To evaluate variation in care nationwide for children with splenic injuries at pediatric trauma, adult trauma, and nontrauma centers. We used the National Inpatient Sample from 2001 to 2010 to identify pediatric patients with splenic injury. We analyzed demographic, clinical, and hospital status characteristics.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjectives: To determine whether electronic health record (EHR) access influences the number of laboratory and imaging tests ordered, which is a frequently cited mechanism for EHR-enabled cost savings.
Study Design: We analyzed data on non-federally employed office-based physicians from the 2008 to 2012 Electronic Health Medical Records Survey, a supplement to the National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey.
Methods: We estimated logistic regressions to determine the relationship between EHR utilization and the volume of laboratory and imaging tests ordered in our study population, controlling for age, sex, race, clinic type, payer type, health status, comorbidities, and new patients.
Aim: This case report describes a serious and life-threatening complication of the use of sodium hypochlorite as an irrigation solution in root canal therapy.
Summary: This case report describes a hypochlorite accident that occurred in a healthy 42-year-old female who was undergoing routine root canal therapy for the lower right central incisor (tooth #41). After approximately 1 hour of irrigation with 3% sodium hypochlorite (for a total of 12 cc), the patient complained of severe pain and burning in the lip.
Background: Inner ear development involves signaling from surrounding tissues, including the adjacent hindbrain, periotic mesenchyme, and notochord. These signals include SHH, FGFs, BMPs, and WNTs from the hindbrain and SHH from the notochord. Zic genes, which are expressed in the dorsal neural tube and act during neural development, have been implicated as effectors of these pathways.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFArteriovenous malformation is treated by variety of techniques over the years. Sclerotherapy is considered an effective and conservative technique for the treatment of benign vascular lesions and replaced the traditional role of surgical therapy, especially for the venous lesions that are surgically difficult or at inaccessible areas. Absolute ethanol was adopted as a new sclerosant agent for this complex form of venous defects to improve overall treatment results with acceptable morbidity and recurrence rates.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: This study investigates the histological effects of Hyaluronic acid injections in the treatment of induced temporomandibular joint (TMJ) osteoarthritis in rats.
Study Design: Twenty-four male Wister rats were subjected to induced mechanical osteoarthritis by manual hypermobility for 10 successive days. Animals were then divided into two groups; group I (control) and group II (experimental).
The anti-inflammatory effects of ibuprofen and tramadol were investigated by measuring C-reactive protein concentrations after removal of an impacted lower third molar. Forty-five American Society of Anesthesiologists Class I patients were randomly categorized into 3 equal groups according to postoperative analgesic medication. The first group received tramadol (100 mg every 8 hours), the second group received ibuprofen (400 mg every 8 hours), and the last group received half doses of both drugs in combination (50 mg tramadol every 8 hours and 200 mg ibuprofen every 8 hours).
View Article and Find Full Text PDFDentomaxillofac Radiol
January 2002
Objectives: To compare the pre-operative clinical and radiographic findings of temporomandibular joint (TMJ) ankylosis with those found at operation and propose new classification.
Methods: Thirty-three patients were treated for TMJ ankylosis. There were 18 unilateral and 12 bilateral cases.
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