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3,000 | 4,982 | Prospective study of the frequency and size distribution of polyps missed by colonoscopy.
An important determinant in interpreting the results of colorectal polyp chemoprevention trials is the rate of polyps missed during colonscopic examination.
We prospectively examined 90 patients by tandem colonoscopy performed b... | C06 |
3,001 | 8,851 | Effects of a multidisciplinary management program on neurologically impaired patients with dysphagia.
Dysphagia is a major problem in patients with neurologic disorders.
Aspiration pneumonia and impaired nutritional status are consequences of dysphagia that result in high morbidity and mortality rates.
Assessment an... | C06 |
3,002 | 9,640 | Gallbladder surgery following cholecystlithotripsy: suggested guidelines for treatment
Twenty-three of 229 symptomatic patients undergoing cholecystlithotripsy underwent surgical intervention: 22 of the patients had cholecystectomy performed (five also undergoing choledochotomy) and one patient had a cholecystostomy.... | C06 |
3,003 | 8,264 | Liver disease in alpha-1-antitrypsin deficiency: prognostic indicators.
We reviewed the clinical presentation, subsequent course, and outcome of 98 patients with alpha 1-antitrypsin deficiency seen at our institution during the past 20 years to obtain answers to the following questions: (1) What prognostic factors aid... | C06 |
3,004 | 845 | Photochemotherapy improves chronic cutaneous graft-versus-host disease.
We have used oral psoralen photochemotherapy (PUVA) to treat four patients with chronic graft-versus-host disease of the skin, oral mucosa, and liver, who had responded only partially to long-term immunosuppressive therapy (prednisolone, cyclospor... | C06 |
3,005 | 9,641 | Surgical presentation of Kawasaki disease (mucocutaneous lymph node syndrome).
Five patients with Kawasaki disease (mucocutaneous lymph node syndrome) are reported whose varied presentations included acute abdominal pain, peripheral arterial aneurysms, digital gangrene and sterile pyuria and whose presenting pathology... | C06 |
3,006 | 6,980 | Primary malignant peritoneal mesothelioma. A report of seven cases and a review of the literature.
Mesothelioma of the peritoneum is a rare malignant neoplasm easily mistaken by both surgeon and pathologist for one of the more common neoplasms of the abdomen.
Review of our records from metropolitan-area hospitals for... | C06 |
3,007 | 6,767 | Sexual and physical abuse in women with functional or organic gastrointestinal disorders.
STUDY OBJECTIVES: To determine the prevalence of a history of sexual and physical abuse in women seen in a referral-based gastroenterology practice, to determine whether patients with functional gastrointestinal disorders report ... | C06 |
3,008 | 2,116 | A multifactorial analysis of mortality and morbidity in perforated peptic ulcer disease.
Perforated peptic ulcer disease remains a source of considerable morbidity and mortality, and the suggested methods of surgical therapy are diverse.
We reviewed the course of 113 patients who were treated surgically and identifie... | C06 |
3,009 | 7,290 | Pharmacology of pravadoline: a new analgesic agent.
Pravadoline is a new chemical entity with analgesic activity in humans.
This report describes the pharmacology of pravadoline and compares the activity of pravadoline with that of two major classes of analgesics, the opioids and the nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory dr... | C06 |
3,010 | 4,016 | Colonic lipomas: outcome of endoscopic removal.
Colonic lipomas are benign adipose tumors which are usually submucosal.
With the increase in the number of endoscopic procedures being performed, these tumors are often detected incidentally at colonoscopy.
Although the risks of removing these tumors have been recogniz... | C06 |
3,011 | 6,578 | Role of surgery in antibiotic-induced pseudomembranous enterocolitis.
With the increased use of prophylactic and broad-spectrum antibiotics, pseudomembranous colitis has emerged as a significant clinical problem.
Management with specific anti-Clostridium difficile therapy (vancomycin or metronidazole) has reduced mor... | C06 |
3,012 | 5,639 | Clinical features of adenovirus enteritis: a review of 127 cases.
We retrospectively analyzed the clinical features of 127 hospitalized pediatric patients whose fecal samples were positive for adenovirus (Ad) by electron microscopy during an 18-month period.
