scholarly journals Objective Assessment of Cough Suppressants under Clinical Conditions Using a Tape Recorder System

Thorax ◽  
1964 ◽  
Vol 19 (2) ◽  
pp. 125-130 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. R. Woolf ◽  
A. Rosenberg
2022 ◽  
Vol 7 (4) ◽  
pp. 648-654
Author(s):  
A B Biradar ◽  
Arun Das ◽  
Adeeb A

Evidence based scientific studies has weightage, when they are presented with quantitative data analysis. Documentation and parametric analysis has become an integral part of present day research. Any publications or write-ups without explanation through standard parameters are not appreciated by the research society. In Ophthalmology assessment of various parameters through photography is a debatable issue. Affordability for higher end diagnostic / OPD instruments may not be feasible for all. In such a scenario, here is an attempt made to standardize the slit lamp photography with a smart phone and its scientific analysis for evaluating clinical conditions like sub-conjunctival hemorrhage, etc. This technique can become a tool for assessment and response of the therapies as well as an important tool to seek help from higher centers. Various add-on benefits in research, limitation and scope for further evaluation also being discussed.


2021 ◽  
pp. 225-233
Author(s):  
Гайна Абдуловна Арсаханова

Актуальность “конвертируемости” медицинского образования связана как с экономическими, так и с миграционными, социокультурными и другими причинами. Однако до сих пор нет достаточного количества серьезных исследований, которые бы позволили сделать объективную оценку существующих методов преподавания иностранным студентам, их обучение, оценивание и тому подобное. Обостряется потребность в разработке новых методов объективного обучения и тестирования, которые бы обеспечили значительный прогресс в сторону профессионально ориентированного клинического оценивания на всех уровнях и этапах обучения и практики. Фокус оценки в медицинском образовании смещается с простой проверки запомненных медицинских научных фактов к оценке действий студента непосредственно в клинических условиях, то есть со сдвигом оценки с первого (“имею, знаю”) и второго (“знаю, как”) уровня до третьего (“демонстрирую”), а иногда даже четвертого (“делаю сам”). Понятно, что работа в магистратуре должна ограничиваться 3-м и 4-м уровнями. В медицинском образовании такой подход не только формирует комплекс активно функционирующих алгоритмов, но и позволяет эффективно оценить клиническую компетентность студентов. Цель работы – совершенствование организации учебного процесса для студентов-магистрантов специальности “Медсестринство” из числа иностранных граждан путем разработки новых методов объективного обучения и тестирования, которые бы обеспечили значительный прогресс в сторону профессионально - ориентированного клинического оценивания на всех уровнях и этапах обучения и практики. The relevance of the” convertibility " of medical education is associated with both economic and migration, socio-cultural and other reasons. However, there is still not enough serious research that would allow an objective assessment of the existing methods of teaching foreign students, their training, assessment, and the like. There is an increasing need to develop new methods of objective training and testing that would ensure significant progress towards professionally oriented clinical assessment at all levels and stages of training and practice. The focus of assessment in medical education is shifting from a simple check of memorized medical scientific facts to the assessment of the student's actions directly in clinical conditions, that is, with a shift in assessment from the first (”I have, I know“) and the second (”I know how“) level to the third (”I demonstrate“), and sometimes even the fourth (”I do it myself"). It is clear that the work in the master's program should be limited to the 3rd and 4th levels. In medical education, this approach not only forms a complex of actively functioning algo rhythms, but also allows you to effectively assess the clinical competence of students. The aim of the work is to improve the organization of the educational process for undergraduates of the specialty “Nursing " from among foreign citizens by developing new methods of objective training and testing that would ensure significant progress towards professionally-oriented clinical assessment at all levels and stages of training and practice.


2011 ◽  
Vol 21 (2) ◽  
pp. 50-58
Author(s):  
James W. Hall ◽  
Anuradha R. Bantwal

Early identification and diagnosis of hearing loss in infants and young children is the first step toward appropriate and effective intervention and is critical for optimal communicative and psychosocial development. Limitations of behavioral assessment techniques in pediatric populations necessitate the use of an objective test battery to enable complete and accurate assessment of auditory function. Since the introduction of the cross-check principle 35 years ago, the pediatric diagnostic test battery has expanded to include, in addition to behavioral audiometry, acoustic immittance measures, otoacoustic emissions, and multiple auditory evoked responses (auditory brainstem response, auditory steady state response, and electrocochleography). We offer a concise description of a modern evidence-based audiological test battery that permits early and accurate diagnosis of auditory dysfunction.


