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Accuracy and efficacy of nuclear scintigraphy for the detection of gastrointestinal bleeding.

OBJECTIVES: To determine the accuracy and cost-effectiveness of nuclear scintigraphy for the diagnosis and localization of gastrointestinal (GI) bleeding and to determine whether nuclear scintigraphy accurately predicts the results of angiography.…

Tags: 1997, 80 and over, Abdu R A, Adult, Aged, Archives of surgery (Chicago, Ill. : 1960), Garofalo T E, Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage/*diagnostic imaging, Humans, Middle Aged, Predictive Value of Tests, Radionuclide Imaging, Reproducibility of Results, Retrospective Studies

Age-related size reduction of foramina in the cribriform plate.

Anecdotal evidence suggests that the foramina of the cribriform plate which transmit cranial nerve I decrease in size with age, but this finding has never been supported with quantitative data. It has also been observed that olfactory function…

Survey of cadaveric donors to a body donation program: 1978-1993.

Body donation files from the Department of Anatomy at Northeastern Ohio Universities College of Medicine were reviewed from the 569 donors used in our program from 1978-1993. The data were entered into a computerized database to evaluate the…

Survey of cadaveric donor application files: 1978-1993.

Information derived from application files of potential cadaveric donors to our body donation program from the period of 1978-1993 was entered into a customized database to assess the characteristics of people contributing to such a program. A total…

Phase II study of gefitinib in patients with advanced salivary gland cancers.

BACKGROUND: The purpose of this study was to determine the antitumor activity of the epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) inhibitor gefitinib in patients with recurrent/metastatic salivary gland cancer. METHODS: We conducted a phase II study in…

Tags: 2015, 80 and over, Adenocarcinoma/drug therapy/mortality/pathology, adenoid cystic carcinoma, Adenoid Cystic/*drug therapy/mortality/pathology, Adult, Aged, Antineoplastic Agents/*therapeutic use, Blumenschein George R Jr, Carcinoma, Department of Internal Medicine, Disease-Free Survival, Dose-Response Relationship, Drug, Drug Administration Schedule, El-Naggar Adel K, Female, Gefitinib, Glisson Bonnie S, Gonzalez-Angulo Ana M, Head & neck, Humans, Jakob John A, Kies Merrill S, Kupferman Michael E, Lee J Jack, Liu Diane D, Local/*drug therapy/mortality/pathology, Male, Maximum Tolerated Dose, Middle Aged, NEOMED College of Medicine, Neoplasm Invasiveness/pathology, Neoplasm Recurrence, Neoplasm Staging, non-adenoid cystic carcinoma, Prognosis, Quinazolines/*therapeutic use, Remission Induction, response to therapy, salivary gland cancer, Salivary Gland Neoplasms/*drug therapy/mortality/pathology, Survival Analysis, Treatment Outcome

Evaluation of indicated non-cosmetic panniculectomy at time of gynecologic surgery.

OBJECTIVE: To report postoperative outcomes among patients undergoing indicated non-cosmetic panniculectomy at the time of gynecologic surgery. METHODS: Medical charts were retrospectively reviewed for patients who underwent panniculectomy coupled…

Tags: *Abdominoplasty/adverse effects, *Gynecologic Surgical Procedures/adverse effects, 2017, 80 and over, Abdominal/*surgery, Abdominoplasty – Adverse Effects, Adipose Tissue – Surgery, Adult, Aged, Body Mass Index, Female, Female – Complications, Female – Surgery, Female/complications/*surgery, Genital Diseases, Gynecologic – Adverse Effects, Gynecologic surgery, Hopkins Michael P, Humans, Infection, International journal of gynaecology and obstetrics: the official organ of the International Federation of Gynaecology and Obstetrics, Middle Age, Middle Aged, Obesity, Obesity – Complications, Obesity – Surgery, Obesity/complications/*surgery, Panniculectomy, Patibandla Jay R, Rasmussen Ryan W, Retrospective Design, Retrospective Studies, Risk Factors, Subcutaneous Fat, Surgery, Surgical Wound Infection – Etiology, Surgical Wound Infection/*etiology, Wound complication, Wound Healing

Gender differences in the association between antidepressant use and restless legs syndrome.

