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2. Adult Ocular Toxocariasis Mimicking Ciliary Body Malignancy

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Ahmad M. Mansour, Bachir Abiad, Fouad I. Boulos, Ramzi Alameddine, Fadi C. Maalouf, Alaa Bu Ghannam, and Rola N. Hamam

Subjects
Medicine
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Purpose. To discuss an unusual presentation of ocular toxocariasis. Methods. Case report. Results. A 40-year-old woman presented with decreased vision in the left eye with a long history of recurrent red eye from uveitis. Eosinophilia and positive ELISA titers for Toxocara canis favored the diagnosis of ocular toxocariasis. Over 3 months, an anterior scleral mass had a rapid growth raising the possibility of medulloepithelioma, which rarely can mimic uveitic syndromes. Surgical plan changed from local excision to enucleation. Histopathology demonstrated a large homogeneous mass of chronic inflammatory cells with inflammation of the overlying thinned out sclera, medial rectus insertion, and limbal cornea. The triad of peripheral granuloma, eosinophilia, and positive blood serology established the diagnosis of ocular toxocariasis. Conclusions. Ocular toxocariasis can mimic ocular malignancy such as medulloepithelioma in adults and rarely presents as an anterior scleral mass.

Published
2014
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5. Isolated posterior capsular rupture following blunt head trauma

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Rola N. Hamam, Mahmoud O Jaroudi, Ahmad M. Mansour, and Fadi C. Maalouf

Subjects
medicine.medical_specialty, Visual acuity, genetic structures, medicine.medical_treatment, forehead trauma, Case Report, Head trauma, Blunt, Ophthalmology, pediatric cataract, medicine, business.industry, traumatic cataract, Phacoemulsification, eye diseases, Surgery, Posterior capsular rupture, medicine.anatomical_structure, posterior capsule rupture, Blunt trauma, Forehead, Implant, sense organs, medicine.symptom, business
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Closed-globe traumatic cataract is not uncommon in males in the pediatric age group. However, there is a relative paucity of literature on isolated posterior lens capsule rupture associated with closed-globe traumatic cataract. We report a case of a 6-year-old boy who presented with white cataract 1 day after blunt trauma to the forehead associated with posterior capsular rupture that was detected by B-scan ultrasonography preoperatively. No stigmata of trauma outside the posterior capsule could be detected by slit-lamp exam, funduscopy, and optical coherence tomography. Phacoemulsification with posterior chamber intraocular lens implant was performed 24 hours after trauma, with the patient achieving 6/6 visual acuity 1 week and 6 months after surgery. Our case is unique, being the youngest (amblyogenic age) to be reported, with prompt surgical intervention, and with no signs of trauma outside the posterior capsule.

Published
2014

6. Gynecomastia Management: An Evolution and Refinement in Technique at UT Southwestern Medical Center

Author

Dax Guenther, Rod J. Rohrich, Steven H. Bailey, and Fadi C. Constantine

Subjects
medicine.medical_specialty, Surgical approach, business.industry, medicine.medical_treatment, Scars, Patient characteristics, 030230 surgery, medicine.disease, Periareolar, Surgery, 03 medical and health sciences, 0302 clinical medicine, Ptosis, Gynecomastia, 030220 oncology & carcinogenesis, Liposuction, medicine, ComputingMethodologies_DOCUMENTANDTEXTPROCESSING, Special Topic, medicine.symptom, Stage (cooking), skin and connective tissue diseases, business
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Supplemental Digital Content is available in the text., Summary: Gynecomastia is a benign proliferation of male breast glandular tissue. Gynecomastia can affect men at any stage of life. Traditional treatment options involved excisional surgeries with periareolar or T-shaped scars, which can leave more visible scars on the chest. The technique presented represents a technique used by the senior author, which relies on ultrasonic liposuction and pull-through technique to remove breast tissue. A retrospective chart review was performed, including all patients who were treated, from 2000 to 2013 by the senior author, for gynecomastia. A deidentified database was created to record patient characteristics, including age, height, weight, ptosis, stage of gynecomastia, and gynecomastia classification. Surgical approaches, complications, and revisions were also recorded. Our experience includes 75 patients with all grades of gynecomastia from 2000 to 2013. These cases span the evolution of our technique to include direct pull-through excision with ultrasound-assisted liposuction. The distribution of the grades I, II, III, and IV ptosis was 30.6%, 36 %, 22.6%, and 10.6% respectively. There were no complications in this series. Only one patient with grade III ptosis required revision surgery. This technique provides a safe and aesthetically pleasing way to treat gynecomastia with a low need for revision.

