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8,000 | 2,077 | Hematoma of the optic nerve sheath after penetrating trauma.
We have presented a case involving the diagnosis and management of optic nerve sheath hematoma.
Our patient's positive outcome demonstrates the usefulness of megadose steroid therapy for acute optic nerve injury. | C23 |
8,001 | 4,131 | Distribution of pulmonary capillary transit times in recruited networks.
When pulmonary blood flow is elevated, hypoxemia can occur in the fastest-moving erythrocytes if their transit times through the capillaries fall below the minimum time for complete oxygenation.
This desaturation is more likely to occur if the d... | C23 |
8,002 | 8,034 | Renal secretion and hepatic clearance of human multiple renin forms.
Human active renin can be separated into at least five forms by isoelectric focusing.
The present study assessed the preferential renal secretion and hepatic degradation of renin forms in humans.
The renin form profile of secreted renal renin was d... | C23 |
8,003 | 2,840 | Combined laryngeal framework medialization and reinnervation for unilateral vocal fold paralysis.
The laryngeal framework-Silastic implant technique has become an increasingly attractive alternative to Teflon injection, particularly when there is fixation of the cricoarytenoid joint or the defect to be corrected is la... | C23 |
8,004 | 3,414 | Chemotherapy-related hemolytic-uremic syndrome after the treatment of head and neck cancer. A case report.
A 62-year-old woman who was being treated for squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck developed a chemotherapy-related hemolytic-uremic syndrome during the second cycle of neoadjuvant chemotherapy consisting... | C23 |
8,005 | 4,428 | Is banding of the pulmonary trunk obsolete for infants with tricuspid atresia and double inlet ventricle with a discordant ventriculoarterial connection? Role of aortic arch obstruction and subaortic stenosis
Banding the pulmonary trunk may exacerbate or promote the development of subaortic stenosis in patients with ... | C23 |
8,006 | 5,058 | Cyclophosphamide-induced hemorrhagic pyelitis and ureteritis associated with cystitis in marrow transplantation.
A 29-year-old woman suffered fatal hemorrhagic pyelitis, ureteritis and cystitis after receiving 4,800 mg./m.2 cyclophosphamide in preparation for marrow transplantation despite intravenous hydration and a ... | C23 |
8,007 | 3,033 | The efficacy of central venous and pulmonary artery catheters and therapy based upon them in reducing mortality and morbidity.
The purpose of this study was to (1) evaluate the relative cost effectiveness of the central venous pressure and flow-directed pulmonary artery catheters used to maintain normal hemodynamic va... | C23 |
8,008 | 3,304 | Postoperative analgesic requirements in patients exposed to positive intraoperative suggestions.
OBJECTIVE--To establish whether positive suggestions given to a patient under general anaesthesia reduce postoperative pain and analgesic requirements.
DESIGN--Prospective double blind randomised study.
SETTING--Operatin... | C23 |
8,009 | 4,553 | Synergistic effect of murine cytomegalovirus on the induction of acute graft-vs-host disease involving MHC class I differences only. Analysis of in vitro T cell function.
The development of acute graft-vs-host disease (GVHD) is a common outcome after the injection of fully MHC disparate parental T cells into unirradia... | C23 |
8,010 | 833 | Antigen specific serum antibody response to Chlamydia trachomatis in patients with acute pelvic inflammatory disease.
Sera from 35 patients with acute pelvic inflammatory disease (PID) with and without Chlamydia trachomatis confirmed by culture and sera from 19 control patients with neither evidence of pelvic infectio... | C23 |
8,011 | 4,037 | Immunological studies before and during interferon therapy in chronic HBV infection: identification of factors predicting response.
Lymphoblastoid interferon is effective therapy in some but not all patients with chronic hepatitis B virus infection.
To assess whether immunological parameters were predictive of respon... | C23 |
8,012 | 9,693 | Primary peritoneal sarcoidosis.
A 14-year-old male was admitted for the evaluation of tense exudative ascites.
