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2,700 | 8,643 | Continuous papaveretum infusion for the control of pain in painful sickling crisis.
We describe our experience of using continuous papaveretum infusions to control pain in 24 children admitted on 45 occasions with painful sickling crisis.
The children were aged from 1.7 to 14.3 years.
Infusion duration ranged from o... | C15 |
2,701 | 7,101 | Sickle erythrocytes inhibit human endothelial cell DNA synthesis.
Patients with sickle cell anemia experience severe vascular occlusive phenomena including acute pain crisis and cerebral infarction.
Obstruction occurs at both the microvascular and the arterial level, and the clinical presentation of vascular events i... | C15 |
2,702 | 3,757 | Pulse oximetry. Uses and abuses.
Pulse oximetry has made a significant contribution to noninvasive monitoring in a wide variety of clinical situations.
It allows for continuous reliable measurements of oxygen saturation while avoiding the discomfort and risks of arterial puncture.
As the extent of hypoxic episodes d... | C15 |
2,703 | 9,593 | Recombinant human erythropoietin does not increase clotting in vascular accesses.
The incidence of vascular access clotting was evaluated over 5.25 years.
The first 32 months served as a control period.
During the second period of 31 months, recombinant human erythropoietin (epoetin) was used for an average duration... | C15 |
2,704 | 7,200 | Pearson's marrow-pancreas syndrome. A multisystem mitochondrial disorder in infancy.
Pearson's marrow-pancreas syndrome (McKusick No.
26056) is a fatal disorder of hitherto unknown etiology involving the hematopoietic system, exocrine pancreas, liver, and kidneys.
The observation of high lactate/pyruvate molar ratio... | C15 |
2,705 | 2,994 | HLA-B38, DR4, DQw3 and clozapine-induced agranulocytosis in Jewish patients with schizophrenia.
Agranulocytosis develops in approximately 1% of patients with chronic schizophrenia treated with the atypical neuroleptic drug clozapine.
Previous studies have not identified the mechanism or risk factors for this adverse ... | C15 |
2,706 | 4,045 | Hepatic vascular disease and portal hypertension in polycythemia vera and agnogenic myeloid metaplasia: a clinicopathological study of 145 patients examined at autopsy.
The pathogenesis of portal hypertension arising in patients with myeloproliferative disorders has been difficult to understand because liver biopsy fi... | C15 |
2,707 | 8,214 | Negative screening for sickle cell diseases with a monoclonal immunoassay on newborn blood eluted from filter paper.
The most common method of blood sample collection for neonatal screening programs for inherited diseases-blood spots on filter paper--is poorly suited for screening of sickle cell diseases by convention... | C15 |
2,708 | 7,587 | Multiple myeloma and acute megakaryoblast leukemia in spent phase polycythemia vera.
The spontaneous and simultaneous occurrence of multiple myeloma and megakaryoblast leukemia with myelodysplastic features in a case of spent phase polycythemia vera is well documented.
In support of the morphologic characteristics of... | C15 |
2,709 | 8,626 | Anterior segment ischemia: a complication of retinal detachment repair in a patient with sickle cell trait.
Anterior segment ischemia (ASI) is a dreaded complication of retinal detachment surgery particularly in patients with predisposing factors such as sickle cell disease.
We report a case of ASI after scleral buck... | C15 |
2,710 | 2,199 | Prenatal identification of potential donors for umbilical cord blood transplantation for Fanconi anemia.
Reported here are studies of Fanconi anemia fetal cells that led to the first use of umbilical cord blood for hematopoietic reconstitution in a clinical trial.
Prenatal diagnosis and HLA typing were performed in f... | C15 |
2,711 | 9,877 | Treatment of drug-induced agranulocytosis with recombinant GM-CSF
A 53-year male patient, treated for rheumatoid arthritis with sulphasalazine, developed a total agranulocytosis.
When this state had prevailed for at least 10 d no bone marrow granulocyte progenitor cells were detectable.
Intravenous GM-CSF treatment... | C15 |
2,712 | 2,985 | Eosinophilia-myalgia syndrome. Recognition of a distinct clinicopathologic entity
The eosinophilia-myalgia syndrome is a newly described disorder related to the ingestion of L-tryptophan-containing products.
