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10,000 | 7,761 | Volume conduction of the parietal N20 potential to the prerolandic frontal area.
Somatosensory evoked potentials were recorded from the frontal and parietal areas in patients with various lesions in the central nervous system on stimulation of the median nerve.
Five representative cases who showed a selective loss of... | C10 |
10,001 | 4,842 | Evidence of a local immune activation in cystic brain tumors.
The fluid of cystic brain tumors was characterized with regard to the protein content.
In most malignant tumors, the concentrations of immunoglobulins G and M (IgG and IgM) were higher relative to other proteins in the cyst fluid than in the serum of the s... | C10 |
10,002 | 8,125 | Effect of the topical anesthetic EMLA on the efficacy of pulsed dye laser treatment of port-wine stains.
EMLA cream (Eutectic Mixture of Local Anesthetics) is a new topical anesthetic composed of 25 mg lidocaine and 25 mg prilocaine in an oil-in-water emulsion cream.
It has been found to be very effective for local a... | C10 |
10,003 | 7,447 | Embolization with particles in thoracic intramedullary arteriovenous malformations: long-term angiographic and clinical results.
To evaluate the long-term results of endovascular treatment with particles in the management of thoracic intramedullary arteriovenous malformations (AVMs), the authors retrospectively review... | C10 |
10,004 | 7,032 | Rett syndrome: findings suggesting axonopathy and mitochondrial abnormalities.
We report the histopathologic findings of 3 sural nerve biopsies and 1 muscle biopsy from 3 patients with Rett syndrome.
The 3 sural nerve biopsies demonstrated a few ultrastructural abnormalities, including the presence of many Pi-granule... | C10 |
10,005 | 8,711 | Quantitative assessment of extradural bupivacaine analgesia.
Bupivacaine (0.5%) 20 ml was administered extradurally to six healthy volunteers.
It was found that simultaneous application of 10 needles to the skin could evoke pain when analgesia was obtained to one needle stimulation.
In addition, a laser beam was use... | C10 |
10,006 | 9,336 | Adult phosphorylase b kinase deficiency.
Phosphorylase b kinase deficiency affecting muscle has been observed infrequently in children with weakness and hepatomegaly, and in 2 adults with cramps on exertion.
We observed 2 additional adults with phosphorylase b kinase deficiency: Patient 1, aged 58, had progressive, p... | C10 |
10,007 | 6,801 | Anoxic injury of mammalian central white matter: decreased susceptibility in myelin-deficient optic nerve.
The rat optic nerve, a typical central nervous system white matter tract, rapidly loses excitability when it is exposed to anoxia and is irreversibly damaged by prolonged anoxia.
Neonatal optic nerve is extremel... | C10 |
10,008 | 7,425 | Rigid fixation of internal orbital fractures.
When large portions of the internal orbit are destroyed (two to four walls), standard bone-grafting techniques for immediate and late orbital reconstruction may not yield predictable eye position.
Critical bone support is most often deficient inferomedially.
CT analysis ... | C10 |
10,009 | 9,375 | Plasticity in the aging brain. Reversibility of anatomic, metabolic, and cognitive deficits in normal-pressure hydrocephalus following shunt surgery.
The course of idiopathic normal-pressure hydrocephalus was studied in a 78-year-old woman with a 4-year history of progressive dementia who underwent neuropsychologic te... | C10 |
10,010 | 7,747 | A study of immunoglobulin G in the cerebrospinal fluid of 1007 patients with suspected neurological disease using isoelectric focusing and the Log IgG-Index. A comparison and diagnostic applications.
Cerebrospinal fluid and serum immunoglobulin G from 1007 patients with suspected neurological disease were analysed by ... | C10 |
10,011 | 5,279 | Cerebral malaria in children
Cerebral malaria is a rapidly progressive encephalopathy with up to 50% mortality.
A cardinal feature is the massing of red cells containing mature Plasmodium falciparum within the cerebral capillaries.
Adhesion of these parasitised red cells to endothelium, an event which may initiate ... | C10 |
10,012 | 8,287 | Hip pain in late pregnancy.
