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The incidence of cardiovascular morbidity among patients with bipolar disorder: A population-based longitudinal study in Ontario, Canada
Abstract: Background: Despite the high rates of cardiovascular risk factors among people with bipolar disorder, little is known about the incidence of cardiovascular morbidity in this population.Methods: Based upon Ontario, Canada hospital discharge records from April 1, 2002 to March 31, 2006, we constructed a population-based cohort study to assess whether individuals diagnosed with bipolar disorder (n=5999) would have a significantly greater risk of subsequent readmission with a cardiovascular condition in comparison to a matched population-proxy group of individuals receiving an appendicitis primary diagnosis. A Cox regression procedure was used to estimate group differences in time-to-readmission with a cardiovascular-related diagnosis. Patients were followed for a period up to 4 yea......
POSTED 03/08/2010 at 09:14 AM --
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[Imperforate hymen: One diagnosis can hide another.]
CONCLUSION: In case of acute abdominopelvic pain in pubertal girls with no previous menstruation, the possibility of an imperforate hymen must be suspected. Examination should include observation of secondary sexual characteristics and inspection of the external genitalia. Treatment is surgical and consists of a hymenotomy.
PMID: 20207524 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher] (Source: Archives de Pediatrie)...
POSTED 03/04/2010 at 06:00 PM --
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Python Testing Beginner’s Guide, review
I posted about a week ago that Packt Publishing had invited me to review Python Testing Beginner’s Guide by Daniel Arbuckle. Having finished reading the book (I must admit that I haven’t tried all the code in it), I can say that I have an excellent initial impression of the book.
PTBG is not a long book and the topic is divided in 10 chapters and one appendix. One of the first things that I liked about the book is that there’s no introduction (or something similar) to Python. It just goes straight to the point assuming that you have some good understanding of the language and everything that surrounds it. In the past I was frustrated with some “Introduction to X with Python” that wasted precious space talking over and over about a topic, learning Python, bette......
POSTED 03/03/2010 at 09:46 PM --
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Paxil Birth Defect Trial: Battle of the Experts
(NaturalNews) In the first Paxil birth defect trial that resulted in a $2.5 million verdict against GlaxoSmithKline in October 2009, the infant, Lyam Kilker, was born with three heart defects; an atrial septal defect, a ventricular septal defect, and an interrupted aortic arch, after his mother took Paxil while pregnant. Pregnant women cannot participate in clinical trials on drugs due to the risk of harm to the fetus. But after a drug has been on the market for a while, epidemiology studies can review the medical records of women who have taken a new drug while pregnant and the records of women who were not exposed to the drug while pregnant and compare the outcomes of the infants.The plaintiff's experts, Doctors Ra-id Abdulla, David Healy, Shira Kramer and Suzanne Parisian, all testified......
POSTED 03/02/2010 at 01:00 AM --
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[Infected urachal cyst as an unusual differential diagnosis of acute appendicitis.]
Authors: Climent-Agustín M, Sancho JJ, Martínez-Casas I, Risueño N, Grande L
PMID: 20202629 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher] (Source: Cirugia eEspanola)...
POSTED 03/01/2010 at 06:00 PM --
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Case Report of Recurrent Acute Appendicitis in a Residual Tip
Although rare, residual tip appendicitis should be considered in the differential diagnosis of localized peritonitis in patients who have undergone previous appendectomy. Cases Journal (Source: Medscape General Surgery Headlines)...
POSTED 03/01/2010 at 05:34 PM --
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Evaluating the decision accuracy and speed of clinical data visualizations.
Authors: Pieczkiewicz DS, Finkelstein SM
Clinicians face an increasing volume of biomedical data. Assessing the efficacy of systems that enable accurate and timely clinical decision making merits corresponding attention. This paper discusses the multiple-reader multiple-case (MRMC) experimental design and linear mixed models as means of assessing and comparing decision accuracy and latency (time) for decision tasks in which clinician readers must interpret visual displays of data. These tools can assess and compare decision accuracy and latency (time). These experimental and statistical techniques, used extensively in radiology imaging studies, offer a number of practical and analytic advantages over more traditional quantitative methods such as percent-correct measurements and ANOVAs,......
