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872 | Histologic study of eustachian tube cartilage with and without congenital anomalies: a preliminary study.
We investigated histopathologically the development of the eustachian tube (ET) cartilage at a cellular level in individuals with and without congenital anomalies.
Fourteen specimens were obtained from 14 individ... | 6 |
1,258 | Pupillary responses in amblyopia.
Relative afferent pupillary defects (RAPD) were detected in 32.3% of patients with amblyopia by a modification of the swinging flashlight test and the synoptophore.
After consideration of various clinical investigations the significant factors identified in patients showing a RAPD we... | 10 |
308 | Cholecystokinin stimulates growth of human pancreatic adenocarcinoma SW-1990.
The effect of a synthetic analogue of CCK (Thr4,Nle7CCK-9) on growth of SW-1990 human pancreatic cancer was examined in two experimental models.
Nude mice bearing SW-1990 pancreatic cancer xenografts were injected with CCK (5, 15, or 25 mic... | 3 |
209 | Carcinoma of the male breast: a review of 41 cases.
We reviewed the cases of 41 consecutive men treated for breast carcinoma from 1950 through 1987 at Vanderbilt University Affiliated Hospitals to examine controversies in and methods of therapy for this disease.
Twenty-two patients (52%) had stage I or II lesions pot... | 3 |
1,899 | Are ioxaglate and iopamidol equally safe and well tolerated in cardiac angiography? A randomized, double-blind clinical study.
A randomized, double-blind, parallel-group study was performed in 50 patients undergoing left ventriculography and coronary arteriography to evaluate ECG changes and the effects on left ventri... | 13 |
977 | Altered function of pulmonary surfactant in fatty acid lung injury.
To determine whether acute fatty acid lung injury impairs pulmonary surfactant function, we studied anesthetized ventilated rabbits given oleic acid (55 mg/kg iv, n = 11) or an equivalent volume of saline (n = 8).
Measurements of pulmonary mechanics ... | 7 |
839 | Free radical inhibition and serial chemiluminescence in evolving experimental pancreatitis.
Oxygen free radical activity and inhibition were examined in experimental pancreatitis.
Twenty-five rats were randomized to five groups: controls received intravenous saline, to simulate pancreatitis one group received intrave... | 5 |
786 | Combined radiologic and retrograde endoscopic and biliary interventions.
Methods of treating complex biliary duct problems by a team composed of an endoscopist and interventional radiologist are described.
These procedures are of two types: Those in which all manipulations are performed through the endoscope and thos... | 5 |
1,358 | Patient acceptance of and satisfaction with an external negative pressure device for impotence.
Patient acceptance of and satisfaction with an external negative pressure device as a treatment for impotence were retrospectively analyzed among 100 men.
The over-all satisfaction rate was 68%.
Reasons for dissatisfactio... | 11 |
84 | Impetigo. Current etiology and comparison of penicillin, erythromycin, and cephalexin therapies.
We attempted to determine the causative bacterial pathogens of impetigo in children in our area, to compare the effectiveness of three frequently used oral antimicrobial treatment regimens, and to correlate the antimicrobi... | 0 |
3,151 | An operative complication in a patient with a true posterior communicating artery aneurysm: case report and review of the literature.
Intraoperative oculomotor nerve injury in a patient with a true posterior communicating artery aneurysm is reported in detail.
A comparison of internal carotid artery aneurysms at the ... | 22 |
2,026 | Role of endothelium in the response to endothelin in hypertension.
The relation between endothelin and acetylcholine (ACh) was examined and compared in aortas from Wistar-Kyoto (WKY) rats and from stroke-prone spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHRSP).
The relaxation produced by ACh in an endothelin-induced contraction... | 13 |
2,931 | Monoscleral fixation for posterior chamber intraocular lenses in cases of posterior capsule rupture.
A method for monoscleral fixation of posterior chamber intraocular lenses in posterior capsule rupture is described.
Five lenses fixated with this technique are reviewed.
| 20 |
2,653 | Immune complexes in pediatric human immunodeficiency virus infection.
Circulating immune complexes (CIC) were analyzed in a cohort of 30 children infected with the human immunodeficiency virus.
Elevated CIC were detected by the C1q assay in 70% (21/30) of all patients and by the Raji cell assay in 93% (28/30) of all ... | 19 |
987 | What causes cryptogenic fibrosing alveolitis? A case-control study of environmental exposure to dust.
