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7,400 | 8,689 | Complications of nasotracheal intubation in neonates, infants and children: a review of 4 years' experience in a children's hospital.
A computerized database was set up to study the incidence and outcome of complications of nasotracheal intubation in a paediatric hospital.
We studied 2953 intensive care admissions ov... | C23 |
7,401 | 3,242 | Prolonged paralysis following suxamethonium and the use of neostigmine.
A case of prolonged neuromuscular block following the administration of suxamethonium is reported.
Three hours after administration of suxamethonium, a well defined, recovering phase II block was demonstrated with a T4:T1 ratio of 0.25, and neost... | C23 |
7,402 | 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... | C23 |
7,403 | 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... | C23 |
7,404 | 5,454 | Traumatic aneurysm of the superior cerebellar artery: case report and review of the literature.
Less than 10% of the 250 reported cases of traumatic intracranial aneurysms have involved the posterior circulation.
Traumatic aneurysms of the superior cerebellar artery are extremely rare, with only three cases previousl... | C23 |
7,405 | 6,450 | Ultrasonographic assessment of placental abnormalities.
Current ultrasonographic techniques offer a novel approach for the identification of a wide variety of placental abnormalities usually described postnatally by the pathologist.
Placental vascular lesions, placental tumors, and abnormal placentation are potential... | C23 |
7,406 | 3,474 | Vertigo after epidural morphine.
Severe complications from the use of epidural morphine for analgesia after Caesarean section are rare.
A case is reported of extreme prostrating vertigo several hours after epidural morphine injection, where the time of onset of the symptom coincided with the expected time of arrival ... | C23 |
7,407 | 3,926 | High-output left ventricular failure after dextran use in an operative hysteroscopy.
High-output left ventricular failure occurred in a patient after a difficult case of hysteroscopic lysis of adhesions using dextran as a distension medium.
The excessive dissection in the uterine wall, the long duration of the operat... | C23 |
7,408 | 8,262 | Learning a unimanual motor skill by partial commissurotomy patients.
A series of motor tests on four Chinese partial commissurotomy patients is reported.
The single-stage commissurotomy in all four patients included the anterior commissures and two-thirds or four-fifths section of the corpus callosum with sparing of ... | C23 |
7,409 | 3,052 | Failure of surgery to improve outcome in hypertensive putaminal hemorrhage. A prospective randomized trial.
Hypertensive putaminal hemorrhage remains a major cause of hemorrhagic stroke carrying extremely high morbidity.
Considerable controversy remains regarding the optimal form of therapy.
Between 1983 and 1989 we... | C23 |
7,410 | 3,773 | The malignancy-sarcoidosis syndrome.
In a retrospective review of six patients with malignancy preceding sarcoidosis, we found four cases of malignant lymphoproliferative disease (LD) and one case each of ovarian cancer and breast cancer.
The median interval from onset or relapse of malignancy to sarcoidosis was nine... | C23 |
7,411 | 8,071 | Mechanical deficit persists during long-term muscle hypertrophy.
Hypotheses were tested that the deficit in maximum isometric force normalized to muscle cross-sectional area (i.e., specific Po, N/cm2) of hypertrophied muscle would return to control value with time and that the rate and magnitude of adaptation of speci... | C23 |
7,412 | 6,475 | Metaplastic change in mesenchymal stem cells induced by activated ras oncogene.
3T3 T murine mesenchymal stem cells have the potential to differentiate into a variety of different cell types even though they show a predilection to undergo adipocyte differentiation in vitro.
The possibility that the activated c-Ha-ras... | C23 |
7,413 | 9,581 | Multi-institutional evaluation of the Tokyo University Ventricular Assist System.
A total of 61 VASs developed in Tokyo University were evaluated at 21 institutions in the period 1985-1989 for determination of its reliability and effectiveness.
The system is comprised of a pneumatic sack-type pump (Nippon Zeon Co.), ... | C23 |
7,414 | 9,967 | Highly sensitized patients with delayed graft function: a management protocol.
The postoperative management of the highly sensitized renal transplant recipient with delayed graft function on cyclosporine is complicated.
Allografts with delayed graft function are reported to have a 20 to 30% poorer 1-year survival tha... | C23 |
7,415 | 874 | Sweet's syndrome: a clinicopathologic review of twenty-nine cases.
Twenty-nine patients with Sweet's syndrome were studied.
