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113 | Altered Ca2+ homeostasis and functional correlates in hepatocytes and adipocytes in endotoxemia and sepsis.
Decreased cytosolic [Ca2+] and impaired Ca2+ release in response to an IP3 challenge are among perturbations in hepatocyte Ca2+ homeostasis associated with endotoxemia and sepsis.
These changes are consistent w... | 0 |
353 | Treatment planning for internal radionuclide therapy: three-dimensional dosimetry for nonuniformly distributed radionuclides.
A calculational approach is described that provides the spatially varying radiation absorbed dose, presented as isodose contours superimposed on CT images, from nonuniform and/or irregular cumu... | 3 |
842 | Cigarette smoking, gastric acidity and peptic ulceration. What are the relationships?
The influence of cigarette smoking on intragastric acidity was assessed in duodenal ulcer patients in symptomatic remission and in healthy volunteers in a retrospective study.
Continuous 24-hr pH recordings in 150 nonsmokers and 174... | 5 |
1,903 | Clinical cardiovascular magnetic resonance imaging.
Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is a powerful tool providing high-resolution images of the heart and great vessels without the use of ionizing radiation or contrast agents.
MRI systems currently in use at many hospitals can be used effectively in the routine, clini... | 13 |
506 | Mapping the site of interaction between murine IgE and its high affinity receptor with chimeric Ig.
We have investigated the interaction of mouse (m) IgE with its Fc epsilon RI on rat basophilic leukemia cells using a set of chimeric Ig that were constructed by exchanging homologous H chain C domains between human (hu... | 3 |
2,038 | Conjugal temporal arteritis.
We report the simultaneous occurrence of biopsy-proven temporal arteritis in husband and wife.
Serologic and viral studies were negative, including viral culture of the wife's temporal artery.
The concurrent incidence of giant cell arteritis in a married couple would suggest a common exo... | 13 |
332 | Premalignant lesions and cancers of the skin in the general population: evaluation of the role of human papillomaviruses.
To evaluate the role of human papillomaviruses (HPV) in the development of premalignant lesions and cancers of the skin in the general population, 314 biopsies obtained from 227 patients with benig... | 3 |
1,655 | Detection and location of myocardial infarction using technetium-99m sestamibi imaging at rest.
Technetium-99m (Tc-99m) sestamibi imaging at rest has been used to detect and localize myocardial infarction.
The largest study to date is a cooperative study of 146 patients in 17 institutions.
There were 24 normal subje... | 13 |
43 | Antimicrobial resistance of Shigella isolates in the USA: the importance of international travelers.
A nationwide sample of Shigella isolates was collected and tested for resistance to 12 antimicrobial agents to assess the prevalence and epidemiologic correlates of antimicrobial resistance in Shigella.
Of the isolate... | 0 |
843 | Relation of Helicobacter pylori to the human gastric mucosa in chronic gastritis of the antrum.
The spatial relations between bacteria and the affected tissues can indicate pathogenic mechanisms.
This study was undertaken to define the spatial relation of Helicobacter pylori to the human gastric mucosa.
Antibodies a... | 5 |
412 | Decollateralization with silicone rubber sheeting for advanced hepatocellular carcinoma: a preliminary report.
A new treatment method, interception of collaterals with a silicone rubber sheet, was applied to three patients with advanced hepatocellular carcinoma in whom arterial chemoembolization was assessed as ineffe... | 3 |
2,832 | Fatal ethanol intoxication from household products not intended for ingestion.
Fatal acute ethanol intoxication is frequently encountered in medicolegal practice.
Although the vast majority of acute ethanol toxicity deaths follow the ingestion of conventional alcoholic beverages, ethanol can be obtained from a variet... | 20 |
575 | Bilateral familial carotid body paragangliomas. Report of a case with DNA flow cytometric and cytogenetic analyses.
A case study of bilateral familial carotid body paragangliomas with DNA flow cytometric and cytogenetic analyses is presented.
