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Ultrasound screening for pyelectasis in pregnant women. Clinical necessity or “art for art’s sake”?

Journal of Ultrasonography, 2018
Renal pelvicalyceal dilatation is caused by urine retention in the upper urinary tract. It is referred to as pyelectasis in medical literature. This term does not indicate the cause that leads to the dilatation of and urine retention in the renal ...
Piotr Szkodziak
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Oral burning with dysphagia and weight loss [PDF]

, 2015
Fibromyalgia is a disorder characterized by an abnormal pain regulation. Widespread pain, fatigue, and sleep disturbance are the prevalent symptoms.
CALO', LORENZO, ROSSI, GIANPAOLO, ROSSITTO, GIACOMO, SECCIA, TERESA MARIA   +3 more
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Xanthogranulomatous pyelonephritis: presentation and management [PDF]

, 2019
Xanthogranulomatous pyelonephritis (XGP) is characterized by the presence of lipid-laden foamy macrophages with both acute and chronic phase inflammatory cells.
Badiu, Dumitru Cristinel, Constantin, Vlad D., Mareș, Cristian, Mastalier, Bogdan, Mehedințu, Claudia, Măru, Nicoleta, Petca, Aida, Petca, Răzvan C., Popescu, Răzvan I.   +8 more
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Defining minimum image quality criteria for common diagnostic point‐of‐care ultrasound images: A position statement of the Society of Hospital Medicine

Journal of Hospital Medicine, EarlyView.
Abstract Background Point‐of‐care ultrasound (POCUS) use continues to expand across multiple clinical subspecialties, and the need for standardization of training and quality assurance has become increasingly important. Despite the need for training, there are currently no widely accepted multispecialty criteria to define an acceptable quality POCUS ...
James Anstey, Ajay Bhasin, Ricardo Franco‐Sadud, Anna Maw, Benji K. Mathews, Ria Dancel, David M. Tierney, Elizabeth K. Haro, Joel Cho, Christopher Schott, Brandon Boesch, Gigi Y. Liu, Kreegan Reierson, Trevor P. Jensen, Robert Nathanson, Carolina Candotti, Gordon Johnson, Tanping Wong, Gerard Salame, Benjamin Galen, Gregory Mints, Renee Dversdal, Jason Williams, Linda Kurian, Charles M. LoPresti, Jeremy S. Boyd, Ernest Fischer, Summer L. Kaplan, Amer M. Johri, Luyao Shen, Rob Arntfield, Mangala Narasimhan, Paul Mayo, Nilam J. Soni   +33 more
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Kidney Modelling for FDG Excretion with PET

International Journal of Biomedical Imaging, 2007
The purpose of this study was to detect the physiological process of FDG's filtration from blood to urine and to establish a mathematical model to describe the process.
Huiting Qiao, Jing Bai, Yingmao Chen, Jiahe Tian   +3 more
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The impact of pelvicaliceal anatomical variation between the stone-bearing and normal contralateral kidney on stone formation in adult patients with lower caliceal stones

International Brazilian Journal of Urology, 2006
OBJECTIVE: We aimed to investigate the effect of pelvicaliceal anatomical differences on the etiology of lower caliceal stones. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Records of adult patients between January 1996 and December 2005 with solitary lower caliceal stone ...
Bora Kupeli, Lutfi Tunc, Cenk Acar, Serhat Gurocak, Turgut Alkibay, Cagri Guneri, Ibrahim Bozkirli   +6 more
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Multimodality management of soft tissue sarcomas [PDF]

, 1990
Soft tissue sarcomas are a heterogeneous group of malignant tumours arising from connective tissues of mesenchymal origin. By definition sarcomas arising from bone or cartilage are excluded though they have much in common in their behaviour as well as in
Brincat, Stephen
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Surgical management for upper tract transitional cell carcinoma [PDF]

, 2008
This review is published as a Cochrane Review in the Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2008, Issue 4. Cochrane Reviews are regularly updated as new evidence emerges and in response to comments and criticisms, and the Cochrane Database of Systematic
Cohen, Nicholas P., McClinton, Samuel, N'Dow, James M. O., Nabi, Ghulam, Rai, Bhavan Prasad, Shelley, Mike   +5 more
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Motion Mitigation Techniques for Abdominal and Cardiac MR Imaging

Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT MRI of the heart and abdominal organs provides unparalleled soft tissue contrast and quantitative biomarkers, yet remains highly susceptible to physiological motion. Contractions of the myocardium, respiratory excursions, peristalsis, vascular pulsatility, and unpredictable bulk patient movement generate artifacts that impair image quality ...
Eric M. Schrauben, Gastao Lima da Cruz, Christopher W. Roy, Thomas Küstner   +3 more
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A Case of Complete Remission of Bilateral Upper Tract Carcinoma In Situ Following Retrograde Bacillus Calmette–Guérin ( BCG ) Instillation via Open‐Ended Ureteral Catheters After Failure Using Double‐J Stents

IJU Case Reports
Introduction We present a case of carcinoma in situ (CIS) of the bilateral upper urinary tract (UUT) in which long‐term complete remission was achieved through retrograde perfusion of Bacillus Calmette–Guérin (BCG) via open‐ended ureteral catheters ...
Nanaka Katsurayama, Toshihide Horiuchi, Koichi Nishimura, Kazutaka Nakamura, Takanori Endo, Yuki Nemoto, Nao Nakajima, Daisuke Toki, Tsunenori Kondo   +8 more
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