Its presentation may mimic other disorders characterized by eosinophilia and muscle pain and/or weakness, but... | C15 |
2,713 | 2,811 | Spontaneous splenic rupture following infectious mononucleosis.
Four cases of spontaneous splenic rupture after infectious mononucleosis (IM) have been treated at this institution since 1978.
The condition is rare, occurring in 0.1-0.5 per cent of patients with proven infectious mononucleosis.
Splenectomy is conside... | C15 |
2,714 | 7,461 | Hepatic infarction in preeclampsia.
Two cases of hepatic infarction in toxemia of pregnancy are described.
Both patients had associated laboratory findings of the HELLP syndrome (hemolytic anemia, elevated liver enzyme levels, and low platelet levels).
Computed tomography (CT) showed nonenhancing low-attenuation are... | C15 |
2,715 | 6,730 | Pulmonary histiocytosis X with mediastinal lymph node involvement.
In this report, we describe a patient with the classic histology of pulmonary histiocytosis X, who had bilateral reticulonodular densities and mediastinal lymph node involvement.
The diagnosis was confirmed by the use of electron microscopy and immuno... | C15 |
2,716 | 73 | Impact of marrow cytogenetics and morphology on in vitro hematopoiesis in the myelodysplastic syndromes: comparison between recombinant human granulocyte colony-stimulating factor (CSF) and granulocyte-monocyte CSF.
Marrow cells from 36 patients with myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS) (13 refractory anemia [RA], 14 refra... | C15 |
2,717 | 3,766 | Occult fatal pulmonary embolism with disseminated intravascular coagulation. An unusual case masquerading as miliary tuberculosis.
We report a fatal case of occult pulmonary embolism complicating bronchogenic carcinoma which presented with rapidly progressive pulmonary miliary shadows and respiratory failure.
A clott... | C15 |
2,718 | 6,350 | Bioavailability of iron in hemodialysis patients treated with erythropoietin: evidence for the inhibitory role of aluminum.
The dose of recombinant human erythropoietin (r-HuEPO) required to correct the anemia of end-stage renal disease (ESRD) varies among patients.
The response to r-HuEPO is impaired if absolute or ... | C15 |
2,719 | 2,196 | Cerebral venous thrombosis due to heparin-induced thrombocytopenia.
A patient with polycythemia vera who was treated with heparin for superficial septic thrombophlebitis developed heparin-induced thrombocytopenia and cerebral venous thrombosis with superior sagittal sinus occlusion 11 days after the institution of hep... | C15 |
2,720 | 9,693 | Primary peritoneal sarcoidosis.
A 14-year-old male was admitted for the evaluation of tense exudative ascites.
Despite thorough evaluation, the diagnosis remained cryptic until peritoneoscopy revealed diffuse studding of the entire visualized peritoneum with multiple miliary nodules, and peritoneal biopsy demonstrate... | C15 |
2,721 | 2,802 | Sarcoidosis complicated by HIV infection: three case reports and a review of the literature.
We report three cases of sarcoidosis complicated by human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection and review four other isolated case reports in the literature.
There is clinical overlap of both diseases, including symptoms, p... | C15 |
2,722 | 4,442 | Elevated serum interleukin-6 associated with a failure in B cell differentiation in common variable immunodeficiency.
Interleukin-6 (IL-6/B cell stimulatory factor 2) has been found to drive activated human B-lymphocytes through the final stages of differentiation to become immunoglobulin-producing cells.
Most patien... | C15 |
2,723 | 7,076 | Maternal genomic neutrophil FcRIII deficiency leading to neonatal isoimmune neutropenia.
The healthy mother of a child with transient immune neutropenia was found to be "NA-null." The mother's neutrophils did not react with anti-NA1 and anti-NA2 antibodies (polyclonal human alloantibodies and mouse monoclonal antibodi... | C15 |
2,724 | 6,930 | Lindane (Kwell)-induced aplastic anemia.
Numerous toxic exposures have been implicated in causing aplastic anemia.
