Upper gastrointestinal involvement in systemic sclerosis: Findings in a real-life setting.

Gastrointestinal tract involvement is the most common visceral affectation in systemic sclerosis (SSc), but the manifestations may vary in extension and severity. Endoscopic and histopathological gastroesophageal findings were investigated in patients with SSc. A total of 79 consecutive patients with definite SSc were enrolled in a cross sectional study.

Relationship Between Ventricular Arrhythmias, Conduction Disorders, and Myocardial Fibrosis in Patients With Systemic Sclerosis.

Background: Delayed-enhancement magnetic resonance imaging (DE-MRI) is a noninvasive diagnostic tool able to identify myocardial fibrosis. In patients with scleroderma, its relationship with arrhythmias and conduction disorders has not been fully explored.

Objectives: The aim of this study was to evaluate the possible correlations between ventricular arrhythmias, conduction disorders, and myocardial fibrosis in patients with systemic sclerosis.

The Role of NT-proBNP in the Diagnosis of Ventricular Arrhythmias in Patients with Systemic Sclerosis.

Background: In patients with systemic sclerosis, NT-proBNP is a useful diagnostic marker for pulmonary hypertension and ventricular dysfunction, with important prognostic significance. The aim of this study was to assess the relationship between the NT-proBNP levels and the presence and severity of ventricular arrhythmias in patients with scleroderma.

Methods: Forty consecutive patients with a diagnostic of systemic sclerosis according to the EULAR criteria admitted at the Rheumatology Clinic of Cluj-Napoca, Romania, from Jan 2014 to Apr 2014 were enrolled.

Elevated Serum Levels of Sclerostin are Associated with High Disease Activity and Functional Impairment in Patients with Axial Spondyloarthritis.

Background: Recent research suggests that biomarkers may be useful in assessing disease activity, structural damage, and response to therapy in axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA). Our study aims at evaluating the relationship between inflammation and bone remodeling markers and variables assessing disease activity and functional disability in patients with axSpA.

Methods: Serum levels of sclerostin, matrix metalloproteinase-3 (MMP-3), interleukin-17 (IL-17), and IL-23 were measured in 60 patients with axSpA and 20 healthy controls.

The Role of Chronic Exposure to Amoxicillin/Clavulanic Acid on the Developmental Enamel Defects in Mice.

Amoxicillin used in early childhood may be associated with enamel hypomineralization. Our aim was to assess disturbances of amelogenesis in mice lower incisors induced by chronic administration of amoxicillin/clavulanic acid (AMC). Twenty-eight C57BL/6 male mice, of similar age, randomly divided into a control and 3 treatment groups (n = 7) received subcutaneous injection, once per day, for 60 days: 50, 100, and 150 mg/kg BW of AMC.

A PRELIMINARY EVALUATION OF RESIDENTS' PERCEPTION OF THEIR TRAINING AND KNOWLEDGE ON THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGING.

Unlabelled: The aim of this preliminary study was to assess the residents' perception on their training program and on their knowledge regarding the use and interpretation of three-dimensional imaging techniques in their clinical practice.

Material And Methods: A multi-item questionnaire was distributed among 104 residents training in four medical specialties at the University of Medicine and Pharmacy "Grigore T. Popa" in Iaşi.

Reliability and accuracy of three different computerized cephalometric analysis software.

The aim of this investigation was to determine, compare and evaluate three different computerized tracing programs, where the lateral cephalograms were digitized on the screen. 39 randomly selected cephalometric radiographs were used in the present study. Three programs Planmeca Romexis® (Romexis 3.

A software tool used in 3D evaluation of the alveolar bone defect in bilateral cleft lip and palate patients.

Unlabelled: Evaluation of the cleft size and the assessment of an estimative volume required for bone grafting provide useful information to the surgeon performing secondary alveolar bone grafting.

Aim: To use a software tool to evaluate the estimative volume of the bone defect in the alveolar cleft area, based on cone beam computed tomography (CBCT) data.

Material And Methods: Three patients with bilateral cleft lip and palate (BCLP) were randomly selected in the order of referral to treatment at "Saint Mary" Emergency Hospital for Children.

Assessment of the consequences in premature loss of the temporary lower molars.

The consequences of premature loss of temporary teeth are complex, both of functional and morphological order and the clinical presentation depends on multiple factors: the temporary tooth loss rate as compared with permanent tooth eruption sequence and the number and topography of teeth extracted, so the clinical form of edentulous, which can be frontal or lateral, symmetric or asymmetric, isolated or continuous.

The essential role of cone beam computed tomography to diagnose the localization of impacted maxillary canine and to detect the austerity of the adjacent root resorption in the Romanian population.

Unlabelled: The impaction phenomenon is a pathological condition which is defined as the lack of eruption of a permanent tooth in the oral cavity. After third molar, the first permanent tooth impacted in the alveolar bone is the permanent maxillary canine, with varies from 1% to 3%. The aim of this study was to use the most recently imaging technique--CBCT, to evaluate the position of the impacted maxillary canine and to determinate the severity of root resorption of the adjacent teeth.

Clinical--imaging aspects of young permanent teeth traumas and the ethiopatogenic mechanisms involved.

Unlabelled: Dental trauma occurring to children and teenagers all over the world represents a serious issue in Public Health.

Aim: This present study wants to investigate the etiology and the environment in which the dental trauma occurs and also wants to establish a connection between dental trauma and social-economic status.

Material And Methods: The study was made to collect information about dental trauma on human subjects involving 372 children and teenagers, both female and male, between 8 and 20 years of age.

[Correlation between the lower first permanent molar axis and the premature loss of temporary molars].

Unlabelled: The aim of our study was to determine the impact of premature loss of temporary molars upon the longitudinal axis of the first permanent molar.

Material And Method: The study sample was formed by 94 orthopanthomografies of child patients with premature loss of lower temporary molars (first or second) after clinical eruption of the first permanent molar. All panoramic radiographs have been realized with the same panoramic unit with 1.

[Clinical, computerized tomography and pathological findings of lesions in the parapharyngeal space].

Unlabelled: We present the clinical, computer tomografic and patological findings of current lesion of the parapharyngial space.

Material And Method: We retrospectivly analised the clinical, cross-sectional imaging files and the patological results for 33 patients explored during January 2006-March 2008 by a medical team at the "Prof. Dr.

[CT exam and 2D and 3D reconstructions in facial tumors diagnosis].

Unlabelled: This study presents the CT imaging of a group of maxillofacial tumors that include benign tumors and primary and secondary malignant processes.

Material And Method: All patients were CT explored with and without intravenous contrast, using specific head and neck protocols.

Results: We studied the topography of the tumors, their impact on neighborhood regions and post-treatment results.