| maintaining quality of care while reducing charges in the icu. ten ways. | we believed that the dilemma of controlling costs yet maintaining quality of care might be approached in 10 ways designed to improve efficiency of care: principles of management, elimination of standing orders, classification of patients, written guidelines, mandatory communication, no repetitive orders, single order for single test, removal of monitoring catheters, constant administrative attention, and feedback. we monitored quality of care using the therapeutic intervention scoring system (ti ... | 2014 | 4051601 |
| [side effects in antibiotic therapy]. | | 2015 | 4487244 |
| conduction velocities in methylmercury poisoned patients. | | 2015 | 4433856 |
| aneurysm of ductus arteriosus in infancy: report of two surgically treated cases. | | 2016 | 5049849 |
| metabolism of the heart in health and disease. ii. | | 2016 | 4882561 |
| effects of induced elated and depressed mood on self-focused attention. | recent accounts of depression propose a central role for increased self-focus in the onset and maintenance of depression. the present study investigated whether there might also be a converse effect of depressed mood increasing self-focus. a state measure of self-focused attention was administered to normal subjects before and after induction of depressed or happy mood. compared to happy subjects, depressed subjects showed more negative and less positive self-focus. positive and negative externa ... | 2007 | 1933048 |
| principles of the diagnostic system 'orfèvre' for computerized analysis in radiology. | | 2010 | 2980470 |
| [alpha fetoprotein in the diagnosis of fetal abnormalities]. | | 2001 | 90483 |
| management of pathological fractures at the mayo clinic. | | 2005 | 1234120 |
| complications of intracranial bypass for vertebrobasilar insufficiency. | the authors' initial experience with intracranial revascularization of vertebrobasilar insufficiency, reported previously, fortunately yielded reasonably good results with high patency rates but in some cases there were significant, albeit temporary, complications. since that time, major brain-stem strokes have occurred in two patients following superficial temporal to superior cerebellar artery bypass procedures. this occurrence has caused the authors to reassess their experience with this proc ... | 2008 | 2643687 |
| complications of intracranial bypass for vertebrobasilar insufficiency. | the authors' initial experience with intracranial revascularization of vertebrobasilar insufficiency, reported previously, fortunately yielded reasonably good results with high patency rates but in some cases there were significant, albeit temporary, complications. since that time, major brain-stem strokes have occurred in two patients following superficial temporal to superior cerebellar artery bypass procedures. this occurrence has caused the authors to reassess their experience with this proc ... | 2008 | 2643687 |
| [cardiac manifestations of chronic atrophic polychondritis]. | the authors present a case of chronic atrophic polychondritis with cardiovascular complications, consisting of aortic incompetence due to dilatation of the aortic ring associated with an aneurysm of the ascending aorta and a first degree atrio-ventricular block occurring six months after the onset of the disease. the progression towards heart failure resulted in the replacement of the ascending aorta and of the aortic valve. the authors discuss the cardiovascular complications of this disease. | 2014 | 4015012 |
| effect of dialysate sodium on the dopamine, adrenaline and noradrenaline concentration in haemodialysis patients. | in eight stable patients, plasma dopamine (da), adrenaline (a) and noradrenaline (na) was measured during haemodialysis with high sodium (148meq/l) and low sodium (131meq/l) dialysate. during haemodialysis and ultrafiltration with high dialysate sodium an increase of da, a and na was not observed in response to the cold pressor test (cd). however, with the low sodium dialysate an increase in da and na was observed during cd. we suggest that high sodium dialysate is connected with the sympathetic ... | 2014 | 3991502 |
| [clinical significance and therapy of extrasystole]. | | 1999 | 84445 |
| [community epidemiology]. | | 2007 | 1853100 |