Hip pain in late pregnancy is quite common, and its etiology is rarely established unless acute demineralization occurs.
We measured the bone mineral content of both hips in 26 women within 48 hours of delivery.
Twelve of 36 densities (33%) were decreased in a group with severe pain when ... | C10 |
10,013 | 8,251 | Multiple muscle enzyme release with psychiatric illness.
Associations (p less than .001) between serum concentrations of lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) and glutamic oxaloacetic transaminase (SGOT) were observed in physically well patients with mania (N = 100, r = .70), depression (N = 138, r = .51), chronic schizophrenia... | C10 |
10,014 | 3,064 | Botulinum vs adjustable suture surgery in the treatment of horizontal misalignment in adult patients lacking fusion.
Thirty patients were treated with either botulinum toxin or adjustable suture surgery in a prospective, randomized clinical trial.
All patients had horizontal deviations greater than 10 prism diopters ... | C10 |
10,015 | 5,264 | Randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial of nimodipine in acute stroke. Trust Study Group.
The value of oral nimodipine 120 mg per day for acute stroke was assessed in a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled multicentre study of 1215 patients.
The primary end-point was independence after 6 months, de... | C10 |
10,016 | 3,209 | Effect of flumazenil on midazolam-induced amnesia.
We have studied the effect of i.v.
flumazenil 0.01 mg kg-1 on the amnesia and sedation caused by midazolam 2 mg and 5 mg i.v.
in volunteers in order to determine the relationship between the actions of the antagonist on these two effects.
Midazolam caused dose-depe... | C10 |
10,017 | 6,778 | Clarifying confusion: the confusion assessment method. A new method for detection of delirium
OBJECTIVE: To develop and validate a new standardized confusion assessment method (CAM) that enables nonpsychiatric clinicians to detect delirium quickly in high-risk settings.
DESIGN: Prospective validation study.
SETTING... | C10 |
10,018 | 2,579 | Magnetic resonance imaging of radiation optic neuropathy.
Three patients with delayed radiation optic neuropathy after radiation therapy for parasellar neoplasms underwent magnetic resonance imaging.
The affected optic nerves and chiasms showed enlargement and focal gadopentetate dimeglumine enhancement.
The magneti... | C10 |
10,019 | 6,101 | Growth factor expression after stroke.
Fibroblast growth factors are polypeptides with potent trophic effects on central nervous system cells.
Both acidic and basic forms of fibroblast growth factor are found in the mammalian brain.
We have examined the expression of these factors after focal brain injury or stroke.... | C10 |
10,020 | 6,627 | Resistance to atracurium-induced neuromuscular blockade in patients with intractable seizure disorders treated with anticonvulsants.
Previous studies have demonstrated that, with the exception of atracurium, resistance to the neuromuscular blocking effects of various muscle relaxants develops in patients receiving ant... | C10 |
10,021 | 6,926 | Acute autonomic neuropathy. Two cases and a clinical review.
Acute autonomic neuropathy is an uncommon syndrome, usually affecting healthy young people.
Presentation is often dramatic and initial misdiagnosis is common.
We describe two young women with acute autonomic neuropathy who presented with gastrointestinal i... | C10 |
10,022 | 3,900 | Post-traumatic epilepsy: cellular mechanisms and implications for treatment.
Epilepsy complicates severe head trauma.
Development of persistent seizures appears to correlate with the extent of trauma.
Although early reports suggested that prophylactic administration of antiepileptic drugs would prevent epileptogenes... | C10 |
10,023 | 682 | Increased serotoninergic and noradrenergic activity in hepatic encephalopathy in rats with thioacetamide-induced acute liver failure.
Functional changes of various neurotransmitter systems have been implicated in the pathogenesis of hepatic encephalopathy.
In this study the role of brain monoaminergic neurotransmitte... | C10 |
10,024 | 4,488 | Cognitive function testing in comprehensive geriatric assessment. A comparison of cognitive test performance in residential and clinic settings.
Tests of cognitive function are frequently used in geriatric assessment, but the effect of test setting has rarely been explored.
