Piezoelectric Small Volume Printing into Planar Microdevice Reservoirs for Oral Drug Delivery

ULN), ALP ≥ 3xULN and IHD dilatation were predictors for pathological obstruction with the odds ratio of 5.46 (95%CI, 5.02 (95%CI, 4.63 (95%CI,, respectively.The results also showed that ALP ≤ 2xULN, female gender and no IHD dilatation were predictive of non-pathological CBD dilatation with the odds ratio of 7.15 (95%CI, 1.87-27.3),5.18 (95%CI, 1.55-17.3)and 4.12 (95%CI, 1.29-13.1),respectively.Summary: EUS provided benefits in the assessment of CBD dilatation of unknown cause particularly in the setting of symptomatic patients with abnormal liver function.It offered an excellent overall diagnostic accuracy in these clinical conditions.Conclusion: EUS is essential in the evaluation of CBD dilatation in inconclusive CT or MRI/ MRCP and thus should be performed routinely when clinically or biochemistry indicative of pancreatobiliary diseases.Diagnostic performance of endoscopic ultrasonography PPV: positive predictive value, NPV