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Chlamydia trachomatis and Adverse Pregnancy Outcomes: Meta-analysis of Patients With and Without Infection.

OBJECTIVES: We conducted a meta-analysis to determine the association between Chlamydia trachomatis and adverse perinatal outcomes. METHODS: Electronic databases were searched between 1970 and 2013. Included studies reported perinatal outcomes in…

Tags: *Chlamydia trachomatis, *Perinatal infection, *Pregnancy outcomes, *Premature Birth, *Preterm birth, 2018, Adult, Balaram Kripa, Childbirth, Chlamydia Infections – Complications – In Pregnancy, Chlamydia Infections – Diagnosis, Chlamydia Infections/diagnosis/*epidemiology/microbiology, Chlamydia trachomatis, Cochrane Library, Confidence Intervals, Endometrial Diseases, Female, Fetal Membranes, Hackney David N, Human, Humans, Infant, Infectious/diagnosis/*epidemiology/microbiology, Low Birth Weight, Maternal and child health journal, Medline, Meta Analysis, Newborn, Nucleic Acid Probes, Obstetric Labor, Odds Ratio, Olson-Chen Courtney, Perinatal Death, Pregnancy, Pregnancy Complications, Pregnancy Complications – Etiology, Pregnancy Outcome/epidemiology, Pregnancy outcomes, Premature, Premature Rupture/*epidemiology, Premature/*epidemiology, PubMed, Small for Gestational Age, systematic review

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…

Estimating the annual frequency of synchronous brain metastasis in the United States 2010-2013: a population-based study.

Brain metastases (BM) are one of the most common types of brain tumors and are a relatively common event in the disease process for several high-incidence cancer types, including breast and lung cancers. Historically, information on metastases…

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…

Adverse reactions to aspartame: double-blind challenge in patients from a vulnerable population.

This study was designed to ascertain whether individuals with mood disorders are particularly vulnerable to adverse effects of aspartame. Although the protocol required the recruitment of 40 patients with unipolar depression and a similar number of…

Tags: 1993, Adult, Aspartame/*adverse effects/*therapeutic use, Biological psychiatry, Cross-Sectional Studies, Depressive Disorder/diagnosis/*drug therapy/psychology, Double-Blind Method, Eye Diseases/etiology/physiopathology, Female, Green-Waite R J, Headache/etiology, Hudak R, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Placebos, Psychiatric Status Rating Scales, Vision Disorders/etiology/physiopathology, Walton R G

Spontaneous vertebral artery dissection as a complication of autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease.

Autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD) may be associated with a variety of cardiovascular complications, including intracranial saccular aneurysms. In ADPKD, intracranial saccular aneurysms tend to rupture more frequently and earlier…

Tags: *Vertebral Artery, 1995, Adult, American journal of kidney diseases : the official journal of the National Kidney Foundation, Aneurysm, Autosomal Dominant/*complications/genetics, Department of Internal Medicine, Dissecting/*genetics, Humans, Intracranial Aneurysm/*genetics, Larranaga J, Male, NEOMED College of Medicine, Pedigree, Polycystic Kidney, Rutecki G W, Whittier F C

Alcohol, drugs, and urban violence in a small city trauma center.

Substance abuse and urban trauma go hand in hand. But research focuses on large cities served by major academic medical centers. Do small cities face the same problems? Two hundred thirty-three urban trauma inpatients from a metro area of 250,000…

Predictors of epinephrine autoinjector needle length inadequacy.

BACKGROUND: Self-administered epinephrine is the primary out-of-hospital treatment of anaphylaxis. Intramuscular injection of epinephrine results in higher peak plasma concentration than subcutaneous injection. With the prevalence of obesity,…

Tags: *Needles, 2013, Adolescence, Adolescent, Adult, Anaphylaxis – Drug Therapy, Anaphylaxis/*drug therapy, Bhalla Mary Colleen, Body Mass Index, Cross Sectional Studies, Cross-Sectional Studies, Department of Emergency Medicine, Epinephrine – Administration and Dosage, Epinephrine/*administration & dosage, Equipment Design, Equipment Failure, Female, Frey Jennifer A, Gable Brad D, Human, Humans, Injections, Intramuscular – Equipment and Supplies, Intramuscular/instrumentation, Male, Middle Age, Middle Aged, Needles, NEOMED College of Medicine, Prospective Studies, Quadriceps Muscle/*anatomy & histology/diagnostic imaging, Quadriceps Muscles – Anatomy and Histology, Quadriceps Muscles – Ultrasonography, Reichenbach Matthew R, Sex Factors, Sympathomimetics – Administration and Dosage, Sympathomimetics/*administration & dosage, The American journal of emergency medicine, Ultrasonography, Wilber Scott T, Young Adult

Intraparenchymal hemorrhage after heroin use.

