“…This decrease of surface dose results in an overestimation of prescribed dose at the patient's surface, and might be a concern when using kV photon beam to treat skin tumors in sites such as forehead, chest wall, and kneecap. PACS number: 87.55.K‐; 87.55.ne; 87.57.uq…”
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“…Many groups developed the methods to quantitatively analyze low attenuation area (LAA) on chest CT in patients with cystic lung diseases. Especially in COPD, it was reported that the cumulative size distribution of LAA clusters follows a power law characterized by the exponent D, which reflect the fractal dimension of terminal airspace geometry. …”
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“…MATERIALS AND METHODS: Fifty consecutive pectus excavatum patients, 10 to 32 years of age (mean age 15 ± 4 years), underwent routine cardiac magnetic resonance imaging (CMR) including standard measures of chest geometry and cardiac size and function. The control group consisted of 20 healthy patients with a mean age of 17 ± 5 years. …”
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“…Additional factors that were independently associated with death were: WAZ less than −2 to −3 SD, age younger than 12 months, lower chest wall indrawing, respiratory rate of 70 breaths per min or more, female sex, admission to hospital in a malaria endemic region, moderate dehydration, and an axillary temperature of 39°C or more. …”
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“…BACKGROUND: For patients with suspicious lung lesions found on chest x-ray or CT, endo/trans- bronchial biopsy of the lung is the preferred method for obtaining a diagnosis. …”
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“…Blood tests showed anemia and disseminated intravascular coagulation. Chest computed tomography revealed diffuse ground-glass opacities with emphysema in his upper lungs, moderate pleural effusions, mediastinal lymphadenopathy, and enlargement of the right ventricle and main pulmonary artery. …”
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“…Only 2 (9.5%) patients showed pericardial calcification on X-ray chest. Dilated atria and septal bounce were the most common echo features present in 15 (71.4%). …”
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“…All patients presented with chest pain and coronary angiogram was indicated. …”
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“…In a clinically relevant mouse model of blunt chest trauma, the local application of C2IN-C3lim into the lungs after thorax trauma prevented the trauma-induced recruitment of monocytes into the lungs in vivo. …”
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“…Patient 2, a 21-year-old woman who had a past medical history of PTB without receiving any treatment, presented for numbness in bilateral lower limbs and in the chest. The anti-AQP4-Ab was negative both in the serum and in the cerebral spinal fluid (CSF) of the patient. …”
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“…Pathologic changes in the chest X-ray (CXR) of 24 hours after surgery, were lower in P-Vent group, but the difference was not significant (P = 0.22). …”
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“…BACKGROUND: Pulmonary tuberculosis (PTB) is a risk factor for COPD, but the clinical characteristics and the chest imaging features (emphysema and bronchiectasis) of COPD with previous PTB have not been studied well. …”
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“…For the five respiratory symptoms (cough, sputum, wheeze, dyspnea, and chest tightness), only the presence of wheeze and the severity scores for wheeze or dyspnea showed significant differences between the COPD and non-COPD groups (p < 0.01). …”
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“…More total and mediastinal nodes were dissected in the VATS group than in the thoracotomy group (p<0.05). The median chest tube duration was 5.3 days (range, 1 to 33 days) for the VATS group and 7.2 days (range, 2 to 28 days) for the thoracotomy group. …”
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“…The pocket dosimeter was used by the radiopharmacistat chest level, performing the labeling of (188)Re-labeled compounds. …”
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“…PATIENT CONCERNS: Patient 1, man, 78-year old, admitted to hospital, due to “thoracalgia and dyspnea for 1 month.” Chest and abdomen computed tomography (CT) scan showed that there was a huge mass at the left upper lobe and multiple lymph nodes metastasis in mediastinum and left hilus pulmonis, the diagnosis was left lung squamous cell carcinoma, however, the mass was huge and age of patient was elder, post chemotherapy the mass were bigger and more severe. …”
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“…The odds of ESBL-E carriage were 8.5 times (95 % CI 2.2–32.3) higher in those on ART for less than one year (versus longer) and 8.5 times (95 % CI 1.1–32.3) higher in those recently hospitalized for a chest infection. CONCLUSION: We found a 13.7 % prevalence of ESBL-E carriage in a population where ESBL-E carriage has not been described previously. …”
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“…Patients with isolated UAPA are usually asymptomatic at birth; thereafter they may develop a progression of symptoms such as exercise intolerance, dyspnea, chest pain, hemoptysis and recurrent pulmonary infections. …”
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“…All patients received contrast enhanced preoperative chest CT scans and esophageal barium swallow examinations. …”
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