Relationship between age, sex and pupillary unrest.

Pupllary unrest in ambient light (PUAL) is the chaotic fluctuation of pupil diameter about its mean value. The degree of fluctuation is typically measured using a pupillometer and quantified using an index that sums fluctuations in a frequency range of interest. Indices that measure PUAL show promise in predicting effects of sedative or opioid drugs.

A review of selective salpingography and fallopian tube catheterization.

Use of selective salpingography and fallopian tube recanalization has revolutionized the diagnosis and treatment of infertility. Selective salpingography, a diagnostic procedure in which the fallopian tube is directly opacified through a catheter placed in the tubal ostium, has been used since the late 1980s to differentiate spasm from true obstruction and to clarify discrepant findings from other tests. In fallopian tube recanalization, a catheter and guide wire system is used to clear proximal tubal obstructions.

Tubal obstruction after ligation reversal surgery: results of catheter recanalization.

Purpose: To evaluate the role of transcervical fallopian tube catheterization in restoring tubal patency after ligation reversal surgery.

Materials And Methods: Twenty-four women with tubal obstruction after ligation reversal surgery underwent selective salpingography and tubal recanalization.

Results: Patency was established in 26 (68%) of 38 anastomotic tubes without complication.

Cesarean section scar as a cause of abnormal vaginal bleeding: diagnosis by sonohysterography.

A previously undescribed cause of abnormal uterine bleeding is presented. Nine of 310 women evaluated by sonohysterography for abnormal bleeding demonstrated an 8 to 17 mm gap in the anterior lower uterine segment myometrium at the site of prior cesarean deliveries. All women were premenopausal and had a history of 2 to 12 days of postmenstrual spotting.

Comparison of push-pull versus discard method from central venous catheters for blood testing.

This article evaluates recent research results comparing two different methods for obtaining complete blood cell counts and chemistry profiles from central venous catheters. Complete blood cell count and chemistry profile samples were obtained from 25 patients at three hospital-based infusion clinics. The results indicate no appreciable difference between these two methods.

Women's imaging fellowships: development and future.

Fellowships, which consist of training in predominantly breast imaging and in gynecologic and obstetric sonography, have steadily increased in number since 1992. There are currently 10 such fellowships, and the majority of these are called "women's imaging fellowships." All 19 fellows (100%) trained between 1992 and 1996 have immediately gained employment upon completion of the training, compared with the 86% employment rate of radiology fellows in general.