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12,378,663
Ultrasound-guided infraclavicular brachial plexus block.
British journal of anaesthesia
Br J Anaesth
89
2
10.1093/bja/aef186
eng
2,002
8
null
null
null
null
[BACKGROUND] Peripheral nerve blocks are almost always performed as blind procedures. The purpose of this study was to test the feasibility of seeing individual nerves of the brachial plexus and directing the block needle to these nerves with real time imaging. [METHODS] Using ultrasound guidance, infraclavicular brach...
null
1.142
222
Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine
Medicine
2,002
12,378,595
Fine-needle aspiration cytology findings of an uncommon micropapillary variant of pure mucinous carcinoma of the breast: review of patients over an 8-year period.
Cancer
Cancer
96
5
10.1002/cncr.10747
eng
2,002
10
25
null
null
null
[BACKGROUND] Previous attempts at subclassifying pure mucinous carcinomas of the breast based on architectural patterns and other associated features are on record. A distinctive micropapillary variant with most tumor cells arranged in micropapillae/pseudoacini has not been described previously. [METHODS] The author re...
null
1.595
349
Cancer Research; Oncology
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology; Medicine
2,002
12,377,853
Role of contrast-enhanced dynamic CT in the diagnosis of active tuberculoma.
Chest
Chest
122
4
10.1378/chest.122.4.1280
eng
2,002
10
null
null
null
null
[STUDY OBJECTIVES] To assess the role of contrast-enhanced dynamic CT in the diagnosis of active tuberculoma. [SETTING] Hospitals with an isolated ward for tuberculosis. [METHODS] Fifty-five subjects with newly diagnosed active tuberculoma and 24 subjects with inactive tuberculoma were examined and evaluated retrospect...
null
1.171
337
Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine; Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine; Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine
Medicine
2,002
12,377,837
Increased 8-isoprostane and interleukin-6 in breath condensate of obstructive sleep apnea patients.
Chest
Chest
122
4
10.1378/chest.122.4.1162
eng
2,002
10
null
null
null
null
[STUDY OBJECTIVES] Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is characterized by repeated episodes of upper airways obstruction during sleep that result in episodes of hypoxia. An increase of systemic biomarkers of inflammation and oxidative stress has been found in patients with OSA and obesity. [DESIGN] The aim of this study was...
null
1.171
337
Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine; Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine; Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine
Medicine
2,002
12,377,814
Mild iron overload in patients carrying the HFE S65C gene mutation: a retrospective study in patients with suspected iron overload and healthy controls.
Gut
Gut
51
5
10.1136/gut.51.5.723
eng
2,002
11
null
null
null
null
[BACKGROUND AND AIMS] The role of the HFE S65C mutation in the development of hepatic iron overload is unknown. The aim of the present study was: (A) to determine the HFE S65C frequency in a Northern European population; and (B) to evaluate whether the presence of the HFE S65C mutation would result in a significant hep...
null
2.104
364
Gastroenterology
Medicine
2,002
12,377,421
What's the relative risk? A method to directly estimate risk ratios in cohort studies of common outcomes.
Annals of epidemiology
Ann Epidemiol
12
7
10.1016/s1047-2797(01)00278-2
eng
2,002
10
null
null
null
null
[PURPOSE] In cohort studies of common outcomes, odds ratios (ORs) may seriously overestimate the true effect of an exposure on the outcome of interest (as measured by the risk ratio [RR]). Since few study designs require ORs (most frequently, case-control studies), their popularity is due to the widespread use of logis...
null
1.332
145
Epidemiology
Medicine
2,002
12,377,103
Expression of cytokine and chemokine mRNA and secretion of tumor necrosis factor-alpha by gallbladder epithelial cells: response to bacterial lipopolysaccharides.
BMC gastroenterology
BMC Gastroenterol
2
null
10.1186/1471-230x-2-23
eng
2,002
10
11
2,002
10
11
[BACKGROUND] In addition to immune cells, many other cell types are known to produce cytokines. Cultured normal mouse gallbladder epithelial cells, used as a model system for gallbladder epithelium, were examined for their ability to express the mRNA of various cytokines and chemokines in response to bacterial lipopoly...
null
0.214
99
Gastroenterology; Medicine
Medicine
2,002
12,376,710
Factors affecting uptake of cervical and breast cancer screening among perimenopausal women in Hong Kong.
Hong Kong medical journal = Xianggang yi xue za zhi
Hong Kong Med J
8
5
null
eng
2,002
10
null
null
null
null
[OBJECTIVES] To identify factors affecting cervical and breast cancer screening attendance among women aged 44 to 55 years by comparing self-reported uptake of cervical smear and clinical breast examination between patients and a population sample. [DESIGN AND SETTING] Telephone survey and audit of clinic records to co...
null
null
null
null
null
null
12,376,281
Effect of conditioned media from decidual cell culture on the expression of genes regulating the invasion of trophoblastic cells.
Di 1 jun yi da xue xue bao = Academic journal of the first medical college of PLA
Di Yi Jun Yi Da Xue Xue Bao
22
7
null
eng
2,002
7
null
null
null
null
[OBJECTIVE] To investigate the effect of the conditioned media from decidual cell cultures (DCM) on the expression of genes regulating the invasion of trophoblastic cells. [METHODS] In vitro culture of decidual cells obtained from healthy women of both early (within the first trimester) and full-term pregnancy respecti...
null
null
null
null
null
null
12,375,358
The efficacy of metered-dose inhalers with a spacer device in the pediatric setting.
Journal of the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners
J Am Acad Nurse Pract
14
9
10.1111/j.1745-7599.2002.tb00140.x
eng
2,002
9
null
null
null
null
[PURPOSE] To systematically review the published research and report on the efficacy of using a metered-dose inhaler with a spacer (MDI-S) device in a pediatric setting to treat acute exacerbations of asthma. [DATA SOURCES] A literature search was conducted on the CINAHL, Medline, and Cochrane databases; additional sea...
null
0.127
54
Nursing
Nursing
2,002
12,373,461
Pressure ulcers in intensive care patients: a review of risks and prevention.
Intensive care medicine
Intensive Care Med
28
10
10.1007/s00134-002-1487-z
eng
2,002
10
null
2,002
9
7
[OBJECTIVE] Review of the literature concerning pressure ulcers in the intensive care setting. DATA SOURCE AND STUDY SELECTIONS: Computerized databases (Medline from 1980 until 1999 and CINAHL from 1982 until 1999). The indexing terms for article retrieval were: "pressure ulcers", "pressure sores", "decubitus", and "in...
null
0.872
246
Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine
Medicine
2,002
12,373,263
Imbalance between vascular endothelial growth factor and endostatin levels in induced sputum from asthmatic subjects.
The Journal of allergy and clinical immunology
J Allergy Clin Immunol
110
4
10.1067/mai.2002.127797
eng
2,002
10
null
null
null
null
[BACKGROUND] Angiogenesis has recently attracted considerable attention as a component of airway remodeling in bronchial asthma. Vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) is highly expressed in asthmatic airways, and its contribution to airway remodeling has been reported. Although angiogenesis is regulated by a balanc...
null
2.506
350
Immunology; Immunology and Allergy
Immunology and Microbiology; Medicine
2,002
12,372,651
Effects of event probability and sequence on children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity, reading, and math disorder.