Contradictory results have been reported for the association between antidepressant use and Restless Legs Syndrome (RLS). Our aim was to clarify the relationship and examine possible gender differences. We interviewed 1,693 veterans receiving primary…

Laparoscopic hernia repair. Three-year experience.

The basis of laparoscopic transabdominal preperitoneal repair (LTPR) of herniae rests upon the utilization of a prosthetic screen to cover hernia defects. Preperitoneal prosthetic screen interposition reproduces the effect of the inguinal shutter…

Tags: 1995, 80 and over, Adolescent, Adult, Aged, Female, Follow-Up Studies, Hernia, Humans, Inguinal/*surgery, Kavic M S, Laparoscopy/*methods, Male, Middle Aged, Postoperative Complications, Prostheses and Implants, Reoperation, Surgical endoscopy

Recognition of depression by internal medicine residents.

We studied the ability of internal medicine residents to recognize depressive symptoms in a population of lower socio-economic primary care patients. Four hundred twenty patients completed the short form of the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI).…

Appendicitis in the elderly: a change in the laparoscopic era.

BACKGROUND: Appendicitis in elderly patients is associated with significant morbidity and mortality. Early and correct diagnosis together with minimally invasive surgery can lead to more favorable outcomes than occurred in the prelaparoscopic era.…

Revisiting classification of pain from bone metastases as mild, moderate, or severe based on correlation with function and quality of life.

PURPOSE: The objective of our study was to determine the optimal cut points for classification of pain scores as mild, moderate, and severe based on interference with function and quality of life (QOL). METHODS: We evaluated 822 patients who…

Tags: *Quality of Life, *Severity of Illness Index, 2016, 80 and over, Adolescence, Adolescent, Adult, Aged, Babington Scott, Bone metastases, Bone Neoplasms, Bone Neoplasms – Complications, Bone Neoplasms/*complications/secondary, Brief pain inventory, Brundage Michael, Chow Edward, Demas William F, Ding Keyue, Female, Functional interference, Funding Source, Hartsell William F, Hoskin Peter, Human, Humans, Male, Meyer Ralph M, Middle Age, Middle Aged, Nabid Abdenour, Ong Francisca, Pain – Classification, Pain – Etiology, Pain Measurement – Methods, Pain Measurement/*methods, Pain severity, Pain/*classification/etiology, Parulekar Wendy R, Quality of Life, Questionnaires, Re-irradiation, Roos Daniel, Severity of Illness Indices, Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer, Survival, van der Linden Yvette M, van Tienhoven Geertjan, Wilson Carolyn F, Wong Rebecca K S, Wu Jackson S Y, Young Adult, Zhu Liting

Caudate body (CB) sign: new early CT sign of hyperacute anterior cerebral circulation infarction.

This case series describes the caudate body (CB) sign noted in computed tomography (CT) scans of patients who presented to the Emergency Department (ED) clinically manifesting symptoms suggestive of anterior cerebral circulation infarction. This sign…

Tags: *Tomography, 2011, 80 and over, Aged, Ahmed Shamima Y, Basal Ganglia – Pathology, Brain Infarction/*diagnostic imaging, Caudate Nucleus/*pathology, Emergency Medicine, Emergency radiology, Female, Humans, Infarction – Radiography, Khalaf Hamzah Suhail, Kurman Andrew J, Male, Tomography, X-Ray Computed, Young Adult

Is mortality due to primary malignant brain and other central nervous system tumors decreasing?

Primary malignant brain and other central nervous system tumors (BT) are a rare cancer that causes morbidity and mortality disproportionate to their incidence. This study presents the most up-to-date mortality data for malignant BT in the United…

Minimal clinically important differences in the EORTC QLQ-C30 and brief pain inventory in patients undergoing re-irradiation for painful bone metastases.

