| a sonographic and karyotypic study of second-trimester fetal choroid plexus cysts. | a prospective study was undertaken of 513 women between 15.6-24.1 weeks' gestation who had a level ii ultrasound examination followed immediately by a genetic amniocentesis. the presence or absence of fetal choroid plexus cysts was noted and the results correlated with the fetal karyotype. thirteen cases of choroid plexus cysts were observed sonographically, a prevalence of 2.5%. the size of the cysts ranged from 3-10 mm, with a median of 6 mm. there were no other sonographically detectable cong ... | 2009 | 2649818 |
| problems associated with the use of immediately dangerous to life and health (idlh) values for estimating the hazard of accidental chemical releases. | the possibility of accidental industrial chemical releases has generated considerable recent attention. one area requiring research for emergency planning is the development of safe exposure concentrations for the public in the event of an inadvertent release. the united states environmental protection agency (epa) has established a list of extremely hazardous substances and suggested that the toxicity ranking for 92 hazardous materials could be based on the "immediately dangerous to life or hea ... | 2009 | 2688389 |
| microbial lipids betrayed by their fossils. | novel families of microbial lipids have been betrayed by their molecular fossils. they comprise the very widespread and varied hopanoids, and 'orphan' lipids. membrane reinforcement appears to be universally achieved by these polyterpenoids; a hypothetical phylogenetic tree comprises the above, some postulated intermediates, bacterial carotenoids, cycloartenol, and finally cholesterol. | 2010 | 3153170 |
| lateral diffusion of specific antibodies bound to lipid monolayers on alkylated substrates. | we have measured the lateral mobility of fluoresceinated monoclonal igg antibodies bound specifically to a spin label lipid hapten in phospholipid monolayers supported on alkylated silicon oxide surfaces. dimyristoyl phosphatidylcholine and dipalmitoyl phosphatidylcholine monolayers containing 5 mol% of the lipid hapten were transferred by conventional langmuir-blodgett techniques onto substrates alkylated with hydrocarbon chains containing 10, 16, and 18 carbon atoms. we show that the diffusion ... | 2010 | 3006037 |
| lateral diffusion of specific antibodies bound to lipid monolayers on alkylated substrates. | we have measured the lateral mobility of fluoresceinated monoclonal igg antibodies bound specifically to a spin label lipid hapten in phospholipid monolayers supported on alkylated silicon oxide surfaces. dimyristoyl phosphatidylcholine and dipalmitoyl phosphatidylcholine monolayers containing 5 mol% of the lipid hapten were transferred by conventional langmuir-blodgett techniques onto substrates alkylated with hydrocarbon chains containing 10, 16, and 18 carbon atoms. we show that the diffusion ... | 2010 | 3006037 |
| surgical streams in the flow of health care financing. the role of surgery in national expenditures: what costs are controllable? | the dollar flow in united states medical care has been analyzed in terms of a six-level model; this model and the gross 1981 flow data are set forth. of the estimated $310 billion expended in 1981, it is estimated that $85-$95 billion was the "surgical stream", i.e., that amount expended to take care of surgical patients at a variety of institutional types and including ambulatory care and surgeons' fees. some of the determinants of surgical flow are reviewed as well as controllable costs and ca ... | 2010 | 3918514 |
| [prevention of the problems of alcoholism]. | | 2010 | 2975175 |
| recent advances and controversies in childhood renal osteodystrophy. | renal osteodystrophy starts very early in chronic renal failure. although vitamin d levels are normal in patients with 70-80% function, the levels are not appropriate to the prevailing biochemical milieu. renal osteodystrophy may contribute to renal growth failure but a correlation between the degree of renal osteodystrophy and growth failure is not observed. catch-up growth cannot be obtained over a longer period of time with vitamin d. the main reason for osteomalacia is al intoxication. alumi ... | 2010 | 3153280 |
| [the administration of calcium channel blockers in patients with cerebrovascular diseases]. | | 2010 | 2922083 |
