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1,848 | Single photon emission computed tomography with thallium-201 during adenosine-induced coronary hyperemia: correlation with coronary arteriography, exercise thallium imaging and two-dimensional echocardiography
The feasibility, safety and diagnostic accuracy of single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) with t... | 13 |
1,849 | Termination of acute atrial fibrillation in the Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome by procainamide and propafenone: importance of atrial fibrillatory cycle length.
The effects of intravenous procainamide (n = 30) or propafenone (n = 25) were evaluated in 55 patients with acute atrial fibrillation and the Wolff-Parkinson-W... | 13 |
51 | Nasal carriage of Staphylococcus aureus: correlation with hormonal status in women.
In view of recent observations on hormone-microorganism interactions, a study of Staphylococcus aureus nasal carriage in relation to sex-hormone status was undertaken.
Prospectively in 479 women attending a colpocytologic clinic, horm... | 0 |
3,309 | 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... | 22 |
1,378 | A phenomenological interpretation of the variation in dialysate volume with dwell time in CAPD.
Intraperitoneal fluid volume (IPV) changes versus time were followed in patients undergoing continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis (CAPD) using a simple volume recovery method.
In each patient dialysates containing 1.36... | 11 |
356 | Colorectal cancer: have we identified an effective screening strategy?
Three currently used screening methods are aimed at detecting colorectal cancer when it is asymptomatic and curable, and at detecting polyps so that they can be removed before they can progress to cancer.
Digital rectal examinations are relatively... | 3 |
16 | Intraamniotic infection in the very early phase of the second trimester.
A total of 157 consecutive patients were studied in an effort to examine prospectively the incidence of asymptomatic intraamniotic infection in the early phase of the second trimester.
All patients were referred for amniotic fluid karyotyping.
... | 0 |
136 | A routine tool for detection and assessment of epidemics of influenza-like syndromes in France.
A regression model for the nonepidemic level of influenza-like syndrome has been estimated from the 55,200 cases collected between October 1984 and August 1988 using the French Communicable Diseases Computer Network.
The s... | 1 |
2,481 | Changes in phosphoinositide turnover, Ca2+ mobilization, and protein phosphorylation in platelets from NIDDM patients.
Enhanced platelet functions have been demonstrated in patients with non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (NIDDM).
This study evaluated abnormalities in platelet signal transduction in diabetic pat... | 17 |
2,197 | Partial anomalous pulmonary venous return.
Anomalous pulmonary venous return from the left lung is an extremely rare condition that is reported sporadically and in general in case reports.
From 1964 through 1988, we identified 13 patients with this condition, all of whom underwent surgical correction.
This represent... | 15 |
1,399 | Intrauterine spermatic cord torsion in the newborn: sonographic and pathologic correlation.
In five newborn patients with spermatic cord torsion, sonography demonstrated an enlarged and globular testis, hydrocele, and skin thickening.
In four of these patients the testicular parenchyma was heterogeneous.
Peripheral ... | 11 |
664 | Effects of 2% lignocaine on somatosensory evoked potentials recorded in the extradural space.
We have studied the effects of extradural administration of 2% lignocaine at the L3-4 interspace on somatosensory evoked potentials recorded in the cervical extradural space before corrective surgery for idiopathic adolescent... | 4 |
1,100 | Decline in the prevalence of childhood deafness in the Jewish population of Jerusalem: ethnic and genetic aspects.
A longitudinal study was performed on 147 Jewish children with bilaterally sensorineural hearing loss of moderately severe to profound degree, born in Jerusalem during the eighteen years 1968-85.
The pre... | 9 |
3,287 | Site and strand specificity of UVB mutagenesis in the SUP4-o gene of yeast [published erratum appears in Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 1991 Mar 1;88(5):2035]
DNA sequencing was used to characterize 208 mutations induced in the SUP4-o tRNA gene of the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae by UVB (285-320 nm) radiation.
The result... | 22 |
1,238 | NMDA antagonists potentiate antiparkinsonian actions of L-dopa in monoamine-depleted rats.
Systemically administered N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) antagonists, MK-801 ((+)5-methyl-10,11-dihydro-5H-dibenzo(a,d)cyclohepten-5,10-imine maleate) and CPP (3-[(+-)-2-carboxypiperazin-4-yl]-propyl-1-phosphonate), potentiate the ... | 9 |
2,184 | Characteristics of cholinergic neuroeffector transmission of ganglionic and aganglionic colon in Hirschsprung's disease.