PURPOSE: The EORTC QLQ-C30 and the Brief Pain Inventory (BPI) are validated tools for measuring quality of life (QOL) and the impact of pain in patients with advanced cancer. Interpretation of these instrument scores can be challenging and it is…

Tags: *Bone metastases, *Brief pain inventory, *EORTC QLQ-C30, *Minimal Clinically Important Difference, *Minimal clinically important differences, *Radiation, 2018, 80 and over, Adolescence, Adolescent, Adult, Aged, Babington Scott, Bone Metastases – Radiotherapy, BONE metastasis, BONE metastasis – Treatment, Bone Neoplasms/*complications/radiotherapy/secondary, Brief pain inventory, Brundage Michael, Cancer Patients, CANCER radiotherapy, Chow Edward, Clinical Assessment Tools, Demas William F, Ding Keyue, Female, Funding Source, Haas Rick, Hartsell William F, Hoskin Peter, Human, Humans, Instrument Scaling, LONGITUDINAL method, Male, Meyer Ralph M, Middle Age, Middle Aged, Nabid Abdenour, Pain Management, Pain/*diagnosis, Prospective Studies, Quality of life research : an international journal of quality of life aspects of treatment, care and rehabilitation, Quality of Life/*psychology, Questionnaires, Raman Srinivas, RANDOMIZED controlled trials, Re-Irradiation/*adverse effects, Reoperation, Repeat Procedures, RESEARCH funding, Roos Daniel, SCALING (Social sciences), Secondary Analysis, Surveys and Questionnaires, van der Linden Yvette M, Wiggenraad Ruud, Wilson Carolyn F, Wong Rebecca K S, Wu Jackson S Y, Young Adult, Zhu Liting

Group A streptococcus necrotizing fasciitis.

Necrotizing fasciitis due to Group A streptococcus has been observed with increasing frequency over the past decade. Appropriate management requires rapid recognition of this life-threatening infection and expeditious antimicrobial therapy as well as…

Non-health Care Facility Medication Errors Associated with Hormones and Hormone Antagonists in the United States.

INTRODUCTION: Hormones and hormone antagonists are frequently associated with medication errors and may result in important adverse outcomes. The purpose of this study is to investigate non-health care facility (non-HCF) medication errors associated…

Weakness and fatigue in older ED patients in the United States.

BACKGROUND: The objectives of this study are to estimate the prevalence of weakness and fatigue visits in older emergency department (ED) patients, to compare demographics and resource use in these patients with those without these complaints, and to…

Evaluation of ED patient and visitor understanding of living wills and do-not-resuscitate orders.

Simple Triage Algorithm and Rapid Treatment and Sort, Assess, Lifesaving, Interventions, Treatment, and Transportation mass casualty triage methods for sensitivity, specificity, and predictive values.

OBJECTIVE: Two common mass casualty triage algorithms are Simple Triage Algorithm and Rapid Treatment (START) and Sort, Assess, Lifesaving, Interventions, Treatment, and Transportation (SALT). We sought to determine the START and SALT efficacy in…

Outcomes of non-STEMI patients transported by emergency medical services vs private vehicle.

BACKGROUND: Non-ST-segment elevation myocardial infarctions (NSTEMIs) are more common but less studied than ST-segment elevation myocardial infarctions (STEMIs) treated by emergency medical services (EMS). OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study was to…