Not all of Sweet's original criteria were necessarily present and diagnosis was dependent on the recognition of the typical, acute, tender, erythematous plaques and the characteristic histologic... | C23 |
7,416 | 781 | Mechanical circulatory support as a bridge to transplantation: current status of total artificial heart in 1989 and determinants of survival.
Since April 1986, 40 total artificial hearts (TAH) were implanted as a bridge to transplantation in our institution.
In an attempt to identify factors affecting survival of TAH... | C23 |
7,417 | 3,732 | Myocardial revascularization for the third time. Clinical characteristics and follow-up.
Twenty-five patients presenting for a third revascularization procedure were retrospectively reviewed at Loyola University Medical Center, Maywood, IL.
This represents 0.5 percent of the total revascularization cases over a five-... | C23 |
7,418 | 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... | C23 |
7,419 | 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,... | C23 |
7,420 | 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... | C23 |
7,421 | 2,309 | The nuclear pacemaker: is renewed interest warranted?
From 1973 through 1987, 155 radioisotope-powered "nuclear" pacemakers were implanted in 132 patients at the Newark Beth Israel Medical Center.
The longevity of the first 15 devices, all of which were fixed-rate (VOO) pacemakers, was significantly better than that ... | C23 |
7,422 | 7,579 | Unusual variants of adrenal pseudocysts with intracystic fat, myelolipomatous metaplasia, and metastatic carcinoma.
Five previously unreported cases of adrenal pseudocysts are described that demonstrate a wider range of histologic appearances than has been previously recognized in these lesions.
One pseudocyst remove... | C23 |
7,423 | 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 ... | C23 |
7,424 | 690 | Diagnostic value of brush cytology in the diagnosis of bile duct carcinoma: a study in 65 patients with bile duct strictures.
Malignant strictures of the extrahepatic bile ducts are difficult to distinguish from benign strictures, particularly in patients with primary sclerosing cholangitis.
Because attempts at diagn... | C23 |
7,425 | 4,337 | Problems of resistant dermatophytes.
Recalcitrant fungal infections are defined as infections that are difficult or impossible to eradicate despite seemingly adequate treatment with appropriate oral or parenteral antibiotics.
Relative or absolute microbial resistance is only one of the many causes of recalcitrance.
... | C23 |
7,426 | 4,376 | Evaluating tooth eruption on sealant efficacy.
For patients aged 5 to 9 and 11 to 14, 100 occlusal surfaces on newly erupting permanent molars were treated with a self-curing pit and fissure sealant.
All teeth were categorized according to stage of eruption and sealant thickness of the coating applied.
After 36 mont... | C23 |
7,427 | 8,157 | Stress-related mucosal damage: review of drug therapy.
The increased awareness of stress-related mucosal damage (SRMD) that accompanied the widespread use of fiberoptic endoscopy and the increased incidence of SRMD that accompanied the advances in caring for critically ill patients resulted in the recognition that the... | C23 |
7,428 | 5,488 | Aspiration in bilateral stroke patients.
Seventy patients with bilateral strokes underwent neurologic and videofluoroscopic barium swallowing examinations; 34 (48.6%) aspirated.
Patients with aspiration were more likely to have posterior circulation strokes, abnormal cough, abnormal gag, and dysphonia.
However, pati... | C23 |
7,429 | 4,722 | Unusual lymphoproliferative oropharyngeal lesions in heart and heart-lung transplant recipients.
Three unusual cases of oropharyngeal lympho-proliferative lesions were seen in recipients of heart and heart-lung transplants.
Two caused acute upper respiratory obstruction necessitating urgent ENT intervention.
All pat... | C23 |
7,430 | 8,456 | Surgery for acute and chronic cholecystitis.
Cholecystostomy and cholecystectomy remain appropriate and effective therapy for acute and chronic cholecystitis.
Cholecystectomy is the gold standard against which all alternative methods of treatment of inflammatory biliary stone disease should be judged.
The pathogenes... | C23 |
7,431 | 245 | Does percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty accelerate atherosclerotic lesions?
Recent reports have suggested that angioplasty may cause or accelerate coronary arterial stenoses secondary to traumatic injury.
Ninety-four coronary angiograms performed in a 1 yr period were reviewed in patients who had successf... | C23 |
7,432 | 6,742 | Cecal diverticulitis presented as a cecal tumor.
Seven patients diagnosed as having acute appendicitis were operated on and a cecal wall mass due to cecal diverticulitis was found.
