Medical and Biomedical Researches

Effectiveness of a separate training center for peritoneal dialysis patients.

June 28th, 2008
Effectiveness of a separate training center for peritoneal dialysis patients. The aim of this study is to analyze the patients\' database of the Baxter\'s Training Peritoneal Dialysis Program (BTPDP) adopted at the Baxter Renal Education Center (BREC), Riyadh, Saudi Arabia in order to determine its effectiveness ...

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Retrospective analysis of T and B cells flow-cross matches in renal transplant recipients.

June 28th, 2008
Retrospective analysis of T and B cells flow-cross matches in renal transplant recipients. Complement-mediated cytotoxic antibodies in conventional cross match, often result in misappropriation of true positives and borderline positives which are detrimental to allograft survival. Flow cross matches (FCXM) are sensitive to capture even non ...

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Comparative Analysis of Azathioprine versus Cyclosporine-based Therapy in Primary Haplo-identical Li

June 28th, 2008
Comparative Analysis of Azathioprine versus Cyclosporine-based Therapy in Primary Haplo-identical Live-Donor Kidney Transplantation: A 20-Year Experience. Chronic allograft nephropathy (CAN) remains a major cause of graft failure over the long term, second only to patient mortality. The main adverse effects of cyclosporine A (CsA) include nephrotoxicity, ...

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Risk factors of erythrocytosis post renal transplantation.

June 28th, 2008
Risk factors of erythrocytosis post renal transplantation. Post-transplant erythrocytosis (PTE) is characterized by persistently ele-vated hematocrit level 0 51%. This complication is reported to develop in 10-20% of renal allografts recipients, mostly 2 years after kidney transplantation. PTE is self-limited in 25% of the patients; however ...

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Renal transplantation using live donors with vascular anomalies: a salvageable surgical challenge.

June 28th, 2008
Renal transplantation using live donors with vascular anomalies: a salvageable surgical challenge. Renal transplantation is an established mode of management for patients with end-stage renal disease (ESRD). In India, majority of the patients with ESRD depend upon live donors for renal transplantation and renal vascular anomalies ...

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Urinary tract infections in renal allograft recipients from living related donors.

June 28th, 2008
Urinary tract infections in renal allograft recipients from living related donors. Urinary tract infection (UTI) remains the most common infectious complication in renal transplant recipients. We aimed in our study to describe the epidemiological patterns and evaluate the favouring factors of UTI in our renal allograft ...

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Gender disparity in kidney transplantation.

June 28th, 2008
Gender disparity in kidney transplantation. Gender discrimination in benefiting from medical treatment is a worldwide pro-blem. Kidney transplantation, as the ideal treatment for patients with end-stage renal disease (ESRD), is not an exception. Considering the unique kidney donation patterns and different family styles in the Middle ...

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Improvements in the diagnosis of acute kidney injury.

June 28th, 2008
Improvements in the diagnosis of acute kidney injury. Acute kidney injury (AKI) represents a wide range of heterogeneous clinical conditions with a high mortality rate. Despite improvements in our understanding of the disease processes, mortality has only marginally improved and remains unacceptably high. An additional consequence ...

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Renal replacement therapy in acute kidney injury: which method to use in the intensive care unit?

June 28th, 2008
Renal replacement therapy in acute kidney injury: which method to use in the intensive care unit? Over the last three decades the treatment options for patients with acute kidney injury (AKI) requiring renal replacement therapy (RRT) have expanded from basic acute peritoneal dialysis and intermittent hemodialysis ...

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Intracanalicular antibiotics may obviate the need for surgical management of chronic suppurative can

June 28th, 2008
Intracanalicular antibiotics may obviate the need for surgical management of chronic suppurative canaliculitis. Chronic suppurative lacrimal canaliculitis is an important cause of ocular surface discomfort. Treatment with topical antibiotics is often inadequate and surgical treatment by canaliculotomy and canalicular curettage has been the mainstay of treatment ...

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Neurotrophic keratitis in a patient with dihydroxypyrimidine dehydrogenase deficiency.

June 28th, 2008
Neurotrophic keratitis in a patient with dihydroxypyrimidine dehydrogenase deficiency. We describe a case of neurotrophic keratitis in association with dihydroxypyrimidine dehydrogenase (DHPD) deficiency. Ocular manifestations in patients with DHPD are rare and neurotrophic keratitis has never been reported before. A six-year-old boy who was a known ...

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Neurothekeoma of the eyelid: A case report.

June 28th, 2008
Neurothekeoma of the eyelid: A case report. The purpose of this article is to describe a rare benign tumor of nerve sheath origin arising from the eyelid in an elderly male. Local excision was done and histopathological examination revealed a neurothekeoma. Six months later the patient ...

