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774 | Preliminary report: the antegrade continence enema.
The principles of antegrade colonic washout and the Mitrofanoff non-refluxing catheterisable channel were combined to produce a continent catheterisable colonic stoma.
The intention was that antegrade washouts delivered by this route would produce complete colonic e... | 5 |
193 | Growth of group A rotaviruses in a human liver cell line.
Recent observations in children with rotavirus gastroenteritis and in infant mice given rotavirus vaccine by oral administration suggest that this well-known gastrointestinal pathogen may infect the liver.
To examine this possibility, the susceptibility of Hep... | 3 |
1,409 | The overlooked, retained Double J stent.
A series of 4 patients with long overlooked, retained ureteral stents is presented to illustrate the variable, unpredictable, and at times, hazardous course of such patients.
These cases are cited to re-emphasize the need for careful documentation, observation, and follow-up o... | 11 |
1,065 | Apneic oxygenation in apnea tests for brain death. A controlled trial.
We performed a prospective controlled study of apneic oxygenation on 15 patients undergoing apnea tests for brain death.
All patients were preoxygenated with 100% oxygen at existing respirator settings.
During the 10-minute apnea tests, nine pati... | 9 |
2,922 | Comparison of resting energy expenditures and caloric intake in children with severe burns.
Nutritional support is provided to children after severe burn injuries in amounts derived from empirical formulas or measurements of resting energy expenditure.
To scrutinize these methods, indirect calorimetry measurements we... | 20 |
313 | Detection of duodenal gastrinomas by operative endoscopic transillumination. A prospective study.
The ability of operative endoscopic transillumination of the bowel wall to detect duodenal gastrinoma was evaluated prospectively in 26 patients with the Zollinger-Ellison syndrome.
The results were assessed by explorato... | 3 |
1,942 | Effects of thoracic epidural anesthesia on coronary arteries and arterioles in patients with coronary artery disease.
The effect of cardiac sympathetic blockade by high thoracic epidural anesthesia (TEA) (T1-T6, bupivacaine) on the luminal diameter of normal and diseased portions of epicardial coronary arteries was de... | 13 |
253 | Survival discriminants for differentiated thyroid cancer.
Since 1975, the American Cancer Society, Illinois Division, has published end results of major cancer sites drawn from patient data contributed voluntarily by hospital cancer registries throughout the state.
The current study was undertaken, in part, to appreh... | 3 |
989 | The adult respiratory distress syndrome.
The adult respiratory distress syndrome remains an enigmatic disorder with a high mortality rate, although it can sometimes be managed effectively.
Recognizing the conditions with which it is associated is the first step in preventing its occurrence.
Decreasing the risk facto... | 7 |
1,865 | Everted cervical vein for carotid patch angioplasty.
Because of the theoretic benefits of autologous vein we undertook an investigation to evaluate cervical veins (facial, external jugular) as patch material after carotid endarterectomy.
A device that stimulated both circumferential fixation by sutures and radial ten... | 13 |
124 | Cytomegalovirus and Rasmussen's encephalitis
In-situ hybridisation with a biotinylated cytomegalovirus (CMV) DNA probe was done on brain biopsy specimens from 10 patients with Rasmussen's encephalitis (RE) and 46 age-matched control patients with other neurological diseases.
All 10 patients with RE had intractable e... | 1 |
740 | Systemic hemodynamic and cardiac function changes in patients undergoing orthotopic liver transplantation.
The objective of this study was to determine the changes in systemic hemodynamics (systemic vascular resistance [SVR], cardiac output [CO], systemic blood pressure [SBP]) and cardiac function (pulmonary artery pr... | 5 |
747 | 24-hour intragastric acidity and plasma gastrin after omeprazole treatment and after proximal gastric vagotomy in duodenal ulcer patients
The relationship between suppressed gastric acidity and the increase in plasma gastrin levels after pharmacological and surgical treatment of peptic ulcer disease were compared in ... | 5 |
1,233 | Anteromedial tibial tubercle transfer without bone graft.
We followed 30 patients for more than 2 years after anteromedial tibial tubercle transfer for persistent patellofemoral pain associated with patellar articular degeneration.
Twelve of these patients were followed more than 5 years.
We report 93% good and exce... | 9 |
2,828 | Nonosmotic stimuli alter osmoregulation in patients with spinal cord injury.