Biological psychiatry
Biol Psychiatry
52
8
10.1016/s0006-3223(02)01415-4
eng
2,002
10
15
null
null
null
[BACKGROUND] We investigated the impact of stimulus probability and sequence on performance and event-related potentials of 310 children classified into 12 combinations of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (Not-attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder, Inattentive and Combined subtypes) with presence/absence of ...
null
3.32
367
Biological Psychiatry
Neuroscience
2,002
12,372,134
High incidence of adverse reactions to egg challenge on first known exposure in young atopic dermatitis children: predictive value of skin prick test and radioallergosorbent test to egg proteins.
Clinical and experimental allergy : journal of the British Society for Allergy and Clinical Immunology
Clin Exp Allergy
32
10
10.1046/j.1365-2745.2002.01454.x
eng
2,002
10
null
null
null
null
[BACKGROUND] Egg skin prick test (SPT) and/or radioallergosorbent test (RAST) positivity has been described in infants and children with a food allergy, or in infants at high risk of atopy who have never eaten eggs. Clinical reactions are also observed when some of these children or infants eat eggs for the first time....
null
1.789
176
Immunology; Immunology and Allergy
Immunology and Microbiology; Medicine
2,002
12,371,775
Use of a high-molecular-weight carboxymethylcellulose in a tissue protective solution for prevention of postoperative abdominal adhesions in ponies.
American journal of veterinary research
Am J Vet Res
63
10
10.2460/ajvr.2002.63.1448
eng
2,002
10
null
null
null
null
[OBJECTIVE] To evaluate efficacy and safety of IP administration of high-molecular-weight carboxymethylcellulose (HMW CMC) for the prevention of postoperative intra-abdominal adhesions in ponies. [ANIMALS] 10 ponies. [PROCEDURE] A 1% solution of HMW CMC was instilled intra-abdominally prior to surgery in 5 ponies, wher...
null
0.665
105
Medicine; Veterinary
Medicine; Veterinary
2,002
12,371,045
Evaluating the reliability and validity of the Questionnaire for Lung Transplant Patients.
Progress in transplantation (Aliso Viejo, Calif.)
Prog Transplant
12
3
10.1177/152692480201200307
eng
2,002
9
null
null
null
null
[CONTEXT] The Questionnaire for Lung Transplant Patients was designed for clinical use by the pulmonary transplant team in the routine evaluation of lung transplant recipients. Using the self-administered questionnaire, recipients check symptoms that they have had since their last evaluation and rate their shortness of...
null
0.305
47
Transplantation
Medicine
2,002
12,368,374
Imaging cell death with radiolabeled annexin V in an experimental model of rheumatoid arthritis.
Journal of nuclear medicine : official publication, Society of Nuclear Medicine
J Nucl Med
43
10
null
eng
2,002
10
null
null
null
null
[UNLABELLED] Rheumatoid arthritis is associated with chronic synovial inflammation due to the abnormal accumulation of macrophages and autoreactive T lymphocytes in joints. The autoreactive cells cause an inflammatory proapoptotic response to self-antigens resulting in eventual bone, cartilage, and soft-tissue loss and...
null
1.521
247
Medicine; Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging
Medicine
2,002
12,370,554
Peak exercise capacity of electrically induced ambulation in persons with paraplegia.
Medicine and science in sports and exercise
Med Sci Sports Exerc
34
10
10.1097/00005768-200210000-00004
eng
2,002
10
null
null
null
null
[INTRODUCTION] Persons with spinal cord injury (SCI) are generally limited to exercise activities using the relatively smaller, less productive upper extremities with limited benefits as compared with leg exercise training. Functional electrical stimulation (FES) assisted ambulation has previously been demonstrated to ...
null
1.429
271
Orthopedics and Sports Medicine; Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation; Sports Science
Health Professions; Medicine
2,002
12,370,117
Growth hormone protects against radiotherapy-induced cell death.
European journal of endocrinology
Eur J Endocrinol
147
4
10.1530/eje.0.1470535
eng
2,002
10
null
null
null
null
[BACKGROUND] In vivo treatment with growth hormone reduces radiation-associated mortality. The molecular mechanisms underlying this effect are unknown. It has been described that increased sensitivity to ionising radiation can be due to defects in machinery involved in detection and/or repair of DNA double-strand break...
null
0.875
179
Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism; Medicine; Endocrinology
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology; Medicine
2,002
12,369,173
Three-dimensional contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance angiography in aortic diseases.
Revista portuguesa de cardiologia : orgao oficial da Sociedade Portuguesa de Cardiologia = Portuguese journal of cardiology : an official journal of the Portuguese Society of Cardiology
Rev Port Cardiol
21
7-8
null
eng
2,002
null
null
null
null
null
[OBJECTIVES] To assess the feasibility of performing high resolution reconstructed three-dimensional aortic angiography on a 1 Tesla magnetic resonance imaging scanner in patients with aortic diseases. [METHODS] Seventeen patients underwent thirty-one MR exams that included fast spin echo, gradient echo and time-of-fli...
null
0.143
32
Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine
Medicine
2,002
12,368,690
Randomized trial of high-dose methylprednisolone versus intravenous immunoglobulin for the treatment of acute idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura in children.
Journal of pediatric hematology/oncology
J Pediatr Hematol Oncol
24
7
10.1097/00043426-200210000-00008
eng
2,002
10
null
null
null
null
[BACKGROUND] Idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP) is an acquired disorder characterized by immune-mediated platelet destruction. The authors performed a prospective, randomized trial comparing intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIG) with high-dose intravenous methylprednisolone in the treatment of children with acute IT...
null
0.476
88
Hematology; Oncology; Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health
Medicine
2,002
12,368,621
Surgical anatomy of the sphenopalatine artery in lateral nasal wall.
The Laryngoscope
Laryngoscope
112
10
10.1097/00005537-200210000-00020
eng
2,002
10
null
null
null
null
[OBJECTIVE] We investigated the surgical anatomy of the sphenopalatine artery. First, the location of the sphenopalatine foramen on the lateral nasal wall and the pattern of the main branches of the sphenopalatine artery from the sphenopalatine artery were studied. Second, the course of the posterior lateral nasal arte...
null
1.395
183
Otorhinolaryngology
Medicine
2,002
12,470,179
Effect of levetiracetam on rapid motor learning in humans.
Archives of neurology
Arch Neurol
59
12
10.1001/archneur.59.12.1909
eng
2,002
12
null
null
null
null
[BACKGROUND] The human motor cortex (M1) has a role in motor learning. Antiepileptic drugs that suppress M1 excitability may affect learning, presumably by inhibiting long-term potentiation. Levetiracetam, a new antiepileptic drug with a unique preclinical profile, also suppresses M1 excitability, but in a way that is ...
null
null
null
null
null
null
12,469,710
Bone mineral density and grip strength in postmenopausal Turkish women with osteoporosis: site specific or systemic?
International journal of fertility and women's medicine
Int J Fertil Womens Med
47
5
null
eng
2,002
null
null
null
null
null
[OBJECTIVE] To assess the relationship of grip strength to site-specific bone mineral density of the metacarpal bone and also axial bone mineral density. The bone mineral density of the lumbar spine, femoral neck and the nondominant hand were measured by DEXA. [SUBJECTS] A total of 187 postmenopausal women were include...
null
null
null
null
null
null
12,469,055
Preoperative and intraoperative evaluation of diameter-reflux relationship of calf perforating veins in patients with primary varicose vein.
Journal of vascular surgery
J Vasc Surg
36
6
10.1067/mva.2002.128941
eng
2,002
12
null
null
null
null
[OBJECTIVE] Interruption of incompetent perforating veins (PVs) is important for varicose vein surgery. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the preoperative and intraoperative diameter-reflux relationship of PVs and to evaluate the accuracy of preoperative duplex scanning in patients with varicose vein. [METHODS]...
null
1.767
225
Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine; Surgery
Medicine
2,002
12,469,038
The contribution of plaque and arterial remodeling to de novo atherosclerotic luminal narrowing in the femoral artery.