Tags: *Electrocardiography, 2016, 80 and over, Adult, Age Distribution, Aged, Baughman Kristin, Bhalla Mary Colleen, Comparative Studies, Demography, Department of Family & Community Medicine, Dials Sarah, Electrocardiography, Emergency Medical Services – Methods, Emergency Medical Services – Statistics and Numerical Data, Emergency Medical Services/methods/*statistics & numerical data, Evaluation Research, Female, Frey Jennifer, Hospital Mortality, Human, Humans, Length of Stay – Statistics and Numerical Data, Length of Stay/statistics & numerical data, Male, Medical Records – Statistics and Numerical Data, Medical Records/statistics & numerical data, Middle Age, Middle Aged, Multicenter Studies, Myocardial Infarction – Diagnosis, Myocardial Infarction – Mortality, Myocardial Infarction – Therapy, Myocardial Infarction/diagnosis/*mortality/therapy, NEOMED College of Medicine, Ohio, Ohio/epidemiology, Outcome Assessment – Statistics and Numerical Data, Outcome Assessment (Health Care)/*statistics & numerical data, Retrospective Design, Retrospective Studies, Severity of Illness Index, Severity of Illness Indices, The American journal of emergency medicine, Time Factors, Transportation of Patients – Methods, Transportation of Patients – Statistics and Numerical Data, Transportation of Patients/*methods/*statistics & numerical data, Trauma Centers – Statistics and Numerical Data, Trauma Centers/statistics & numerical data, Validation Studies

Prevalence of strangulation in survivors of sexual assault and domestic violence.

OBJECTIVES: Both sexual assault (SA) survivors and domestic violence (DV) survivors are populations at risk of strangulation injury. Our goal was to identify the prevalence of strangulation in patients who are survivors of SA and DV, identify…

Frailty defined by the SHARE Frailty Instrument and adverse outcomes after an ED visit.

Transfer of DNR orders to the ED from extended care facilities.

PURPOSE/OBJECTIVE: With an elderly and chronically ill patient population visiting the emergency department, it is important to know patients' wishes regarding care preferences and advanced directives. Ohio law states DNR orders must be transported…

Tags: *Advance Directives, *Critical Illness, *Health Services for the Aged, *Skilled Nursing Facilities, 2017, 80 and over, Advance Directives, Aged, Amireh Ahmad, Chaudhary Ali, Coding – Administration, Coding – Standards, Critical Illness, Do-not-resuscitate, Emergency Medical Services – Administration, Emergency Medical Services/*organization & administration, Emergency Service, EMS, Extended care facilities, Female, Forms and Records Control/*organization & administration/standards, Frey Jennifer A, Health Services for the Aged, Hospital, Human, Humans, Length of Stay, Male, McQuown Colleen M, Medical Records – Statistics and Numerical Data, Medical Records/*statistics & numerical data, Middle Age, Middle Aged, Ohio, Outcome Assessment, Outcome Assessment (Health Care), Patient Advocacy, Physicians, Prospective Studies, Resuscitation Orders, Skilled Nursing Facilities, The American journal of emergency medicine

Cost-effectiveness analysis of the treatment of large leiomyomas: laparoscopic assisted vaginal hysterectomy versus abdominal hysterectomy.

OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study was to perform a cost-effectiveness analysis comparing the treatment of large leiomyomas by laparoscopic assisted vaginal hysterectomy (LAVH) versus abdominal hysterectomy (AH). STUDY DESIGN: Twenty consecutive…

Tags: 2007, 80 and over, Adult, Aged, American journal of obstetrics and gynecology, Cost-Benefit Analysis, Fanning James, Female, Fenton Bradford W, Flora Robert, Humans, Hysterectomy, Hysterectomy/*economics, Laparoscopy/economics, Leiomyoma/*surgery, Middle Aged, Mittapalli Raja, Uterine Neoplasms/*surgery, Vaginal/economics

Revision total joint arthroplasty: the epidemiology of 63,140 cases in New York State.

Recent evidence suggests a substantial rise in the number of revision total joint arthroplasty (TJA) procedures performed. The New York State SPARCS inpatient database was utilized to identify revision total shoulder, knee, and hip arthroplasty…

Spectrum of excess mortality due to carbapenem-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae infections.

