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rethinking nurse education. 20133847724
[analysis of the causes and their risk rates in perinatal mortality]. 20133829820
reducing effort with reminders and a parking pass to improve appointment keeping for patients of pediatric residents. 20133807450
a simulated practice environment: computerville regional hospital. 20133847284
[atypical manifestations of hypothyroidism]. 20133724046
atrophy and ductopenia of the right hepatic lobe in a patient with choledocholithiasis.an extremely rare case of atrophy and extensive ductopenia of the right hepatic lobe is presented. the surgically resected atrophic right lobe (100 g) did not show cholestasis or cirrhosis. the right hepatic bile duct revealed sclerosis with luminal obliteration and marked diminution of its branches. the extrahepatic bile duct contained a single cholesterol stone. the right portal vein branches showed luminal narrowing. disturbance of biliary drainage following sclerosing cholangitis and impedim ...20133811912
[myositis and granulomatous lymphadenitis of probable tuberculous origin]. 20133682973
thymic involvement in acute disseminated histiocytosis x. 20133628861
careless talk can cause misery. 20134486319
[continuous transspinal venogram]. 20134235722
intestinal permeability and statistics. 20133623224
osha work-practice guidelines for personnel dealing with cytotoxic (antineoplastic) drugs. occupational safety and health administration.work-practice guidelines for personnel dealing with cytotoxic drugs (cds) are presented. current practices in the preparation, storage, administration, and disposal of cds may expose pharmacists, nurses, physicians, and other health-care workers to high environmental levels of these drugs. osha has developed these guidelines to protect health-care workers from unnecessary exposure to cds. a brief summary of the short-term and long-term hazards known to be associated with these drugs is presented ...20133717176
on the relationship between l-dopa therapy and csf monoamine metabolites in parkinson's disease. 20134121468
skeletal mass in long term hemodialysis patients. 20133565153
initial management of cutaneous malignant melanoma.appropriate initial surgical management of primary cutaneous malignant melanoma is important since no effective treatment exists once the tumour metastasizes. the author reviews methods of initial treatment, excisional biopsy with adequate margins being the most common. he also reports results from a questionnaire survey on the type of microstaging used at hospitals across canada. two thirds of the pathologists who responded to the questionnaire preferred to use both clark's and breslow's method ...20133719498
sudden cardiac death, ventricular arrhythmias, and antiarrhythmic therapy: current trials and tribulations. 20133535769
treatment of painful heel with combined method of traditional chinese medicine and western medicine. clinical analysis of 900 cases. 20133932007
treatment of painful heel with combined method of traditional chinese medicine and western medicine. clinical analysis of 900 cases. 20133932007
before and after suicide: a preventive outreach program for colleges.based on a literature review and a survey of existing programs, this preventive outreach program emphasizes staff training in order to prepare college staff to implement a variety of outreach efforts following the suicide attempt or death of a student on campus. specific guidelines are offered for the management of the suicide crisis, with special attention focused on the friends of the suicide victim.20133798523
health codes for newborn care.a survey was conducted of the health departments in each of the 50 states, washington, dc, and the commonwealth of puerto rico to determine the present legal mandates for newborn care. each of the 52 health departments were queried regarding birth certificates, identification procedures, prophylactic eye care, umbilical cord care, use of vitamin k, apgar scoring, and metabolic screening. in each category, the departments were asked whether the procedures were mandatory or optional. birth certifi ...20133601503
low dose urography. a clinical comparison of three low osmolar (ratio 3) contrast media.three modern low osmolar contrast media (iopamiro, omnipaque and hexabrix) were injected intravenously in 150 patients. they were all effective for urography in a concentration iso-osmolar to blood and with a dose of 90 mg i/kg body weight in patients with normal renal function. in patients with decreased renal function, this low dose is not sufficient and should be doubled. no significant diagnostic differences between the three media were found. the subjective and objective adverse effects wer ...20133799228
confidentiality and the medical report. 20133831650
ciliary function in health and disease. 20133885993
[safeguarding the meniscus]. 20133838783
vestibular disorders caused by defective enzyme mechanisms in the small intestine.a group of patients suffering from long periods of unsteadiness and presenting hyperreflexia in response to torsion swing and/or caloric stimulations were found to have abnormal results in glucose and lactose tolerance tests, but normal or reduced insulin liberation. biopsies of the jejunal mucosa have shown abnormal enzyme activity or deficiencies in transport mechanisms. the use of a diet suited to each specific deficiency resulted in a high percentage of relief from the vestibular symptoms of ...20133925712