Journal of vascular surgery
J Vasc Surg
36
6
10.1067/mva.2002.128300
eng
2,002
12
null
null
null
null
[BACKGROUND] Atherosclerotic luminal narrowing is caused by plaque growth and arterial remodeling. In peripheral arteries, a role for constrictive remodeling in luminal narrowing has been recognized, but the impact on lumen decrease has not yet been assessed. We studied to what extent arterial remodeling and plaque for...
null
1.767
225
Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine; Surgery
Medicine
2,002
12,468,799
Altered calcium dynamics do not account for attenuation of endothelium-derived hyperpolarizing factor-mediated dilations in the female middle cerebral artery.
Stroke
Stroke
33
12
10.1161/01.str.0000035907.82204.39
eng
2,002
12
null
null
null
null
[BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE] The contribution of endothelium-derived hyperpolarizing factor (EDHF) to ATP-mediated dilations is significantly attenuated in the rat middle cerebral artery of intact and estrogen-treated ovariectomized (OVX) females compared with males and vehicle-treated OVX females. Since an increase in end...
null
2.816
370
Advanced and Specialized Nursing; Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine; Medicine; Neurology; Neuroscience
Medicine; Neuroscience; Nursing
2,002
12,468,780
Low concentration of serum total cholesterol is associated with multifocal signal loss lesions on gradient-echo magnetic resonance imaging: analysis of risk factors for multifocal signal loss lesions.
Stroke
Stroke
33
12
10.1161/01.str.0000036092.23649.2e
eng
2,002
12
null
null
null
null
[BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE] Multifocal signal loss lesions (MSLLs) on T2*-weighted gradient-echo (GE) MRI are believed to be microbleeds histopathologically. Previous epidemiological studies suggested that low serum cholesterol is associated with the increased risk of intracerebral hemorrhage. We investigated risk factors...
null
2.816
370
Advanced and Specialized Nursing; Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine; Medicine; Neurology; Neuroscience
Medicine; Neuroscience; Nursing
2,002
12,468,324
Human papillomavirus type 16 E6 and E7 gene variations in Indian cervical cancer.
Gynecologic oncology
Gynecol Oncol
87
3
10.1006/gyno.2002.6835
eng
2,002
12
null
null
null
null
[OBJECTIVES] Human papillomavirus type 16 is a causative factor for development of cervical cancer. The E6 and E7 genes of HPV 16 are critical to the process of immortalization and transformation of host cells. Recent reports suggest that variants of these two genes may contribute to the risk of malignant progression o...
null
0.994
192
Obstetrics and Gynecology; Oncology
Medicine
2,002
12,467,301
Thrombin as a survival factor for cancer cells: thrombin activation in malignant effusions in vivo and inhibition of idarubicin-induced cell death in vitro.
International journal of clinical pharmacology and therapeutics
Int J Clin Pharmacol Ther
40
8
10.5414/cpp40329
eng
2,002
8
null
null
null
null
[OBJECTIVES] The aim of the experiments shown here, is to demonstrate exemplarily that thrombin can be a survival factor for malignant cells. [METHODS] Activation of the coagulation system has been examined in patients with acute myeloid leukemia (AML) and non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL) before and after chemotherapy as wel...
null
null
null
null
null
null
12,467,057
Relation of regimens of combined hormone replacement therapy to lobular, ductal, and other histologic types of breast carcinoma.
Cancer
Cancer
95
12
10.1002/cncr.10984
eng
2,002
12
15
null
null
null
[BACKGROUND] The incidence of invasive lobular carcinoma has been increasing among postmenopausal women in some parts of the United States. Part of this may be due to changes in classification over time. However, the use of combined (estrogen and progestin) hormone replacement therapy (CHRT) also has increased during t...
null
1.595
349
Cancer Research; Oncology
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology; Medicine
2,002
12,466,060
Huperzine B protects rat pheochromocytoma cells against oxygen-glucose deprivation-induced injury.
Acta pharmacologica Sinica
Acta Pharmacol Sin
23
12
null
eng
2,002
12
null
null
null
null
[AIM] To test the ability of huperzine B (HupB) to alleviate injury from oxygen-glucose deprivation (OGD) in the rat pheochromocytoma line PC12 cells. [METHODS] After OGD for 3 h and reoxygenation for 24 h, neuronal morphology was observed by phase-contrast microscopy; cell survival was quantified by the reduction of M...
null
0.331
125
Medicine; Pharmacology; Pharmacology
Medicine; Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics
2,002
12,465,722
Long-term stress and Helicobacter pylori infection independently induce gastric mucosal lesions in C57BL/6 mice.
Scandinavian journal of gastroenterology
Scand J Gastroenterol
37
11
10.1080/003655202761020515
eng
2,002
11
null
null
null
null
[BACKGROUND] Long-term psychological stresses may have a role in the pathogenesis of peptic ulcer. However, the interaction between stress and Helicobacter pylori infection in the development of peptic ulcer is not established. The aim of this study was to elucidate the roles of long-term stress and H. pylori infection...
null
0.804
133
Gastroenterology
Medicine
2,002
12,464,958
Differential roles of IL-16 and CD28/B7 costimulation in the generation of T-lymphocyte chemotactic activity in the bronchial mucosa of mild and moderate asthmatic individuals.
The Journal of allergy and clinical immunology
J Allergy Clin Immunol
110
6
10.1067/mai.2002.130049
eng
2,002
12
null
null
null
null
[BACKGROUND] IL-16 is an important T-cell chemotactic cytokine in asthmatic airways; its release from allergen-stimulated bronchial mucosa in mild asthma has been shown to be dependent on CD28/B7 costimulation. [OBJECTIVE] We have extended our previous studies to investigate the role of IL-16 and CD28/B7 costimulation ...
null
2.506
350
Immunology; Immunology and Allergy
Immunology and Microbiology; Medicine
2,002
12,464,301
Relationships between childhood abuse and neglect experience and HIV risk behaviors among methadone treatment drop-outs.
Child abuse & neglect
Child Abuse Negl
26
12
10.1016/s0145-2134(02)00412-x
eng
2,002
12
null
null
null
null
[OBJECTIVE] The purpose of this study was to examine the relationships between childhood abuse/neglect experiences (sexual abuse, physical abuse, emotional abuse, and child neglect) and adult life functioning among Methadone Maintenance Treatment Program (MMTP) drop-outs. [METHOD] 432 subjects who dropped out of MMTP w...
null
null
null
null
null
null
12,463,967
Changes of event related potential and cognitive processes in patients with subclinical hypothyroidism after thyroxine treatment.
Endocrine regulations
Endocr Regul
36
3
null
eng
2,002
9
null
null
null
null
[OBJECTIVE] Recently, it has been repeatedly shown that patients with subclinical hypothyroidism (SH) formerly considered as completely symptom free, may have numerous minimal, often non-specific subjective complaints, and that in those patients it is possible to prove many subtle but objective deviations. We decided t...
null
null
null
null
null
null
12,462,823
Evidence-based practice and reviews of therapeutic touch.
Journal of nursing scholarship : an official publication of Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing
J Nurs Scholarsh
32
3
10.1111/j.1547-5069.2000.00279.x
eng
2,000
null
null
null
null
null
[PURPOSE] To present principles for accurately representing research for evidence-based practice and health care policies, and to evaluate how original research results indicated adherence to those principles in literature reviews of therapeutic touch. [ORGANIZING CONSTRUCTS] Critical thinking and scientific integrity....
null
0.578
98
Nursing
Nursing
2,000
12,461,416
Association between cervical shedding of herpes simplex virus and HIV-1.
