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Evaluation of venous distension device: phase II: cannulation of nonemergent patients.

A device designed to augment venous filling by applying a vacuum to the arm during tourniquet application was evaluated in adult patients considered to have difficult peripheral venous access and in need of nonemergent venipuncture or intravenous…

Tags: 1988, Adolescent, Adult, Amsterdam J T, Catheterization, Evaluation Studies as Topic, Hedges J R, Humans, Middle Aged, Obesity/physiopathology, Peripheral/instrumentation/*methods, Punctures/*methods, Schwytzer D J, The American journal of emergency medicine, Tourniquets, Weinshenker E

Urgent management of a giant scrotal hernia.

An unusual case of giant scrotal hernia is presented. Hernias of this magnitude are extremely rare, even in underdeveloped countries, and their repair is challenging to the surgeon and stressful to the patient. Only a few case reports on the use of…

Tags: 1990, Abdu R A, Abscess/etiology/therapy, Diabetes Complications, Genital Diseases, Hernia/complications, Herniorrhaphy, Humans, Male, Male/complications/surgery, Middle Aged, Postoperative Complications/therapy, Scrotum/*surgery, The American surgeon

Effect of Precompression on the Power Doppler Assessment of Breast Lesion Vascularity.

OBJECTIVES: To evaluate the effect of precompression on power Doppler visualization of blood flow in breast masses. METHODS: This Institutional Review Board-approved and Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act-compliant study evaluated 30…

Sonographic Elastography of Mastitis.

Sonographic elastography has been shown to be a useful imaging modality in characterizing breast lesions as benign or malignant. However, in preliminary research, mastitis has given false-positive findings on both strain and shear wave elastography.…

Effects of precompression on elasticity imaging of the breast: development of a clinically useful semiquantitative method of precompression assessment.

OBJECTIVES: Elastography of the breast is a new technique for characterization of breast lesions. The reproducibility of elastographic techniques has been questioned. Precompression is known to effect elastographic results. This study determined the…

Surface Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy (SERS) for the Multiplex Detection of Braf, Kras, and Pik3ca Mutations in Plasma of Colorectal Cancer Patients.

In this paper, we discuss the use of a procedure based on polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and surface enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS) (PCR-SERS) to detect DNA mutations. Methods: This method was implemented by first amplifying

Use of Fine-scale Geospatial Units and Population Data to Evaluate Access to Emergency Care.

Introduction: Time to facility is a crucial element in emergency medicine (EM). Fine-scale geospatial units such as census block groups (CBG) and publicly available population datasets offer a low-cost and accurate approach to modeling geographic…

Laparoscopic Splenectomy in Hemodynamically Stable Blunt Trauma.

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: No criteria define indications for laparoscopic splenectomy in trauma. This investigation compared characteristics of trauma patients and outcomes between laparoscopic and open splenectomies. METHODS: Patients were…

Two-trocar cholecystectomy by strategic laparoscopy for improved cosmesis (SLIC).

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Until the advent of singleincision laparoscopic surgery, few advances were aimed at improving cosmesis with laparoscopic cholecystectomy. Criticisms of the single-incision laparoscopic surgery technique include a larger…

Laparoscopic cytoreduction for primary advanced ovarian cancer.

INTRODUCTION: We evaluated the feasibility of laparoscopic cytoreduction for primary advanced ovarian cancer. METHODS: All patients with presumed stage 3/4 primary ovarian cancer underwent attempted laparoscopic cytoreduction. All patients had CT…

Tags: 2010, Aged, Fanning James, Feasibility Studies, Female, Fenton Bradford, Gynecologic Surgical Procedures/*methods, Hojat Rod, Humans, Hysterectomy, Johnson Jil, JSLS : Journal of the Society of Laparoendoscopic Surgeons, Laparoscopy/*methods, Laser Coagulation, Middle Aged, Ovarian Neoplasms/pathology/*surgery, Ovariectomy/*methods, Treatment Outcome

Metastatic renal cell carcinoma to the thyroid gland.

OBJECTIVE: To examine the presentation, diagnosis, and appropriate management of renal clear cell carcinoma metastasis to the thyroid gland. METHODS: We describe a clinical case of solitary thyroid metastasis from renal clear cell carcinoma and…

Tags: 2008, Carcinoma, Duggal Neal Murari, Endocrine practice : official journal of the American College of Endocrinology and the American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists, Horattas Mark C, Humans, Kidney Neoplasms/*pathology, Male, Middle Aged, Renal Cell/*secondary, Thyroid Neoplasms/*secondary

Comparative antiplatelet activity of COX1 NSAIDS versus aspirin, encompassing regimen simplification and gastroprotection: a call for a controlled study.