2000 ◽  
Vol 5 (6) ◽  
pp. 1-7
Author(s):  
Christopher R. Brigham ◽  
James B. Talmage ◽  
Leon H. Ensalada

Abstract The AMA Guides to the Evaluation of Permanent Impairment (AMA Guides), Fifth Edition, is available and includes numerous changes that will affect both evaluators who and systems that use the AMA Guides. The Fifth Edition is nearly twice the size of its predecessor (613 pages vs 339 pages) and contains three additional chapters (the musculoskeletal system now is split into three chapters and the cardiovascular system into two). Table 1 shows how chapters in the Fifth Edition were reorganized from the Fourth Edition. In addition, each of the chapters is presented in a consistent format, as shown in Table 2. This article and subsequent issues of The Guides Newsletter will examine these changes, and the present discussion focuses on major revisions, particularly those in the first two chapters. (See Table 3 for a summary of the revisions to the musculoskeletal and pain chapters.) Chapter 1, Philosophy, Purpose, and Appropriate Use of the AMA Guides, emphasizes objective assessment necessitating a medical evaluation. Most impairment percentages in the Fifth Edition are unchanged from the Fourth because the majority of ratings currently are accepted, there is limited scientific data to support changes, and ratings should not be changed arbitrarily. Chapter 2, Practical Application of the AMA Guides, describes how to use the AMA Guides for consistent and reliable acquisition, analysis, communication, and utilization of medical information through a single set of standards.


2004 ◽  
Vol 171 (4S) ◽  
pp. 102-103
Author(s):  
Rajinder Singh ◽  
Declan Cahill ◽  
Rick Popert ◽  
Ronald Beaney ◽  
Anthony Wierzbicki ◽  
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2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stephanie A. McDermid Vaz ◽  
R. Walter Heinrichs ◽  
Ashley A. Miles ◽  
Narmeen Ammari ◽  
Suzanne Archie ◽  
...  

1989 ◽  
Vol 28 (04) ◽  
pp. 124-128 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. Spitz ◽  
N. Clemenz ◽  
K. Tittel ◽  
H. Weigand

In addition to its established oncological indications the sensitivity of bone scintigraphy is of steadily increasing significance in traumatology. Inactivity- induced osteoporosis plays a major role during the immobilization period in the plaster cast. In the region of the joints remodelling intensity may reach such a high level that the non-injured bone shows a higher rate of accumulation than the fracture. This process already begins between the third and fourth week of immobilization. The highest uptake is found after fracture of the scaphoid bone at the end of twelve weeks of immobilization. Control scintigraphies at intervals of several days are indicated to differentiate between various clinical conditions (pseudoarthrosis, activated osteoarthrosis, algodystrophy in case of doubtful x-ray results).


1997 ◽  
Vol 77 (05) ◽  
pp. 0955-0958 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carole A Foy ◽  
Peter J Grant

SummaryPAI-2 is a fibrinolytic inhibitor produced predominantly by monocytes. Most PAI-2 is intracellular making study in clinical conditions difficult. Abnormalities in production may be associated with inflammation and fibrinolysis at sites of tissue damage such as the atherosclerotic plaque.PAI-2 gene variants have been described: variant A consists of Asn120, Asn404 and Ser413 and variant B consists of Asp120, Lys404 and Cys413. We designed a PCR-RFLP assay using primers spanning the region containing Asn/Lys404 and Ser/Cys413. Variant B contains an Mwol restriction site. We analysed 302 Pima Indians and 286 healthy Caucasian volunteers. To investigate relationships between genotype and vascular disease we analysed 333 Caucasian patients undergoing coronary angiography.Gene variant B was more common in the Pimas than in Caucasians (p <0.0001). There was no significant difference in genotype distribution between the volunteers and patients. In the patients there was no association between genotype and either a history of MI or extent of coronary atheroma.


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