| [improvement of health care and work safety as a complex social task]. | | 2002 | 135419 |
| editorial: number of neurological surgeons in the united states. | | 2015 | 4758250 |
| [2 cases of midfacial malignant granuloma]. | | 2003 | 154550 |
| [association of an ossicle malformation and a congenital preauricular fistula]. | | 2003 | 142810 |
| visual acuity with noise and music at 107 dba. | in exper. i, 10 normal-hearing college students performed visual acuity, visual search, and pursuit tracking tasks during music presented at 70 or 107 dba. only visual acuity was significantly worse during the higher sound level, which suggest that the effect existed at the relatively low level of sensory processing rather than at the level(s) of cognition and decision-making. in exper. ii, 28 similar ss performed the visual acuity task during either music or noise presented at 70 or 107 dba. ac ... | 2013 | 3610993 |
| diffusion regulated growth characteristics of a spherical prevascular carcinoma. | recently a mathematical model of the prevascular phases of tumor growth by diffusion has been investigated (s.a. maggelakis and j.a. adam, math. comput. modeling, in press). in this paper we examine in detail the results and implications of that mathematical model, particularly in the light of recent experimental work carried out on multicellular spheroids. the overall growth characteristics are determined in the present model by four parameters: q, gamma, b, and delta, which depend on informati ... | 2008 | 2397329 |
| medullary carcinoma of the thyroid: report of a case associated with the "ectopic" acth syndrome. | | 1992 | 195231 |
| [local tumor expansion of carcinoma and carcinoma recurrence in the operated stomach]. | | 1992 | 195176 |
| combined use of guar and acarbose in reduction of postprandial glycaemia. | symptoms associated with carbohydrate malabsorption limit the usefulness to diabetics of a powerful glycoside-hydrolase inhibitor (acarbose) which reduces postprandial glycaemia. addition of a low dose (50 mg) of a acarbose together with 14.5 g guar gum to a breakfast test meal taken by 8 healthy volunteers reduced the mean peak rise in blood-glucose at 30 min by 70%. areas under the insulin and gastrointestinal-polypeptide response curves were also greatly reduced. no evidence of carbohydrate m ... | 1999 | 91023 |
| fatal asthma. | | 1999 | 90979 |
| [dacarbazin -- therapy of metastazising malignant melanoma (author's transl)]. | surgery has continuously improved the prognosis of malignant melanoma but not in case of metastases. widespread metastases are only accessible to palliative chemotherapy. this paper deals with therapy by dacarbazin in 19 patients suffering from metastazising malignant melanoma. dacarbazin increases our limited feasibilities in treating advanced malignant melanoma. | 2000 | 92112 |
| obesity: a new social policy perspective. | | 2000 | 101474 |
| effects of graded doses of alcohol upon esophageal motor function. | twenty-nine normal volunteers were subjected to manometric studies before and after intraesophageal infusion of 100-proof alcohol at doses of 80, 120, 160, and 200 ml, corresponding to 31.6, 47.4, 63.2, and 79.0 g, respectively, administered over a 15-min interval on separate days. corresponding mean serum concentrations of alcohol were 58.9 +/- 2.8, 77.0 +/- 4.8, 97.0 +/- 13.9, and 117.3 +/- 5.0 mg per dl, respectively. both esophageal and lower esophageal sphincter function were unaffected at ... | 2000 | 101419 |
| world survey on cardiac pacing. | | 2001 | 95323 |
| how children cope with disfiguring changes in their appearance. | | 2001 | 99627 |
| shear stress platelet activation test and "rebleeding" in patients undergoing cardiopulmonary bypass. | | 2004 | 1475782 |
| the histochemical localization of esterases in whole mounts of cysticercus fasciolaris. | | 2005 | 1265959 |
| effects of digoxin. | | 2006 | 1393227 |
| familial insulin resistance and acanthosis nigricans. | insulin resistance exists in 0.1% of diabetics having insulin treatment. in addition to diabetics, insulin resistance can also be seen in association with acanthosis nigricans. both conditions become a syndrome that may happen in a family. this is a report of two siblings, a brother and a sister, 14 and 10 years of age, whose parents are cousins, who suffered from diabetes mellitus, acanthosis nigricans, and growth retardation. the insulin therapy until 54 units per day given to the boy and 174 ... | 2007 | 2075024 |
