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Brainstem evoked potential and its application	2006	Yang, C.-L., Department of Otolaryngology, Wuhan General Hospital of Guangzhou Military Area Command of Chinese PLA, Wuhan 430070 Hubei Province, China	Read more...
Source Type Print(0) Ref Type Journal Article Periodical, Full Chinese Journal of Clinical Rehabilitation Periodical, Abbrev. Chin.J.Clin.Rehab. Pub Date Free Form 2006/07 Volume 10 Issue 26 Start Page 10 Other Pages 12 Notes Place of Publication ISSN/ISBN 1671-5926 Accession Number Language SubFile DOI Output Language Unknown(0) PMID Abstract Aim: To analyze the wave characteristics of brainstem evoked potential (BEP), observe normative BEP V wave latency-intensity function curve and changes of corresponding threshold, and provide the reference for the combined application of air-conduction and bone-conduction BEP in clinic. Methods: The experiment was carried out at the Auditory Center, Wuhan General Hospital of Guangzhou Military Area Command of PLA between March and August 2005. Totally 28 youth undergraduates (56 ears) with normal hearing were selected to conduct the pure tone threshold audiometry (PTA), and the air-conduction auditory threshold of each frequency was no more than 15 dBHL. All the testees were found normal in external ear and middle ear, without noise exposure, ototoxic drugs application or neurological history. 1 PTA: Firstly, with the voice length of 0.5-1.0 seconds and interval of more than 1 seconds, the auditory threshold of 1 000 Hz was measured in avoidance of rhythm voice from 40 dBHL on. According to the principle of decreasing 10 or increasing 5, the sound intensity was decreased 10 dB if testee could hear, whereas increased 5 dB if could not hear. Then the testees were detected from high frequency to low frequency (2 000, 3 000, 4 000, 6 000, 8 000, 1 000, 500, 250 Hz), and repeatedly in 1 000 Hz to assay the reproducibility. 2 BEP: Nicolet-spirit evoked potential apparatus was applied to record BEP wave. With the repetitive rate of 21.1 times per second, the stimulation sound was short sound in the alternation of positive and negative electrode, and scanned for 15 ms in filter-wave range of 50-2 500 Hz, averagely repeated for 1 000 times. The lowest intensity at which response occurred repeatedly was defined as response threshold of BEP, meanwhile, the changes of bong-conduction BEP threshold and latency were observed after white noise masking. Results: According to the intention-treat analysis, 28 youth undergraduates were all involved in the result analysis. 1 Description of bone-conduction BEP wave: The air-conduction and bone-conduction wave educed obvious I wave and V wave repeatedly without obvious false traces of initial sound. Moreover, the air-conduction BEP wave exhibited wider amplitude and educed III wave. 2 BEP V wave latency-intensity function curve: The latency prolonged gradually with the decrease of stimulation intensity. The bone-conducted clicks yielded somewhat longer latencies than air-conducted clicks. 3 Comparison of BEP response threshold between air-conduction and bone-conduction: The threshold of air-conduction was significantly lower than that of bone-conduction [(45.09Â±2.23), (61.25Â±2.18) dBpeSPL, P 0.05). Conclusion: The waves of air-conduction and bone-conduction BEP are similar in the wave characteristics, and complementary in methodology, thus the combined application of two conductions is hopeful to apply on the evaluation of conductive disorder and its level. In addition, contralateral noise masking is necessary when administering bone-conduction BEP test within 60 dB SPL intensity. Descriptors adult, air conduction, article, auditory stimulation, auditory threshold, bone conduction, conduction deafness, controlled study, drug use, electrode, environmental exposure, evoked brain stem response, external ear, female, frequency analysis, hearing, human, human experiment, male, middle ear, neurology, noise, pure tone audiometry, reproducibility, sound intensity, white noise Links Book Title Database Embase Publisher Data Source Embase Authors Yang,C. -L, Yao,H. -Q, Zhu,Y., Sun,Y. Original/Translated Title URL Date of Electronic PMCID Editors
Presence of Pseudomonas putida strains harboring plasmids bearing the metallo-Î²-lactamase gene blaIMP in a hospital in Japan	2003	Iyobe, S., Lab. of Drug Resistance in Bacteria, Gunma University School of Medicine, Maebashi 371-8511, Japan	Read more...