Thirteen cases of aplastic anemia and 5 cases of other blood dyscrasias, eg, red blood cell aplasia and thrombocytopenia, associated with lindane, have been reported in the literature.
However, aplastic... | C15 |
2,725 | 568 | Evolution of fundic argyrophil cell hyperplasia in nonantral atrophic gastritis.
Fundic argyrophil cells were studied for a mean period of 68.7 months (range, 11-170) in 18 patients with fundic atrophic gastritis and achlorhydria.
Initially, 12 patients had hyperplasia of the argyrophil cells, the severity of which w... | C15 |
2,726 | 6,080 | High ethanol consumption as risk factor for intracerebral hemorrhage in young and middle-aged people.
We examined the prevalence of high ethanol intake, hypertension, and other risk factors for intracerebral hemorrhage in a case-control study of 24 young and middle-aged patients with intracerebral hemorrhage.
We reco... | C15 |
2,727 | 4,092 | On the need for erythropoietin treatment in dialysis patients. A Copenhagen City Dialysis Unit study
We evaluated the need for erythropoietin (EPO) treatment in 134 end-stage renal disease patients assuming a level of hemoglobin below 6 mmol/l (9.6 g/dl) as indication for treatment.
91 patients (68%) fulfilled this ... | C15 |
2,728 | 8,216 | Rheologic properties of mixed hemoglobin gels: deoxyhemoglobins S and A.
To obtain new information concerning the behaviors, and in turn the structures, of gels formed from mixtures of S and A hemoglobins, their physical properties have been characterized by stress relaxation with a rotational rheometer.
The variable... | C15 |
2,729 | 5,596 | The myelodysplastic syndromes. Case report and review.
The myelodysplastic syndromes are a heterogenous group of hematologic disorders of myeloid progenitor cells.
Oral manifestations may be among the first signs and often reflect degrees of neutropenia or neutrophil dysfunction.
A patient with persistent herpes lab... | C15 |
2,730 | 7,084 | Parvovirus B19-induced perturbation of human megakaryocytopoiesis in vitro.
Parvovirus B19 infection leads to transient aplastic crises in individuals with chronic hemolytic anemias or immunodeficiency states.
An additional unexplained sequela of B19 infection is thrombocytopenia.
Because B19 is known to have a rema... | C15 |
2,731 | 2,110 | Broad spectrum penicillin as an adequate therapy for acute cholangitis.
In a previous study of patients with acute cholecystitis, we demonstrated equal efficacy with a broad spectrum penicillin (piperacillin) and a penicillin plus amino-glycoside combination.
Whether a single agent broad spectrum penicillin is adequa... | C06 |
2,732 | 8,515 | Acute urinary retention in a child with appendiceal abscess: diagnostic dilemma.
Rarely do children with appendiceal abscess present with acute urinary retention as the only sign or symptom.
This presentation may delay diagnosis and definitive therapy, thereby causing additional morbidity and possible mortality.
We ... | C06 |
2,733 | 5,266 | Preliminary report: the antegrade continence enema.
The principles of antegrade colonic washout and the Mitrofanoff non-refluxing catheterisable channel were combined to produce a continent catheterisable colonic stoma.
The intention was that antegrade washouts delivered by this route would produce complete colonic e... | C06 |
2,734 | 5,919 | A case of group B streptococcal pyomyositis
The group B streptococcus is an opportunistic pathogen that causes a variety of serious infections including bacteremias, puerperal sepsis, and neonatal meningitis.
Group B streptococcal infections of muscle are rare.
We report here an unusual case of group B streptococca... | C06 |
2,735 | 633 | Adult hepatic fibropolycystic disease presenting as obstructive jaundice.
Obstructive jaundice caused by compression of the common hepatic duct by a simple hepatic cyst in a 31 year old Europid man is reported.
The jaundice and duct compression resolved after percutaneous aspiration of the cyst under ultrasound direc... | C06 |
2,736 | 6,419 | Endometrioma of the liver.
Hepatic endometriosis is extremely rare.
We describe a patient sent to us with epigastric pain as the only symptom and who was found to have associated endometrioma of the liver and left ovary.
