Open Access DOI:10.23937/2469-5718/1510143
Acute Heart Rate Responses to Resistance Exercise at Different Cadences
Marc R Apkarian
Article Type: Research Article | First Published: September 21, 2019
The purpose of this study was to evaluate whether movement speed, or cadence, affects the heart rate (HR) response to three sets of 10 repetitions of resistance exercise at slow (6 seconds/repetition) and fast (2 seconds/repetition) cadences. When three sets of 10 repetitions are performed on the angled leg press at a slow cadence, a significant increase in peak HR occurs for the sets, while the fast cadence does not demonstrate an increase in peak HR values. The is presumed in part due to infl...
Open Access DOI:10.23937/2572-3235.1510054
Radiation Dose Reduction Comparing Dual Axis Rotational Coronary Angiography against Conventional Coronary Angiography in a Population with 100% Suspected Coronary Artery Disease: A Randomized Trial
Jorge Szarfer
Article Type: Research Article | First Published: September 16, 2019
We sought to compare the radiation dose, contrast volume, and procedure time between dual-axis rotational coronary angiography (DARCA) and conventional coronary angiography (CCA) techniques in a setting characterized by a prevalence of 100% suspected coronary artery disease. All-comers, prospective, randomized, open-label trial. Cine acquisition dose-area product (DAP), cumulative Air Kerma (AK), effective dose (E), fluoroscopic time, contrast volume, AK, cine acquisition DAP (CADAP), fluorosco...
Open Access DOI:10.23937/2469-5769/1510055
Signal Processing Technique for Identifying Pacifier Artifacts in Pediatric Sleep Lab Airflow Data
Padmini Selvaganesan, Michala Dauterman, Ajay Mahajan and Jyoti Krishna
Article Type: Research Article | First Published: September 16, 2019
For diagnosing sleep apnea, patients are required to stay overnight in a sleep lab, and various physiological signals are recorded using different sensors. The data collected during the study is often prone to artifacts due to various reasons and one such artifact in younger patients is due to the use of pacifiers which corrupts the signal from the sensors. One of the sensor signals which is corrupted frequently is the airflow signal. This airflow signal is obtained using a thermistor that is pl...
Open Access DOI:10.23937/2572-4037.1510044
Denial and Depression in Patients with Digestive System Cancer
Ahmet Topuzoglu, Can Cimilli, Onur Ulas Agdanli and Tolga Binbay
Article Type: Research Article | First Published: September 16, 2019
This research was conducted as a case control study. Denial and depression were assessed in 105 patients with digestive system cancer (n = 36; 34.3% were diagnosed with depression). Denial was assessed using the denial of cancer interview, and depression was investigated using SCID-1 and Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale. Defense mechanisms were assessed using the Defense Mechanism Rating Scale. Patients with depression were less likely to experience denial. Neurotic and immature defense m...
Open Access DOI:10.23937/2469-5807/1510100
Comparative Immunohistochemical Staining for Chromogranin A and Synaptophysin in Intestinal Carcinoids
Tatsuo Tomita
Article Type: Research Article | First Published: September 16, 2019
Duodenal and ileal carcinoids were strongly positive for CgA, with or without invasion through intestinal wall. Small appendiceal carcinoids were weakly immunostained for CgA and SPY. Colorectal carcinoids were low-grade tumors especially those of small polypoid tumors (< 1.0 cm) with CgA-negative staining while larger tumors (> 2.0 cm) infiltrating through wall were more aggressive with often CgA positive staining. CgA positive carcinoids of duodenum, small intestine and colorectum of larger th...
Open Access DOI:10.23937/2643-4563/1710017
Pharmacokinetics of Oxaliplatin in a Hemodialysis Patient with Metastatic Colon Cancer
Yoshiaki Nagatani, Yoshinori Imamura, Tsutomu Nakamura, Kazuhiko Yamashita, Mamoru Okuno, Hiroyuki Yasui, Jun Hiraoka, Riho Niigata, Keiji Kono, Yasuko Hyogo, Hirotaka Suto, Kei Takenaka, Yohei Funakoshi, Masanori Toyoda, Naomi Kiyota and Hironobu Minami
Article Type: Original Article | First Published: September 16, 2019
Although oxaliplatin is one of the main anticancer agents used against colorectal cancer, data on the pharmacokinetics of oxaliplatin in patients on hemodialysis are limited. In this case study, we evaluated the pharmacokinetics and safety of oxaliplatin in a patient on hemodialysis treated for colon cancer. A 68-year-old Japanese woman receiving chronic hemodialysis was treated for metastatic colon cancer with modified FOLFOX6 plus bevacizumab every 2 weeks. Initial oxaliplatin dose was reduc...
Open Access DOI:10.23937/2378-346X/1410110
Recurrent Idiopathic Orbital Myositis: Two Case Reports
Pinar EROZ and Mehmet Atila Argin
Article Type: Case Report | First Published: September 23, 2019
Idiopathic orbital myositis is a subtype of idiopathic orbital inflammatory diseases characterized by inflammation of the extraocular muscles. The diagnosis of the disease is made clinically and radiologically. Clinically characterized by periorbital edema, ptosis, propitosis, diplopia and painful eye movements. The diagnosis is made by observing the enlargement of the involved muscles in the orbital CT. The most common differential diagnosis is thyroid ophthalmopathy. In this study, we presente...