Despite thorough evaluation, the diagnosis remained cryptic until peritoneoscopy revealed diffuse studding of the entire visualized peritoneum with multiple miliary nodules, and peritoneal biopsy demonstrate... | C23 |
8,013 | 3,930 | Mapping genes in diabetes. Genetic epidemiological perspective.
Research on mapping diabetes-susceptibility genes is dependent on several factors, including the existence of a single major gene for susceptibility, genetic homogeneity, and the existence of appropriate clinical material.
The power to detect susceptibil... | C23 |
8,014 | 2,434 | Percutaneous transhepatic cholecystostomy for acute complicated cholecystitis in elderly patients.
We report our experience with percutaneous transhepatic cholecystostomy in 10 elderly patients with acute cholecystitis, complicated by empyema formation.
Most of these patients has severe underlying disease, rendering ... | C23 |
8,015 | 9,234 | Balloon catheter tamponade in cardiovascular wounds.
From 1980 to 1990, operative balloon catheter tamponade was used in 12 patients with cardiac or vascular injuries from penetrating wounds.
In nine patients, a balloon catheter was passed into a bleeding site through a bullet track or proximal artery and inflated wi... | C23 |
8,016 | 6,783 | Delayed endolymphatic hydrops and its relationship to Meniere's disease.
Delayed endolymphatic hydrops (EH) can be characterized as having ipsilateral and contralateral types.
They are similar in that both have early and late phases of otologic symptoms and that the early phase is a profound hearing loss in one ear.
... | C23 |
8,017 | 8,266 | Sudden infant death syndrome in infants of substance-abusing mothers.
A population-based study was performed to determine whether substance abuse during the perinatal period may be a risk factor for sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS).
The incidence of SIDS was studied in 2143 infants of substance-abusing mothers (IS... | C23 |
8,018 | 91 | Biology and clinical significance of cytogenetic abnormalities in childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia.
Virtually all cases of childhood ALL have chromosomal abnormalities and half contain translocations, which are nearly equally divided between random and nonrandom rearrangements.
Nonrandom chromosomal abnormaliti... | C23 |
8,019 | 8,066 | Physiology of aging related to outcome in the adult respiratory distress syndrome.
Thirty-nine patients with adult respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) were enrolled in a study to identify potential age-related changes in organ system function that may help explain the apparent association between age and poor outcome... | C23 |
8,020 | 4,448 | Different prevalence and degree of nonspecific bronchial hyperreactivity between seasonal and perennial rhinitis.
From the patients observed at our respiratory allergology service, we selected patients with rhinitis only, without any past or present respiratory symptoms, for our study.
All these patients had normal p... | C23 |
8,021 | 7,758 | The distribution of muscle weakness in upper motoneuron lesions affecting the lower limb.
To determine the distribution of weakness in the lower limb after upper motoneuron lesions the strength of 8 muscle groups was measured.
Four groups of patients were studied: 22 control subjects, 16 patients with unilateral leg ... | C23 |
8,022 | 5,436 | In vivo biological effects of stereotactic radiosurgery: a primate model.
Single-fraction, closed skull, small-volume irradiation (radiosurgery) of intact intracranial structures requires accurate knowledge of radiation tolerance.
We have developed a baboon model to assess the in vivo destructive radiobiological effe... | C23 |
8,023 | 5,153 | The diagnosis and management of aortic dissection.
Aortic dissection is a severe disease.
Most untreated patients with types I and II (proximal) dissection and over half of those with type III (distal) dissection die within 1 year.
Most of the deaths occur within 2 weeks and are caused by rupture, aortic insufficien... | C23 |
8,024 | 7,076 | Maternal genomic neutrophil FcRIII deficiency leading to neonatal isoimmune neutropenia.
The healthy mother of a child with transient immune neutropenia was found to be "NA-null." The mother's neutrophils did not react with anti-NA1 and anti-NA2 antibodies (polyclonal human alloantibodies and mouse monoclonal antibodi... | C23 |
8,025 | 6,878 | Blood conservation in cardiac surgery.
We reviewed current blood conservation techniques and their use in cardiac surgery.
Avoidance of aspirin preoperatively is an important blood conservation measure.