Differences in the release and content of acetylcholine and the alpha 2 adrenoceptor mediated interaction between noradrenergic and cholinergic neurons were investigated by neurochemical and pharmac... | 15 |
2,947 | Open versus closed diagnostic peritoneal lavage in the evaluation of abdominal trauma.
Two hundred forty-two patients underwent diagnostic peritoneal lavage (DPL) over a 12-month period.
One hundred sixteen patients (48%) were randomized to an open lavage technique and 126 (52%) to a percutaneous (closed) guide wire ... | 20 |
2,328 | Identification and isolation of a phospholipase A2 activating protein in human rheumatoid arthritis synovial fluid: induction of eicosanoid synthesis and an inflammatory response in joints injected in vivo.
Eicosanoids are important mediators of the destructive arthropathy observed in rheumatoid arthritis.
The rate-l... | 16 |
377 | 1990 Ogura memorial lecture: moral dilemmas in head and neck cancer.
Neither morality nor dilemma can be defined meaningfully in the concept of the practical management of head and neck cancer.
Although both have important implications, particularly with regard to ethnic and social factors, they play a relatively min... | 3 |
2,615 | Basophil histamine release by platelet-activating factor in aspirin-sensitive subjects with asthma.
Histamine release induced by platelet-activating factor (PAF) from leukocytes of aspirin-sensitive subjects with asthma was higher than that from normal control subjects, despite the similarity of anti-IgE-induced hista... | 19 |
2,075 | Comparison of thallium-201 and technetium-99m hexakis 2-methoxyisobutyl isonitrile single-photon emission computed tomography for estimating the extent of myocardial ischemia and infarction in coronary artery disease.
Single-photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) using thallium-201 (Tl-201) was compared with tech... | 13 |
2,369 | Polymorphisms of HepG2/erythrocyte glucose-transporter gene. Linkage relationships and implications for genetic analysis of NIDDM.
To assess the contribution of the HepG2/erythrocyte glucose-transporter (HepG2 GT) gene to the inherited susceptibility to non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (NIDDM), cDNA and genomic... | 17 |
2,625 | AZT demonstrates anti-HIV-1 activity in persistently infected cell lines: implications for combination chemotherapy and immunotherapy.
A sensitive and quantitative focal immunoassay has been used to measure the effects of three different therapeutic agents on tissue culture cells infected with human immunodeficiency v... | 19 |
1,181 | The deja vu experience: remembrance of things past?
The deja vu experience is a common phenomenon, occurring in pathological as well as nonpathological conditions.
It has been defined as any subjectively inappropriate impression of familiarity of a present experience with an undefined past.
The authors discuss the ... | 9 |
2,921 | Morphine pharmacokinetics during anesthesia and surgery in patients with burns.
The plasma clearance, plasma half-life, and apparent volume of distribution of morphine during anesthesia and surgery were determined in seven patients with burns and compared with seven age-matched control subjects.
The burn group had a ... | 20 |
651 | Treatment of psoriatic arthritis with oral 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3: a pilot study.
We conducted a 6-month open-label trial in which 10 patients with active psoriatic arthritis received 2 micrograms of oral 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3 daily.
Statistically significant improvement was noted in the tender joint count and p... | 4 |
814 | Gastroesophageal reflux disease: an update on management.
Gastroesophageal reflux is commonplace; all humans experience it.
For many patients, gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) is a manageable condition.
For others, GERD can progress to severe symptoms, inflammation, and disruption of the mucosal lining.
Effec... | 5 |
2,687 | Rapid oral desensitization to isoniazid and rifampin.
A 45-year-old black woman, sputum positive for acid-fast bacilli, developed hypersensitivity to both isoniazid and rifampin.
She was admitted to the hospital and desensitized to both medications using modified penicillin protocols.
Skin testing was negative to bo... | 19 |
233 | Squamous cell carcinoma antigen (TA-4) in penile carcinoma.
TA-4 antigen, originally isolated from women with squamous cell carcinoma of the cervix, is elevated in the sera of patients with squamous cell carcinomas of several sites, including esophagus, lungs, and head and neck.
In this study, we compared the serum l... | 3 |
1,157 | Improving outcomes of analgesic treatment: is education enough?
