An empirical case study of the effects of training and technical assistance on community coalition functioning and sustainability.

The case study analyzes the effects of training and technical assistance on the amount of community changes facilitated by members of a community coalition to prevent adolescent substance use. The study examines the sustainability of these changes in the community over time. The coalition implemented a Community Change Intervention that focused on building coalition capacity to support implementation of community changes-program, policy, and practice changes.

Quantitation of right ventricular volumes and ejection fraction by three-dimensional echocardiography in patients: comparison with magnetic resonance imaging and radionuclide ventriculography.

Three-dimensional echocardiography (3DE) provides volumetric measurements without geometric assumptions. Volume-rendered 3DE has been shown to be accurate for the measurement of right ventricular (RV) volumes in vitro and in animal studies; however, few data are available regarding its accuracy in patients. This study examined the accuracy of 3DE for quantitation of RV volumes and ejection fraction (EF) in patients, compared to magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and radionuclide ventriculography (RNV).

A head-to-head comparison of infusion and bolus doses of adenosine for stress myocardial contrast echocardiography.

Background: This study was a head-to-head, intraindividual comparison of the diagnostic accuracy and side effect profile of bolus and infusion administration of adenosine for stress myocardial contrast echocardiography (MCE).

Methods: Adenosine MCE was performed in 64 subjects, referred for stress thallium-201 single-photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) for known or suspected CAD. Each patient received adenosine by multiple boluses (6-12 mg/bolus) and infusion (140 mug/kg per min for 6 min) forms in random order, given at least 20 minutes apart.

The incidence of hyperthyroidism in Austria from 1987 to 1995 before and after an increase in salt iodization in 1990.

Between 1963 and 1990, Austria had iodized salt prophylaxis of endemic goitre with 10 mg KI (7.5 mg I) per kg. This was obviously insufficient, as urinary iodine excretion ranged from 42 to 78 microg I per g of creatinine and goitre in adults remained in the endemic range of 15%-30%.

99mTc-DTPA aerosol for same-day post-perfusion ventilation imaging: results of a multicentre study.

A multicentre study was performed in an attempt to evaluate a submicronic technetium-99m diethylene triamine penta-acetic acid aerosol generated by a newly developed delivery system, the aerosol production equipment (APE nebulizer), for same-day post-perfusion ventilation imaging in patients with clinically suspected pulmonary embolism. Quantitative comparison between the DTPA aerosol and krypton gas demonstrated a close correlation with respect to regional pulmonary distribution of activity and peripheral lung penetration (n = 14, r = 0.94, P < 0.