| solvent interactions with n, n-dialkylnicotinamides and their effects on rotational barriers. | carbon-13 nuclear magnetic resonance techniques were employed to examine the effects of solvent environment on rotational barriers in a series of molecules structurally-related to the analeptic, nikethamide: n,n-dimethylnicotinamide, n,n-di-n-propylnicotinamide, and 1-nicotinoyl piperidine. total bandshape analysis was performed for the exchanging alkyl carbon resonances of these compounds as a function of temperature in four solvent systems: d2o, ch3od, ch3ch2od and cdcl3. the rate constants fo ... | 2010 | 2937406 |
| [fibrinolytic therapy of thromboembolic vascular occlusions: experiences based on 87 patients]. | | 2010 | 2974192 |
| [hormonal status of girls in the neutral, prepubertal and pubertal periods of life]. | | 2010 | 2935044 |
| outcome of early surgery after coronary angioplasty. | nineteen of 69 patients undergoing coronary angioplasty required immediate coronary surgery after the procedure. six of these operations were planned as a result of angioplasty that failed without producing any complication. the remaining 13 cases were operated upon because complications occurred during angioplasty. these were coronary artery dissection in four, occlusion in five, continuing severe spasm in two, tamponade in one, and in one other detachment of a guidewire tip. in these 13 cases ... | 2010 | 2937432 |
| ciprostene in patients with peripheral vascular disease (pvd). an open-label, tolerance trial. | epoprostenol (prostacyclin) has been studied with various success in patients with peripheral vascular disease (pvd). we investigated the tolerance of a new, stable prostacyclin derivative ciprostene (9-beta-methyl carbacyclin) in 9 pvd patients. the drug was infused intravenously for 8 hours a day, once a week for 4 consecutive weeks, at a dose of 120 ng/kg/min. there were 6 men and 3 women with a mean age of 63 years (42-78). the pvd was verified by arteriography (9 patients) and by clinical f ... | 2010 | 3068680 |
| hay fever treatments--which should be tried first? | a series of comparative trials on nine popular and pharmacologically distinct regimens for the treatment of hay fever was undertaken in the course of normal general practice in the pollen seasons of 1981-83. one hundred and forty doctors recruited 640 patients to assess the overall usefulness of the treatments on daily diaries. ;usefulness' was scored on a linear analogue scale weighing up the degree of hay fever symptoms during treatment, side effects and ease of use of the preparation.the regi ... | 2010 | 2896796 |
| bioactivity and immunoreactivity of tumour necrosis factor in cancer patients. | | 2010 | 2893076 |
| validity of an operational definition for neurotic unipolar major depression. | after we reviewed the literature to identify the clinical and phenomenologic correlates of neurotic depression, we constructed a 6-item operational definition to distinguish neurotic unipolar major depressive disorder from non-neurotic major depression. the neurotic depressives were characterized by a low rate of abnormal dexamethasone suppression test (dst) results and a strong family history of alcoholism. neurotic depressives improved less than non-neurotic depressives during the index hospit ... | 2010 | 2952692 |
| uptake of 63ni2+ in the central and peripheral nervous system of mice after oral administration: effects of treatments with halogenated 8-hydroxyquinolines. | oral administration of 63ni2+ to mice resulted in higher levels of the metal in the sciatic nerves, the trigeminal ganglia, spinal nerve roots and the spinal cord than in the cerebellum and the frontal cortex. in the sciatic nerves, the trigeminal ganglia and the spinal nerve roots a high vascular permeability may explain the preferential uptake of the 63ni2+. the higher accumulation of the 63ni2+ in the spinal cord than in the examined structures of the brain may be related to a diffusion from ... | 2010 | 2916242 |
| continuous ecg monitoring of children with cancer receiving domperidone. | domperidone is an effective antiemetic for children receiving cytotoxic therapy. there have been reports of cardiac arrest in older patients associated with domperidone. we carried out continuous ecg monitoring of 18 children receiving domperidone intravenously in a dose of 1 mg/kg body weight. no serious dysrhythmias were noted during 379 h of recording. single premature beats, transient sinus pauses, and nodal block were occasionally associated with vomiting and were no more common than would ... | 2010 | 3153247 |
| arrhythmia or artifact? | | 2010 | 2916599 |
| [screening of cancer, advantages and disadvantages]. | | 2010 | 2916263 |
| the ir-thy-1 concept: continuing saga. | | 2010 | 2876044 |
| ptsd and suicide attempts by adolescents. | | 2010 | 2929769 |
| exposure to benzodiazepines in utero. | | 2010 | 2884529 |
| [hismanal--a new nonsoporific hay fever medication]. | | 2010 | 2876531 |