We suggest a gynecologic evaluation before surgery for hepatic cyst of unknown cause. | C06 |
2,737 | 2,519 | Cardiorespiratory effects of endoscopic esophageal variceal sclerotherapy.
Endoscopic variceal sclerotherapy (EVS) is an effective means of controlling variceal hemorrhage, which develops as a consequence of portal hypertension.
While esophageal perforation, ulceration, strictures, and mediastinitis are potential com... | C06 |
2,738 | 8,313 | The emergence of hepatitis B as a sexually transmitted disease.
In the United States, approximately 300,000 cases of hepatitis B virus infection occur annually, and heterosexual activity is one of the most commonly reported risk factors for acquiring disease.
Until the number of infections transmitted through heteros... | C06 |
2,739 | 2,971 | The prevalence of Helicobacter pylori in nonulcer dyspepsia. Importance of stratification according to age
Helicobacter pylori (formerly Campylobacter pylori) is causally related to active antral gastritis and is highly associated with duodenal and gastric ulcers.
However, the relationship of H pylori to nonulcer dy... | C06 |
2,740 | 8,006 | Physicochemical determinants of in vitro shock-wave biliary lithotripsy.
Human gallstones were studied by visual inspection, computerized tomographic imaging, and chemical analysis to assess physicochemical characteristics that may determine the outcome of in vitro shock-wave fragmentation.
Eighty-five stones (mean d... | C06 |
2,741 | 686 | Relative frequencies of portosystemic pathways and renal shunt formation through the "posterior" gastric vein: portographic study in 460 patients.
Percutaneous transhepatic portography was carried out in 460 patients with portal hypertension to study various collateral routes.
Besides the left gastric vein, which was... | C06 |
2,742 | 9,439 | Palliative treatment of bile duct tumoral compression by an endoprosthesis: clinical results.
The palliative therapy of stenoses of the biliary tract is a difficult choice.
Because percutaneous or endoscopic drainage methods are fraught with complications, an endoprosthesis for surgical intubation of the biliary trac... | C06 |
2,743 | 2,433 | Factors influencing the development of metabolic bone disease in primary biliary cirrhosis.
The prevalence, type, and factors that may influence the development of bone disease in primary biliary cirrhosis, have been investigated in 20 consecutive patients, who, in addition to liver function tests and mineral and vita... | C06 |
2,744 | 4,529 | Small bile duct abnormalities in sarcoidosis.
We report four patients with hepatic involvement of sarcoidosis manifested primarily by bile duct depletion.
The patients developed fever, weight loss, anorexia, a markedly elevated alkaline phosphatase, and mildly abnormal serum levels of aspartate aminotransferase.
End... | C06 |
2,745 | 6,266 | Dietary predictors of symptom-associated gallstones in middle-aged women.
In 1980, 88,837 women aged 34-59 y completed a semiquantitative food frequency questionnaire and were followed for 4 y.
Four hundred thirty-three women reported a cholecystectomy for recent cholecystitis, and 179 reported unremoved, newly sympt... | C06 |
2,746 | 3,347 | On-table pancreatography: importance in planning operative strategy.
We describe our experience with 124 on-table pancreatograms performed during 117 operative procedures on 112 patients in a wide variety of clinical settings.
Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) was performed on 84 occasions with a ... | C06 |
2,747 | 654 | Gallbladder mucin as a pronucleating agent for cholesterol monohydrate crystals in bile.
Mucin is a densely glycosylated macromolecule secreted by the gallbladder epithelium as the principal constituent of gallbladder mucus.
Hypersecretion of gallbladder mucus occurs in response to a lithogenic diet in experimental a... | C06 |
2,748 | 4,002 | Pathogenesis of ceftriaxone-associated biliary sludge. In vitro studies of calcium-ceftriaxone binding and solubility.
Ceftriaxone, a semisynthetic third-generation cephalosporin, has recently been associated with biliary sludge formation.
Analysis of the biliary concretions induced by this agent shows a calcium salt... | C06 |
2,749 | 9,181 | Reversal of chronic hepatic encephalopathy by colonic exclusion: poor correlation with blood GABA levels.