In two patients the mass could not be separated from the cecal wall and right colectomy was performed.
In five patients, in whom the mas... | C23 |
7,433 | 7,788 | Splenic rupture in a human immunodeficiency virus-infected patient with primary splenic lymphoma.
Splenic rupture presenting as primary malignant lymphoma of the spleen is a rare event.
We report such an occurrence in a young man who had a primary B-cell immunoblastic lymphoma of the spleen and was found to be HIV-po... | C23 |
7,434 | 4,705 | Infectious mononucleosis complicated by lingual tonsillitis.
Although upper airway obstruction and superimposed infection are well-known complications of infectious mononucleosis, lingual tonsillitis in this context has not been mentioned in the literature.
We describe a case of acute bacterial lingual tonsillitis wi... | C23 |
7,435 | 6,981 | Aortic occlusion and vascular isolation allowing avascular hepatic resection.
Occlusion of the supraceliac abdominal aorta and hepatic vascular isolation were employed in a series of 15 patients as a definitive method to allow avascular hepatic resection.
The series was compared with an earlier group of patients trea... | C23 |
7,436 | 5,902 | Percutaneous biliary drainage for high obstruction.
PBD is the preferred route of palliative drainage for patients with high biliary obstruction.
The frequency of bifurcational obstruction in this setting requires familiarity with drainages from both the right and the left transhepatic approach.
The preferred right ... | C23 |
7,437 | 3,611 | Postpartum hemorrhage: placenta accreta, uterine inversion, and puerperal hematomas.
Puerperal hematomas, although rare, can be potentially morbid or life-threatening events.
Early surgical management, including clot evacuation, layered closure, drainage, antibiotics, and fluid replacement (including blood), usually ... | C23 |
7,438 | 5,498 | Catecholaminergic systems in the medulla oblongata in parkinsonian syndromes: a quantitative immunohistochemical study in Parkinson's disease, progressive supranuclear palsy, and striatonigral degeneration.
We investigated tyrosine-hydroxylase (TH)-immunoreactive neurons in the medulla oblongata corresponding to the A... | C23 |
7,439 | 3,055 | X-linked spinal muscular atrophy (Kennedy's syndrome). A kindred with hypobetalipoproteinemia.
Kennedy's syndrome, X-linked adult-onset bulbospinal muscular atrophy, has been described in over 30 families.
The characteristic distribution of weakness creates a recognizable syndrome, augmented by frequent findings of t... | C23 |
7,440 | 9,002 | Severe anterior segment inflammation following corneal surgery for keratoconus.
We present three keratoconus patients who experienced severe anterior segment inflammation, two following penetrating keratoplasty, and one following epikeratoplasty.
A favorable response to indomethacin therapy in the second eyes of thes... | C23 |
7,441 | 2,582 | Penetrating keratoplasty after ocular trauma.
We reviewed the records of 41 patients who underwent penetrating keratoplasty for a corneal opacity caused by trauma between Jan.
1, 1983, and Dec.
31, 1988.
Most of the patients were young males whose average age was 35 years.
Common tools accounted for many injuries ... | C23 |
7,442 | 9,272 | Isolated lung transplantation for pulmonary fibrosis.
The peri-operative anaesthetic management of 11 patients with pulmonary fibrosis undergoing single-lung transplantation is presented.
Intra-operative problems, the early postoperative phase of recovery and intensive care, and other incidents in which general anaes... | C23 |
7,443 | 6,050 | Repeat hepatic resection for primary and metastatic carcinoma of the liver.
During the last 15 years, 19 patients underwent repeated hepatic resections for malignant lesions of the liver.
The first hepatic resection had been performed four to 40 months earlier for treatment of hepatocellular carcinoma (nine patients)... | C23 |
7,444 | 7,700 | Cardiac risk in vascular surgery. The oral dipyridamole-thallium stress test.
The value of the oral dipyridamole-thallium stress test in identifying patients at high risk of myocardial infarction after vascular procedures has not been documented.
We studied prospectively 46 patients who underwent an oral dipyridamole... | C23 |
7,445 | 7,063 | Epidemiology of pelvic inflammatory disease in parous women with special reference to intrauterine device use.
Up to the end of 1989, 206 parous women in the Oxford Family Planning Association contraceptive study had been referred to hospital with a first episode of pelvic inflammatory disease.