| consent and the young mother. | | 2010 | 2857392 |
| immunology and the anaesthetist. | | 2010 | 3768621 |
| statistical methodology in the analysis of relationships between dna polymorphisms and disease: putative association of ha-ras-i hypervariable alleles and cancer. | | 2010 | 3279763 |
| fatal asthma in a subject sensitized to toluene diisocyanate. | we report the case of a 43-yr-old car painter who died within 1 h of exposure to a polyurethane paint in the workplace. a diagnosis of asthma induced by toluene diisocyanate (tdi) had been established 6 yr before, when he underwent inhalation challenges with carbachol and with tdi. the subject had airway hyperresponsiveness to carbachol (pd20fev1 carbachol = 0.32 mg; normal value greater than 1.0 mg) and developed an early and long-lasting asthmatic reaction after exposure to tdi in the laborato ... | 2010 | 2849334 |
| generation and recognition of leukotriene mediators of hypersensitivity and inflammation. | the potent mediators generated by the 5- and 15-lipoxygenation of arachidonic acid have diverse effects on smooth muscles, blood vessels, leukocytes, epithelial cells and glands, and sensory neurons, which suggest possible roles in the initiation and regulation of physiological and biochemical events. the responses to leukotrienes and related mediators are attributable to binding by stereospecific cellular receptors and consequent activation of biochemical transductional sequences analogous to t ... | 2010 | 2831014 |
| [position of surveillance therapy in clinical stage i testicular non-seminoma]. | since the initiation of a 'surveillance' therapy the role of retroperitoneal lymph node dissection as standard treatment in the management of patients with clinical stage i nonseminomatous germ cell testicular tumor (nsgctt) continues to be debated. noninvasive staging techniques (ct scans, lymphography, ultrasound and serologic tumor markers) help to identify more accurately patients with distant metastases. 'surveillance' alone as a possible treatment modality following orchidectomy in selecte ... | 2010 | 2834854 |
| pharmacokinetics of adriamycin, adriamycinol, and antipyrine in patients with moderate tumor involvement of the liver. | the pharmacokinetics of adriamycin, its metabolite adriamycinol, and antipyrine were studied in 17 patients with moderate tumor involvement of the liver and compared to that of 19 tumor patients with normal liver function (preiss et al. 1985). the individual liver function parameters deviated from normal by a factor ranging from 2.5 to 12.2. the t1/2 alpha and t1/2 beta, the auc (corrected for body weight and dose) and the total body clearance (cl, corrected for body weight) of adriamycin did no ... | 2010 | 2824523 |
| [alternative treatment. anthroposophical medicine would create "balance"]. | | 2010 | 3645889 |
| the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis in depression. | | 2010 | 3035885 |
| characterization of regional left ventricular contraction by curvature difference analysis. | a method which characterizes the contraction of the left ventricle (lv) by changes in the lv endocardial contour curvatures is presented. a normalized curvature difference function (ncdf) is defined by the difference between the (normalized) curvature functions of end diastolic (ed) and end systolic (es) contours. unlike wall-motion based procedures, ncdf is independent of any reference system and of the method used for ed-es shape alignment. normal and pathological diagnosis criteria were first ... | 2011 | 3233092 |
| the ascertainment sampling problem and estimation of genetic parameters when parental haplotypes are known. | comparisons of bias and standard errors of genetic parameter estimates arising from various estimation procedures are made by using contrived genetic data in which parental haplotypes are known in addition to the haplotypes of affected sibs. these comparisons show that knowledge of parental haplotypes can reduce standard errors of genetic parameter estimates by between 10% and 45% as compared to estimates when parental information is not available. the added information does not appear to change ... | 2011 | 3232696 |
| detecting faking on the rorschach: computer versus expert clinical judgment. | in a previous study of the ability of expert rorschach interpreters to detect faking that used true and malingered protocols, the experts faired very poorly. in this study, 50% of these same protocols were scored by the exner system and analyzed by exner's semantic computer interpretation program. the program indicated invalidity of protocols only on the basis of low r and designated the faked protocols high on psychotic descriptors, barely indicating psychosis for the true schizophrenic protoco ... | 2011 | 3210124 |