To determine the effect of testing site on ... | C10 |
10,025 | 6,820 | Ischaemic brain lesions diagnosed at birth in preterm infants: clinical events and developmental outcome.
In 232 newborn babies of less than 32 weeks' gestational age ultrasound brain scans were carried out shortly after birth, daily for the first week of life, and at least twice weekly thereafter.
Periventricular ec... | C10 |
10,026 | 9,776 | Phenotypic and functional characterization of T cells from patients with myasthenia gravis.
A study of cell surface phenotypes of PBL of myasthenia gravis (MG) patients showed that their T cells had a significantly higher percentage of 4B4+ T cells (the helper/inducer subset) than age- and sex-matched controls.
The P... | C10 |
10,027 | 263 | Ethyl chloride and venepuncture pain: a comparison with intradermal lidocaine.
One hundred and twenty unpremedicated patients undergoing gynaecological surgery were randomly allocated to one of three equal treatment groups to assess the effectiveness of ethyl chloride in producing instant skin anaesthesia to prevent t... | C10 |
10,028 | 4,104 | Thermographic findings in cranio-facial pain.
This work assesses the differences in the thermographic findings in the craniofacial and neck areas between normal individuals and patients with craniofacial pain or headache, and investigates the influence of muscle contraction on such findings.
Thermographic records wer... | C10 |
10,029 | 6,766 | Emergence of recreational drug abuse as a major risk factor for stroke in young adults
OBJECTIVE: To investigate the clinical and epidemiologic relations between recreational drug abuse and stroke in young persons.
DESIGN: A case-control study based on medical records.
SETTING: San Francisco General Hospital, a 400... | C10 |
10,030 | 4,835 | Systems analysis of cerebrovascular pressure transmission: an observational study in head-injured patients.
In an observational study in head-injured patients, cerebrovascular pressure transmission was investigated using a systems analysis approach whereby the blood pressure (BP) waveform was used as a measure of an i... | C10 |
10,031 | 9,010 | Neonatal facial and cry responses to invasive and non-invasive procedures.
Evaluation of pain in neonates is difficult due to their limited means of communication.
The aim was to determine whether behavioural reactions of cry and facial activity provoked by an invasive procedure could be discriminated from responses ... | C10 |
10,032 | 3,098 | Experimental alcoholic skeletal muscle myopathy is characterised by a rapid and sustained decrease in muscle RNA content.
An investigation was made into the effects of ethanol feeding (36% of total calories) on skeletal muscle.
From 7 to 42 days, muscle weights and protein and DNA contents of alcohol-treated rats wer... | C10 |
10,033 | 5,448 | Symptomatic pineal cyst: case report.
Pineal cysts are being described with increasing frequency since the advent of magnetic resonance imaging.
Although pineal cysts are incidental findings in as many as 4% of magnetic resonance imaging studies, symptomatic pineal cysts are quite rare.
We present a case of pineal c... | C10 |
10,034 | 9,007 | Changes in thermal and mechanical pain thresholds in hand amputees. A clinical and physiological long-term follow-up.
In a previous study, allodynia to cold and vibratory stimuli was found in the finger stumps of 24 patients with amputations, control values being obtained from fingers of the intact contralateral hand.... | C10 |
10,035 | 9,224 | Arterial abnormalities of the hand in athletes.
Vascular lesions of the hand may be seen in athletes exposed to repetitive blunt trauma.
Thirteen athletes seen from 1983 to 1988 experienced symptoms related to hand ischemia.
Nine were professional baseball catchers.
The majority of patients complained of chronic sy... | C10 |
10,036 | 3,894 | Vagus nerve stimulation in humans: neurophysiological studies and electrophysiological monitoring.
Evidence from studies of experimental animals indicates that electrical stimulation of the vagus nerve alters behavioral and electrographic seizure activity.
We report on effects of electrical stimulation of the vagus n... | C10 |
10,037 | 732 | Chiari pelvic osteotomy for osteoarthritis. The influence of the torn and detached acetabular labrum.