POSTED 02/28/2010 at 06:00 PM --
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CT Findings of Colonic Complications Associated with Colon Cancer.
Authors: Kim SW, Shin HC, Kim IY, Kim YT, Kim CJ
A broad spectrum of colonic complications can occur in patients with colon cancer. Clinically, some of these complications can obscure the presence of underlying malignancies in the colon and these complications may require emergency surgical management. The complications of the colon that can be associated with colon cancer include obstruction, perforation, abscess formation, acute appendicitis, ischemic colitis and intussusception. Although the majority of these complications only rarely occur, familiarity with the various manifestations of colon cancer complications will facilitate making an accurate diagnosis and administering prompt management in these situations. The purpose of this pictorial essay is to review the CT appearance of......
POSTED 02/28/2010 at 06:00 PM --
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Transrectal ultrasound and fluoroscopy-guided drainage of deep pelvic collections in children
Conclusions: Imaging-guided TRD in children is a safe and easy procedure that allows drainage of deep pelvic abscesses that are otherwise not easily accessible. (Source: Journal of Pediatric Surgery)...
POSTED 02/28/2010 at 06:00 PM --
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Primary pancreatic neuroblastoma: an unusual tumor in infancy
We report such a case where a fetal pancreatic neuroblastoma (NB) was incidentally detected by computed tomographic scan of the maternal abdomen. Primary pancreatic NB is a very uncommon childhood neoplasm that, to our knowledge, has never been previously reported in the English language presenting in either the prenatal or neonatal periods.A 21-year-old woman complaining of acute abdominal pain and carrying a 35 weeks' gestation fetus was referred for computed tomographic scan because of the concern of maternal appendicitis. That scan was inconclusive for appendicitis but did incidentally detect a fetal mass in the general region of the pancreas. At 36 weeks' gestation, the fetus developed signs of distress, which prompted a cesarean delivery. Neonatal workup confirmed the presence of an ......
POSTED 02/28/2010 at 06:00 PM --
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Small bowel intussusception with pelvic plastron secondary to acute appendicitis in child
We report an unusual case of a 3-year-old child with appendicitis complicated by ileoileal intussusception. Although acute complicated appendicitis and concurrent ileoileal intussusception represent a possible cause of an acute abdomen, very few cases have been reported in the literature. (Source: Journal of Pediatric Surgery)...
POSTED 02/28/2010 at 06:00 PM --
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High Incidence of Appendix Carcinoid Tumors Among Candidates for Bariatric Surgery: Diagnostic and Therapeutic Implications
This study was designed
to fill that gap. Between 2000-2008, 558 patients underwent bariatric procedures. Appendectomy was routinely performed in
477 cases. Their charts were retrospectively retrieved and histopathology responses on surgical specimens were recorded. We
aimed to assess: incidence of appendix carcinoid tumors (ACTs) and any possible risk-factor; modality of diagnosis (pre-,
intra- or post-operatively); impact on the planned bariatric procedure; treatment reserved to such cases. Typical ACTs were
diagnosed in 7 patients (1.4%) (median age: 33 years; median BMI: 49 kg/m²; males/females: 1/6). Four were diagnosed intra-operatively.
Because of dimensions (<2 cm) and absence of mesoappendiceal or serosal involvement, simple appendectomy was performed duri......
POSTED 02/26/2010 at 12:47 AM --
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Testicular Appendix Torsion can Mimic a Tumour of the Paratesticular Tissues.
Authors: Smakal O, Hartmann I, Grepl M, Michálková K
The authors present a case of testicular appendix torsion that mimiced a tumour of the paratesticular tissues due its calm clinical course, objective palpation and ultrasound finding. The torsion of the big testicular appendix was found during surgery from an inguinal approach. The histological examination confirmed only minimal inflammation changes and excluded tumour disease.
PMID: 20183791 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher] (Source: Aktuelle Urologie)...
POSTED 02/23/2010 at 06:00 PM --
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February 9, 2010 – New Protocols
Five new protocols were released: Appendix NET, Colon NET, GIST, Small Intestine NET and Stomach NET. (Source: CAP Cancer Protocols and Checklists - New and Revised CAP Cancer Reporting Protocols)...