| [surgery of cholesteatoma ears with good hearing]. | | 2011 | 3219644 |
| [pedodontics and nutrition. i. the pregnant woman]. | | 2011 | 3240696 |
| [pedodontics and nutrition. i. the pregnant woman]. | | 2011 | 3240696 |
| pattern of glomerulonephritis in hong kong. | | 2011 | 3205602 |
| an evaluation of serum ca 50 levels in cancer using a time-resolved fluoroimmunoassay. | the ca 50 levels in serum samples from 440 patients were estimated using a dissociated enhanced lanthanide immunofluorimetric assay. the distribution was similar to ca 50-ria assays. raised levels (greater than 14 u/ml) were present in 95% pancreatic cancer, 68% hepatoma, 54% advanced colorectal cancer, 58% advanced breast cancer and 48% lung cancer. high values were observed in adenocarcinoma of the lung, and were related to tumour mass in small cell lung cancer. ca 50 is independent of cea. th ... | 2011 | 3179405 |
| miyakawa patellectomy. | a miyakawa patellectomy was done in seventeen patients (twenty knees) for either osteoarthritis or chondromalacia of the patella, or both, secondary to malfunction of the extensor mechanism. patients who had had a patellar fracture were not included in the series. the miyakawa patellectomy realigns the extensor mechanism, with the proper tension, and centers the functional pull of the quadriceps tendon and patellar ligament. a superficial strip of the quadriceps tendon is pulled distally to fill ... | 2011 | 3198674 |
| comparison of membrane fluidity and transferrin receptor expression as proliferation markers in lymphoproliferative disorders and in mitogen induced lymphoblasts. | the correlation of two proliferation related events, membrane fluidization and transferrin receptor expression was studied in different lymphoid cells. with increasing grade of malignancy the membrane microviscosity decreased. moreover, resting lymphocytes differed significantly from chronic lymphocytic leukaemia cells in this parameter. [125i]fe2-transferrin binding increased with increasing proliferation capacity of cells. the membrane microviscosity of mitogen induced blasts was very similar ... | 2011 | 3165488 |
| ct in low back pain syndrome. | ct has become the imaging modality of choice for diagnosing the specific cause of low back pain syndrome. this article describes and illustrates those abnormalities commonly associated with low back pain: disk herniation, spinal stenoses, facet joint abnormalities, spondylosis, inflammatory conditions of the lumbar spine, and sacroiliitis. | 2011 | 3159990 |
| [acute malignant histiocytosis in a patient with liebow's lymphomatoid granulomatosis (a case report)]. | | 2011 | 3188437 |
| [treatment of pollinosis in children by specific peroral hyposensitization]. | | 2011 | 3186412 |
| [methohexital/alfentanil-thiopental/alfentanil for total intravenous anesthesia for direct laryngoscopy with 100% o2 jet ventilation]. | for the direct laryngoscopy and microscopic examination of the larynx with exploratory excision and pulpectomy using low frequency jet-ventilation with 100% oxygen we used total intravenous anaesthesia with a strong acting opioid and a barbiturate. because the achievement of sufficient reflexes and a high degree of vigilance postoperatively are to be aimed, methohexitone (m) and thiopentone (t) were investigated in the regard of the suppression of vigilance in the postoperative period. 40 patien ... | 2011 | 3140687 |
| essential fatty acids in the diet of rainbow trout (salmo gairdneri): physiological symptoms of efa deficiency. | | 2011 | 5007120 |
| [dermatomycoses in children; a retrospective study 1977-1987]. | | 2011 | 3173519 |
| [improvement in cardiovascular autonomic dysfunction of a patient with opca with l-threo-3,4-dihydroxyphenylserine]. | | 2011 | 3147311 |
| [experience with the co2 laser in oral surgery]. | | 2011 | 3126482 |
| the magnesium-protoporphyrin ix (oxidative) cyclase system. studies on the mechanism and specificity of the reaction sequence. | mg-protoporphyrin ix monomethyl ester cyclase activity was assayed in isolated developing cucumber (cucumis sativus l. var. beit alpha) chloroplasts [chereskin, wong & castelfranco (1982) plant physiol. 70, 987-993]. the presence of both 6- and 7-methyl esterase activities was detected, which permitted the use of diester porphyrins in a substrate-specificity study. it was found that: (1) the 6-methyl acrylate derivative of mg-protoporphyrin monomethyl ester was inactive as a substrate for cycliz ... | 2011 | 3202840 |
| drg payments for raps slated in '87. | | 2011 | 3098671 |