We assessed the results of Chiari pelvic osteotomy in 64 hips with early osteoarthritis in terms of acetabular labral detachment detected pre-operatively by arthrography.
At an average follow-up of four years, assess... | C10 |
10,038 | 7,915 | Some endorphin derivatives and hydrocortisone prevent EEG limbic seizures induced by corticotropin-releasing factor in rabbits.
Corticotropin-releasing factor (CRF) injected into the cerebral ventricles of small mammals induces EEG limbic seizures, behavioral excitability, stereotyped behavior, and tardive enhancement... | C10 |
10,039 | 577 | Anorectal function in incontinent patients with cerebrospinal disease.
Anorectal manometry and the electrical activity of the external anal sphincter were measured in 20 patients with well-defined, incomplete spinal lesions who were referred because of fecal incontinence and in 30 normal subjects.
Six patients had a ... | C10 |
10,040 | 9 | Gross motor patterns in children with cerebral palsy and spastic diplegia.
Rolling, sitting, and crawling patterns were motoscopically analyzed in 72 children with cerebral palsy and spastic diplegia; the relation between these patterns and the severity of the locomotive disability was studied.
In rolling, trunk rota... | C10 |
10,041 | 8 | ACTH therapy in infantile spasms: relationship between dose of ACTH and initial effect or long-term prognosis.
The relationship between the dose of ACTH and the initial effect was investigated in 41 children with infantile spasms.
More than 0.015 mg (0.6 IU)/kg/day of ACTH was needed for a good initial response of se... | C10 |
10,042 | 381 | Transient neuromuscular impairment resulting from prolonged inhalation of halothane and enflurane.
Inhalation anesthesia first with halothane followed by enflurane relieved a patient with status asthmaticus who was refractory to conventional therapy including mechanical ventilation.
After 13 days of anesthesia while ... | C10 |
10,043 | 3,892 | Surgical technique for implantation of the neurocybernetic prosthesis.
The surgical technique for the implantation of the neurocybernetic prosthesis is described in detail.
This procedure is straightforward and is easily carried out by surgeons familiar with carotid surgery. | C10 |
10,044 | 5,582 | Late juvenile-onset Krabbe's disease.
Krabbe's disease is an autosomal recessive leukodystrophy characterized by a lack of galactocerebroside beta-galactosidase activity.
In contrast to the classic early infantile-onset form of Krabbe's disease, less recognized, late-onset variants exist.
The authors present a case ... | C10 |
10,045 | 4,128 | Fluctuation in timing of upper airway and chest wall inspiratory muscle activity in obstructive sleep apnea.
An imbalance in the amplitude of electrical activity of the upper airway and chest wall inspiratory muscles is associated with both collapse and reopening of the upper airway in obstructive sleep apnea (OSA).
... | C10 |
10,046 | 8,263 | Involvement of the central nervous system in chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy: a clinical, electrophysiological and magnetic resonance imaging study.
In a consecutive series of 30 patients with chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy (CIDP) minor clinical evidence of CNS involvement was foun... | C10 |
10,047 | 8,150 | Delirium: masquerades and misdiagnosis in elderly inpatients.
Delirium is an organic mental disorder defined as transient, fluctuating global dysfunction of cognition.
It is common in elderly medical inpatients, yet its varied presentation is often missed or misdiagnosed. | C10 |
10,048 | 3,176 | The supraspinal anxiolytic effect of baclofen for spasticity reduction.
Recent studies in the psychiatric literature indicate that baclofen has an anxiolytic action in certain psychopathologic conditions.
Clinical observation has shown that manifestations of spasticity are increased in anxious individuals, implicatin... | C10 |
10,049 | 2,617 | Panic disorder and cardiovascular/cerebrovascular problems: results from a community survey.
Follow-up studies of psychiatric patients with panic disorder have shown an abnormally high mortality rate in men due to cardiovascular and cerebrovascular events.
The authors report that in the New Haven portion of the Epide... | C10 |
10,050 | 997 | Treatment of phenobarbital poisoning with multiple dose activated charcoal in an infant.