POSTED 02/23/2010 at 09:22 AM --
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Impact of AITS laparoscopic training center on surgeons’ preference for appendectomy
Conclusions Attending the laparoscopic training course significantly increased surgeons’ preference for LA.
Content Type Journal ArticleDOI 10.1007/s00464-010-0930-4Authors
Hung-Wen Lai, Changhua Christian Hospital Division of General Surgery, Department of Surgery 135 Nanhsiao Street Changhua 500 Taiwan, ROCShih-Horng Tseng, Show-Chwan Memorial Hospital Division of General Surgery, Department of Surgery Changhua Taiwan, ROCYueh-Tsung Lee, Chang-Bing Show-Chwan Memorial Hospital Division of General Surgery, Department of Surgery Lugang Taiwan, ROCChih-Hung Hsu, Show-Chwan Memorial Hospital Division of General Surgery, Department of Surgery Changhua Taiwan, ROCDev-Aur Chou, Show-Chwan Memorial Hospital Division of General Surgery, Department of Surgery Changhua Taiwan,......
POSTED 02/23/2010 at 01:09 AM --
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Bladder metastases of appendiceal mucinous adenocarcinoma: a case presentation
Conclusions:
The rarity of the appendiceal carcinoma invading the urinary bladder and its usual involvement of nearest organs and the posterior bladder wall, led us to describe this case which demonstrates the ability of the appendiceal cancer to metastasize different regions of urinary bladder. (Source: BMC Cancer)...
POSTED 02/22/2010 at 06:00 PM --
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Arnold P. Gold Foundation Student Summer Service Fellowships
Application deadline March 1, 2010The Gold Foundation is accepting applications for the Student Summer Fellowship program. The grant award includes a $3,000 stipend for a 10-week period (schools are encouraged to supplement this amount by up to $600). Projects that do not meet the 10-week requirement will be prorated accordingly.
The Student Summer Service Fellowship is intended to provide students an opportunity to design and implement a service project addressing a public health need in an underserved community or population. The Foundation's goal is to provide an opportunity for students to work directly with patients and to become more compassionate, relationship-centered physicians.Sample projects include providing breast screenings at homeless shelters, creating an educational video ......
POSTED 02/20/2010 at 06:00 PM --
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Arnold P. Gold Foundation Student Summer Research Fellowship
Application deadline March 1, 2010The Gold Foundation is accepting applications for the Student Summer Fellowship program. The grant award includes a $3,000 stipend for a 10-week period (schools are encouraged to supplement this amount by up to $600). Projects that do not meet the 10-week requirement will be prorated accordingly.
The Student Summer Research Fellowship grants are modeled on NIH short-term training grants, but are awarded for research into community health and cultural competency issues, rather than laboratory work. The Foundation's goal is to provide an opportunity for students to work directly with patients and to become more compassionate, relationship-centered physicians. Sample titles from previous research fellowships: “Prevalence of Depression in Adolescent Eme......
POSTED 02/20/2010 at 06:00 PM --
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News Protocols
This is a list of NEW Protocols - Appendix NET, Colon NET, GIST, Small Intestine NET, Stomach NET, Squamous Cell Carcinoma (Skin) (Source: CAP Cancer Protocols and Checklists - New and Revised CAP Cancer Reporting Protocols)...
POSTED 02/20/2010 at 09:12 AM --
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The significance of occult carcinoids in the era of laparoscopic appendectomies
Conclusions It has long been the standard of care to remove any appendix found in laparotomy for suspected appendicitis, but it is not
clear what should be done during laparoscopy for suspected appendicitis when the appendix appears normal. Our data confirm
the presence of occult carcinoids in normal-appearing appendices. Further studies are needed to determine the clinical significance
of this finding.
Content Type Journal ArticleDOI 10.1007/s00464-010-0926-0Authors
Ron Shapiro, Chaim Sheba Medical Center Department of Surgery C and Surgical Oncology Tel Hashomer 52621 IsraelShai Eldar, Chaim Sheba Medical Center Department of Surgery C and Surgical Oncology Tel Hashomer 52621 IsraelEran Sadot, Chaim Sheba Medical Center Department of Surgery C and Surgical Oncolo......
POSTED 02/20/2010 at 12:50 AM --
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