Source Type Print(0) Ref Type Journal Article Periodical, Full Journal of clinical microbiology Periodical, Abbrev. J.Clin.Microbiol. Pub Date Free Form 2003/09 Volume 41 Issue 9 Start Page 4246 Other Pages 4251 Notes Place of Publication ISSN/ISBN 0095-1137 Accession Number Language SubFile DOI Output Language Unknown(0) PMID Abstract To determine the persistence and spread of antibiotic-resistant strains in Gunma University Hospital, 83 Pseudomonas putida strains (each from a different patient) were isolated from January 1997 through December 2001. Of the 83 strains isolated, 27 were resistant to carbapenems. All 27 produced metallo-Î²-lactamase and were found to be PCR positive for the bla IMP gene. Most (22 strains) were primarily isolated from the wards (W7 [9 strains] and W4 [8 strains]). Another five blaIMP-positive P. putida strains from wards W7 and W4 were obtained by swabbing around the water pipes. A total of 32 blaIMP-positive P. putida strains were assessed by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE) and testing of drug susceptibility to 10 chemotherapeutic agents. Both PFGE and MIC patterns revealed that there were long-term resident strains among inpatients and hospital environments. The blaIMP genes of 22 of 32 strains were all transferable to a recipient strain of Pseudomonas aeruginosa by conjugation or transformation and conferred resistance to carbapenems and cephems. The blaIMP plasmids were conjugally transmissible among P. aeruginosa strains and mediated resistance to amikacin as well as Î²-lactams. Ten of the 22 plasmids mediated additional resistance to gentamicin and tobramycin. Plasmids with identical DNA and drug resistance patterns were found in P. putida strains with identical PFGE patterns and with different PFGE patterns. We presumed that P. putida was one of the resident species in inpatients and especially in hospital environments, spreading drug resistance genes via plasmids among P. putida strains and supplying them to more pathogenically important species, such as P. aeruginosa. Descriptors amikacin, antiinfective agent, aztreonam, bacterial DNA, beta lactam antibiotic, beta lactamase, carbapenem, cefepime, ceftazidime, cephem, gentamicin, imipenem, meropenem, metalloprotein, norfloxacin, piperacillin, rifampicin, tobramycin, antibiotic resistance, antibiotic sensitivity, article, bacterial gene, bacterial strain, bacterial transmission, bacterium conjugation, bacterium isolation, bacterium transformation, bla imp gene, controlled study, hospital, hospital patient, human, Japan, major clinical study, minimum inhibitory concentration, multidrug resistance, nonhuman, nucleotide sequence, pathogenicity, plasmid, polymerase chain reaction, priority journal, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Pseudomonas putida, pulsed field gel electrophoresis, species, ward, water supply Links Book Title Database Embase; MEDLINE Publisher Data Source Embase Authors Yomoda,S., Okubo,T., Takahashi,A., Murakami,M., Iyobe,S. Original/Translated Title URL Date of Electronic PMCID Editors
Isolation of carbapenem-resistant Pseudomonas putida and its genetic background	2003	Yomoda, S., Department of Laboratory Medicine, Clinical Laboratory Center, Bacteria Gunma Univ. School of Med., Maebashi, Japan	Read more...