Analysis of tumor cell nuclear DNA content by flow cytometry revealed aneup... | 3 |
2,774 | Deranged vitamin D metabolism but normal bone mineral density in Finnish noncirrhotic male alcoholics.
To study the effect of prolonged ethanol consumption on calcium metabolism and on the prevalence of osteoporosis we examined 38 Finnish noncirrhotic male alcoholics (30-55 years of age) with dietary interviews and bi... | 20 |
1,109 | Long-term evaluation of hemiparkinsonian monkeys after adrenal autografting or cavitation alone.
Autografts of adrenal medulla were implanted into preformed cavities in the caudate nuclei of four rhesus monkeys with hemiparkinsonism induced by 1-methyl-4-phenyl-1,2,3,6-tetrahydropyridine (MPTP).
Five other hemiparkin... | 9 |
2,894 | Low bone density is an etiologic factor for stress fractures in athletes.
OBJECTIVE: To determine whether low bone density and other risk factors for osteoporosis are associated with stress fractures in athletes.
DESIGN: Case-control study.
SETTING: Institutional sports injury clinic with primary and secondary care.... | 20 |
2,213 | Impact of intrauterine growth retardation and body proportionality on fetal and neonatal outcome.
Previous prognostic studies of infants with intrauterine growth retardation (IUGR) have not adequately considered the heterogeneity of IUGR in terms of cause, severity, and body proportionality and have been prone to misc... | 15 |
2,623 | In vivo immune selection of a Moloney murine leukemia virus-induced tumor results in the loss of viral- but not tumor-associated antigens.
A protocol of in vivo immune selection has been used to isolate a variant of the Moloney murine leukemia virus (MuLV)-induced tumor MBL-2.
Characterization of the tumor variant in... | 19 |
1,068 | The large striatocapsular infarct. A clinical and pathophysiological entity.
We examined 29 patients with strictly subcortical large striatocapsular infarctions.
Eight of them had aphasia or neglect.
All patients underwent transcranial Doppler ultrasonography or selective carotid angiography, magnetic resonance imag... | 9 |
1,475 | Oocyte retention after follicle luteinization.
Indirect evidence supports the existence of the luteinized unruptured follicle syndrome in infertile women.
To seek direct evidence of oocyte retention, infertile and normal women were studied in the early and midluteal phase by visual documentation of ovulation stigma, ... | 12 |
2,082 | Transesophageal echocardiography in critically ill patients.
The feasibility, safety and clinical impact of transesophageal echocardiography were evaluated in 51 critically ill intensive care unit patients (28 men and 23 women; mean age 63 years) in whom transthoracic echocardiography was inadequate.
At the time of t... | 13 |
800 | Effect of the leukotriene B4 receptor antagonist SC-41930 on colonic inflammation in rat, guinea pig and rabbit.
Inflammatory bowel disease is a chronic inflammatory disorder of the gastrointestinal tract that includes ulcerative colitis and Crohn's disease.
Leukotriene B4 is thought to be a prominent proinflammatory... | 5 |
1,411 | 5 alpha-reductase deficiency without hypospadias.
A boy aged 4 with penoscrotal hypospadias and his brother aged 12 with micropenis had typical changes of homozygous 5 alpha-reductase deficiency.
After three injections of chorionic gonadotrophin there was a trivial rise in plasma dihydrotestosterone with a normal inc... | 11 |
2,985 | Effects of screws and a sleeve on initial fixation in uncemented total knee tibial components.
Aseptic loosening of tibial components remains a serious problem in uncemented total knee arthroplasties.
Achieving rigid initial fixation of porous-coated components is one of the most important factors in promoting bone i... | 22 |
2,651 | Tartrazine sensitivity.
Tartrazine (FD & C Yellow No.
5) is an approved azo dye present in many drugs and food products.