Previous studies have suggested that the inhibitory neurotransmitter gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) is a key factor in the syndrome of portasystemic encephalopathy.
We report the case of a patient with medically ... | C06 |
2,750 | 7,205 | Extracellular matrix gene expression increases preferentially in rat lipocytes and sinusoidal endothelial cells during hepatic fibrosis in vivo.
Whether parenchymal or nonparenchymal liver cells play a predominant role in the pathophysiology of hepatic fibrosis has not been firmly established in vivo.
We have address... | C06 |
2,751 | 8,010 | Insulin resistance in noncirrhotic idiopathic portal hypertension.
To explore further the pathogenesis of glucose intolerance and insulin resistance observed in patients with cirrhosis and portal hypertension, we studied a 35-year-old woman with presinusoidal portal hypertension without cirrhosis due to nodular regene... | C06 |
2,752 | 4,526 | Risk factors for gallstones among Chinese in Taiwan. A community sonographic survey.
A health survey of adults aged 30 years or more was carried out in southwest Taiwan to determine the prevalence of gallstones and to study risk factors associated with gallstones.
Blood samples were collected and abdominal sonographi... | C06 |
2,753 | 7,785 | Clinicopathologic features of hepatocellular carcinoma in young patients.
To investigate clinicopathologic characteristics of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) in young adults, excised tumors from 21 patients younger than 45 years (young group) were compared with findings in tumors from 204 patients older than 45 (old gr... | C06 |
2,754 | 573 | Long-term 6-mercaptopurine treatment in adolescents with Crohn's disease
Although 6-mercaptopurine is often used to treat adolescents with intractable Crohn's disease, its long-term efficacy has not yet been studied in this population.
This study shows data derived from 36 adolescents (mean age +/- SD, 16.5 +/- 3.3 ... | C06 |
2,755 | 8,636 | Treatment of chronic liver disease caused by 3 beta-hydroxy-delta 5-C27-steroid dehydrogenase deficiency with chenodeoxycholic acid.
Deficiency of 3 beta-hydroxy-delta 5-C27-steroid dehydrogenase, the second enzyme in the sequence that catalyses the synthesis of bile acids from cholesterol, leads to chronic liver dise... | C06 |
2,756 | 8,007 | Intrahepatic cholesterol stones: a rationale for dissolution therapy.
A case of primary cholesterol hepatolithiasis is reported.
Stone composition was documented by infrared spectroscopy, and the presence of cholesterol saturated bile was demonstrated using standard biochemical techniques.
The patient was treated wi... | C06 |
2,757 | 5,896 | Interventional radiology of the biliary tract. Transcholecystic intervention.
Diagnostic and therapeutic biliary intervention by percutaneous access to the gallbladder is an important new area in interventional radiology.
The anatomy of the gallbladder, biliary tree, and surrounding viscera is reviewed in this articl... | C06 |
2,758 | 9,695 | Development of acute myelocytic leukemia in patients with Crohn's disease.
In our hospital within one year two patients with Crohn's disease were seen who developed an acute myelocytic leukemia.
A review of the literature reveals eight previously reported patients with both Crohn's disease and leukemia.
Six of the r... | C06 |
2,759 | 598 | Pemoline-associated hepatic injury.
Among 100 cases of hepatic injury attributed to the administration of pemoline, 43 had sufficient accompanying information to permit analysis.
All but two patients were less than 20 years old, and 80% were less than 12 years old.
Males predominated the study.
Injury appeared as e... | C06 |
2,760 | 8,003 | Effects of short-term pancreatic duct obstruction in rats.
The short-term effects of rat pancreatic duct obstruction were evaluated and compared with those recently reported to follow obstruction of the rabbit pancreatic duct.
In both species pancreatic edema and hyperamylasemia are noted, and the lysosomal hydrolase... | C06 |
2,761 | 4,018 | Endoscopic retrograde cannulation of the gallbladder: direct dissolution of gallstones.
Percutaneous transhepatic catheterization of the gallbladder for dissolution of cholesterol stones by instillation of methyl tert-butyl ether (MTBE) is an invasive therapeutic procedure.