| [value of 2-dimensional echocardiography in infective endocarditis]. | we analyzed the two dimensional echocardiograms (2d echo) of 41 patients with infective endocarditis (ie). the diagnosis of endocarditis was based on typical clinical findings, positive blood cultures or anatomical findings at operation or necropsy. age ranged from 21 to 73 years. endocarditis was localized in a native valve in 30 patients (aortic 18, mitral 11 and tricuspid 1), a biologic prosthesis in 9 (mitral 4, aortic 4, unknown 1) and a mechanical valve in 4 (aortic 3, mitral 1). the echoc ... | 2008 | 2519354 |
| [endometriosis causing intestinal stenosis]. | | 2013 | 3787802 |
| variation of estrogen and progesterone receptor status in breast cancer. | in a series of fifty breast cancer patients two estrogen and progesterone receptor assays were performed. in two simultaneous assays (tissue samples taken at the same time) disordant results in estrogen receptor, progesterone receptor and double receptor status were detected in 12%, 12% and 21% of cases respectively. in sequential assays (tissue samples taken with an interval between the samples) this variation was more pronounced, 24%, 36% and 36% respectively. the variation in simultaneous ass ... | 2014 | 4015025 |
| time of day as a factor in collision-involvement of drunken drivers. | | 2015 | 4713844 |
| time of day as a factor in collision-involvement of drunken drivers. | | 2015 | 4713844 |
| cloverleaf skull. | | 2015 | 4669244 |
| use of computerized data listings and activity profiles of genetic and related effects in the review of 195 compounds. | computer-generated listings of data from short-term tests for genetic and related effects (activity profile listings) were prepared for 195 compounds that included for each compound, the test system (identified by a three-letter code word), qualitative results and the lowest effective dose (led) or highest ineffective dose (hid) tested. a corresponding bar or line graph (activity profile) was also generated, in which test systems are displayed along the x-axis and the led or hid values along the ... | 2012 | 3367921 |
| chiasma frequency in three inbred strains of mice. | | 2016 | 5039619 |
| erosive gastritis and gastrointestinal bleeding in a female runner. prevention of the bleeding and healing of the gastritis with h2-receptor antagonists. | a 33-yr-old female runner presented with upper gastrointestinal symptoms and iron deficiency anemia. she was found to have erosive gastritis that was present when she exercised and which was associated with symptoms. gastrointestinal blood loss during exercise periods was confirmed by measuring fecal blood loss using 51cr-labeled red cells. symptoms, gastritis, and blood loss disappeared with cessation of running or with h2-receptor antagonist therapy. | 2010 | 2883068 |
| hormone-induced differentiation of antheridial branches in achlya ambisexualis: dependence on ribonucleic acid synthesis. | | 2016 | 4837576 |
| new prosthetic venous collar anastomotic technique: combining the best of other procedures. | | 2007 | 1913097 |
| psychological immunisation. | | 2013 | 4113422 |
| [nephropathies due to analgesics. introduction to the problem]. | | 2015 | 4439361 |
| iupac-iub commission on biochemical nomenclature (cbn). nomenclature of iron-sulfur proteins. 1973 recommendations. | | 2016 | 4731195 |
| development and application of weighted criteria to assess stainless steel crown restorations on primary teeth. | | 1995 | 3327936 |
| induction of malignant transformation and mutagenesis by dihydrodiols derived from 7,12-dimethylbenz[a]anthracene. | | 1998 | 105732 |
| radiology societies. | | 1998 | 104596 |
| epidermal cytoplasmic antigens. | | 1999 | 85677 |
| standards for infection control in recovery room nursing. | | 1999 | 88922 |
| self-treatment of cold sores with ice. | | 1999 | 84976 |
| pattern and flash visual evoked responses in multiple sclerosis. | in multiple sclerosis (ms), increase of delay may be important, but the earlier change is the behavior of the wave shape; amplitude is always lower even in ms patients without visual subjective symptomatology, provided not only flash but also pattern stimulation is performed. normal amplitude with pattern stimulation does not necessarily mean normal with flash. combining both stimulation methods, we obtained lowering of amplitude and change of wave shape in 100% of cases while latency was increa ... | 2000 | 87495 |
| branch vein occlusion study. | | 2000 | 90028 |
| [cesarean section]. | | 2000 | 90018 |