urgent and emergent re-laparotomy in trauma. a preventable cause of increased mortality?in a 2-year period, 96 patients required laparotomy for trauma at the university of kansas medical center. fifteen patients required a total of 25 emergent and urgent reexplorations. six patients required reoperation for bleeding, eight for intra-abdominal sepsis, and 3 for inadequate initial operation or missed injury. forty per cent of patients undergoing multiple laparotomies died, versus 16 per cent for single operations. factors predisposing to complications requiring re-laparotomy include ...20133717775
[vitamin k deficiency and intracranial hemorrhage]. 20133650357
a simple substitute for a missing segment of the proximal anterior urethra.we describe 2 patients with an absent segment of the bulbomembranous urethra, in 1 of whom the defect extended from the triangular ligament to the scrotal area. a simple method to restore continuity is presented, which is applicable to a wide variety of conditions resulting in the absence of a long segment of the bulbomembranous urethra.20133669176
[family allowances (1)]. 20133853294
a retrospective study on the effects of steroid administration and prolongation of the latent phase in patients with preterm premature rupture of the membranes.to address the issues of whether corticosteroid treatment and prolongation of the latent phase improve the outcome of pregnancy in patients with preterm premature rupture of the membranes, we studied 96 patients with premature rupture of the membranes who were delivered of infants of adequate weight for gestational age with birth weights between 751 and 2000 gm and who had a latent period longer than 48 hours. of these 96 infants, 53 received treatment with steroids and tocolytic agents and 43 r ...20133706431
laryngeal trauma vs length of intubation.the frequency histograms of six patients' laryngographs were studied pre- and post-endotracheal intubation. the changes were correlated with the length of intubation. the post-operative hoarse voice was seen as an increase in the spread of the lower frequencies, and an increase in the fundamental frequency. the latter change was thought to be a subconscious compensation for the hoarseness. the increased lower frequency spread as measured by standard deviation was directly proportional to the len ...20133694032
synthesis of 12-mono- and di-substituted 8-aza-11-oxasteroids.the synthesis of unsaturated derivatives of 8-aza-11-oxa-17-oxo-gonane and d-homo-gonane carrying one or two functional substituents at c-12 is reported. the key step for the construction of the heterosteroid skeleton was the cyclocondensation reaction of aldol adducts 1, derived from 1,3-cycloalkanediones and diethyl 2-oxo-malonate, with tosyl chloride and isoquinoline.20133590241
the institutionalization of geriatrics. 20133782705
basal hypersecretion of cortisol in relation to abnormal dexamethasone suppression test response in depression.the activity of the hypothalamus-hypophysis-adrenal axis was evaluated in a group of patients with primary affective disorder by correlation of basal cortisol hypersecretion and abnormal response to dexamethasone suppression test (dst). the increase in basal cortisol was not found to be responsible for suppression failure. moreover, this biochemical abnormality was common in the groups of psychiatric patients studied, although the physiopathologic mechanisms involved are different. further resea ...20133809524
[barbituric acid derivatives. 38. enantio-specific synthesis for enantiomers of barbiturates with a basic side chain on nitrogen]. 20133675167
developmental abnormalities in the chemically dependent newborn. 20133647988
anatomy and electrophysiology of neurons terminating in the corpora allata of the cockroach diploptera punctata.intracellular recording and dye injection were used to study the structure and electrophysiological properties of individual neurons that project to the corpora allata of the cockroach, diploptera punctata. neurons in the pars intercerebralis generate long-duration, tetrodotoxin-sensitive action potentials. dye injection revealed two cell types. one type extends axons to the contralateral nervi corporis cardiaci i, some of which innervate the corpora allata, and another type extends a major axon ...20133624539
the role of surgery in the treatment of post-infarction ventricular tachycardia. a 5 year experience.the purpose of this report is to present a 5 year experience in electrophysiologically guided surgical treatment of post-infarction ventricular tachycardia (vt) in a consecutive series of 39 patients. in every case the arrhythmia was not responsive to pluripharmacological therapy. the diagnostic steps included preoperative endocardial, intraoperative epi- and endocardial mapping, automatically carried out when possible. surgical techniques were: classic guiraudon's encircling endocardial ventric ...20133597529