Patients scheduled for an elective operation should participate in autologous predonation programs.
With careful ... | C23 |
8,026 | 6,064 | Biliobiliary fistula: preoperative diagnosis and management implications.
Experience with cholecystohepaticodochal and cholecystocholedochal fistulas as a result of an erosion of gallstones from the gallbladder into the adjacent common duct in five patients is presented.
The incidence was 1.4% in a population of 350 ... | C23 |
8,027 | 2,156 | Naloxone and spinal fluid drainage as adjuncts in the surgical treatment of thoracoabdominal and thoracic aneurysms.
Forty-seven patients who were treated for thoracoabdominal or thoracic aneurysms over a 5 1/2-year period were analyzed for neurologic deficit risk.
Patients were divided into two groups for analysis.
... | C23 |
8,028 | 6,694 | Characterization of distal bronchial microflora during acute exacerbation of chronic bronchitis. Use of the protected specimen brush technique in 54 mechanically ventilated patients.
To obtain accurate information on distal bronchial microflora during acute exacerbation in patients with chronic bronchitis, we prospect... | C23 |
8,029 | 54 | Aberrant origin of the right coronary artery as a potential cause of sudden death: successful anatomical correction.
A man with an aberrant right coronary artery and haemodynamically important prolapse of the mitral valve was successfully resuscitated.
The aberrant right coronary artery was thought to be a possible c... | C23 |
8,030 | 6,751 | Lower extremity revascularization via the lateral plantar artery.
Lower extremity bypass grafts to the tibial and crural arteries are commonly employed to treat patients with atherosclerotic limb-threatening ischemia.
Although occasional series have mentioned bypasses to a plantar artery, few of these specifically ex... | C23 |
8,031 | 327 | Ocular complications of rheumatic diseases of childhood.
The association between inflammatory ocular and articular disease is a strong one, although the pathogenesis of this relationship is obscure.
For the physician or surgeon caring for children with chronic arthritis, awareness of the risk of chronic asymptomatic ... | C23 |
8,032 | 5,114 | Pressure threshold for shock wave induced renal hemorrhage.
Studies were performed with an interest in determining a pressure threshold for extracorporeal shock wave induced renal damage.
Histological evidence of intraparenchymal hemorrhage was used as an indicator of tissue trauma.
Depilated C3H mice were anestheti... | C23 |
8,033 | 568 | Evolution of fundic argyrophil cell hyperplasia in nonantral atrophic gastritis.
Fundic argyrophil cells were studied for a mean period of 68.7 months (range, 11-170) in 18 patients with fundic atrophic gastritis and achlorhydria.
Initially, 12 patients had hyperplasia of the argyrophil cells, the severity of which w... | C23 |
8,034 | 8,472 | Function in athymic nude mice of parathyroid heterografts from patients with primary hyperparathyroidism and secondary hyperparathyroidism.
Heterotransplantation of adenomatous parathyroid glandular tissue from humans with primary hyperparathyroidism into athymic nude mice creates a unique animal model of this disease... | C23 |
8,035 | 2,744 | A hepatocellular carcinoma of massive arterioportal shunts without tumor stain treated with CDDP two-route chemotherapy--a case report.
Massive arterioportal shunts without tumor vessels or tumor stain are sometimes encountered in advanced cases of liver cirrhosis.
Massive arterioportal shunts without tumor stain tha... | C23 |
8,036 | 4,094 | Hemodialysis-associated febrile episodes: surveillance before and after major alteration in the water treatment system.
Surveillance for bacteremic or pyrogenic episodes associated with hemodialysis was undertaken before and after the reconstruction of the water treatment system at our University medical center.
The ... | C23 |
8,037 | 6,080 | High ethanol consumption as risk factor for intracerebral hemorrhage in young and middle-aged people.
We examined the prevalence of high ethanol intake, hypertension, and other risk factors for intracerebral hemorrhage in a case-control study of 24 young and middle-aged patients with intracerebral hemorrhage.
We reco... | C23 |
8,038 | 23 | Abnormal differentiation of human papillomavirus-induced laryngeal papillomas.
