(n.) The pelvic arch, or the pelvic arch together with the sacrum. See Pelvic arch, under Pelvic, and Sacrum.
(n.) The calyx of a crinoid.
Example Sentences:
(1) Prompt diagnosis, in which timely diagnostic laparoscopy and ultrasound evaluation of the pelvis may be helpful, provides the opportunity for prompt laparotomy with untwisting of the torsion and stabilization of the adnexa by suture and cystectomy, if possible, extirpation if not.
(2) In the case of unilateral blockade at the groin or pelvis, the grafts connect the lymphatics of the thigh of the affected leg with lymphatics in the contralateral healthy groin.
(3) A total of 400 patients with radiation injuries of the organs of the small pelvis were examined.
(4) The authors' experience suggests the following as the optimal follow-up: a) CT examination over a 6-month postoperative period; b) yearly CT examinations and urography over 4 postoperative years; c) yearly US examination over the first 2 years after surgery, to depict renal pelvis dilatation.
(5) Extraperitoneal hemorrhage, associated with a fracture of the pelvis, is a major cause of death in pedestrian accidents.
(6) Some patients received postoperative external beam irradiation (2000 cGy whole pelvis and an additional 3000 cGy to the parametria, with a midline stepwedge) when deep myometrial invasion was present.
(7) This is a correlative study of normal anatomy of the lumbosacral spine and pelvis demonstrated by SPECT and radiography in order to assure that morphologic detail resulting from SPECT is recognized and matched with radiographic landmarks in the same area.
(8) However, only three patients (3%) failed in the pelvis alone.
(9) Metastatic involvement of the pelvis, and in particular the acetabulum, is a common finding among patients with metastatic osseous disease.
(10) A patient with malignant hypertension and acute renal failure underwent percutaneous renal biopsy which resulted in the creation of an arteriovenous fistula that communicated with the renal pelvis.
(11) A woman in labor and not wearing a seat belt sustained multiple fractures of the pelvis and femur while in an automobile accident.
(12) The durect judgment of the function of the floor of the pelvis is only possible by the electromyogram.
(13) Contrast media in magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the abdomen and pelvis are applied for various purposes; different substances and forms of application must be distinguished.
(14) Two groups of subjects were studied: a first group of 20 healthy volunteers to define NMR semeiology of male pelvis and a second group of 40 patients with mainly tumoral lesions of vesicles or prostate.
(15) In all series of experiments multidimensional statistical analysis allowed one to reveal the effect conducive to a relative decrease in the blood content in the brain, myocardium, lungs, liver and to its increase in some abdominal organs, skin, muscle and bone tissues of the extremities, abdomen and pelvis.
(16) In 25 patients, small cell lung cancer was staged prospectively with both conventional staging and a magnetic resonance (MR) imaging protocol that included 1.5-T MR imaging of the pelvis, abdomen, spine, and brain.
(17) Studies carried out on the phantom have shown how reliable transverse diameter measurements of the pelvis are when carried out by X-Ray scanning pelvimetry compared with conventional X-Ray pelvimetry.
(18) Approximately 10-20 ml fluid were withdrawn from the renal pelvis for cytology and culture.
(19) Using chi 2 analysis, we found that failure of external version was significantly associated with obesity, descent of the breech into the pelvis, decreased fluid, and fetal back positioned posteriorly.
(20) For the renal pelvis the results show 6 X 10(-5) M thiphenamil, 10(-3) M oxybutynin, and 5 X 10(-6) M verapamil resulted in a 50% inhibition of the phasic contractions.
Pyelonephritis
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Example Sentences:
(1) The urinary concentration of these proteins was significantly increased in acute pyelonephritis compared with acute cystitis and asymptomatic bacteriuria.
(2) In 52 patients there were data for pyelonephritis, in 46 patients there was no renal infection.
(3) We have studied the serum and urine antibody responses to Escherichia coli in men and women with pyelonephritis, cystitis, and asymptomatic bacteriuria.
(4) A 70-year-old man suffering from nephrolithiasis developed acute pyelonephritis following extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy of renal stones.
(5) The aim of the study was to compare different methods of determining glomerular function in patients with renal scarring due to previous pyelonephritis and to determine the urinary excretion of beta 2-microglobulin in these patients.
(6) Infectious causes of acute renal failure in the pregnant woman include acute pyelonephritis and septic abortion.
(7) The results of ceruloplasmin, haptoglobin and sialic acid assays could be used as an index for the activity of the pathologic process, as well as in the differential diagnosis between pyelonephritis and glomerulonephritis.
(8) Sixteen of these infections were caused by a strain identical to the one that gave rise to the original acute pyelonephritis.
(9) The clinical history of acute pyelonephritis, avascular mass lesion of the kidney with ipsilateral pleural effusion (triad) seen in a female patient of child-bearing age is characteristic of this condition.
(10) In this system, retrograde E coli pyelonephritis developed from a combination of two factors: (1) reflux-induced damage to the renal pelvis so that E coli are introduced into the kidney and (2) hematogenous infection of the damaged kidney.
(11) US is inexpensive, easily obtainable in the emergency room, and sensitive enough to screen patients with pyelonephritis for complications.
(12) These studies indicated that the major antibody response in humans occurs after pyelonephritis and is directed against LPS.
(13) The animals with untreated infection had an antibody response that lasted a sufficient period of time to prevent acute pyelonephritis after renal challenge.
(14) Satisfactory results have been obtained in patients with normal as well as dilated ureters, with no serious operative complications, no episodes of pyelonephritis and no renal deterioration.
(15) Spells of hyperchloremic acidosis had occurred in 13 patients during the follow-up period and always coincided with attacks of acute pyelonephritis and renal deterioration, often accompanied by irregularities in the substitution.
(16) No difference was established regarding the occurrence of Rh incompatibility, pyelonephritis of the pregnant women, iron deficit anaemia, and gestosis during pregnancy.
(17) There were six patients with staghorn calculi and chronic pyelonephritis, four with pyohydronephrosis, eight with acute and chronic pyelonephritis, and two with xanthogranulomatous pyelonephritis.
(18) Serum antibodies specific for the bacteria isolated from the urines of 41 patients with chronic pyelonephritis and 14 with asymptomatic bacteriuria were assayed.
(19) Pyelonephritis developed in five kidneys, two of which had outflow obstruction and two had bilateral hydroureteronephrosis before the UCA.
(20) Pregnant women with acute pyelonephritis should be hospitalized and treated with parenteral antibiotics.