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Clinicopathological Profile and Surgical Treatment of Abdominal Tuberculosis: A Single Centre Experience in Northwestern Tanzania. [PDF]

, 2013
Abdominal tuberculosis continues to be a major public health problem worldwide and poses diagnostic and therapeutic challenges to general surgeons practicing in resource-limited countries.
Hyasinta Jaka, Joseph B Mabula, Mabula D Mchembe, Stephen E Mshana, Peter F Rambau, Chalya, Phillipo L, Mshana, Stephen E, Rambau, Peter F, McHembe, Mabula D, Phillipo L Chalya, Jaka, Hyasinta, Mabula, Joseph B   +11 more
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The beauty of experiential learning in anatomy

Anatomical Sciences Education, EarlyView.
Abstract Anatomy is a unique subject where one must learn by doing. This is achieved through a variety of methods like dissection, use of prosections, imaging, playful learning (crocheting structures, drawing, and painting organs), through functional movement like yoga or pilates, use of 3D plastic models or by immersing oneself in virtual or augmented
Bipasha Choudhury, Ingrid Gouldsborough
wiley   +1 more source

Exposure‐adjusted safety and efficacy of GLP‐I and GLP‐1/GIP receptor agonists compared with non‐GLP‐I for weight management and type 2 diabetes: Based on FDA medical and statistical reports of 34 280 safety and 36 312 efficacy subjects

British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, EarlyView.
Aims This work aimed to contextualize glucagon‐like peptide‐1 receptor agonists (GLP‐1 RAs) and glucose‐dependent insulinotropic polypeptide (GIP) receptor agonists safety and efficacy regarding weight management (WM); we analysed Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Medical Reviews to analyse 14 medications using patient‐exposure year normalization and ...
Aishwarya Prasad, Anshu Arora, Arun Arora, Jeena Vaid, Arif Khan   +4 more
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Circumference measured at different sites of the trunk and cardiometabolic risk factors.

Revista Brasileira de Cineantropometria e Desempenho Humano, 2011
The objectives of this study were to compare waist and abdominal circumference and to analyze their association with cardiometabolic risk factors in employees of a university in Bahia.
Viviane Valentim Alves, Luiz Fernando Paulino Ribeiro, Rosinei Barros, Sandra Rocha Gadelha, Stênio Carvalho Santos   +4 more
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Abdominal Obesity Indicators: Waist Circumference or Waist-to-hip Ratio in Malaysian Adults Population

International Journal of Preventive Medicine, 2016
Background: Waist circumference (WC) is an accurate and simple measure of abdominal obesity as compared to waist–hip ratio (WHR). The aim of this study was to determine the correlation between body mass index (BMI) with WC and WHR and suggest cutoff ...
Norfazilah Ahmad, S. Adam, A. Nawi, M. R. Hassan, Hasanain Faisal Ghazi   +4 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Commonly applied positive end-expiratory pressures do not prevent functional residual capacity decline in the setting of intra-abdominal hypertension: a pig model [PDF]

, 2010
Introduction Intra-abdominal hypertension is common in critically ill patients and is associated with increased morbidity and mortality. The optimal ventilation strategy remains unclear in these patients.
Brigit Roberts, Bill Noffsinger, Musk, Gabrielle C, Bhajan Singh, Hockings, Lisen E, Peter V van Heerden, Noffsinger, B., Lisen E Hockings, Regli, Adrian, van Heerden, Peter V, Singh, Bhajan, Singh, B., Roberts, B., Noffsinger, Bill, Regli, A., Gabrielle C Musk, Adrian Regli, Hockings, L.E., Musk, G.C., van Heerden, P.V., Roberts, Brigit   +20 more
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Hypertension in obesity: A focus on individualized pharmacotherapy and the role of body composition, on behalf of the European Society of Hypertension Working Group on Diabetes and Metabolic Risk Factors and Working Group on Lifestyle, Cardiovascular Pharmacotherapy and Adherence

British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, EarlyView.
Hypertension in obesity represents a major global health challenge, closely linked to the global epidemics of obesity, type 2 diabetes and metabolic dysfunction. Excess adiposity contributes to elevated blood pressure through multiple, interrelated mechanisms, including activation of the renin–angiotensin–aldosterone system, sympathetic nervous system ...
Christina Antza, Andrej Belancic, Jens Jordan, Alberto Esteban, Anna Oliveras, Ryan McNally, Panagiota Anyfanti, Jorie Versmissen, María S. Fernández‐Alfonso, Vasilios Kotsis, Thomas Weber, Alexandre Persu, Reinhold Kreutz   +12 more
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Path Analysis of the Effect of Waist-Pelvic Circumference, Body Mass Index, and Abdominal Circumference on the Occurrence of Prediabetes [PDF]

, 2019
Background: Diabetes mellitus is an important health problem in the world. Pre-diabetes is a state of blood sugar levels above normal but below the criteria for diabetes. American Diabetes Association (ADA) uses criteria for hemoglobin A1C (HbA1C) levels
Murti, Bhisma, Loekito, Cindy Lestyani, Pamungkasari, Eti Poncorini   +2 more
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Oogenesis and germinal bed morphology of the brown anole (A. sagrei)

Developmental Dynamics, EarlyView.
Abstract Background The brown anole is a model species of the genus Anolis, a squamate (encompassing lizards and snakes) group widely studied in evolutionary, behavioral, and developmental biology. Full genome annotation, the establishment of gene editing techniques, and comprehensive description of reproductive tract morphology and embryogenesis in ...
Bonnie K. Kircher, Antonia Weberling, Erin J. Vance, Natalia A. Shylo, Katherine Starr, Zoe B. Griffin, Hannah Wilson, Melainia McClain, Florian Hollfelder, Suzannah A. Williams, Thomas J. Sanger, Richard R. Behringer, Paul A. Trainor   +12 more
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Unconditional and conditional standards for fetal abdominal circumference and estimated fetal weight in an ethnic Chinese population: a birth cohort study

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 2015
BackgroundDiagnosis of intrauterine fetal growth restriction and prediction of small-for-gestation age are often based on fetal abdominal circumference or estimated fetal weight (EFW).
Ying Xu, N. Lek, Yin B. Cheung, A. Biswas, L. Su, K. Kwek, G. Yeo, S. Soh, S. Saw, P. Gluckman, Y. Chong   +10 more
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