scholarly journals The role of computed tomography in evaluating body composition and the influence of reduced muscle mass on clinical outcome in abdominal malignancy: a systematic review

2015 ◽  
Vol 69 (10) ◽  
pp. 1079-1086 ◽  
Author(s):  
D J Gibson ◽  
S T Burden ◽  
B J Strauss ◽  
C Todd ◽  
S Lal
Keyword(s):  
Computed Tomography ◽  
Systematic Review ◽  
Body Composition ◽  
Clinical Outcome ◽  
Muscle Mass ◽  
Abdominal Malignancy

scholarly journals Role of Computed Tomography-Guided Percutaneous Celiac Plexus Neurolysis in Relieving Pain Due to Abdominal Malignancy

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hesham Mohamed Atef Soliman ◽  
Elsayed Elmekawy Elsayed ◽  
Mohamed Shawky Elwarraky ◽  
Tarek Fawzy Abd Ella
Keyword(s):  
Computed Tomography ◽  
Celiac Plexus ◽  
Abdominal Malignancy

Clinical outcomes associated with computed tomography‐based body composition measures in lung transplantation: a systematic review

2020 ◽  
Vol 33 (12) ◽  
pp. 1610-1625
Author(s):  
Dmitry Rozenberg ◽  
Camila E. Orsso ◽  
Karan Chohan ◽  
Ani Orchanian‐Cheff ◽  
Sahar Nourouzpour ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Computed Tomography ◽  
Systematic Review ◽  
Body Composition ◽  
Lung Transplantation ◽  
Clinical Outcomes

scholarly journals The Role of Peripheral Inflammation in Clinical Outcome and Brain Imaging Abnormalities in Psychosis: A Systematic Review

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Melisa Kose ◽  
Carmine M. Pariante ◽  
Paola Dazzan ◽  
Valeria Mondelli
Keyword(s):  
Systematic Review ◽  
Clinical Outcome ◽  
Inflammatory Markers ◽  
Psychotic Disorders ◽  
Treatment Resistance ◽  
Hippocampal Volume ◽  
Inflammatory Biomarkers ◽  
Peripheral Inflammation ◽  
Neuroimaging Data

Promising research investigating the association between inflammatory biomarkers and response to antipsychotic and/or adjunctive therapy, observed by improvement in psychiatric assessment, is emerging. Increased inflammation has been suggested to contribute to higher severity of symptoms/treatment resistance through the effects that this has on brain structure and function. The present systematic review aims to clarify the potential role of peripheral inflammatory markers as predictors of clinical outcomes and their association with neuroimaging markers in patients with psychosis. Systematic searches of the literature using the databases PsychInfo, OVID Medline, and Embase were conducted to collate studies investigating the association of inflammatory biomarkers with clinical outcome in patients with psychotic disorders and studies examining the relationships between inflammatory biomarkers and neuroimaging data. Seventeen studies on predictors of clinical outcome and 14 on associations between neuroimaging data and inflammatory biomarkers in psychosis were identified, and risk of bias was assessed using the Newcastle-Ottawa Scale (NOS). The main inflammatory markers associated with clinical outcome in psychosis were interleukin (IL)-6, IL-10, and C-reactive protein (CRP). High levels of CRP and IL-6 were associated with worse clinical outcome and deterioration of symptoms over time; in contrast, increased levels of IL-10 were associated with greater symptoms improvement. Smaller hippocampal volume and reduced cortical thickness were the main neuroimaging markers associated with increased peripheral inflammation. The heterogeneity across the studies (i.e., treatments strategies, duration) suggests that potential prediction power of inflammatory biomarkers could partially depend on the methodologies, supported by the overall NOS ratings of the studies. Future studies may need to consider whether a combination of these inflammatory and neuroimaging markers could further improve our ability of predicting clinical outcome in patients with psychosis.

scholarly journals Role of Computed Tomography In The Evaluation of Severity of Acute Pancreatitis

KYAMC Journal ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 738-744
Author(s):  
Md Mofazzal Sharif ◽  
Mahfuz Ara Ferdousi ◽  
Md Towhidur Rahman ◽  
Nayeema Rahman ◽  
Md Nayeem Ullah ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Computed Tomography ◽  
Acute Pancreatitis ◽  
Clinical Outcome ◽  
Surgical Intervention ◽  
Gall Stone ◽  
Severity Index ◽  
Clinical Findings ◽  
Time Period ◽  
Mild Acute Pancreatitis

Title: Role of computed tomography in the evaluation of severity of acute pancreatitis.Introduction: Early diagnosis and determination of severity of acute pancreatitis is important for management and it depends largely on severity of disease. Medical treatment of mild acute pancreatitis includes conservative management while severe acute pancreatitis requires intensive care to surgical intervention (open or minimally invasive) in selected cases.Methodology: This prospective study was carried out to find out the correlation between modified CT severity index and patient's clinical outcome in acute pancreatitis enrolling 96 subjects in the department of Radiology and Imaging, BIRDEM during two years time period. Severity of acute pancreatitis was assessed by both clinical and imaging staging (Modified CT severity index) in mild, moderate and severe groups.Result: Mean age ( ± SD) of the study subjects was 35.48 ± 14.59 years and number of male was 60 (62.50%) and female was 36 (37.50%). Acute pancreatitis was associated with hypertriglyceridemia (19.79%), gall stone (12.5%), post ERCP (6.25%) and alcoholism (2.08%). Aetiology was unidentified in 59.73% subjects. Majority of the subjects with acute pancreatitis presented with abdominal pain, fever (20.08%), vomiting (54.41%) and oedema (25%). On imaging, diffuse pancreatic enlargement was noted in 29.16% subjects. Pancreatic inflammation with and without peripancreatic fat involvement were observed in 27.08% and 72.91% subjects respectively. Pseudocyst formation (13.54%), ascites (30.20%), renal fascia involvement (46.87%) and pleural effusion (37.5%) were seen in CT scan. Severity of acute pancreatitis was evaluated by clinical findings and CT severity index and the measure of agreement between clinical and imaging staging was almost perfect. CT severity index in acute pancreatitis had statically significant relation with clinical outcome (0.573), organ failure (0.674), need for surgical intervention (0.463) and hospital stay (0.235).Conclusion: Modified CT severity index in acute pancreatitis correlates with patient outcome. During reporting if this simple scoring system is applied then we can easily measure the severity and determine whether patient need medical or surgical intervention.KYAMC Journal Vol. 7, No.-2, Jan 2017, Page 738-744

Role of computed tomography angiography and perfusion tomography in diagnosing brain death: A systematic review

2016 ◽  
Vol 43 (2) ◽  
pp. 133-140 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sérgio Brasil ◽  
Edson Bor-Seng-Shu ◽  
Marcelo de-Lima-Oliveira ◽  
Milena K. Azevedo ◽  
Manoel J. Teixeira ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Computed Tomography ◽  
Systematic Review ◽  
Brain Death ◽  
Computed Tomography Angiography
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