OBJECTIVE--To investigate the role of occupational and domestic exposure to dust in the aetiology of cryptogenic fibrosing alveolitis.
DESIGN--Matched case-control study.
SUBJECTS--40 Patients with cryptogenic fibro... | 7 |
362 | Race, nutritional status, and survival from breast cancer.
The effects of nutritional status on differences in the survival of black and white women with breast cancer were studied in a cohort of 1,960 Georgia women diagnosed during 1975-1979.
After data were adjusted for stage of disease, socioeconomic status, and o... | 3 |
818 | Pathogenesis of gallstones.
The many developments in nonoperative methods for the treatment of gallstone disease underscore the importance of understanding the pathogenesis of these stones.
Elucidation of the factors responsible for nucleation of crystals and the mechanism by which it occurs would appear to be the ch... | 5 |
1,580 | A kallikrein-like enzyme in blood vessels of one-kidney, one clip hypertensive rats.
Active and inactive kallikrein or a kallikrein-like enzyme are found in the aorta, vena cava, and tail artery and veins of the rat.
We studied the concentration of vascular kininogenase in rats with one-kidney, one clip renovascular ... | 13 |
1,509 | A reappraisal of the need for autologous blood donation in the obstetric patient.
There has been recent interest in autologous blood donation in obstetric patients, but little attention has been paid to whether such programs are needed or whether the patients that will require transfusion can be accurately predicted.
... | 12 |
737 | Acalculus lymphoeosinophilic cholecystitis associated with interleukin-2 and lymphokine-activated killer cell therapy.
A case of unusual cholecystitis that developed on completion of interleukin-2 and lymphokine-activated killer cell therapy is described.
A 62-year-old man was treated with interleukin-2 and lymphokin... | 5 |
785 | Ablation of the cystic duct and the gallbladder. Experimental basis and initial clinical observations.
Bipolar radiofrequency electrocoagulation of the cystic duct by catheter can be performed safely and reproducibly using fluoroscopic control and induces endoluminal scar formation.
The scar within the cystic duct fo... | 5 |
1,463 | Effects of intravascular fetal blood transfusion on fetal intracardiac Doppler velocity waveforms.
In 12 fetuses from pregnancies with red blood cell isoimmunization Doppler velocity waveforms were recorded at the level of atrioventricular valves immediately before and at 15-minute intervals for 2 hours after the intr... | 12 |
1,037 | Gross motor patterns in children with cerebral palsy and spastic diplegia.
Rolling, sitting, and crawling patterns were motoscopically analyzed in 72 children with cerebral palsy and spastic diplegia; the relation between these patterns and the severity of the locomotive disability was studied.
In rolling, trunk rota... | 9 |
459 | Reasons why mastectomy patients do not have breast reconstruction.
Breast reconstruction after mastectomy is valuable, yet only a small percentage of eligible patients ever have reconstruction.
Little has been done to determine why so few patients proceed with reconstructive surgery.
A homogeneous population of mast... | 3 |
3,142 | What getting sick means.
The concepts of health, disease and death have intrigued man since the beginning of time and are continually evolving.
In the nonwestern societies the models which have been proposed for the etiology of disease have a dichotomous view of disease causation which is derived from either natural ... | 22 |
764 | Limitations in the evaluation of therapy in inflammatory bowel disease: suggestions for future research.
The current treatment of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), though improved over earlier therapies, remains variable rather than consistent and supportive rather than curative.
The similar management of ulcerative ... | 5 |
3,190 | Growth, thermogenesis, and hyperphagia.
Resting metabolic rate is demonstrated to be a function of fat-free mass and a growth variable related to food-energy-input imbalance rate.
By use of obligatory energy expenditure terms, the two-reservoir energy model applied to hyperphagia shows that growth of the fat-free mas... | 22 |
2,689 | Tachyphylaxis to inhaled methacholine in normal but not asthmatic subjects.
Methacholine inhalation tests measure airway responsiveness in asthmatic and normal subjects.
Tachyphylaxis occurs with repeated methacholine inhalations in normal subjects.
The purpose of this study was to examine the time course and mechan... | 19 |
844 | Paf-acether synthesis by Helicobacter pylori.
Clinical studies suggest that Helicobacter pylori may play a role in the pathogenesis of gastroduodenal ulcers in man but direct evidence of mucosal injury by this microorganism is still lacking.
