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The Minicare cTnI POC assay may become useful for prompt and safe ruling-out of AMI in ED patients with suspected AMI using a guideline supported 0/3h sampling protocol.

The authors reviewed the sonograms in 15 cases of juvenile nephronophthisis. Medullary cysts were demonstrated in 13 children with terminal uremia. The diagnostic value of ultrasound is stressed because in many cases relevant genetic and pathological data are not available.

The Minicare cTnI assay is a sensitive and precise, clinical usable test for determination of cTnI concentration that can be used in a near-patient setting as an aid in the diagnosis of acute myocardial infarction.

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Six children with hypertension are reported where ultrasound showed a striking increase in the intrarenal vascular echoes. This pattern, the dotted corticomedullary junction, appears to represent a diffuse calcifying process involving the elastic fibers of the wall of small arteries.

Selective retrograde trans-cervical salpingography was carried out in four patients in whom ectopic pregnancy was suspected. The Fallopian tube was catheterized using a catheter set designed in our centre. The 6F catheter was placed in the cornua and an inner coaxial catheter was easily introduced into the proximal portion of the Fallopian tube, guided by tactile impression. Contrast medium was then injected and a round haloed mass was seen. Thereafter, the Fallopian tube was catheterized using a metallic guidewire until its tip was adjacent to the ectopic pregnancy. The coaxial catheter was then advanced along the guidewire and after removal of the latter, 5-35 mg of methotrexate was injected into the Fallopian tube. This new procedure was simple, well tolerated and had no side effects. A tubal pregnancy was demonstrated and surgery was avoided in all cases.

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