... Transscleral treatment is performed under local anesthesia or sedation. The laser settings are 2,000 mW and 80 s over a 180° arc (8 passes of 10 s each), with a total of 2 arcs (total 360°) to complete the treatment. Some clinicians have doubled the amount of time and exposure giving a total of 2 arcs...

... images and has to be understood as an emerging technology, which requires extensive research in the future. The aim of this chapter is to give an overview of different possibilities to detect coronal caries lesions and suggestions of how to improve this process. Abstract In recent decades...

... Abstract Permanent makeup (PMU) is a descendant of tattoo ink products and used with the intention of giving the face more advantageous contours. PMU makes it possible to condense eyelashes and eyebrows with fine lines or to visually correct them with cleverly placed contour lines. Even...

... tattoos and eyeliners. The article gives a systematic and stepwise introduction to routine cosmetic tattoo removal by laser in an Austrian private medical practice. Rationales and selection of customers who can benefit from treatment, preparation, performance, and aftercare is reviewed. Emphasis is given...

... different simplified tests available for the evaluation of peritoneal transport. The most widely used are the peritoneal equilibration test (PET) and the personal dialysis capacity test (PDC), which may give relatively detailed information about the peritoneal transport characteristics, and computer...

... Abstract If the past has taught us one thing about cosmetics, it is that even in the worst of economic times, sales remain robust. Beauty enhancers are our best means of feel-good escapism, and we are not about to give them up. That being said, the ingredients, sales location, and regulation...

... of the laryngo-hypopharyngeal complex. Different tools, maneuvers, and techniques can improve this essential diagnostic step and should be considered a prerequisite to direct subsequent investigations and give an initial indication for the most appropriate treatment. Furthermore, radiologic investigations help...

... questions by Ramazzini, around 1700, who also added a new question regarding the occupation of the patient, thus giving the first description of baker's asthma. Alain de Weck acts as a guide and interpreter in this movie and gives his often very personal and precisely put thoughts. In a random series...

... Abstract Drug substances used in the treatment of skin diseases have to reach target cells in the skin in order to exert a clinical effect. This makes topical treatment of skin diseases attractive because local drug delivery gives a more direct access to the target cells and reduces potential...

... Abstract Germ cell tumors (GCTs) represent a group of biologically complex malignancies that affect patients at different sites within the body and at different ages. The varying nature of these tumors reflects their cell of origin which is the primordial germ cell, which normally gives rise...

... Abstract Although still a powerful economy, Germany faces rising income inequality and food insecurity. Quantitative data show that nutritional poverty in Germany has become a fact, especially for social welfare recipients. This contribution gives an overview and discusses the limits of results...

... of a patient’s voice, with a poor correlation between subjective measures and perturbation measures. Furthermore, small changes in a procedure give very different results in the same patient [ 3 , 4 ]. There are some further problems with the use of perturbation measures: in daily life, we assess...

.... Decision-making capacity, or competency, means that client shall fully understand and be able to explain the options and their implications, and give a rational reason why to decide on one option instead of some other. If the client cannot make a decision and requires a third-party opinion...

... that initially determines parathyroid hormone secretion and eventually results in a specific action within the target organs, mainly bone and kidney. This chapter describes the physiology of these humoral factors and relates them to the pathological processes that give rise to disorders of calcium, phosphate...

... on youth. Both concluded that the evidence supports the conclusion that movie smoking is one cause of youth smoking initiation. Because of the dose-response relationship, the World Health Organization has called for modernizing rating systems to give films with smoking a ‘mature content' rating, a public...

... Abstract Human milk contains all nutritive and bioactive compounds to give infants the best possible start in life. Human milk bioactives cover a broad range of components, including immune cells, antimicrobial proteins, microbes, and human milk oligosaccharides (HMOs). Over the last decade...