AIDS (London, England)
AIDS
16
18
10.1097/00002030-200212060-00007
eng
2,002
12
6
null
null
null
[OBJECTIVE] To investigate the association between the cervical shedding of herpes simplex virus (HSV) and HIV-1. [DESIGN] A cross-sectional study on 200 women seropositive for both HSV-2 and HIV-1 was conducted in a family planning clinic at the Coast Provincial General Hospital, Mombasa, Kenya. [MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES...
null
3.427
233
Immunology; Immunology and Allergy; Infectious Diseases
Immunology and Microbiology; Medicine
2,002
12,461,066
Hamartoma of the breast: a clinicopathological review.
Journal of clinical pathology
J Clin Pathol
55
12
10.1136/jcp.55.12.951
eng
2,002
12
null
null
null
null
[AIMS] To review 25 cases of breast hamartoma and discuss the pathological criteria, and the usefulness of imaging modalities, fine needle aspiration cytology (FNAC), and needle core biopsy in the diagnosis. [METHODS] The hamartomas were assessed for interlobular fibrotic stroma, stromal adipose tissue content, pseudo-...
null
0.759
158
Medicine; Pathology and Forensic Medicine
Medicine
2,002
12,460,864
Plasma urotensin in human systolic heart failure.
Circulation
Circulation
106
23
10.1161/01.cir.0000044388.19119.02
eng
2,002
12
3
null
null
null
[BACKGROUND] Human urotensin II (UTN) has potent vasoactive and cardiostimulatory effects, acting on the G protein-linked receptor GPR14. Myocardial UTN expression is upregulated in heart failure, and UTN stimulates myocardial expression of the natriuretic peptides. We investigated plasma UTN levels in heart failure (H...
null
5.233
691
Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine; Physiology
Medicine
2,002
12,459,399
Effect of postmenopausal hormone therapy on cognitive function: the Heart and Estrogen/progestin Replacement Study.
The American journal of medicine
Am J Med
113
7
10.1016/s0002-9343(02)01270-6
eng
2,002
11
null
null
null
null
[PURPOSE] To determine if hormone therapy results in better cognitive function in older postmenopausal women. [SUBJECTS AND METHODS] The Heart and Estrogen/progestin Replacement Study (HERS) was a randomized, placebo-controlled trial involving 2763 women with coronary disease. Women were assigned randomly to conjugated...
null
1.979
262
Medicine
Medicine
2,002
12,459,316
Anticardiolipin and anti-beta2-glycoprotein-I antibodies in hypertensive disorders of pregnancy.
Archives of medical research
Arch Med Res
33
5
10.1016/s0188-4409(02)00367-3
eng
2,002
null
null
null
null
null
[BACKGROUND] This study was undertaken in order to determine the frequency of anticardiolipin (aCL) and anti-beta2-glycoprotein-I antibodies (anti-beta2 GP-I) in patients with hypertensive disorders of pregnancy. [METHODS] We studied aCL (IgG and IgM) and IgG anti-beta 2 GP-I by ELISA in the serum and IgG aCL and anti-...
null
0.296
100
Medicine
Medicine
2,002
12,459,225
Exteriorization-aspiration minilaparotomy for treatment of neonatal ovarian cysts.
Journal of pediatric and adolescent gynecology
J Pediatr Adolesc Gynecol
15
4
10.1016/s1083-3188(02)00156-0
eng
2,002
8
null
null
null
null
[INTRODUCTION] Recent literature indicates that laparoscopic techniques are considered the most appropriate approach for management of neonatal ovarian cysts (NOC). However, laparoscopic equipment may be unavailable in most centers, has high costs, and demands a long learning curve, especially in newborns. [METHODS] A ...
null
0.316
73
Medicine; Obstetrics and Gynecology; Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health
Medicine
2,002
12,459,224
Learning about pap smears: an educational skit for Hispanic adolescents.
Journal of pediatric and adolescent gynecology
J Pediatr Adolesc Gynecol
15
4
10.1016/s1083-3188(02)00155-9
eng
2,002
8
null
null
null
null
[PURPOSE] To assess the efficacy of an educational skit on improving knowledge and decision making/behavior toward obtaining a Pap smear. [METHODS] Ninety-two Hispanic high school female volunteers participated in an intervention, single-sample, preintervention/postintervention survey. Data were collected prior to (T(0...
null
0.316
73
Medicine; Obstetrics and Gynecology; Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health
Medicine
2,002
12,458,881
An Internet-based approach to advising radiology residency applicants.
Academic radiology
Acad Radiol
9
5
10.1016/s1076-6332(03)80332-x
eng
2,002
5
null
null
null
null
[RATIONALE AND OBJECTIVES] The authors created a computerized database Web site enabling radiology residency applicants to utilize the experience of recent graduates from their school in maximizing the effectiveness of the residency advisory process. Objectives of this database Web site are (a) to provide general infor...
null
0.682
113
Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging
Medicine
2,002
12,458,301
Proxy reporting of quality of life using the EQ-5D.
Medical care
Med Care
40
12
10.1097/00005650-200212000-00006
eng
2,002
12
null
null
null
null
[BACKGROUND] The economic evaluation of health interventions for older people is complicated by the difficulty in obtaining self-reports of quality of life from persons with cognitive impairments, physical impairments, or both. [OBJECTIVES] Using the EQ-5D (EuroQoL) measures, to assess: (1) agreement between subjects a...
null
2.309
207
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
Medicine
2,002
12,457,470
Knowledge and practice of contraception in United Arab Emirates women.
The journal of family planning and reproductive health care
J Fam Plann Reprod Health Care
27
4
10.1783/147118901101195786
eng
2,001
10
null
null
null
null
[OBJECTIVE] To determine the knowledge and practice of contraception among United Arab Emirates (UAE) women. [METHOD] Four hundred and fifty UAE women at risk of pregnancy were randomly selected from the community and primary health care centres and interviewed about knowledge and practice of contraception using a stru...
null
null
null
null
null
null
12,457,213
Progress in gastrointestinal tract surgery: the impact of gastrointestinal endoscopy.
Surgical endoscopy
Surg Endosc
17
2
10.1007/s00464-002-8553-z
eng
2,003
2
null
2,002
12
4
[BACKGROUND] Gastrointestinal (GI) tract surgeons were challenged with the development of two revolutionary surgical specialities: laparoscopic and endoscopic surgery. Minimal access surgery currently is the surgical speciality with the greatest impact on patient care. Regarding the competitive treatment methods (open,...
null
0.905
178
Surgery
Medicine
2,003
12,456,933
When and where do youths have sex? The potential role of adult supervision.
Pediatrics
Pediatrics
110
6
10.1542/peds.110.6.e66
eng
2,002
12
null
null
null
null
[OBJECTIVE] Interventions to reduce high-risk behaviors such as sex and substance use among youths have focused mainly on promoting abstinence, refusal skills, and negotiation skills, yet the frequency of high-risk behaviors among youths may also be influenced by opportunity, particularly the amount of time during whic...
null
2.01
409
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health
Medicine
2,002
12,456,632
Population variation in age-related decline in male salivary testosterone.