Paf-acether (paf) causes a number of disorders including ischaemic bowel nec... | 5 |
158 | Visceral leishmaniasis in a Scottish child.
A Scottish girl acquired visceral leishmaniasis (kala-azar) while on holiday in Majorca.
She presented with the infection, six months later, in Scotland.
Because of inexperience with the disease and a degree of scepticism unnecessary investigations were carried out resulti... | 2 |
3,149 | Isometric features of orthostatic tremor: an electromyographic analysis.
A patient is described with "orthostatic" tremor.
Electromyography revealed tremor bursts of 15 Hz in the lower extremities while standing and with isometric activation of the muscles, but the bursts disappeared with isotonic activation of muscl... | 22 |
1,712 | Exercise thallium-201 scintigraphy in the diagnosis and prognosis of coronary artery disease.
OBJECTIVE: To determine the discriminant accuracy of exercise thallium-201 myocardial perfusion scintigraphy for the diagnosis and prognosis of patients with known or suspected coronary artery disease.
DATA IDENTIFICATION: A... | 13 |
1,543 | Gamete intrafallopian transfer (GIFT) in women with bicornuate uteri.
Fourteen women with bicornuate uteri underwent a total of 30 gamete intrafallopian transfer procedures.
All patients responded adequately to ovarian stimulation.
Eight women conceived, two of them twice.
Five women delivered at term and three had... | 12 |
1,617 | Response of spinal cord blood flow and motor and sensory evoked potentials to aortic ligation.
To produce spinal cord ischemia in the lamb, ligation of the thoracic aorta was performed for 15, 30, and 45 minutes in three animals each.
Spinal cord blood flow and motor and sensory evoked potentials were measured before... | 13 |
2,057 | Progress in cardioprotection: the role of calcium antagonists.
Calcium antagonists are now widely used for the treatment of clinical hypertension and angina pectoris.
They are efficacious for the treatment of vasospastic, fixed atherosclerotic and mixed angina; they reduce the incidence of silent ischemia; and they h... | 13 |
399 | A 170-kDa membrane-bound protease is associated with the expression of invasiveness by human malignant melanoma cells.
Malignant spreading of cancer cells requires cell surface proteases that cleave the crosslinked collagenous matrix of connective tissues.
From correlating the morphologically defined invasiveness of ... | 3 |
685 | Piezoelectric lithotripsy: stone disintegration and follow-up results in patients with symptomatic gallbladder stones.
One hundred symptomatic patients with radiolucent gallbladder stones were treated with a new piezoelectric lithotripter and oral chemolitholytic agents.
Stone disintegration was achieved in 99 of the... | 5 |
1,309 | Natural history of low-stage prostatic cancer and the impact of early detection.
An expanding and increasingly older population, a rising incidence of prostate cancer, and uncertainties regarding treatment effectiveness have made this disease a target of special concern.
The natural history of the cancer must be a co... | 11 |
32 | Use of latex agglutination technique for detecting Legionella pneumophila (serogroup 1) antibodies.
Following the outbreak of Legionnaires' disease in Stafford in 1985, 500 serum samples were submitted to the indirect immunofluorescence antibody test and a latex agglutination.
Latex agglutination using ultrasonically... | 0 |
2,519 | Increased transcapillary escape rate of albumin in nondiabetic men in response to hyperinsulinemia.
Diabetic patients manifest increased vascular permeability.
To determine whether insulin per se might increase vascular permeability, five nondiabetic men were studied by the hyperinsulinemic-euglycemic clamp technique... | 18 |
2,033 | Clues to the electrocardiographic diagnosis of subtle Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome in children.
The electrocardiographic diagnosis of Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome (WPW) may be missed because delta waves can be subtle in children, so we examined 66 electrocardiograms from patients with proven WPW, 24 from those wit... | 13 |
34 | A clinical trial of topical terbinafine (a new allylamine antifungal) in the treatment of tinea pedis.
Twenty-three patients were enrolled in a randomized, double-blind trial of terbinafine 1% cream compared with placebo vehicle in the treatment of tinea pedis.
Of the 20 patients who were evaluated for efficacy, 10 r... | 0 |
291 | Cancer in the families of children with soft tissue sarcoma.
The cancer experience among 754 first-degree relatives (mothers, fathers, and siblings) of a population-based series of 177 children with soft tissue sarcoma is reported.