The only non-invasive alternative available... | C06 |
2,762 | 2,435 | Comparative studies of DU-PAN-2, carcinoembryonic antigen, and CA19-9 in the serum and bile of patients with pancreatic and biliary tract diseases: evaluation of the influence of obstructive jaundice.
The levels of DU-PAN-2 antigen, carcinoembryonic antigen, and CA19-9 in serum and bile of patients with pancreatic and... | C06 |
2,763 | 8,318 | Sexually transmitted arthritis syndromes.
Sexually transmitted infections may provoke a wide variety of rheumatic lesions.
Disseminated N.
gonorrhoeae infection leads to septic arthritis, which may be rapidly destructive but which responds promptly to appropriate antibiotic therapy.
In contrast, both gonococcal and... | C06 |
2,764 | 2,510 | Treatment of Wegener's granulomatosis with intermittent high-dose intravenous cyclophosphamide
PURPOSE: Concerns regarding the long-term toxicity of daily cyclophosphamide (CP) therapy for the systemic vasculitides have led us to evaluate alternative approaches to treatment in an attempt to achieve comparable efficac... | C06 |
2,765 | 6,076 | Portal vein resection with a new antithrombogenic catheter.
Curative resection of pancreatic and hepatobiliary tumors is rarely possible because of local invasion, especially into the portal vein.
We developed a new antithrombogenic catheter using a heparinized hydrophilic polymer to allow portal vein bypass during r... | C06 |
2,766 | 7,088 | Plasma thrombomodulin in health and diseases.
Sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis followed by immunoblot analysis of plasma thrombomodulin concentrate revealed that four degraded forms of thrombomodulin with different molecular weights are present in plasma.
Plasma concentrations of thrombomodul... | C06 |
2,767 | 4,530 | Spontaneous reactivation in chronic hepatitis B: patterns and natural history.
We identified spontaneous reactivation of hepatitis B virus (HBV) retrospectively by utilizing serum alanine aminotransferase and HBV DNA in 19 men (79% homosexual), with an estimated annual incidence of 7.3%.
In 11 patients, spontaneous r... | C06 |
2,768 | 8,021 | Airway responsiveness to inhaled methacholine in patients with irritable bowel syndrome.
We examined whether patients with irritable bowel syndrome have increased airway responsiveness by measuring forced expiratory volumes in 1 second (FEV1) after inhalation of increasing concentrations of methacholine.
Responses ob... | C06 |
2,769 | 627 | Relation between rectal sensation and anal function in normal subjects and patients with faecal incontinence.
The relation between sensory perception of rapid balloon distension of the rectum and the motor responses of the rectum and external and internal anal sphincters in 27 normal subjects and 16 patients with faec... | C06 |
2,770 | 605 | The role of ERCP in children and adolescents.
The diagnostic and therapeutic role of ERCP in 42 patients ranging from 1 to 19 years of age is discussed.
ERCP provided useful additional information in 15 patients with biliary tract disease, 15 patients with pancreatic disease, and 9 patients with abdominal pain.
The ... | C06 |
2,771 | 2,780 | Methylene iodide poisoning.
A 20-month-old girl ingested a maximum of 25 mL of pure methylene iodide.
Within two hours, the patient exhibited lethargy and incoordination and vomited.
An abdominal radiograph demonstrated the radiopaque material in the gut.
In vivo conversion to carbon monoxide was documented with a ... | C06 |
2,772 | 7,476 | Hilar malignancy: treatment with an expandable metallic transhepatic biliary stent.
An expandable metallic transhepatic biliary endoprosthesis was used to treat 20 patients with hilar malignancy and isolated right and left intrahepatic ducts.
In 12 patients, only one intrahepatic ductal system was drained; in eight p... | C06 |
2,773 | 9,724 | Squamous carcinoma in the liver.
Squamous carcinoma of the liver has only rarely been reported.
We present a case which highlights not only the difficulties in diagnosis but also how it can closely mimic sclerosing cholangitis. | C06 |
2,774 | 6,393 | Clinical and manometric aspects of diffuse esophageal spasm in a cohort of subjects evaluated for dysphagia and/or chest pain.