Patients infected or colonized with carbapenem-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae (CRKp) are often chronically and acutely ill, which results in substantial mortality unrelated to infection. Therefore, estimating excess mortality due to CRKp infections…

Tags: *beta-Lactam Resistance, 2016, 80 and over, Aged, Bacteremia/microbiology/mortality, Bacterial/microbiology/mortality, Bonomo R A, carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae, Clinical microbiology and infection : the official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Cober E, Department of Internal Medicine, Doi Y, Epidemiology, Evans S, Female, Fowler V G Jr, Hauck C, Humans, Kalayjian R C, Kaye K S, Klebsiella Infections/*microbiology/*mortality, Klebsiella pneumoniae, Klebsiella pneumoniae/*drug effects/isolation & purification, Longitudinal Studies, Male, Middle Aged, Mortality, NEOMED College of Medicine, Perez F, Pneumonia, Prospective Studies, Richter S S, Salata R A, Scalera N M, Survival Analysis, Urinary Tract Infections/microbiology/mortality, van Duin D, Watkins R R

Macrolide therapy for community-acquired pneumonia due to atypical pathogens: outcome assessment at an early time point.

BACKGROUND: Therapy directed against atypical pathogens in patients with community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) is often recommended. This post-hoc analysis evaluated the effect of addition of a macrolide to ceftaroline fosamil or ceftriaxone treatment…

Tags: 2017, 80 and over, Adult, Aged, Anti-Bacterial Agents/adverse effects/*therapeutic use, Atypical pathogen, Bacterial/*drug therapy, Ceftaroline fosamil, Ceftriaxone/adverse effects/*therapeutic use, Cephalosporins/adverse effects/*therapeutic use, Chlamydial Pneumonia, Chlamydophila pneumoniae, Clinical Trials, Combination/adverse effects/methods, Community-Acquired Infections/*drug therapy, Community-acquired pneumonia, Department of Internal Medicine, Double-Blind Method, Drug Therapy, Eckburg Paul B, Female, File Thomas M Jr, Friedland H David, Humans, International journal of antimicrobial agents, Legionella pneumophila, Llorens Lily, Macrolide, Macrolides/adverse effects/*therapeutic use, Male, Middle Aged, Mycoplasma, Mycoplasma pneumoniae, NEOMED College of Medicine, Phase III as Topic, Pneumonia, Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic, Talbot George H, Time Factors, Treatment Outcome

6-year post-PCI follow-up of a 110-year myocardial infarction patient: a case report.

Tags: 2014, 80 and over, Age Factors, Aged, Female, Follow-up, Follow-Up Studies, Guo Liheng, Humans, International journal of cardiology, myocardial infarction, Myocardial Infarction/*diagnosis/*surgery, Percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI), Percutaneous Coronary Intervention/*trends, Qi Jianyong, Ren Yi, Wang Lei, Wu Jiashin, Zhang Minzhou

Crisis intervention team officer dispatch, assessment, and disposition: Interactions with individuals with severe mental illness.

The Crisis Intervention Team (CIT) model is a specialized police response program for people in a mental illness crisis. We analyzed 2174 CIT officers' reports from one community, which were completed during a five year period. These officers'…

Outcomes of modular proximal femoral replacement in the treatment of complex proximal femoral fractures: a case series.

BACKGROUND: The treatment of complex femur fractures poses a significant challenge. Even with current advancements and the various implements available for the fixation of femoral fractures, results are often disappointing. This study sought to…

Retrospective review of biopsy results following percutaneous fixation of vertebral compression fractures.

BACKGROUND: Percutaneous vertebral body fixation has been found to provide pain relief and restoration of function for patients with compression fractures. Despite the prevalence of osteoporosis, there are a variety of aetiologies, such as lymphoma,…

Hemipelvic amputations for recalcitrant pelvic osteomyelitis.