We studied the proliferation and differentiation of human laryngeal papillomas, which are benign tumors induced by human papillomaviruses.
Immunofluorescent stains of tissues for a number of differentiation-specific proteins showed abnorma... | C23 |
8,039 | 4,302 | Use of immunoelectron microscopy to show Ebola virus during the 1989 United States epizootic.
A filovirus, serologically related to Ebola virus, was detected by "post-embedment" immunoelectron microscopical examination of MA-104 cells.
These had been infected by inoculation with serum samples obtained during the 1989... | C23 |
8,040 | 3,166 | Echocardiographic measurement of left ventricular mass and volume in normotensive and hypertensive rats. Necropsy validation.
Although rats are commonly used to study left ventricular (LV) hypertrophy, measurement of LV mass and dimensions has required killing the rat.
To determine the accuracy of echocardiography in... | C23 |
8,041 | 6,454 | Adhesion formation after ovarian wound repair in New Zealand white rabbits: a comparison of ovarian microsurgical closure with ovarian nonclosure.
Thirty female New Zealand white rabbits underwent standard laparotomy.
Each ovary was bivalved and hemostasis was achieved with bipolar electrocautery.
One ovary was then... | C23 |
8,042 | 9,638 | Prediction of outcome in acute pancreatitis: a comparative study of APACHE II, clinical assessment and multiple factor scoring systems.
The APACHE II severity of disease classification system has been examined prospectively in 160 patients with acute pancreatitis.
Using clinical and simple laboratory data APACHE II w... | C23 |
8,043 | 4,519 | Can the blood urea nitrogen/creatinine ratio distinguish upper from lower gastrointestinal bleeding?
We wanted to know if the blood urea nitrogen to creatinine (BUN/Cr) ratio could help distinguish upper from lower gastrointestinal bleeding.
We analyzed retrospectively patients admitted to our hospital for gastrointe... | C23 |
8,044 | 3,795 | Modulatory action of adenosine on gastric function and ethanol-induced mucosal damage in rats.
This study examines the gastric effects of adenosine and its antagonist, theophylline, on secretory function, mucosal blood flow, and on ethanol-induced glandular mucosal damage in rats that were fasted for 24 hr before expe... | C23 |
8,045 | 2,272 | Desmopressin for diabetes insipidus, hemostatic disorders and enuresis.
Arginine vasopressin preparations have been used in the treatment of diabetes insipidus for many years.
Compared with older antidiuretic agents, the synthetic analog desmopressin is more potent, longer acting and easier to use.
It is available f... | C23 |
8,046 | 3,250 | Randomized comparison of routine vs highly selective use of Doppler ultrasound and biophysical scoring to investigate high risk pregnancies
OBJECTIVE--To compare routine versus highly selective use of Doppler ultrasound and biophysical scoring in higher risk pregnancy.
DESIGN--A pragmatic randomized trial.
SETTING-... | C23 |
8,047 | 7,338 | Carotid-subclavian bypass--a decade of experience.
From August 1979 to August 1989, carotid-subclavian bypass or transposition procedures were performed on 18 women and 13 men ranging in age from 19 to 75 (mean, 58.2) years.
Indications for surgery included symptoms of vertebrobasilar insufficiency in 16 (52%), upper... | C23 |
8,048 | 5,144 | Visual impairment in a rural Appalachian community. Prevalence and causes.
A population-based survey of 1136 subjects aged 40 years and older was conducted in a rural valley of Kentucky to determine the nature and extent of visual disability in an underserved area of rural America.
Data on corrected visual acuity and... | C23 |
8,049 | 8,090 | Osteotomy for osteoarthritis of the hip. A survivorship analysis.
We have reviewed 368 osteotomies carried out for osteoarthritis of the hip at the Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre.
Survivorship analysis showed that 10 years after osteotomy 47% had required no further surgery, and even after 20 years 23% had still not had... | C23 |
8,050 | 723 | Effects of endotracheal suctioning on mixed venous oxygen saturation and heart rate in critically ill adults.
The purpose of this multisite study was to determine the effects of endotracheal suctioning on mixed venous oxygen saturation (SvO2) and heart rate in 189 critically ill adults.