| a study of the brain barrier in the ventral nerve cord of the american cockroach treated with hexane-acetone and ddt. | the present study examines electrophysiological alterations in the blood brain barrier of the american cockroach when the solvent hexane-acetone is applied topically to the ventral nerve cord. rupture of the barrier was evaluated by perfusion with saline in which nacl was replaced with choline chloride at 28 degrees and 15 degrees c. the electrophysiological effects of an ethanol ddt suspension on the ventral nerve cord previously treated with hexane-acetone at 28 degrees c and 15 degrees c were ... | 2011 | 3179571 |
| aids policy development within the department of defense. | | 2011 | 3100984 |
| [periodontal maintenance therapy]. | | 2011 | 3101045 |
| triclonal gammopathy in a patient with plasma cell dyscrasia. | a triclonal gammopathy is an immunoglobulin abnormality in which three discrete monoclonal subpopulations of immunoglobulin molecules are present in a patient's serum. monoclonal and biclonal gammopathies have been studied extensively, but relatively little is known about the much rarer triclonal gammopathies. the case described below illustrates some of the difficulties that this condition can present to the clinician and the clinical laboratory. | 2011 | 3079680 |
| medicare: what it did for medicine it can do for dentistry. | | 2011 | 3063779 |
| [hearing disturbances and hearing loss of occupational origin in dentistry]. | | 2011 | 3078965 |
| office evaluation and management of the shoulder impingement syndrome. | the shoulder impingement syndrome is the most common cause of shoulder pain. a complete office evaluation can be aided by a printed exam sheet. careful consideration of the differential diagnosis is important, often employing the xylocaine injection test. the impingement syndrome responds to conservative treatment the majority of the time. long follow-up determines the need for an invasive evaluation or surgical treatment. | 2011 | 3050719 |
| alcohol-related symptoms in heterogeneous families of hospitalized alcoholics. | heterogeneity in the clinical symptoms of alcohol abuse was examined in 243 men and 305 women from families of hospitalized alcoholics, who had demonstrated different patterns of inheritance of susceptibility to alcoholism. discriminant analysis was utilized to identify nine alcoholic symptoms that distinguished male relatives of alcoholic men from those of alcoholic women. inability to abstain from alcohol, fighting and reckless driving while intoxicated, and alcohol treatment other than alcoho ... | 2011 | 3067614 |
| predicting compliance with home relaxation training. | | 2011 | 3550854 |
| predicting compliance with home relaxation training. | | 2011 | 3550854 |
| etoposide combination therapy for small cell carcinoma of the lung. | sixty-three consecutive patients with small cell carcinoma of the lung were treated by six cycles at 3-week intervals of etoposide 120 mg/m2 i.v. on day 1 and orally on days 2-5, adriamycin 40 mg/m2 i.v. on day 1 and vincristine 1.4 mg/m2 i.v. on day 1. tumour bed irradiation was administered to patients with limited disease after chemotherapy. in limited-disease and extensive-disease patients the median survival was 12 and 6 months respectively. the 2-year survival rate (life table) in limited- ... | 2011 | 3040288 |
| a rapid hplc method for monitoring plasma levels of caffeine and theophylline using solid phase extraction columns. | a simple hplc method for the determination of caffeine and theophylline in plasma is described. separation of theobromine, paraxanthine, theophylline, beta-hydroxyethyltheophylline and caffeine is obtained using a mobile phase of 1% acetic acid/methanol (83:17, v/v) and a waters associates nova-pak c18 column protected by a guard-pak precolumn module containing a guard-pak cn cartridge. rapid sample preparation is achieved by solid-phase extraction columns (bond-elut c18, 1 ml capacity) which pr ... | 2012 | 3532920 |
| a framework for coping with stress and its application in patient care. | | 2012 | 3509707 |
| renal transplantation in end stage renal disease patients with existing urinary diversion. | from 1971 to 1984 renal transplantation was performed in 20 patients with end stage renal disease who presented with an existing form of urinary diversion. these patients were evaluated with a cystometrogram, voiding cystourethrogram and cystoscopy. in some cases bladder function was studied further by cycling through a suprapubically placed catheter. the bladder was considered unstable in 13 patients and undiversion was done at transplantation. the period of prior diversion ranged from 3 to 20 ... | 2012 | 3514957 |
