BACKGROUND: Glomerular filtration rate(GFR) is an important parameter for the evaluation and monitoring of renal function. The aim of this study was to investigate the correlation between the relative 1 hour uptake of (99m)Tc-DMSA renal scan(DMSA- %uptake, TRUR) and GFR which was estimated by (99m)Tc-DTPA, serum creatinine and 24 hour-urinary creatinine excretion. METHODS: Between January 1998 and March 2001, 65 patients had undergone (99m)Tc-DMSA renal scan, (99m)Tc-DTPA renal scan, serum creatinine and 24 hour-urinary creatinine excretion. Of them, 42 patients had moderately or severely reduced renal function(DTPA-GFR 0.05). In group B, TRUR (mean+/-S.D. 16.3+/-7.4%) was significantly correlated with DTPA-GFR(r=0.731, p < 0.01). In both group, serum creatinine, Ccr and C and G Ccr were significantly correlated with TRUR. CONCLUSION: Although the relative 1 hour uptake of the (99m)Tc-DMSA renal scan, as a method of renal cortical image could not estimate the true GFR, it showed a good correlation with GFR in patients with moderately reduced renal function. (99m)Tc-DMSA renal scan seems to be helpful to evaluate the renal function in patients with moderately reduced renal function.
Creatinine ; Filtration ; Glomerular Filtration Rate* ; Humans ; Male

CT-2002 air filtering mouth mask Vietnam producted was studied on electronic microscope concerning the structure, the convenience and the efficacy of dust filtering. Results showed that its efficacy reached 85-87% in an air flow of 30 liters/minute but in the flow of 95 liter/minute, the efficacy reduced to 44-46%. The evaluation of efficacy was performed similarly to American and Japanese NIOSH method
Mouth ; Filtration ; air

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Glomerular Filtration Rate* ; Plasma*

PURPOSE: This study aimed to evaluate the correlation between microleakage and screw loosening at different types of implant-abutment connections and/or geometries measuring the torque values before and after the leakage tests. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Three different abutment types (Intenal hex titanium, internal hex zirconium, morse tapered titaniuim) with different geometries were connected to its own implant fixture. All the abutments were tightened with a standard torque value then the composition was connected to the modified fluid filtration system. After the measurements of leakage removal torque values were re-measured. Kruskal-wallis test was performed for non-parametric and one-way ANOVA was performed for parametric data. The correlation was evaluated using Spearman Correlation Test (alpha=0.05). RESULTS: Significantly higher microleakage was found at the connection of implant-internal hex zirconium abutment. Observed mean torque value loss was also significantly higher than other connection geometries. Spearman tests revealed a significant correlation between microleakage and screw loosening. CONCLUSION: Microleakage may provoke screw loosening. Removing torque values rationally decrease with the increase of microleakage.
Filtration ; Titanium ; Torque ; Zirconium

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Glomerular Filtration Rate*

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Glomerular Filtration Rate*

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Glomerular Filtration Rate* ; Kidney*

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Glomerular Filtration Rate*

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Glomerular Filtration Rate*

The high-pass filter which is designed to overcome the polarization voltage in the ECG measurements can affect the measurement of the ST-segment; but the accuracy of the ST-segment will have an impact on the diagnosis and treatment of heart diseases. This paper used the ECG detection platform to test the effect of the high-pass filter at different frequency and studied the effect of the high-pass filter on the ST segment to ensure proper use of different application modes.
Electrocardiography ; instrumentation ; methods ; Filtration