Studies on two quadriplegic patients who developed severe hyponatremia during episodes of acute respiratory distress were performed to determine whether differences in osmoregulation of vasopressin release could be identified in these patient... | 20 |
2,091 | Design mediated thrombus reduction in the Utah-100 total artificial heart.
The Utah-100 total artificial heart was initially designed and tested in 1983.
General design goals, including improved fit for human application, improved reliability, and elimination of thrombus formation, were identified as improvements ove... | 13 |
2,416 | Defective free-fatty acid and oxidative glucose metabolism in IDDM during hypoglycemia. Influence of glycemic control.
To examine the impact of diabetes and its treatment on plasma free-fatty acid (FFA) and oxidative fuel metabolism during hypoglycemia, we combined indirect calorimetry with [3-3H]glucose during a 4-h ... | 17 |
2,147 | Fluosol DA-20 in the treatment of severe anemia: randomized, controlled study of 46 patients.
We evaluated the safety and efficacy of Fluosol DA-20% (FDA) as a blood substitute in the treatment of severe anemia.
Thirty-six patients received either FDA (n = 21) or crystalloid/hydroxyethyl starch (CHS) (n = 15) as part... | 14 |
86 | Group B streptococcus endocarditis following second-trimester abortion.
An 18-year-old woman who underwent an elective second-trimester abortion developed Streptococcus agalactiae (group B streptococcus) endocarditis characterized by a large, pedunculated vegetation involving a previously normal tricuspid valve.
Poly... | 0 |
1,134 | Steroids induce acetylcholine receptors on cultured human muscle: implications for myasthenia gravis.
Antibodies to the acetylcholine receptor (AChR), which are diagnostic of the human autoimmune disease myasthenia gravis, block AChR function and increase the rate of AChR degradation leading to impaired neuromuscular ... | 9 |
1,473 | Current concepts of beta-endorphin physiology in female reproductive dysfunction.
beta-Endorphin has a role in the regulation of the normal menstrual cycle and possibly in the onset of puberty.
We have reviewed the evidence pointing to an alteration in this neuropeptide that may contribute to the pathogenesis of vari... | 12 |
437 | Systemic therapy in metastatic colorectal cancer.
Fluorouracil-based chemotherapy regimens have been utilized in metastatic colorectal cancer for more than 30 years.
Early attempts at defining an optimal treatment schedule and use in combination with other drugs failed to significantly improve results.
In contrast, ... | 3 |
709 | Nonmucous glycoproteins as pronucleating agents.
Cholesterol crystallization-promoting factors probably play an important role in the pathogenesis of gallstone disease.
We have isolated one of the factors involved by using lectin-affinity chromatography.
A potent promoting activity binds to concanavalin A-Sepharose.... | 5 |
2,042 | The role of beta-blockade therapy for ventricular tachycardia induced with isoproterenol: a prospective analysis.
Isoproterenol is sometimes required for ventricular tachycardia (VT) induction.
However, the role of beta-blockade for treatment of such VT has not been critically assessed.
The use of beta-blockade was ... | 13 |
2,824 | Dealing with geographic variations in the use of hospitals. The experience of the Maine Medical Assessment Foundation Orthopaedic Study Group.
Orthopaedists and other physicians in Maine organized the Maine Medical Assessment Foundation to deal with the problem of variations in the rates of hospitalization for orthopa... | 20 |
2,670 | Mathematical models of HIV infection. I. Threshold conditions for transmission and host survival.
This is the second in a series of papers modeling human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infections at four levels: transmission, interaction with the immune system, gene regulation, and selection of mutants.
In the previous... | 19 |
1,426 | Various methods for calculation of Kt/V: a clinical comparison.
Analysis of the National Cooperative Dialysis Study (NCDS) showed that dialysis morbidity and mortality was related to Kt/V of urea.
Various formulas have been derived to make calculation of Kt/V simpler.
We compared the kinetically measured Kt/V (A) to... | 11 |
118 | In situ hybridisation with digoxigenin-labelled DNA probes for detection of viral genomes.
The applicability of a recently developed non-radioactive DNA labelling and detection method, which uses the digoxigenin (DIG) enzyme linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) system, for the detection of viral infections in pathology ... | 1 |
477 | Correlation of free phenytoin to serum albumin in cancer patients.