During the 1970s, many cases of tartrazine sensitivity were reported.
This led to new regulations that required the listing of azo dyes on package inserts of drugs and on packages of food product... | 19 |
1,461 | Ovarian pregnancy: a report of twenty cases in one institution.
A series of 20 cases of primary ovarian pregnancy that were diagnosed and treated in one institution is reported.
The prevalence rate of 1:3600 deliveries seems to be increasing in past years and comprises 3.3% of all extrauterine pregnancies.
Clinical ... | 12 |
263 | Surgical treatment of cardiac myxomas: long-term results.
Between 1965 and 1988, 22 patients underwent 24 operations for cardiac myxomas.
Two patients had the complex myxoma syndrome.
Mitral valve replacement was required at initial operation in 2 patients.
One patient died perioperatively, and 5 others died subseq... | 3 |
698 | Relation between rectal sensation and anal function in normal subjects and patients with faecal incontinence.
The relation between sensory perception of rapid balloon distension of the rectum and the motor responses of the rectum and external and internal anal sphincters in 27 normal subjects and 16 patients with faec... | 5 |
2,900 | The relative biological effectiveness of fractionated doses of fast neutrons (42 MeVd----Be) for normal tissues in the pig. II. Late effects on cutaneous and subcutaneous tissues.
The late effects of irradiation with single and fractionated doses of X rays (250 kV) and fast neutrons (42 MeVd----Bc), on the cutaneous a... | 20 |
2,341 | Phenotypic characteristics of dissociated mononuclear cells from rheumatoid synovial membrane.
The phenotypic characteristics of enzymatically dissociated synovial membrane mononuclear cells from 8 patients (14 samples) with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) were assessed by fluorescence activated flow cytometry and compared ... | 16 |
693 | Circulating antibodies against human colonic extract enriched with a 40 kDa protein in patients with ulcerative colitis.
We have previously described a 40 kDa colonic protein(s) which is specifically recognised by tissue-bound immunoglobulin G obtained from the colon of patients with ulcerative colitis.
We now report... | 5 |
3,098 | Retroperitoneal mobilization of the vas deferens in the complex vasovasostomy.
Anatomic distances along retroperitoneal, inguinal, and infrainguinal segments of the vas deferens were measured in 14 formalin fixed cadavers and in 15 recently postmortem males.
There were no significant differences in segment lengths be... | 22 |
587 | Active specific immunotherapy in patients with melanoma. A clinical trial with mouse antiidiotypic monoclonal antibodies elicited with syngeneic anti-high-molecular-weight-melanoma-associated antigen monoclonal antibodies [published erratum appears in J Clin Invest 1991 Feb;87(2):757]
In two clinical trials the mouse ... | 3 |
2,870 | Genucom knee analysis system: reproducibility and database development.
The Genucom is a relatively new computerized system that performs a multidimensional analysis of knee laxity.
Therefore, the purposes of the present investigation were twofold: 1) to estimate the reproducibility of the testing system in its abili... | 20 |
2,891 | Geriatric injury: an analysis of prehospital demographics, mechanisms, and patterns.
STUDY OBJECTIVE: To evaluate emergency medical services (EMS) system use, injury mechanisms, and prehospital assessments among elderly victims of trauma.
DESIGN: We analyzed all prehospital data for injuries among patients 70 years o... | 20 |
164 | Distinct characteristics of lymphokine-activated killer (LAK) cells derived from patients with B-cell chronic lymphocytic leukemia (B-CLL). A factor in B-CLL serum promotes natural killer cell-like LAK cell growth.
We show that lymphokine-activated killer (LAK) cell precursors derived from patients with B-cell chronic... | 3 |
925 | Lung overexpansion increases pulmonary microvascular protein permeability in young lambs.
To study the effects of inflation pressure and tidal volume (VT) on protein permeability in the neonatal pulmonary microcirculation, we measured lung vascular pressures, blood flow, lymph flow (QL), and concentrations of protein ... | 7 |
2,631 | Evaluation of the AIDS dementia complex in clinical trials.