| screening for ischaemic heart disease risk factors at a health fair: low attendance by those at highest risk. | among people attending a heart disease screening project at a health fair in sheffield, only 22 of 425 (5.2%) lived in areas with more than 25% of the population belonging to social classes iv or v. the incidence of heart disease is known to be particularly high in these areas, where 15.1% of the total population live. by analysis of the attendance rates from districts other than those immediately adjacent to the site of the health fair, we found that the strength of this inverse correlation inc ... | 2008 | 2607301 |
| on the distribution of elastic fibers in the filiform papillae of suncus murinus. | the distribution of elastic fibers in the filiform papillae of 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 week-old and 6 month-old suncus (suncus murinus; insectivora) was examined by both weigert's resorcin-fuchsin method and ultrastructural means. in the adult suncus (6 months old), elastic fibers in the connective tissue core of the papillae were aligned perpendicularly to the epithelial surface and formed a palisade-like structure which encircled the margin of each connective tissue core. this characteristic structur ... | 2008 | 2519280 |
| quality of life in end-stage renal disease: a reexamination. | a self-administered questionnaire assessing both objective and subjective quality of life was completed by 489 end-stage renal disease (esrd) patients in a representative sample of an entire network. patients differed in both objective and subjective quality of life when examined as a function of treatment modality. the quality of life is similar for successful transplant and home hemodialysis patients; these patients appear to fare better than other treatment groups on both objective and subjec ... | 2008 | 2493190 |
| feeding jejunostomy in patients who are critically ill. | nutritional support of critically or chronically ill patients is essential. enteral feeding is preferred and can be accomplished with a feeding jejunostomy tube in selected patients. complications relative to tube type have been identified herein. selection of a cuffed tube jejunostomy using a tenckhoff catheter, placed by the method presented herein, is recommended to minimize the occurrence of these complications and to facilitate nutritional therapy. | 2008 | 2493166 |
| pulmonary artery banding: results and current indications in pediatric cardiac surgery. | the results of pulmonary artery banding in 144 patients seen from 1971 to 1984 were reviewed. age ranged from 1 week to 4 years (median, 8 weeks) and weight, from 1.1 to 16 kg (median, 4 kg). the patients were divided into three major groups: group 1, defects without mixing disorders (ventricular septal defect, double-outlet right ventricle [dorv], atrioventricular septal defect); group 2, defects with mixing disorders (transposition of the great arteries, dorv, single ventricle, tricuspid atres ... | 2008 | 2446573 |
| [experimental study on the therapeutic effect on lymphnodal metastasis by intralymphnodal injection of the activated carbon particles in 80% ethanol: preliminary report]. | | 2009 | 2796965 |
| [experimental study on the therapeutic effect on lymphnodal metastasis by intralymphnodal injection of the activated carbon particles in 80% ethanol: preliminary report]. | | 2009 | 2796965 |
| [osseointegrated implants. core-vent and screw-vent]. | 51 variously edentolous patients have been treated by placing 143 core-vent and screw-vent osteointegrated implants. the follow-up ranges from 8 to 20 months. just one implant was removed. the authors explain their surgical method and their considerations about the two different kinds of implants. some clinical cases are reported. | 2009 | 2700964 |
| clinicians' assessment of stress occurring with toddler's diarrhoea. | from biographical and behavioural data, four clinicians independently rated the degree of stress as either due to general environmental influences or induced by family relationships likely to act upon two groups of children--one with toddler's diarrhoea and a matched control group with other physical disorders. each clinician rated the experimental group significantly higher on both scales of stress than the control group; inter-rater correlation was positive and significant. the results suggest ... | 2009 | 3815750 |
| ct in the diagnostic work-up of hypogenetic lung syndrome (hls) in homozygotic twins. | | 2010 | 3008266 |
