Can low-dose abdominal CT replace abdominal plain film in evaluation of acute abdominal pain?

abstract：BACKGROUND:Two standard sets of criteria are used to evaluate the tumor response of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC): RECIST (Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors) and modified RECIST (mRECIST). The purpose was to compare two tumor response evaluation criteria, RECIST version 1.1 and mRECIST, for HCC treated usin...

journal_title：Upsala journal of medical sciences

authors： Sato Y,Watanabe H,Sone M,Onaya H,Sakamoto N,Osuga K,Takahashi M,Arai Y,Japan Interventional Radiology in Oncology Study Group-JIVROSG.

更新日期：2013-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Different methodological aspects on the assay of human erythrocyte catechol-O-methyltransferase (COMT) activity were studied. No temporal variations were found either over a 24 hour period or over one month. Erythrocytes from whole blood collected with any of the anticoagulants heparin, EDTA or citrate could be used a...

journal_title：Upsala journal of medical sciences

authors： Floderus Y,Sääf J,Ross SB,Wetterberg L

更新日期：1981-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Abstract Pyogenic spondylitis is a common infectious disease caused by various microorganisms. It is difficult to predict the infecting microorganism at the time of initiation of treatment. Pneumonia is generally clarified into community or hospital-acquired types based on where the infection was acquired, and the i...

journal_title：Upsala journal of medical sciences

authors： Sasaji T,Yamada N,Iwai K

更新日期：2012-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Twenty-one cases of hepatic abscesses treated during a period of four years (from 1981 to 1985) at the University of Patras, Greece, are presented. This material includes 10 cases with abscesses caused by suppurated echinococcal cysts, corresponding to 21% of the total number of 47 cases of echinococcal cysts of the l...

journal_title：Upsala journal of medical sciences

authors： Karavias D,Panagopoulos C,Vagianos C,Vagenas C,Rathosis S,Androulakis J

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Antimicrobial susceptibility testing with phenotypic methods requires breakpoints, i.e. a minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) categorizing micro-organisms into susceptible, intermediately susceptible, and resistant for the relevant antimicrobial agent. Determinations of breakpoints require tools such as the underst...

journal_title：Upsala journal of medical sciences

authors： Kahlmeter G

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this review the advantages of the gonadotropin-releasing hormone agonist (GnRHa) trigger are discussed beyond those immediately associated with ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome (OHSS) prevention. The GnRHa trigger concept has sparked the development of novel protocols, enriching the assisted reproductive technolog...

journal_title：Upsala journal of medical sciences

authors： Castillo JC,Haahr T,Martínez-Moya M,Humaidan P

更新日期：2020-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cytosolic carbonic anhydrases CAI, CAII, and CAIII from liver, and CAII, and CAIII from muscle of adult male Sprague-Dawley rats were purified to homogeneity. CAIII from liver and muscle had the same amino acid composition and were immunochemically similar. Their kinetic properties at 0 degrees C were also similar. Km...

journal_title：Upsala journal of medical sciences

authors： Wistrand PJ

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present investigation on 20 patients after total hip replacement surgery has confirmed that the posttraumatic increase of the fibrinolysis inhibition activity (FIA) in serum and plasminogen-depleted serum is due to the primary fibrinolysis inhibitor (PFI, alpha 2-antiplasmin). This protein exists in at least two f...

journal_title：Upsala journal of medical sciences

authors： Bagge L,Carlin G,Hjelmstedt A,Högstorp H,Jacobsson H,Modig J,Saldeen T

更新日期：1982-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess whether the proportion of primary care physicians implementing full body skin examination (FBSE) to screen for melanoma changed over time. METHODS:Meta-regression analyses of available data. DATA SOURCES:MEDLINE, ISI, Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials. RESULTS:Fifteen studies surveyi...

journal_title：Upsala journal of medical sciences

authors： Valachis A,Mauri D,Karampoiki V,Polyzos NP,Cortinovis I,Koukourakis G,Zacharias G,Xilomenos A,Tsappi M,Casazza G

