Can oral health-related quality of life measures substitute for normative needs assessments in 11 to 12-year-old children?
Although normative needs and OHRQoL are associated, when assessed appropriately, there was considerable discrepancy between them. OHRQoL measures cannot replace normative needs. Instead, both should be used in combination in order to cover different dimensions of oral health.
The nonspecific adenosine blocker 8-PT enhanced the degree of stunning when given before ischemia but did not induce a sustained effect on myocardial glucose uptake after reperfusion.