| esophagomyotomy versus forceful dilation for achalasia of the esophagus: results in 899 patients. | between 1949 and 1976, 899 patients underwent treatment for achalasia of the esophagus at the mayo clinic, 431 by forceful hydrostatic or pneumatic dilation and 468 by a standardized transthoracic esophagomyotomy. esophageal leak and mediastinal sepsis was an uncommon but major complication of both types of therapy, occurring four times more often with dilation (4%) than with myotomy (1%), although no deaths resulted from this in either group. the 30-day mortality was 0.2% after myotomy and 0.5% ... | 2000 | 89837 |
| carcinoid syndrome with cardiac involvement: successful palliative cardiac surgery. | | 2000 | 86496 |
| allo-anti-c in a patient who had previously made an autoantibody mimicking anti-c. | a patient, previously studied by us, who had produced a benign autoantibody with a specificity that mimicked anti-c, has now produced allo-anti-c that is not of the mimicking type. she is no longer producing any serologically demonstrable autoantibody. it is highly probable that conversion from auto to alloantibody production in this patient was prompted by the introduction of additional foreign immunogen on fetal red blood cells during her third pregnancy. | 2000 | 86216 |
| research needs in low vision. | research needs are presented for several areas of low vision: (1) reading and learning, (2) new low-vision aids, (3) modifying the environment, (4) utilization of disciplines, (5) new technologies, and (6) integrating low-vision services. | 2001 | 88182 |
| a method to determine the end point of decalcification of hard tissue and bone. | a method for decalcification end point determination of mineralized tissue is described. the calcium content of the decalcification solution was determined colorimetrically with a "continuous automatic analyzer" with a high degree of accuracy. the end point method used has been tested on two decalcification methods, 5% nitric acid with or without ultrasonic treatment. the results suggest it is possible to quantitate the decalcification process. | 2001 | 2193429 |
| comparison of aerosolized atropine, isoproterenol, atropine plus isoproterenol, disodium cromoglycate and placebo in the prevention of exercise-induced asthma. | | 2001 | 98293 |
| [questions to television from psychopathology]. | progress is expected in psychopathological diagnosis by using audiovisual procedures. nowadays, a valid psychopathology concept should be broadly planned and the important method of description as well as understanding procedures should be considered. for such a model of psychopathology it seems appropriate to investigate the different psychopathological phenomenons as expression of a disturbed communication ability. concerning this outlook, new strategies are to be developed or procedures of ot ... | 2001 | 90381 |
| correlation between computed tomographic values and liver iron content in thalassaemia major with iron overload. | computer tomographic (ct) scans of the liver were obtained in six thalassaemic patients with iron overload confirmed by liver biopsy. mean ct values for the liver in individual patients were linearly related to the iron content estimated by liver biopsy (correlation coefficient = 0.995). | 2001 | 87781 |
| [surgery and surgeons of leningrad during the great patriotic war]. | | 2002 | 132736 |
| [touraine's systemic elastorrhexis]. | | 2002 | 128782 |
| influence of the classifications of oral mucosa on the development of mucogingival surgery. | | 2002 | 140360 |
| use of weight-adjusted oxygen uptake scores that avoid spurious correlations. | | 2002 | 4531660 |
| [thrombocytopenias. immunological aspects]. | | 2002 | 120272 |
| the hospital as the site for acupuncture research: applied and basic. part ii. | | 2003 | 296177 |
| [smith-mccort syndrome (author's transl)]. | an 13-year-old mentally normal boy with short-trunked dwarfism is discribed as a case of the smith-mccort syndrome (smc-syndrome). his disease has been observed radiologically, clinically an histologically for many years. according to spranger (23) this disorder differs from the dyggve-melchior-clausen disease (dmc-syndrome) by lacking oligophrenia. beside a characteristic flattening of the vertebral bodies both syndromes show a lacelike appearance of the iliac crest (crest sign) as a significan ... | 2003 | 154455 |
| the relationship of the pulp and periodontium. | | 2003 | 149297 |
| some aspects of the genetics and etiology of spontaneous diabetes mellitus. | | 2004 | 525205 |
| [ultrasonic localization for closed renal biopsy]. | | 2004 | 520913 |
| a microcomputer-based signal acquisition system suitable for use in the pharmacological and physiological laboratory [proceedings]. | | 2004 | 497605 |