Heroin-associated stroke is a rare complication of use. Various proposed mechanisms of heroin-associated ischemic stroke have been proposed, including the following: cardioembolism in the setting of infective endocarditis, hypoxic ischemic brain…

Tags: *Heroin Dependence, 2015, Adult, Bhalla Mary Colleen, Cerebral Hemorrhage/*chemically induced/diagnostic imaging, Department of Emergency Medicine, Female, Frey Jennifer A, Heroin/*adverse effects, Humans, Kumar Neha, Narcotics/*adverse effects, NEOMED College of Medicine, Radiography, Southern Alison, Stroke/*chemically induced/diagnostic imaging, The American journal of emergency medicine

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…

Financial planning and satisfaction across life domains among retired emergency physicians in the United States.

Carboplatin and paclitaxel for the treatment of advanced or recurrent endometrial cancer.

OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study was to determine the activity and toxicity of carboplatin and paclitaxel (taxol) in the treatment of advanced or recurrent endometrial cancer. STUDY DESIGN: This was a retrospective review of 18 consecutive…

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

Robotic radical hysterectomy.

OBJECTIVE: Advanced laparoscopic procedures are increasing being used in gynecologic surgery. The da Vinci robotic system (Intuitive Surgical Corporation, Sunnyvale, CA) can further augment laparoscopic surgery. We describe our initial experience…

Tags: *Robotics, 2008, Adult, American journal of obstetrics and gynecology, Carcinoma/*surgery, Fanning James, Female, Fenton Bradford, Humans, Hysterectomy/*methods, Purohit Manisha, Treatment Outcome, Uterine Cervical Neoplasms/*surgery

Effects of bariatric surgery on inflammatory, functional and structural markers of coronary atherosclerosis.

This study was designed to assess the effects of bariatric weight loss surgery on structural, functional, and inflammatory markers of coronary atherosclerosis. Obesity is a worldwide epidemic and an independent risk factor for coronary…

Tags: *Gastric Bypass, 2009, Adult, Biological Markers – Blood, Biomarkers/blood, Blood Flow Velocity – Physiology, Blood Flow Velocity/physiology, Blood Vessels – Pathology, Body Mass Index, Brachial Artery – Ultrasonography, Brachial Artery/diagnostic imaging, C-Reactive Protein – Analysis, C-Reactive Protein/analysis, Carotid Arteries – Pathology, Carotid Arteries/pathology, Cholesterol – Blood, Cholesterol/blood, Coronary Arteriosclerosis – Blood, Coronary Arteriosclerosis – Pathology, Coronary Arteriosclerosis – Physiopathology, Coronary Artery Disease/*blood/pathology/*physiopathology, Department of Internal Medicine, Female, Follow-Up Studies, Gastric Bypass, Habib Phillip, Human, Humans, Male, Mikolich J Ronald, Muscle, NEOMED College of Medicine, Prospective Studies, Scrocco John David, Smooth – Pathology, Terek Megan, The American journal of cardiology, Triglycerides – Blood, Triglycerides/blood, Tunica Intima/pathology, Tunica Media/pathology, Ultrasonography, Vanek Vincent, Vasodilation – Physiology, Vasodilation/physiology

Case studies of lower respiratory tract infections: community-acquired pneumonia.

Community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) is a common and potentially serious illness with significant human and economic costs to society. The recent collaborative statement from the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) and the American Thoracic…

Tags: 2010, Acute – Microbiology, Adult, Adult/microbiology, Aged, Anti-Bacterial Agents/*therapeutic use, Antibiotics – Therapeutic Use, Antitubercular Agents – Therapeutic Use, Antitubercular Agents/therapeutic use, Community-Acquired Infections – Diagnosis, Community-Acquired Infections – Drug Therapy, Community-Acquired Infections/diagnosis/drug therapy, Cough, Cough – Microbiology, Cough/microbiology/virology, Department of Internal Medicine, Diagnosis, Differential, Dyspnea, Fatal Outcome, Female, Fever – Microbiology, Fever/microbiology, File Thomas M Jr, Hemoptysis – Microbiology, Hemoptysis/microbiology, Human, Human – Complications, Human – Diagnosis, Human/complications/*diagnosis, Humans, Hypotension – Microbiology, Hypotension/microbiology, Influenza, Leukopenia – Microbiology, Leukopenia/microbiology, Male, Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus, Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus/*isolation & purification, Miliary/diagnosis/drug therapy, Multiple Organ Dysfunction Syndrome – Microbiology, Multiple Organ Failure/microbiology, Mycobacterium Tuberculosis, Mycobacterium tuberculosis/isolation & purification, NEOMED College of Medicine, Pneumonia – Diagnosis, Pneumonia – Drug Therapy, Pneumonia – Microbiology, Pneumonia – Therapy, Pneumonia/*diagnosis/*drug therapy/microbiology/therapy, Practice Guidelines, Practice Guidelines as Topic, Respiratory Distress Syndrome, Risk Factors, Severity of Illness Index, Severity of Illness Indices, Smoking, Smoking/adverse effects, Staphylococcal Infections – Diagnosis, Staphylococcal Infections – Drug Therapy, Staphylococcal Infections – Microbiology, Staphylococcal Infections – Therapy, Staphylococcal Infections/*diagnosis/*drug therapy/microbiology/therapy, The American journal of medicine, Tuberculosis, Tuberculosis – Diagnosis, Tuberculosis – Drug Therapy

Does preoperative rofecoxib (Vioxx) decrease postoperative pain with laparoscopic cholecystectomy?