Published
2016

7. Adult Ocular Toxocariasis Mimicking Ciliary Body Malignancy

Author

Bachir Abiad, Alaa Bu Ghannam, Fouad Boulos, Ahmad M. Mansour, Fadi C. Maalouf, Ramzi Alameddine, and Rola N. Hamam

Subjects
medicine.medical_specialty, Pathology, genetic structures, business.industry, Enucleation, lcsh:R, lcsh:Medicine, Case Report, General Medicine, medicine.disease, eye diseases, Sclera, medicine.anatomical_structure, Ciliary body, Cornea, Ophthalmology, medicine, Eosinophilia, sense organs, medicine.symptom, Medulloepithelioma, Red eye, business, Uveitis
Abstract

Purpose. To discuss an unusual presentation of ocular toxocariasis.Methods. Case report.Results. A 40-year-old woman presented with decreased vision in the left eye with a long history of recurrent red eye from uveitis. Eosinophilia and positive ELISA titers forToxocara canisfavored the diagnosis of ocular toxocariasis. Over 3 months, an anterior scleral mass had a rapid growth raising the possibility of medulloepithelioma, which rarely can mimic uveitic syndromes. Surgical plan changed from local excision to enucleation. Histopathology demonstrated a large homogeneous mass of chronic inflammatory cells with inflammation of the overlying thinned out sclera, medial rectus insertion, and limbal cornea. The triad of peripheral granuloma, eosinophilia, and positive blood serology established the diagnosis of ocular toxocariasis.Conclusions. Ocular toxocariasis can mimic ocular malignancy such as medulloepithelioma in adults and rarely presents as an anterior scleral mass.

Published
2014

8. Isolated posterior capsular rupture following blunt head trauma.

Author

Mansour, Ahmad M., Jaroudi, Mahmoud O., Hamam, Rola N., and Fadi C Maalouf

Subjects
CRANIOCEREBRAL injuries, CATARACT in children, BLUNT trauma, OPTICAL coherence tomography, VITRECTOMY, INTRAOCULAR lenses
Abstract

Closed-globe traumatic cataract is not uncommon in males in the pediatric age group. However, there is a relative paucity of literature on isolated posterior lens capsule rupture associated with closed-globe traumatic cataract. We report a case of a 6-year-old boy who presented with white cataract 1 day after blunt trauma to the forehead associated with posterior capsular rupture that was detected by B-scan ultrasonography preoperatively. No stigmata of trauma outside the posterior capsule could be detected by slit-lamp exam, funduscopy, and optical coherence tomography. Phacoemulsification with posterior chamber intraocular lens implant was performed 24 hours after trauma, with the patient achieving 6/6 visual acuity 1 week and 6 months after surgery. Our case is unique, being the youngest (amblyogenic age) to be reported, with prompt surgical intervention, and with no signs of trauma outside the posterior capsule. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Published
2014
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13. Adult Ocular Toxocariasis Mimicking Ciliary Body Malignancy.

Author

Mansour, Ahmad M., Abiad, Bachir, Boulos, Fouad I., Alameddine, Ramzi, Maalouf, Fadi C., Ghannam, Alaa Bu, and Hamam, Rola N.