The AIDS dementia complex (ADC) is one of the most common and important causes of morbidity associated with infection by human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1).
The evaluation of ADC in clinical trials is significant not only because of the clinical imp... | 19 |
3,058 | Bleeding complications associated with cardiopulmonary bypass.
Bleeding after CPB has been difficult to characterize and its treatment equally difficult to standardize.
The complexity of this problem is related to the hemostatic process, the technical variations in the operative procedures, and the many uncontrolled ... | 22 |
1,810 | Hemodynamic status in critically ill patients with and without acute heart disease.
Physicians have been urged to reduce the use of the pulmonary artery catheter.
However, there are no guidelines to help the clinician make the decision to use or withhold invasive monitoring in the individual patient.
This study was ... | 13 |
2,244 | Neutrophil zinc levels in psoriasis and seborrhoeic dermatitis.
The median zinc content of neutrophils was significantly reduced in 16 patients with psoriasis in comparison to both normal controls and six patients with seborrhoeic dermatitis (P less than 0.05).
This reduction was unrelated to the extent of skin invol... | 16 |
870 | Parotid gland: plain and gadolinium-enhanced MR imaging.
The purpose of this study was to show the typical appearance of lesions of the parotid gland with plain MR imaging and MR imaging enhanced with gadopentetate dimeglumine.
Seventeen patients with inflammatory changes and 43 with benign and malignant tumors were ... | 6 |
3,102 | Hepatic injury induced by bile salts: correlation between biochemical and morphological events.
Continuous intravenous infusion of taurochenodeoxycholate at a rate of 0.4 mumol.min-1.100 gm-1 for only 30 min in rats caused threefold to tenfold greater release of proteins (alkaline phosphatase, lactate dehydrogenase an... | 22 |
1,734 | Sodium-calcium interactions and salt-sensitive hypertension.
In humans with essential hypertension, salt-induced increases in blood pressure have been reported to correlate directly with salt-induced increases in intracellular free calcium [( Ca2+]i) in circulating mononuclear cells.
These findings are consistent wit... | 13 |
1,439 | Gastric mucosal PGE2 levels in gastric non-ulcer and ulcer patients with chronic renal failure or without renal diseases and in healthy subjects.
PGE2-like immunoactivity in mucosal specimens from gastric corpus and antrum was measured in individuals with chronic uremia or without renal diseases in absence or presence... | 11 |
41 | Platelet-activating factor or a platelet-activating factor antagonist decreases tumor necrosis factor-alpha in the plasma of mice treated with endotoxin.
When L-platelet-activating factor (PAF) or alprazolam (a PAF antagonist) was administered to lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-treated mice, the level of plasma tumor necrosi... | 0 |
482 | Detection of primary colorectal cancer with indium 111 monoclonal antibody B72.3.
B72.3 is a murine monoclonal antibody of the immunoglobulin subclass IgG1 directed against TAG-72, a cell surface antigen present on colorectal carcinoma cells.
We investigated the utility of scanning with indium 111-labeled B72.3 in 16... | 3 |
3,157 | Amenorrhea.
Amenorrhea, the lack of menstruation, is a gynecologic disorder that may arise from a variety of causes.
If a logical and orderly schema is followed, the correct diagnosis and appropriate management plan can be formulated.
| 22 |
0 | Superficial cultures in neonatal sepsis evaluations. Impact on antibiotic decision making.
The authors performed a retrospective analysis of neonatal superficial cultures and their effect on antimicrobial decision making during a nine-month period at Nashville General Hospital.
They obtained and reviewed charts of in... | 0 |
1,033 | Excitation thresholds for nerves reinnervating the paralyzed canine larynx.
Electrical stimulation of paralyzed laryngeal muscles implanted with nerve-muscle pedicles (NMP) has resulted in documented return of motion.
