scholarly journals MANIFESTATIONS OF URINARY SYSTEM PATHOLOGY AT YOUNG AGE PATIENTS WITH TEMPORОMANDIBULAR JOINT DISEASES

2019 ◽  
Vol 15 (3-4) ◽  
pp. 54-58
Author(s):  
O.O. Kryzhanivska
Keyword(s):  
Urinary Tract ◽  
Classical Method ◽  
Medical Center ◽  
International System ◽  
Laboratory Data ◽  
Young Patients ◽  
Urinary System ◽  
Developmental Abnormalities ◽  
System Of Units ◽  
Ct System

Relevance. In recent years, many have been devoted to the problem of the temporomandibular joint (TMJ) diseases, in which the attention is paid to the widespread pathology of TMJ at young people, which develops against the background of genetically-determined weakness of connective tissue (CT), which is also present occurrence of various concomitant diseases of polygenic-multifactorial nature, including the organs of the urinary system (US). Objective. To investigate the manifestations of US pathology in young patients with TMJ diseases. Materials and methods. The study involved 32 patients (m-4, w-28) with diseases of the TMJ, whose average age was 31.6 ± 7.7 years, who were treated at the Dental Medical Center of the Bogomolets NMU. Manifestations of US pathology in patients of this group have been investigated. Examination of patients was performed according to the classical method of examination of patients with diseases of the TMJ. The orthopantomography with examination of the mandibular heads, open mouth X-ray by Parma, computed tomography or MRI scan, iridobiomicroscopy were obligatory. The presence of pathology of US was founding out from the anamnesis vitae, the patient was referred for consultation to a nephrologist. Ultrasound of the kidneys, urinary tract, urine tests were performed for all examined patients. The obtained laboratory data were referenced in the International System of Units and processed by variational statistics using MedStat and EZR v.1.35 (Saitama Medical Center, Jichi Medical University, Saitama, Japan, 2017), which is a graphical interface to RFSC (The R Foundation for Statistical Computing, Vienna, Austria). Results. The following manifestations of TMJ pathology were found in young patients with US diseases: chronic cystitis – 37.5% of cases, oxalate or urinary crystalluria – 37.5 %, nephroptosis – 9.4 %, urolithiasis – 6.3 %, chronic pyelonephritis – 6.3 %, double kidney – 3.1 %. Structural local or chromatic changes of the iris stroma in the projection region of the kidney (75 %) and bladder (43.6 %) in young patients with TMJ diseases showed a congenital weakness of the CT of these organs and a tendency to develop pathology of the US. Changes in urine tests were mainly in the form of oxalate crystalluria (34.4 %), increase specific gravity (15.6 %), proteinuria (9.4 %), which further confirmed the present pathology of the urinary system. Conclusions. The manifestations of developmental abnormalities and other kidney and bladder diseases found in young patients with TMJ disease suggest that there is a correlation between flow of pathological processes in the TMJ and US, which may be based on changes in the CT system. When planning the treatment of young patients with TMJ diseases and pathology of US, medicines that do not affect the urinary system and do not provoke exacerbation of the disease should be prescribed. In the presence of pathology of the kidneys and/or urinary tract, the ultrasound of this system should be prescribed in consultation with a nephrologist.

scholarly journals Inpatient Urine Cultures Are Frequently Performed Without Urinalysis or Microscopy: Findings From a Large Academic Medical Center

2017 ◽  
Vol 38 (4) ◽  
pp. 455-460 ◽  
Author(s):  
Abigail L. Carlson ◽  
Satish Munigala ◽  
Anthony J. Russo ◽  
Kathleen M. McMullen ◽  
Helen Wood ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Urinary Tract ◽  
Urinary Tract Infections ◽  
Medical Center ◽  
Academic Medical Center ◽  
Laboratory Data ◽  
Surgical Intensive Care ◽  
Tertiary Referral Center ◽  
Patient Admissions ◽  
Academic Medical ◽  
Tract Infections

OBJECTIVETo describe the frequency of urine cultures performed in inpatients without additional testing for pyuriaDESIGNRetrospective cohort studySETTINGA 1,250-bed academic tertiary referral centerPATIENTSHospitalized adultsMETHODSThis study included urine cultures drawn on 4 medical and 2 surgical wards from 2009 to 2013 and in the medical and surgical intensive care units (ICUs) from 2012 to 2013. Patient and laboratory data were abstracted from the hospital’s medical informatics database. We identified catheter-associated urinary tract infections (CAUTIs) in the ICUs by routine infection prevention surveillance. Cultures without urinalysis or urine microscopy were defined as “isolated.” The primary outcome was the proportion of isolated urine cultures obtained. We used multivariable logistic regression to assess predictors of isolated cultures.RESULTSDuring the study period, 14,743 urine cultures were obtained (63.5 cultures per 1,000 patient days) during 11,820 patient admissions. Of these, 2,973 cultures (20.2%) were isolated cultures. Of the 61 CAUTIs identified, 31 (50.8%) were identified by an isolated culture. Predictors for having an isolated culture included male gender (adjusted odds ratio [aOR], 1.22; 95%; confidence interval [CI], 1.11–1.35], urinary catheterization (aOR, 2.15; 95% CI, 1.89–2.46), ICU admission (medical ICU aOR, 1.72; 95% CI, 1.47–2.00; surgical ICU aOR, 1.82; 95% CI, 1.51–2.19), and obtaining the urine culture ≥1 calendar day after admission (1–7 days aOR, 1.91; 95% CI. 1.71–2.12; >7 days after admission aOR, 2.81; 95% CI, 2.37–3.34).CONCLUSIONSIsolated urine cultures are common in hospitalized patients, particularly in patients with urinary catheters and those in ICUs. Interventions targeting inpatient culturing practices may improve the diagnosis of urinary tract infections.Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol2017;38:455–460

