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6,700 | 2,172 | Use of a management plan for treating asthma in an emergency department.
A standardised management protocol has been developed for the assessment and treatment of adults with acute asthma attending an emergency department.
The management protocol consists of an assessment sheet for recording essential features of the... | C23 |
6,701 | 6,745 | Association of acute colonic pseudo-obstruction (Ogilvie's syndrome) with herpes zoster.
Ogilvie's syndrome, or acute pseudo-obstruction of the colon is characterized by massive distension of the colon in the absence of organic distal obstruction.
The syndrome is associated with various unrelated and, most often, ext... | C23 |
6,702 | 5,489 | Prolonged confusion following convulsions due to generalized nonconvulsive status epilepticus.
Among patients with a prolonged confusional state after convulsive seizure, we diagnosed 8 cases as generalized nonconvulsive status epilepticus.
Six had a history of seizures, and 2 had new onset.
The convulsive seizures ... | C23 |
6,703 | 5,252 | Coagulation factor abnormalities as possible thrombotic risk factors after Fontan operations.
Severe thromboembolism occurred in 3 of 37 patients who had undergone Fontan-type operations for correction of congenital heart defects several months to years after the operation.
The patients were screened for coagulation ... | C23 |
6,704 | 6,291 | Aggressive oral refeeding in hospitalized patients.
Malnutrition is an important clinical condition leading to increased morbidity and mortality.
This report describes an aggressive oral refeeding program of high-caloric foods, which was instituted in severely anorectic patients because of their refusal to eat meals ... | C23 |
6,705 | 3,628 | Magnetic resonance imaging and computer tomography of acute spinal cord trauma.
Spinal cord lesions are not detectable on roentgenograms and computed tomography (CT) scans.
Magnetic resonance images (MRIs) are able to make soft-tissue lesions visible.
Interpretations of MRIs, CT scans, and roentgenograms were compar... | C23 |
6,706 | 4,988 | The abdominal trauma index--a critical reassessment and validation.
The Abdominal Trauma Index (ATI) was devised to quantify the risk of complications following abdominal trauma.
With scores greater than 25, the risk of postoperative complications became exponential.
The purpose of the present study was to determine... | C23 |
6,707 | 2,323 | Patient-related variables and restenosis after percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty--a report from the M-HEART Group.
As part of a randomized prospective study designed to investigate the restenosis process after percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA), the relation between patient-related vari... | C23 |
6,708 | 8,104 | Localised endosteal bone lysis in relation to the femoral components of cemented total hip arthroplasties.
Four cases are described of localised endosteal bone lysis in the femur occurring in association with cemented femoral components that were not obviously 'loose' radiologically.
In each, the area of lysis was sh... | C23 |
6,709 | 8,402 | Allelic loss of chromosomes 16q and 10q in human prostate cancer.
Recent advances in understanding the molecular genetics of common adult tumors have indicated that multiple genetic alterations including the activation of oncogenes and the inactivation of tumor suppressor genes are important in the pathogenesis of the... | C23 |
6,710 | 429 | Rectal bleeding. Patient delay in presentation.
Patient delay in presentation of rectal bleeding has been identified as a factor in delayed diagnosis among patients with colorectal cancer.
The aim of this study was to identify demographic or psychological factors, or beliefs or behaviors related to delay in presentat... | C23 |
6,711 | 7,295 | On the metallothionein, glutathione and cysteine relationship in rat liver.
Stress and starvation increased liver metallothionein (MT) and decreased liver glutathione (GSH) levels.
Serum cysteine plus cystine levels were increased by stress.
The exogenous administration of GSH, while not modifying hepatic GSH conten... | C23 |
6,712 | 7,002 | Background review and current concepts of reperfusion injury.
We define the concept of reperfusion injury, and we present a background chronology of experimental work supporting and questioning this concept.
We identify several new influences, such as current clinical interest in thrombolytic therapy for acute ischem... | C23 |
6,713 | 2,038 | Different tumor-derived p53 mutants exhibit distinct biological activities.