Frequent undertreatment of analgesic-responsive acute pain and chronic cancer pain persists, despite intensive efforts to provide clinicians with information about analgesics.
A set of background factors must be addressed in interventions to improve pai... | 9 |
884 | Neutrophilia in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid of diffuse panbronchiolitis.
The clinical and pathologic features of diffuse panbronchiolitis (DPB) have been well reported to date, although its pathogenesis remains unknown.
In the present study, we performed bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) on three patients with biopsy spe... | 7 |
1,216 | Dominantly inherited apathy, central hypoventilation, and Parkinson's syndrome: clinical, biochemical, and neuropathologic studies of 2 new cases.
We describe 2 new patients from a family in which 10 persons in 3 successive generations had a dominant neuropsychiatric disorder characterized by apathy, central hypoventi... | 9 |
469 | Retroviral recombination and reverse transcription.
Recombination occurs at a high rate in retroviral replication, and its observation requires a virion containing two different RNA molecules (heterodimeric particles).
Analysis of retroviral recombinants formed after a single round of replication revealed that (i) th... | 3 |
1,952 | Clinical performance of St. Jude and Medtronic-Hall prostheses: a randomized comparative study.
Newer and improved models of mechanical prostheses are regularly added to surgeons' armamentarium.
This study was designed to compare the clinical performance of two of the most used current models of mechanical prostheses... | 13 |
285 | The physical state of human papillomavirus 16 DNA in cervical carcinoma and cervical intraepithelial neoplasia.
Cervical carcinomas and cervical intraepithelial neoplasias (CIN) were analyzed for the presence of human papillomavirus (HPV) DNA using Southern blot hybridization.
Of the five HPV types examined (HPV type... | 3 |
2,834 | An elliptical incised wound of the breast misinterpreted as a bite injury.
Bite injuries upon homicide victims are most often initially identified by the forensic pathologist during the course of the autopsy examination.
Following such recognition, the injury or photographs of the traumatized site are then referred t... | 20 |
3,095 | Evaluation of antral mast cells in nonulcer dyspepsia.
Two hundred twenty-five patients with the symptoms of nonulcer dyspepsia underwent clinical and endoscopic evaluation including histologic assessment of endoscopic biopsies.
Mast cells were counted after special staining with low pH Alcian blue.
Of 225 patients,... | 22 |
2,425 | High frequency of aspartic acid at position 57 of HLA-DQ beta-chain in Japanese IDDM patients and nondiabetic subjects.
The HLA-DQ beta-chain (DQB1) genes of 72 Japanese patients with insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (IDDM) and 85 control subjects were studied with polymerase chain-reaction (PCR) amplification and ... | 17 |
1,896 | Angiography, angioscopy, and ultrasound imaging before and after percutaneous balloon angioplasty.
We report two patients undergoing peripheral percutaneous transluminal angioplasty in whom angiography, angioscopy, and ultrasound imaging were performed before and after balloon angioplasty.
The first case with smooth ... | 13 |
1,342 | The treatment of mesangial IgA nephropathy with cyclophosphamide, dipyridamole and warfarin: a two-year prospective trial.
Of 52 patients with mesangial IgA nephropathy, 25 were allocated to treatment with cyclophosphamide (6 months), and dipyridamole and warfarin (2 years) and 27 to no treatment in a randomized prosp... | 11 |
3,274 | Control of total peripheral resistance during hyperthermia in rats.
To elucidate the effect of blood volume on the circulatory adjustment to heat stress, we studied alpha-chloralose-anesthetized rats at three levels of blood volume: normovolemia (NBV), hypervolemia (HBV; +32% plasma volume by isotonic albumin solution... | 22 |
2,146 | Deficiency of glycosyl-phosphatidylinositol-linked membrane glycoproteins of leukocytes in paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria, description of a new diagnostic cytofluorometric assay.
Paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria (PNH) is a disease that affects not only red cells, but other blood cells as well.
The common defe... | 14 |
1,683 | Documentation of the effective length of action of antihypertensive treatment.
The technique of automated ambulatory blood pressure (BP) monitoring offers an innovative means for measuring BP throughout the 24-hour period.
Recently available compact monitoring instruments have been shown to be accurate and to provide... | 13 |
948 | Effects of famotidine and cimetidine on plasma levels of epidurally administered lignocaine.