The current study represents an extension of our earlier work in which the authors fou... | 3 |
3,001 | Nurse-monitored cardiac recovery: a description of the first 8 weeks.
Health problems and related patient management during early recovery after cardiac surgery are not well documented.
As part of a larger study of recovery from cardiac surgery 75 patient-care giver pairs received telephone calls from nurses at 1, 2,... | 22 |
1,434 | Biocompatibility of dialysis membranes is of no importance for objective or subjective symptoms during or after hemodialysis.
The clinical importance of biocompatibility of hemodialysis membranes is a matter of controversy.
The authors studied the relationship between biocompatibility and acute symptoms during hemodi... | 11 |
2,788 | Selective monitoring of patients with suspected blunt cardiac injury.
Blunt chest trauma can result in cardiac injury with consequent dysrhythmias, valve malfunction, or frank rupture.
Typically, patients with blunt chest trauma and suspected cardiac injury have required cardiac monitoring for 48 to 72 hours.
Predic... | 20 |
2,638 | Myelin basic protein-specific T lymphocyte lines from MS patients and healthy individuals.
We derived a total of 146 T lymphocyte lines specific for human myelin basic protein (MBP) from the peripheral blood of 20 MS patients and from a control group of 12 healthy donors, and determined the reactivities of T cell line... | 19 |
2,637 | Proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy in multiple sclerosis.
Regional in vivo proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy provides quantitative data on selected chemical constituents of brain.
We imaged 16 volunteers with clinically definite multiple sclerosis on a 1.5 tesla magnetic resonance scanner to define plaque-co... | 19 |
624 | Evaluation of anterior maxillary alveolar ridge resorption when opposed by the transmandibular implant.
Fifteen edentulous patients with complaints regarding denture comfort and/or function were treated with the transmandibular implant.
All patients were restored with conventional maxillary dentures opposed by implan... | 4 |
2,748 | Blunt traumatic pericardial rupture. A ten-year experience 1979 to 1989.
Blunt traumatic pericardial rupture is rarely diagnosed preoperatively and is associated with high mortality.
During a ten-year period from 1979 to 1989 over 20,000 patients were admitted to a major trauma center and 22 were found to have blunt ... | 20 |
111 | Tampon absorbency, composition and oxygen content and risk of toxic shock syndrome.
Tampon use has been identified as a major risk factor for toxic shock syndrome, although the etiologic role of tampons is not clearly understood.
Two epidemiologic studies conducted to date have reported an association between tampon ... | 0 |
3,052 | Plasma concentrations of methadone during postoperative patient-controlled extradural analgesia.
Plasma concentrations of methadone were measured by gas chromatography in 16 patients receiving extradural methadone by continuous infusion for relief of postoperative pain.
Venous blood samples were taken after a loading... | 22 |
692 | Endoscopic appearance and significance of functional lymphangiectasia of the duodenal mucosa.
Intestinal lymphangiectasia is found in a wide variety of pathologic conditions.
Functional lymphangiectasia has not been well characterized.
We report 20 patients followed for 9 to 55 months (mean 30 months) after incident... | 5 |
1,497 | Pregnancy and liver transplantation.
To define the risks and outcomes associated with pregnancy and liver transplantation, we reviewed our experience in managing eight pregnant women who had undergone orthotopic liver transplantation.
Seven patients conceived after transplantation; the interval from transplantation t... | 12 |
1,307 | Nephrotoxicity associated with concomitant ACE inhibitor and NSAID therapy.
Angiotensin-I converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors and nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) can be nephrotoxic and may synergistically compromise renal function.
A computer-assisted study was done to asses the prevalence of compromised... | 11 |
804 | Calcium and calcium binding in human gallstone disease.
Precipitation of calcium salts from bile is important in pigment gallstone formation and may serve as a nidus for cholesterol precipitation.
We compared gallbladder bile from patients with symptomatic gallstone disease (40 with cholesterol gallstones and 12 with... | 5 |
2,839 | Conventional radiographic and computed tomographic findings in cases of fracture of the mandibular condylar process.
A total of 40 patients with 46 fractures of the mandibular condylar process were examined an average of 47 months after the injury.
The conventional radiologic examination consisted of panoramic radiog... | 20 |
476 | Computed tomography and bronchoscopy in chest radiographically occult main-stem neoplasm diagnosis and Nd-YAG laser treatment in 8 patients.