| managing low back pain--a comparison of the beliefs and behaviors of family physicians and chiropractors. | random samples of 605 family physicians and 299 chiropractors in washington were surveyed to determine their beliefs about back pain and how they would respond to three hypothetic patients with back pain. with 79% of the family physicians and 70% of the chiropractors responding, family physicians and chiropractors differed greatly not only in their technical approaches to back pain--such as drug therapy versus spinal manipulation--but also in their underlying beliefs and attitudes. family physic ... | 2010 | 2976220 |
| unemployment and mortality: comparison of the 1971 and 1981 longitudinal study census samples. | mortality in the period 1981-3 among men in the office of population censuses and surveys longitudinal study who were seeking work in 1981 was examined to investigate whether the finding of a high mortality rate among a comparable group of men who were followed up from the 1971 census was repeated despite appreciable changes in the size and structure of the labour force over the intervening years. the pattern of mortality shortly after both censuses suggests that sick unemployed men were not cat ... | 2010 | 3105667 |
| unemployment and mortality: comparison of the 1971 and 1981 longitudinal study census samples. | mortality in the period 1981-3 among men in the office of population censuses and surveys longitudinal study who were seeking work in 1981 was examined to investigate whether the finding of a high mortality rate among a comparable group of men who were followed up from the 1971 census was repeated despite appreciable changes in the size and structure of the labour force over the intervening years. the pattern of mortality shortly after both censuses suggests that sick unemployed men were not cat ... | 2010 | 3105667 |
| report of the second public health service aids prevention and control conference. report of the workgroup on therapeutics. | | 2011 | 3147485 |
| [monitoring and treatment of diabetic retinopathy]. | | 2011 | 3769825 |
| diagnostic and therapeutic technology assessment (datta). noninvasive electrical stimulation for nonunited bone fracture. | | 2009 | 2783614 |
| characteristics of blood rheology in patients during novacor left ventricular assist system support. | blood rheologic properties were studied in 11 patients on novacor lvas support (1-126 days) as a bridge to transplantation. overall, these patients showed slight increases in mean blood viscosity and red cell rigidity. their mean plasma fibrinogen was in the upper normal range. however, the degree of rheologic change observed, and the individual factors affected most, were unique to each patient and hemorheologic results correlated well with the patient's clinical status. | 2004 | 2597548 |
| psychotoxic effects of ofloxacin. | two cases of organic psychosis, induced by the new chemotherapeutic agent ofloxacin (tarivid), are described. according to dsm-iii-r and icd 10 (draft, 1987) both cases present as different, yet well-defined diagnostic categories: the new diagnostic systems appear to be superior and markedly more differentiated than icd-9, since they provide a more exact and comprehensive description and more specific diagnostic allocation, especially in substance-specific syndromes. the possible involvement of ... | 2009 | 2710806 |
| [use of a cooling helmet during chemotherapy]. | | 2012 | 3635239 |
| aids and compassion. | friedland, a physician, explores what he believes are the three reasons why there has been a lack of compassion toward aids patients. he identifies fear of transmission, views of the social worth of individuals (particularly homosexuals and drug users), and the nature of plagues in our minds and history as the underlying causes for the lack of compassion in our treatment of persons with aids. friedland responds to this problem by suggesting ways in which a compassionate response to the aids epid ... | 2012 | 3367458 |
| ovarian pregnancy--a case report. | this article describes a case of ovarian pregnancy without the presence of an iud. the patient, a 33-year old indian woman para 4, presented with right iliac fossa pain and 8 weeks of amenorrhea. there was no history of contraceptive use. the initial diagnosis was twisted ovarian cyst; however, ultrasonography revealed an enlarged uterus with a gestational sac. at laparotomy, a right solid ovarian mass was found anterior to the uterus and adherent to the uterus, bladder, and the rectosigmoid jun ... | 2013 | 3833157 |
| fitting of an analogue cochlear prosthesis--introduction of a new method and preliminary findings. | a new method is suggested for the fitting of a broad-band analogue cochlear prosthesis in terms of frequency response adjustment. this 'frequency-stepped sweep' (fss) method employs a feedback loop including the patient's loudness judgement to determine a frequency response for the patient's sound processor with which a continuous sinusoidal stimulus with constant amplitude and small increments in frequency can be heard equally loud at the most comfortable loudness level. the fss-method has been ... | 2013 | 3754167 |