Human reproduction (Oxford, England)
Hum Reprod
17
12
10.1093/humrep/17.12.3251
eng
2,002
12
null
null
null
null
[BACKGROUND] Age-related declines in free and bioavailable testosterone are frequently reported for Western populations, but interpopulation variation in this pattern has not previously been investigated. [METHODS] Salivary testosterone was measured using a consistently applied protocol on morning samples collected fro...
null
1.501
264
Obstetrics and Gynecology; Rehabilitation; Reproductive Medicine
Medicine
2,002
12,456,207
Practice patterns of testing waived under the clinical laboratory improvement amendments.
Archives of pathology & laboratory medicine
Arch Pathol Lab Med
126
12
10.5858/2002-126-1471-PPOTWU
eng
2,002
12
null
null
null
null
[OBJECTIVES] To determine operational practices in laboratories operating under a Certificate of Wavier (waived laboratories), or equivalent, under the Clinical Laboratory Improvements Amendments (CLIA) of 1988 when performing tests designated as having an insignificant risk of an erroneous result (ie, waived tests). [...
null
null
null
null
null
null
12,455,808
Utilization of psychotropic drugs in Taiwan: an overview of outpatient sector in 2000.
Zhonghua yi xue za zhi = Chinese medical journal; Free China ed
Zhonghua Yi Xue Za Zhi (Taipei)
65
8
null
eng
2,002
8
null
null
null
null
[BACKGROUND] Development of pharmacological treatment in mental disorders has risen drastically over the past decade in Taiwan. We performed a survey of the National Health Insurance claims for outpatient psychiatric services to study the utilization of psychotropic drugs. The analysis followed the drug classification ...
null
null
null
null
null
null
12,454,228
Inflammation and pruritus in haemodialysis patients.
Nephrology, dialysis, transplantation : official publication of the European Dialysis and Transplant Association - European Renal Association
Nephrol Dial Transplant
17
12
10.1093/ndt/17.12.2164
eng
2,002
12
null
null
null
null
[BACKGROUND] Pruritus is a common symptom among patients on haemodialysis (HD). We studied 68 HD patients to assess the role of iron deficiency, anaemia, inflammation and other common serum and dialysis parameters in pruritus. [METHODS] The patients were questioned about the occurrence of pruritus at home, quantified a...
null
0.833
203
Medicine; Nephrology; Transplantation
Medicine
2,002
12,453,923
Simulated use of premixed 0.25% isoflurane in 50% nitrous oxide and 50% oxygen.
British journal of anaesthesia
Br J Anaesth
89
6
10.1093/bja/aef279
eng
2,002
12
null
null
null
null
[BACKGROUND] Isoflurane (0.25%) in premixed nitrous oxide and oxygen, 50/50, v/v (IN(2)O), has been suggested for pain relief in labour. Possible phase separation of the mixture was studied during simulated administration. [METHODS] A sinusoidal pump set at stroke volume of 2 litres and a rate of 20-22 bpm and cycling ...
null
1.142
222
Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine
Medicine
2,002
12,453,712
Evaluation of a community breast screening promotion program.
Preventive medicine
Prev Med
35
4
10.1006/pmed.2002.1076
eng
2,002
10
null
null
null
null
[BACKGROUND] This study reports results of a controlled evaluation of a comprehensive community breast screening promotion program. This program promoted increased use of mammography, clinical breast examination, and breast self-examination through community organization, physician training, and public education. [METH...
null
1.289
199
Epidemiology; Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
Medicine
2,002
12,453,709
Naturalistic changes in the readiness to quit tobacco smoking in a German general population sample.
Preventive medicine
Prev Med
35
4
10.1006/pmed.2002.1085
eng
2,002
10
null
null
null
null
[BACKGROUND] This study examines naturalistic changes, i.e., changes that occur without formal interventions, in the motivational readiness to quit tobacco smoking. The transtheoretical model (TTM) with the proposed five stages of change (precontemplation, contemplation, preparation, action, maintenance) is used as the...
null
1.289
199
Epidemiology; Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
Medicine
2,002
12,453,113
Validation of a Chinese version of the Oral Health Impact Profile (OHIP).
Community dentistry and oral epidemiology
Community Dent Oral Epidemiol
30
6
10.1034/j.1600-0528.2002.00013.x
eng
2,002
12
null
null
null
null
[OBJECTIVES] To translate the original English version of Oral Health Impact Profile (OHIP) into a Chinese version, to validate the translated instrument for use among the elderly in Hong Kong and to derive a Chinese short-form OHIP. [METHODS] The original English version of OHIP was translated into Chinese. Elderly pe...
null
0.79
118
Dentistry; Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
Dentistry; Medicine
2,002
12,453,030
Costs and outcomes of early versus delayed migraine treatment with sumatriptan.
Headache
Headache
42
10
10.1046/j.1526-4610.2002.02228.x
eng
2,002
null
null
null
null
null
[OBJECTIVE] To evaluate the impact on costs and outcomes of early migraine treatment with sumatriptan while pain is mild versus sumatriptan treatment of moderate to severe pain. [BACKGROUND] Migraines result in substantial pain, impairment, and costs. Recent clinical studies have shown that early treatment with sumatri...
null
0.896
146
Neurology; Neurology
Medicine; Neuroscience
2,002
12,452,954
Effectiveness of chlorine washing disinfection and effects on the appearance of artichoke and borage.
Journal of applied microbiology
J Appl Microbiol
93
6
10.1046/j.1365-2672.2002.01773.x
eng
2,002
null
null
null
null
null
[AIM] Optimal conditions for chlorine application to obtain a reasonable decrease in the microbial counts without damaging the appearance of artichoke and borage have been established. [METHODS AND RESULTS] The influence of chlorine concentration (0-200 mg l(-1)), pH, addition of organic acids, contact time and presenc...
null
0.905
195
Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology; Biotechnology; Medicine
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology; Immunology and Microbiology; Medicine
2,002
12,452,741
Irbesartan substitution for valsartan or losartan in treating hypertension.
The Annals of pharmacotherapy
Ann Pharmacother
36
12
10.1345/aph.1C109
eng
2,002
12
null
null
null
null
[OBJECTIVE] To determine whether subjects whose therapy was converted from losartan or valsartan to irbesartan maintained equivalent blood pressure measurements, determine the safety and tolerability of irbesartan in the veteran population, and assess the number of subjects attaining their goal blood pressure before an...
null
0.621
125
Medicine; Pharmacology
Medicine
2,002
12,452,205
The natural history and clinical characteristics of aspirin-exacerbated respiratory disease.
Annals of allergy, asthma & immunology : official publication of the American College of Allergy, Asthma, & Immunology
Ann Allergy Asthma Immunol
89
5
10.1016/S1081-1206(10)62084-4
eng
2,002
11
null
null
null
null
[BACKGROUND] Aspirin-exacerbated respiratory disease (AERD) is a clinical syndrome characterized by chronic rhinitis, nasal polyps, asthma, and precipitation of asthma and rhinitis attacks after ingestion of aspirin (ASA) and most nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs). Most information about the disease in the ...
null
null
null
null
null
null
12,444,862
Nut and peanut butter consumption and risk of type 2 diabetes in women.
JAMA
JAMA
288
20
10.1001/jama.288.20.2554
eng
2,002
11
27
null
null
null
[CONTEXT] Nuts are high in unsaturated (polyunsaturated and monounsaturated) fat and other nutrients that may improve glucose and insulin homeostasis. [OBJECTIVE] To examine prospectively the relationship between nut consumption and risk of type 2 diabetes. [DESIGN, SETTING, AND PARTICIPANTS] Prospective cohort study o...
null
null
null
null
null
null
12,451,373
Treatment of chronic actinic dermatitis with tacrolimus ointment.
Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology
J Am Acad Dermatol
47
6
10.1067/mjd.2002.124703
eng
2,002
12
null
null
null
null
[BACKGROUND] Chronic actinic dermatitis (CAD) is difficult to treat. Topical corticosteroids induce adverse effects after long-term use, especially on light-exposed skin. [OBJECTIVE] Our purpose was to study the effects of tacrolimus ointment in the treatment of elderly patients with CAD. [METHODS] In an open trial, 6 ...
null
1.349
256
Dermatology
Medicine
2,002
12,451,368
Treatment of dandruff with 5% tea tree oil shampoo.
Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology
J Am Acad Dermatol
47
6
10.1067/mjd.2002.122734
eng
2,002
12
null
null
null
null
[BACKGROUND] Dandruff appears to be related to the yeast Pityrosporum ovale. Tea tree oil has antifungal properties with activity against P ovale and may be useful in the treatment of dandruff. [OBJECTIVE] We conducted a randomized, single-blind, parallel-group study to investigate the efficacy and tolerability of 5% t...
null
1.349
256
Dermatology
Medicine
2,002
12,450,964
Vitamin B12, folate, and homocysteine in depression: the Rotterdam Study.
The American journal of psychiatry
Am J Psychiatry
159
12
10.1176/appi.ajp.159.12.2099
eng
2,002
12
null
null
null
null
[OBJECTIVE] The associations of vitamin B(12), folate, and homocysteine with depression were examined in a population-based study. [METHOD] The authors screened 3,884 elderly people for depressive symptoms. Subjects with positive screening results had psychiatric workups. Folate, vitamin B(12), and homocysteine blood l...
null
4.207
405
Psychiatry and Mental Health
Medicine
2,002
12,450,900
Efficiency of utilization of wheat and milk protein in healthy adults and apparent lysine requirements determined by a single-meal [1-13C]leucine balance protocol.
The American journal of clinical nutrition
Am J Clin Nutr
76
6
10.1093/ajcn/76.6.1326
eng
2,002
12
null
null
null
null
[BACKGROUND] We recently reported better wheat-protein utilization and a higher apparent lysine requirement than would be predicted, because of adaptive mechanisms of lysine conservation. However, such findings may be subject to the feeding protocol of frequent small meals. [OBJECTIVE] We used a [1-13C]leucine balance,...
null
2.633
390
Medicine; Nutrition and Dietetics
Medicine; Nursing
2,002
12,449,445
Eicosapentaenoic acid improves endothelial function in hypertriglyceridemic subjects despite increased lipid oxidizability.
The American journal of the medical sciences
Am J Med Sci
324
5
10.1097/00000441-200211000-00003
eng
2,002
11
null
null
null
null
[BACKGROUND] Epidemiologic investigations suggest that fish oil, which contains eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA), has favorable cardiovascular effects. Fish oil improves endothelial function in subjects with hypercholesterolemia or diabetes. However, controversy persists regarding relationships between primary hypertriglyce...
null
0.617
106
Medicine
Medicine
2,002
12,449,129
Screening for genital Chlamydia trachomatis in teenagers attending a family planning youth clinic: a prevalence study using a strand displacement assay on urine samples.
The journal of family planning and reproductive health care
J Fam Plann Reprod Health Care
28
4
10.1783/147118902101196658
eng
2,002
10
null
null
null
null
[BACKGROUND] Chlamydia trachomatis is the most common bacterial sexually transmitted infection. Rates are highest in the 16-24-year-old age group. Untreated it can be a significant cause of morbidity. At least 50% of men and 70% of women with C. trachomatis are asymptomatic. [STUDY AIMS] The aims of the study were: To ...
null
null
null
null
null
null
12,449,029
Evaluation of healing with use of an internal matrix to repair furcation perforations.
International endodontic journal
Int Endod J
35
9
10.1046/j.1365-2591.2002.00566.x
eng
2,002
9
null
null
null
null
[AIM] The purpose of this study was to evaluate healing responses following repair of furcation perforations, with and without an internal matrix. Two matrix materials, HAPSET (65% non-resorbable hydroxyapatite and 35% plaster of paris) and hydroxyapatite were compared. [METHODOLOGY] Four adult female baboons (Papio an...
null
0.791
157
Dentistry
Dentistry
2,002
12,447,619
Topical treatment of Bowen's disease with 5-Fluorouracil.
Journal of cutaneous medicine and surgery
J Cutan Med Surg
7
2
10.1007/s10227-002-0158-6
eng
2,003
null
null
2,002
11
27
[BACKGROUND] Bowen's disease is a common skin cancer. There are many different therapeutic approaches to treatment. Topical 5-Fluorouracil (5-FU) cream has been used for many years and there are many published papers attesting to its effectiveness. However, no papers have presented long-term followup results with biops...
null
0.415
58
Dermatology; Surgery
Medicine
2,003
12,446,955
Tissue counter analysis of histologic sections of melanoma: influence of mask size and shape, feature selection, statistical methods and tissue preparation.
Analytical cellular pathology : the journal of the European Society for Analytical Cellular Pathology
Anal Cell Pathol
24
2-3
10.1155/2002/141295
eng
2,002
null
null
null
null
null
[BACKGROUND] Tissue counter analysis is an image analysis tool designed for the detection of structures in complex images at the macroscopic or microscopic scale. As a basic principle, small square or circular measuring masks are randomly placed across the image and image analysis parameters are obtained for each mask....
null
0.376
32
Pathology and Forensic Medicine; Cell Biology
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology; Medicine
2,002
12,446,294
Polymorphism of the IGF2 gene, birth weight and grip strength in adult men.
Age and ageing
Age Ageing
31
6
10.1093/ageing/31.6.468
eng
2,002
11
null
null
null
null
[BACKGROUND] Grip strength is a simple measure of skeletal muscle function but a powerful predictor of disability, morbidity and mortality. Recent evidence has shown that prenatal and infant growth influence grip strength in later life; this may reflect genetic influences on muscle size and function, although strong ca...
null
0.599
175
Aging; Geriatrics and Gerontology; Medicine
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology; Medicine
2,002
12,446,164
Gait in patients with pregnancy-related pain in the pelvis: an emphasis on the coordination of transverse pelvic and thoracic rotations.
Clinical biomechanics (Bristol, Avon)
Clin Biomech (Bristol)
17
9-10
10.1016/s0268-0033(02)00109-2
eng
2,002
null
null
null
null
null
[OBJECTIVE] To quantify gait impairments in women with pregnancy-related pain in the pelvis which persisted post-partum.Design. Nine patients and nine healthy subjects were studied during treadmill walking at different velocities. [BACKGROUND] Walking problems in patients with pregnancy-related pain in the pelvis have ...
null
null
null
null
null
null
12,445,599
Expression of nitric oxide synthase isoforms in human pregnant myometrium at term.
Journal of the Society for Gynecologic Investigation
J Soc Gynecol Investig
9
6
null
eng
2,002
null
null
null
null
null
[OBJECTIVE] To determine whether nitric oxide synthase isoforms are expressed in human myometrium, to define their localization, and to examine the possibility that one or more may play a role in initiating labor. [METHODS] Human myometrial biopsies were collected from term laboring and nonlaboring patients. The mRNA e...
null
null
null
null
null
null
12,445,350
Robot-assisted navigated neuroendoscopy.
Neurosurgery
Neurosurgery
51
6
null
eng
2,002
12
null
null
null
null
[OBJECTIVE] Major steps in the evolution of advanced neurosurgical techniques include microneurosurgery, neuroendoscopy and its minimally invasive variations, neuronavigation, and advanced intraoperative imaging. With traditional neuroendoscopic techniques (e.g., freehand endoscopy or the use of mechanical arms), defin...
null
1.568
229
Neurology; Surgery
Medicine
2,002
12,444,943
Naively changing HAART.
