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Current challenges in the clinical management of IUGR include accurate diagnosis of the truly growth restricted fetus, selection of appropriate fetal surveillance and optimizing the timing of delivery. This study was conducted to evaluate the role of umbilical artery Doppler and ductusvenosus Doppler in management of IUGR pregnancy and perinatal outcome. Total 80 patients who were presented to the in-patient and out-patient department of obstetrics and gynecology of SSKM and IPGME&R Hospital between 28-36 weeks POG with IUGR pregnancy were included in the present study.

Introduction: In Brazil, university hospitals have fundamental importance in the evolution of the Unified Health System (SUS) and in several areas that favor the improvement of the health conditions of the population. Thus, this article aims to analyze performance indicators of the Onofre LopesUniversitary Hospital, located in the northeast region of the country, before and after joining the management contract with the Brazilian Hospital Services Company (EBSERH).

When ASHAs were introduced in NRHM in 2005, their primary aim was to visit homes of newborns as the first program in UP operated through the ASHAs was the Comprehensive Child Survival Program in 2008. Since then, tracking of all deliveries and all the newborns are an integral part of the work of ASHAs in all the primary health care programs operated by the NHM in UP. The current study explores some of the crucial variables of the targeted activities of the ASHAs in absolute numbers in four districts of UP.

The health of professors interferes in the education process as a factor in social change. Objective: To synthesize and analyze the scientific knowledge already produced about the health of higher education professors of public institutions in Brazil. Method: Integrative review of scientific articles that answered the guiding question "How is the health of the university professor of public institutions in Brazil?". Eight databases with significance for the subject were selected for the search: PubMed - U.S.

The use of positron emission computed tomography in radiotherapy planning has increased over the last decade. In this study, we analyzed, through a bibliographic research, the use of positron emission computed tomography examination in radiotherapy of gliomas. The research was conducted from October to November 2017, in the databases of "VHL", "Science Direct", "Pubmed" and "Web of Science", through the married descriptors: Positron Emission Tomography Computed Tomography OR pet AND Radiotherapy AND Planning and was constituted of 14 articles published in the period from 2013 to 2017.

Sperm morphology is an important factor in analyzing male infertility. The assessment of the percentage of spermatozoa having an ideal morphology is done according to the WHO laboratory manual for semen analysis. Aim: To study the morphological defects of sperm with normal sperm counts. Materials and Methods: It is a prospective study. 86 cases with normal sperm count were included in the study. Morphology was analysed on Papanicolaou stained smears. The defects were categorized into: Head defects, neck defect, mid piece defect and tail defects.

Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) is a complex and heterogeneous clinical condition, which involves an inability to establish affective and interpersonal contact. The etiology of this disorder may be associated with hundreds of different genes, and the use of large-scale genome screening techniques such as Chromosome Analysis by Microarray (CMA) is usually required for its determination.

Stigma and the resulting discrimination exclude people with mental illness from activities that are open to other people. Distressing or disabling chronic mental illness challenges effective coping. This study looked to assess the self-experience stigma and adopted coping abilities. The Objectives are 1.To assess the self-experience stigma of chronic mentally ill patients.2.To assess the adopted coping abilities of chronic mentally ill patients. 3.

Aim: To compare the antimicrobial efficacy of calcium hydroxide and chlorhexidine against E.faecalis. Material and Method: MEDLINE, the Cochrane library, Google Scholar and major journals were searched for studies from 1st Jan 2006 to 31st July 2017 to identify appropriate articles. A comprehensive search was designed, and the articles were independently screened for eligibility by two reviewers. In vitro studies comparing antimicrobial efficacy of calcium hydroxide and chlorhexidine against E.faecalis were considered for review.

The main aim of this study was to evaluate the thyroid abnormalities using ultrasound and scintigraphy. Methods: A The study population consisted of 173 patients were seen by surgeons and medical doctors , were diagnosed clinically as having thyroid issues, and referred to Nuclear Medicine and Radiology Department, Fujairah hospital for thyroid scintigraphy and neck ultrasound during the period from Jan 10, 2016 to June 30, 2018. All patients Thyroid function test were done before coming to radiology department. So all results were comparing with the thyroid function tests (TFT) results.