Subjects
VISCERAL larva migrans, CILIARY body, UVEITIS, EOSINOPHILIA, ENUCLEATION of the eye, WOMEN patients
Abstract

Purpose. To discuss an unusual presentation of ocular toxocariasis. Methods. Case report. Results. A 40-year-old woman presented with decreased vision in the left eye with a long history of recurrent red eye from uveitis. Eosinophilia and positive ELISA titers for Toxocara canis favored the diagnosis of ocular toxocariasis. Over 3 months, an anterior scleral mass had a rapid growth raising the possibility of medulloepithelioma, which rarely can mimic uveitic syndromes. Surgical plan changed from local excision to enucleation. Histopathology demonstrated a large homogeneous mass of chronic inflammatory cells with inflammation of the overlying thinned out sclera, medial rectus insertion, and limbal cornea. The triad of peripheral granuloma, eosinophilia, and positive blood serology established the diagnosis of ocular toxocariasis. Conclusions. Ocular toxocariasis can mimic ocular malignancy such as medulloepithelioma in adults and rarely presents as an anterior scleral mass. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Published
2014
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17. May Measurement Month 2019: The Global Blood Pressure Screening Campaign of the International Society of Hypertension

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Beaney, Thomas, Schutte, Aletta E, Stergiou, George S, Borghi, Claudio, Burger, Dylan, Charchar, Fadi, Cro, Suzie, Diaz, Alejandro, Damasceno, Albertino, Espeche, Walter, Jose, Arun Pulikkottil, Khan, Nadia, Kokubo, Yoshihiro, Maheshwari, Anuj, Marin, Marcos J, More, Arun, Neupane, Dinesh, Nilsson, Peter, Patil, Mansi, Prabhakaran, Dorairaj, Ramirez, Agustin, Rodriguez, Pablo, Schlaich, Markus, Steckelings, Ulrike M, Tomaszewski, Maciej, Unger, Thomas, Wainford, Richard, Wang, Jiguang, Williams, Bryan, Poulter, Neil R, Michael H Olsen, Kristin T West-Gustave, Phillip D Levy, Vivian W. Y. Lee, Kenneth L Connell, Naima N. H. Hammoudi, Pascal Bovet, Bharathi Viswanathan, Sabine Perl, Bernard K Kramer, Adrian J. B. Brady, Olulola O Oladapo, Jephat Chifamba, Dejuma Y Goshu, Desalew M Kassie, Sintayehu A Gebru, Toure A Ibrahim, Soumana Kabirou, Elham Tavassoli, Mahsa Zolfaghari, Vahideh Yavari, Larysa Mishchenko, Olena Matova, Tetiana Kolenyk, Liliiya Zelenenka, Sergiy Fedorov, Maria Dorobantu, Alexandra Paval, Jesse Bittman, Biri Mangat, Sarah Melville, Alexander Leung, Neusa Jessen, Eamon Dolan, Hiroshi N. A. Itoh, Atul Pathak, Tine L. M. De Backer, Arman S Postadzhiyan, Osiris V Valoy-Tiburcio, Angel R Gonzalez-Medina, Laura G Valdez-Valoy, Fernando S Wyss, Erkin Mirrakhimov, Sunil K Nadar, Ana I Barrientos, Chukwuemeka R Nwokocha, Magdalene I Nwokocha, Dean Picone, Jun Yang, Yook C Chia, Siew M Ching, Bertrand F Ellenga Mbolla, Christian M Kouala Landa, Corine Y Houehanou, Kolawole W Wahab, Ayodele B Omotoso, Jose Ortellado, Graciela Gonzales, Luis M Ruilope, Enrique Rodilla, Ana Molinero, Angela J Woodiwiss, Ane Orchard, Ruan Kruger, Jana Brguljan, Nina Bozic, Aleksandra O Konradi, Oxana P Rotar, Irian Chazova, Tiny K Masupe, John