The effects of two H2-receptor antagonists, famotidine and cimetidine, on the plasma levels of epidurally administered lignocaine were studied.
Group A (n = 20) received famotidine 20 mg orally the night before surgery and 20... | 7 |
122 | Occurrence of groups A and B of respiratory syncytial virus over 15 years: associated epidemiologic and clinical characteristics in hospitalized and ambulatory children.
Over 15 years respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) isolates from 1209 hospitalized and ambulatory children were examined for strain group and in a subse... | 1 |
2,497 | Effect of beta cell distribution on the performance of a bioartificial pancreas.
The insulin response of available prototype hollow fiber bioartificial pancreas devices remains unacceptably slow.
Although previous experimental and theoretical investigations provide insight into the factors governing the performance o... | 17 |
910 | Foam cuffed tracheal tubes: clinical and laboratory assessment.
The efficiency of a foam cuffed tracheal tube has been studied in protecting the pulmonary tree from aspiration of oropharyngeal and gastric contents.
Following instillation of methylene blue dye above the cuff, subsequent fibreoptic bronchoscopy reveale... | 7 |
91 | Reduction of contamination at total hip replacement by special working clothes.
We assessed wound, air and operative field contamination at 50 total hip operations, performed in a zonal ventilation system.
Theatre staff wore either a specially designed polypropylene non-woven coverall or conventional cotton shirt and... | 0 |
907 | Results in 104 patients undergoing bronchoplastic procedures for bronchial lesions.
Bronchoplastic procedures were used in 104 patients with various bronchial disorders.
Ten had benign lesions and 94, malignant tumors.
The principal operative procedures were sleeve lobectomy and sleeve pneumonectomy for bronchogenic... | 7 |
3,343 | Magnetic resonance imaging in idiopathic retroperitoneal fibrosis: measurement of T1 relaxation time.
Magnetic resonance imaging at 0.08 Tesla was performed in nine patients with proven idiopathic retroperitoneal fibrosis.
A total of 11 scans was performed.
Three patients were scanned before diagnosis; one of these ... | 22 |
1,922 | Prognostic value of predischarge low-level exercise thallium testing after thrombolytic treatment of acute myocardial infarction.
Low-level exercise thallium testing is useful in identifying the high-risk patient after acute myocardial infarction (AMI).
To determine whether this use also applies to patients after thr... | 13 |
2,149 | Cardiac abnormalities in children with sickle cell anemia.
The cardiac status of 64 children (ages 0.2 to 18 yr) with sickle cell anemia documented by hemoglobin electrophoresis was evaluated by echocardiography.
Left atrial, left ventricular and aortic root dimensions were significantly increased in over 60 percent ... | 14 |
2,107 | A blood-liquid interface for prolonged extracorporeal oxygenation with excellent antithrombogenicity.
The authors verified the excellent antithrombogenicity of a blood-liquid interface (BLI) and introduced an oxygenator based on the principle of gas exchange across direct BLI.
In a newly developed oxygenator, three l... | 13 |
2,806 | Stress in surgeons.
A sample of 1000 members of the Association of Surgeons of Great Britain and Ireland was circulated with a postal questionnaire relating to their occupational stressors, their type A coronary-prone behaviour and their mental health.
Six hundred and seventy-two (67 per cent) useable forms were retu... | 20 |
1,549 | Two-dimensional echocardiographic features of double outlet left ventricle.
In a cyanotic newborn infant, the diagnosis of double outlet left ventricle was made from the two-dimensional echocardiographic examination.
The diagnosis was later confirmed at cardiac catheterization and surgery.
The parasternal and subcos... | 13 |
968 | Pulmonary masses: contrast enhancement.
Radiographic studies to discriminate benign from malignant pulmonary masses have previously focused on the morphologic and, more recently, the computed tomographic (CT) attenuation characteristics of the lung mass.
Experience with the use of an intravenously administered iodina... | 7 |
443 | Photodynamic therapy in the treatment of squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck.
Photodynamic therapy is an experimental modality for tumor treatment based on the combined action of the tumor-localizing agent, ie, hematoporphyrin derivative, and red light.
From 1985 through 1989, 26 patients were treated using ... | 3 |
806 | Expression of leukocyte adhesion molecules by mucosal mononuclear phagocytes in inflammatory bowel disease.
Leukocyte adhesion molecules are important in cell-cell interactions of the immune system.