We studied 8 adult patients with variable symptoms of cough, dyspnea, stridor, wheezing, or hemoptysis.
Fiberoptic bronchoscopy in all showed complete or nearly complete endobro... | 3 |
422 | Granular cell tumor of the esophagus: endoscopic ultrasonographic demonstration and endoscopic removal.
A 35-yr-old Japanese man with a granular cell tumor of the esophagus that was removed by endoscopic polypectomy is presented.
Radiography and endoscopy showed a 20 x 12 mm sessile protrusion in the distal esophagus... | 3 |
1,570 | Noninvasive determination of pulmonary artery wedge pressure: comparative analysis of pulsed Doppler echocardiography and right heart catheterization.
To compare left ventricular filling variables as derived by transmitral pulsed Doppler echocardiography (tpDE) and hemodynamic variables as assessed at right heart cath... | 13 |
952 | Pulmonary denervation in humans. Effects on dyspnea and ventilatory pattern during exercise.
The role of the pulmonary autonomic nerves in the mediation of respiratory sensation is unclear.
Pulmonary neurogenic mechanisms may contribute to dyspnea either directly or indirectly via an influence on the pattern of venti... | 7 |
1,089 | Local anesthesia for neonatal circumcisions: are family practice residents likely to use it?
Dorsal penile nerve block with lidocaine (DPNB) is a local anesthetic technique for neonatal circumcision which is both effective and consistent with ethical concerns for infant welfare.
As such, it should be included in trai... | 9 |
2,854 | Toxicological screening: a three year experience in poisonings in Kuwait.
The results of toxicological screening of body fluids (urine, blood and gastric lavage) from pediatric patients were analyzed for the period January 1985 - December 1988.
Of the 119 cases, approximately one half were positive for at least one f... | 20 |
780 | Colonoscopy in critically ill patients. What conditions call for it?
Indications for colonoscopy in the intensive care unit include acute lower intestinal bleeding, sigmoid volvulus, pseudo-obstruction of the colon, and suspicion of pseudomembranous colitis.
Although the incidence of cardiorespiratory complications m... | 5 |
535 | Conservative surgery and radiation therapy for soft tissue sarcoma of the wrist, hand, ankle, and foot.
Seventy-eight patients with soft tissue sarcoma (STS) arising in the distal extremities--wrist, hand, finger, ankle, foot, and toe--who were treated with conservation surgery and radiation therapy were studied retro... | 3 |
1,666 | Percutaneous excimer laser coronary angioplasty.
To determine the efficacy of percutaneous excimer laser coronary angioplasty as an adjunct or alternative to conventional balloon angioplasty, 55 patients were studied in a multicenter trial.
These patients underwent the procedure using a modification of conventional b... | 13 |
363 | Effect of tamoxifen on serum insulinlike growth factor I levels in stage I breast cancer patients.
Insulinlike growth factor I (IGF-I) has been shown to be a potent mitogen for breast cancer cells in vitro, and IGF-I receptors have been demonstrated on human primary breast neoplasms.
In a randomized, placebo-controll... | 3 |
607 | Relationship of glucocorticoid dosage to serum bone Gla-protein concentration in patients with rheumatologic disorders.
Serum bone Gla-protein (BGP) measurements in 50 rheumatic disease patients receiving long-term prednisone therapy revealed an inverse relationship (r = -0.71, P less than 0.001) between serum BGP lev... | 4 |
1,724 | Effects of n-3 fatty acids in essential hypertension.
We examined the effects on blood pressure, plasma lipoproteins, and platelet function when marine oil supplements (rich in n-3 fatty acids) or vegetable oil supplements (rich in n-6 fatty acids) were added to the usual diets of patients with mild essential hyperten... | 13 |
2,095 | Novacor left ventricular assist filling and ejection in the presence of device complications.
In order to better understand the relationship among certain device related complications and Novacor left ventricular assist system (LVAS) pumping parameters, a Mock Circulatory Loop was utilized to simulate the following cl... | 13 |
212 | Role of mastectomy in breast cancer.
The surgical management of breast cancer continues to evolve in an attempt to define the ideal line between therapeutic efficacy and morbidity.
It is clear that breast cancer is a biologically heterogeneous group of diseases, and no single hypothesis explains its behavior.
The su... | 3 |
1,329 | Ethical issues in geriatric nephrology: overview.