T Tlhakanelo, Keneilwe Motlhatlhedi, George Stergiou, Michalis Doumas, Pantelis Zebekakis, Francesco P Cappuccio, Carolina Barciela, Tricia Tay, Naranjargal Dashdorj, Khulan Tuvdendarjaa, Khatantuul Boldbaatar, Fernando T Lanas, Melanie Paccot, Mohammed Ishaq, Saulat Sidique, Feroz Memon, Robert N Najem, Ali K Abu Alfa, Samir M. J. Mallat, Jacek J Jozwiak, Maciej Banach, Piotr Janowski, Betty Twumasi-Ankrah, Gustavus A Myers-Hansen, Elliot K Tannor, Marisa F Neto, Sudhirsen Kowlessur, Bhooshun Ori, Jaysing Heecharan, Hatem A Fageh, Hawa A Derbi, Omara M Msalam, Fastone M Goma, Charity Syatalimi, Penias Jr Tembo, Musawa Mukupa, Henry L Ndhlovu, Maureen L Chirwa, Mary M Mbeba, Parounak H Zelveian, Zoya N Hakobyan, Svetlana Gourgenyan, Myeong-Chan Cho, Hae-Young Lee, Jinho Shin, Gianfranco Parati, Guido Grassi, Claudio Ferri, Bezhan Tsinamdzgvrishvili, Amiran Gamkrelidze, Dali Trapaidze, Eduardo C. D. Barbosa, Weimar S Barroso, Audes M Feitosa, Vanda M Azevedo, Luis A Dias, Glenda N Garcia, Isaulina Delgado, Genc Burazeri, Gentiana Qirjako, Alban Ylli, Rudina Cumashi, Antonieta P Costantini-Olmos, Igor Morr, Elias Chuki, Tzung-Dau Wang, Wen-Jone Chen, Hung-Ju Lin, Fazila-Tun-Nesa Malik, Sohel R Choudhury, Mohammad Abdullah Al Mamun, Mir Ishraquzzaman, Ghadeer S Aljuraiban, Fatima Y Al Slail, Shatha K Aldhwailea, Ann A Badawi, Nguyen L Viet, Hoang A Tien, Nguyen T. A. Dong, Cao T Sinh, Huynh V Minh, Tran K Son, Fortunat K Katamba, Nathan B Buila, Anastase Dzudie, Samuel Kingue, Njume Epie, Armel Njomou, Marie S Ndom, Afzalhussein M Yusufali, Nooshin M Bazargani, Buthaina A. Bin Belaila, Amrish Agrawal, Aisha M Suhail, Elijah N Ogola, Bernard M Gitura, Lilian Mbau, Hellen K Nguchu, Felix A Barasa, Enrique Gomez, Luis A Alcocer, Martin Rosas, Silvia Palomo, Alfredo J Estrada, Patricio Lopez-Jaramillo, Gregorio Sanchez-Vallejo, Maria E Casanova, Edgar Arcos, Gustavo Aroca, Bhagawan Koirala, Harikrishna Bhattarai, Ghanashyam Pandey, Surya Devkota, Sweta Koirala, Kamal Ranabhat, Pratik Khanal, Tara B Adhikari, Dolores D Bonzon, Deborah Ignacia D Ona, Leilani M Asis, Benjamin A Balmores Jr, Rafael C Castillo, Diego J Stisman, Walter G Espeche, Marcos J Marin, Irene L Ennis, Xin Chen, Hongyu Wang, Min Liu, Xinhua Yin, Xiaolong Wang, Sandeep Bhalla, Priyanka Gupta, Narsingh Verma, Bal K Gupta, Shehla Sheikh, Gregoire Wuerzner, Laura Garré, José Boggia, Dédonougbo M Houenassi, José A OctavioSeijas, Jean-René M'buyamba-Kabangu, Trésor M Tshiswaka, Dénes Páll, Zoltán Járai, Rafael Hernández, Fortunato Garcia Vásquez, Jesús A Lopez-Rivera, Monica L Gúzman-Franolic, Savarino Victoria Pereira, Mário J Fernandes, Maria S Garcia, Teresa Gijon, Vitoria V. B. Meira Da Cunha, Beaney T, Schutte AE, Stergiou GS, Borghi C, Burger D, Charchar F, Cro S, Diaz A, Damasceno A, Espeche W, Jose AP, Khan N, Kokubo Y, Maheshwari A, Marin MJ, More A, Neupane D, Nilsson P, Patil M, Prabhakaran D, Ramirez A, Rodriguez P, Schlaich M, Steckelings UM, Tomaszewski M, Unger T, Wainford R, Wang J, Williams B, Poulter NR, Thomas, B, Aletta E, S, George S, S, Claudio, B, Dylan, B, Fadi, C, Suzie, C, Alejandro, D, Albertino, D, Walter, E, Arun