No study, however, has yet determined how NMP excitability correlates with that of normal muscle or ... | 8 |
2,743 | Femoral neck fracture fixation. Comparison of a sliding screw with lag screws.
The rigidity of a sliding compression screw and three cannulated lag screws in the treatment of subcapital fractures was compared in five pairs of female cadaver femora.
There were no significant differences between the compressive strengt... | 20 |
703 | Towards a true prevalence of peptic ulcer: the Sorreisa gastrointestinal disorder study.
This study, designed to overcome methodological problems inherent in earlier prevalence studies of peptic ulcer, was carried out in a municipality in northern Norway.
It included the total population of 2027, aged 20-69 years, an... | 5 |
2,013 | Balloon dilatation of the mitral valve by a single bifoil (2 x 19 mm) or trefoil (3 x 15 mm) catheter.
The efficacy of balloon dilatation of the mitral valve by a bifoil (2 x 19 mm) or trefoil (3 x 15 mm) catheter (single catheter technique) was assessed in 53 patients (mean age 28) with mitral stenosis, most of whom ... | 13 |
1,363 | Polyarteritis nodosa masquerading as a primary testicular neoplasm: a case report and review of the literature.
We report a case of polyarteritis nodosa presenting as a mass in the testis mimicking a neoplasm.
The diagnosis was confirmed by radical orchiectomy.
This is an unusual presentation of this systemic diseas... | 11 |
960 | Tracheal reconstruction with polytetrafluoroethylene graft in dogs.
Use of prosthetic materials for long-segment tracheal reconstruction has been limited owing to infection, graft migration, ingrowth of fibrous tissue, and stenosis.
Polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) is flexible and porous, and it may resist infection mo... | 7 |
3,037 | Laryngeal framework reconstruction with miniplates.
Defects of the laryngeal framework after trauma, cancer, and thyroplasty have been reconstructed with mini-reconstruction plates.
Six patients had miniplates used to repair the thyroid cartilage defect after type I thyroplasty to prevent lateralization of the Silast... | 22 |
1,953 | Prolonged extracorporeal life support of pediatric and adolescent cardiac transplant patients.
Options for mechanical support of pediatric patients with severe heart failure who are awaiting transplantation or have undergone transplantation are limited.
This report examines 3 patients placed on extracorporeal life su... | 13 |
3,028 | Response of Bitot's spots in preschool children to vitamin A treatment.
In a double-masked, placebo-controlled, clinical trial in Indonesia, 88 preschool children between the ages of 36 and 72 months with Bitot's spots were randomly assigned to 200,000 IU of oral vitamin A or placebo and followed up for five weeks.
B... | 22 |
1,186 | Myelopathy associated with human T cell lymphotropic virus type I (HTLV-I) in natal, South Africa. A clinical and investigative study in 24 patients.
Unexplained spastic myelopathy in black (Zulu) patients, similar to that seen in the tropics, has previously been described from Natal, South Africa.
Following reports ... | 9 |
817 | Requirement of endogenous tumor necrosis factor/cachectin for recovery from experimental peritonitis.
By intrasplenic immunization we raised a rat mAb (mAb V1q; IgG2a, kappa) with a potent neutralizing activity against natural mouse TNF (1 microgram/ml mAb V1q/100 U/ml TNF).
mAb V1q was used to study the role of endo... | 5 |
2,996 | Healing of experimental intestinal anastomoses. Parameters for repair.
Anastomotic dehiscence remains a major complication in surgery of the large bowel, and studies on the healing sequence of experimental anastomoses are necessary to define underlying mechanisms and find ways to improve surgical outcome, particularly... | 22 |
1,763 | Inflation pressure requirements during coronary angioplasty.
To examine the balloon inflation pressures required for successful percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA), the maximal inflation pressure required for 477 coronary lesions in 200 consecutive patients was determined retrospectively.
