Journal of the College of Physicians and Surgeons--Pakistan : JCPSP
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J Coll Physicians Surg Pak · Jan 2023
The Impact of Ureteral Wall Thickness on Spontaneous Passage and Development of Long-term Ureteral Stricture in Patients with Ureteral Stone.
To evaluate the association of ureteral wall thickness (UWT) with spontaneous passage (SP) of ureteral stones and formation of ureteral stricture (US) in patients who underwent ureterorenoscopy for ureteral stones. ⋯ Ureteral calculi, Ureterorenoscopy, Ureteral wall thickness, Ureteral stricture.
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J Coll Physicians Surg Pak · Jan 2023
Diffusion-weighted Imaging in the Benign-malignant Differentiation of Endometrial Pathologies; Effectiveness of Visual Evaluation.
To investigate the effectiveness of diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI) in the differentiation of benign and malignant endometrial pathologies by measuring the apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) values and performing a visual evaluation. ⋯ Diffusion-weighted imaging, Endometrial pathologies, ADC, Visual evaluation.
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J Coll Physicians Surg Pak · Jan 2023
Observational StudyPredictive Value of HBsAg for Off-treatment Response in HBeAg-negative Chronic Hepatitis B Patients.
To investigate the virological relapse (VR) rate and prognostic value of the HBsAg level at treatment completion for predicting sustained off-treatment response in HBeAg-negative patients after neucleos(t)ide analog (NA) therapy. ⋯ Hepatitis B surface antigen, Nucleos(t)ide analogs, Cessation, Relapse.
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J Coll Physicians Surg Pak · Jan 2023
Observational StudyClinical Prognostic Factors During the Last One Month of Life in Terminally Ill Cancer Patients: A Retrospective Observational Study.
To explore the trajectory of clinical symptoms and biomarkers in the last four weeks of life in terminally ill cancer patients. ⋯ Cancer, Ordinal regression analysis, Death, Terminal illness, Biomarkers.
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J Coll Physicians Surg Pak · Jan 2023
Observational StudyTotal Lesion Glycolysis Obtained by FDG PET/CT in Diagnosing Solitary Pulmonary Nodules.
To evaluate the diagnostic performance of total lesion glycolysis (TLG) obtained by 18F-FDG PET/ CT to differentiate malignant solitary pulmonary nodules (SPNs) from benign ones. ⋯ 18F-FDG PET/CT, SUVmax, TLG, Pulmonary nodule.