Serotyping results obtained by microneutralization tests an... | C06 |
3,013 | 7,455 | Colonic stenoses: use of oral barium when retrograde flow is completely obstructed on barium enema studies.
Forty patients with complete obstruction to retrograde barium flow on barium enema examinations, without clinical or radiographic evidence of obstruction, were studied further with orally administered barium in ... | C06 |
3,014 | 3,027 | Comprehensive management of acute necrotizing pancreatitis and pancreatic abscess.
Achieving reduced mortality rates in patients with necrotizing pancreatitis and pancreatic abscess is possible by employing a comprehensive management plan.
Components of the plan include (1) rapid evaluation and assessment of the degr... | C06 |
3,015 | 7,550 | A case of lisinopril-induced lithium toxicity
We describe a patient who developed lithium toxicity when lisinopril was substituted for clonidine.
Possible mechanisms of angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitor-induced lithium toxicity are discussed.
Aggressive serum lithium concentration monitoring and a reduc... | C06 |
3,016 | 9,723 | Stomal adenocarcinoma in Crohn's disease.
Malignant change occurring at the site of a stoma in two patients with proved Crohn's disease is described.
Patients with ulcerative colitis have an increased risk of colonic malignancy and Crohn's disease is also associated with both small and large bowel carcinoma.
Most pr... | C06 |
3,017 | 3,789 | Malignant potential of juvenile polyposis coli. Report of a case and review of the literature.
Juvenile polyps of the colon and rectum traditionally have been viewed as being benign inflammatory or harmartomatous lesions without potential for malignant change.
The authors report a case of adenocarcinoma developing in... | C06 |
3,018 | 4,025 | Schatzki's ring: long-term results following dilation
The purpose of this study is to report long-term results of 61 patients with Schatzki's ring who were dilated for relief of dysphagia.
The severity of Schatzki's ring was mild in 28 patients (46%), moderate in 26 (43%), severe in 5 (8%), and indeterminate in 2 (3... | C06 |
3,019 | 2,905 | Acute gastroenteritis in infants under 6 months old.
Sixty two babies under the age of 6 months who were admitted with gastroenteritis completed a study of gradual refeeding compared with abrupt refeeding after a period of rehydration.
There was no difference in the incidence of recurrence of diarrhoea due to lactose... | C06 |
3,020 | 5,908 | Combined radiologic and retrograde endoscopic and biliary interventions.
Methods of treating complex biliary duct problems by a team composed of an endoscopist and interventional radiologist are described.
These procedures are of two types: Those in which all manipulations are performed through the endoscope and thos... | C06 |
3,021 | 9,174 | Comparison of two ascitic fluid culture methods in cirrhotic patients with spontaneous bacterial peritonitis.
The conventional method of ascitic fluid culture detects bacteria in only 50% of cirrhotic patients with neutrocytic ascites and suspected spontaneous bacterial peritonitis (SBP).
We have prospectively compar... | C06 |
3,022 | 4,521 | Rosacea and ulcerative colitis: a possible association.
Although rosacea was formerly believed to be associated with gastrointestinal upsets, no one any longer finds a significant association between rosacea and the intestinal tract.
We describe four patients with a combination of ulcerative colitis and rosacea.
In ... | C06 |
3,023 | 659 | Unconjugated bilirubin and cholesterol gallstone formation.
Cholesterol gallstones usually have small amounts of pigment at their centers and often have diffuse pigmentation or pigmented layers alternating with cholesterol layers and/or pigmented rims associated with calcium carbonate (eggshell calcification).
The pi... | C06 |
3,024 | 3,778 | Colonoscopic screening of asymptomatic patients with a family history of colon cancer.
The records of 201 asymptomatic patients who underwent colonoscopy based solely on a family history of colon cancer were reviewed.
Eighty-five patients (42 percent) had a total of 166 lesions.
Fifty-four (27 percent) patients of t... | C06 |
3,025 | 9,488 | Peritoneal macrophage beta-2 microglobulin production and bacterial peritonitis in CAPD patients.