| a review of the value of radiation therapy for adenocarcinoma of the rectum and sigmoid. | | 2004 | 387561 |
| a real time 2-dimensional ultrasonic scanner for clinical use. | the technical details of a real time 2-dimensional ultrasonic scanning system are described, with particular regard to the improved clinical performance over other 2-dimensional scanners. our instrument is capable of being used with existing ultrasonic equipment extending certain standard ultrasonic machines for use as real time 2-dimensional scanners conveniently and at little cost. initial results are given and future technical developments are discussed. | 2005 | 1251552 |
| recruiting and retaining minority students in health sciences training programs. | | 2005 | 1195416 |
| a genetic study of plasma dopamine beta-hydroxylase in affective disorder. | plasma dbh activity was studied in patients with affective illness (unipolar or bipolar) and in their families. we found diagnosis, mood state or lithium treatment did not modify plasma dbh activity. in family studies we found same-sex siblings to show significant correlations for plasma dbh activity regardless of diagnosis. monozygotic twins had almost identical dbh activities; 4 pairs of monozygotic twins discordant for affective illness were concordant for dhb activity. the heritability estim ... | 2005 | 1177948 |
| proceedings: serologic abnormalities and their significance in localized scleroderma. | | 2005 | 1081397 |
| the differential diagnosis of supratentorial enhancing lesions on computed tomography. | one hundred and fifty-one surgical, autopsy or clinically confirmed supratentorial lesions evaluated by computed tomography at mount sinai medical center were reviewed to determine if their etiology could be predicted by their pattern of enhancement after the intravenous bolus injection of an iodine containing contrast agent. meningiomas, gliomas, metastases, primary lymphomas, cerebral infarcts, intracerebral hematomas, arteriovenous malformations, aneurysms and abscesses were evaluated. the di ... | 2005 | 547368 |
| [pelvic fractures in multiply injured patients (author's transl)]. | | 2005 | 538868 |
| [plastic surgery of distal defects of the fingers using free vascularized autologous grafts]. | the results of 50 operations for replacement of soft tissue defects of the fingers are analysed. plastic repair of the defects in 6 cases was performed with free neurovascular autotransplants taken from the lateral surfaces of the middle or ring finger. in 5 cases the transplanted graft healed, in one case its necrosis occurred. the late-term results were studied in follow-up periods of 4 to 34 weeks. a good aesthetic and functional result was recorded, including restoration of discriminating se ... | 2006 | 1803120 |
| [plastic surgery of distal defects of the fingers using free vascularized autologous grafts]. | the results of 50 operations for replacement of soft tissue defects of the fingers are analysed. plastic repair of the defects in 6 cases was performed with free neurovascular autotransplants taken from the lateral surfaces of the middle or ring finger. in 5 cases the transplanted graft healed, in one case its necrosis occurred. the late-term results were studied in follow-up periods of 4 to 34 weeks. a good aesthetic and functional result was recorded, including restoration of discriminating se ... | 2006 | 1803120 |
| aspects of the evolution of the lamin/intermediate filament protein family: a current analysis of invertebrate intermediate filament proteins. | | 2006 | 1794458 |
| [an epidemiology of hypertension in japanese]. | | 2006 | 1635191 |
| some 'sort of vascular phenomenon'. | | 2006 | 1867603 |
| [differential diagnosis of 2 forms of necrospermia]. | | 2006 | 3321663 |
| development of a malignant tumor in a liver transplant graft procured from a donor with a cerebral neoplasm. | | 2007 | 2238063 |
| development of a malignant tumor in a liver transplant graft procured from a donor with a cerebral neoplasm. | | 2007 | 2238063 |
| chemotherapy-related hemolytic-uremic syndrome after the treatment of head and neck cancer. a case report. | a 62-year-old woman who was being treated for squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck developed a chemotherapy-related hemolytic-uremic syndrome during the second cycle of neoadjuvant chemotherapy consisting of cisplatin, bleomycin, and methotrexate. though the syndrome was suspected early, attempts at reversing the hematologic and renal abnormalities were unsuccessful. at postmortem examination, the characteristic microvascular lesions of the hemolytic-uremic syndrome were found in the kid ... | 2007 | 2224786 |