The objectives of this study were to compare the total and free phenytoin serum concentrations of cancer patients with hypoalbuminemia with those of cancer patients with normal serum albumin and to correlate the percentage of free phenytoin with the al... | 3 |
1,707 | Effects of diltiazem on the functional recovery of the myocardium at organ and cellular level during prolonged hypothermic ischemic cardiac arrest.
The effectiveness of diltiazem on the functional recovery of the heart, calcium (Ca++) uptake and binding, Ca++ ATPase of cardiac sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR), and MB fract... | 13 |
1,640 | Effects of bepridil and diltiazem on ventricular repolarization in angina pectoris.
To examine the time-course and potential predictors of prolongation of ventricular repolarization with the calcium antagonist bepridil, the effects of bepridil (300 to 500 mg/day; n = 45) and diltiazem (180 to 300 mg/day; n = 42) on QT... | 13 |
2,287 | Linear porokeratosis: successful treatment with diamond fraise dermabrasion.
A patient with linear porokeratosis was successfully treated with diamond fraise dermabrasion.
Follow-up evaluation revealed an excellent cosmetic result with adequate repigmentation, no scarring, and no recurrence of lesions.
Long-term fol... | 16 |
2,970 | Pathophysiologic events related to thermal injury of skin.
Acute thermal injury of skin equivalent to second-degree injury and involving approximately 25% of total body surface results in a series of pathophysiologic events which lead to both local and distant tissue/organ injury.
The distant effects involve intravas... | 20 |
2,052 | How to select a drug for the long-term treatment of chronic heart failure.
First-line drugs for the treatment of chronic congestive heart failure should produce immediate symptomatic benefit, improve exercise tolerance, and thereby improve the quality of life.
They should preferentially be active as monotherapy or at... | 13 |
2,521 | Intraoperative parathormone level measurement in the management of hyperparathyroidism.
To investigate the potential use of intraoperative intact parathormone measurements to predict curative parathyroidectomy, we measured ionized calcium (Cai) levels and parathormone levels in 33 patients with hyperparathyroidism who... | 18 |
1,703 | Comparison of standard one-minute treadmill exercise and strandness test (absolute walking distance) in relation to site of lesion, walking distance, and diastolic blood flow velocity (Doppler curves).
In 215 outpatients suffering from occlusive arterial disease of the lower limbs the authors compared the decrease in ... | 13 |
46 | Detection of interleukin-3 in the serum of mice infected with Mycobacterium lepraemurium.
Infection of mice by Mycobacterium lepraemurium is accompanied by ablation of erythropoiesis in the bone marrow and gross enlargement of the spleen.
This, together with increased monocytopoiesis and the earlier demonstration of ... | 0 |
888 | Pneumonia syndromes: a clinical approach in the elderly.
Important in the pathogenesis of pneumonia in the elderly patient are chronic diseases, including diabetes mellitus, coronary artery disease, congestive heart failure, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, and cerebrovascular disease.
Also vital are the change... | 7 |
635 | The use of liposuction to contour cherubism.
Yet another application of suction lipectomy equipment is presented to remove the pathologic tissue in cherubism.
Owing to the variations of consistency of the material in this condition, this technique may not be successful in all patients, but it is certainly recommended... | 4 |
2,498 | An implanted peritoneal oxygen tonometer that can be calibrated in situ.
Oxygen tension in the peritoneum has been continuously measured with a Silastic tonometer having an integral oxygen electrode and inlet and outlet tubes for gasequilibrated electrolyte solution.
Remote kinetic calibration of the system is period... | 17 |
2,402 | Recent progress in understanding apolipoprotein B.
For the past 5 years, investigators from many different laboratories have contributed to a greatly increased understanding of two very important lipid-carrying proteins in plasma--apo B-100 and apo B-48.
Apo B-100, an extremely large protein composed of 4,536 amino a... | 17 |
186 | Oncocytic glomus tumor of the trachea.
An oncocytic variant of glomus tumor of the trachea occurred in a 47-year-old woman.
She experienced intermittent cough and hemoptysis for about three years.
Bronchoscopy and chest CT scan showed a small reddish polypoid tumor on the lower end of the trachea.
Bronchoscopic bio... | 3 |
2,893 | Endoscopic extraction of an entrapped nasogastric tube.
Inadvertent entrapment of a nasogastric tube within a stapled gastrointestinal anastomosis is a preventable and infrequent surgical complication.
We report our experience with this complication and describe a successful endoscopic approach to management.
| 20 |
1,393 | Applications of prostate ultrasonography.