| swimming in the california sea lion: morphometrics, drag and energetics. | during swimming, the california sea lion, zalophus californianus (lesson), generates thrust forces solely by means of its pectoral flippers. this study examines the drag, energetic cost and efficiency associated with this method of locomotion. sea lions are highly streamlined, with a fineness ratio of 5.5 and maximum girth at 40% of body length. this profile leads to reduced drag and swimming power requirements. films of gliding animals showed the drag coefficient (based on wetted surface area) ... | 2013 | 3694112 |
| the short and long term effect of a-v motivation, motivation by dentist and by dental hygienist. | | 2013 | 4187193 |
| fenfluramine overdosage. | | 2013 | 4187201 |
| radiotherapy treatment planning for the non-hodgkin's lymphomas. | | 2013 | 3569940 |
| [breast cancer in young women with a history of breast cancer in their mother]. | in this norwegian case-control study, it was found that the relative risk of getting breast cancer among women whose mothers had had this cancer is 3.7. the data for this study was taken from all the 105 cases of breast cancer diagnosed in norway over a 1 year period in 1984-85. this was compared with a control group of 210 picked randomly from the general population, which matched the test group as to age, oral contraceptive usage, etc. diagnostic and surgical records were made available by the ... | 2013 | 3824281 |
| [chemodectoma of the tongue: differential diagnostic and histogenetic criteria]. | | 2014 | 4325964 |
| the etiology of arteriosclerosis. | | 2014 | 4263022 |
| [breeding ability of the stallion depending on bacteriological findings]. | | 2014 | 3993276 |
| normal values of mucociliary transport time in young subjects. | the authors studied the behaviour of nasal mucociliary transport (mct) in 54 (33 female/21 male) normal children aged between 3 and 12 years, in orthostatic and clinostatic positions. the nasal mct time was recorded with the stained tracer method; vegetal coal powder was used since it fulfills the required characteristics: it is neither toxic, nor soluble and can be easily detected. the examinations were carried out at the same time of day on two consecutive days under the same conditions of tem ... | 2014 | 4030236 |
| [kidney transplantation at the university of lyon. surgical aspects]. | | 2014 | 3911105 |
| [continuous precordial murmur caused by an inapparent cruveilhier-baumgarten syndrome: bedside diagnosis]. | | 2014 | 3911102 |
| an unusual case of esophagitis. | | 2015 | 4768214 |
| [clinical aspects and therapy of bilateral temporo-mandibular joint ankylosis in chronic polyarthritis]. | | 2015 | 4513090 |
| letter: false interpretation of fetal heart monitoring. | | 2016 | 4749790 |
| advanced adenocarcinoma of the fallopian tube. | | 2016 | 4725956 |
| left anterior hemiblock obscuring the diagnosis of right bundle branch block. | | 2016 | 4726209 |
| [an unusual case of simultaneous follicular and radicular cysts in the maxilla]. | | 2003 | 283512 |
| operational problems in leprosy programmes when the endemicity declines. | | 2013 | 3600143 |
| atelosteogenesis: evidence for heterogeneity. | four cases of neonatal death dwarfism resembling atelosteogenesis but with some distinctive radiographic and characteristic histopathologic features are reported. the name atelosteogenesis ii is proposed for this entity. | 2013 | 3562108 |
| ulcers, heart disease, and type-a behaviour. | | 2001 | 92641 |
| [side-effects and toxic effects of gold salts]. | | 2003 | 161525 |
| cyclic amp-induced slow inward current: its synaptic manifestation in aplysia neurons. | three presynaptic neurons, monosynaptically connected to the medial cells of the pleural ganglion of aplysia californica and previously shown to elicit camp-mediated diminutions in k conductance in those cells (kehoe, 1985a, b), were shown to elicit still another slow synaptic current that resembles the camp-induced cationic current described in the preceding paper (kehoe, 1990). the synaptic current elicited by these so-called "blocking" neurons was compared, in hyperpolarized medial cells, wit ... | 2006 | 1698941 |
| image interpretation session. | | 2011 | 3067268 |
| [use of a cooling helmet during chemotherapy]. | | 2012 | 3635239 |
