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Potential Severity (potential + severity)

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Medical Sciences	75%

Selected Abstracts

Plant photonics: application of optical coherence tomography to monitor defects and rots in onion

LASER PHYSICS LETTERS, Issue 4 2010
I.V. Meglinski
Abstract The incidence of physiological and/or pathological defects in many fresh produce types is still unacceptably high and accounts for a large proportion of waste. With increasing interest in food security their remains strong demand in developing reliable and cost effective technologies for non-destructive screening of internal defects and rots, these being deemed unacceptable by consumers. It is well recognized that the internal defects and structure of turbid scattering media can be effectively visualized by using optical coherence tomography (OCT). In the present study, the high spatial resolution and advantages of OCT have been demonstrated for imaging the skins and outer laminae (concentric tissue layers) of intact whole onion bulbs with a view to non-invasively visualizing potential incidence/severity of internal defects. (© 2010 by Astro Ltd., Published exclusively by WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA) [source]

Nonmyeloablative peripheral blood stem cell transplant for T-cell prolymphocytic leukaemia complicated by fulminant haemolysis and acute renal failure at engraftment secondary to minor ABO incompatibility

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF LABORATORY HEMATOLOGY, Issue 3 2005
N. J. CURTIN
Summary We present a 54-year-old man who underwent human leucocyte antigen-identical sibling nonmyeloablative peripheral blood stem cell transplant for primary refractory T-cell prolymphocytic leukaemia (T-PLL). His clinical course was complicated by fulminant haemolysis and acute renal failure at the time of engraftment because of minor ABO incompatibility between the donor and the recipient. This case highlights the curative potential of nonmyeloablative transplantation for T-PLL as well as the potential severity of immune haemolysis secondary to minor ABO incompatibility. [source]

Factors influencing the incidence and prevalence of food allergy

ALLERGY, Issue 9 2009
S. Cochrane
Food allergy is an increasing problem in Europe and elsewhere and severe reactions to food are also becoming more common. As food allergy is usually associated with other forms of allergic sensitisation it is likely that many risk factors are common to all forms of allergy. However the potential severity of the disease and the specific public heath measures required for food allergy make it important to identify the specific risk factors for this condition. Food allergy is unusual in that it often manifests itself very early in life and commonly remits with the development of tolerance. Hypotheses that explain the distribution of food allergy include specific genetic polymorphisms, the nature of the allergens involved and the unique exposure to large quantities of allergen through the gut. Progress has been made in developing more specific and testable hypotheses but the evidence for any of these is still only preliminary. Further collaborative research is required to develop an appropriate public health response to this growing problem. [source]

WTC medical monitoring and treatment program: Comprehensive health care response in aftermath of disaster

MOUNT SINAI JOURNAL OF MEDICINE: A JOURNAL OF PERSONALIZED AND TRANSLATIONAL MEDICINE, Issue 2 2008
Jacqueline M. Moline MD
Abstract The attack on the World Trade Center (WTC) on September 11th, 2001 exposed thousands of individuals to an unprecedented mix of chemicals, combustion products and micronized building materials. Clinicians at the Mount Sinai Irving Selikoff Center for Occupational and Environmental Medicine, in partnership with affected stakeholder organizations, developed a medical screening program to evaluate the health status of workers and volunteers who spent time at the WTC site and thus sustained exposure in the aftermath of September 11th. Standardized questionnaires were adapted for use in this unique population and all clinicians underwent training to ensure comparability. The WTC Worker and Volunteer Medical Screening Program (MSP) received federal funding in April 2002 and examinations began in July 2002. The MSP and the follow up medical monitoring program has successfully recruited nearly 22,000 responders, and serves as a model for the rapid development of a medical screening program to assess the health of populations exposed to environmental hazards as a result of natural and man-made disasters. The MSP constitutes a successful screening program for WTC responders. We discuss the challenges that confronted the program; the absence of a prior model for the rapid development of a program to evaluate results from mixed chemical exposures; little documentation of the size of the exposed population or of who might have been exposed; and uncertainty about both the nature and potential severity of immediate and long-term health effects. Mt Sinai J Med 75:67,75, 2008© 2008 Mount Sinai School of Medicine [source]