Of these, 65 suffered ... | C23 |
7,446 | 8,156 | Cimetidine 800 mg twice daily for healing erosions and ulcers in gastroesophageal reflux disease.
Although H2-receptor antagonists have been the mainstay of therapy for gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), none of these agents has been approved by the FDA as effective in healing lesions.
Since proton pump inhibito... | C23 |
7,447 | 9,274 | Was CEPOD right?
This retrospective study found that the long-term (greater than 6 months) postoperative survival in ASA 4E and 5E patients was 41% and 21% respectively, in 1986.
This supports the Confidential Enquiry into Peri-operative Deaths' recommendation that life-saving surgery should not be withheld from pati... | C23 |
7,448 | 2,653 | Mandibular reconstruction with composite microvascular tissue transfer.
Microvascular free tissue transfer has provided a variety of methods of restoring vascularized bone and soft tissue to difficult defects created by tumor resection and trauma.
Over 7 years, 26 patients have undergone 28 free flaps for mandibular ... | C23 |
7,449 | 2,288 | Noninvasive discrimination of right atrial ectopic tachycardia from sinus tachycardia in "dilated cardiomyopathy".
Right atrial ectopic tachycardia (RAET) with secondary cardiac dysfunction can be difficult to differentiate from primary dilated cardiomyopathy (CMP) with sinus tachycardia.
In an attempt to separate RA... | C23 |
7,450 | 5,278 | Infective dermatitis of Jamaican children: a marker for HTLV-I infection
In Jamaican children infective dermatitis is a chronic eczema associated with refractory nonvirulent Staphylococcus aureus or beta-haemolytic streptococcus infection of the skin and nasal vestibule.
14 children between the ages of 2 and 17 year... | C23 |
7,451 | 3,758 | Anti-Kveim monoclonal antibody. New monoclonal antibody reacting to epithelioid cells in sarcoid granulomas.
A monoclonal antibody to the sarcoid granulomagenic agent contained in Kveim suspension was prepared by immunizing mice with Kveim suspension.
One monoclonal antibody (IHY-1) that reacted with the epithelioid ... | C23 |
7,452 | 2,287 | Results of repeat percutaneous balloon valvuloplasty for pulmonary valvar restenosis.
Follow-up cardiac catheterization studies were used to evaluate 105 patients who had undergone percutaneous balloon pulmonary valvuloplasty.
Fifteen of those patients who had peak systolic pulmonary valve gradients greater than = 40... | C23 |
7,453 | 3,443 | Influence of catheter technology and adjuvant medication on acute complications in percutaneous coronary angioplasty.
We report on the complication rates in 660 consecutive coronary angioplasties (725 lesions) performed using four procedures that differed with respect to catheter technology and adjuvant medication.
A... | C23 |
7,454 | 4,693 | Long-term results of revision endolymphatic sac surgery.
The results of revision endolymphatic sac surgery on 30 patients with unilateral Meniere's disease are presented.
Good control is achieved in 73.3 per cent of cases at six months, falling to 56.7 per cent at one year and only 33.3 per cent by four years.
The l... | C23 |
7,455 | 4,385 | Results of primary angioplasty for acute myocardial infarction in patients with multivessel coronary artery disease.
The influence of multivessel coronary artery disease on the outcome of reperfusion therapy for myocardial infarction has not been fully characterized.
Direct coronary angioplasty without antecedent thr... | C23 |
7,456 | 6,570 | Effects of spermatic vascular division for correction of the high undescended testis on testicular function.
Orchiopexy with division of the spermatic artery and veins is a commonly used technique for correcting the high undescended testis, although the longterm results have not been clearly defined.
The left spermat... | C23 |
7,457 | 2,667 | Parascapular free flaps for head and neck reconstruction.
We report our experience with single-stage, primary reconstruction of the head and neck in 29 consecutive patients using parascapular free flaps.
The commonest indications were for craniofacial defects (9), oropharyngeal soft tissue defects (10), and combined ... | C23 |
7,458 | 7,678 | Intrahepatic cholestasis due to hypersensitivity reaction to procainamide.
Hypersensitivity reactions to procainamide involving liver dysfunction are rare.
We describe a patient who developed liver dysfunction after procainamide administration, manifested by fever, jaundice, elevated bilirubin concentration, and alka... | C23 |
7,459 | 8,555 | Fascinating rhythm: a primer on chaos theory and its application to cardiology.
Nonlinear dynamics is an exciting new way of looking at peculiarities that in the past have been ignored or explained away.