One-pass, intermittent suction... | C23 |
8,051 | 3,692 | Effect of indecainide in patients with left ventricular dysfunction.
Indecainide, a new antiarrhythmic agent classified as type Ic was evaluated in 11 patients with heart disease who had greater than or equal to 30 ventricular premature complexes/hour, moderate-to-marked left ventricular dysfunction, and mean ejection... | C23 |
8,052 | 5,453 | Cyst of the choroid plexus in the lateral ventricle: case report and review of the literature.
We report an intraventricular cyst in a 2-year-old boy who had myoclonic jerks of the extremities.
The cyst had no communication with the ventricular system or subarachnoid space.
Total removal of the cyst adhering to the ... | C23 |
8,053 | 6,680 | Acute abdominal pain in the elderly.
STUDY OBJECTIVES: To determine the incidences of both specific diagnosis and surgical diseases in patients more than 65 years old who present to the emergency department with nontraumatic abdominal pain of less than one week's duration, and to determine the ED staff's ability to di... | C23 |
8,054 | 5,913 | Acute respiratory disease in Spain: seven years of experience
The clinical and epidemiologic features of viral and nonviral pathogens involved in acute respiratory diseases are described in the context of cases of infection (especially atypical pneumonia and bronchiolitis) studied at the Centro Nacional de Microbiolo... | C23 |
8,055 | 6,585 | Clinical presentation of suspected malignant hyperthermia during anaesthesia in 402 probands.
As anaesthetists have become more aware of malignant hyperthermia the mortality rate has fallen, but concommitantly the number of dubious and aborted cases has increased.
All probands who developed a suspected malignant hype... | C23 |
8,056 | 4,209 | The effect of adjunctive arteriovenous fistula on prosthetic graft patency: a controlled study in a canine model.
Bilateral 6 mm PTFE grafts were placed from the external iliac artery to the femoral artery with ligation of the intervening segment of the iliofemoral artery in 14 dogs.
An arteriovenous fistula was cons... | C23 |
8,057 | 7,113 | Choroid plexus cysts and chromosomal defects
During a 4-year period, 83 pregnant women with fetal choroid plexus cysts were investigated in our unit.
Abnormal karyotypes were found in 20 fetuses, including trisomy 18 (n = 16), trisomy 13 (n = 1), triploidy (n = 1) and translocation Down's syndrome (n = 2).
All fetu... | C23 |
8,058 | 9,131 | Angiodysplasia: characterization, diagnosis, and advances in treatment.
Gastrointestinal bleeding accounts for 2% of all adult hospital admissions each year.
Angiodysplasia is one of the most frequently reported causes of lower gastrointestinal bleeding.
In 80% of patients with bleeding angiodysplasia, the bleeding ... | C23 |
8,059 | 5,131 | Indications for distal arterial reconstruction in the presence of palpable pedal pulses.
Eight patients with severe pedal ischemia in the presence of palpable foot pulses are described.
All had atherosclerosis, and seven patients also had diabetes.
There were two anatomic patterns of disease, including supramalleola... | C23 |
8,060 | 6,609 | An evaluation of a 30-gauge needle for spinal anaesthesia for caesarean section.
A 30-gauge spinal needle was evaluated for Caesarean section, using a combined epidural/spinal technique, in 50 mothers.
Spinal anaesthesia failed in six mothers and was inadequate in another six.
General anaesthesia was required on one... | C23 |
8,061 | 6,332 | Clinicopathologic features and long-term results of alpha-fetoprotein-producing gastric cancer.
During a 10-yr-period, 24 cases of alpha-fetoprotein-producing gastric cancer were experienced in our department.
The mean age was 62.5 yr, and the sex ratio of males to females was 3:1.
Borrmann II and III types of gastr... | C23 |
8,062 | 2,765 | A comparative trial of three agents in the treatment of acute migraine headache.
STUDY OBJECTIVES: A study was conducted to evaluate the relative efficacy of three non-narcotic agents, chloropromazine, lidocaine, and dihydroergotamine, in the treatment of migraine headache in an emergency department setting.