Manometric criteria for diffuse esophageal spasm have recently been restated.
In this study, a cohort of 358 subjects was evaluated in a gastrointestinal motility laboratory for dysphagia and... | C06 |
2,775 | 4,003 | Gallbladder motility in cholesterol gallstone disease. Effect of ursodeoxycholic acid administration and gallstone dissolution
Gallbladder motility was evaluated by ultrasonography in 75 cholesterol gallstone patients and in 77 matched control subjects.
All 75 gallstone patients were candidates for oral bile acid th... | C06 |
2,776 | 5,666 | Advanced assessment of the abdomen and gastrointestinal problems.
There are many unique physical assessment findings that are associated with specific gastrointestinal disorders.
The detection of these findings enables the nurse to manage gastrointestinal emergencies on the patient unit in a timely fashion, preventin... | C06 |
2,777 | 631 | Pancreatic function in Crohn's disease.
We investigated exocrine pancreatic function in a population of patients with Crohn's disease in order to correlate the pancreatic function with clinical and laboratory variables.
A total of 143 patients affected by Crohn's disease and 115 control subjects were studied.
All ha... | C06 |
2,778 | 8,273 | Effect of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation on survival of infants with congenital diaphragmatic hernia.
To determine the effect of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) on the survival of infants with congenital diaphragmatic hernia, we undertook a retrospective review of 31 infants with congenital diaphragmat... | C06 |
2,779 | 7,624 | A pitfall in azygos vein cannulation in cirrhotic patients: mistaken cannulation of the mammary vein.
Azygos venous flow can be measured by a thermodilution catheter in patients with cirrhosis.
This is a useful technique since azygos flow is thought to reflect the superior portosystemic collateral flow in these patie... | C06 |
2,780 | 6,583 | Blood contamination of anaesthetic and related staff
The incidence of skin contamination of anaesthetic and related staff by patient's blood and saliva was studied during 270 anaesthetics in Cardiff hospitals over seven continuous days in October 1989.
A survey was also made of current Hepatitis B immunisation statu... | C06 |
2,781 | 988 | Evidence for gastric mucosal cell invasion by C. pylori: an ultrastructural study.
It is now generally accepted that Campylobacter pylori is closely associated with peptic ulcer disease and chronic type B gastritis.
Whether C.
pylori is the direct etiologic cause of either or both of these illnesses remains unclear.... | C06 |
2,782 | 3,983 | 24-hour intragastric acidity and plasma gastrin after omeprazole treatment and after proximal gastric vagotomy in duodenal ulcer patients
The relationship between suppressed gastric acidity and the increase in plasma gastrin levels after pharmacological and surgical treatment of peptic ulcer disease were compared in ... | C06 |
2,783 | 2,817 | CT diagnosis of acquired small bowel volvulus.
Small-bowel volvulus is an uncommon but important cause of small-bowel obstruction and often results in ischemia or infarction.
Clinical examination and plain film radiography may be nondiagnostic, leading to delay in surgical intervention with subsequent increase in mor... | C06 |
2,784 | 8,852 | Motility changes in primary achalasia following pneumatic dilatation.
The changes in esophageal motility after pneumatic dilatation were evaluated prospectively in 51 patients with achalasia.
The patients were evaluated for a median of 14 months.
Pneumatic dilatation led to a clinical improvement in 41 patients.
On... | C06 |
2,785 | 3,793 | Putative mechanisms of cytoprotective effect of certain antacids and sucralfate.
An investigation of cytoprotective activity of certain antacids and inert particles was carried out by treating ethanol-induced gastric mucosal damage in rats in order to clarify possible mechanisms by which aluminum-containing antacids a... | C06 |
2,786 | 8,017 | Expression of class II molecules on intestinal epithelial cells in humans. Differences between normal and inflammatory bowel disease.
Expression of class II antigens on human intestinal epithelial cells was assessed using a sensitive avidinbiotin-peroxidase technique.