Source Type Print(0) Ref Type Journal Article Periodical, Full Japanese Journal of Chemotherapy Periodical, Abbrev. Jpn.J.Chemother. Pub Date Free Form 2003/01 Volume 51 Issue 1 Start Page 8 Other Pages 12 Notes Place of Publication ISSN/ISBN 1340-7007 Accession Number Language SubFile DOI Output Language Unknown(0) PMID Abstract We isolated 83 Pseudomonas putida strains in the 5 years from January 1997 through December 2001 at Gunma University Hospital. The sample was free of patient duplication. Among them, 27 isolates were resistant to imipenem (IPM), 22 of which were of urine origin. None was isolated from respiratory specimens. Most IPM-resistant isolates were strains multiply resistant to piperacillin, ceftazidime, amikacin, and norfloxacin. The IMP metallo-Î²-lactamase gene (blaIMP) was identified by PCR from all 27 IPM-resistant strains, which were derived from different 8 wards. We focused on 13 blaIMP-bearing P. putida strains of a ward, 9 isolated from inpatients and 4 detected from around the water pipe. The long-term residence of blaIMP-bearing P. putida strains, identified as the same strains with pulsed-field gel eletrophoresis (PFGE) patterns and MIC patterns as for 10 drugs, was observed in both inpatients and the ward environment. From 9 of the 13 strains, the blaIMP gene was effectively transferred to a recipient strain of Pseudomonas aeruginosa, conferring resistance to IPM and other Î²-lactams concomitantly with amikacin resistance; 4 of the 9 strains conferred additional resistance to gentamicin and tobramycin. Descriptors amikacin, aztreonam, beta lactam antibiotic, beta lactamase, carbapenem derivative, cefepime, ceftazidime, gentamicin, imipenem, meropenem, metalloprotein, norfloxacin, piperacillin, rifampicin, tobramycin, antibiotic resistance, article, bacterial gene, bacterial genetics, bacterial strain, bacterium detection, bacterium identification, bacterium isolate, bacterium isolation, controlled study, gene identification, gene transfer, hospital patient, human, Japan, minimum inhibitory concentration, multidrug resistance, nonhuman, polymerase chain reaction, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Pseudomonas putida, pulsed field gel electrophoresis, recipient, respiratory system, strain difference, time, university hospital, urinalysis, ward, water supply Links Book Title Database Embase Publisher Data Source Embase Authors Yomoda,S., Takahashi,A., Okubo,T., Murakami,M., Iyobe,S. Original/Translated Title URL Date of Electronic PMCID Editors
Investigation of indoor thermal environment, air quality, and energy consumption in new detached houses of wood-frame construction in a small city in Japan	1990	Yoshino, Hiroshi, Tohoku Univ, Japan	Read more...
Source Type Print(0) Ref Type Journal Article Periodical, Full Environment international Periodical, Abbrev. Environ.Int. Pub Date Free Form 1990/ Volume 16 Issue 1 Start Page 37 Other Pages 52 Notes Place of Publication ISSN/ISBN 0160-4120 Accession Number Language SubFile DOI Output Language Unknown(0) PMID Abstract The authors investigated indoor thermal environment, airtightness, indoor air quality, and energy consumption in thirteen new houses of wood-frame construction in a local city in Japan in the winter of 1985. All houses had thermally-insulated walls, ceilings, and floors, except for one house which had a concrete floor without insulation under the floor. Eight houses had concrete floors on the first level of the structure. Seven houses out of eight had hot-water pipes embedded in the concrete for floor heating and thermal insulation under the floor on the grade. Three houses out of seven also had fan coil units in the bedrooms on the second floor. The six other houses without floor heating had oil or gas local space heaters. The authors found differences in temperature profiles between the houses with floor heating and those with space heaters. The effective leakage area per floor area obtained by the fan pressurization method was distributed from 3.8 to 16 cm2/m2. The concentration measurements of CO2 and NO2 in the living rooms showed that the two houses with unvented oil space heaters were more polluted than the other houses. The total annual amount of energy consumption was distributed from 46 to 100 GJ. Descriptors carbon dioxide, nitrogen dioxide, air quality, article, energy consumption, housing, human, temperature Links Book Title Database Embase Publisher Data Source Embase Authors Yoshino,H., Matsumoto,H., Makita,K., Hasegawa,F., Utsumi,Y., Akabayashi,S. -I Original/Translated Title URL Date of Electronic PMCID Editors
Breeding and fertility of the Egyptian spiny mouse, Acomys cahirinus: effect of different environments	1976	Nuffield Inst. Comp. Med., Zool. Soc., London	Read more...