A 28-day-old infant developed lethargy, hypotonia, and hypothermia following a phenobarbital overdose secondary to a pharmacist's error.
He was treated with multiple dose activated charcoal (MDAC) and alkalinization of the urine,... | C10 |
10,051 | 7,527 | Brain stem tuberculoma in adult patients: diagnosis and treatment.
A consecutive series of six adult patients ranging in age from 29 to 53 years is presented.
The clinical and radiological features in each patient are described.
Attention is drawn to the features demonstrated on computed axial tomography.
In only o... | C10 |
10,052 | 2,307 | Analysis of programmed stimulation methods in the evaluation of ventricular arrhythmias in patients 20 years old and younger.
The purpose of this study was to systematically evaluate programmed ventricular stimulation in patients less than 21 years of age undergoing electrophysiologic testing.
A standardized protocol... | C10 |
10,053 | 3,047 | Geographic patterns of parkinsonism-dementia complex on Guam. 1956 through 1985.
Average annual age-adjusted incidence rates of parkinsonism-dementia complex were obtained for the 19 election districts of Guam from 1956 through 1985.
The highest rates were found in the southern and central districts, and the lowest r... | C10 |
10,054 | 4,179 | Comparison of a hybrid with an uncemented total hip replacement. A retrospective matched-pair study.
The efficacy of a type of uncemented total hip replacement was compared with that of a hybrid total hip replacement in which an uncemented acetabular and a cemented femoral component were used.
Twenty-five patients wh... | C10 |
10,055 | 3,823 | Seizures in the alcoholic patient.
The First International Symposium on Alcohol and Seizures (September 1988, Washington, DC) convened experts from North America and Europe to discuss the basic and clinical research findings in this field.
Most of the observations communicated at this symposium are included in this a... | C10 |
10,056 | 2,861 | Middle cerebral artery strokes causing homonymous hemianopia: positron emission tomography.
Eight patients were evaluated with 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography between 3 and 30 days after isolated stroke involving the middle cerebral artery territory that caused homonymous hemianopia.
Diffuse hypom... | C10 |
10,057 | 9,654 | Cerebrospinal norepinephrine concentrations and the duration of epidural analgesia
This study was performed to determine whether the addition of norepinephrine to local anaesthetics prolongs epidural analgesia in man.
In addition, cerebrospinal fluid norepinephrine (NE) concentrations were measured.
In the first pa... | C10 |
10,058 | 259 | Epidural morphine for analgesia after caesarean section: a report of 4880 patients
This retrospective study was undertaken to assess the efficacy and safety of epidural morphine in providing analgesia following Caesarean section under epidural anaesthesia.
The morphine was administered as a single bolus, following d... | C10 |
10,059 | 5,508 | Streptococcus bovis meningitis: report of 2 cases.
We describe 2 cases of Streptococcus bovis meningitis and review the 9 cases previously reported.
This microorganism is a rare cause of meningitis in which there are no distinctive clinical or laboratory features.
The Gram stain of the CSF is usually negative.
Ten ... | C10 |
10,060 | 4,840 | Long-term evaluation of hemiparkinsonian monkeys after adrenal autografting or cavitation alone.
Autografts of adrenal medulla were implanted into preformed cavities in the caudate nuclei of four rhesus monkeys with hemiparkinsonism induced by 1-methyl-4-phenyl-1,2,3,6-tetrahydropyridine (MPTP).
Five other hemiparkin... | C10 |
10,061 | 6,687 | Neurologic complications of cocaine abuse.
The neurologic complications of cocaine toxicity are responsible for a major portion of the morbidity and mortality associated with cocaine.
Most of the complications appear to be related to the hyperadrenergic state induced by cocaine and may be treated symptomatically.
Di... | C10 |
10,062 | 7,217 | Schindler disease: the molecular lesion in the alpha-N-acetylgalactosaminidase gene that causes an infantile neuroaxonal dystrophy.