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The acute phase reaction is an unspecific response to inflammatory stimuli characterized by alterations in the concentration of several plasma proteins. It is of great clinical value to monitor the inflammatory state in patients with rheumatoid arthritis. The erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR) and C-reactive protein...

journal_title：Upsala journal of medical sciences

authors： Arvidsson NG,Gudbjörnsson B,Hällgren R,Larsson A

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Different pharmacokinetic models for target controlled infusion (TCI) of propofol are available in the recently launched open TCI systems. There is also a compelling choice to work with either plasma- or effect-site targets. Knowledge about the clinical consequences of different alternatives is of importance. We aimed...

journal_title：Upsala journal of medical sciences

authors： Enlund M

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In order to investigate the relevance of the currently used lower reference limit for S-Potassium in Danish hospital laboratories, analytical bias in the measurement of S-Potassium was compared with the lower reference limit in each of 52 Danish hospital laboratories. The acceptable bias range was estimated according ...

journal_title：Upsala journal of medical sciences

authors： Djurhuus MS,Petersen PH,Rohold A,Vadstrup S,Uldall A

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The role of the sympathetic nerve system is still unknown in different types of hypertension. The procedure used in the evaluation of suspect renovascular hypertension has been revised in such a way that renal blood flow, renal arterial blood pressure and plasma renin activity in renal vein could be determined prior t...

journal_title：Upsala journal of medical sciences

authors： Lörelius LE,Löfroth PO,Wiklund L,Mörlin C,Aberg H

更新日期：1976-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Radical surgery for renal cancer with invasion of the inferior vena cava can improve the patient's quality of life and, in some cases, offer longer survival or even cure. With a carefully planned surgical approach it is possible to remove renal tumours with thrombotic extension to the most proximal part of the inferio...

journal_title：Upsala journal of medical sciences

authors： Andréen T,Aberg T,Fritjofsson A

更新日期：1985-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Whether written feedback on drug prescribing in general practice affects prescribing habits is controversial. Most short-term studies showed no effect. However, the issue has not been tested in long-term studies involving the local general practitioner community. AIMS OF THE STUDY:To assess whether prescrib...

journal_title：Upsala journal of medical sciences

authors： Vægter K,Wahlström R,Wedel H,Svärdsudd K

更新日期：2010-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although AL amyloidosis usually is a systemic disease, strictly localized AL deposits are not exceptionally rare. Such case reports form a considerable body of published articles. Although both AL amyloidosis types are formed from an N-terminal segment of a monoclonal immunoglobulin light chain, a typical localized AL...

journal_title：Upsala journal of medical sciences

authors： Westermark P

更新日期：2012-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In experimental studies using a 0.1 mm focal sport tube, rare-eath screens, Cornex 4 film and diluted contrast agent (120 mgI/ml), 6Xmagnification detail in the walls of major arteries that could not be identified with standard radiography or 3Xmagnification. The method is applicable to studies of arteriosclerotic cha...

journal_title：Upsala journal of medical sciences

authors： Björk L,Sandor T

更新日期：1975-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bile salt sulphation in primary biliary cirrhosis was studied by measurements of the liver bile salt sulphotransferase levels in 16 patients. Although the enzyme activity varied among the patients it did not correlate with the severity of cholestasis. Furthermore, the mean bile salt sulphotransferase magnitude in pati...

journal_title：Upsala journal of medical sciences

authors： Lööf L,Nyberg A

更新日期：1983-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two female patients, 63 and 78 years of age, underwent femoropopliteal bypass with polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) graft and distal vein cuff. They developed graft occlusion due to false aneurysm at the site of vein cuff during one and eight weeks after surgery, respectively. Improper suture technique or weak vein wall...

journal_title：Upsala journal of medical sciences

authors： Karacagil S,Ljungman C,Boström A,Hellberg A

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The diagnostic distribution and the relation between diagnosis and symptoms, symptom duration, tumour site, tumour size and breast size were studied in 1 244 women with breast symptoms examined at a special breast tumour clinic. 9% of the women had cancer, 62% fibroadenosis and 6% fibroadenoma. In 18% no breast diseas...