In its wild-type form, the protein p53 can interfere with neoplastic processes.
Tumor-derived cells often express mutant p53.
Full-length mutant forms of p53 isolated so far from transformed mouse cells exhibit three common properties in vit... | C23 |
6,714 | 407 | Predicting failure following shunting of pleural effusions.
We placed 43 shunts in 34 patients in five years.
Twenty-four had malignant effusions and ten had benign effusions.
Thirty-one patients had unilateral shunts, three had bilateral shunts and six required revisions for shunt failure.
Two patients died after ... | C23 |
6,715 | 6,233 | Voltage criteria of left ventricular hypertrophy in sudden and nonsudden coronary artery disease mortality: the Italian section of the Seven Countries Study.
It is unclear whether sudden or nonsudden death can be predicted independently from other risk factors for coronary artery disease (CAD).
Therefore, this invest... | C23 |
6,716 | 9,302 | Bilateral intrapulmonary hematomas.
A 67-yr-old man, known to have chronic obstructive lung disease, developed bilateral localized pulmonary densities on chest radiographs after cardiopulmonary resuscitation.
An autopsy disclosed bilateral intrapulmonary hematomas without communication with bronchi, pulmonary arterie... | C23 |
6,717 | 4,373 | Life-threatening hemorrhage after placement of an endosseous implant: report of case
This article reports an unusual but dangerous complication of implant surgery.
Minimal perforations of the lingual plate and inferior border of the mandible had been considered previously to be benign occurrences.
This report demon... | C23 |
6,718 | 9,935 | Severe cerebral and systemic necrotizing vasculitis developing during pregnancy in a case of systemic lupus erythematosus.
We describe a fatal case of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) developing cerebral and systemic necrotizing vasculitis during pregnancy.
The patient was discovered to have SLE at 14 weeks' gestat... | C23 |
6,719 | 9,553 | An extracorporeal perfusion system to bridge pediatric liver transplant candidates.
An extracorporeal liver perfusion system was designed to maintain cadaver livers in an oxygenated, normothermic state for bridging procedures for hepatic transplantation.
Nonpulsatile high flow and pulsatile low flow blood are supplie... | C23 |
6,720 | 5,273 | Acute hypervolaemic haemodilution to avoid blood transfusion during major surgery
16 patients underwent acute hypervolaemic haemodilution with dextran 40 and Ringers lactate, to see whether this procedure could avoid preoperative blood transfusion.
Packed cell volume (PCV) and oxygen extraction decreased, and cardia... | C23 |
6,721 | 5,924 | Postoperative pancreatic abscess due to Plesiomonas shigelloides.
Plesiomonas shigelloides is being recognized with increasing frequency as a human pathogen.
The organism is ubiquitous in fresh and brackish water, and clinical illness has been associated with foreign travel and ingestion of inadequately cooked seafoo... | C23 |
6,722 | 3,219 | Comparison of four pulse oximeters: effects of venous occlusion and cold-induced peripheral vasoconstriction.
The ability of four pulse oximeters (the Ohmeda 3700, Nellcor N100 and N200 and the Datex Oscar) to detect hypoxaemia was determined in the presence of venous obstruction and cold-induced peripheral vasoconstr... | C23 |
6,723 | 5,256 | Buruli ulcer in Benin
In a study of 28 patients with Mycobacterium ulcerans infection (Buruli ulcer) in Oinhi, Benin, it became clear that the disease can regress as well as progress, and that patients can have lesions of different stages simultaneously.
A system of disease staging was introduced (I = subcutaneous n... | C23 |
6,724 | 9,491 | Functional heart replacement with the spindle pump: first results.
The spindle pump is a nonpulsatile blood pump with a double function, i.e., it works centrifugally and represses simultaneously.
The first experiences with this type of pump used as a biventricular assist device in four short-term animal experiments (... | C23 |
6,725 | 9,135 | Pheochromocytoma and acute myocardial infarction.
When a pheochromocytoma is manifested as an acute myocardial illness, diagnosis may be difficult to make.