DESIGN: ... | C23 |
8,063 | 7,117 | Pathophysiological insights into the cardiomyopathy of Chagas' disease.
The evidence gained from both human and animal studies of chronic chagasic cardiomyopathy suggests that the disease occurs as a consequence of several discrete and progressive pathophysiological processes occurring after infection, the ultimate ex... | C23 |
8,064 | 7,092 | Expression of P-glycoprotein in adult T-cell leukemia cells.
We have examined the expression of P-glycoprotein (P-gp) in adult T-cell leukemia (ATL) samples from 25 patients.
Based on immunoblotting with a monoclonal antibody against P-gp, C219, 8 of 20 ATL patients were P-gp positive at the initial presentation.
Al... | C23 |
8,065 | 7,227 | Acupuncture and chronic pain: a criteria-based meta-analysis.
A literature search revealed 51 controlled clinical studies on the effectiveness of acupuncture in chronic pain.
These studies were reviewed using a list of 18 predefined methodological criteria.
A maximum of 100 points for study design could be earned in... | C23 |
8,066 | 3,643 | Immune responses to allogeneic and xenogeneic implants of collagen and collagen derivatives.
Whereas xenogeneic collagen has provided a safe and effective biomaterial for numerous medical applications, there are few instances in which data permit the correlation of the immunologic profile of well-defined devices with ... | C23 |
8,067 | 9,496 | Maintenance of circulation during ventricular fibrillation with the simultaneous use of two "counterpulsation" devices.
Two valveless, single orifice counterpulsation devices, with pumping stroke volumes of 65 ml each, were implanted on the ascending aorta and pulmonary artery of seven open chest anesthetized dogs.
A... | C23 |
8,068 | 2,127 | Effects of medical and surgical treatment on cerebral perfusion and cognition in patients with chronic cerebral ischemia.
The effects of medical treatment with and without cerebral revascularization procedures on cognition and cerebral blood flow were compared among 36 patients with extracranial occlusive cerebrovascu... | C23 |
8,069 | 3,639 | Mechanical measures in the prophylaxis of postoperative thromboembolism in total knee arthroplasty.
Total knee arthroplasty patients are at high risk for deep venous thrombosis and pulmonary embolism.
Prophylaxis against deep venous thrombosis and pulmonary embolism in these patients seems mandatory.
Pharmacologic a... | C23 |
8,070 | 738 | The Hastings bipolar hemiarthroplasty for subcapital fractures of the femoral neck. A 10-year prospective study.
In a 10-year prospective study, 561 displaced subcapital fractures of the femoral neck in 546 patients were treated with the Hastings bipolar hemiarthroplasty.
Within six months of their operations, 148 pa... | C23 |
8,071 | 8,962 | Pregnancy outcome after inadvertent ivermectin treatment during community-based distribution.
Ivermectin is the drug of choice for community-based treatment of onchocerciasis.
Since pregnancy testing during mass distribution campaigns is not feasible, the safety of ivermectin in pregnancy must be established.
During... | C23 |
8,072 | 811 | Enhanced utilization of exogenous glucose improves cardiac function in hypoxic rabbit ventricle without increasing total glycolytic flux.
The effects of elevated glucose on cardiac function during hypoxia were investigated in isolated arterially perfused rabbit interventricular septa.
Rest tension, developed tension,... | C23 |
8,073 | 433 | Anorectal malignant melanoma in Sweden. Report of 49 patients.
Clinicopathologic features and prognosis of 49 patients with anal malignant melanoma were investigated in the total Swedish population between 1970 and 1984.
Median age was 71 years (range, 50 to 87 years), and there was a female predominance (31 females,... | C23 |
8,074 | 8,458 | Acute cholangitis.
Cholangitis is an infection of the biliary ductal system that results from the combination of bactibilia and biliary obstruction.
Choledocholithiasis has been the leading cause of cholangitis.
However, in recent years, especially at tertiary referral centers, nonoperative biliary manipulations, of... | C23 |
8,075 | 555 | Studies on autoimmunity for initiation of beta-cell destruction. VI. Macrophages essential for development of beta-cell-specific cytotoxic effectors and insulitis in NOD mice.