Pulikkottil, J, Nadia, K, Yoshihiro, K, Anuj, M, Marcos J, M, Arun, M, Dinesh, N, Peter, N, Mansi, P, Dorairaj, P, Agustin, R, Pablo, R, Markus, S, Ulrike M, S, Maciej, T, Thomas, U, Richard, W, Jiguang, W, Bryan, W, Neil R, P, H Olsen, M, T West-Gustave, K, D Levy, P, Lee, V, L Connell, K, Hammoudi, N, Bovet, P, Viswanathan, B, Perl, S, K Kramer, B, Brady, A, O Oladapo, O, Chifamba, J, Y Goshu, D, M Kassie, D, A Gebru, S, A Ibrahim, T, Kabirou, S, Tavassoli, E, Zolfaghari, M, Yavari, V, Mishchenko, L, Matova, O, Kolenyk, T, Zelenenka, L, Fedorov, S, Dorobantu, M, Paval, A, Bittman, J, Mangat, B, Melville, S, Leung, A, Jessen, N, Dolan, E, Itoh, H, Pathak, A, De Backer, T, S Postadzhiyan, A, V Valoy-Tiburcio, O, R Gonzalez-Medina, A, G Valdez-Valoy, L, S Wyss, F, Mirrakhimov, E, K Nadar, S, I Barrientos, A, R Nwokocha, C, I Nwokocha, M, Picone, D, Yang, J, C Chia, Y, M Ching, S, F Ellenga Mbolla, B, M Kouala Landa, C, Y Houehanou, C, W Wahab, K, B Omotoso, A, Ortellado, J, Gonzales, G, M Ruilope, L, Rodilla, E, Molinero, A, J Woodiwiss, A, Orchard, A, Kruger, R, Brguljan, J, Bozic, N, O Konradi, A, P Rotar, O, Chazova, I, K Masupe, T, T Tlhakanelo, J, Motlhatlhedi, K, Stergiou, G, Doumas, M, Zebekakis, P, P Cappuccio, F, Barciela, C, Tay, T, Dashdorj, N, Tuvdendarjaa, K, Boldbaatar, K, T Lanas, F, Paccot, M, Ishaq, M, Sidique, S, Memon, F, N Najem, R, K Abu Alfa, A, Mallat, S, J Jozwiak, J, Banach, M, Janowski, P, Twumasi-Ankrah, B, A Myers-Hansen, G, K Tannor, E, F Neto, M, Kowlessur, S, Ori, B, Heecharan, J, A Fageh, H, A Derbi, H, M Msalam, O, M Goma, F, Syatalimi, C, Jr Tembo, P, Mukupa, M, L Ndhlovu, H, L Chirwa, M, M Mbeba, M, H Zelveian, P, N Hakobyan, Z, Gourgenyan, S, Cho, M, Lee, H, Shin, J, Parati, G, Grassi, G, Ferri, C, Tsinamdzgvrishvili, B, Gamkrelidze, A, Trapaidze, D, Barbosa, E, S Barroso, W, M Feitosa, A, M Azevedo, V, A Dias, L, N Garcia, G, Delgado, I, Burazeri, G, Qirjako, G, Ylli, A, Cumashi, R, P Costantini-Olmos, A, Morr, I, Chuki, E, Wang, T, Chen, W, Lin, H, Malik, F, R Choudhury, S, Abdullah Al Mamun, M, Ishraquzzaman, M, S Aljuraiban, G, Y Al Slail, F, K Aldhwailea, S, A Badawi, A, L Viet, N, A Tien, H, Dong, N, T Sinh, C, V Minh, H, K Son, T, K Katamba, F, B Buila, N, Dzudie, A, Kingue, S, Epie, N, Njomou, A, S Ndom, M, M Yusufali, A, M Bazargani, N, Bin Belaila, B, Agrawal, A, M Suhail, A, N Ogola, E, M Gitura, B, Mbau, L, K Nguchu, H, A Barasa, F, Gomez, E, A Alcocer, L, Rosas, M, Palomo, S, J Estrada, A, Lopez-Jaramillo, P, Sanchez-Vallejo, G, E Casanova, M, Arcos, E, Aroca, G, Koirala, B, Bhattarai, H, Pandey, G, Devkota, S, Koirala, S, Ranabhat, K, Khanal, P, B Adhikari, T, D Bonzon, D, D Ona, D, M Asis, L, A Balmores Jr, B, C Castillo, R, J Stisman, D, G Espeche, W, J Marin, M, L Ennis, I, Chen, X, Wang, H, Liu, M, Yin, X, Wang, X, Bhalla, S, Gupta, P, Verma, N, K Gupta, B, Sheikh, S, Wuerzner, G, Garré, L, Boggia, J, M Houenassi, D, A OctavioSeijas, J, M'buyamba-Kabangu, J, M Tshiswaka, T, Páll, D, Járai, Z, Hernández, R, Garcia Vásquez, F, A Lopez-Rivera, J, L Gúzman-Franolic, M, Victoria Pereira, S, J Fernandes, M, S Garcia, M, Gijon, T, Meira Da Cunha, V, and RS: CARIM other