If the tumor is suspected early enough, a workup can be done while the complications of the myocardial illness are being controlled (as in our case).
The tumor c... | C23 |
6,726 | 345 | Inflammatory nodular reactions after hepatitis B vaccination due to aluminium sensitization.
In 2 patients, pruritic nodules appeared after revaccination against hepatitis B.
Aluminium was found to be responsible for this side effect: contact allergy to aluminium was present in both patients, whereas controls were ne... | C23 |
6,727 | 820 | An insertion/deletion polymorphism in the angiotensin I-converting enzyme gene accounting for half the variance of serum enzyme levels.
A polymorphism consisting of the presence or absence of a 250-bp DNA fragment was detected within the angiotensin I-converting enzyme gene (ACE) using the endothelial ACE cDNA probe.
... | C23 |
6,728 | 3,572 | Neurological and ophthalmological phenomena after aortic conduit surgery.
Transient neurological and visual signs have been observed in some patients after valved conduit replacement of the aortic valve and ascending aorta.
Twenty-seven patients having valved conduit replacement between February 1982 and October 1988... | C23 |
6,729 | 730 | The effect of improved cementing techniques on component loosening in total hip replacement. An 11-year radiographic review.
Improved cementing techniques have been shown to decrease the rate of aseptic loosening of femoral components of cemented total hip replacements at five to seven years.
We now report our result... | C23 |
6,730 | 7,835 | Peroneal nerve palsy after total knee arthroplasty.
The prognosis for peroneal palsy after total knee arthroplasty (TKA) is poorly defined.
Twenty-six postoperative peroneal palsies occurred after 8998 TKAs performed between 1972 and 1985.
Eighteen patients had complete and eight had incomplete peroneal palsies.
Tw... | C23 |
6,731 | 9,785 | A controlled trial of clobetasol propionate ointment 0.05% in the treatment of experimentally induced Rhus dermatitis.
We studied the effectiveness of clobetasol propionate ointment 0.05% in experimentally induced Rhus dermatitis.
Clobetasol rapidly decreased the vesiculation at each treated site, although the effect... | C23 |
6,732 | 5,093 | Clinical and pathological findings in prostates following intravesical bacillus Calmette-Guerin instillations.
The prostates of 36 patients who were treated with intravesical bacillus Calmette-Guerin were evaluated by digital rectal examination and transrectal ultrasonography.
When abnormal palpatory and/or ultrasono... | C23 |
6,733 | 5,463 | Serial ultrasonographic evaluation of neonatal vein of Galen malformations to assess the efficacy of interventional neuroradiological procedures.
Two-dimensional echocardiography complemented with color-flow imaging and pulsed Doppler ultrasound was used to evaluate one fetus and five neonates with a vein of Galen mal... | C23 |
6,734 | 9,636 | Effective intraperitoneal antiprotease therapy for taurocholate-induced pancreatitis in rats
In canine pancreatitis, irreversible hypotension and death follow saturation of the antiprotease molecules in peritoneal exudate by activated proteolytic enzymes which are released from the pancreas.
This study has examined,... | C23 |
6,735 | 3,762 | Mechanism of intermittent preexcitation in the Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome. The concept of electronically mediated conduction across an inexcitable gap.
A man with intermittent preexcitation in the Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome is reported.
Once a sinus impulse was blocked in the accessory pathway, the block (ie,... | C23 |
6,736 | 8,105 | Aggressive granulomatous lesions in cementless total hip arthroplasty.
We describe six patients with aggressive granulomatous lesions around cementless total hip prostheses.
Two patients previously had a cemented prosthesis in the same hip.
The Lord prosthesis was used in five patients, the PCA in one.
Both prosthe... | C23 |
6,737 | 5,973 | Down-regulation of LFA-1 adhesion receptors by C-myc oncogene in human B lymphoblastoid cells.
The function of the c-myc gene and its role in tumorigenesis are poorly understood.