NOD mice were treated with silica (which is selectively toxic to macrophages) from 4 or 20.5 wk of age.
Syngeneic neonatal pancreases were tra... | C23 |
8,076 | 786 | The De Vega tricuspid annuloplasty. Perioperative mortality and long term follow-up.
One hundred and fifty-three patients undergoing De Vega tricuspid annuloplasty, with or without other associated cardiac procedures between January, 1979, and June, 1987, were evaluated.
There were 136 hospital survivors.
The follow... | C23 |
8,077 | 6,083 | Surgical experience with cerebral amyloid angiopathy.
Cerebral amyloid angiopathy can present as lobar intracerebral hemorrhage in an elderly person, presumably due to increased fragility of the vessels affected by amyloid deposition.
For this reason, patients presenting with intracerebral hemorrhage and suspected of... | C23 |
8,078 | 9,461 | Estimation of Reynolds stresses within the Penn State left ventricular assist device.
Fluid velocities were measured using a two-component laser Doppler anemometery (LDA) system at 129 locations within a Plexiglas model of a 70 cm3 Penn State electric Left Ventricular Assist Device (LVAD).
The LVAD was driven by a pu... | C23 |
8,079 | 8,025 | Plasma vasoactive intestinal polypeptide concentration determination in patients with diarrhea.
Determination of plasma levels of vasoactive intestinal polypeptide (VIP) has been used for screening patients with chronic diarrhea to identify potential neuroendocrine tumors.
This 6-year blinded study from 1981 to 1986 ... | C23 |
8,080 | 5,269 | National General Practice Study of Epilepsy: recurrence after a first seizure
In the National General Practice Study of Epilepsy 564 patients classified as having definite seizures have been followed up for 2-4 years.
67% (95% confidence interval 63-71%) had a recurrence within 12 months of the first seizure, and 78... | C23 |
8,081 | 4,489 | Reference values for the Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE) in octo- and nonagenarians
The Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE) was used in a population survey of all inhabitants of Leiden, the Netherlands, over 85 years (n = 1258).
In this paper we report on 532 subjects without neurological or psychiatric diseas... | C23 |
8,082 | 7,712 | Antibodies to Epstein-Barr virus in iridocorneal endothelial syndrome.
Antibody titers to Epstein-Barr virus were determined in 13 patients with iridocorneal endothelial syndrome and in 13 healthy race-, age-, and sex-matched controls.
Both the geometric mean titer of IgG antibodies to the Epstein-Barr virus capsid a... | C23 |
8,083 | 620 | Daytime reduction of gastro-oesophageal reflux after healing of oesophagitis and its value as an indicator of favourable response to maintenance treatment.
In order to investigate the response of gastro-oesophageal reflux after medically induced healing of oesophagitis and its relation to the occurrence of relapse dur... | C23 |
8,084 | 6,251 | Maintenance and relapse after weight loss in women: behavioral aspects.
Obese women who regained weight after successful weight reduction (relapsers, n = 44); formerly obese, average-weight women who maintained weight loss (maintainers, n = 30); and women who had always remained at the same average, nonobese weight (c... | C23 |
8,085 | 2,516 | Pleuritis as a manifestation of reactivation tuberculosis.
PURPOSE: The purpose of this study was to determine the frequency with which tuberculous pleuritis is a manifestation of reactivation tuberculosis and to compare the clinical manifestations of reactivation tuberculous pleuritis with "classic" tuberculous pleur... | C23 |
8,086 | 9,946 | Biliary and gut function following shock.
The aim of this study was to characterize the alterations in gallbladder and intestinal function after hemorrhagic shock and blood reperfusion in opossums.
Animals were subjected to a shock of 30 mm Hg of arterial blood pressure for 60 minutes and resuscitated with blood rein... | C23 |
8,087 | 7,860 | Cardiac arrhythmias in critically ill patients: epidemiologic study
The general prevalence of cardiac arrhythmias in 2,820 consecutive patients was 78%, ranging from 44% in multiple trauma patients to 90% in primary cardiovascular patients.