When grade... | 13 |
1,588 | Perioperative myocardial injury in patients undergoing aortic valve replacement.
In cases of myocardial hypertrophy myocardial protection may be insufficient.
In order to determine the factors responsible for myocardial injury we assessed myocardial injury in 54 patients undergoing isolated aortic valve replacement.
... | 13 |
916 | Community-acquired pneumonia: evidence of functional inactivation of alpha 1 proteinase inhibitor.
Quantitative and qualitative elastase inhibitory capacity (EIC) alpha 1 proteinase inhibitor (alpha 1 PI) was measured in pulmonary arterial and systemic arterial blood of patients with community-acquired pneumonia (CAP)... | 7 |
191 | Aromatase activity of human granulosa cells in patients with polycystic ovaries treated with dexamethasone.
The effect of dexamethasone (DEX) (9 alpha-Fluro-16 alpha-methyl prednisolone) on secretion of steroids by human granulosa luteinized cells was studied by culturing cells from mature follicles of women with poly... | 3 |
3,327 | In vivo nonthrombogenicity of heparin immobilized polymer surfaces.
The authors developed two different methods to immobilize heparin on polymer surfaces.
One method involves in situ heparin immobilization on a segmented polyurethane urea (Biomer) surface via hydrophilic poly(ethylene oxide) (PEO, Mn = 4,000) spacers... | 22 |
2,809 | Spectrum of drinkers and intervention opportunities.
Most adults in North America are either light drinkers or abstainers, so alcohol does not cause them problems.
However, a small but often highly visible minority--approximately 5% of the adult population--show major symptoms of alcohol dependence.
Between these ex... | 20 |
586 | The Van Nes tibial rotationplasty. A functionally viable reconstructive procedure in children who have a tumor of the distal end of the femur.
Twelve patients who had a malignant tumor of the distal end of the femur were treated with a Van Nes tibial rotationplasty.
The survival rates were comparable with those for a... | 3 |
2,423 | Reduced membrane fluidity in platelets from diabetic patients.
Platelets from diabetic patients are hypersensitive to agonists in vitro.
Membrane fluidity modulates cell function, and reduced membrane fluidity in cholesterol-enriched platelets is associated with platelet hypersensitivity to agonists, including thromb... | 17 |
1,481 | Triplet tubal pregnancy treated by outpatient laparoscopic salpingostomy.
To our knowledge, this represents the first case of a laparoscopically treated triplet EP and the first time that a double EP in the same tube was treated conservatively (with preservation of the tube).
Multiple EPs may be more common than curr... | 12 |
2,024 | "White coat" versus "sustained" borderline hypertension in Tecumseh, Michigan
During a survey of young subjects not receiving treatment for hypertension in Tecumseh, Michigan, clinic and self-monitored blood pressures taken at home (14 readings in 7 days) were obtained in 737 subjects (387 men, 350 women, average age... | 13 |
3,082 | Reconstruction of patellar tendon rupture after total knee arthroplasty with an extensor mechanism allograft.
Although patellar tendon rupture after total knee arthroplasty (TKA) is a rare complication, the consistently poor outcome of conventional tendon repair has convinced some to abandon such reconstruction in fav... | 22 |
1,273 | The influence of prior therapy on the success of trabeculectomy.
The role of early surgery in the management of primary open angle glaucoma is under debate.
To determine whether previous medical therapy influences the outcome of subsequent trabeculectomy, we retrospectively reviewed the results of surgery in two grou... | 10 |
656 | Flurbiprofen versus diclofenac for the treatment of osteoarthritis of the knee.
Seventy-four patients were enrolled in this double-blind, randomized single-center study to evaluate the therapeutic effectiveness of 50 mg tid regimens of flurbiprofen or diclofenac sodium in patients with osteoarthritis of the knee.
By ... | 4 |
1,670 | Doppler assessment of left ventricular filling pattern in silent ischemia in patients with Prinzmetal's angina.