BACKGROUND: A prospective, randomized, double-blinded clinical trial was designed to study the effects of preemptive rofecoxib (Vioxx) analgesia in patients undergoing elective laparoscopic cholecystectomy. METHODS: One hundred-twenty patients were…

The role of transcervical thymectomy in patients with hyperparathyroidism.

BACKGROUND: The most common location for supernumerary or ectopic parathyroid glands is the thymus. METHODS: A review of patients who underwent parathyroidectomy for hyperparathyroidism from 1990 to 2010 was completed to determine indications for…

Tags: *Thymectomy/methods, 2012, Adult, Aged, American journal of surgery, Female, Humans, Hyperparathyroidism/etiology/pathology/*surgery, Hypocalcemia/etiology, Male, McHenry Christopher R, Middle Aged, Parathyroidectomy, Postoperative Complications, Retrospective Studies, Thymus Gland/pathology/surgery, Treatment Outcome, Welch Kellen

Common variable immunodeficiency associated with birdshot-like chorioretinopathy.

Tags: 2014, Adult, Annals of allergy, asthma & immunology : official publication of the American College of Allergy, Asthma, & Immunology, Chorioretinitis/*etiology/immunology, Common Variable Immunodeficiency/*complications/drug therapy/immunology, Female, gamma-Globins/therapeutic use, Hemoglobins – Therapeutic Use, HLA Antigens – Immunology, HLA-A Antigens/immunology, Hostoffer Robert W Jr, Humans, Immunoglobulins – Blood, Immunoglobulins – Therapeutic Use, Immunoglobulins/blood/therapeutic use, Immunologic Deficiency Syndromes – Complications, Immunologic Deficiency Syndromes – Drug Therapy, Immunologic Deficiency Syndromes – Immunology, Marks Amy L, Oh Joyce, Retina – Pathology, Retina/pathology, Singerman Lawrence J, Tcheurekdjian Haig, Uveitis – Etiology, Uveitis – Immunology, Venglarcik John, Wessell Kathryn Ruda

Shortness of breath, syncope, and cardiac arrest caused by systemic mastocytosis.

During a 3-month period, a 33-year-old man presented to the emergency department on 4 occasions with dyspnea, palpitations, and syncope. His initial presentation was accompanied by acute myocardial injury and ventricular fibrillation. An extensive…

Tags: 2005, Adult, Annals of emergency medicine, Dyspnea/etiology, Epinephrine/therapeutic use, Heart Arrest/etiology, Humans, Hypotension/etiology, Male, Mastocytosis, Rich Michael W, Rohr Susan M, Silver Kevin H, Syncope/etiology, Systemic/complications/*diagnosis/drug therapy

Randomized controlled trial of a scoring aid to improve Glasgow Coma Scale scoring by emergency medical services providers.

STUDY OBJECTIVE: Emergency medical services (EMS) personnel frequently use the Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) to assess injured and critically ill patients. This study assesses the accuracy of EMS providers' GCS scoring, as well as the improvement in GCS…

Tags: *Emergency Service, *Glasgow Coma Scale/standards, 2015, Adult, Annals of emergency medicine, Brain Injuries/diagnosis, Decision Support Techniques, Emergency Medical Technicians/standards, Feldman Amanda, Hart Kimberly W, Hospital/standards, Humans, Lindsell Christopher J, McMullan Jason T

Zinc sulfate taste acuity reflects dietary zinc intake in males.

Gauging an individual's response after they taste a solution of zinc sulfate has been proposed as a method of determining nutritional zinc deficiency, a so-called "zinc taste test." Despite the lack of evidence regarding any relationship between…

The relation of breast cancer staging to screening protocol compliance: a computer simulation study.

A computer model based on relational database techniques was used to analyze the relationship between staging and population compliance to a breast cancer screening protocol. Stage distribution data permitted estimates of compliance to the protocol.…

Identifying motivators and barriers to student completion of instructor evaluations: A multi-faceted, collaborative approach from four colleges of pharmacy.