Lymphocyte function-associated antigen 1 (cluster designation 11a) mediates interactions between T cells and mononuclea... | 5 |
2,043 | Double-peaking circadian variation in the occurrence of sustained supraventricular tachyarrhythmias.
We studied 251 patients less than or equal to 65 years of age admitted for treatment of symptomatic supraventricular tachyarrhythmia to assess whether these arrhythmias begin evenly throughout the day or manifest circa... | 13 |
2,283 | Prevention of occupational contact dermatitis.
Contact dermatitis is the most frequent type of occupational skin disease.
Although prevention of contact dermatitis in the workplace should ideally be accomplished through total elimination of cutaneous exposure to hazardous substances, this is often not feasible.
Ther... | 16 |
272 | Developmental regulation of granulocytic cell binding to hemonectin.
Hemonectin (HN), a component of the bone marrow (BM) extracellular matrix which promotes adhesion of cells in the granulocytic lineage, was purified to near homogeneity and tested for its ability to mediate attachment of normal and leukemic cells of ... | 3 |
2,642 | Transforming growth factor beta and noncytopathic mechanisms of immunodeficiency in human immunodeficiency virus infection.
This study examines the contribution of transforming growth factor beta (TGF beta), one of the most potent endogenous immunosuppressive factors, to the development of immunodeficiency in human im... | 19 |
94 | Mycobacterium leprae-specific T cells from a tuberculoid leprosy patient suppress HLA-DR3-restricted T cell responses to an immunodominant epitope on 65-kDa hsp of mycobacteria.
The polar tuberculoid type (TT) of leprosy, characterized by high T cell reactivity to Mycobacterium leprae, is associated with HLA-DR3.
Sur... | 0 |
3,169 | Accumulation of p21ras.GTP in response to stimulation with epidermal growth factor and oncogene products with tyrosine kinase activity.
The ras gene product (p21) is a GTP-binding protein and has been thought to transduce signals regulating proliferation or differentiation of cells.
Like other GTP-binding proteins, p... | 22 |
3,165 | Neurologic assessment.
Neurologic nursing assessment requires the knowledge of anatomic and physiologic principles as well as the mastery of complex assessment skills.
The nurse who is often the first and most consistent health team member interacting with clients may provide the key to the early recognition, prevent... | 22 |
361 | Expression of the MDR1 gene in human gastric and colorectal carcinomas.
We measured expression of the MDR1 gene (also known as the PGY1 gene) in the human gastrointestinal tract.
MDR1 messenger RNA (mRNA) levels were elevated in 13 of 15 colorectal carcinoma specimens and in six of 13 gastric carcinoma specimens.
We... | 3 |
480 | The association of selected cancers with service in the US military in Vietnam. II. Soft-tissue and other sarcomas. The Selected Cancers Cooperative Study Group
As part of a series of investigations into the health of Vietnam veterans, we conducted a population-based, case-control study of soft-tissue and other sarco... | 3 |
1,379 | Peritoneal transport in CAPD patients with permanent loss of ultrafiltration capacity.
During a 10 year period, 14 out of 227 patients (6.2%) undergoing continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis (CAPD) developed permanent loss of ultrafiltration capacity (UFC).
The risk of UFC loss increased from 2.6% after one year ... | 11 |
2,177 | Negative screening for sickle cell diseases with a monoclonal immunoassay on newborn blood eluted from filter paper.
The most common method of blood sample collection for neonatal screening programs for inherited diseases-blood spots on filter paper--is poorly suited for screening of sickle cell diseases by convention... | 14 |
851 | Reviewing nonsurgical periodontal therapy.
Selection of the appropriate case and clinical competency in treatment modalities results in success in nonsurgical periodontal therapy.
The patient with early periodontitis with significant local factors in the form of professionally accessible plaque and calculus is the mo... | 6 |
1,048 | Etiologic importance of the intimal flap of the external carotid artery in the development of postcarotid endarterectomy stroke.
A technically unsatisfactory end point (transition from the removed diseased plaque to normal distal intima) leading to an intimal flap of the external carotid artery has been identified as ... | 9 |
2,181 | Treatment with 13-cis-retinoic acid in transfusion-dependent patients with myelodysplastic syndrome and decreased toxicity with addition of alpha-tocopherol.