We have attempted to give a general introduction to the basics of the mathematics, applications to cardiology, and... | C23 |
7,460 | 445 | Gastric dysrhythmias following pylorus-preserving pancreaticoduodenectomy. Possible mechanism for early delayed gastric emptying.
Transient delayed gastric emptying is reported as a frequent complication following pancreas-preserving pancreaticoduodenectomy (PPW).
We placed serosal electrodes on the stomach of a pati... | C23 |
7,461 | 6,582 | Intravenous fluid load and recovery. A double-blind comparison in gynaecological patients who had day-case laparoscopy.
The effect of intra-operative fluid and dextrose administration upon recovery was tested in a randomised, double-blind trial.
Three groups of 25 patients, each undergoing laparoscopic examination as... | C23 |
7,462 | 2,413 | Arsenic poisoning: acute or chronic? Suicide or murder?
The case of the death by arsenic poisoning of a 62-year-old white man is presented.
One year prior to death, he developed intermittent bouts of severe gastroenteritis with vomiting and diarrhea, hyperpigmentation and keratosis of the skin, neutropenia, and Guill... | C23 |
7,463 | 9,694 | Esophageal adenocarcinoma in a patient with surgically treated achalasia.
Although squamous cell carcinoma of the esophagus occurs with increased incidence in primary achalasia, esophageal adenocarcinoma has been considered rare in this condition.
We report a patient with long-standing achalasia in whom adenocarcinom... | C23 |
7,464 | 8,398 | Filler DNA is associated with spontaneous deletions in maize.
We have determined the structure of five spontaneous deletions within the maize waxy (Wx) gene.
Of these, four were found in spontaneous wx mutants (wx-B, wx-B1, wx-B6, wx-C4) and include exon sequences; the fifth is restricted to an intron and represents ... | C23 |
7,465 | 2,590 | Reversal of colchicine-induced mitotic arrest in Chinese hamster cells with a colchicine-specific monoclonal antibody.
The ability of a high-affinity colchicine-binding monoclonal antibody to reverse the effects of colchicine on Chinese hamster ovary cells was investigated.
Using flow cytometry, a complete mitotic bl... | C23 |
7,466 | 5,159 | Diclofenac-associated hepatotoxicity
Diclofenac sodium, a phenylacetic acid-derived nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID) recently released in the United States, was associated with the development of significant hepatitis in seven patients, with one associated death.
Signs and symptoms developed within severa... | C23 |
7,467 | 2,922 | Changing arteriosclerotic disease patterns and management strategies in lower-limb-threatening ischemia.
From January 1, 1974 to December 31, 1989, we treated 2829 patients with critical lower-extremity ischemia.
In the last 5 years, 13% of patients had therapeutically significant stenoses or occlusions above and bel... | C23 |
7,468 | 7,863 | Platelet-activating factor: evidence against a role in hypoxic pulmonary vasoconstriction.
The mechanism of hypoxic pulmonary vasoconstriction (HPV) remains unknown.
The platelet-activating factor (PAF) antagonist WEB 2086 attenuated HPV in the isolated lung model of the rat.
We evaluated the effect of WEB 2086 on H... | C23 |
7,469 | 5,389 | A newly recognized fastidious gram-negative pathogen as a cause of fever and bacteremia
BACKGROUND.
We identified a motile, curved, gram-negative bacillus as the cause of persistent fever and bacteremia in two patients with symptomatic human immunodeficiency virus infection.
The same organism was subsequently recov... | C23 |
7,470 | 4,946 | Clinicopathologic review of twelve children with nephropathy, Wilms tumor, and genital abnormalities (Drash syndrome).
The clinicopathologic and radiologic features of 12 children with complete and incomplete forms of Drash syndrome are reported.
Their common denominator was a nephropathy.
Four had the full triad, c... | C23 |
7,471 | 5,394 | The sequelae of Haemophilus influenzae meningitis in school-age children.
BACKGROUND.
Previous data on the consequences of Haemophilus influenzae type b meningitis for school-age children have been inconsistent, and much of the information on risk factors has been inconclusive.
The present study was designed to eval... | C23 |
7,472 | 5,550 | Pelvic pain and infections.
Infectious etiologies of both acute and chronic pelvic pain are common and may involve multiple organ systems.
