Automatic sampling of blood and ruminal fluid of grazing sheep.
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Animals↗
Biomedical subjects
D J Farrell
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Making dentures bearable for your patients.
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Denture Liners↗
Educating your patients in tissue conditioning.
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Health Education, Dental↗
Polydactyly in the pre-adolescent foot: an unusual case presentation with impending pathologic fracture.
Polydactyly of the foot is a common congenital deformity. The authors report a case of postaxial polydactyly with impending pathological fracture. Successful surgical correction was performed with an uneventful 10-month follow-up. Pertinent literature was reviewed and presented regarding classification systems, etiology, and treatment recommendations.
Adolescent↗
Rapid screening of cervical smears as a method of internal quality control. For how long should we rescreen?
OBJECTIVE: To compare the effectiveness of rapid screening of cervical smears as a method of internal quality control with 10% random rescreening. STUDY DESIGN: From June 5 to July 14, 1995 (6 weeks), all consecutive cervical smears received in the department (n = 8,800) were entered into the study and were prescreened for a duration of 30 seconds (n = 2,938), 1 minute (n = 2,925) or 2 minutes (n = 2,937) over a period of 2 weeks each. RESULTS: Rapid screening of all negative and unsatisfactory smears detected more cytologic abnormalities than would be expected with 10% random rescreening. Thirty-second rapid screening of all negative and unsatisfactory smears was more efficient in detecting false negatives than screening a proportion of the smears for longer periods of time. Rapid screening was also a very effective method of detecting severe cytologic abnormalities in unscreened smears, detecting over 90% of high grade lesions. CONCLUSION: Rapid rescreening of negative and unsatisfactory cervical smears is recommended as a very effective method of internal quality control. It is superior to 10% random rescreening in reducing the false negative rate. Thirty-second rapid rescreening is the most efficient period for which smears should be screened. Rapid screening of unscreened smears could be used as a means of selecting patients for prompt referral when a laboratory backlog exists.
False Negative Reactions↗
Spontaneous fractures of the lesser metatarsals secondary to an amputated hallux and peripheral neuropathy.
A general overview of the literature concerning the development of diabetic neuropathic arthropathy is discussed. A case report is presented dealing with spontaneous fractures of the lesser metatarsal in a patient with an amputated hallux and peripheral neuropathy secondary to diabetes mellitus.
Aged↗