Transrectal ultrasonography is a relatively new imaging modality that may be useful in the evaluation and management of patients with prostate cancer.
Although cancer may have a characteristic appearance, it cannot always be reliably differentiated from benign conditions.
Wh... | 11 |
1,474 | Further observations on the doubling time of human chorionic gonadotropin in early asymptomatic pregnancies.
The doubling time (DT) of human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG) in serum was investigated retrospectively using serial serum hCG values that had been obtained from asymptomatic pregnant women with a prior history ... | 12 |
1,432 | Influence of phosphatidylcholine on ultrafiltration and solute transfer in CAPD patients.
Fifteen patients (mean age 59.9 +/- 16.1 years) treated by CAPD for a mean of 21.6 +/- 14 months, underwent peritoneal clearances before and after 15 days of intraperitoneal phosphatidylcholine (PC) treatment (50 mg/L).
No diffe... | 11 |
1,826 | Valvular and coronary surgery in renal transplant patients.
The Authors report aortic valvular replacement (AVR) and coronary artery bypass graft surgery (CABG) successfully performed in two renal transplant patients.
The postoperative blood urea and creatinine levels were comparable to the preoperative values.
The ... | 13 |
866 | Improved primary surgical and dental treatment of clefts.
The improved combination of surgical and dental teamwork in the primary treatment of clefts presented here is consistent with principles.
In fact, this is a staged design for correction of classic clefts of the lip and palate that, based on biological principl... | 6 |
2,660 | Bronchial responsiveness to histamine in infants and older children
Normal infants have been shown to respond to a relatively low concentration of inhaled histamine.
However, those studies used partial maximal expiratory flow volume (PMEFV) curves to assess lung function.
In order to directly compare responsiveness... | 19 |
3,027 | The effect of race on the relationship between fetal death and altered fetal growth.
This population study examines racial differences in the relationship between birth weight and fetal death.
An earlier report showed that a birth weight that results in a fourfold increased risk of stillbirth is not a constant birth ... | 22 |
717 | Generation of ammonia and mucosal lesion formation following hydrolysis of urea by urease in the rat stomach.
We examined the morphological changes in gastric mucosa and the generation of ammonia after exposure of the rat stomach to urea in the presence of urease, in attempts to investigate a pathophysiological role o... | 5 |
927 | Neuropeptides and nasal secretion.
Recent research has disclosed that neurotransmitters and neuropeptides released within the autonomic nervous system exert homeostatic control of nasal secretion.
Although cholinergic and adrenergic influences have long been thought to be the predominant mechanisms, the nonadrenergic... | 7 |
403 | Identical splicing of aberrant epidermal growth factor receptor transcripts from amplified rearranged genes in human glioblastomas.
The epidermal growth factor receptor gene has been found to be amplified and rearranged in human glioblastomas in vivo.
Here we present the sequence across a splice junction of aberrant ... | 3 |
2,353 | Complement-fixing antibodies to sympathetic and parasympathetic tissues in IDDM. Autonomic brake index and heart-rate variation.
We describe herein complement-fixing anti-adrenal medullary (CF-ADM) and anti-sympathetic ganglia (CF-SG) antibodies in insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (IDDM).
This study describes comp... | 17 |
3,230 | Nontraumatic coma. Glasgow coma score and coma etiology as predictors of 2-week outcome.
In 1987 and 1988, we carried out a prospective study of patients older than 10 years with nontraumatic coma in the intensive care units of Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center, New York, NY.
Of 188 patients with Glasgow Coma Scal... | 22 |
71 | Evidence for gonococcal transmission within a correctional system.
In a study to examine sexually transmissible disease occurring within a large correctional system where sexual activity is prohibited, 27 male inmates acquired culture-proven gonorrhea from in-jail sexual activity during a three-month period.
These re... | 0 |
1,359 | Mohan's urethral valvotome: a new instrument.
Electrothermic fulguration of posterior urethral valves with a resectoscope is difficult in newborns, especially in small for gestation date and premature newborns because of a small caliber urethra.
This difficulty has prompted the innovation of the valvotome described.
... | 11 |
2,836 | The physician's role in injury prevention: beyond the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force report.
Injuries and their prevention have received little attention by the medical community, despite the fact that injuries are the leading cause of premature death.
However, much can be done to reduce the number and severity ... | 20 |
3,257 | Outcome of patients with chronic affective disorder: a five-year follow-up.
