01 Sep 2011
| by Dr Natasha Jordan and Dr David D'Cruz
and a formal urinary protein:creatinine ratio calculated.
Central and peripheral nervous system ...
Section 1: Epidemiology and aetiology Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a complex ...
part but the precise role of estrogens in modulating the immune system is unclear.
SLE is more ...
18 Apr 2012
| by Dr Tillmann Jacobi
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Disruptions in the central nervous system (15%), namely the brain stem, or psychological or psychiatric conflicts (10%), as well as cardiovascular, visual, proprioceptive and other systemic conditions can cause ...
themselves.
1. Aetiology
In about 40% of vertigo, the problem lies in the peripheral vestibular system ...
09 Dec 2010
| by Mr Keyoumars Ashkan
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Gliomas are tumours arising from glial cells, which are the supporting cells of the central nervous system ...
with brain and other central nervous system tumours. London, NICE, 2006.
NICE Technology Appraisal ...
, Wanke I, Maschke M. Neuroimaging of infections of the central nervous system. Semin Neurol 2008; 28 ...
25 Jan 2012
| by Harry Longman
workload? Partner Dr Kam Singh explains: 'Under our old system, we wasted a dozen or more appointments ...
love the system and the GPs can make more time for themselves. 'That is translating into lower costs ...
. 'They found none who didn't like the new system,' Dr Singh says.
Nationally more than 40 practices ...
24 Nov 2011
| by Dr Keith Barnard
Periodontal disease is easily treated, but can have systemic consequences, says Dr Keith Barnard....enlargement of the gums, often with bleeding, can be indicative of leukaemia.
5. Associated systemic disease There is a well recognised association between gum diseases and systemic diseases, and much ...
and cardiovascular disease (CVD), diabetes mellitus, preterm low birthweight and osteoporosis. 1
Systemic disease ...
14 Mar 2012
| by Dr Margaret Denman
or musculoskeletal systems may help.
It is important to pinpoint when and where the patient feels the pain ...
of the patient's demeanour, for example if she is tense, nervous or reluctant to have an intimate examination ...
of analgesics or the use of cushions may be useful. Atrophic vaginitis can be treated with systemic or topical ...
14 Apr 2011
| by Dr Lisa Lowry and Professor David Linch
risks, particularly affecting the cardiorespiratory and peripheral nervous systems.
Limited stage ...
the presence of systemic symptoms including unexplained weight loss, night sweats, fever more or equal to 38C o ...
not differentiate HL from other causes of systemic illness. A patient with HL may have entirely normal laboratory ...
18 Nov 2010
| by Margaret Baines and Dr Nicholas Buckley
system from our current supplier. The new system is a centrally hosted one and, as early adopters, we ...
An effective IT system is so pivotal to the smooth running of a modern GP surgery that changing to a new system can seem a daunting task.
Having used the same system for 15 years, we approached ...
16 May 2012
| by Dr Pallavi Bradshaw
, but the experience of the Medical Protection Society (MPS) is that many practices do not have an effective system ...
issues such as misdiagnosis, poor outcome, near miss systems failure, human error and unexpectedly good ...
in systems or patients' care to be identified and changes implemented to improve quality, prevent repetition ...
11 Jan 2012
| by Dr Louise Newson
-300033 Heart rate variability (HRV) is a marker for the autonomic nervous system and impaired autonomic ...