ARE THIAZOLIDINEDIONES FIRST-LINE AGENTS?
LETTERS to the editor; BIOCHEMISTRY
This section presents a letter to the editor in response to an article about the efficiency of thiazolidinediones.
Weldy David L
Journal of Family Practice
2002
2002-11
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Squamous Cell Carcinoma Arising in Long-Standing Lichen Sclerosus Et Atrophicus.
LETTERS to the editor; SQUAMOUS cell carcinoma
Presents a letter to the editor about squamous cell carcinoma.
Bhattacharjee Pradip; Fatteh Shokat M; Lloyd Kenneth L
Journal of the American Geriatrics Society
2004
2004-02
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<a href="http://doi.org/10.1111/j.1532-5415.2004.05202001_2.x" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">10.1111/j.1532-5415.2004.05202001_2.x</a>
What Causes Lesions in Sperm Whale Bones?
LETTERS to the editor; OSTEONECROSIS; FEMUR diseases; PERIODICALS; SCIENCE; SPERM whale
Presents several letters to the editor referencing article "Cumulative Sperm Whale Bone Damage and the Bends," by M.J. Moore and G.A. Early, previously published in the journal "Science." Compatibility of sperm whale avascular necrosis; Interpretation of ontogenetically progressive, chronic osteonecrosis in specimens.
Rorthschild Bruce M; Mitchell Edward D
Science
2005
2005-04-29
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<a href="http://doi.org/10.1126/science.308.5722.631c" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">10.1126/science.308.5722.631c</a>
Evaluation of Nonpharmacologic Methods of Pain and Anxiety Management for Laceration Repair in the Pediatric Emergency Department.
PAIN management; CHILDREN; LETTERS to the editor; ANXIETY in children; DISTRACTION (Psychology); PAIN in children; PEDIATRIC emergency services
BACKGROUND. Nonpharmacologic interventions, such as distraction, have been shown to be powerful adjuncts in reducing pain and anxiety in children with both acute and chronic painful conditions. There are no controlled studies evaluating these interventions as adjuncts to facilitate completion of painful procedures in the pediatric emergency department (ED). OBJECTIVE. We assessed the effectiveness of distraction techniques in reducing the sensory and affective components of pain among pediatric patients undergoing laceration repair in the ED. METHODS. Eligible children between 6 and 18 years of age (N = 240) presenting to the ED for laceration repair were randomly assigned to an intervention or control arm. Those assigned to the intervention arm were given a choice of age-appropriate distracters during laceration repair. Quantitative measures of pain intensity, situational anxiety, and pain distress (as perceived by the parent) were assessed by using the 7-point Facial Pain Scale, State Trait Anxiety Inventory for Children, and a visual analog scale, respectively, before and after laceration repair. The State Trait Anxiety Inventory for Children was performed in children ≥10 years of age. RESULTS. There was no difference in mean change in Facial Pain Scale scores between the control and the intervention groups in children \textless10 years of age. Multivariate analysis in this same age group showed that the intervention was independently associated with a reduction in pain distress as perceived by parents based on the mean change in visual analog scale scores. In older children, the intervention was independently associated with reduction in situational anxiety but not in pain intensity or in parental perception of pain distress. CONCLUSIONS. The use of distraction techniques is effective in reducing situational anxiety in older children and lowering parental perception of pain distress in younger children. This technique may have a role in improving the quality of management of procedural pain in a pediatric ED setting. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Sinha Madhumita; Christopher Norman C; Fenn Robin; Reeves Laurie
Pediatrics
2006
2006-04
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<a href="http://doi.org/10.1542/peds.2005-1100" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">10.1542/peds.2005-1100</a>
Thewissen et al. reply.
LETTERS to the editor; WHALES
Replying to: J. H. Geisler & J. M. Theodor 458, 10.1038/nature07776 (2009)The analysis of Geisler and Theodor confirms our main phylogenetic result, that raoellids are, or include, the sister group to cetaceans. Their study expands on our findings by inferring that hippopotamids are the sister group to the combined raoellid–cetacean clade, whereas our paper had explicitly stated that our data could not address the position of the extant artiodactyl families. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Thewissen J G M; Cooper Lisa Noelle; Clementz Mark T; Bajpai Sunil; Tiwari B N
Nature
2009
2009-03-19
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<a href="http://doi.org/10.1038/nature07775" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">10.1038/nature07775</a>