In order to elucidate the role of c-myc oncogene activation in B cell malignancy, the phenotypic changes caused by the expression of c-myc ... | C23 |
6,738 | 6,690 | Occipital condyle fracture presenting as retropharyngeal hematoma.
Reported is the case of a 30-year-old male motorcycle accident victim who was found on plain cervical-spine radiography to have prevertebral soft-tissue swelling.
Although subsequent computed tomography demonstrated no cervical-spine fracture, it did ... | C23 |
6,739 | 2,801 | Central airway obstruction due to cytomegalovirus-induced necrotizing tracheitis in a patient with AIDS.
Cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection in patients with the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) can present as either disseminated disease, pneumonitis, retinitis, gastroenteritis, neuropathy, or a subclinical infec... | C23 |
6,740 | 7,453 | Mucocele of the cystic duct remnant in eight liver transplant recipients: findings at cholangiography, CT, and US.
The case histories and radiologic studies of eight liver transplant recipients who developed a mucocele of the allograft cystic duct remnant were retrospectively evaluated.
All patients had clinical and/... | C23 |
6,741 | 9,646 | Effect of hydrocele on testis and spermatogenesis.
One hundred and twenty cases of big unilateral hydrocele of the tunica vaginalis testis have been studied to ascertain the effect on the structure and function of the testis, taking the normal side as control.
There was no pressure effect from the hydrocele on the st... | C23 |
6,742 | 3,475 | Anaesthetic management of the brain dead for organ donation.
An increasing number of anaesthetists is being called upon to manage organ donors during organ retrieval procedures.
We briefly describe the technical aspects of the surgical procedure together with a guide to the anaesthetic management.
The aims of the la... | C23 |
6,743 | 6,423 | Postmortem chorionic villus sampling is a better method for cytogenetic evaluation of early fetal loss than culture of abortus material.
In utero chorionic villus sampling at the time of diagnosis of intrauterine fetal death is compared with more traditional use of cultured fetal skin, products of conception, or amnio... | C23 |
6,744 | 3,752 | The impact of right ventricular infarction on the prevalence of ventricular arrhythmias during acute inferior myocardial infarction.
To determine the impact of RV infarction on the prevalence and complexity of ventricular arrhythmias during inferior AMI, 57 patients with no prior MI were studied by 24-hour Holter moni... | C23 |
6,745 | 630 | Pancreatic duct abnormalities in gall stone disease: an endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatographic study.
This study was carried out to assess pancreatic duct abnormalities in gall stone disease.
Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatograms of 50 patients with gall stone disease were analysed and the results co... | C23 |
6,746 | 3,635 | Total hip arthroplasties in patients younger than 45 years. A nine- to ten-year follow-up study.
Eighty-one cemented total hip arthroplasties in patients younger than 45 years were reviewed with an average 9.2-year follow-up interval.
The results were compared with the same group previously reported at an average fol... | C23 |
6,747 | 6,238 | Prognosis of acute myocardial infarction complicated by primary ventricular fibrillation. Principal Investigators of the SPRINT Study.
In 5,839 consecutive patients with acute myocardial infarction (AMI), hospitalized between July 1981 and July 1983 in 14 coronary care units in Israel, the incidence of primary ventric... | C23 |
6,748 | 8,516 | Persistent mullerian duct syndrome.
Persistent mullerian syndrome is rare.
A case of phenotypically normal male with persistent mullerian structures that consisted of a bicornuate uterus, fallopian tubes, and upper third of the vagina is reported.
These unusual structures were found in association with bilateral cry... | C23 |
6,749 | 6,522 | A case-control study of the effectiveness of bicycle safety helmets in preventing facial injury.
In a case-control study we sought to assess the potential effectiveness of helmets in preventing facial injuries.
Our study included 212 bicyclists with facial injuries and 319 controls with injuries to other body areas, ... | C23 |
6,750 | 6,075 | Molecular biology of circulatory shock. Part III. Human hepatoblastoma (HepG2) cells demonstrate two patterns of shock-induced gene expression that are independent, exclusive, and prioritized.