To evaluate the role of bacterial peritonitis in peritoneal macrophage (PM) Beta-2 Microglobulin (B2M) production, and its relationship with PM Interleukin-1 (IL-1) and Leukotriene B4 (LTB4) release, the authors studied 2... | C06 |
3,026 | 7,994 | Enteric neuronal autoantibodies in pseudoobstruction with small-cell lung carcinoma.
Severe gastrointestinal dysmotility is a newly recognized paraneoplastic syndrome that occurs with small-cell lung carcinoma.
Thirty-four patients with small-cell carcinoma, of whom 5 had chronic intestinal pseudoobstruction and 29 h... | C06 |
3,027 | 4,036 | Fatty liver hepatitis (steatohepatitis) and obesity: an autopsy study with analysis of risk factors.
Steatohepatitis (fatty liver hepatitis), histologically identical to alcoholic disease, occurs in some obese patients after jejunoileal bypass.
A similar lesion occurs rarely in obese patients without bypass surgery, ... | C06 |
3,028 | 9,170 | Incidence and prevalence of ulcerative colitis in the upper Galilee, Northern Israel, 1967-1986.
An epidemiological study of ulcerative colitis was performed in the Upper Galilee, Israel, over a 20-yr period (1967-1986).
The average annual incidence of ulcerative colitis was 2.23 per 100,000 population, and the preva... | C06 |
3,029 | 9,168 | Helicobacter pylori infection: a simplified diagnostic approach.
We evaluated the diagnostic accuracy of endoscopic finding of nodular antritis and rapid urease test (RUT) in order to simplify the approach to the diagnosis of Helicobacter pylori (H.
pylori) infection.
Forty-four consecutive patients (mean age 7.9 yr... | C06 |
3,030 | 681 | The auditory P300 event-related potential: an objective marker of the encephalopathy of chronic liver disease.
Recently many variants of electroencephalogram-evoked responses have been studied as potential diagnostic aids in the detection and evaluation of hepatic encephalopathy.
This study assesses the value of the ... | C06 |
3,031 | 623 | Occupational distribution of inflammatory bowel disease among German employees.
Previous reports have shown that both Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis affect people in white collar occupations associated with higher income and higher social class more frequently than other groups in the population.
This study s... | C06 |
3,032 | 4,531 | Mallory-Weiss syndrome after cardiopulmonary resuscitation.
We report hematemesis from Mallory-Weiss tears after successful cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR).
A computer search of the English language literature disclosed only 3 similar cases, and we review them.
This complication of CPR may occur more frequently ... | C06 |
3,033 | 4,020 | Pain on common bile duct injection during ERCP: does it indicate sphincter of Oddi dysfunction?
The reproduction of a patient's biliary-type pain upon initial injection of contrast material into the common bile duct during diagnostic ERCP is a dramatic experience for both patient and physician.
The significance of th... | C06 |
3,034 | 4,292 | Gastrointestinal side-effects of octreotide during long-term treatment of acromegaly.
Gastrointestinal side-effects of prolonged therapy (greater than 2 yr) with the long-acting somatostatin analog octreotide were studied in 10 acromegalic patients.
After 2 yr of therapy, 6 of 10 patients had newly developed gallston... | C06 |
3,035 | 7,676 | Lymphomatoid granulomatosis presenting as ulcerodestructive gastrointestinal tract lesions in patients with human immunodeficiency virus infection. A new association.
We describe cases of severe odynophagia, extensive oral ulcerations, and bowel perforation in patients with human immunodeficiency virus infection that ... | C06 |
3,036 | 6,021 | Adenocarcinoma of the appendiceal stump.
We have reported the case of a 58-year-old woman with nonspecific abdominal complaints in whom barium enema and subsequent colonoscopy showed a 3 cm lobulated adenocarcinoma within a villous adenoma arising from the appendiceal stump.
Because such appendiceal malignancies have... | C06 |
3,037 | 9,711 | Crohn's disease in the city of Derby, 1951-85.
An epidemiological survey of Crohn's disease in the city of Derby showed that the incidence of the condition increased from 0.7/10(5) per year between 1951 and 1955 to 6.67/10(5) per year between 1981 and 1985 but seemed to reach a plateau between 1976 and 1985.