scholarly journals IRIS CHANGES AT PATIENTS WITH TEMPORОMANDIBULAR JOINT DISEASES AND URINARY SYSTEM PATHOLOGY

2020 ◽  
Vol 16 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
O.O. Kryzhanivska
Keyword(s):  
Connective Tissue ◽  
Functional State ◽  
Medical Center ◽  
Young Patients ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Urinary System ◽  
Constitutional Type ◽  
The Us ◽  
Light Color ◽  
Genetically Determined

Relevance. In recent years, many have been devoted to the problem of the temporomandibular joint (TMJ) diseases, in which the attention is paid to the widespread pathology of TMJ in young people, which develops against the background of the genetically-determined weakness of connective tissue (CTs), which is also the present occurrence of various concomitant diseases of polygenic-multifactorial nature, including the organs of the urinary system (US). The study of the state of the iris is used as a screening technique that allows you to quickly, simply, harmlessly, informatively, painlessly, non-invasively diagnose the genetically determined structural and functional state and quality of the CTs. Objective. To investigate the iris changes in patients with TMJ and US diseases, to reveal the dependence of the occurrence of degenerative-dystrophic and destructive-inflammatory changes in the joints and US on the structural and functional state of the CTs, to supplement the known traditional methods of diagnosing genetically determined CTs weakness. Materials and methods. The study involved 54 patients (men – 14, women – 40), whose average age was 37.3±7.6 years, who were treated at the Dental Medical Center of the Bogomolets NMU. Control group – 22 patients (men – 10, women – 12) without general somatic pathology, with a physiological bite, without signs of TMJ diseases, whose average age was 25.7±6.8 years. Main group – 22 patients (men – 4, women – 28) with TMJ diseases and US pathology, whose average age was 31.6±7.7 years. Iridobiomicroscopy was performed in patients of both groups. Iridogenetic constitutional signs were determined: the color of eyes, constitutional type after E.S. Velkhover, type with the connective tissue weakness after I. Deck, the density of iris stoma. The obtained laboratory data were referenced in the International System of Units and processed by variational statistics using MedStat and EZR v.1.35 (Saitama Medical Center, Jichi Medical University, Saitama, Japan, 2017), which is a graphical interface to RFSC (The R Foundation for Statistical Computing, Vienna, Austria). Results. Among the examined patients with TMJ diseases and MVS pathology, 75% showed predominantly light eye color and V degree (46.9%) of iris stroma density, in the control group: dark iris color (54.5%) and II degree (68.2%) of iris density. Iridogenetic constitutional signs of the CT weakness in the patients with TMJ diseases have been determined: the light color of eyes, radial-lacunar constitutional type after E.S. Velkhover (75%), lymphatic constitutional type with the connective tissue weakness after I. Deck (57,9%). Structural local or chromatic changes of the iris stroma in the projection region of the kidney (75%) and bladder (43.6%) in young patients with TMJ diseases showed a congenital weakness of the CTs of these organs and a tendency to develop pathology of the US. Conclusions. Patients with degenerative-dystrophic and destructive-inflammatory diseases of the TMJ and concomitant US pathology are characterized by iridogenetic constitutional signs of the CTs weakness in the patients with TMJ diseases have been determined: the light color of eyes, radial-lacunar constitutional type after E.S. Velkhover, low degree of iris stroma density, lymphatic constitutional type with the connective tissue weakness after I. Deck. Structural local or chromatic changes of the iris stroma in the projection region of the kidney and bladder in young patients with TMJ diseases showed a congenital weakness of the CTs of these organs and a tendency to develop pathology of the US. It can be assumed that the development of TMJ diseases in young patients is based on dysplastic changes in the CTs system, which is additionally manifested in the examined patients by pathological changes in the US. Iridobiomicroscopy, as a screening technique for determining the structural and functional state of CTs, makes it possible to increase the accuracy of diagnostics when examining patients with TMJ diseases who have concomitant pathology of internal organs, including US.