During shock and resuscitation, parenchymal cells of solid organs are exposed to a rapidly changing microenvironment, which ma... | C23 |
6,751 | 6,185 | Coronary angioplasty in symptomatic patients after bypass surgery.
With the availability of percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA), the management of patients who present with recurrent angina following coronary artery bypass surgery (CABG) has changed.
From January 1987 to December 1988, 149 symptomat... | C23 |
6,752 | 6,663 | Survival rates from out-of-hospital cardiac arrest: recommendations for uniform definitions and data to report.
Survival rates for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest vary widely among locations.
We surveyed the definitions used in published studies of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest.
Data from 74 studies involving 36 com... | C23 |
6,753 | 8,383 | Psychosocial correlates of temporomandibular joint pain and dysfunction.
This study examines psychological differences between temporomandibular joint pain and dysfunction (TMJPD) patients, pain controls, and healthy controls.
Two hundred and two patients were classified, according to the diagnostic criteria of Evers... | C23 |
6,754 | 2,819 | Lung lobe torsion following lobectomy.
Three cases of postoperative pulmonary lobe torsion were reported.
Two of three showed hemorrhagic infarctions, and as a result underwent rethoracotomies and removal of the affected lobes.
From these experiences, we consider that computed tomography (CT) and bronchofiberscopic ... | C23 |
6,755 | 5,444 | Mild head injury classification.
Inconsistencies across studies concerning outcome after mild head injury may reflect differences in the diagnostic criteria used for selection of patients.
Consequently, we compared the neurobehavioral outcome in three groups of consecutively hospitalized patients (aged 16 to 50 years... | C23 |
6,756 | 2,641 | Results of surgical treatment for hyperparathyroidism associated with renal disease.
Recently, the role and timing of surgery for treating secondary and tertiary hyperparathyroidism (HPT) have been questioned.
In order to delineate the indications for surgery in these patients, a retrospective analysis of 53 consecut... | C23 |
6,757 | 4,414 | Detection of restenosis after successful coronary angioplasty: improved clinical decision making with use of a logistic model combining procedural and follow-up variables.
A prospective study of 111 patients who underwent repeat coronary angiography and exercise thallium-201 scintigraphy 6 +/- 2 months after complete ... | C23 |
6,758 | 6,989 | Nontraumatic coma. Glasgow coma score and coma etiology as predictors of 2-week outcome.
In 1987 and 1988, we carried out a prospective study of patients older than 10 years with nontraumatic coma in the intensive care units of Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center, New York, NY.
Of 188 patients with Glasgow Coma Scal... | C23 |
6,759 | 7,191 | Structure and distribution of an Alu-type deletion mutation in Sandhoff disease.
Sandhoff disease is a recessively inherited lysosomal storage disease resulting from a deficiency of beta-hexosaminidase activity.
The enzyme occurs in two major forms, beta-hexosaminidase A, composed of an alpha- and beta-subunit and be... | C23 |
6,760 | 4,947 | Prolonged indomethacin therapy for the prevention of recurrences of patent ductus arteriosus.
We tested the hypothesis that prolonged maintenance indomethacin therapy would allow more effective closure of patent ductus arteriosus (PDA) and thereby decrease the recurrence rate.
Thirty-nine low birthweight neonates (le... | C23 |
6,761 | 5,853 | Treatment of craniomaxillofacial fibrous dysplasia: how early and how extensive?
Twenty-eight craniomaxillofacial fibrous dysplasia patients were treated as early as the symptoms occurred.
The principles of surgical treatment were based on the zones of involvement: total excision of dysplastic bone of fronto-orbital,... | C23 |
6,762 | 311 | Factors influencing the results of open reduction and internal fixation of tibial plateau fractures.
Forty-three displaced tibial plateau fractures were treated with open reduction and internal fixation.
The fractures were classified into four groups, and the clinical results were evaluated using a standard 100-point... | C23 |
6,763 | 4,120 | Trapped-lung syndrome after cardiac surgery: a potentially preventable complication of pleural injury.