In the evaluation of the acute pain, it is important to remember that rapidity of diagnosis is important because of the possibility of significant morbidity and even death if a co... | C23 |
7,473 | 8,642 | Eight and 12 week courses of cyclophosphamide in nephrotic syndrome
Seventy-three children with steroid dependent minimal change nephrotic syndrome were randomly allocated to receive treatment with cyclophosphamide (2 mg/kg/day) for either eight or 12 weeks, in combination with prednisolone.
All patients had previou... | C23 |
7,474 | 8,876 | Hypothalamic glucocorticoid implants prevent fetal ovine adrenocorticotropin secretion in response to stress.
We evaluated the role of the hypothalamic paraventricular nucleus (PVN) in control of ACTH secretion in fetal sheep.
Dexamethasone (DEX, 700 micrograms) (n = 6) or cholesterol (CHOL, 700 micrograms) (n = 5) i... | C23 |
7,475 | 7,219 | Role of endothelium-derived nitric oxide in the bleeding tendency of uremia.
Endothelium-derived relaxing factor, now identified as nitric oxide (NO), is a labile humoral agent formed by vascular endothelial cells from L-arginine.
NO mediates the action of substances that induce endothelium-dependent relaxation and p... | C23 |
7,476 | 6,708 | Effect of pentoxifylline on hemodynamics, alveolar fluid reabsorption, and pulmonary edema in a model of acute lung injury.
We investigated the effect of pentoxifylline (PTX) on the development of pulmonary edema in a model of adult respiratory distress syndrome in rabbits.
Lung injury was induced by repeated saline ... | C23 |
7,477 | 7,065 | Middle cerebral artery flow velocity waveforms in fetal hypoxaemia.
In 81 small-for-gestational age fetuses (SGA) colour flow imaging was used to identify the fetal middle cerebral artery for subsequent pulsed Doppler studies.
Impedence to flow (pulsatility index; PI) was significantly lower, and mean blood velocity ... | C23 |
7,478 | 8,708 | Diclofenac for day-care arthroscopy surgery: comparison with a standard opioid therapy.
Sixty unpremedicated patients presenting for day-care arthroscopy surgery were allocated randomly to receive diclofenac 1 mg kg-1 i.m., fentanyl 1 microgram kg-1 i.v.
or no analgesic during the course of anaesthesia.
Patients rec... | C23 |
7,479 | 4,125 | Cerebral blood flow in acute mountain sickness.
Changes in cerebral blood flow (CBF) were measured using the radioactive xenon technique and were related to the development of acute mountain sickness (AMS).
In 12 subjects, ascending from 150 to 3,475 m, CBF was 24% increased at 24 h [45.1 to 55.9 initial slope index ... | C23 |
7,480 | 6,439 | Hyperadrenergic orthostatic intolerance as a result of postpartum blood loss.
This article describes a young women in whom orthostatic intolerance developed as a result of protracted postpartum vaginal bleeding.
The cardiovascular abnormalities were unresponsive to usual treatment measures, and she required combinati... | C23 |
7,481 | 3,760 | Rapid percutaneous tracheostomy
We describe a new method of performing percutaneous tracheostomy rapidly and safely using a specialized instrument kit.
The technique permits the safe insertion of a full-sized 7.0 (ID) or 7.5 mm (ID) cuffed cannula into the trachea within 1-2 min, through the membranous second interc... | C23 |
7,482 | 2,947 | Reoperations on heart valve prostheses: an analysis of operative risks and late results.
To evaluate risks and complications of reoperations on heart valve prostheses, we reviewed data on 183 patients who underwent reoperation because of prosthetic valve malfunction.
The incremental effect of the redo procedure on ho... | C23 |
7,483 | 5,119 | Physiologic and pathologic alterations associated with ultrasonically generated shock waves.
Kidneys of 25 dogs were treated with ultrasonic shock waves and examined for both physiologic and pathologic changes.
The number of pulses ranged from 2,000 to 8,000.
The rate of the shock waves varied from one to 20 pulses ... | C23 |
7,484 | 5,442 | Extracranial repair of cerebrospinal fluid fistulas: technique and results in 37 patients.
Although neurosurgeons have traditionally preferred intracranial repair for the management of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) fistulas, this approach is associated with the complications of a craniotomy, anosmia, and a high incidence ... | C23 |
7,485 | 5,465 | Xenon-enhanced computed tomographic measurement of cerebral blood flow in patients with chronic subdural hematomas.