HIV medicine
HIV Med
3
4
10.1046/j.1468-1293.2002.00110.x
eng
2,002
10
null
null
null
null
[BACKGROUND] Few UK studies have systematically investigated which antiretroviral therapy (ART) combinations HIV-infected people are commenced on, when they start and reasons for stopping or changing their regimens. [OBJECTIVE] To describe when HIV-infected ART-naive patients started first-, second- or third-line tripl...
null
0.642
88
Health Policy; Pharmacology; Infectious Diseases
Medicine
2,002
12,444,902
Insulin influences the nitric oxide cyclic nucleotide pathway in cultured human smooth muscle cells from corpus cavernosum by rapidly activating a constitutive nitric oxide synthase.
European journal of endocrinology
Eur J Endocrinol
147
5
10.1530/eje.0.1470689
eng
2,002
11
null
null
null
null
[AIMS] We have evaluated, in cultured human cavernosal smooth muscle cells, the expression and activity of calcium-dependent constitutive nitric oxide synthase (cNOS) and the ability of insulin to induce nitric oxide (NO) production and to increase intracellular cyclic nucleotides guanosine 3',5'-cyclic monophosphate (...
null
0.875
179
Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism; Medicine; Endocrinology
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology; Medicine
2,002
12,443,817
Establishment of a bone-anchored auricular prosthesis (BAAP) program.
International journal of pediatric otorhinolaryngology
Int J Pediatr Otorhinolaryngol
66
3
10.1016/s0165-5876(02)00252-5
eng
2,002
12
2
null
null
null
[OBJECTIVE] Bone-anchored auricular prostheses (BAAPs) are indicated for treatment of congenital or acquired microtia in children. This paper reports on our experience in establishing a BAAP program, including treatment algorithms, protocols and a discussion of the methodology, complications and patient satisfaction. [...
null
0.629
96
Medicine; Otorhinolaryngology; Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health
Medicine
2,002
12,443,750
Outcome of ProCol, a bovine mesenteric vein graft, in infrainguinal reconstruction.
European journal of vascular and endovascular surgery : the official journal of the European Society for Vascular Surgery
Eur J Vasc Endovasc Surg
24
6
10.1053/ejvs.2002.1710
eng
2,002
12
null
null
null
null
[OBJECTIVES] historically infrainguinal reconstruction using heterogenous grafts has given poor results due to degradation and aneurysmal dilatation of the graft. A recently introduced heterogenous graft, the ProCol (bovine mesenteric vein) graft, may yield improved results. There are no published reports with respect ...
null
0.84
144
Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine; Surgery
Medicine
2,002
12,442,201
A role for the prefrontal cortex in stress- and cocaine-induced reinstatement of cocaine seeking in rats.
Psychopharmacology
Psychopharmacology (Berl)
168
1-2
10.1007/s00213-002-1283-z
eng
2,003
7
null
2,002
11
20
[RATIONALE AND OBJECTIVE] It is well established that stress induces reinstatement of drug seeking in an animal model of relapse. Here we studied the role of the medial prefrontal cortex (mPFC) and orbitofrontal cortex (OFC) in foot-shock stress-induced reinstatement of cocaine seeking. [METHODS] Groups of rats were tr...
null
1.743
218
Pharmacology
Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics
2,003
12,442,029
Impact of human immunodeficiency virus 1 infection on clinical presentation, treatment outcome and survival in a cohort of Ethiopian children with tuberculosis.
The Pediatric infectious disease journal
Pediatr Infect Dis J
21
11
10.1097/00006454-200211000-00016
eng
2,002
11
null
null
null
null
[BACKGROUND] Childhood tuberculosis (TB) is difficult to diagnose reliably because signs and symptoms are nonspecific and sputum for direct microscopy is difficult to obtain, especially in very young children. This diagnostic dilemma is thought to have increased with the HIV pandemic. Few studies on treatment outcome o...
null
1.243
160
Infectious Diseases; Microbiology; Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health
Medicine
2,002
12,441,923
The effect of previous abdominal surgery on urological laparoscopy.
The Journal of urology
J Urol
168
6
10.1016/S0022-5347(05)64151-1
eng
2,002
12
null
null
null
null
[PURPOSE] Abdominal surgery causes adhesions that may render subsequent laparoscopic access and dissection problematic. We determined the effect of previous surgery on the operative outcome in a large series of patients undergoing urological laparoscopy. [MATERIALS AND METHODS] The records of 700 consecutive laparoscop...
null
1.629
291
Urology
Medicine
2,002
12,441,833
Lack of both sex differences and influence of resting blood pressure on muscle pain intensity.
The Clinical journal of pain
Clin J Pain
18
6
10.1097/00002508-200211000-00007
eng
2,002
null
null
null
null
null
[OBJECTIVE] To test whether muscle pain intensity caused by different intensities of unaccustomed eccentric exercise was moderately and negatively associated with resting blood pressure, and whether women reported higher pain ratings compared with men in response to such exercise. [DESIGN AND SUBJECTS] The repeated mea...
null
null
null
null
null
null
12,441,746
Effect of an education program aimed at reducing the occurrence of ventilator-associated pneumonia.
Critical care medicine
Crit Care Med
30
11
10.1097/00003246-200211000-00001
eng
2,002
11
null
null
null
null
[OBJECTIVE] The purpose of the study was to determine whether an education initiative could decrease the hospital rate of ventilator-associated pneumonia. [DESIGN] Pre- and postintervention observational study. [SETTING] Five intensive care units in Barnes-Jewish Hospital, an urban teaching hospital. [PATIENTS] Patient...
null
0.982
315
Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine
Medicine
2,002
12,439,184
Lipoic acid in the treatment of smell dysfunction following viral infection of the upper respiratory tract.
The Laryngoscope
Laryngoscope
112
11
10.1097/00005537-200211000-00031
eng
2,002
11
null
null
null
null
[OBJECTIVES/HYPOTHESIS] The study aimed to investigate the potential therapeutic effects of alpha-lipoic acid in olfactory loss following infections of the upper respiratory tract. Possible mechanisms of actions include the release of nerve growth factor and antioxidative effects, both of which may be helpful in the re...
null
1.395
183
Otorhinolaryngology
Medicine
2,002
12,439,173
Syndrome of inappropriate antidiuretic hormone or arginine vasopressin secretion in patients following neck dissection.
The Laryngoscope
Laryngoscope
112
11
10.1097/00005537-200211000-00020
eng
2,002
11
null
null
null
null
[OBJECTIVES/HYPOTHESIS] The syndrome of inappropriate antidiuretic hormone or arginine vasopressin secretion (SIADH) is a disorder in which release of antidiuretic hormone is independent of plasma osmolarity, resulting in fluid retention and development of dilutional hyponatremia. The incidence of SIADH following neck ...
null
1.395
183
Otorhinolaryngology
Medicine
2,002
12,439,101
Effects of tibolone and hormone replacement therapy on the breast of cynomolgus monkeys.
Menopause (New York, N.Y.)
Menopause
9
6
10.1097/00042192-200211000-00007
eng
2,002
null
null
null
null
null
[OBJECTIVE] To measure the effects of 2 years of treatment with tibolone on the breasts of cynomolgus macaques (Macaca fascicularis) in comparison with conventional hormone replacement therapy. [DESIGN] Ovariectomized cynomolgus macaques were randomized into five groups and treated for 2 years. Groups included controls...
null
1.332
125
Obstetrics and Gynecology
Medicine
2,002
12,439,080
Prior exercise increases subsequent utilization of dietary fat.