A case of trapped-lung syndrome after coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) is presented.
A significant pleural injury occurred during the bypass operation resulting in intrapleural hemorrhage, pleural fibrosis, an... | C23 |
6,764 | 7,473 | Penetrating aortic ulcers: diagnosis with MR imaging.
The authors studied seven patients with penetrating aortic ulcers with use of magnetic resonance (MR) imaging.
All patients were evaluated for acute chest symptoms, and the presence of aortic ulcers was confirmed by means of angiography in all seven patients.
Fiv... | C23 |
6,765 | 7,572 | Use of auscultation to follow patients with mitral systolic clicks and murmurs.
Mitral systolic clicks and murmurs together with associated symptoms constitute a major reason for cardiologic referral.
Although echocardiography with Doppler study enables characterization of the mitral valve apparatus and quantificatio... | C23 |
6,766 | 2,928 | Urinary tract re-functionalization after long-term diversion. A 20-year experience with 177 patients.
From 1969 to 1990, previously diverted urinary tracts were 'undiverted' in 177 patients whose ages ranged from 1 to 31 years.
Fifty-six of the patients (32%) had been diverted for 10 years or longer.
There were 67 f... | C23 |
6,767 | 7,997 | Prevalence of spontaneous hepatofugal portal flow in liver cirrhosis. Clinical and endoscopic correlation in 228 patients.
The prevalence of spontaneous reversal of flow in the portal venous system was non invasively evaluated by Doppler ultrasound in 228 patients with liver cirrhosis and portal hypertension.
Reverse... | C23 |
6,768 | 5,878 | Antibiotic therapy for common infections.
Several important points regarding the treatment of urinary tract infections should be made.
Single-dose and short-course antibiotic therapy is appropriate only for women with acute bacterial cystitis due to E.
coli.
Studies comparing single-dose to full-course therapy have... | C23 |
6,769 | 8,813 | Choroid plexus tumors in the breast cancer-sarcoma syndrome.
Choroid plexus neoplasms are rare epithelial tumors of the central nervous system.
A carcinoma of the choroid plexus occurred in a child from a family with the breast cancer-sarcoma syndrome (Li-Fraumeni or SBLA syndrome), an inherited condition characteriz... | C23 |
6,770 | 5,895 | Interventional radiologic alternatives to cholecystectomy.
It has been estimated that 20 million people in the United States have gallstone disease.
The choice of the optimal management strategy for a patient with symptomatic gallstones in the 1990s will take into account the clinical status of the patient, the chara... | C23 |
6,771 | 2,200 | The differentiation of delayed serologic and delayed hemolytic transfusion reactions: incidence, long-term serologic findings, and clinical significance.
Delayed serologic transfusion reactions (DSTRs) and delayed hemolytic transfusion reactions (DHTRs) were studied in a large tertiary-care hospital.
A DSTR was defin... | C23 |
6,772 | 6,476 | Development of multiple necrotizing enteritis induced by a tumor necrosis factor-like cytokine from lipopolysaccharide-stimulated peritoneal macrophages in rats.
We report the development of an animal model of multiple necrotizing enteritis (MNE) in rats.
When rats were injected directly with a culture supernatant of... | C23 |
6,773 | 6,829 | Outcome after acute osteomyelitis in preterm infants.
Eight cases of skeletal infection in preterm infants were studied.
All the infants were systemically unwell, with polymorpholeucocytosis.
Diagnosis was by blood culture, and any radiographic changes were apparent at the time of presentation.
Infection was often ... | C23 |
6,774 | 9,788 | Spitz nevi in black children.
Four black children with Spitz nevi are presented.
The initial clinical diagnosis was pyogenic granuloma for three patients.
One child had two Spitz nevi.