OBJECTIVE: To identify motivators and barriers to pharmacy student completion of instructor evaluations, and to develop potential strategies to improve the evaluation process. METHODS: Completed at four Ohio Colleges of Pharmacy, Phase I consisted of…

Preparing students for residency interviews through a residency interview boot camp.

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: To describe the offering of the residency boot camp activity at one college of pharmacy for students in their fourth professional year. EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITY AND SETTING: Student pharmacists in their final professional year of…

The impact of Chiari malformation on daily activities: A report from the national Conquer Chiari Patient Registry database.

BACKGROUND: Chiari malformation (CM) is characterized by herniation of the cerebellar tonsils into the cervical spine. While ample literature on CM exists for clinical and procedural aspects of the disease, few studies have measured the impact CM has…

Increased serotransferrin and ceruloplasmin turnover in diet-controlled patients with type 2 diabetes.

Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) is associated with oxidative stress and perturbed iron metabolism. Serotransferrin (Trf) and ceruloplasmin (Cp) are two key proteins involved in iron metabolism and anti-oxidant defense. Non-enzymatic glycation and…

Tags: *Ceruloplasmin, *Deamidation, *Heavy water metabolic labeling, *High resolution mass spectrometry, *Iron metabolism, *LC-MS/MS, *Non-enzymatic glycation, *Oxidative Stress, *Protein Processing, *Proteome dynamics, *Serotransferrin, *Type 2 diabetes mellitus, 2017, Adult, Amino Acid Sequence, Bena James, Case-Control Studies, Ceruloplasmin/genetics/*metabolism, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Deuterium/metabolism, Diabetes Mellitus, Diabetic, Diet, Female, Free radical biology & medicine, Gene Expression Regulation, Glycated Hemoglobin A/genetics/metabolism, Glycosylation, Golizeh Makan, Humans, Ilchenko Serguei, Iron/*metabolism, Isotope Labeling, Kashyap Sangeeta R, Kasumov Takhar, Lee Kwangwon, Male, Middle Aged, NEOMED College of Pharmacy, Osme Abdullah, Oxidation-Reduction, Oxidative Stress, Post-Translational, Proteolysis, Sadygov Rovshan G, Transferrin/genetics/*metabolism, Type 2/diet therapy/genetics/*metabolism/pathology

The development of pharmacokinetically enhanced amoxicillin/clavulanate for the management of respiratory tract infections in adults.

Rising levels of resistance amongst the major respiratory pathogens have compromised empiric antimicrobial therapy. This, coupled with a recent lack in availability of novel classes of antibacterials, has led to a need for new approaches to combat…

Tags: 2007, Adult, Amoxicillin-Potassium Clavulanate Combination/*administration & dosage/pharmacokinetics/therapeutic use, Anti-Bacterial Agents/*administration & dosage/pharmacokinetics/therapeutic use, Bacteria/*drug effects/isolation & purification, Community-Acquired Infections/*drug therapy/microbiology, Department of Internal Medicine, File Thomas M Jr, Humans, International journal of antimicrobial agents, NEOMED College of Medicine, Pneumonia/drug therapy/microbiology, Respiratory Tract Infections/*drug therapy/microbiology, Sinusitis/drug therapy/microbiology

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

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'…

Police officer perceptions of the impact of Crisis Intervention Team (CIT) programs.

The Crisis Intervention Team (CIT) program is an approach for law enforcement officers to safely response to individuals who are experiencing a mental health crisis. Research must identify the components of CIT that are instrumental to the overall…

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…

A histologic review of 27 patients with lichen planopilaris.

BACKGROUND: Lichen planopilaris (LPP) is a potential trichologic emergency that can result in permanent scarring alopecia. Histopathology is a key component of the diagnostic work-up. OBJECTIVE: To identify the key histologic features that…

Tags: 2008, Adult, Aged, Alopecia/etiology/*pathology, Bergfeld Wilma F, Biopsy, Cevasco Nathaniel C, Cicatrix/etiology/*pathology, Female, Humans, Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology, Lichen Planus/complications/diagnosis/*pathology, Male, Middle Aged, Retrospective Studies, Scalp Dermatoses/diagnosis/*pathology, Scalp/*pathology, Somani Najwa, Tandon Yasmeen K

The natural history of halo nevi: a retrospective case series.

BACKGROUND: The time period between onset of depigmentation around the halo nevus (HN) to complete resolution of the nevus and halo has not been well studied. OBJECTIVE: We sought to better understand the natural history of the HN. METHODS: A…

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

Cardiac magnetic resonance imaging and coronary computed tomography angiography in the diagnosis of anomalous coronary artery.

Tags: 2009, Adult, Congenital – Diagnosis, Coronary Angiography, Coronary Vessel Anomalies/*diagnosis, Department of Internal Medicine, Female, Heart Defects, Humans, Journal of the American College of Cardiology, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Mikolich J Ronald, NEOMED College of Medicine, Tomography, X-Ray Computed

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