Developments in medical care over the past five to six decades have provided remarkable life-sustaining technologies (LST) that have contributed to prolongation of the life span of patients, as well as to a general increase in health and well-being.
End-stage renal di... | 11 |
398 | The recombinant immunotoxin anti-Tac(Fv)-Pseudomonas exotoxin 40 is cytotoxic toward peripheral blood malignant cells from patients with adult T-cell leukemia.
Anti-Tac(Fv)-PE40 is a recombinant single-chain immunotoxin containing the heavy and light variable regions of the anti-Tac monoclonal antibody fused to a muta... | 3 |
2,176 | Increased incidence of monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance in blacks and its age-related differences with whites on the basis of a study of 397 men and one woman in a hospital setting.
Serum samples from 398 individuals (270 whites and 128 blacks) exhibiting quantitatively normal amounts of five typical... | 14 |
1,842 | Effect of intravenous streptokinase on the relation between initial ST-predicted size and final QRS-estimated size of acute myocardial infarcts.
Thrombolytic therapy has been documented to reduce acute myocardial infarct size.
The previously established relation between initial ST segment elevation and final electroc... | 13 |
679 | Sterol-dependence of gastric protective activity of unsaturated phospholipids.
The major aim of this study was to investigate the gastric protective effect of unsaturated phospholipids and to determine the ability of neutral lipids to enhance this activity.
We found that although a liposomal suspension of unsaturated... | 5 |
2,494 | Morbidly obese patients' perceptions of social discrimination before and after surgery for obesity.
Morbidly obese patients' perceptions of obesity-related prejudice and discrimination were assessed before and 14 months after operation for obesity.
Preoperatively, the 57 consecutive patients perceived overwhelming pr... | 17 |
1,105 | Characterization of periventricular edema in normal-pressure hydrocephalus by measurement of water proton relaxation times.
The magnetic resonance longitudinal relaxation time (T1) and transverse relaxation time (T2) of the water proton of the periventricular white and cortical gray matter were measured for 17 control... | 9 |
1,661 | Simultaneous measurement of myocardial perfusion and ventricular function during exercise from a single injection of technetium-99m sestamibi in coronary artery disease.
New radiopharmaceuticals permit simultaneous assessment of myocardial perfusion and left ventricular function using a single tracer injection.
The p... | 13 |
2,360 | Effect of acarbose on carbohydrate and lipid metabolism in NIDDM patients poorly controlled by sulfonylureas.
The ability of acarbose to lower plasma glucose concentration was studied in 12 patients with non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (NIDDM) who were poorly controlled by diet plus sulfonylurea drugs.
Patien... | 17 |
2,502 | Glucagon, catecholamine and pancreatic polypeptide secretion in type I diabetic recipients of pancreas allografts.
Successful pancreas transplantation in type I diabetic patients restores normal fasting glucose levels and biphasic insulin responses to glucose.
However, virtually no data from pancreas recipients are a... | 17 |
680 | Gastric lesions secondary to long-distance running.
Gastrointestinal disorders have been reported during long-distance running.
The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effects of prolonged exercise on the upper digestive tract.
Seven subjects were submitted to a standard endoscopic examination of the upper dig... | 5 |
2,032 | Production of thrombi on intact endothelium by use of antiheparin agents in vivo.
It had been suggested that antithrombin activity on the surface of intact endothelial cells may play a role in inhibiting platelet adhesion and thrombus formation.
The antithrombin activity may be due to thrombomodulin or to activation ... | 13 |
265 | The technicon H6000 analyzer discriminates chronic lymphocytic leukemia from other B-cell leukemias through automatic assessment of large unstained cells.
The separation of chronic lymphocytic leukemia of B-cell origin from other chronic B-cell leukemias is subjective, being largely based on the morphologic features o... | 3 |
1,568 | Plasma epinephrine levels in resuscitation with cardiopulmonary bypass.
Since the highest plasma epinephrine levels have been recorded during resuscitation, we evaluated the isolated effect of cardiac arrest upon adrenomedullary secretion.
We determined plasma epinephrine in dogs resuscitated with cardiopulmonary byp... | 13 |
3,119 | Observations on the haemopoietic response to critical illness.
Peripheral blood cytopenias are common in patients receiving intensive care, particularly in those with multiple organ failure.