| [electrocardiographic and angiographic follow-up of patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy]. | electrocardiographic follow-up was conducted for 17 patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy including six cases who received left ventriculographic follow-up. 1. serial ecg changes were as follows: 1) in seven patients negativity of the t wave appeared or increased concomitantly with increased voltage of sv1 + rv5 (a-1 group). 2) in four patients, negativity of the t wave decreased or disappeared with the decreased voltage of sv1 + rv5 (a-2 group). 3) in six patients, there were insignificant ... | 2012 | 3448167 |
| [characteristics of nasal breathing and of the surgical procedure in nose deformities following the primary operation for unilateral cleft upper lip]. | | 2012 | 3472396 |
| combined evaluation of some tumor associated antigens in the monitoring of integrated surgical and chemotherapeutic treatment of epithelial ovarian cancer. | the authors measured the presurgical serum levels of some tumor associated antigens in 36 patients bearing primitive ovarian carcinoma and in 284 controls. ca125, which has shown a sensitivity (se) of 63.8% and a specificity (sp) of 92.6%, was elevated especially in serous and undifferentiated carcinomas, while ca19-9 (se = 33.3% and sp = 89.7%) and cea (se = 19.4% and sp = 96.4%) were more often pathological in mucinous ones. tpa (se = 75.0% and sp = 81.3%) had no particular correlation with an ... | 2012 | 3465535 |
| financial (care) plan. | | 2012 | 3845999 |
| quality assurance. | | 2012 | 3419994 |
| patterns of lactate dehydrogenase isoenzymes in serum of patients with acute pulmonary edema. | total lactate dehydrogenase (ld; ec 1.1.1.27) activity in serum and proportions of ld isoenzymes were quantified on admission and discharge in 170 selected (from 240) patients with acute pulmonary edema (ape). the patients were divided into group a, 75 patients with normal ld values (less than 225 u/l); and groups b-e, with increased ld activity in serum: group b, 40 patients with increase in the proportion of ld-3 (greater than 38%); group c, 12 patients with increased ld-5; group d, 36 patient ... | 2012 | 3416439 |
| melanoma. | | 2012 | 3406162 |
| kawasaki disease: circulating immune complexes monitored during the disease. | | 2012 | 3423075 |
| thrombocytosis elevates serum potassium. | spurious elevation of the serum potassium can be seen if the platelet count exceeds 1,000 x 10(9)/l in patients with myeloproliferative disease. to see if serum potassium is increased at more modest elevations of the platelet count we studied these parameters in 283 controls and 161 patients with reactive thrombocytosis. the incidence of hyperkalemia was 34% in patients with over 500 x 10(9) platelets/l compared with 9% if the platelet count was below 250 x 10(9)/l. over this range there was a s ... | 2012 | 3400632 |
| alpha-interferon therapy for japanese patients with hairy cell leukemia. | | 2012 | 3412025 |
| dorks, nerds, and bad people. | | 2012 | 3417627 |
| ball thrombi in carotid artery plaque. | | 2012 | 3629659 |
| examination of the role of cigarette smoke in lung carcinogenesis using multistage models. | the widely used multistage model of armitage and doll is fit to the british physician lung cancer data of doll and hill under the assumption that cigarette smoke induces the initial and penultimate changes. it is shown that the best fit of this model in continuing smokers gives predictions not in accordance with incidence in ex-smokers and dose-response. a better global fit can be obtained by increasing the number of stages, but this de-emphasizes initiation and is inconsistent with the rise of ... | 2012 | 3398067 |
| the health-care business--a search for a path through the jungle. | | 2012 | 3434643 |
| why quackery thrives. | | 2012 | 3370584 |
| relationships among self-reported physical activity, aerobic fitness and reaction time. | three age groups were studied: 10-11, 17-18, and 23-24 year-olds. significant correlations were found between aerobic fitness and physical activity level and between aerobic fitness and reaction time, in the oldest group only. | 2012 | 3359367 |
| thalidomide-induced neuropathy in rheumatoid arthritis patients. | | 2012 | 3345222 |
| effect of psychosis on suicide risk in 1,593 patients with unipolar and bipolar affective disorders. | the authors report suicide risk among 1,593 patients with major depression or bipolar disorder, 443 (27.8%) of whom were psychotic (260 bipolar and 183 unipolar). the subjects were followed for 0-14 years, and their suicide experience was compared with that of the state population. eight (19.5%) of the 41 suicide victims were from the psychotic group. the psychotic and nonpsychotic subjects in each diagnostic group had similar risks for suicide. a higher risk for suicide was not found in the bip ... | 2012 | 3381930 |