Large bo... | C06 |
3,038 | 2,574 | Crohn's disease and retinal vascular disease.
Patients with Crohn's disease may manifest extraintestinal findings including ocular involvement.
We treated two patients with Crohn's disease who manifested retinal vascular disease that may have been related to the immune nature of the underlying disease or possibly to ... | C06 |
3,039 | 3,979 | Natural history of congestive gastropathy in cirrhosis. The Liver Study Group of V. Cervello Hospital.
In a prospective study of the natural history of congestive gastropathy, 212 consecutive cirrhotic patients (75 treated with sclerotherapy) were included.
Mean follow-up was 46 months.
Mild gastropathy (mosaiclike ... | C06 |
3,040 | 680 | Prospective study of early detection of hepatocellular carcinoma in patients with cirrhosis.
We prospectively monitored 140 cirrhotic patients for the development of hepatocellular carcinoma for 6 yr, using periodical screening by high-resolution convex-array ultrasonography and alpha-fetoprotein.
Twenty-eight patien... | C06 |
3,041 | 8,802 | Helicobacter pylori and gastric carcinoma. Serum antibody prevalence in populations with contrasting cancer risks.
This investigation examined the correlation between Helicobacter pylori (HP) infection, as reflected in immunoglobulin G serum antibodies, and the risk of gastric cancer.
Serum samples were obtained from... | C06 |
3,042 | 6,334 | Recurrence of duodenal ulcer and elevated serum pepsinogen I levels in smokers and nonsmokers.
We determined serum pepsinogen I (PG I) levels by radioimmunoassay in 472 patients with duodenal ulcer and 141 normal subjects to investigate whether serum PG I levels were related to cigarette smoking, and in 225 patients t... | C06 |
3,043 | 7,515 | The hazards of surgical glove dusting powders.
Surgical contaminants of many kinds, including glove powder, constitute a source of formation of granulomas.
This is particularly well-documented in the peritoneal cavity ("starch peritonitis"), but has been documented in most anatomic sites.
The production of starch-fr... | C06 |
3,044 | 3,207 | Pharmacokinetics of propofol infusions in patients with cirrhosis.
We have compared the pharmacokinetics of propofol as an infusion in 10 control and 10 patients with cirrhosis.
Anaesthesia was induced within 3-4 min during administration of an infusion of propofol 21 mg kg-1 h-1.
After 5 min, the infusion was decre... | C06 |
3,045 | 432 | Crohn's disease and pregnancy.
Seventy-eight pregnancies in 50 patients were reviewed to evaluate the effects of Crohn's disease on the outcome of pregnancy and the influence of the pregnancy on the course of Crohn's disease.
Overall, 21 pregnancies (27 percent) had abnormal outcomes including spontaneous abortions (... | C06 |
3,046 | 2,812 | Comparison of ulcer surgery at a Veterans Administration and University Hospital.
We compared the patient populations and outcome of surgery for peptic ulcer disease in 81 patients at a Veterans Administration Hospital (OVAH) and 97 patients at an affiliated University Hospital (UNH).
The surgeons and choice of opera... | C06 |
3,047 | 9,707 | Paf-acether synthesis by Helicobacter pylori.
Clinical studies suggest that Helicobacter pylori may play a role in the pathogenesis of gastroduodenal ulcers in man but direct evidence of mucosal injury by this microorganism is still lacking.
Paf-acether (paf) causes a number of disorders including ischaemic bowel nec... | C06 |
3,048 | 3,596 | Glomerular IgA deposits in patients with celiac disease.
Glomerular immunopathology was studied in 25 patients with newly diagnosed celiac disease.
None had clinical signs of renal disease.
Glomeruli were obtained by fine-needle aspiration biopsy.
The specimens were processed and studied by indirect immunofluoresce... | C06 |
3,049 | 6,741 | Starch peritonitis. A case report and clinicopathologic review.
A case of starch peritonitis is presented with a review of the history of this continuing problem.
The syndrome's presentation, diagnosis, histopathology and treatment are discussed.
The rarity of starch peritonitis today may be due to more attention to... | C06 |
3,050 | 7,520 | Pathogenesis and treatment of intra-abdominal infection.