journal_title：Upsala journal of medical sciences

authors： Rimsten A

更新日期：1976-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Secondary osteosarcoma arising after the treatment of hematologic malignancies other than Hodgkin's lymphoma is rare. We report two cases of secondary osteosarcoma arising after treatment for childhood hematologic malignancies (non-Hodgkin's lymphoma and lymphoblastic leukemia). A 10-year-old boy, at the age of 3, was...

journal_title：Upsala journal of medical sciences

authors： Okada A,Hatori M,Hosaka M,Watanuki M,Itoi E

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study was undertaken to evaluate the utility of a modified technique of triplex scanning of the lower extremity arteries in 20 subjects without any clinical signs of arterial disease. The distal aorta and iliac arteries were examined with the subject in supine position and lying slightly on the opposite side. By ...

journal_title：Upsala journal of medical sciences

authors： Karacagil S,Granbo A,Jonsson ML,Almgren B,Bergqvist D

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Gastrointestinal transit was measured in non-obese diabetic (NOD) mice, as an animal model of human diabetes type 1, and in obese diabetic mice, as an animal model of human diabetes type 2. The endocrine cells known to correlate to gastrointestinal transit, namely secretin, serotonin, Peptide YY (PYY) and enteroglucag...

journal_title：Upsala journal of medical sciences

authors： El-Salhy M

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In early ARDS (Adult Respiratory Distress Syndrome) and other inflammatory pulmonary disorders the lung might benefit from a high local deposition of an active drug, in order to optimize the local concentration without systemic side effects. In this methodological study we used pigs under controlled ventilation. The s...

journal_title：Upsala journal of medical sciences

authors： Forsgren P,Modig J,Gerdin B,Axelsson B,Dahlbäck M

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The tubuloglomerular feedback mechanism is highly activated in juxtamedullary nephrons and considered to play a major role in intrarenal regulation of glomerular filtration rate. The vasculature of juxtamedullary nephrons is highly vasoreactive with a high ability for vasodilation. This vasoreactivity is a prerequisit...

journal_title：Upsala journal of medical sciences

authors： Ulfendahl HR,Göransson-Nyberg A,Hansell P,Sjöquist M

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The lipid metabolism of isolated mouse pancreatic islets, which had been cultured for one week at 3.3 or 16.7 mM glucose, was examined in short-term experiments performed at the end of the culture period. It was found that: a) high-glucose cultured islets oxidized palmitate at a higher rate: and b) both groups of cult...

journal_title：Upsala journal of medical sciences

authors： Berne C,Andersson A

更新日期：1981-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Factors that may influence the water transport through the skin in infants on their first day of life were studied with a method based on determination of the vapour pressure gradient in the air layer close to the skin surface. The evaporation rate from the skin was found to vary with the site of measurement, ambient ...

journal_title：Upsala journal of medical sciences

authors： Sedin G,Hammarlund K,Nilsson GE,Oberg PA,Strömberg B

更新日期：1981-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Prototype instruments are developed for determining haemoglobin and glucose content of blood based on optothermal spectroscopy. The optothermal instrument is described. The results of clinical haemoglobin and glucose tests show good agreement with standard methods. For haemoglobin a method reproducibility of better th...

journal_title：Upsala journal of medical sciences

authors： Fondberg L

更新日期：1986-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Platelet-derived growth factor B (PDGF-B) is a growth factor promoting and regulating cell migration, proliferation, and differentiation, involved in both developmental processes and in maintaining tissue homeostasis under strict regulation. What are the implications of prolonged or uncontrolled growth factor signalin...

journal_title：Upsala journal of medical sciences

authors： Lindberg N,Holland EC

更新日期：2012-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:22 patients with untreated, essential hypertension (diastolic blood-pressure greater than or equal to 140 mmHg) and in most cases also showing neurological symptoms were given a single oral dose of 400 mg labetalol. All patients displayed a gradual decrease of the blood-pressure down to a diastolic pressure about 110 ...

journal_title：Upsala journal of medical sciences

authors： Frithz G

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00