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Male, Population level, Comorbidity, 030204 cardiovascular system & hematology, 0302 clinical medicine, Prevalence, adults, Medicine, Mass Screening, awareness, 030212 general & internal medicine, 1102 Cardiorespiratory Medicine and Haematology, Aged, 80 and over, Aspirin, treatment, adults, awareness, blood pressure, hypertension, risk factor, screening, treatment, blood pressure, Middle Aged, Lifestyle factors, risk factor, Female, Life Sciences & Biomedicine, medicine.drug, Adult, medicine.medical_specialty, hypertension, Adolescent, awarene, Opportunistic Sampling, Elevated blood, 1117 Public Health and Health Services, 03 medical and health sciences, Young Adult, Internal Medicine, Humans, Risk factor, Antihypertensive Agents, Aged, Science & Technology, business.industry, screening, Blood Pressure Determination, 1103 Clinical Sciences, Mean blood pressure, Blood pressure, Peripheral Vascular Disease, Cardiovascular System & Hematology, Emergency medicine, Cardiovascular System & Cardiology, business, MMM Investigators
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Elevated blood pressure remains the single biggest risk factor contributing to the global burden of disease and mortality. May Measurement Month is an annual global screening campaign aiming to improve awareness of blood pressure at the individual and population level. Adults ({greater than or equal to}18 years) recruited through opportunistic sampling were screened at sites in 92 countries during May 2019. Ideally three blood pressure readings were measured for each participant, and data on lifestyle factors and co-morbidities were collected. Hypertension was defined as a systolic BP {greater than or equal to} 140 mmHg, and/or a diastolic BP {greater than or equal to} 90 mmHg (mean of the second and third readings) or taking antihypertensive medication. When necessary, multiple imputation was used to estimate participants' mean blood pressure. Mixed-effects models were used to evaluate associations between blood pressure and participant characteristics. Of 1,508,130 screenees 482,273 (32.0%) had never had a blood pressure measurement before and 513,337 (34.0%) had hypertension, of whom 58.7% were aware and 54.7% were on antihypertensive medication. Of those on medication, 57.8% were controlled to