| post-transfusion graft-versus-host disease following open heart surgery. report of six cases. | six cases of post-operative erythroderma after open heart surgery are described. about 10 days after seemingly uneventful recovery, all patients developed fever, erythroderma, liver enzyme elevation, pancytopenia, and an aplastic bone marrow. their condition rapidly deteriorated, and they died within 20 days of the onset of symptoms. skin biopsy specimens from two patients showed mild leukocytic infiltration in the epidermal basal layer and upper dermis. immunostaining by the abc method showed t ... | 2006 | 2528550 |
| [effect of sodium valproate and magnesium on the secretion of various pituitary hormones]. | | 2011 | 3126378 |
| unidentifiable utterances in children's speech. | | 2015 | 4465626 |
| haemodilution and blood-flow. | | 1999 | 88643 |
| [drug therapy of incurable patients]. | | 2001 | 60208 |
| effects of locally applied chemicals on transretinal potential and horizontal cells in the isolated carp retina. ii. calcium-chelator. | | 2001 | 98753 |
| erythrocyte sedimentation rate and plasma fibrinogen in animals. | | 2004 | 522104 |
| operative management of necrotizing pancreatitis--necrosectomy and continuous closed postoperative lavage of the lesser sac. | in patients with severe acute pancreatitis, the most important diagnostic goal is differentiation between the interstitial-edematous and the necrotizing type of acute pancreatitis. surgical management in patients with proven necrotizing pancreatitis is indicated in patients who develop surgical acute abdomen, sepsis, shock syndrome, multisystemic organ failure syndrome, persistent or progressive despite maximum intensive care. the most appropriate procedure for surgical management of pancreatic ... | 2006 | 1855769 |
| integrated function of neurones in the rostral ventrolateral medulla. | | 2009 | 2694220 |
| cardiovascular mri. | | 2011 | 3219624 |
| [mixed tumors of the kidney and lung]. | a renal tumor composed of fibrous and smooth-muscular tissues and containing focally disposed foam cells and tubular structures composed of cuboidal epithelium was found in a 2-year-old girl along with a similarly structured pulmonary tumor. the tumors were thought to be of a hamartoma nature and to have probably arisen from the mesonephros. | 2012 | 3439900 |
| should doctors kill patients? | | 2012 | 3370567 |
| [importance of studying the sputum of pneumonia and bronchitis patients]. | | 2014 | 4002152 |
| [radiographic cassette with goniometer and its use on orthopedic tables in operations of femoral neck fractures]. | | 2015 | 4705124 |
| [radiographic cassette with goniometer and its use on orthopedic tables in operations of femoral neck fractures]. | | 2015 | 4705124 |
| [electrocardiographic control over the state of hypothyroid patients in the process of lyothyronine-2-hydrochloride treatment]. | | 2015 | 4453560 |
| operative management of necrotizing pancreatitis--necrosectomy and continuous closed postoperative lavage of the lesser sac. | in patients with severe acute pancreatitis, the most important diagnostic goal is differentiation between the interstitial-edematous and the necrotizing type of acute pancreatitis. surgical management in patients with proven necrotizing pancreatitis is indicated in patients who develop surgical acute abdomen, sepsis, shock syndrome, multisystemic organ failure syndrome, persistent or progressive despite maximum intensive care. the most appropriate procedure for surgical management of pancreatic ... | 2006 | 1855769 |
| atrial fibrillation during a subarachnoid block in a patient with undiagnosed mitral valve prolapse. | mitral valve prolapse (mvp) is a common cardiac abnormality, and there are numerous documented cases of intraoperative dysrhythmias. however, the authors describe what is believed to be the first case of atrial fibrillation in a patient with an undiagnosed mvp who was given a subarachnoid block. a possible clinical sequencing for the subarachnoid block is offered. the differential diagnosis, etiology, pathology, and pathophysiology of mvp are discussed. also detailed are the management of intrao ... | 2007 | 1874648 |
| [the problem complex of the disabled and the marginal group theory - socio-scientific approaches designed to explain the social discrimination of the disabled (author's transl)]. | the position of disabled people in societies such as the federal republic of germany, is characterised by the status of marginal groups in the sense of social discrimination. as can be demonstrated by the discrimination shown towards the disabled in employment, there are two different paradigms of the socio-scientific marginal group theory suitable for explaining this fact. according to the socio-psychological approach, vocational discrimination is understood as a sort of social punishment for t ... | 2002 | 135314 |