Patients without recorded arrhythmias (22%, n = 621) were used as control su... | C23 |
8,088 | 3,482 | Role of calcium and the calcium channel in the initiation and maintenance of ventricular fibrillation.
The cellular events during the initiation and maintenance of ventricular fibrillation (VF) are poorly understood.
We developed a nonischemic, isolated, perfused rabbit Langendorff preparation in which sustained VF c... | C23 |
8,089 | 6,807 | Drop attacks with Meniere's syndrome.
We report the clinical features of 12 patients with drop attacks associated with Meniere's syndrome.
Each described a sensation of being pushed, thrown, or knocked to the ground or a sudden illusion of movement of the environment that led to a fall.
These episodes were not accom... | C23 |
8,090 | 6,072 | Rejection of multivisceral allografts in rats: a sequential analysis with comparison to isolated orthotopic small-bowel and liver grafts.
Multivisceral isografts and allografts were transplanted to Lewis rats, and the histopathologic changes were studied in the liver, intestine, and other constituent organs.
Rats rec... | C23 |
8,091 | 4,657 | Partial characterization of Chlamydia trachomatis isolates resistant to multiple antibiotics.
In vitro susceptibility testing was done on urogenital isolates of Chlamydia trachomatis from five patients, four of whom were suspected treatment failures.
At least one isolate from each patient was resistant to tetracyclin... | C23 |
8,092 | 8,512 | Experience with Duraphase penile prosthesis: its use as replacement device.
The Duraphase Penile Prosthesis is a new, articulating type of semirigid prosthesis which appears to have several advantages over other semirigid penile prostheses.
This series describes the experience with this prosthesis in 12 patients and ... | C23 |
8,093 | 8,937 | Glycolysis as primary energy source in tumor cell chemotaxis.
The energy requirements via glycolytic pathways were directly measured in migrating tumor cells.
Motility in the metastatic human melanoma cell line A2058, stimulated by insulinlike growth factor I (IGF-I), depends on glycolysis in the presence of glucose ... | C23 |
8,094 | 4,843 | Biologically inert synthetic dural substitutes. Appraisal of a medical-grade aliphatic polyurethane and a polysiloxane-carbonate block copolymer.
Two types of artificial membranes, a medical-grade aliphatic polyurethane and a polysiloxane-carbonate block copolymer, were tested as substitutes for dura in 24 and 12 rabb... | C23 |
8,095 | 5,091 | Complications in hyperthermia treatment of benign prostatic hyperplasia.
Of 435 patients treated with local hyperthermia to the prostate 27 had 29 complications, for an over-all complication rate of 6.6%.
Urinary tract infections (7 cases), hematuria (6), and epididymitis (2) accounted for roughly half of the complic... | C23 |
8,096 | 5,579 | Clinical spectrum of leber's congenital amaurosis in the second to fourth decades of life.
Leber's congenital amaurosis is a type of congenital retinitis pigmentosa in which the fundus abnormalities are extremely variable and to some extent age dependent.
Most cases are seen in infancy.
The retinal, electroretinogra... | C23 |
8,097 | 3,057 | Episodic hyperammonemia in adult siblings with hyperornithinemia, hyperammonemia, and homocitrullinuria syndrome.
A 39-year-old man and his 42-year-old sister, both vegetarians, had episodic confusion for many years, but their mental function was normal between those episodes.
They were recently diagnosed with hypero... | C23 |
8,098 | 7,143 | Bleeding time prolongation with streptokinase and its reduction with 1-desamino-8-D-arginine vasopressin.
The mechanism by which treatment with thrombolytic agents causes bleeding is not known.
Recently, frequency of bleeding events has been shown to correlate with bleeding time, particularly in individuals treated w... | C23 |
8,099 | 3,172 | The alien hand sign. Localization, lateralization and recovery.
The alien hand sign was first described by Brion and Jedynak as a "feeling of estrangement between the patient and one of his hands." The affected hand frequently shows a grasp reflex and an instinctive grasp reaction as well as elements of what Denny-Bro... | C23 |
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