Intra-abdominal infection is considered potentially life-threatening.
Such infection is frequently secondary to perforated viscera, trauma or inflammatory disease.
Simple abscesses may be drained percutaneously with roentgenologic guidance; complex abscesses o... | C06 |
3,051 | 3,794 | Gastric contents retained in rat stomach following mild irritant exposure contribute to adaptive cytoprotection.
Fluid retained in the gastric lumen immediately preceding the administration of a damaging product will dilute that product and decrease its injurious capacity.
In an attempt to explain the phenomenon of a... | C06 |
3,052 | 8,528 | Asymptomatic rhabdomyolysis of unknown etiology.
A 7-year-old boy developed rhabdomyolysis with a peak creatine phosphokinase level of 261,400 IU/L after his appendectomy.
These abnormalities occurred following a 2-3-day illness consisting of upper respiratory tract symptoms, fever, and abdominal pain mimicking acute... | C06 |
3,053 | 2,008 | Biliary lithotripsy: in vitro analysis of gallstone fragmentation for equivalent stone volumes.
The relationship between gallstone fragmentation during extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy (ESWL) and gallstone volume is poorly understood.
Clinical results of ESWL show that the highest stone-free rate at 6 months occ... | C06 |
3,054 | 2,141 | Early results of combined electrohydraulic shock-wave lithotripsy and oral litholytic therapy of gallbladder stones at the University of Iowa.
One hundred thirty-three patients were entered into a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial of extracorporeal shock-wave lithotripsy for symptomatic gallstones ver... | C06 |
3,055 | 6,877 | Collis gastroplasty: origin and evolution.
In 1957 J.
Leigh Collis published his innovative operation for treating the difficult problem of the irreducible hiatal hernia, esophagitis, and stricture.
The design of the operation was based on the relatively primitive understanding of hiatal hernia and the newly emergin... | C06 |
3,056 | 831 | Immunohistochemical detection of abnormal cell proliferation in colonic mucosa of subjects with polyps.
Previous studies have shown the presence of increased proliferation in the large bowel epithelium of those at high risk of developing colon cancer.
An in vitro technique for labelling large bowel mucosa with the th... | C06 |
3,057 | 583 | Immunochemical characterization and quantitative distribution of pancreatic stone protein in sera and pancreatic secretions in pancreatic disorders.
A fluorometric immunoassay has been established to quantitate pancreatic stone protein providing a sensitivity for concentrations from 0.015 to 0.5 micrograms/mL.
When c... | C06 |
3,058 | 2,148 | The diagnosis and definition of hepatic malignancies by use of arterial enhanced computerized tomographic scanning.
Axial computerized tomography is a useful tool in the evaluation of either primary or metastatic hepatic neoplasms.
An adjunct to this technique is visceral arterial enhanced computerized tomography (AE... | C06 |
3,059 | 5,261 | Impact of active immunisation against enteritis necroticans in Papua New Guinea.
Enteritis necroticans, known locally as pigbel, has been a major cause of illness and death among children in the highlands of Papua New Guinea.
After a successful trial of active immunisation against the beta toxin of the causative orga... | C06 |
3,060 | 637 | High grade dysplasia of the gastric mucosa: a marker for gastric carcinoma.
The natural history of gastric epithelial dysplasia and its relation to gastric cancer are ill defined.
A consecutive series of 40 patients with an initial diagnosis of gastric epithelial dysplasia based on examination of endoscopic biopsies ... | C06 |
3,061 | 3,351 | Abdominal wall pain: an alternative diagnosis.
The cause of abdominal pain need not necessarily reside in the viscera; the abdominal wall is another source of symptoms.
Some causes of abdominal wall pain are obvious, e.g.
hernias, but not so others such as nerve entrapment syndromes.
This review is concerned with c... | C06 |
3,062 | 2,446 | Toxoplasmic chorioretinitis and hepatic granulomas.
A 71-yr-old male presented with a 2-month history of fever, malaise, and weight loss.
Physical exam revealed chorioretinitis.