PURPOSE: The purpose of this study was to determine the response and tolerance to long-term treatment using 13-cis-retinoic acid (13-CRA) in transfusion-dependen... | 14 |
1,431 | Phenotypic characterization of monocytes and macrophages from CAPD patients.
The purpose of this study was to phenotypically characterize and compare peripheral blood monocytes from CAPD patients with peritoneal macrophages isolated from their peritoneal dialysis effluents.
Monocytes/macrophages were labeled with flu... | 11 |
116 | Infection of mice with lactate dehydrogenase-elevating virus destroys the subpopulation of Kupffer cells involved in receptor-mediated endocytosis of lactate dehydrogenase and other enzymes.
In previous experiments in rats, we have shown that the rapid plasma clearance of a number of clinically important enzymes is du... | 1 |
727 | Prospective randomized comparison of Brown-McHardy and microvasive balloon dilators in treatment of achalasia.
We report the results of a randomized prospective study comparing a standard bougie rubber balloon dilator [Brown-McHardy (BMH)] and a newer polyethylene dilator passed over a guide wire [Microvasive Rigiflex... | 5 |
1,587 | Primary repair for complete atrioventricular canal: recommendation for early primary repair.
Forty patients with complete atrioventricular canal (CAVC) underwent primary repair at Fukuoka Children's Hospital in Fukuoka, Japan, between August 1, 1981 and July 31, 1989.
The age at repair ranged from 2 months to 6 years... | 13 |
536 | A standard dose of radiation for "microscopic disease" is not appropriate.
Elective irradiation of sites of potential occult tumor spread is often part of a patient's radiation therapy program.
The required radiation dose (D) depends on the probability that occult disease exists (P(occ)), the number of sites at risk ... | 3 |
2,822 | The other alcohols. Methanol, ethylene glycol, and isopropanol.
The alcoholic patient, in an attempt to maintain an altered mental status, may ingest ethanol substitutes containing methanol, ethylene glycol, or isopropanol.
The subsequent clinical presentation in the Emergency Department is highly variable and depend... | 20 |
1,895 | Detection and quantitation of ischemic left ventricular dysfunction using a new video intensity technique for regional wall motion evaluation.
Eighty patients with ischemic heart disease and 17 normal subjects were evaluated for left ventricular regional wall motion by means of a new method.
The wall motion analysis ... | 13 |
2,892 | Porta hepatis disruption from blunt trauma.
Extrahepatic porta hepatis injuries from blunt abdominal trauma are exceedingly rare; all recently reported cases involve disruption of the common bile duct at its intrapancreatic portion.
We herein report a patient with lacerations of the proper hepatic artery and bile duc... | 20 |
1,858 | Cardiac transplantation in female Emery-Dreifuss muscular dystrophy.
A young woman with humeroperoneal muscular dystrophy and contractures received a heart transplant for a severe dilated cardiomyopathy.
Cardiac histopathology consisted of myocyte hypertrophy, interstitial fibrosis, and nuclear hyperchromaticity with... | 13 |
3,144 | Features of "near-death experience" in relation to whether or not patients were near death
The medical records of 58 patients, most of whom believed they were near death during an illness or after an injury and all of whom later remembered unusual experiences occurring at the time, were examined.
28 patients were ju... | 22 |
1,339 | Prostatic carcinoma: histological and immunohistological factors affecting prognosis.
Neuro-endocrine or paracrine cells of the human prostate and urethra have been identified by various methods, predominantly silver stains and immunocytochemistry.
The incidence of neuro-endocrine differentiation in prostatic carcino... | 11 |
541 | Immunohistochemical demonstration of the placental form of glutathione S-transferase, a detoxifying enzyme in human gliomas.
Expression of the human placental form of glutathion S-transferase (GST-pi) in human gliomas was investigated by immunohistochemical methods, and the result was compared with that of normal huma... | 3 |
2,934 | Effects of acute and chronic ethanol administration and its withdrawal on the level and binding of somatostatin in rat brain.
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Acute ethanol administration resulted in an increase in the total number of specific somatostatin receptors in rat frontoparietal cortex and hippocampus, and a decrease in the level of soma... | 20 |
78 | Does survival depend on the amount of autotransplanted splenic tissue?
Susceptibility to Streptococcus pneumoniae infection was studied in 11 groups of rats allocated to sham operation, splenectomy, or splenic autotransplantation of 10%, 20%, 30%, 40%, 50%, 60%, 70%, 80%, or 90% of the removed spleen.
