Between 1990 and 2000, 5499 balloon mitral valvotomies were performed at GB Pant Hospital.Amongst these, 45 patients required surgical intervention, which form the basis of this report.There were 18 males and 27 females with the mean age of 26.5+/-8.3 years and weight of 42.9+/-7.39 kg.Thirty-five patients underwent open-heart surgery
Abstract Background This study aimed to assess the feasibility and acceptability of an oral health self-care e-learning intervention for overseas workers as well as the research procedures for a future controlled trial.Methods We randomly allocated participants to either the intervention (n = 48) or control (n = 51) group.The intervention group rec
Ability to anticipate aversive events is important for avoiding dangerous or unpleasant situations.The motivation to avoid an event is influenced by the incentive salience of an event-predicting cue.In an avoidance fMRI task we used tone intensities to manipulate salience in order to 10026145n study the involvement of the orbitofrontal cortex in pr