fibroblast Alpha 1(I) Procollagen Gene Expression By Tumor Necrosis Factor Alpha, Interleukin-1 Beta, And Prostaglandin E2., Arturo Diaz, Elena Munoz, Rosemary Johnston, Joseph H. Korn, Sergio A. Jimenez

Department of Medicine Faculty Papers

We investigated the participation of prostaglandin (PG) E2 in the regulation of the alpha 1(I) procollagen gene expression by tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF alpha), and interleukin-1 beta (IL-1 beta) in normal adult human lung fibroblasts. TNF alpha (100 units/ml) and IL-1 beta (100 units/ml) stimulated the production of PGE2 and caused a dose-dependent inhibition of up to 54 and 66%, respectively, of the production of type I procollagen. Preincubation of cultures with indomethacin partially reversed the inhibition of procollagen production induced by the cytokines. Cytokine-stimulated endogenous fibroblast PG accounted for 35 and 68% of the inhibition induced by TNF …

Diet And Colon Cancer Risk In The Population Of Thailand, Nithat Sirichotiratana

Loma Linda University Electronic Theses, Dissertations & Projects

Epidemiological studies have emphasized environmental influences, especially a diet high in animal fat and low in fiber, as major risk factors for colon cancer. In order to examine the relationship between dietary fat and fiber and occurrence of colon cancer, patient medical records from the National Cancer Institute between 1981-1991 were used for the first hospital-based case-control study of diet and colon cancer in Thailand. These records included a total of 168 cases and 357 controls. Data on the frequency consumption of various food items were obtained by using an existing food frequency questionnaire, completed as part of patient’s history …

Retained Stones In The Common Bile Duct: Results Of Management, Kamran Hamid, R Azami, W Jaffery, T Hameed

Department of Surgery Docs

Seventeen patients underwent treatment for retained common bile duct stones. In 7 patients the stones were removed via a T-tube tract using steerable catheters while 5 patients underwent ERCP and sphincterotomy and 5 underwent surgical re-exploration. Considering morbidity, mortality, success rate and patients' stay in the hospital, non-operative modalities should be the treatment of choice for retained common bile duct stones.

Prevalence Of Thalassemia Minor Trait In Pakistani Population Presented At Akuh For Complete Blood Count Estimation (Cbc)., Alia Shaikh, Mohammad Khurshid

Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

No abstract provided.

Spontaneous Sub-Periosteal Hematoma Of The Orbit: Diagnosis On Computed Tomography, T A. Rana

Department of Radiology

No abstract provided.

Ms211: Dbase For The Invitational Conference In Houston, Armin Weinberg

Works on Radiation Effects: 1990-2020

This appears to be the master database of the folks invited to our International Conference hosted by TMH, BCM, THMRF etc. in 1993? It is a treasure trove of those we initially invited from both Israel, Japan, former USSR (Russia, Ukraine, etc.) and of course USA! It has phone and institutional affiliations, flights, etc. See more at Armin Weinberg, PhD Papers and its finding aid.

Digest Of The Philadelphia College Of Osteopathic Medicine (Spring 1993), Philadelphia College Of Osteopathic Medicine

Digest

The Spring 1993 issue of the Digest of the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine includes the following aritcles:

• President's Perspective
• Community Service the Osteopathic Way: Being a DO Means Caring about the Community
• Weaving Community Issues with Medical Practice
• Special Events Fundraising Begins at PCOM
• Campus Briefs
• PCOM in the News
• Microbiology Professors Receive Awards
• Commitment to Medicine and Education Take Alumni around the World
• Class Acts
• Just Published
• In Memoriam
• Coming Events

The Ring Butterfly Fragment, Philippe D`Sousa, Masood Umer, Riaz Hussain Lakdawala

Department of Surgery Docs

No abstract provided.