Schindler disease is a recently recognized infantile neuroaxonal dystrophy resulting from the deficient activity of the lysosomal hydrolase, alpha-N-acetylgalctosaminidase (alpha-GalNAc).... | C10 |
10,063 | 6,973 | Postoperative complications in patients with disabling psychiatric illnesses or intellectual handicaps. A case-controlled, retrospective analysis.
The purpose of this study was to quantitate the operative risk and costs encountered in the surgical treatment of institutionalized patients.
Operative complications and d... | C10 |
10,064 | 6,316 | Bacteremia in an ambulatory setting. Improved outcome in children treated with antibiotics.
We undertook a study of 414 bacteremic patients (167 with Haemophilus influenzae and 247 with Streptococcus pneumoniae bacteremia) to evaluate their clinical presentation, laboratory and clinical results, and subsequent outcome... | C10 |
10,065 | 4,709 | Decline in the prevalence of childhood deafness in the Jewish population of Jerusalem: ethnic and genetic aspects.
A longitudinal study was performed on 147 Jewish children with bilaterally sensorineural hearing loss of moderately severe to profound degree, born in Jerusalem during the eighteen years 1968-85.
The pre... | C10 |
10,066 | 7,923 | Landau-Kleffner syndrome: a pharmacologic study of five cases.
Five children with Landau-Kleffner syndrome (epilepsy, acquired aphasia, and continuous spike-wave discharges during sleep), were treated with antiepileptic drugs (AEDs), sleep-modifying drugs, and corticosteroids.
The pharmacologic profiles differed from... | C10 |
10,067 | 2,406 | Atlanto-occipital disarticulation. Accident characteristics.
A retrospective study of cases of atlanto-occipital disarticulation was conducted to describe incident characteristics: 24 cases were identified, including nine motor vehicle drivers, two passengers, seven pedestrians, and five motorcyclists; one other perso... | C10 |
10,068 | 5,457 | An unusual complication of silastic dural substitute: case report.
A case is presented in which a patient developed an unusual complication after the use of Silastic dural substitute.
In 1983, the patient underwent removal of a meningioma with the involved dura.
Five years later, he developed around the graft materi... | C10 |
10,069 | 2,904 | Slow release carbamazepine in treatment of poorly controlled seizures.
Thirty three children with poorly controlled epilepsy, and six new patients, were treated with slow release carbamazepine.
Twelve of the former had a reduction in the number of seizures of more than half, and 10 had fewer side effects.
Three of t... | C10 |
10,070 | 2,490 | Frequency of three Hex A mutant alleles among Jewish and non-Jewish carriers identified in a Tay-Sachs screening program.
Mutations in the HEX A gene, encoding the alpha-subunit of beta-hexosaminidase A (Hex A), are the cause of Tay-Sachs disease as well as of juvenile, chronic, and adult GM2 gangliosidoses.
We have ... | C10 |
10,071 | 7,753 | The comportmental learning disabilities of early frontal lobe damage.
Two adult patients are described who suffered bilateral prefrontal damage early in life and who subsequently came to psychiatric attention because of severely aberrant behaviour.
A battery of developmental psychology paradigms (not previously used ... | C10 |
10,072 | 5,470 | Changes in intracochlear and intracanalicular nerves after acoustic neurinoma excision confirmed by magnetic resonance imaging.
Postoperative magnetic resonance imaging findings related to the vestibulocochlear and facial nerves within the internal auditory canal were analyzed in acoustic neurinomas.
T1- and proton-w... | C10 |
10,073 | 3,473 | Elevated serum bromide concentrations following repeated halothane anaesthesia in a child.
A 20-month-old child received 25 brief halothane general anaesthetics over a five-week period to allow cranial irradiation treatments for a posterior fossa ependymoma.
Personality change during the last week of the treatment pr... | C10 |
10,074 | 7,444 | Early cerebral infarction: gadopentetate dimeglumine enhancement
Gadopentetate dimeglumine was administered prospectively to 50 patients who presented for magnetic resonance (MR) imaging within 2 weeks after a cortical cerebral infarction.
Twenty-two patients (44%) were imaged within 3 days after clinical ictus.