| an interdisciplinary approach to domestic abuse. | | 2012 | 3342949 |
| producing slides of radiographs. | | 2000 | 92471 |
| [improvement of blood viscosity after infusion of low-molecular hydroxyethyl starch (expafusin) in healthy subjects]. | in healthy volunteers, 500 ml of a 6% low molecular weight hydroxyethyl starch solution (expafusin) was infused intravenously within 30 minutes. blood samples for the measurement of rheological parameters were obtained before and after the infusion. blood and plasma viscosity were significantly decreased after the infusion of hes. red cell deformability as measured by a filtration technique was slightly improved. red cell aggregation as measured by a light transmission method was markedly reduce ... | 2000 | 94316 |
| minor back injuries. | | 2002 | 135247 |
| the molecular weight of rrna precursor molecules and their processing in higher plant cells. | actively dividing callus cells of higher plants (petroselinum crispum, daucus carota, acer pseudoplatanus) were used to detect the primary gene product of rdna in vivo. parsley and carrot cells were labelled with [32p]orthophosphate. under non-denaturing conditions, in both cases only one high molecular weight rrna precursor was present on polyacrylamide gels. its molecular weight did not exceed 2.5 x 10(6) dalton. under denaturing conditions, 2.0--2.1 x 10(6) dalton were determined on formamide ... | 2003 | 156469 |
| chartline: providing bibliographic references relevant to patient charts using the umls metathesaurus knowledge sources. | a successful medical informatics program helps its users to match their information needs as closely and efficiently as possible to the capabilities of the system. chartline is a computer program whose input is a free text, "natural language" patient chart in ascii format. using the umls metathesaurus knowledge sources, chartline can suggest bibliographic references relevant to the patient case described in the chart. the program does not attempt to "understand" the natural language content of t ... | 2006 | 1483014 |
| dental health education in a school system. | | 2007 | 4631397 |
| [propharmacopoea technical notes : their role]. | | 2004 | 539742 |
| the effects of maintained light stimulation on s-potentials recorded from the retina of a teleost fish. | 1. s-potential responses to transient and maintained light stimuli have been recorded from units in the mixed rod-cone retina of a teleost fish species eugerres plumieri. 2. four spectral classes of s-potential were observed, three cone- and one rod-type. the cone-type responses were subdivided into two l-type (referred to as l1 and l2), and a c-type response. two classes of transient depolarization response were also recorded from those retinal levels associated with the s-potential responses a ... | 2004 | 1133771 |
| [clinical evaluation of indentation gonioscopy]. | the chamber angles of 31 cases (44 eyes) of angle closure glaucoma were studied by iwata indentation gonioscopy and goldman gonioscopy. (1) in 39 (89%) of the 44 eyes, the extent of open filtering angle under the indentation gonioscopy was larger than the that under goldmann gonioscopy. (2) peripheral iridectomy was indicated in only 68% of the cases when examined by goldmann gonioscopy, while all cases were performed peripheral iridectomies successfully as indicated by indentation gonioscopy. t ... | 2008 | 2390905 |
| guidelines for clinical intracardiac electrophysiologic studies. a report of the american college of cardiology/american heart association task force on assessment of diagnostic and therapeutic cardiovascular procedures. | | 2009 | 2688977 |
| medical dominance in britain: image and historical reality. | both proponents and critics of the professional dominance explanation for changes in the social position of physicians base their arguments on the effects of social and economic events occurring over a few decades. although this time period may be adequate for assessing changes in the position of physicians in the united states, judgments about the relative dominance of the british medical profession must be based on the history of its development over the entire century. analysis of this histor ... | 2011 | 3251134 |
| [health indicators--development, status and perspectives]. | | 2011 | 3247762 |
| genetic aspects of gastrointestinal disease. | | 2016 | 4886054 |
| [value of aspiration cytology in the diagnosis of adrenal neoplasms]. | | 2014 | 4059628 |
| pricing life: a historical and sociological perspective. | | 2013 | 3960892 |