HLA-DR was present predominantly in the normal sm... | C06 |
2,787 | 3,338 | Blood transfusion and recurrence of colorectal cancer: the role of platelet derived growth factors.
Efforts to explain the possible effects of blood transfusion on the recurrence of colorectal cancer have been based entirely on the immunosuppressive effects of blood transfusion.
However, the relationship between soli... | C06 |
2,788 | 384 | Transient mitral regurgitation due to mitral valve prolapse accompanied by systolic anterior motion of the mitral valve.
A grade 4/6 systolic murmur, systolic anterior motion of the mitral valve (SAM), and severe mitral regurgitation (MR) documented by two-dimensional Doppler echocardiography developed suddenly on the... | C06 |
2,789 | 589 | In vivo assessment of shock-wave pressures. Implication for biliary lithotripsy.
During extracorporeal shock-wave lithotripsy, the pressure profile, which is generated by the lithotriptor, determines the risk of tissue damage.
In the present study, the pressure distribution of a lithotriptor (Lithostar; Siemens A.G.,... | C06 |
2,790 | 2,075 | Intra-abdominal palpation of a nasogastric tube in the stomach does not assure appropriate placement.
Improperly placed nasogastric (NG) tubes have been associated with considerable morbidity.
The only reliable indicator of correct NG tube placement appears to be the aspiration of gastric contents.
We have reported ... | C06 |
2,791 | 4,527 | Gallstone disease in north India: clinical and ultrasound profile in a referral hospital.
We studied the prevalence of gallstones in patients with upper abdominal pain, heaviness, or discomfort by ultrasound examination of the gallbladder.
The actual ultrasound examination was performed by a clinical gastroenterologi... | C06 |
2,792 | 641 | Duodenal ulcer is associated with low dietary linoleic acid intake.
It has been suggested that the falling incidence and virulence of duodenal ulcer is related to increased dietary polyunsaturated essential fatty acid intake.
The adipose fatty acid profile, which closely reflects dietary intake, was measured in 35 me... | C06 |
2,793 | 3 | Intermittent obstruction of an incarcerated hiatal hernia with a total thoracic stomach.
A case of intermittent obstruction of a sliding hiatal hernia is presented.
The obstruction occurred when the patient's stomach was totally above the diaphragm.
The anatomy of sliding hiatal hernias is discussed, as well as the ... | C06 |
2,794 | 2,426 | Features distinguishing secondary achalasia from primary achalasia.
Eighteen patients with cancer-induced or secondary achalasia (SA) were compared to 421 patients with idiopathic or primary achalasia (PA).
The aim of the study was to detect any differences in clinical presentation between the two groups.
Mean age o... | C06 |
2,795 | 606 | Can clinicians accurately assess esophageal dilation without fluoroscopy?
This study questioned whether clinicians could determine the success of esophageal dilation accurately without the aid of fluoroscopy.
Twenty patients were enrolled with the diagnosis of distal esophageal stenosis, including benign peptic stric... | C06 |
2,796 | 976 | Further study of mucosal repair by sofalcone in experimental gastritis.
The effect of sofalcone on the glandular structure and cell proliferation in the gastric mucosa of rats with gastritis induced by the administration of sodium taurocholate (TCA) for 6 months was examined by histoquantitative analysis and [3H]thymi... | C06 |
2,797 | 6,847 | Prognostic determinants in extracorporeal membrane oxygenation for respiratory failure in newborns.
Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) is becoming an accepted therapeutic modality for newborn respiratory failure, but there is little information available regarding the prognostic determinants with this techniqu... | C06 |
2,798 | 7,164 | Intestinal perforation due to cytomegalovirus infection in patients with AIDS.
Intestinal perforation due to cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection in patients with AIDS is the most common life-threatening condition requiring emergency celiotomy in these patients.
The authors describe a patient with AIDS with intestinal per... | C06 |
2,799 | 4,019 | Expandable biliary metal stents for malignancies: endoscopic insertion and diathermic cleaning for tumor ingrowth.
Seventeen patients with malignant biliary strictures have been treated by endoscopic insertion of self-expandable metallic prostheses.
Two patients received two prostheses inserted simultaneously in both... | C06 |
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