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the outcome of recalcitrant deep pelvic infection that required a hemipelvic amputation. STUDY DESIGN: Retrospective cohort. SETTING: Tertiary referral centre; Level I trauma. PATIENTS: There were 20 patients with an infection…

Plication augmentation of the modified Hummelsheim procedure for treatment of large-angle esotropia due to abducens nerve palsy and type 1 Duane syndrome.

BACKGROUND: Multiple procedures have been described to treat a large-angle esodeviation with an associated abduction deficit. We report a plication augmentation of the Hummelsheim procedure for the management of esotropia and severe abduction deficit…

Tags: *Ophthalmologic Surgical Procedures, 2015, 80 and over, Abducens Nerve Diseases/complications/physiopathology/*surgery, Adolescent, Adult, Aged, Binocular/physiology, Botulinum Toxins, Child, Cochran Megan, Duane Retraction Syndrome/complications/physiopathology/*surgery, El Sahn Mahmoud, Esotropia/etiology/physiopathology/*surgery, Eye Movements/physiology, Female, Granet David B, Hertle Richard W, Humans, Injections, Intramuscular, Journal of AAPOS : the official publication of the American Association for Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus, Khayali Salma, Kinori Michael, Male, Middle Aged, Miller Kyle E, Neuromuscular Agents/administration & dosage, Oculomotor Muscles/drug effects/physiopathology/*surgery, Patil Preeti A, Preschool, Retrospective Studies, Robbins Shira L, Suture Techniques, Tendon Transfer, Type A/administration & dosage, Vision, Young Adult

PTSD symptom severity and psychiatric comorbidity in recent motor vehicle accident victims: a latent class analysis.

We conducted a latent class analysis (LCA) on 249 recent motor vehicle accident (MVA) victims to examine subgroups that differed in posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptom severity, current major depressive disorder and alcohol/other drug use…

Feasibility of the Maylard transverse incision for ovarian cancer cytoreductive surgery.

The vast majority of abdominal incisions used in gynecologic surgery are either transverse or vertical midline. The advantages of a vertical midline incision are considered to be rapid abdominal entry and increased exposure to the abdomen and pelvis.…

Tags: 2007, 80 and over, Aged, Fanning James, Feasibility Studies, Female, Flora Robert F, Gynecologic Surgical Procedures/adverse effects/*methods, Humans, Journal of minimally invasive gynecology, Middle Aged, Ovarian Neoplasms/*surgery, Pruett Allison, Reoperation, Tissue Adhesions/*etiology

Phase I/II prospective trial of autologous platelet tissue graft in gynecologic surgery.

STUDY OBJECTIVE: To perform the original phase I/II trial of autologous platelet tissue graft in gynecologic surgery to evaluate toxicity and efficacy on decreasing pain. DESIGN: Prospective nonrandomized trial (Canadian Task Force classification…

Selective lateral compartment neck dissection for thyroid cancer.

BACKGROUND: Compartment-oriented lymph node dissection in patients with thyroid cancer and macroscopic lymph node metastases reduces recurrence and improves survival. However, the extent of lymph node dissection remains controversial. The purpose of…

Effectiveness of an extracellular matrix graft (OASIS Wound Matrix) in the treatment of chronic leg ulcers: a randomized clinical trial.

BACKGROUND: Venous leg ulcers are a major cause of morbidity, economic loss, and decreased quality of life in affected patients. Recently, biomaterials derived from natural tissue sources have been used to stimulate wound closure. One such…

Intrajoint comparisons of gene expression patterns in human osteoarthritis suggest a change in chondrocyte phenotype.

Osteoarthritis (OA) is a degenerative cartilage disease with varying degrees of severity within a given joint. The purpose of this study was to define a sampling procedure for comparing human minimal and advanced OA cartilage in the same patient and…

The utility of hair cortisol concentrations in the prediction of PTSD symptoms following traumatic physical injury.

RATIONALE: Although cortisol alterations have been associated with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and PTSD symptoms (PTSS), the direction of association is mixed. Cortisol which is measured in blood, saliva, or urine is subject to transient…

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