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2020
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18. Development of Inkjet-Printed PEDOT:PSS-Based Organic Electrochemical Transistor (OECT) for Biopotential Amplification.

Author

Khoury FC, Saleh SA, Habli ZS, and Khraiche ML

Subjects
Data Collection, Electrodes, Technology
Abstract

With the ever-increasing need for miniaturized and biocompatible devices for physiological recordings, high signal fidelity and ease of fabrication are key to achieve reliable data collection. This calls for the development of active recording devices such as Organic Electrochemical Transistors (OECTs) which, compared to passive electrodes, offer local amplification. In this work, we built PEDOT:PSS based OECTs using novel inkjet printing technology, achieving a transconductance of 75 mS. The device was later used to amplify arbitrary signals simulating in vivo recordings. Gate voltage offset manipulation offered a range of current peak-to-peak amplitudes. Additionally, we demonstrate a simple circuit for voltage readings, where another resistor-dependent characterization involving voltage source and drain voltage is performed. At ideal operating point and when using a 220 Ω resistor, a gain of 14.5 is achieved.Clinical Relevance- 1 This work demonstrates the ability to rapidly and easily develop OECT-based technology for potential signal sensing for more accurate diagnosis of pathologies and diseases.

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2023
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19. Validation of a laser-assisted wound measurement device for measuring wound volume.

Author

Davis KE, Constantine FC, Macaslan EC, Bills JD, Noble DL, and Lavery LA

Subjects
Animals, Swine, Wound Healing, Dimensional Measurement Accuracy, Lasers, Software, Wounds and Injuries pathology
Abstract

Background: Accurate and precise wound measurement is an essential part of the medical record when monitoring a patient with a chronic wound. This study was designed to determine if a new device, a laser-assisted wound measurement (LAWM) device, provides valid measurements for wound area, depth, and volume., Methods: We compared four methods to evaluate the area and volume of 12 wounds of differing size and depth that were created on the dorsum of a sacrificed pig. We evaluated the LAWM device, digital photograph assessment with National Institutes of Health ImageJ software, measurements of depth with a ruler, and weight-to-volume assessment with dental paste. We then sought to cross validate this data with further analyses obtained from these measurements using a Play-Doh®-based wound as a model for constant area with different depths., Results: We demonstrate that the LAWM device measures wound area accurately. Depth (and therefore volume) measurements, however, are artificially low. This inaccuracy is the same for shallow and deep wounds., Conclusions: The inaccuracy in the depth and volume measurements with the LAWM device results in an artificially low measurement. However, this may not affect percentage difference measurements. Further studies will need to be performed to determine if this device can accurately determine wound changes in the clinical setting., (© 2013 Diabetes Technology Society.)

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2013
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20. Consanguineous marriage and congenital heart defects: a case-control study in the neonatal period.

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Yunis K, Mumtaz G, Bitar F, Chamseddine F, Kassar M, Rashkidi J, Makhoul G, and Tamim H

Subjects
Adult, Case-Control Studies, Female, Heart Defects, Congenital classification, Heart Septal Defects, Atrial genetics, Heart Septal Defects, Ventricular genetics, Heart Ventricles abnormalities, Humans, Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome genetics, Infant, Newborn, Lebanon, Male, Pregnancy, Risk Factors, Consanguinity, Heart Defects, Congenital genetics
Abstract

The independent effect of consanguinity on the prevalence of congenital heart defects (CHDs), all and specific types, was investigated in newborns admitted to nine hospitals located in Beirut, Lebanon and members of the National Collaborative Perinatal Neonatal Network (NCPNN). Cases were 173 newborns admitted to the Neonatal Intensive Care Units (NICU) of participating hospitals during the 3-year period from January 1, 2000 to December 31, 2002 and diagnosed during their hospital stay as having one or more CHD. Cases with chromosomal abnormalities were excluded. Cases with more than one CHD were assigned one principal malformation. Controls consisted of a random sample of 865 newborns without a CHD admitted to the NICU during the same period. After controlling for confounders, first cousin consanguinity remained significantly associated with an increased risk of CHD: infants born to first cousin marriages had a 1.8 times higher risk of having a CHD diagnosed at birth compared to those born to unrelated parents (95% CI: 1.1-3.1). In particular, first-cousin marriage was a significant risk factor for ventricular septal defect (VSD), atrial septal defect (ASD), hypoplastic left heart (HLH), and single ventricle (SV). No association was found with d-transposition of the great arteries, coarctation, pulmonary atresia (PA), atrioventricular septal defect (AVSD), and tetralogy of Fallot (TOF). The results of this study suggest a familial factor in the multifactorial etiology of CHDs. Additional epidemiologic and family-based genetic studies are needed to understand the complex cause of CHDs., (Copyright 2006 Wiley-Liss, Inc.)

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2006
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