Laboratory studies were notable for elevated levels of alkaline phosphatase, gamma-glutamyl transpeptidase, aspartate transaminase, and ala... | C06 |
3,063 | 453 | Irritable bowel syndrome in women having diagnostic laparoscopy or hysterectomy. Relation to gynecologic features and outcome.
We identified irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) in 47.7% of 86 women having diagnostic laparoscopy for chronic pelvic pain, 39.5% of 172 women having elective hysterectomy, and 32.0% of 172 contr... | C06 |
3,064 | 643 | Biliary cholesterol transport and precipitation: introduction and overview of conference.
Cholesterol is secreted into bile as cholesterol-phospholipid vesicles.
The cholesterol and phospholipid are subsequently exposed to the bile salts contained in the bile, which leads to the process of micellation.
Two situation... | C06 |
3,065 | 7,851 | Swallowing disorders in patients with prolonged orotracheal intubation or tracheostomy tubes.
Eleven patients were tested for swallowing dysfunction after prolonged orotracheal intubation.
Ten had a tracheostomy tube.
Mean duration of orotracheal intubation was 19.9 days, mean age 65 yr, and no patient had a concomi... | C06 |
3,066 | 4,005 | Long-term outcome after surgery for biliary atresia. Study of 40 patients surviving for more than 10 years.
To define long-term prognosis of children who underwent surgery for biliary atresia, a retrospective study was undertaken in 122 children who underwent one of the Kasai procedures between 1968 and 1977.
Forty o... | C06 |
3,067 | 567 | Multipolar electrocoagulation versus injection therapy in the treatment of bleeding peptic ulcers. A prospective, randomized trial.
This study prospectively compares multipolar electrocoagulation and injection therapy in high-risk patients with bleeding ulcers.
Patients were considered for entry if they had a bloody ... | C06 |
3,068 | 8,153 | Pathogenesis and therapy of peptic ulcer disease.
The epithelial cells of the stomach and duodenum are normally protected from the damaging effects of acid and pepsin by a balancing mechanism of mucosal resistance.
If an imbalance occurs, peptic ulcer may result.
Traditional teaching has emphasized the importance of... | C06 |
3,069 | 9,709 | Cathepsins D and E in normal, metaplastic, dysplastic, and carcinomatous gastric tissue: an immunohistochemical study.
Immunohistochemical distributions of cathepsins D and E were determined in normal mucosa, metaplastic, dysplastic, and cancerous lesions of the human stomach.
Cathepsins D and E were localised in the... | C06 |
3,070 | 2,422 | Sudden death due to delayed rupture of hepatic subcapsular hematoma following blunt abdominal trauma.
Blunt abdominal trauma can cause sudden, unexpected death due to injuries to internal organs.
Rupture of a hepatic subcapsular hematoma is a relatively rare cause of sudden death following minor blunt abdominal traum... | C06 |
3,071 | 7,516 | Gallstones, cholecystitis and diabetes [published erratum appears in Surg Gynecol Obstet 1991 Jul;173(1):72]
Findings from studies showing an increased incidence of gallstones in diabetic patients do not control for other variables, such as obesity.
There is no proof that diabetic patients have more gallstones.
Gall... | C06 |
3,072 | 8,159 | Should safety concerns with available ulcer treatment influence drug selection?
With the identification of the parietal cell receptors for gastric acid secretion coupled with the introduction of cimetidine in 1977, treatment of acid-peptic diseases was transformed from empiric therapy to an approach based on a clearer... | C06 |
3,073 | 640 | Duodenal ulcer and refined carbohydrate intake: a case-control study assessing dietary fibre and refined sugar intake
An association between duodenal ulceration and a low fibre intake and a high refined carbohydrate diet has been reported.
We therefore compared the current diet, smoking habits, social class, and pos... | C06 |
3,074 | 4,280 | Parathyroid hormone and cirrhosis of the liver.
Fifty patients with liver cirrhosis (36 alcoholic, 1 drug-induced, 7 posthepatitic, and 6 cryptogenic) and normal renal function were investigated to determine whether PTH levels in serum, measured using the common midregion human PTH-(44-68) RIA, are elevated in such pa... | C06 |
3,075 | 7,699 | Calcium and calcium binding in human gallstone disease.