Patients with major depression, mania, or schizo-affective disorder that had been present without remission for 2 years or more at intake (N = 129) were followed prospectively for 5 years, as were 580 patients who had been ill for shorter peri... | 22 |
2,385 | Regulation of parathyroid hormone gene expression by hypocalcemia, hypercalcemia, and vitamin D in the rat.
In vivo in the rat 1,25(OH)2D3 decreases and a low calcium increases PTH mRNA levels.
We now report the effect of 3 and 8 wk of changes in dietary vitamin D and calcium on PTH mRNA levels.
PTH mRNA levels were... | 17 |
3,093 | Rapid percutaneous tracheostomy
We describe a new method of performing percutaneous tracheostomy rapidly and safely using a specialized instrument kit.
The technique permits the safe insertion of a full-sized 7.0 (ID) or 7.5 mm (ID) cuffed cannula into the trachea within 1-2 min, through the membranous second interc... | 22 |
425 | Coexpression patterns of vimentin and glial filament protein with cytokeratins in the normal, hyperplastic, and neoplastic breast.
The authors studied by immunohistochemistry the intermediate filament (IF) protein profile of 66 frozen samples of breast tissue, including normal parenchyma, all variants of fibrocystic d... | 3 |
1,516 | The rate of rise of corticotrophin releasing factor and endogenous digoxin-like immunoreactivity in normal and abnormal pregnancy.
Maternal plasma concentrations of corticotrophin releasing factor (CRF) and endogenous digoxin-like immunoreactivity (EDLI) were estimated in 80 normal and 88 abnormal pregnancies which we... | 12 |
1,713 | Combined internal mammary artery graft for coronary artery revascularization.
Five patients with multiple-vessel coronary artery disease underwent isolated coronary artery bypass grafting with a technique involving both internal mammary arteries and a small piece of interposed saphenous vein.
The combined internal ma... | 13 |
1,427 | Evaluation of plasma sodium concentration during hemodialysis by computerization of dialysate conductivity.
Kinetics modeling based on sodium mass balance and changes in conductivity at the dialysate outlet compared to that at the dialysate inlet, led to predicting the plasma water conductivity of the blood inlet.
Co... | 11 |
2,448 | Asian osteomalacia is determined by dietary factors when exposure to ultraviolet radiation is restricted: a risk factor model
Twenty-seven previously osteomalacic and 77 normal Asian women participated in a seven-day survey of dietary intake and daylight outdoor exposure.
Individual levels of daylight outdoor exposu... | 17 |
1,685 | Overview: renal physiology and pathophysiology of aging.
Cross-sectional studies in humans have suggested that there is a progressive decline of renal function with age after 40 years.
The decline in various functions (eg, tubular maximums, concentrating and diluting abilities, and acidification) tend to parallel the... | 13 |
1,163 | Misdiagnosis in patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
To confirm our impression that a high percentage of patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis are initially misdiagnosed, we reviewed records of 33 patients with a definitive diagnosis of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis seen over 10 years.
Fourteen patients... | 9 |
1,199 | Triiodothyronine and brain excitability.
We investigated mechanisms involved in thyroid hormone action on brain excitability.
The effect of acute exposure of triiodothyronine (T3) to rat hippocampal slices in vitro was studied.
No significant changes could be detected in prevolley, field excitatory postsynaptic pote... | 9 |
1,521 | Basal body temperature and endometriosis.
This investigation examined the association between pelvic endometriosis and altered basal body temperature (BBT).
The study population consisted of infertile women who have been diagnosed as having endometriosis.
A significant association was found between the presence of p... | 12 |
2,901 | Acute opioid physical dependence in humans: effect of varying the morphine-naloxone interval II.
Previous studies have demonstrated antagonist-precipitated withdrawal from 45 min to 24 hr after acute opioid administration in nondependent human subjects.
The purpose of this study was to examine longer postagonist inte... | 20 |
1,524 | Correlation between quantitative antibody titers of sperm immobilizing antibodies and pregnancy rates by treatments.
Immunological infertility in women who possessed sperm immobilizing (SI) antibodies made it very difficult to conceive using the usual treatments.
We examined SI antibodies by the quantitative Sperm Im... | 12 |
3,239 | Bleeding time prolongation with streptokinase and its reduction with 1-desamino-8-D-arginine vasopressin.
The mechanism by which treatment with thrombolytic agents causes bleeding is not known.