| chemotherapy-related hemolytic-uremic syndrome after the treatment of head and neck cancer. a case report. | a 62-year-old woman who was being treated for squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck developed a chemotherapy-related hemolytic-uremic syndrome during the second cycle of neoadjuvant chemotherapy consisting of cisplatin, bleomycin, and methotrexate. though the syndrome was suspected early, attempts at reversing the hematologic and renal abnormalities were unsuccessful. at postmortem examination, the characteristic microvascular lesions of the hemolytic-uremic syndrome were found in the kid ... | 2007 | 2224786 |
| sister chromatid exchanges in the lymphocytes of tuberculosis patients receiving short-term chemotherapy. | the frequency of sister chromatid exchanges was estimated in tuberculosis patients undergoing three different short term chemotherapy regimens (2shrz, 2hrz and 2h2r2z2), to evaluate the possible genetic damage caused by anti-tuberculous drugs. of the three combinations studied, two combinations (2shrz and 2hrz), which were administered daily, enhanced the frequency of sister chromatid exchanges significantly (p less than 0.05), while the third bi-weekly combination (2h2r2z2) did not show any sig ... | 2007 | 2238122 |
| sister chromatid exchanges in the lymphocytes of tuberculosis patients receiving short-term chemotherapy. | the frequency of sister chromatid exchanges was estimated in tuberculosis patients undergoing three different short term chemotherapy regimens (2shrz, 2hrz and 2h2r2z2), to evaluate the possible genetic damage caused by anti-tuberculous drugs. of the three combinations studied, two combinations (2shrz and 2hrz), which were administered daily, enhanced the frequency of sister chromatid exchanges significantly (p less than 0.05), while the third bi-weekly combination (2h2r2z2) did not show any sig ... | 2007 | 2238122 |
| flumazenil therapy in benzodiazepine self-poisoning. | | 2007 | 2045270 |
| [successful resection of mediastinal and abdominal recurrent tumors of esophageal leiomyosarcoma 12 years after surgery]. | a 57-year-old woman admitted to our hospital in october, 1988 because of the tumor of the abdominal wall and abnormal shadows of right chest wall and right upper mediastinum. her esophagus had been resected and reconstructed by the stomach roll because of the esophageal leiomyosarcoma in may, 1976. clinical examinations revealed that the abdominal mass and chest shadows were the recurrence of the leiomyosarcoma. the abdominal tumor was resected on 17th october, 1988. on 14th december, 1988 right ... | 2007 | 2137887 |
| [generalities on the immunological mechanisms of graft rejection]. | | 2007 | 1853117 |
| cost consciousness. | | 2007 | 1995750 |
| body mass index variations: centiles from birth to 87 years. | this report provides body mass index (weight/height2) values for the french population from birth to the age of 87 years. bmi curves increase during the first year, decrease until the age of 6, increase again up to 65 years and decrease thereafter. these variations reflect the total changes of fat body mass during life. the 50th centile values of wt/ht2 at the ages of 20, 40, 60, 80 years are 21.5, 24.6, 25.4, 24.4 kg/m2 for men and 20.6, 22.6, 24.1, 23.4 kg/m2 for women. the values for the 3rd, ... | 2007 | 1855495 |
| genetic abnormalities in duchenne and becker dystrophies: clinical correlations. | duchenne muscular dystrophy (dmd) and becker muscular dystrophy (bmd) are two allelic forms of an x-linked muscle disorder exhibiting phenotypic heterogeneity. we studied 49 individuals clinically diagnosed as having classic dmd, female dmd, mild dmd "outliers," and bmd. the patients' dna was analyzed and alterations detected were correlated with particular phenotypes. we found that 14 of 32 classic dmd patients have an internal deletion in the same, relatively small, region of the gene; therefo ... | 2008 | 2648185 |
| a clinico-pathologic presentation. mucoepidermoid carcinoma. | | 2008 | 2630610 |
| a clinico-pathologic presentation. mucoepidermoid carcinoma. | | 2008 | 2630610 |
| blood. | | 2008 | 2605442 |