Precipitation of calcium salts from bile is important in pigment gallstone formation and may serve as a nidus for cholesterol precipitation.
We compared gallbladder bile from patients with symptomatic gallstone disease (40 with cholesterol gallstones and 12 with... | C06 |
3,076 | 8,185 | Requirement of endogenous tumor necrosis factor/cachectin for recovery from experimental peritonitis.
By intrasplenic immunization we raised a rat mAb (mAb V1q; IgG2a, kappa) with a potent neutralizing activity against natural mouse TNF (1 microgram/ml mAb V1q/100 U/ml TNF).
mAb V1q was used to study the role of endo... | C06 |
3,077 | 7,704 | Surgical aspects of sclerosing encapsulating peritonitis.
Sclerosing encapsulating peritonitis (SEP) is associated with the administration of beta-blocking agents as well as continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis.
The predisposing factors in the latter group are recurrent peritonitis, presence of acetate in the di... | C06 |
3,078 | 2,631 | Endemic Cryptosporidium and Giardia lamblia infections in a Thai orphanage.
We conducted a point prevalence survey for enteric protozoa in 205 institutionalized orphans 1-61 months of age in Bangkok, Thailand.
Cryptosporidium was identified in 17 children (8%), Giardia lamblia in 42 (20%), and 3 children (1%) had bot... | C06 |
3,079 | 2,207 | Abnormal membrane physical properties of red cells in McLeod syndrome.
McLeod red cells (RBCs) lack Kx antigens and have weak expression of the Kell antigens.
Individuals who carry the McLeod phenotype have acanthocytic RBCs and a compensated hemolytic state.
To elucidate the role of the protein on which the Kx anti... | C06 |
3,080 | 9,204 | The course of the HIV epidemic among intravenous drug users in Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
To determine if behavioral changes in intravenous drug users in Amsterdam have retarded the HIV (human immunodeficiency virus) epidemic in this group in recent years, we report that: HIV-antibody seroprevalence in annual samples... | C06 |
3,081 | 7,507 | Neoplastic changes in the stomach after gastrectomy.
Partial gastric resection for benign ulcer disease has been associated with an increased incidence of mucosal dysplasia and invasive adenocarcinoma, particularly 15 to 20 years after resection.
These remnant carcinomas are particularly virulent with little hope of ... | C06 |
3,082 | 986 | Fibronectin-related substance located in the chief cells of human and rat gastric mucosa.
A novel substance located in the chief cells of human and rat gastric mucosa, which was detected immunologically by either polyclonal or monoclonal antihuman fibronectin (FN) antibodies, is reported.
All three polyclonal antihum... | C06 |
3,083 | 7,713 | Ticlopidine treatment reduces the progression of nonproliferative diabetic retinopathy. The TIMAD Study Group.
The Ticlopidine Microangiopathy of Diabetes study (TIMAD), a randomized, double-masked, placebo-controlled trial, assessed the effect of this antiplatelet agent (ticlopidine hydrochloride) in reducing the pro... | C06 |
3,084 | 8,653 | Helicobacter pylori and associated duodenal ulcer.
Twenty three children with coexistent duodenal ulcer and Helicobacter pylori infection were treated with either two weeks of amoxycillin (25 mg/kg/day) in addition to six weeks of cimetidine, or cimetidine alone.
Endoscopy with antral and duodenal biopsies for urease... | C06 |
3,085 | 2,430 | Duodenal ulcer hemorrhage with and without dyspepsia.
To clarify the clinical significance of dyspepsia in patients with bleeding duodenal ulcer, we studied 298 patients prospectively.
Ages of patients ranged from 16 to 81 yr (mean 45.9).
There were 244 (82%) dyspeptic and 54 (18%) nondyspeptic patients.
In the dys... | C06 |
3,086 | 3,984 | Role of epidermal growth factor, prostaglandin, and sulfhydryls in stress-induced gastric lesions.
Epidermal growth factor promotes the growth of and protects gastric mucosa against various ulcerogens, including stress, but little is known about its role in the pathogenesis of stress ulcerations.
