The infected patients all underwent endoscopic exams, in which a flexible lighted instrument is used to inspect the stomach or bowel lining, over a three- to four-day period at the end of March at the Bay Ridge Endoscopy and Digestive Health Center, said Dr. Neal L. Cohen, the city's health commissioner.
Animals underwent screening exams for visual acuity, vibrissae, corneal and pinna responses to an approaching cotton swab, auditory function (Preyer reflex), vestibular function (contact righting reflex and negative geotaxis), and grip strength and body tone.
The Rotterdam Study (RS I) was initiated in 1990 with 7983 participants aged 55 years and over, who were interviewed and underwent physical exam at baseline and during follow-up visits every 3 4 years.
The studies one of 1106 people in Belgium and another of 1135 people in the Netherlands collected stool samples from people who gave blood, filled out extensive health and lifestyle questionnaires, and underwent doctor's exams.
Each person underwent a physical exam and ophthalmoscopy.
Each patient underwent physical examination, electrocardiogram, chest x-ray, arterial blood gas analysis, an echocardiographic exam was optional but the majority of patients (n = 249) underwent an echocardiographic exam at admission with, at least, the evaluation of ejection fraction.
After careful exclusion of other causes of liver diseases and secondary causes of hepatic steatosis, patients attended a research clinic visit and underwent standardized history, physical exam, anthropometric exam, and biochemical testing at the University of California at San Diego (UCSD) NAFLD Translational Research Unit 31– 33 and a 2D-MRE examination at the UCSD MR3T Research Laboratory.
From Framingham offspring participants and third-generation participants that underwent scanning, 3,505 underwent a physical exam for measurement of risk factors.
Eligible patients were then approached and those who consented underwent ultrasound and physical exams as described below (Fig. 1).