Medicine and science in sports and exercise
Med Sci Sports Exerc
34
11
10.1097/00005768-200211000-00011
eng
2,002
11
null
null
null
null
[PURPOSE] Exercise appears to offer protection against weight gain, perhaps related to its effects on fat metabolism. Previous work in rats has shown that interventions resulting in a negative energy balance lead to alterations in the trafficking of dietary fat. This study was undertaken to determine whether exercise a...
Non-programmatic
1.429
271
Orthopedics and Sports Medicine; Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation; Sports Science
Health Professions; Medicine
2,002
12,438,963
Synergistic inhibitory activities of interleukin-10 and dexamethasone on human CD4+ T cells.
Transplantation
Transplantation
74
8
10.1097/00007890-200210270-00017
eng
2,002
10
27
null
null
null
[BACKGROUND] We have previously demonstrated that interleukin (IL)-10 synergizes with dexamethasone (Dex) in inhibiting proliferation of human T cells, stimulated in an antigen-presenting cell (APC)-dependent manner. Because IL-10 effectively inhibits APC accessory functions, the synergism could have been a result of i...
null
1.476
224
Transplantation
Medicine
2,002
12,438,474
Managing severe lower limb spasticity in multiple sclerosis: does intrathecal phenol have a role?
Journal of neurology, neurosurgery, and psychiatry
J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry
73
6
10.1136/jnnp.73.6.705
eng
2,002
12
null
null
null
null
[OBJECTIVE] Established treatment options for managing severe lower limb spasticity and associated pain are of limited value in people with advanced multiple sclerosis (MS). This has resulted in a resurgence of the use of lumbar intrathecal phenol injection (IP). The aim of this study was to investigate the authors' ex...
null
1.238
244
Neurology; Psychiatry and Mental Health; Surgery
Medicine
2,002
12,438,462
Apathy in Parkinson's disease.
Journal of neurology, neurosurgery, and psychiatry
J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry
73
6
10.1136/jnnp.73.6.636
eng
2,002
12
null
null
null
null
[OBJECTIVE] To assess apathy in patients with Parkinson's disease and its relation to disability, mood, personality, and cognition. [METHODS] Levels of apathy in 45 patients with Parkinson's disease were compared with a group of 17 similarly disabled patients with osteoarthritis. Additional neuropsychiatric data were c...
null
1.238
244
Neurology; Psychiatry and Mental Health; Surgery
Medicine
2,002
12,438,293
Poly(ADP-Ribose) polymerase is activated in subjects at risk of developing type 2 diabetes and is associated with impaired vascular reactivity.
Circulation
Circulation
106
21
10.1161/01.cir.0000038365.78031.9c
eng
2,002
11
19
null
null
null
[BACKGROUND] We have previously shown that endothelial function is impaired not only in diabetes but also in subjects at risk of developing type 2 diabetes. We hypothesized that changes in the expression or activity of the endothelial isoform of nitric oxide synthase (eNOS), the receptor for advanced glycation end prod...
null
5.233
691
Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine; Physiology
Medicine
2,002
12,438,066
Hamstring injury in athletes: using MR imaging measurements to compare extent of muscle injury with amount of time lost from competition.
AJR. American journal of roentgenology
AJR Am J Roentgenol
179
6
10.2214/ajr.179.6.1791621
eng
2,002
12
null
null
null
null
[OBJECTIVE] The purpose of this study was to examine relationships between MR imaging measurements of the extent of hamstring injury and the amount of time lost from competition in a group of athletes. [SUBJECTS AND METHODS] Thirty-seven athletes with suspected hamstring injury underwent T1 and inversion recovery T2 tu...
null
null
null
null
null
null
12,437,517
A single window-period donation detected by human immunodeficiency virus p24 antigen after 5 years of routine screening in a group of Brazilian blood banks.
Vox sanguinis
Vox Sang
83
4
10.1046/j.1423-0410.2002.00226.x
eng
2,002
11
null
null
null
null
[BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES] The purpose of this article was to describe the experience of screening for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) p24 antigen (p24Ag) in blood donors, in four Brazilian Blood Banks, and to report the detection of the first window-period donation. [MATERIALS AND METHODS] During 61 months (May 96...
null
0.454
96
Medicine; Hematology
Medicine
2,002
12,437,025
Research collaboratories: their potential for health behavior researchers.
American journal of health behavior
Am J Health Behav
26
6
10.5993/ajhb.26.6.11
eng
2,002
null
null
null
null
null
[OBJECTIVE] To discuss how online collaboratories can improve the effectiveness and efficiency of research conducted in multiple sites. [METHODS] We describe how online collaboratories offer a flexible infrastructure for health behavior researchers, and describe the strengths and weaknesses of such tools and the lesson...
null
null
null
null
null
null
12,436,153
Ring-stripping retrograde common carotid endarterectomy: case report.
Sao Paulo medical journal = Revista paulista de medicina
Sao Paulo Med J
120
5
10.1590/s1516-31802002000500007
eng
2,002
9
2
null
null
null
[CONTEXT] Total occlusion of the common carotid is rare and the indications and techniques for surgical treatment are still a matter of controversy. [OBJECTIVE] To demonstrate the feasibility of retrograde common carotid endarterectomy. [DESIGN] Retrospective case report study. [SETTING] Tertiary care private hospital....
null
null
null
null
null
null
12,436,122
Effort thrombosis of the subclavian-axillary vein.
Saudi medical journal
Saudi Med J
23
10
null
eng
2,002
10
null
null
null
null
[OBJECTIVE] The aim of this study is to outline the clinical patterns, diagnosis and the outcome of patients with 'effort' subclavian-axillary vein thrombosis. [METHODS] The medical records of 7 patients diagnosed with 'effort' subclavian-axillary vein thrombosis between 1992 and 2000 at the Princess Basma Teaching Hos...
null
null
null
null
null
null
12,436,121
Clinical and experimental evaluation of the effect of Khat-induced myocardial infarction.
Saudi medical journal
Saudi Med J
23
10
null
eng
2,002
10
null
null
null
null
[OBJECTIVE] To evaluate the effect of Khat-induced myocardial infarction (MI) in Yemen. [METHODS] One hundred and twenty patients with MI, admitted to Al-Thawra Hospital, Sana'a City, Yemen, during the year 2001 and 120 volunteer controls were collected for this study. On the other hand, we used 48 adult male rabbits f...
null
null
null
null
null
null
12,436,119
Impact of early surgical correction of curves in paralytic scoliosis.
Saudi medical journal
Saudi Med J
23
10
null
eng
2,002
10
null
null
null
null
[OBJECTIVE] The purpose of this investigation was to investigate the advantages of early surgery in patients suffering from neuromuscular scoliosis. [METHODS] Between January 1992 and January 1998, 20 patients with paralytic scoliosis, with an average age of 15 years, were treated surgically in the Department of Orthop...
null
null
null
null
null
null
12,436,027
Long-term clinical outcome of coronary artery stenting in elderly patients.
Coronary artery disease
Coron Artery Dis
13
6
10.1097/00019501-200209000-00004
eng
2,002
9
null
null
null
null
[BACKGROUND] The elderly constitute a rapidly expanding segment of our population and cardiovascular disease becomes more prevalent with increasing age. Existing data have shown that percutaneous coronary interventions in the elderly are associated with an increase risk of in-hospital complications compared to younger ...
null
0.663
70
Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine; Medicine
Medicine
2,002