Spontaneous angina is an ideal condition in which to study left ventricular (LV) dysfunction induced by acute myocardial ischemia.
In 6 patients with Prinzmetal's angina, LV diastolic function during 16 epi... | 13 |
2,209 | Early amniocentesis: report of 407 cases with neonatal follow-up.
Amniocentesis was performed for prenatal diagnosis in 407 pregnancies between the gestational ages of 11-14 weeks.
The safety and accuracy of the procedure were compared with data obtained from collaborative studies of amniocentesis performed later in ... | 15 |
2,356 | Lowering of plasma glucose concentrations with bezafibrate in patients with moderately controlled NIDDM.
The goal of this study was to investigate whether treatment with bezafibrate improves glucose tolerance in non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (NIDDM).
The study included 37 NIDDM patients with HbA1 concentrat... | 17 |
1,323 | Nutritional causes of renal impairment in old age.
The occurrence of renal insufficiency tends to increase in late adulthood.
This common complication of old age is associated with increased physical dependency, morbidity, and mortality, and a lowered quality of life.
In this review, the authors will develop the the... | 11 |
1,492 | Recall of alcohol consumption during pregnancy.
This is a test-retest reliability study of self-reported alcohol use during pregnancy, in which two groups of women provided two reports about their first trimester drinking over a 3-month interval (Group 1) and over a 5-month interval (Group 2).
Women in Group 1 (n = 9... | 12 |
1,701 | Optimizing heparin utilization in angiographic flush solutions.
Various concentrations of heparin in angiographic flush solutions are employed during angiography.
In an effort to determine whether differences in outcome are seen when either high or low concentrations of heparin in angiographic flush solutions are uti... | 13 |
1,757 | Angioplasty of occluded coronary arteries: use of thin shaft balloon over-the-wire system without pre-dilatation.
A retrospective review was done on 13 consecutive patients who underwent PTCA of totally occluded coronary arteries using a recently released thin shaft balloon over-the-wire angioplasty system.
Balloon s... | 13 |
1,719 | Improved cannulation method for extracorporeal membrane oxygenation.
Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation has been shown to be useful for patients in reversible cardiogenic shock.
Effective arterial cannulation techniques for infants have been developed that are simple to use and require minimal subsequent vascular re... | 13 |
770 | Cellular immune response to hepatitis B virus-encoded antigens in acute and chronic hepatitis B virus infection.
The proliferative response of PBMC to hepatitis B virus (HBV) envelope, core, and e Ag was analyzed prospectively in 21 patients with acute self-limited HBV infection and compared with the response of patie... | 5 |
3,201 | Neuroendocrine features of reactive bile ductules in cholestatic liver disease.
Various cholestatic liver diseases are accompanied by a striking increase in the number of bile ductules.
This so-called ductular reaction is thought to arise both from ductular metaplasia of hepatocytes and from proliferation of pre-exis... | 22 |
2,141 | Prognosis of chronic granulomatous disease.
The records of 28 patients with chronic granulomatous disease born over a 32 year period were reviewed.
The characteristics of the group, and the frequency with which various clinical and laboratory features had been recorded, was assessed.
Nine patients were known to have... | 14 |
1,247 | From disease to delirium: managing the declining elderly patient.
Many geriatric patients have concurrent physical and psychiatric illnesses, but at times it may be difficult to determine which is primary.
Delirium, a transient syndrome that presents with psychiatric symptoms, is usually the manifestation of an organ... | 9 |
2,713 | Comparative airway response to inhaled bradykinin, kallidin, and [des-Arg9]bradykinin in normal and asthmatic subjects.
Bradykinin, kallidin (lys-bradykinin), and [des-Arg9]bradykinin are oligopeptides that may contribute as mediators in the pathogenesis of asthma by interacting with specific receptors designated B1 a... | 19 |
389 | Debulking of pelvic and para-aortic lymph node metastases in ovarian cancer with the cavitron ultrasonic surgical aspirator.