Ab... | C10 |
10,075 | 7,612 | Pharmacologic treatment of noncognitive behavioral disturbances in elderly demented patients.
Fifty-nine elderly residents of long-term care facilities who had DSM-III diagnoses of dementia were studied in an 8-week randomized, double-blind comparison trial of haloperidol, oxazepam, and diphenhydramine to test the eff... | C10 |
10,076 | 3,050 | The large striatocapsular infarct. A clinical and pathophysiological entity.
We examined 29 patients with strictly subcortical large striatocapsular infarctions.
Eight of them had aphasia or neglect.
All patients underwent transcranial Doppler ultrasonography or selective carotid angiography, magnetic resonance imag... | C10 |
10,077 | 9,616 | Aids for visual impairment.
This article provides only a flavour of the type and range of aids available to the visually impaired person.
Many other aids for leisure, learning, and daily living are illustrated in the RNIB equipment and games catalogue. | C10 |
10,078 | 2,194 | Retinal infarction during sleep and wakefulness.
Brain and retinal infarctions during sleep have been attributed to focal hypoperfusion caused by systemic hypotension combined with underlying arterial stenosis, rather than to embolism.
Because some retinal emboli may be visualized on ophthalmoscopy, we studied 24 con... | C10 |
10,079 | 2,842 | Auditory brain stem implant: effect of tumor size and preoperative hearing level on function.
The auditory brain stem implant is an investigational device designed to provide hearing sensations to patients without functioning auditory nerves.
We analyzed results from 17 implants in 15 patients to determine if tumor s... | C10 |
10,080 | 6 | Periventricular hyperintensity detected by magnetic resonance imaging in infancy.
Twenty-one infants younger than 12 months of age were diagnosed as having periventricular hyperintensity (PVH) on T2-weighted magnetic resonance imaging.
Ten infants had experienced neonatal asphyxia, 6 intracranial hemorrhage, 2 bacter... | C10 |
10,081 | 9,372 | Clinical and positron emission tomographic studies in the 'extrapyramidal syndrome' of dementia of the Alzheimer type.
Extrapyramidal signs, particularly rigidity and tremor, have been reported in a proportion of patients with dementia of the Alzheimer type.
To test the hypothesis that these extrapyramidal signs are ... | C10 |
10,082 | 6,090 | Moderate hypothermia after cardiac arrest of 17 minutes in dogs. Effect on cerebral and cardiac outcome.
Moderate hypothermia (30 degrees C) induced before circulatory arrest is known to improve neurologic outcome.
We explored, for the first time in a reproducible dog outcome model, moderate hypothermia induced durin... | C10 |
10,083 | 8,363 | Dominantly inherited apathy, central hypoventilation, and Parkinson's syndrome: clinical, biochemical, and neuropathologic studies of 2 new cases.
We describe 2 new patients from a family in which 10 persons in 3 successive generations had a dominant neuropsychiatric disorder characterized by apathy, central hypoventi... | C10 |
10,084 | 5,341 | Coccidioidomycosis during human immunodeficiency virus infection. A review of 77 patients.
Through a retrospective review, we identified 77 previously unreported cases of coccidioidomycosis during HIV infection.
Patients were classified into 1 of 6 categories based on their primary clinical presentation: 20 had focal... | C10 |
10,085 | 9,882 | Sensitivity of effect variables in rheumatoid arthritis: a meta-analysis of 130 placebo controlled NSAID trials [published erratum appears in J Clin Epidemiol 1991;44(6):613]
In a meta-analysis of placebo controlled NSAID trials, the sensitivity of the effect variables was calculated as the correlation coefficient and... | C10 |
10,086 | 2,858 | Soluble interleukin-2 receptors in cerebrospinal fluid from individuals with various neurological disorders.
Soluble interleukin-2 (IL-2R) levels in the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) were studied in infectious, inflammatory, degenerative, and neoplastic disorders to evaluate their usefulness as a marker for the presence o... | C10 |
10,087 | 5,455 | Intradural herniation of a thoracic disc presenting as flaccid paraplegia: case report.
