Tophaceous Gout at the Popliteal Sulcus.

Popliteal sulcus erosion with soft tissue mass: when in doubt, think of gout.

Xanthogranulomatous and Emphysematous Pyelonephritis: Two Rare Entities Occurring in One Kidney.

Both xanthogranulomatous and emphysematous pyelonephritis are severe renal inflammatory disorders, occurring simultaneously in extremely rare cases.

Chest CT Diagnosis of COVID-19: Accuracy using CO-RADS and CT-Involvement Scoring.

Objectives: Both Reporting and Data System (CO-RADS) and CT-involvement scores (CTIS) have been proposed for evaluation of COVID-19 on chest CT. The purpose of this single-center, retrospective study was to evaluate both scoring systems to diagnose COVID-19 infection in a high-prevalence area.

Materials And Methods: Chest CT datasets (n = 200) and available reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) on nasopharyngeal swab were included.

Internal or External Stenting of the Ureterovesical Anastomosis in Renal Transplantation.

Background: Stenting of the ureterovesical anastomosis reduces the incidence of urological complications (UCs) after renal transplantation, but there are multiple stenting techniques, and there is no consensus regarding which technique is preferred. The aim of this study was to compare an internal versus an external stenting technique on the incidence of UCs.

Methods: This is a retrospective analysis of 419 deceased donor renal transplantations performed between January 2008 and December 2013.

Wound morbidity after kidney transplant.

Context: Wound morbidity is an important surgical complication after kidney transplant.

Objective: To assess risk factors for postoperative wound complications and the impact of such complications on outcomes of kidney transplant.

Design And Patients: Retrospectively, 108 consecutive kidney transplant patients between January 2010 and December 2010 were included in the analysis.

[Renal transplantation at night].

Background: In renal transplantation, prolonged cold ischaemia time (CIT) increases the risk of delayed graft function, rejection and graft failure. To minimise CIT, renal transplantations are performed directly upon graft availability and often take place during the night. Night-time surgery is supposedly associated with an increased risk of surgical complications compared with daytime operations.

Risk factors for perioperative complications in hand-assisted laparoscopic donor nephrectomy.

Living donor kidney transplant is the preferred treatment for end-stage renal disease; however, the shortage of kidney donors remains a big problem. One of the major reasons for the shortage of living donors is the risk of potentially serious surgical complications of a procedure in which the donor has no personal medical benefit. Therefore it is important to understand the risk factors for perioperative complications associated with donor nephrectomy.

Ureterovesical anastomotic techniques for kidney transplantation: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

No consensus exists about which ureterovesical anastomosis technique to use for kidney transplantation. The aim of this systematic review was to compare the existing techniques in relation to the risk of urological complications. All studies that compared ureterovesical anastomotic techniques in kidney transplantation were included.

Duplicated ureters and renal transplantation: a case-control study and review of the literature.

Introduction: Complications of the transplant ureter are the most important cause of surgical morbidity after renal transplantation. The presence of ureteral duplication in the renal graft might result in an increased complication rate. We analyzed our data of double-ureter renal transplantations using a case-control study design.

Effect of gentamicin-containing collagen sponges on surgical site infection after hand-assisted laparoscopic donor nephrectomy.

Background: Postoperative surgical site infection (SSI) can be considered a frequent complication of hand-assisted laparoscopic donor nephrectomy (HALDN). Since 2007, our center used routinely a gentamicin-containing collagen sponge (GCCS) when closing the wound. The effect of GCCS on SSI is not elucidated clearly.

Transplant nephrectomy: what are the surgical risks?

Background: Whether or not to remove a failed renal graft has been the subject of much debate. One reason for a cautious approach to graft removal is its high morbidity and mortality rates. We analyzed the morbidity, mortality, and risk factors of transplant nephrectomy at our center.

Ureteral reconstruction after renal transplantation: clinical outcome and risk factors.

Introduction: The incidence of urological complications after renal transplantation ranges from 2.5 to 30%. Often surgical revision is necessary.

Spatial mapping of city-wide PBDE levels using an exponential decay model.

Passive air samplers (PAS) consisting of polyurethane foam (PUF) disks were deployed at 6 outdoor air monitoring stations in different land use categories (commercial, industrial, residential and semi-rural) to assess the spatial distribution of polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) in the Brisbane airshed. Air monitoring sites covered an area of ~1143 km(2) and PAS were allowed to accumulate PBDEs in the city's airshed over three consecutive seasons commencing in the winter of 2008. The average sum of five (∑(5)) PBDEs (BDEs 28, 47, 99, 100 and 209) levels were highest at the commercial and industrial sites (12.

The transformative potential of young motherhood for disadvantaged Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women in Townsville, Australia.