Histologic examination revealed melanocytic dendritic hyperplasia in all cases. | C23 |
6,775 | 5,820 | Mutations in src homology regions 2 and 3 of activated chicken c-src that result in preferential transformation of mouse or chicken cells.
src homology regions 2 and 3 (SH2 and SH3) of proteins encoded by src and closely related genes are conserved domains believed to modulate the protein-tyrosine kinase activity of t... | C23 |
6,776 | 9,262 | Flumazenil in ketamine and midazolam anaesthesia.
A double-blind, parallel group study using flumazenil and placebo was carried out to determine whether patients who received flumazenil would awake more quickly and whether this drug would reverse the protection conferred by midazolam on the psychic sequelae of ketamin... | C23 |
6,777 | 2,408 | Heart weights of white men 20 to 39 years of age. An analysis of 218 autopsy cases.
Review of autopsy data for 218 white men between 20 and 39 years of age who died of injuries or suddenly and unexpectedly indicated a mean heart weight of 371 g.
The mean for those dying of external causes was 364 g whereas the mean f... | C23 |
6,778 | 7,385 | Scatter photocoagulation restores tissue hypoxia in experimental vasoproliferative microangiopathy in miniature pigs.
Experimental retinal branch vein occlusion using argon laser photocoagulation in miniature pigs induced the development of ischemic retinal territories associated with preretinal neovascularization.
P... | C23 |
6,779 | 6,598 | Epidurography in premature infants.
A caudal epidural catheter was inserted in 20 premature, high risk infants for abdominal or thoracic surgery under combined caudal epidural and general anaesthesia.
Epidurography was used to confirm the position of the catheter which was found to be misplaced in three patients.
Th... | C23 |
6,780 | 5,496 | Hemiparkinsonism-hemiatrophy syndrome: clinical and neuroradiologic features.
We evaluated 11 patients with hemiparkinson-hemiatrophy syndrome, 6 with body and contralateral cerebral hemispheric hemiatrophy, 4 with only body hemiatrophy, and 1 with just brain hemiatrophy.
The mean age of symptom onset was 38.1 years ... | C23 |
6,781 | 8,385 | Is emotional disturbance a precipitator or a consequence of chronic pain?
The present study examined the relationship between psychological factors and pain in order to assess the contribution of emotional disturbance to the perpetuation of pain.
A group of 163 chronic pain suffers in multiple settings was compared w... | C23 |
6,782 | 685 | Norfloxacin prevents spontaneous bacterial peritonitis recurrence in cirrhosis: results of a double-blind, placebo-controlled trial.
Eighty cirrhotic patients who had recovered from an episode of spontaneous bacterial peritonitis were included in a multicenter, double-blind trial aimed at comparing long-term norfloxac... | C23 |
6,783 | 7,670 | Muscle involvement in the scleroderma syndromes.
Muscle involvement was identified in 14 patients with scleroderma or a connective tissue disease overlap syndrome with predominant features of scleroderma.
Patients presented with symmetrical proximal weakness indistinguishable from other inflammatory myopathies.
Crea... | C23 |
6,784 | 4,188 | Total knee arthroplasty in obese patients.
We examined 182 patients (257 knees) who had had a total knee arthroplasty two to five six years earlier.
The patients were grouped into five weight classes.
Eighteen patients (twenty-seven knees) were considered moderately obese and twelve patients (twenty-seven knees), se... | C23 |
6,785 | 8,100 | Failed acromioplasty for impingement syndrome.
We evaluated 67 shoulders in 65 patients who had pain and dysfunction for more than two years after an initial acromioplasty for impingement syndrome without a rotator cuff tear.
In addition to a thorough history, physical examination, local anaesthesia injection and any... | C23 |
6,786 | 9,811 | Assessment of ventricular septal defect closure by intraoperative epicardial ultrasound.
Intraoperative epicardial two-dimensional echocardiographic imaging, color flow mapping and contrast echocardiography were used in 31 patients after patch closure of a ventricular septal defect to determine their respective values... | C23 |
6,787 | 2,874 | Meropenem pharmacokinetics and penetration into an inflammatory exudate.
The pharmacokinetics and penetration into a cantharidine-induced inflammatory exudate of meropenem was studied in six volunteers following a single 1-g intravenous dose.
