Impact of Promotional Videos on Public Perception of Pharmacy Services.

Promotional videos are an effective means of marketing products or services in this era of social media. However, little is known if such videos can be a useful tool to promote pharmacy services. To assess the impact of promotional videos on public awareness of the health services provided by New Zealand pharmacists.

Woven Endobridge (WEB) Device as a Retreatment Strategy After Unsuccessful Surgical Clipping.

Background: Surgical clipping of intracranial aneurysms is typically robust and durable. However, residual aneurysmal components may be seen after clipping. Furthermore, there may be occasional aneurysmal recurrence.

Application of image analysis technique to determine cleaning of ohmic heating system for milk.

Cleaning of equipment is one of the major areas of concern in food industry. Image analysis technique was used to assess the cleaning effectiveness and optimize the CIP protocol for ohmic heating setup. Process parameters selected for optimization of cleaning were caustic concentration (1.

Dural arteriovenous fistula (D-AVF): a rare cause of symmetrical bithalamic changes with free diffusivity changes.

We report a rare case of an encephalopathic presentation of a posterior fossa dural arteriovenous fistula with concomitant florid symmetrical bithalamic free diffusivity changes on MRI in a previously healthy individual. We describe the structural and functional imaging findings and the role of catheter angiography in diagnosis, prognostication and the timing and strategy in the management of this challenging vascular entity.

Dural arteriovenous fistula (D-AVF): a rare cause of symmetrical bithalamic changes with free diffusivity changes.

We report a rare case of an encephalopathic presentation of a posterior fossa dural arteriovenous fistula with concomitant florid symmetrical bithalamic free diffusivity changes on MRI in a previously healthy individual. We describe the structural and functional imaging findings and the role of catheter angiography in diagnosis, prognostication and the timing and strategy in the management of this challenging vascular entity.

HIV encephalitis despite suppressed viraemia: a case of compartmentalized viral escape.

There is increasing concern that HIV treatment failure may result from inadequate central nervous system (CNS) penetration of antiretroviral drugs, allowing compartmentalized viral replication and development of resistance. We discuss a patient who maintained a suppressed plasma viral load for four years on antiretroviral therapy (ART) before developing HIV encephalitis with a cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) HIV viral load of 861 copies/mL and newly detectable plasma viral load of 68 copies/mL. Identification of major resistance mutations to his combination therapy supported concerns that resistant HIV had developed within the CNS.

Observer accuracy in the detection of pulmonary nodules on CT: effect of cine frame rate.

Aim: To assess the effect of cine frame rate on the accuracy of the detection of pulmonary nodules at computed tomography (CT).

Materials And Methods: CT images of 15 consecutive patients with (n = 13) or without (n = 2) pulmonary metastases were identified. Initial assessment by two thoracic radiologists provided the "actual" or reference reading.

Comparative study of experienced vs non-experienced radiologists in assessing parametric CT images of the response of the prostate gland to radiotherapy.

Functional CT can demonstrate acute quantitative increases in perfusion, permeability and fractional vascular volume in the prostate gland of patients with prostate cancer following radiotherapy (RT). We hypothesize that these quantitative changes can also be demonstrated visually by presenting them as colour parametric maps using custom software. 21 patients with prostate cancer were studied before, and 1-2 weeks after, RT.

The use of intraoperative monitoring and treatment of symptomatic microemboli in carotid artery stenting: case report and discussion.

Carotid artery stenting is a recently introduced treatment in symptomatic atherosclerotic carotid artery disease with acceptable complication rates. The major risk is perioperative embolic stroke. Transcranial Doppler ultrasonography (TCD) can be used to identify embolic signals and guide therapy.

Posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome: a possible late interaction between cytotoxic agents and general anaesthesia.

A 49-year-old woman who had previously received treatment with cytotoxic drugs for metastatic gestational trophoblastic disease (GTD) presented with a witnessed tonic-clonic seizure, headache, confusion and blindness, 6 days after the uneventful administration of a general anaesthetic and 2 months after cessation of chemotherapy. Magnetic resonance imaging showed relatively symmetrical, subcortical, white matter abnormalities, predominantly affecting the occipital, posterior temporal and parietal lobes and the cerebellum. T2-dependent abnormalities and elevated regional apparent diffusion coefficient were present in a pattern typical for posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome (PRES).