We compared clinical symptoms with extent of brain shift on computed tomographic (CT) scans and quantitative and three-dimensional measurements of cerebral blood flow (CBF) on xenon-enhanced CT scans in ... | C23 |
7,486 | 9,684 | Pyloric deformation from peptic disease. Radiographic evidence for incompetence rather than obstruction.
We have used double-contrast radiographic techniques to clarify what changes in the configuration and movements of the gastroduodenal junction result when peptic lesions involve the distal gastric segment between t... | C23 |
7,487 | 7,687 | Barotrauma associated with high-frequency jet ventilation for hypoxic salvage.
Most reports describe reduction in proximal airway pressures with high-frequency jet ventilation.
This led us to speculate that high-frequency jet ventilation might reduce barotrauma by providing alveolar ventilation at lower airway pressu... | C23 |
7,488 | 3,059 | Unusual cause of 'piriformis muscle syndrome'.
The piriformis muscle syndrome is a controversial "clinical" syndrome primarily characterized by signs and symptoms of sciatic nerve compression at the region of the piriformis muscle as it passes through the greater sciatic notch.
The syndrome is often referred to; howe... | C23 |
7,489 | 3,346 | Acute limb ischaemia: the place of intravenous streptokinase.
Intravenous streptokinase infusions (100,000 units/h) have been used to treat 48 patients, with 50 episodes of acute limb ischaemia who were unlikely to benefit from a surgical approach.
These included 17 acute thromboses, 14 late or distal emboli and 19 b... | C23 |
7,490 | 5,682 | Fatigue.
Fatigue is a pervasive, protective phenomenon affecting the totality of the individual.
Assessment and management involve a wide range of activities to address the total human being's physical, psychological, cognitive, and spiritual dimensions.
When elimination or neutralization of the effect of an anteced... | C23 |
7,491 | 7,234 | Shortcut method to calculate the sample size in trials of screening for chronic disease.
One of the first questions arising in the planning of a randomized trial to evaluate mortality reduction by screening concerns the sample size of the trial required to detect an expected mortality reduction in the study group for ... | C23 |
7,492 | 6,572 | Hypothermia and acidosis worsen coagulopathy in the patient requiring massive transfusion.
Massive transfusion may cause abnormalities of electrolytes, clotting factors, pH, and temperature and may occur in a scenario of refractory coagulopathy and irreversible shock.
Identification of correctable variables to improv... | C23 |
7,493 | 20 | Tissue expansion of the head and neck. Indications, technique, and complications.
Tissue expansion is indicated in the reconstruction of various defects of the head and neck in instances where there is inadequate adjacent tissue to allow either primary closure of the defect or repair with a local flap.
It may also be... | C23 |
7,494 | 7,058 | Audiometric and subjective assessment of hearing handicap.
This study compares self-perceived assessment of hearing handicap with audiometrically derived measures of hearing handicap in a sample of elderly persons.
Subjects were evaluated by traditional audiometric tests, the Speech Perception in Noise test, and the ... | C23 |
7,495 | 2,581 | Successful treatment of recurrent corneal erosion with Nd:YAG anterior stromal puncture
I used a new technique to create anterior corneal stromal punctures for the treatment of traumatic recurrent corneal erosions that had not responded to conventional therapy.
Three patients with such erosions within the visual axi... | C23 |
7,496 | 5,316 | Effects of menstrual phase and amenorrhea on exercise performance in runners.
There are few well controlled studies in terms of subject selection, menstrual classification, and exercise protocol that have examined both maximal and submaximal exercise responses during different phases of the menstrual cycle in eumenorr... | C23 |
7,497 | 9,588 | Development of a small caliber biologic vascular graft: evaluation of its antithrombogenicity and the early healing process.
The authors previously showed that a small caliber xenograft using our crosslinking technique was applicable to aortocoronary bypass grafting.
In this study of the graft, the antithrombogenicit... | C23 |
7,498 | 7,748 | Congenital myasthenia associated with facial malformations in Iraqi and Iranian Jews. A new genetic syndrome.
Fourteen Jewish patients from 10 families of either Iraqi or Iranian origin with congenital myasthenia had associated facial malformations which included an elongated face, mandibular prognathism with class II... | C23 |
7,499 | 6,811 | Iatrogenic contamination of multidose vials in simulated use. A reassessment of current patient injection technique.
An investigation of the potential spread of iatrogenic infections through contaminated multidose vials was performed.
Contamination of a multidose vial was hypothesized to occur after a single syringe ... | C23 |
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