the association of specific "favorable" cytogenetic abnormalities with secondary leukemia.eight patients with secondary leukemia and specific cytogenetic abnormalities involving inversion of chromosome 16, or translocations between chromosomes 15 and 17, or 8 and 21, are presented. seven of them (87%) achieved complete remission with chemotherapy. the occurrence of these karyotypes, which is unusual in secondary leukemia, and the favorable response to chemotherapy are discussed in relation to the pathogenesis of the disease.20133719557
the cutting diathermy and drain tracts. 20133810377
modified instruments for wrist fusion.a technique and new instruments for intramedullary fixation of the wrist arthrodesis is described, based on the technique of clayton, popularized by nalebuff and millender. this allows early mobilisation, secure fixation and simplicity of the technique. it also allows other surgical procedures to be performed under the same anaesthetic and tourniquet due to the reduction in operative time.20133734569
symposium on skull base tumors. toronto, february 26-28, 1985. 20144084870
dna damage measured using the alkaline elution assay depends on time between subculturing of cells and irradiation.in experiments utilizing the alkaline filter elution assay for radiation-induced dna damage we observed an unexpected dependence of hypoxic dose-response curves on the length of time v79 cells were in exponential growth between subculturing and irradiation. dose-response curves for dna from cells irradiated in air were identical regardless of whether the exponential-phase cells had been subcultured 24 or 48 h prior to irradiation, but cells irradiated in hypoxia 24 h after subculture displayed a ...20143952272
contribution of ct scan to the diagnosis of fahr's syndrome.of 7040 patients who were examined with ct scan for various reasons, 72 (1.02%) showed symmetrical intracranial calcifications. on the basis of the extent of the calcifications, the patients were divided into 3 groups of which the first (10 cases), with extensive calcifications, showed clear findings of hypoparathyroidism; the second (4 cases), with less extensive calcifications, showed borderline laboratory findings and the third (58 cases), with calcifications only in the internal part of the ...20143993326
dental health survey of gilbert and ellice islanders. 20144381043
dental health survey of gilbert and ellice islanders. 20144381043
relation between gm(f) and the structure of the gamma-globulin molecule. 20144160245
[elbow dislocation complicated by diaphyseal fracture of the radius]. 20144147862
description and classification--the cornerstones of pathokinesiological research. 20143952155
influence of conspecific males on the oestrous cycle of underfed female mice.female mice maintained on restricted diet (3.5, 3.0 and 2.5 gm/female/day) exhibited disturbances in the oestrous cycle which were directly related to the degree of diet restriction. females maintained on restricted diet, 2.5 gm/day, showed complete suppression of the oestrous cycle. the presence of a conspecific male was effective in maintaining normal oestrous cycles in underfed females to some extent. it is suggested that the ability of males to maintain oestrous cycle in underfed females is ...20144054221
influence of interaural level differences on the speech recognition masking level difference.this study was undertaken to determine the effect of interaural level differences on the magnitude of the speech recognition masking level differences obtained from younger and older subjects with normal hearing and from subjects with asymmetrical sensorineural hearing losses. a ten-word subgroup of cid w-1 spondaic words having the largest masking-level differences was used. masking level differences decreased systematically with increasing interaural level differences for all three groups. at ...20143977779
[primary neoplasms of the thalamus]. 20144294252
[primary neoplasms of the thalamus]. 20144294252
the energetics of frog rectus abdominis muscle shortening under isotonic load. 20144264330
the energetics of frog rectus abdominis muscle shortening under isotonic load. 20144264330
chromatic information processing in the foveal projection (area striata) of unanesthetized primate. 20144206537
histochemical method. its evolution and applications. 20144105311
[adjustment and personal loss. a contribution to the psychopathology of childhood and adolescence]. 20144010828
learning and retrieval rate of words presented auditorily and visually.mode of presentation (visual or auditory) of a multitrial free recall test is stressed as an important factor in improving the diagnosis of certain neurological patients. for further use in neuropsychological research, an experiment was carried out using normal subjects, in which the effects of presentation mode and order of modality were investigated. there were no differential effects of these variables on several parameters, such as the number of words recalled and the learning curve. the tim ...20144056765
[status of endemic leprosy in senegal in 1983]. 20143895804
the nutritionist in a drug rehabilitation center: a medical school reaches out. 20144422644
[cutaneous tuberculosis. historical, clinical aspects and therapeutic development]. 20144294262
[cutaneous tuberculosis. historical, clinical aspects and therapeutic development]. 20144294262
eeg activation with amitriptyline. 20144182007