Recently, frequency of bleeding events has been shown to correlate with bleeding time, particularly in individuals treated w... | 22 |
1,388 | Use of distal Thiersch-Duplay urethroplasty for proximal hypospadias repairs in conjunction with short island pedicle flap.
Experience with 8 boys having proximal hypospadias with severe chordee and a foreshortened dorsal hooded foreskin is presented.
Use of a distal Thiersch-Duplay tube was incorporated in addition ... | 11 |
2,952 | Mineralogic parameters related to amosite asbestos-induced fibrosis in humans.
We have previously shown that in the lungs of a group of chrysotile miners and millers, grade of interstitial fibrosis (asbestosis) is directly proportional to tremolite fiber or chrysotile fiber concentration but is inversely proportional ... | 20 |
325 | Oncogenes and suppressor genes: their involvement in colon cancer [editorial]
Abnormalities in oncogenes, which are broadly classified into viral and cellular oncogenes, and suppressor genes appear critical for the development of colon cancer.
Cellular oncogenes contribute to malignant transformation when they become... | 3 |
1,453 | Epidural analgesia for a parturient with herpes gestationis.
A 23-yr-old parturient with herpes gestationis spontaneously delivered a normal healthy infant under epidural analgesia.
She received five injections of bupivacaine 0.5 per cent over a ten-hour period.
There was no infection at the lumbar region, even thou... | 12 |
508 | Technetium-99m(v) dimercaptosuccinic acid planar scintigraphy in head and neck cancer: clinical, scintigraphic and radiological study.
Technetium-99m (Tc99m)(v) Dimercaptosuccinic Acid (DMSA) is an imaging agent which has been proposed as a scintigraphic marker for head and neck squamous cell carcinoma.
Fifty-four pa... | 3 |
2,140 | Primary splenic lymphocyte-depletion Hodgkin's disease.
A case of lymphocyte-depletion Hodgkin's disease is described for the purpose of reviewing the criteria currently used to distinguish this disease from other pleomorphic large-cell malignancies.
A 76-year-old man with a 3-month history of daily fevers underwent ... | 14 |
3,292 | Alterations in brain electrical activity may indicate the onset of malignant hyperthermia in swine.
The time course of changes in brain electrical activity during halothane anesthesia was examined in 12 malignant hyperthermia-susceptible (MHS) and 14 normal (nMHS) swine.
Power densities in selected frequency bands we... | 22 |
2,565 | Hepatocyte plasma membrane glycosphingolipid reactive with sera from patients with autoimmune chronic active hepatitis: its identification as sulfatide.
Sera from patients with autoimmune chronic active hepatitis were found to contain IgG-class antibody to the acidic glycosphingolipid fraction from rabbit hepatocyte p... | 19 |
876 | Basis for defective proliferation of peripheral blood T cells to anti-CD2 antibodies in primary Sjogren's syndrome.
Anti-CD2-induced T cell proliferation was analyzed in the peripheral blood samples of 31 primary and 8 secondary untreated Sjogren's syndrome patients.
Anti-CD2-stimulated PBMC proliferation was very lo... | 6 |
1,240 | Fetal homotransplants (ventral mesencephalon and adrenal tissue) to the striatum of parkinsonian subjects.
Fetal ventral mesencephalon and fetal adrenal tissue grafted to the caudate nucleus of four and three parkinsonian patients, respectively, have been shown to be an alternative treatment for the amelioration of th... | 9 |
54 | A randomized, prospective field trial of a conjugate vaccine in the protection of infants and young children against invasive Haemophilus influenzae type b disease
BACKGROUND.
Haemophilus influenzae type b is the leading cause of invasive bacterial disease in young children.
The capsular polysaccharide vaccine does... | 0 |
1,542 | The value of hysteroscopy in elderly women prior to in vitro fertilization-embryo transfer (IVF-ET): a comparative study.
Two hundred eighty-four hysteroscopies were performed in 312 (91%) candidates for in vitro fertilization and embryo transfer (IVF-ET) who were divided into two groups.
Group I consisted of elderly... | 12 |
2,121 | Effects of nicardipine, a calcium antagonist, on myocardial salvage and high energy phosphate stores in reperfused myocardial injury.
The current study determined the effectiveness of nicardipine, a 1,4-dihydropyridine calcium antagonist, in preserving reperfused myocardium in a cat model of temporary coronary occlusi... | 13 |
1,939 | No finding of increased myocardial ischemia during or after carotid endarterectomy under anesthesia with nitrous oxide.
