The country’s cardiology centers have been producing subspecialists in the field of Invasive and Interventional Cardiology. To date, 11 hospitals and/or medical centers are involved in training these subspecialists in a 1 to 2-year program. And to this date, there have been no uniform standards and guidelines as to what comprises the basic and/or acceptable training outcomes for the interventionalist in training. This paper describes the development of the core curriculum for an interventional cardiovascular training program to prepare its trainees to be competent in performing invasive diagnostic and interventional cardiovascular procedures as part of comprehensive patient care. The task force for the core curriculum of the interventional training program gathered several officers and leaders of the PSCCI, the training heads of the various interventional programs in the country, as well as experts in the field of cardiology education. Through a series of meetings, consultations, and workshops, the task force laid out the template on which all the training programs would be based. Such a framework considered the international standards regarding minimum caseloads for interventional training and the peculiar situation of each training institution. International standards like the Core Cardiovascular Training Statement (COCATS 4) Task Force 10: Training in Cardiac Catheterizations and the 2020 EAPCI Core Curriculum for Percutaneous Cardiovascular Interventions served as the reference framework for key recommendations. A consensus was achieved that upheld the highest standards of competence without disenfranchising certain institutions due to intricacies and uniqueness of hospital set-up and training situation.

Objective: To compare the radiographic features of the nasal septal swell body (NSB) with the laterality of nasal septal deviation and investigate whether there is a correlation between the severity of the septal deviation and difference in NSB size. Methods: Design: Retrospective Observational Study. Setting: Tertiary Private University Hospital. Participants: 30 paranasal sinus computerized tomography scans from January to October 2017. Results: A septal deviation was present in 60% of the subjects. In 78% of cases with septal deviation, the NSB was noted to be significantly larger on the side opposite the nasal septal deviation (p < .05). Conclusion The correlation between the severity of the septal deviation and difference in NSB size had a value of (r = 0.37) therefore, no positive correlation was established. Subjects with almost symmetric NSB measurements tend to have no septal deviation. On the other hand, the NSB is more prominent contralateral to a septal deviation.
Paranasal Sinus Diseases ; Hypertrophy ; Turbinates

Purpose: Continence assessment is an essential component of follow-up after radical prostatectomy (RP). Several methods exist to assess the severity of urinary incontinence (UI). Our study examined the relationship and degree of agreement between International Consultation on Incontinence Questionnaire Short Form (ICIQ-SF) scores and the number of pads used in a 24-hour period in the assessment of UI following RP. Methods: Continence was prospectively assessed in 746 men from a Spanish urology clinic 12 months after RP using the ICIQ-SF and pad usage. The relationship between ICIQ-SF scores and pad usage was assessed using Spearman rank correlation coefficients. The Jonckheere-Terpstra trend test was used to determine whether the ICIQ-SF score and the component question scores increased with increasing pad usage. The Bonferroni-corrected pairwise Wilcoxon rank-sum test was used to determine which pairs of pad usage levels differed. The weighted kappa was used to evaluate the agreement between pad usage levels and ICIQ-SF questions. Results: The continence rate was 82% using the “no pad usage” definition of continence versus 78% using the definition of an ICIQ-SF score of 0 (P<0.001). Strong positive correlations were observed between the number of pads and the ICIQ-SF total and component question scores (rs>0.85, P<0.001). The ICIQ-SF total and component question scores increased significantly with increasing pad usage (P<0.001). The ICIQ-SF scores (P<0.018) for all pairs of pad usage levels (0, 1, 2, or 3 or more) differed significantly. The agreement between the ICIQ-SF leakage amount question and pad usage was very good (rs=0.861, P<0.001). Conclusions At 12 months post-RP, 24-hour pad usage was closely correlated with ICIQ-SF, although the continence rate differed depending on the definition used. Higher levels of pad usage were associated with higher questionnaire scores, more leakage, and poor quality of life (interference with everyday life).

To evaluate the application of midpalatal cortex osteotomy assisted rapid maxillary expansion for correction of maxillary transverse deficiency in young adults.Fourteen young adult patients with maxillary transverse deficiency were treated with midpalatal cortex osteotomy assisted rapid maxillary expansion. Lateral cephalogram and cone beam CT (CBCT) were taken before and 3 months after treatment. The width of basal bone, arch of maxilla and the torque of anchorage teeth were compared before and after treatment.The width of dental arch of maxilla was increased from 40.54±5.26 mm before treatment to 46.83±5.83 mm after treatment (<0.05) and the width of basal bone was increased from 64.86±4.16 mm to 67.60±4.66 mm (<0.05) at the plane of the maxillary first molars. Accordingly, the width of dental arch of maxilla was increased from 31.92±2.55 mm to 38.65±3.14 mm (<0.05) and the width of basal bone was increased from 43.33±3.70 mm to 45.78±4.57 mm (<0.05) at the plane of first premolar. And the torque of maxillary anchorage teeth were increased (<0.05).Midpalatal cortex osteotomy assisted rapid maxillary expansion is an effective micro-invasive method in expansion of basal bone and arch of maxilla for young adult patients with maxillary transverse deficiency.

Objective: To determine the extraction suitable conditions of total phenolic content (TPC) by heat-reflux system, antioxidant activities and HPLC characterization of the aqueous-ethanolic extracts of Jatropha dioica (J. dioica) (Dragon's blood), Flourensia cernua (F. cernua) (Tar bush), Eucalyptus camaldulensis (E. camaldulensis) (Eucalyptus) and Turnera diffusa (T. diffusa) (Damiana). Methods: TPC was evaluated by the well-known colorimetric assay using Folin-Ciocalteu reagent. The antioxidant activities were assayed by three methods based on scavenging of DPPH, ABTS and by lipid oxidation inhibition. The chemical composition of the extracts obtained was subject to HPLC analysis. Results: TPC in the plant extracts ranged from 2.3 to 14.12 mg gallic acid equivalents/g for J. dioica and E. camaldulensis, respectively. The plant extracts of F. cernua, E. camaldulensis and T. diffusa showed similar strong antioxidant activities on scavenging of DPPH and lipid oxidation inhibition. In contrast, J. dioica extracts had lowest potential antioxidant in three assays used. HPLC assay showed the presence of several phenolic compounds in the extracts used. Conclusions: The results obtained suggest that F. cernua, E. camaldulensis and T. diffusa are potential sources to obtain bioactive phenolic compounds with high antioxidant properties which can be used in the factories as antioxidant agents or for treatments in diseases.