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Illuminated curved 25-gauge vitrectomy probe for removal of subsclerotomy vitreous in vitreoretinal

June 28th, 2008
Illuminated curved 25-gauge vitrectomy probe for removal of subsclerotomy vitreous in vitreoretinal surgery. Incarceration of vitreous in sclerotomy sites during pars plana vitrectomy can lead to wound-related complications similar to vitreous incarceration in cataract surgery. We describe an illuminated curved 25-gauge vitrectomy probe for removing vitreous ...

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Bilateral retinitis following Chikun- gunya fever.

June 28th, 2008
Bilateral retinitis following Chikun- gunya fever. A 35-year-old male with a history of chikungunya fever, presented with diminution of vision in the right eye of one-week duration. His best corrected visual acuity (BCVA) was counting fingers 2 meters and 20/20 (Snellens) in the right and left ...

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Polycythemia vera presenting with bilateral papilledema: A rare case report.

June 28th, 2008
Polycythemia vera presenting with bilateral papilledema: A rare case report. A 45-year-old male patient presented with gradual onset of headache, vomiting and blurring of vision of 28 days duration. Ophthalmological examination revealed normal anterior segment and pupillary reflex. No abnormality was detected in the vitreous. Optic ...

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Ocular dirofilariasis in Dubai, UAE.

June 28th, 2008
Ocular dirofilariasis in Dubai, UAE. A rare occurrence of ocular subconjunctival dirofilariasis in a 53-year-old healthy Indian male working in Dubai, UAE presenting with an acute red eye is reported. Surgical excision under topical anesthesia was carried out uneventfully in the outpatient clinic. The live worm ...

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Missed diagnosis of a wooden intra-orbital foreign body.

June 28th, 2008
Missed diagnosis of a wooden intra-orbital foreign body. Intraorbital foreign bodies often present a confusing clinical picture. Wooden foreign bodies are notorious for remaining quiescent for a long time, before presenting with a variety of complications. The wound of entry may often be small and self-sealing. ...

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Ocular manifestations in bidi industry workers: Possible consequences of occupational exposure to to

June 28th, 2008
Ocular manifestations in bidi industry workers: Possible consequences of occupational exposure to tobacco dust. Tobacco consumption is the leading preventable cause of disease, disability, and premature death but little is known about its deleterious effect on the ocular health of workers handling tobacco. The goal of ...

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Corneal edema following diode laser cyclophotocoagulation in an eye with secondary glaucoma.

June 28th, 2008
Corneal edema following diode laser cyclophotocoagulation in an eye with secondary glaucoma. A 70-year-old man had undergone a complicated cataract extraction followed by repair of iris prolapse ending up with secondary glaucoma. Refusing routine filtering surgery, patient underwent contact transconjunctival diode laser cyclophotocoagulation. This report highlights ...

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Epidemiological study of ocular trauma in an urban slum population in Delhi, India.

June 28th, 2008
Epidemiological study of ocular trauma in an urban slum population in Delhi, India. Purpose: To study the epidemiology and clinical profile of victims of ocular trauma in an urban slum population. Materials and Methods: This cross-sectional study, conducted on 500 families each in three randomly selected ...

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A pre- and post-treatment evaluation of vision-related quality of life in uveitis.

June 28th, 2008
A pre- and post-treatment evaluation of vision-related quality of life in uveitis. Aim: To study the effect of treatment on vision-related quality of life (VR-QOL) in uveitis patients. Materials and Methods: Interviewer-administered questionnaire-based evaluation of visual function and VR-QOL in Tamil-speaking adult patients with active uveitis ...

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Preferred clinical practice in convergence insufficiency in India: A survey.

June 28th, 2008
Preferred clinical practice in convergence insufficiency in India: A survey. Purpose: Convergence insufficiency (CI) is a common binocular vision disorder. However, there is a lack of consensus regarding the treatment most appropriate for CI. The aim of the study was to investigate the treatment for CI ...

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Amniotic membrane transplant with superficial keratectomy in superficial corneal degenerations: Effi

June 28th, 2008
Amniotic membrane transplant with superficial keratectomy in superficial corneal degenerations: Efficacy in a rural population of north India. Aim: To evaluate the applicability and efficacy of superficial keratectomy with transplantation of preserved amniotic membrane in superficial corneal degenerations in a rural population of Northern India in ...

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Descemet stripping and endothelial keratoplasty in endothelial dysfunctions: Three-month results in

June 28th, 2008
Descemet stripping and endothelial keratoplasty in endothelial dysfunctions: Three-month results in 75 eyes. Purpose: To analyze the results of Descemet stripping and endothelial keratoplasty (DSEK) in the first consecutive 75 cases. Materials and Methods: Prospective, non-randomized, non-comparative interventional case series. Seventy-five eyes of 75 patients with ...

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Current profile of secondary glaucomas.

June 28th, 2008
Current profile of secondary glaucomas. Purpose: To study the current profile of secondary glaucomas for their incidence and to identify risk factors. Materials and Methods: In this retrospective chart review, 2997 patients newly diagnosed and referred with glaucoma to our tertiary glaucoma center in the year ...

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