[prevention of the recurrence of goiter. surgical and medical aspects]. 20144136182
[respiratory distress syndrome]. 20144068513
[the process of maturation of the proximal epiphyses of both bones of the forearm in the female]. 20144288884
[the process of maturation of the proximal epiphyses of both bones of the forearm in the female]. 20144288884
[the shoulder-arm syndrome]. 20144160465
in-vitro inhibition of leucocyte migration by sarcoid spleen suspension in coeliac disease and dermatitis herpetiformis. 20144107984
osteoid osteoma of the thoracic spine with surgical decompression aided by somatosensory evoked potentials. a case report. 20144049102
effects of presleep procedures and cognitive style on dream content. 20144323314
steps in the diagnosis of three functioning endocrine tumors. 20144325108
steps in the diagnosis of three functioning endocrine tumors. 20144325108
[dysphagia lusoria in an adult associated with intralobar sequestration of the left lung and lateral fistula of the neck. (illustration of a surgical case)]. 20144669952
[dysphagia lusoria in an adult associated with intralobar sequestration of the left lung and lateral fistula of the neck. (illustration of a surgical case)]. 20144669952
genetics of fallot's tetralogy. 20144256274
dermatological and biochemical anomalies in two patients with pellagroid syndromes. 20144239021
[complicated injuries of the extremities]. 20144436092
[complicated injuries of the extremities]. 20144436092
steroid therapy for haemophilia. 20144189790
a critical review of current clean air legislation. 20144187856
multi-locus polymorphism and selection in a population of drosophila melanogaster. i. linkage disequilibrium on chromosome 3. 20144210038
a bedside monitor for use with central dialysate supply. 20144167859
glucose tolerance and insulin insensitivity. 20144172142
proceedings: a family study suggesting genetic linkage of phosphopyruvate hydratse (enolase) to the rh blood group system. 20144208018
[comparative evaluation of different methods of detecting leukocyturia]. 20144134672
[some clinical data on the role of cardiovascular and endocrine disorders in the pathogenesis of primary glaucoma]. 20144410909
[some clinical data on the role of cardiovascular and endocrine disorders in the pathogenesis of primary glaucoma]. 20144410909
inaccuracy of test strips with reflectance meter in determination of high blood-sugars. 20144111578
gastrointestinal bleeding: a possible association with ibuprofen. 20144110041
physiological stress and performance changes in response to beginning level orienteering. 20144068683
the effect of hydrocortisone on fibroblast-leukocyte interaction in vitro. 20144248339
[electromyographic control of hypnotherapy in bronchial asthma]. 20144033005
[chemical studies of a chinese traditional drug fingered citron (citrus medica l. var sarcodactylis (noot.) swingle]. 20144096232
pharmacokinetics of metronidazole in patients with varying degrees of renal failure.twenty-nine patients with varying degrees of renal insufficiency were given a single intravenous dose of metronidazole (500 mg). plasma and urinary concentrations of metronidazole and two major metabolites were determined using a specific high performance liquid chromatographic assay. the pharmacokinetic parameters of metronidazole elimination half-life, area under the metronidazole concentration against time curve, apparent volume of distribution, metronidazole clearance and predicted degree of ...20143986078
immunoglobulin e in feces from children with allergy. evidence of local production of ige in the gut.immunoglobulin e (ige) was found by a double antibody radioimmunoassay technique (prist) in extracts of feces from 21 of 40 children with different kinds of allergy. 15 of the 22 children with gastrointestinal allergy and atopic dermatitis, but only 6 of the 17 patients with hay fever and/or bronchial asthma had detectable ige in the extracts. the patients with gastrointestinal allergy also had the highest concentrations of fecal ige, and the concentrations in feces did not correlate with the co ...20143967940
[new observations in a case of cronkhite-canada syndrome].we report about a 76 years old patient with cronkhite-canada syndrome. the diagnosis has been found with the following clinical symptoms: diarrhea, anorexia, alopecia, and onychotrophia. laboratory values: severe hypoproteinemia (total serum protein 4.3 g/dl, albumin 2.4 g/dl); endoscopical and radiological findings: a generalized polyposis which involved the whole intestine except the oesophagus. as far as we saw in our literature-overview of 55 patients with cronkhite-canada syndrome, this pat ...20143962397
medicare prospective payment: anticipated effect on hospitals, other community agencies, and families.the switch to prospective payment for hospitals under medicare is expected to have ramifications in a number of different areas. this paper addresses a select number of those areas: hospital organization and management, other community agencies, and families. questions are raised as to the capacity to provide adequate care in response to the increased demand for care outside the hospital setting that will result from the new payment system.20143930595
hilde bruch, m.d. 1904-1984. 20143893167
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