Source Type Print(0) Ref Type Journal Article Periodical, Full Laboratory animals Periodical, Abbrev. Lab.Anim. Pub Date Free Form 1976/ Volume 10 Issue 1 Start Page 15 Other Pages 24 Notes Place of Publication ISSN/ISBN 0023-6772 Accession Number Language SubFile DOI Output Language Unknown(0) PMID Abstract 2 years experience with Acomys in one laboratory confirmed the slow breeding rate found by other workers. On moving the animals to another laboratory there was a 2-5 fold increase in breeding rate. The most likely explanation of this change was the presence of copper in the drinking water at the 1st laboratory, due to the use of copper water pipes. The data relating to maintenance and breeding of acomys for 2 years at the 2nd laboratory were analyzed to provide a more representative picture of the species. Descriptors copper, drinking water, breeding, fertility, mouse, pregnancy, theoretical study Links Book Title Database Embase; MEDLINE Publisher Data Source Embase Authors Young,D. A. B. Original/Translated Title URL Date of Electronic PMCID Editors
Prevalence of asbestos related lung disease among employees in non-asbestos industries	1981	Div. Occupat. Hlth Radiat. Contr., Hlth Commiss. New South Wales, Lidcombe, N.S.W. 2141	Read more...
Source Type Print(0) Ref Type Journal Article Periodical, Full Medical Journal of Australia Periodical, Abbrev. Med.J.Aust. Pub Date Free Form 1981/ Volume 1 Issue 9 Start Page 464 Other Pages 467 Notes Place of Publication ISSN/ISBN 0025-729X Accession Number Language SubFile DOI Output Language Unknown(0) PMID Abstract Employees from two non-asbestos industries were examined to assess the prevalence of asbestos-related lung disease. Of the 214 employees, one suffered from a malignant mesothelioma of the pleura and in 13 (6.1%), pleural plaques were diagnosed radiologically. The plaques were symptomless and not associated with any disturbance in respiratory function. The sole source of asbestos fibre in one factory was the asbestos insulation surrounding steam and hot water pipes similar to that found throughout industry. Exposure occurred as the result of the way in which this insulation has been handled routinely in industry by people who have commonly been unaware either of their exposure or of its significance. In the second factory there was the possibility of additional exposure originating from a neighbouring industry that was a major consumer of asbestos. The results suggest that maintenance workers may be particularly at risk and that the presence of pleural plaques may be under-reported in the absence of a history of asbestos exposure to direct attention towards them. The presence of pleural plaques has important consequences for the individual and for others who have shared the work environment. Descriptors asbestos, Australia, epidemiology, etiology, lung disease, major clinical study, mesothelioma, pleura plaque, prevalence, respiratory system Links Book Title Database Embase; MEDLINE Publisher Data Source Embase Authors Young,I., West,S., Jackson,J., Cantrell,P. Original/Translated Title URL Date of Electronic PMCID Editors
Patterns and predictors of tobacco smoking cessation: A hospital-based study of pregnant women in Lebanon	2007	Yunis, K., Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon	Read more...
Source Type Print(0) Ref Type Journal Article Periodical, Full International Journal of Public Health Periodical, Abbrev. Int.J.Public Health Pub Date Free Form / Volume 52 Issue 4 Start Page 223 Other Pages 232 Notes Place of Publication ISSN/ISBN 1661-8556; 1420-911X Accession Number Language SubFile DOI Output Language Unknown(0) PMID Abstract Objectives: To describe patterns of cigarette and narghile (hubble-bubble or water-pipe) smoking before and during pregnancy and identify predictors of successful smoking cessation. Methods: A survey was conducted on 4 660 pregnant women who delivered single live births between September 1st, 2001 and December 31st, 2002 at five hospitals in Beirut, Lebanon. Women were classified into four groups according to patterns of tobacco use before and during pregnancy: 1) consistent non-users, 2) successful quitters, 3) unsuccessful quitters and 4) consistent users. Results: High education (OR = 2.03, 95 % CI: 0.99-4.15), adequate prenatal care (OR = 1.72, 95 % CI: 1.02-2.91) and mild smoking at baseline (OR = 2.35, 95 % CI: 1.36-4.09) were main determinants of successful cigarette smoking cessation, whereas successful quitters of narghile use were more likely to be nulliparous (OR = 1.80, 95 % CI: 1.08-2.99) or to have a non-smoking partner (OR = 7.57, 95 % CI: 2.31-24.78). Conclusions: Different populations should be targeted when designing smoking cessation interventions for cigarette and narghile users. Â© BirkhÃ¤user Verlag, Basel 2007. Descriptors adult, article, smoking, controlled study, demography, education, female, hospital care, human, Lebanon, logistic regression analysis, major clinical study, nullipara, paternal behavior, prediction, pregnancy, prenatal care, priority journal, smoking cessation, smoking habit, socioeconomics Links Book Title Database Embase; MEDLINE Publisher Data Source Embase Authors Yunis,K., Beydoun,H., Nakad,P., Khogali,M., Shatila,F., Tamim,H. Original/Translated Title URL Date of Electronic PMCID Editors
A study of carboxyhaemoglobin levels of cigarette and sheesha smokers in Saudi Arabia.	1982	Zahran, F.	Read more...