Three months la... | 0 |
3,214 | Hypoxemia in the postanesthesia care unit: an observer study
To determine the incidence and duration of hypoxemia in the postanesthesia care unit (PACU), 200 patients were investigated in a single-blind observer study.
The number of unrecognized hypoxemic episodes, as well as risk factors and possible association be... | 22 |
2,489 | Mechanisms of impaired growth hormone secretion in genetically obese Zucker rats: roles of growth hormone-releasing factor and somatostatin.
GH secretion is markedly blunted in obesity; however, the mechanism(s) mediating this response remains to be elucidated.
In the present study we examined the involvement of the ... | 17 |
1,454 | Treatment of tubal pregnancy by local injection of methotrexate after adrenaline injection into the mesosalpinx: a report of 25 patients.
Twenty-five patients with a tubal pregnancy were treated by an injection of methotrexate (MTX) into the tubal swelling after vasoconstriction of the mesosalpinx with adrenaline.
Tw... | 12 |
2,007 | Prevalence of coronary heart disease in Scotland: Scottish Heart Health Study
Data from 10,359 men and women aged 40-59 years from 22 districts in the Scottish Heart Health Study were used to describe the prevalence rates of coronary heart disease in Scotland in 1984-1986 and their relation to the geographical variat... | 13 |
484 | Predictive value of tumor estrogen and progesterone receptor levels in postmenopausal women with advanced breast cancer treated with toremifene.
The predictive value of estrogen receptor (ER) concentrations was evaluated in a group of 113 postmenopausal patients with estrogen-receptor-positive (ER greater than 7 fmol/... | 3 |
1,183 | The UCLA-University of Utah epidemiologic survey of autism: the etiologic role of rare diseases.
Twelve rare diseases known to cause CNS pathology were found in 26 (11%) of 233 autistic probands identified during a recent epidemiologic survey of Utah.
These 26 probands had significantly lower mean IQs than the remain... | 9 |
2,030 | The surprising kidney-fluid mechanism for pressure control--its infinite gain!
In this short paper, I have tried to explain the elation that we felt when we first realized that the kidney-fluid mechanism for controlling the arterial pressure has an infinite feedback gain property.
Because of this, all the other press... | 13 |
2,255 | Condylomata acuminata in children: frequent association with human papillomaviruses responsible for cutaneous warts.
To identify the papillomavirus types associated with condylomata acuminata in children and to evaluate their mode of transmission, we studied 32 children with anogenital warts.
External condylomata wer... | 16 |
1,980 | Noncoordinate regulation of alpha-1 adrenoreceptor coupling and reexpression of alpha skeletal actin in myocardial infarction-induced left ventricular failure in rats.
To determine the effects of myocardial infarction-induced left ventricular failure on the regulation of surface alpha-1 adrenoreceptors and signal tran... | 13 |
3,046 | Guidelines for transfusion support in patients undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting. Transfusion Practices Committee of the American Association of Blood Banks.
We have reviewed the impact of evolving issues in coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) on transfusion support for these patients.
Issues include incr... | 22 |
2,014 | Interleukin-2-induced lung permeability is mediated by leukotriene B4.
Interleukin (IL)-2 therapy leads to respiratory dysfunction due to increased vascular permeability.
This study examines the role of the chemoattractant, immunomodulator, and permeability-promoting agent leukotriene (LT) B4 in this setting.
Sheep ... | 13 |
2,652 | Racial, social, and environmental risks for childhood asthma.
Unlike a number of childhood problems, it is not clear that there are racial or socioeconomic disparities in the prevalence of childhood asthma.
We analyzed data from the Child Health Supplement to the 1981 National health Interview Survey, a population-ba... | 19 |
218 | Reconstruction after mastectomy.
Advances in materials and techniques, especially those involving transposition of muscle and skin flaps, have made breast reconstruction possible for most women who undergo mastectomy for breast cancer.
The availability of this option can alleviate the breast and chest wall deformity ... | 3 |
2,337 | Molecular identification of major and minor bullous pemphigoid antigens.
The skin antigens defined by basement membrane zone antibodies in 38 patients with bullous pemphigoid were analyzed by Western immunoblot.
Thirty-four patients (89%) had antibodies to a major bullous pemphigoid antigen with a molecular weight of... | 16 |
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