To assess the contribution of bone marrow hypoplasia in such patients 44 bone marrow samples from 24 patients under intensive c... | 22 |
270 | Autologous bone marrow transplantation in high-risk remission T-lineage acute lymphoblastic leukemia using immunotoxins plus 4-hydroperoxycyclophosphamide for marrow purging.
Fourteen patients with high-risk T-lineage acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) in complete remission underwent autologous bone marrow transplanta... | 3 |
917 | Tracheostomy in children with Guillain Barre syndrome
During the 10-yr period beginning January 1979, 59 infants and children with Guillain Barre syndrome (GBS) were admitted to our hospital.
Tracheostomies were performed in 15 patients and their records were reviewed.
Fourteen patients were recalled for assessment... | 7 |
30 | Ringer's acetate and dextran-70 with or without hypertonic saline in endotoxin-induced shock in pigs.
The effects of Ringer's acetate, 6% dextran-70, 7.5% NaCl, and the combination of 7.5% NaCl and dextran-70 were tested in resuscitation from endotoxin shock induced by continuous iv infusion of Escherichia coli endoto... | 0 |
2,436 | The effects of moderate exercise training on nutrient intake in mildly obese women.
The relationship between moderate exercise training (five 45-minute sessions per week, brisk walking at 62 +/- 2% VO2 max for 15 weeks) and changes in nutrient intake was investigated in a group of 36 sedentary, mildly obese women.
Th... | 17 |
1,182 | Brainstem auditory evoked response and subcortical abnormalities in autism.
Previous studies of the neurobiology of autism that have used the brainstem auditory evoked response have given contradictory results.
The authors of this study considered two supplementary aspects; they added an ipsilateral masking procedure... | 9 |
59 | Mycoplasmal pneumonia. Are you thinking of atypical presentations?
The presentations of mycoplasmal pneumonia can be varied and sometimes complicated.
The atypical nature of this illness, as opposed to the clear pattern of findings in classic bacterial pneumonias, leads the physician to the diagnosis.
Appropriate th... | 0 |
252 | Lymph node metastasis from papillary-follicular thyroid carcinoma in young patients.
A total of 117 patients under 20 years of age with papillary and/or follicular thyroid cancer presented to the M.
D.
Anderson Cancer Center between 1949 and 1987.
The most common presenting symptom was a cervical mass.
Twenty perc... | 3 |
1,460 | Calcium supplementation during pregnancy may reduce preterm delivery in high-risk populations.
Results are presented of a randomized, double-blinded controlled clinical trial of calcium supplementation (2.0 gm of elemental calcium as calcium carbonate) and a placebo.
All participants were 17 years of age or less and ... | 12 |
950 | Atypical presentation of pulmonary embolism.
Today we have discussed an interesting patient with an atypical presentation of pulmonary embolism.
We have outlined a suggested algorithm to aid in the diagnosis and management of this disease.
References 8 through 24 in the reference section are suggested readings that ... | 7 |
3,105 | Effects of tracheal irritation and hypercapnia on tracheal smooth muscle in humans.
Both hypercapnia and tracheal irritation are known to constrict the airways in animals.
To see whether similar responses occur in humans, we investigated tracheal smooth muscle (TSM) responses to hypercapnia and tracheal irritation wi... | 22 |
552 | Results of stereotactic brachytherapy used in the initial management of patients with glioblastoma.
Recent studies have shown a survival benefit for patients with recurrent glioblastomas treated with stereotactic brachytherapy.
On the basis of these encouraging results, we began a prospective study in 1987 to evaluat... | 3 |
269 | The impact of microinvasion on axillary node metastases and survival in patients with intraductal breast cancer.
A rational approach to the local treatment of intraductal breast cancer continues to generate considerable debate.
However, the finding of an invasive component in intraductal breast cancer is widely regar... | 3 |
3,331 | Acellular matrix allograft small caliber vascular prostheses.
We have developed an acellular matrix vascular prosthesis (AMVP) made by detergent and enzymatic extraction of natural arteries, yielding a tissue framework of collagen and elastin from the original vessel, with preservation of the natural basement membrane... | 22 |
2,982 | The scapegoat effect on food aversions after chemotherapy.
The effects of consuming a novel food (halva) versus a familiar food (cookies) before gastrointestinal (GI) toxic chemotherapy on patients' preference for familiar foods consumed after chemotherapy treatment were compared.
The development of aversions to the ... | 22 |
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