| development of a sensor for non-invasive intracranial pressure measurement in the newborn. | a new system has been developed for the non-invasive monitoring of intracranial pressure (icp) across the anterior fontanelle in the newborn. the system comprises a very small pneumatic sensor linked via two vinyl tubes to an instrument where the icp value is displayed. the sensor is simply bonded to the anterior fontanelle, using industrial collodion normally used for attaching eeg electrodes. the sensor body is injection moulded in semi-flexible polyurethane with a very thin, compliant membran ... | 2012 | 3361874 |
| natural selection and the heritability of fitness components. | the hypothesis that traits closely associated with fitness will generally possess lower heritabilities than traits more loosely connected with fitness is tested using 1120 narrow sense heritability estimates for wild, outbred animal populations, collected from the published record. our results indicate that life history traits generally possess lower heritabilities than morphological traits, and that the means, medians, and cumulative frequency distributions of behavioural and physiological trai ... | 2012 | 3316130 |
| varicella mimicking a vesiculobullous sun eruption. | | 2012 | 3292663 |
| separation of hemoglobins and hemoglobin chains by high-performance liquid chromatography. | this paper evaluates various high-performance liquid chromatographic (hplc) procedures useful for the detection and evaluation of numerous hemoglobin abnormalities in adults and in newborn infants. two major approaches are discussed. the first concerns the analyses of hemoglobins in red cell lysates by anion- and cation-exchange chromatography; this type of hplc has great potential in a routine laboratory, as quantitative data for numerous abnormalities can readily be obtained. the second concer ... | 2012 | 3305544 |
| salvage of the exposed breast implant. | exposure of silicone breast implants may occur as a result of hematoma and infection, inadequate soft tissue coverage, use of steroids, or trauma. in various series the incidence of severe complications is reported to range from 1% to 4%. when exposure of the implant has occurred, most authors recommend removal with replacement four to six months later. in 11 patients we successfully salvaged the exposed breast implant. the technique was initially presented in 5 patients in 1974. successful salv ... | 2012 | 3273018 |
| hepatic glycogen storage disease. | the management of patients with glycogen storage disease is based on an understanding of the biochemistry. the outlook for many patients has improved so that they can now grow up normally. | 2012 | 3315070 |
| double-blind clinical trial of s-adenosylmethionine versus ibuprofen in the treatment of osteoarthritis. | thirty-six subjects with osteoarthritis of the knee, the hip, and/or the spine were enrolled in a randomized double-blind study. patients received a daily oral dose of 1,200 mg of s-adenosylmethionine (same) or 1,200 mg of ibuprofen for four weeks. morning stiffness, pain at rest, pain on motion, crepitus, swelling, and limitation of motion of the affected joints were assessed before and after treatment. the total score obtained by the evaluation of all the individual clinical parameters improve ... | 2012 | 3318445 |
| umbilical tetanus in brazil. | | 2012 | 4103753 |
| linkage relations for individual-site binding data. | | 2012 | 3256711 |
| [the royal morocco academy]. | | 2013 | 3910181 |
| [the royal morocco academy]. | | 2013 | 3910181 |
| [introduction of pos: an educational method. practice of auditing and problems in the application of soap]. | | 2013 | 3878425 |
| jcah board of commissioners approves changes regarding medical staff bylaws. | | 2013 | 3857212 |
| electrocardiographic evidence suggestive of myocardial infarction without significant organic heart disease. | one hundred nineteen catheterized patients had ecg evidence of myocardial infarction in the absence of significant narrowing of coronary arteries or localized contractile abnormalities of the left ventricle. eighty-seven had organic heart disease, but 32 had no demonstrable abnormality. ecg alterations in the latter group were almost equally divided between those in lead avf and in the right precordial leads. although certain depolarization defects are highly suggestive of myocardial infarction, ... | 2013 | 4025119 |