In this study, Wista... | C06 |
3,087 | 4,009 | Esophageal obstruction after ingestion of a fiber-containing diet pill.
Foreign bodies of the esophagus in adults may be the result of a food bolus that becomes lodged proximal to a structural abnormality of the distal esophagus.
A case of peptic stricture of the esophagus in a patient who presented with acute dyspha... | C06 |
3,088 | 6,449 | The associated anomalies that determine prognosis in congenital omphaloceles.
Cogenital abdominal wall defects such as omphaloceles can be recognized by fetal ultrasonography.
To determine whether associated anatomic features may be useful in determining fetal prognosis, a retrospective study was performed over a 5-y... | C06 |
3,089 | 5,249 | Assessment of functional gastrointestinal disease: the bowel disease questionnaire.
A need exists for a self-report questionnaire that reliably and accurately measures symptoms and that distinguishes patients with functional gastrointestinal disease from those with other conditions.
We have developed such an instrume... | C06 |
3,090 | 425 | Absorption and motility of the bypassed human ileum.
The authors assessed absorption and motility of the human ileum after a prolonged period of disuse.
In eight patients with ulcerative colitis, a manometric-catheter assembly was placed via the ileostomy into the unused portion of distal ileum two months after ileal... | C06 |
3,091 | 684 | Monomicrobial nonneutrocytic bacterascites: a variant of spontaneous bacterial peritonitis.
Spontaneous bacterial peritonitis is diagnosed when (a) the ascitic fluid culture is positive, (b) the ascitic fluid neutrophil count is greater than or equal to 250 cells/mm3 and (c) there is no evident intraabdominal surgical... | C06 |
3,092 | 2,265 | Does paramedic-base hospital contact result in beneficial deviations from standard prehospital protocols?
We reviewed written and audio records of paramedic-base hospital radio contact to determine whether care differed from that suggested in standard prehospital care protocols.
Records of all 659 contacts for seizu... | C06 |
3,093 | 9,939 | Septic Streptococcus milleri spondylodiscitis.
We describe 2 patients presenting lumbar spondylitis due to Streptococcus milleri.
In both cases origin was related to preexistent intestinal pathology.
Surgical drainage of a collection of pus was necessary in one case.
Longterm antibiotic therapy led to full recovery... | C06 |
3,094 | 5,219 | Complications of stapled anastomoses in anterior resection for rectal carcinoma: colorectal anastomosis versus coloanal anastomosis.
Postoperative results of 48 patients who underwent anterior resection using the EEA-stapler were evaluated.
In all but 2 cases the indication for surgery was colorectal carcinoma.
In 2... | C06 |
3,095 | 8,160 | The clinical importance of drug interactions with antiulcer therapy.
The overall safety of a given drug is determined by its toxicity, side effects, and drug-drug interactions.
Thus, a clarification of the mechanisms, importance, and clinical implications of any drug-drug interaction with antiulcer therapy is critica... | C06 |
3,096 | 7,468 | Hypertrophic pyloric stenosis: volumetric measurement of nasogastric aspirate to determine the imaging modality
The authors postulated that volumetric measurement of residual gastric aspirate in neonates and infants with nonbilious projectile vomiting could enable differentiation between patients with hypertrophic py... | C06 |
3,097 | 8,667 | Crohn's disease of the lung
Two years after developing colonic Crohn's disease, a 17 year old boy presented with focal pulmonary consolidation.
A lung biopsy specimen showed areas of non-caseating epithelioid granuloma.
Although some respiratory abnormalities appear to be associated with inflammatory bowel disease,... | C06 |
3,098 | 8,738 | Treatment of severe acne with isotretinoin in patients with inflammatory bowel disease.
Four patients with inflammatory bowel disease and severe cystic acne were treated with isotretinoin.
Two patients had a successful course of treatment without any gastrointestinal side-effects.
One patient had two episodes of pro... | C06 |
3,099 | 6,044 | Preventing postoperative acute bleeding of the upper part of the gastrointestinal tract.
Two hundred and ninety-eight critically ill patients at risk for the development of postoperative stress ulcers and bleeding were randomized into three groups.
The first group comprised 85 patients who received meciadanol, a new ... | C06 |
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