Nitrous oxide (N2O) has been implicated as a cause of myocardial ischemia.
We investigated whether substitution of N2O for a portion of the anesthesia supplied by isoflurane increased myocardial isc... | 13 |
2,284 | Management of onychomycosis with oral terbinafine.
The safety and efficacy of oral terbinafine in the treatment of finger onychomycosis caused by Trichophyton rubrum were evaluated in an open study including 11 patients.
Treatment consisted of 125 mg of terbinafine given twice daily for 6 months or until the infectio... | 16 |
2,711 | AIDS-related knowledge, sexual behavior, and condom use among men and women in Kinshasa, Zaire.
This study was conducted in 1988 among a random sample of 6,625 men and women of reproductive age in all 24 administrative zones of Kinshasa, the capital city of Zaire, to determine existing levels of knowledge regarding AI... | 19 |
1,989 | Iliac artery stenosis and occlusion: preliminary results of treatment with Gianturco expandable metallic stents.
Ten patients with atherosclerotic stenosis or occlusion of the iliac artery were treated with Gianturco expandable metallic stents.
In the five cases of stenosis, only balloon dilation was performed prior ... | 13 |
905 | Differential roles of opioid receptors in respiration, respiratory disease, and opiate-induced respiratory depression.
In summary, these findings indicate the importance of designing future experiments that delineate between opioid and nonopioid forms of respiratory disease and dysfunction, and the need to identify me... | 7 |
974 | Utility of fiberoptic bronchoscopy in nonresolving pneumonia
Although fiberoptic bronchoscopy (FOB) has been traditionally used to evaluate nonresolving pneumonia, its efficacy is unknown.
We, therefore, reviewed FOB in 35 consecutive patients who had (1) a roentgenographic infiltrate, (2) cough, (3) either temperat... | 7 |
3,156 | Influence of the menstrual cycle on systemic diseases.
Physiological changes associated with the menstrual cycle influence the clinical course of some diseases such as bronchial asthma, allergies, anaphylaxis, epilepsy, migraine, dermatoses, and porphyria.
Hormonal manipulation can be beneficial in some patients.
| 22 |
983 | Intraluminal irradiation for the palliation of lung cancer with the high dose rate micro-Selectron.
Fifty patients with inoperable, symptomatic endobronchial carcinoma were treated by a single exposure of intraluminal radiotherapy.
A high dose rate afterloading system (the micro-Selectron-HDR) was used to minimise ra... | 7 |
2,725 | Naturally occurring HIV-1 isolates with differences in replicative capacity are distinguished by in situ hybridization of infected cells.
Replication of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) isolates in peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) has been studied by in situ hybridization using the riboprobe BH10-R... | 19 |
1 | Catheter-related sepsis: prospective, randomized study of three methods of long-term catheter maintenance.
We studied the infectious risk of different methods of managing vascular catheters during long-term use.
Consecutive surgical ICU patients requiring triple lumen catheters, pulmonary artery catheters, or arteria... | 0 |
878 | Pulmonary edema induced by phagocytosing neutrophils. Protective effect of monoclonal antibody against phagocyte CD18 integrin.
We studied the changes in pulmonary hemodynamics and lung wet weight induced with opsonized zymosan (OZ) in isolated guinea pig lungs perfused with Ringer-albumin solution containing neutroph... | 7 |
3,071 | Clinical and Doppler echocardiographic evaluation of bioprosthetic valve failure after 10 years.
Four hundred thirteen consecutive patients underwent valve replacement with a bioprosthesis between 1976 and 1982.
Aortic valve replacement was performed in 240 patients, mitral valve replacement in 132 patients, and mult... | 22 |
2,702 | Putative tyrosine kinases expressed in K-562 human leukemia cells.
Tyrosine phosphorylation is important in the transmission of growth and differentiation signals; known tyrosine kinases include several oncoproteins and growth factor receptors.
Interestingly, some differentiated cell types, such as erythrocytes and p... | 19 |
365 | Antitumor activity of liposome-encapsulated doxorubicin in advanced breast cancer: phase II study.
Previous studies in animals have demonstrated liposome-encapsulated doxorubicin (LED) has substantially less cardiac toxicity than free doxorubicin but retains antitumor activity.
In a phase I clinical study of LED, the... | 3 |
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