Source Type Print(0) Ref Type Journal Article Periodical, Full American Journal of Public Health Periodical, Abbrev. Am.J.Public Health Pub Date Free Form / Volume 72 Issue 7 Start Page 722 Other Pages 724 Notes Place of Publication ISSN/ISBN 0090-0036 Accession Number Language SubFile DOI Output Language Unknown(0) PMID Abstract A single carboxyhaemoglobin (COHb) estimation of late evening blood sample among non-smokers, cigarette smokers, and sheesha smokers was evaluated among Saudis. The COHb level in smokers of 15 to 40 cigarettes a day ranged between 0.7 and 10.3 with a mean value of 6.1 +/- 2.58 COHb. Values among sheesha smokers ranged between 6.5 and 13.9 with a mean value of 8.8 +/- 1.83, significantly higher than those of cigarette smokers (P less than 0.001) for a given degree of exposure to tobacco smoke. Descriptors carboxyhemoglobin, hemoglobin, adult, article, comparative study, human, male, middle aged, Saudi Arabia, smoking, time Links Book Title Database MEDLINE Publisher Data Source Embase Authors Zahran,F., Yousef,A. A., Baig,M. H. Original/Translated Title URL Date of Electronic PMCID Editors
Carboxyhemoglobin concentrations in smokers of sheesha and cigarettes in Saudi Arabia.	1985	Zahran, F.M.	Read more...
Source Type Print(0) Ref Type Journal Article Periodical, Full British medical journal (Clinical research ed.) Periodical, Abbrev. Br.Med.J.(Clin.Res.Ed) Pub Date Free Form / Volume 291 Issue 6511 Start Page 1768 Other Pages 1770 Notes Place of Publication ISSN/ISBN 0267-0623 Accession Number Language SubFile DOI Output Language Unknown(0) PMID Abstract Descriptors carboxyhemoglobin, hemoglobin, adolescent, adult, aged, article, human, male, middle aged, Saudi Arabia, smoking, procedures Links Book Title Database MEDLINE Publisher Data Source Embase Authors Zahran,F. M., Ardawi,M. S., Al-Fayez,S. F. Original/Translated Title URL Date of Electronic PMCID Editors
carboxyhemoglobin levels in cigarette and sheesha smokers in the Western Region of Saudi Arabia	1981		Read more...
Source Type Print(0) Ref Type Journal Article Periodical, Full Journal of King Abdulaziz University - Medical Sciences Periodical, Abbrev. Pub Date Free Form Volume 1 Issue 2 Start Page 33 Other Pages 42 Notes ID: 771 Place of Publication ISSN/ISBN Accession Number Language english SubFile DOI Output Language Unknown(0) PMID Abstract Descriptors Carboxyhemoglobin, Smoking, Tobacco Use Disorder Links http://pesquisa.bvsalud.org/ghl/resource/en/emro-771 Book Title Database GHL; http://www.globalhealthlibrary.net/ Publisher Data Source Authors Zahran,Fouad Original/Translated Title URL Date of Electronic PMCID Editors

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