Dimensions of plane and solid angles and their units in the International System of Units (SI)

2020 ◽  
pp. 26-32
Author(s):  
M. I. Kalinin ◽  
L. K. Isaev ◽  
F. V. Bulygin
Keyword(s):  
Solid Angle ◽  
International System ◽  
International Committee ◽  
Plane Angle ◽  
Arc Length ◽  
Weights And Measures ◽  
International System Of Units ◽  
System Of Units ◽  
In Series ◽  
Solid Angles

The situation that has developed in the International System of Units (SI) as a result of adopting the recommendation of the International Committee of Weights and Measures (CIPM) in 1980, which proposed to consider plane and solid angles as dimensionless derived quantities, is analyzed. It is shown that the basis for such a solution was a misunderstanding of the mathematical formula relating the arc length of a circle with its radius and corresponding central angle, as well as of the expansions of trigonometric functions in series. From the analysis presented in the article, it follows that a plane angle does not depend on any of the SI quantities and should be assigned to the base quantities, and its unit, the radian, should be added to the base SI units. A solid angle, in this case, turns out to be a derived quantity of a plane angle. Its unit, the steradian, is a coherent derived unit equal to the square radian.

scholarly journals Myocardial amyloidosis following multiple myeloma in a 38-year-old female patient: A case report

Open Medicine ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
pp. 396-402
Author(s):  
Qisi Zhang ◽  
Yingli Qiao ◽  
Dongmei Yan ◽  
Yuhui Deng ◽  
Mengyang Zhang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Multiple Myeloma ◽  
Plasma Cells ◽  
Laboratory Data ◽  
Young Patients ◽  
Clinical Manifestations ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
First Episode ◽  
Rapid Progression ◽  
Congo Red Staining ◽  
Impaired Cardiac Function

AbstractMultiple myeloma (MM) is an immunoglobulin-producing tumor of plasma cells, which occurs commonly in the elderly. The incidence of myocardial amyloidosis with MM is extremely low and early clinical manifestations are nonspecific. The diversity of clinical manifestations and first episode symptoms often cause misdiagnosis in young patients with myocardial amyloidosis following MM. In this study, we analyzed the clinical data of a young woman with MM and impaired cardiac function combined with echocardiography, electrocardiography (ECG), laboratory data, cell Congo Red staining, and other manifestations to diagnose amyloidosis. Considering the rapid progression, short survival, and poor prognosis in most patients, a clear, definitive, and timely diagnosis is essential for the treatment of patients with MM complicated with myocardial amyloidosis.

scholarly journals A quantum ampere

2020 ◽  
Vol 87 (4) ◽  
pp. 258-265
Author(s):  
Luca Callegaro
Keyword(s):  
Electric Current ◽  
International System ◽  
International System Of Units ◽  
System Of Units ◽  
Elementary Charge ◽  
User Friendly

AbstractThe revision of the International System of Units (SI), implemented since 20 May 2019, has redefined the unit of electric current, the ampere ( A), linking it to a fixed value of the elementary charge. This paper discusses the new definition and the realisation of the electrical units by quantum electrical metrology standards, which every year become more and more accessible, reliable and user friendly.

Cooking Education Improves Cooking Confidence and Dietary Habits in Veterans

2019 ◽  
Vol 45 (4) ◽  
pp. 442-449 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ashley S. Dexter ◽  
Janet F. Pope ◽  
Dawn Erickson ◽  
Catherine Fontenot ◽  
Elizabeth Ollendike ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Primary Care ◽  
Nutrition Education ◽  
Weight Status ◽  
Dietary Habits ◽  
Medical Center ◽  
Laboratory Data ◽  
Dietary Quality ◽  
Group Setting ◽  
Lipid Panel ◽  
Significant Difference

Purpose The purpose of the study was to evaluate a 12-week cooking education class on cooking confidence, dietary habits, weight status, and laboratory data among veterans with prediabetes and diabetes. Methods The sample for this study included 75 veterans within the Overton Brooks Veteran Affairs Medical Center who completed the 12-week class in an in-person group setting in Shreveport, Louisiana, or via Clinical Video Telehealth (CVT) in Longview, Texas. Veterans were referred to the Healthy Teaching Kitchen by their primary care provider or primary care dietitian. Enrollment in the class was on a volunteer basis. The cooking and nutrition education classes included topics such as carbohydrate counting, safety and sanitation, meal planning, and creating budget-friendly recipes. Participants completed 2 questionnaires for assessment of healthy dietary habits and confidence related to cooking. Changes in body weight, lipid panel, and hemoglobin A1C were assessed. Differences in class settings were tested via independent samples t tests. Paired samples t tests were completed to compare changes in mean laboratory results, weight, and questionnaire responses. Results Subjects lost a mean 2.91 ± 5.8 lbs ( P < .001). There was no significant difference in percent change in laboratory data and weight between subjects participating via CVT and subjects in the live class. Overall, there was significant improvement in the confidence questionnaire ratings and Healthy Habits Questionnaire responses. Conclusions Cooking and nutrition education can increase cooking confidence and dietary quality. These results provide support for the need for further research on the long-term effects of nutrition cooking education and for the benefits of using CVT software to provide education to remote facilities.

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