Concentrations in plasma, urine, and the inflammatory exudate were determin... | C23 |
6,788 | 372 | Kinin/prostaglandin system: its therapeutic value in surgical stress.
Multiple system organ failure as a consequence of injury or sepsis remains the major reason for death in critically ill patients.
One of the treatment concepts that has recently attracted clinical attention is the administration of kinins and prost... | C23 |
6,789 | 2,443 | Isolated ventral pancreatitis in a patient with pancreas divisum.
A previously healthy 22-yr-old woman was found to have chronic pancreatitis restricted to the ventral pancreas in association with pancreas divisum.
When conservative treatment failed, sphincteroplasty of both papillae was performed with good results.
... | C23 |
6,790 | 9,155 | Recanalization of chronic total coronary arterial occlusions by percutaneous excimer-laser and laser-assisted angioplasty.
A low primary success and high restenosis rate after recanalization of chronic total occlusions by conventional coronary angioplasty have encouraged the application of new interventional technique... | C23 |
6,791 | 735 | The Oxford knee replacement. A review from an independent centre.
We present a study of 67 Oxford bicompartmental total knee replacements performed at a district general hospital.
In this general orthopaedic unit, 57 of the knees (85%) had significant relief of pain with a mean flexion range of 95 degrees and a mean ... | C23 |
6,792 | 7,685 | Altered waveform of plasma nocturnal melatonin secretion in premenstrual depression.
The nocturnal secretion of plasma melatonin was determined under dim to dark conditions in eight patients with prospectively confirmed premenstrual syndrome and in eight age- and menstrual cycle phase-matched normal control subjects.
... | C23 |
6,793 | 6,024 | Left ventricular pseudoaneurysm complicating mitral valve replacement in a 4-year-old child with acute bacterial endocarditis.
A 4-year-old child with acute bacterial endocarditis required mitral valve replacement.
A left ventricular pseudoaneurysm developed following surgery.
The etiology and diagnosis of this comp... | C23 |
6,794 | 4,951 | Effects of cisapride in patients with cystic fibrosis and distal intestinal obstruction syndrome.
In a double-blind, placebo-controlled, crossover trial, we investigated the effects of the prokinetic drug cisapride in patients with cystic fibrosis and chronic recurrent distal intestinal obstruction syndrome (DIOS).
A... | C23 |
6,795 | 3,791 | Ileocolic nipple valve anastomosis for preventing recurrence of surgically treated Crohn's disease. Long-term follow-up of six patients.
To prevent coloileal reflux after ileocecal resection, an ileocolic nipple valve anastomosis was constructed in six patients with Crohn's disease.
The patients were observed for mor... | C23 |
6,796 | 9,608 | Large loop excision of the transformation zone (LLETZ) compared to carbon dioxide laser in the treatment of CIN: a superior mode of treatment.
A series of 199 patients with histologically confirmed cervical intraepithelial neoplasia (CIN) grade II or III were allocated by hospital number to receive out-patient treatme... | C23 |
6,797 | 2,767 | An evaluation of cocaine-induced chest pain
STUDY OBJECTIVE: To determine if enzymatic evidence of acute myocardial injury is present in patients complaining of chest pain after cocaine use when the ECG is normal or nondiagnostic.
DESIGN: Serial ECG and creatinine kinase (CK) and CK isoenzymes (CK-ISO) determination... | C23 |
6,798 | 3,613 | Eclampsia.
Early detection and hospitalization in women with mild preeclampsia may prevent eclampsia.
In the event of severe preeclampsia or eclampsia, delivery is indicated for the benefit of both mother and fetus.
Thereafter, pathologic changes of preeclampsia and eclampsia, including major multiple organ system d... | C23 |
6,799 | 4,226 | Hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal function in patients with the premenstrual syndrome.
Patients with primary affective disorders, such as melancholic depression and anorexia nervosa, frequently have a hyperactive hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis, characterized by hypersecretion of CRH and a blunted ACTH response... | C23 |
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