Role of High-Resolution CT Thorax in Diagnosing Interstitial Lung Disease and Its Association With Smoking and Connective Tissue Disorder.

Introduction Interstitial lung diseases (ILDs) primarily affect the interstitium, an alveolar wall tissue between the capillary endothelium and the alveolar epithelium. The term 'interstitial,' however, is misleading since alveolar spaces, peripheral airways, and vessels can be involved in most of these disorders.They often require a multidisciplinary diagnosis i.

Intracerebral Hemorrhage Score and Volume as an Independent Predictor of Mortality in Primary Intracerebral Hemorrhage Patients.

We studied how well the original intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH) score would predict mortality. All nine patients with an ICH score of 0 survived, whereas those having scores of 1, 2, 3, and 4 had 10, 53, 71, and 100 % mortality, respectively. Thirty-nine patients were found to have hematoma of <30 mL (56 % survived), whereas 11 patients were found to have volume of >30 mL (only 10 % survived).

Multidetector computed tomography in large bowel lesions-a study of 100 cases.

This study aims to evaluate the role of multidetector computed tomography (MDCT) in detecting and classifying the large bowel lesions. A prospective study of 100 adult patients was conducted from June 2007 to October 2009. Rectal and IV contrast were used for three dimensional reconstruction.