Objective: To explore attitudes to pregnancy and parenthood among a group of Indigenous young people in Townsville, Australia.

Design And Participants: Mixed methods and a cross-sectional design involving Indigenous women from a Young Mums Group designing the research instruments and acting as peer interviewers. Data were collected in 2004 from young Indigenous people who had never been pregnant (171 students at three high schools and 15 people at a homeless youth shelter) using a computer-assisted self-administered survey; from 59 of this group who also participated in single sex focus group discussions; and from 10 pregnant and parenting young women in individual semi-structured interviews.

Heart failure and the risk of stroke: the Rotterdam Study.

Patients with heart failure used to have an increased risk of stroke, but this may have changed with current treatment regimens. We assessed the association between heart failure and the risk of stroke in a population-based cohort that was followed since 1990. The study uses the cohort of the Rotterdam Study and is based on 7,546 participants who at baseline (1990–1993) were aged 55 years or over and free from stroke.

Assessing dioxin precursors in pesticide formulations and environmental samples as a source of octachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin in soil and sediment.

An as yet unidentified origin of elevated concentrations of polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins (PCDDs) in soil and sediment has repeatedly been described from different locations around the world, including Australia. Natural sources have been hypothesized to account for such contamination, which is characterized by a distinctive dioxin profile, in particular, elevated levels of octachlorodibenzo-p-dioxins (OCDD) as well as relatively low contributions of polychlorinated dibenzofurans (PCDFs). The present study investigated whether OCDD formation via anthropogenically derived precursors represents a possible source in such samples.

Attitudes and behaviours of young Indigenous people in Townsville concerning relationships, sex and contraception: the "U Mob Yarn Up" project.

Objective: To gain some understanding of the attitudes and behaviours of Indigenous young people in Townsville concerning relationships, contraception and safe sex.

Design: Cross-sectional study using a computer-assisted self-administered survey and single-sex focus group discussions designed by a Young Mums' Group operating on participatory action principles and acting as peer interviewers.

Participants And Setting: 171 Indigenous students in Years 9-11 at three high schools and 15 residents of a homeless youth shelter in Townsville, Queensland, 27 April - 8 December 2004.

Atomic force microscopy imaging of polycrystalline CuInSe2 thin films.

In this study, atomic force microscopy (AFM) imaging has been used to study the structural properties of polycrystalline CuInSe2 films, which are widely used as absorber materials in thin film solar cell devices. This technique demonstrated an excellent capability for the reproducible imaging of these rough polycrystalline materials. AFM imaging in combination with statistical analysis revealed distinct differences in the structural properties (i.

A survey of United States general psychiatry residency programs: program characteristics and relationship to the 1994 National Residency Matching Program results.

We developed a questionnaire regarding issues in psychiatric residency training and distributed it to the chief residents at all United States general psychiatry residency training programs. We hoped to examine psychiatry residency program characteristics and see if any particular characteristics had a significant relationship to improved success in the 1994 National Residency Matching Program (NRMP) results. We found that those programs with six or more PGY-1 positions available in the NRMP, those programs with an associated child and adolescent psychiatry residency training program, and those programs offering a research elective had a higher PGY-1 match through the NRMP than programs without these features.

Tardive dyskinesia as a result of long-term prochlorperazine use.

Prochlorperazine is a centrally acting dopamine receptor antagonist that is most commonly used for the treatment of nausea and vomiting. Like many dopamine antagonists, prochlorperazine has the ability to induce extrapyramidal reactions in susceptible patients. Rarely, however, have cases of tardive dyskinesia been caused by the long-term use of this agent.

The role of sertraline in a patient with recurrent hyponatremia.

A 75-year-old female with major depression was admitted to the hospital on two separate occasions for medical problems. During both her hospitalizations she was evaluated by a psychiatrist and diagnosed with a major depressive episode. On both admissions the antidepressant chosen to treat her depression was sertraline.

Famotidine-associated delirium. A series of six cases.

Famotidine is a histamine H2-receptor antagonist used in inpatient settings for prevention of stress ulcers and is showing increasing popularity because of its low cost. Although all of the currently available H2-receptor antagonists have shown the propensity to cause delirium, only two previously reported cases have been associated with famotidine. The authors report on six cases of famotidine-associated delirium in hospitalized patients who cleared completely upon removal of famotidine.

Report of a case of male genital self-mutilation and review of the literature, with special emphasis on the effects of the media.

Genital self-mutilation is seldom reported; fewer than 100 cases have been reported in the literature to date. Few studies have examined the factors that may lead susceptible individuals to undertake this act. We report here on a case of genital self-mutilation by a 22-year-old man who cut off his penis with an electric chain saw.