Six patients with metastatic ovarian cancer with extensive involvement of the pelvic and/or para-aortic lymph nodes underwent surgical debulking with the Cavitron Ultrasonic Surgical Aspirator.
... | 3 |
1,072 | Effect of flumazenil on midazolam-induced amnesia.
We have studied the effect of i.v.
flumazenil 0.01 mg kg-1 on the amnesia and sedation caused by midazolam 2 mg and 5 mg i.v.
in volunteers in order to determine the relationship between the actions of the antagonist on these two effects.
Midazolam caused dose-depe... | 9 |
759 | Left retroperitoneal exposure for distal mesenteric artery repair.
Distal disease in the mesenteric arteries has usually been repaired transabdominally since it is believed that only the proximal centimeter of each vessel is accessible through the retroperitoneum.
We treated five patients with chronic visceral ischem... | 5 |
1,987 | The case against childhood cholesterol screening
Because some authorities have proposed blood cholesterol screening for children to prevent coronary heart disease, we reviewed published studies to estimate the potential risks and benefits of such screening.
Childhood cholesterol levels are a poor predictor of high c... | 13 |
2,909 | A profile of alcohol and prescription drug abuse in a high-risk community-based elderly population.
Substance abuse among the elderly is relatively common but often remains undetected or ignored by health and social workers.
Psychosocial and health factors related to the aging process are the major contributors to al... | 20 |
2,266 | Ionizing radiation-induced pemphigus. Case presentations and literature review.
Reports of pemphigus following ionizing radiation exposure are rare.
We report two cases and review the literature regarding this association.
Characteristics common to these cases include a prodromal persistent nonspecific dermatitic er... | 16 |
2,772 | Application of the Tridimensional Personality Questionnaire to a population of alcoholics and other substance abusers.
To assess its construct validity and application, Cloninger's Tridimensional Personality Questionnaire (TPQ) was administered to 267 inpatient substance abusers.
One hundred seventy-two of the patien... | 20 |
1,245 | Safety, stability, and effectiveness of immunoadsorption under membrane plasmapheresis treatment for myasthenia gravis.
Nine patients (five women and four men, average age 50.4 years) with refractory myasthenia gravis (MG) underwent thymectomy and were then treated with immunoadsorption under membrane plasmaphersis (I... | 9 |
261 | Histopathologic spectrum of clinically atypical melanocytic nevi. II. Studies of nonfamilial melanoma [published erratum appears in Arch Dermatol 1990 Dec;126(12):1616]
We studied the clinically most atypical pigmented lesion removed from each of 142 patients with newly diagnosed sporadic melanoma.
The specimens were... | 3 |
2,905 | Childhood injuries: where we are.
In this paper we present the leading causes of fatal childhood injury in the United States.
We examine three types of explanations for why injury rates are so high in the United States compared with what they could be and actually are in a number of industrialized European countries.... | 20 |
1,403 | Fertility prognosis for infertile men: results of follow-up study of semen analysis in infertile men from two different populations evaluated by the Cox regression model.
Using the Cox proportional hazard regression model on one material (group I = 765, 1950 to 1951) we have identified four variables of semen analysis... | 11 |
1,076 | A randomized comparison of manipulation of the fractured nose under local and general anaesthesia.
Reduction of simple nasal fractures may be performed under local or general anaesthesia: the latter is by far the most popular method in Britain, though why is hard to define.
We have attempted to compare the 2 approach... | 9 |
672 | Joint inflammation provoked by a local synovial allergic reaction.
Homocytotropic antibody was stimulated in animals by administering protein antigens in a vaccine with B.
pertussis adjuvant.
The titers of the allergic antibody responses were judged by passive cutaneous anaphylaxis reactions.
Sera or globulin fract... | 4 |
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