A case of intradural herniation of a thoracic disc in a patient with a flaccid paraplegia is described.
Intradural herniation of a thoracic disc is considered a rare event.
A review of the relevant patient literature revealed 14 ... | C10 |
10,088 | 873 | The relationship of pemphigus to neoplasia.
A statistically increased incidence of malignancy has been observed in patients with pemphigus.
A review of the literature reveals 42 cases of nonthymic malignancies and 18 cases of thymic malignancies.
A significant predominance of men, with mean age at onset of 50 years,... | C10 |
10,089 | 7,155 | Evaluation and treatment of mental disorders in patients with AIDS.
Mental symptoms are common in patients with AIDS.
Optimal management involves the identification and treatment of underlying mental disorders rather than symptomatic treatment alone.
Organic mental disorders are very frequent in AIDS, particularly w... | C10 |
10,090 | 9,219 | Anteromedial tibial tubercle transfer without bone graft.
We followed 30 patients for more than 2 years after anteromedial tibial tubercle transfer for persistent patellofemoral pain associated with patellar articular degeneration.
Twelve of these patients were followed more than 5 years.
We report 93% good and exce... | C10 |
10,091 | 3,619 | Patellar resurfacing in total knee arthroplasty.
Technical errors in patellar resurfacing at the time of total knee arthroplasty (TKA) are responsible for many of the complications that affect the patellofemoral joint.
Instability, patellar fracture, and wear of metal-backed patellar implants are significantly affect... | C10 |
10,092 | 9,008 | Recurrent pain, illness intrusiveness, and quality of life in end-stage renal disease.
Repeated episodes of headache and muscle cramp were hypothesized to contribute to increased patient perceptions of illness intrusiveness and to compromised quality of life.
Standard measures of pain, illness intrusiveness, and qual... | C10 |
10,093 | 6,107 | Influence of amphetamine treatment on somatosensory function of the normal and infarcted rat brain.
The consequences of acute amphetamine administration on the metabolic responsiveness of the cerebral cortex to physiologic activation were studied in normal and infarcted rats.
Treated rats received a 4 mg/kg intraveno... | C10 |
10,094 | 763 | A surgical approach to the cervicothoracic spine.
We describe a method for approaching the lower cervical and upper thoracic spine, the brachial plexus and related vessels.
The method involves the elevation of the medial corner of the manubrium, the sternoclavicular joint, and the medial half of the clavicle on a ped... | C10 |
10,095 | 610 | Dementia, depression, or grief? The differential diagnosis.
Depression, grief, and dementia are conditions frequently encountered among the community-living elderly.
This review offers a primary care perspective of the distinguishing features for each and discusses the special issues of managing the elderly.
Major d... | C10 |
10,096 | 376 | The Exeter Dysphagia Assessment Technique.
The Exeter Dysphagia Assessment Technique (EDAT) uses noninvasive equipment to record, simultaneously, "feeding respiratory patterns," the time drink entered the mouth, and associated swallow sounds during feeding.
The easily portable equipment enabled patients' swallowing a... | C10 |
10,097 | 5,688 | When epilepsy masquerades as heart disease. Awareness is key to avoiding misdiagnosis.
Autonomic neural impulses that accompany discharges during a seizure can cause a variety of cardiac manifestations, including cardiac arrhythmias, sudden death, anginal chest pain, neurogenic pulmonary edema, and symptoms of pheochr... | C10 |
10,098 | 4,969 | Intrapartum, intranasal cocaine use and acute fetal distress. A case report.
Intrapartum, intranasal cocaine was used for relief of labor pains by a healthy woman with an uncomplicated pregnancy.
Fetal hypoxemia and distress followed the event.
A causal relationship between the intrapartum use of cocaine and the fet... | C10 |
10,099 | 6,610 | Intrathecal anaesthesia for day-care surgery. A retrospective study of 160 cases using 25- and 26-gauge spinal needles.
The records of 160 day-care surgical patients who received intrathecal anaesthesia were reviewed.
No major complications were recorded.
The incidence of postspinal headache after puncture with a 25... | C10 |
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