| [tumors of the adrenal medulla: nosologic profile and diagnostic technics]. | a nosologic re-arrangement of medullo-adrenal neoplasms has been looked for in this article, with particular regard to their common relationship to the complex histogenic system descending from the neuroectoderma-neural crista. the morpho-biologic features of these clinical entities are also reviewed, as well as the up to date laboratory and imaging techniques, with a stress on the high sensibility and specificity levels afforded, e.g., for some of these tumours by selected radio-isotopic examin ... | 2008 | 2576573 |
| effects of tapioca obtained from cassava (manihot utilissima) on the disintegration and dissolution rates of paracetamol tablets. | the properties of tapioca obtained from cassava (manihot utilissima) have been evaluated. its binding effect in tablets of paracetamol on the disintegration and dissolution rates was compared with tablets prepared with polyvinylpyrrolidone and gelatin. the nature and amount of the binders were found to alter the disintegration and dissolution rates of the tablets by reducing their wettability as measured by the adhesion tension of water. a linear relationship has been found to exist between the ... | 2008 | 2565972 |
| [aortocoronary bypass surgery in a case of systemic lupus erythematosus and calcified aorta]. | | 2008 | 3258934 |
| intensive chemotherapy in sclc. | | 2008 | 2546777 |
| [the history of the organization of museums and exhibitions of industrial hygiene and worker protection]. | | 2008 | 2276671 |
| determination of cations in tear fluid samples by non-suppressed ion chromatography with indirect uv detection. | | 2008 | 2600152 |
| subaortic stenosis associated with anomalous right ventricular muscle bundle and ventricular septal defect. | a rare case of biventricular outflow tract obstruction in the form of discrete subaortic membrane and hypertrophic anomalous right ventricular muscle bundle associated with ventricular septal defect is presented. | 2009 | 2777307 |
| cerebral vascular malformations: applications of magnetic resonance imaging to differential diagnosis. | twelve patients with cerebral vascular malformations (5 cavernous angiomas, 1 thrombosed arteriovenous malformation, and 6 venous angiomas) were studied with magnetic resonance (mr) imaging. all lesions were clearly depicted. characteristic mr findings were obtained mainly on t2-weighted images: a markedly low intensity area was always seen. the margins of arteriovenous malformation (avm) and venous angioma were irregular while those of cavernous angioma were smooth in all planes on t2-weighted ... | 2009 | 2797424 |
| cerebral vascular malformations: applications of magnetic resonance imaging to differential diagnosis. | twelve patients with cerebral vascular malformations (5 cavernous angiomas, 1 thrombosed arteriovenous malformation, and 6 venous angiomas) were studied with magnetic resonance (mr) imaging. all lesions were clearly depicted. characteristic mr findings were obtained mainly on t2-weighted images: a markedly low intensity area was always seen. the margins of arteriovenous malformation (avm) and venous angioma were irregular while those of cavernous angioma were smooth in all planes on t2-weighted ... | 2009 | 2797424 |
| two-dimensional echocardiographic visualization of turbulent intracardiac blood flow across the stenotic mitral valve. | | 2009 | 2773781 |
| radiologic case study. posterior tibial tendon rupture. | | 2009 | 2798245 |
| radiologic case study. posterior tibial tendon rupture. | | 2009 | 2798245 |
| [open lung biopsy in immunocompromised patients with diffuse pulmonary infiltrates]. | in order to evaluate the diagnostic usefulness of open lung biopsy and to determine how could it influence the treatment and the evolution of the disease, the clinical histories of 19 immunocompromised patients with diffuse lung infiltrates were reviewed. one or more specific diagnosis were obtained in 14 patients (73%) by open lung biopsy. however, the initial treatment was modified, in view of the results of the biopsy only in 3 cases (15%). only 5 patients survived and were discharged. there ... | 2009 | 2772325 |
| animal experiments. | | 2009 | 2755475 |
| the use of the "cross over technique" in the management of a traumatic vertebro-vertebral fistula. | a case of dissecting stab wound injury to the right vertebral artery with a vertebro-vertebral fistula is reported. since a complete occlusion of a vv-fistula was not possible from a proximal approach with detachable balloons only retrograde catheterisation of the right vertebral artery via the left vertebral artery was undertaken (cross over technique). the introduction of thrombogenic platinum-coils led to a successful and complete occlusion of the fistula. | 2009 | 2747896 |