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Participatory techniques have been adopted in vigilance of Civitavecchia's port activities, in order to control and remove injury causes. Injuries were studied by small participatory groups of port workers. As an example, seafastening operations were analyzed. The project team encouraged the workers to design ergonomic measures, or to modify work organization. Workers made suggestions and presented their points of view, that were reported to management for implementation.
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Accidents, Occupational/prevention & control , Ergonomics , Health Education , Patient Participation , Safety , HumansABSTRACT
A concise review is presented of the current applications and techniques of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in the field of diagnostic imaging of oncologic disease of the gastrointestinal tract, with a summary of the diagnostic possibilities of MRI in the various types of tumor pathology of the gastrointestinal tract. We conclude with a review of the specific situations in which MRI presents distinct advantages over other diagnostic imaging methods (such as computed tomography and ultrasound).
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Gastrointestinal Neoplasms/pathology , Magnetic Resonance Imaging/methods , Neoplasm Staging/methods , Contrast Media/administration & dosage , Humans , Sensitivity and Specificity , Tomography, X-Ray Computed , UltrasonographyABSTRACT
A case of malignant schwannoma of the larynx in a 9 year old boy is reported. The lesion recurred 29 months later with the same histological pattern. The malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumours of the larynx are rare and are almost exceptional in paediatric age. The Authors discuss the main differential diagnosis of spindle cell paediatric tumors of the laryngeal region.
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Laryngeal Neoplasms/pathology , Neurilemmoma/pathology , Child , Humans , MaleABSTRACT
The Authors describe the case of an immunologically healthy 14 year old boy presenting a hepatic infection with multiple abscesses. This case is of particular interest because of its rarity in Pediatrics. Probable etiologies, pathogenic mechanisms and treatments are discussed. The Authors underline the usefulness of ultrasonography as a diagnostic tool and as a non-invasive means of following the course of the disease.
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Liver Abscess , Adolescent , Follow-Up Studies , Humans , Imipenem/administration & dosage , Imipenem/therapeutic use , Liver Abscess/diagnostic imaging , Liver Abscess/drug therapy , Male , Time Factors , Tomography, X-Ray Computed , UltrasonographyABSTRACT
We compared the results, by prenatal ultrasonography, effected on 2592 foetus at the 15th-25th-35th weeks of gestation with the ones, made by postnatal ultrasonography, effected the 5th day of life on 2539 infants born from pregnancies previously monitored. We considered the obstructive and not obstructive malformations. The prenatal ultrasonography put in evidence 19 cases of urological pathology, which is 0.75%. The postnatal research established the truth of 14 cases, which is 0.55%; 7 cases underwent a precocious surgical operation. Percentage of positive false is 0.2%. The postnatal ultrasonography made evident 30 cases which can be considered pathological: 25 uropathy obstructive cases and 5 uropathy not-obstructive cases; 3 of them underwent precocious surgical operation. The result is 44 pathological cases (1.74% of infants). We also considered an heterogeneous group of non-nephro-urological anomalies (0.47%), a casual medical report of this research; in particular, 10 cases of surrenal hematoma and 1 case of neuroblastoma. The Authors remark that it's useful to complete the prenatal ultrasonographic research with another postnatal ultrasonographic research, particularly in the nephro-urological pathology; and they hope this system can be much more diffuse.
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Neonatal Screening/methods , Ultrasonography, Prenatal , Urologic Diseases/diagnostic imaging , Female , Follow-Up Studies , Humans , Infant, Newborn , Pregnancy , Urologic Diseases/congenital , Urologic Diseases/epidemiologySubject(s)
Aortic Rupture/diagnostic imaging , Adolescent , Aorta, Thoracic , Female , Humans , Male , Middle Aged , RadiographySubject(s)
Lichen Planus/pathology , Tongue Diseases/pathology , Female , Humans , Leukoplakia, Oral/pathology , Middle Aged , NeckSubject(s)
Chronic Kidney Disease-Mineral and Bone Disorder/etiology , Hyperparathyroidism, Secondary/etiology , Kidney Failure, Chronic/therapy , Receptors, Steroid/therapeutic use , Renal Dialysis/adverse effects , Adolescent , Adult , Aged , Alkaline Phosphatase/blood , Calcium/blood , Cholecalciferol/therapeutic use , Chronic Kidney Disease-Mineral and Bone Disorder/diagnostic imaging , Chronic Kidney Disease-Mineral and Bone Disorder/drug therapy , Female , Humans , Hyperparathyroidism, Secondary/blood , Hyperparathyroidism, Secondary/drug therapy , Kidney Failure, Chronic/blood , Kidney Failure, Chronic/complications , Long-Term Care , Male , Middle Aged , Osteomalacia/diagnostic imaging , Osteomalacia/drug therapy , Osteomalacia/etiology , Parathyroid Glands/surgery , Parathyroid Hormone/blood , Phosphorus/blood , Radiography , Receptors, CalcitriolABSTRACT
The diagnostic usefulness and practical possibilities of mass X-ray screening in lung cancer is examined. On the basis of the literature and personal experience, the conclusion is cautiously pessimistic, in agreement with what has recently been stated by Lemoine, Corda and others.