This study was conducted to assess the feasibility of COX1 NSAID substitution for aspirin for preventative therapy related to circulating anticoagulants, as manifest by inhibition of platelet aggregation. There was no difference in platelet…

Chylous ascites as a complication of left sided robot-assisted laparoscopic partial nephrectomy.

OBJECTIVE: The aim of the study was to present a case series of the sparsely reported complication of chylous ascites (CA) after left sided robot-assisted laparoscopic partial nephrectomy (RALPN), identify possible risk factors for the development of…

Tags: 2016, Adult, Archivio italiano di urologia, andrologia : organo ufficiale [di] Societa italiana di ecografia urologica e nefrologica, Body Mass Index, Chylous Ascites/*etiology/therapy, Humans, Laparoscopy/*adverse effects/methods, Male, Middle Aged, Nephrectomy/*adverse effects/methods, Pahouja Gaurav, Patel Kalpit, Postoperative Complications/pathology, Retrospective Studies, Ricchiuti Daniel J, Risk Factors, Robotic Surgical Procedures/adverse effects/*methods

Mechanical Ventilation Antioxidant Trial.

BACKGROUND: Many patients each year require prolonged mechanical ventilation. Inflammatory processes may prevent successful weaning, and evidence indicates that mechanical ventilation induces oxidative stress in the diaphragm, resulting in atrophy…

Tags: 2015, 80 and over, Acetylcysteine, Adult, Aged, American journal of critical care : an official publication, American Association of Critical-Care Nurses, Antioxidants, Antioxidants/*therapeutic use, Artificial, Artificial/*adverse effects, Ascorbic Acid – Administration and Dosage, Ascorbic Acid/therapeutic use, Chi Square Test, Clochesy John M, Critical Care/*methods, Critical Illness, Critically Ill Patients, Cystine/analogs & derivatives/therapeutic use, Data Analysis Software, Department of Internal Medicine, Dietary Supplementation, Double-Blind Method, Double-Blind Studies, Female, Funding Source, Goldstein Lawrence S, Howe Kimberly P, Human, Humans, Inflammation/*drug therapy/*etiology, Intensive Care Units, Length of Stay, Log-Rank Test, Male, Mantel-Haenszel Test, Middle Age, Middle Aged, NEOMED College of Medicine, Owen Hugh, Oxidative Stress, Oxidative Stress/*drug effects, Prospective Studies, RANDOMIZED controlled trials, Respiration, T-Tests, Time Factors, Treatment Outcome, Ventilator Weaning, Vitamin E, Vitamin E/therapeutic use, Vitamins/therapeutic use

Associations between biomarkers of joint metabolism, hand osteoarthritis, and hand pain and function: the Johnston County Osteoarthritis Project.

OBJECTIVE: To determine the associations between joint metabolism biomarkers and hand radiographic osteoarthritis [(rOA), based on Kellgren Lawrence (KL) grade \textgreater/= 2], symptoms, and function. METHODS: Cross-sectional data were available…

Tags: 2014, Adult, Aged, Arthralgia – Metabolism, Arthralgia – Physiopathology, Arthralgia – Radiography, Arthralgia/*diagnostic imaging/*metabolism/physiopathology, Aslam Imran, Biological Markers – Blood, Biomarkers, Biomarkers/blood, Carpometacarpal Joints – Metabolism, Carpometacarpal Joints – Physiopathology, Carpometacarpal Joints – Radiography, Carpometacarpal Joints/diagnostic imaging/metabolism/physiopathology, Cross Sectional Studies, Cross-Sectional Studies, Female, Finger Joint – Metabolism, Finger Joint – Physiopathology, Finger Joint – Radiography, Finger Joint/diagnostic imaging/metabolism/physiopathology, Golightly Yvonne M, HAND JOINTS, Hand Joints – Metabolism, Hand Joints – Physiopathology, Hand Joints – Radiography, Hand Joints/*diagnostic imaging/*metabolism/physiopathology, Human, Humans, Jordan Joanne M, Kraus Virginia B, Male, Metacarpophalangeal Joint – Metabolism, Metacarpophalangeal Joint – Physiopathology, Metacarpophalangeal Joint – Radiography, Metacarpophalangeal Joint/diagnostic imaging/metabolism/physiopathology, Middle Age, Middle Aged, Nelson Amanda E, Osteoarthritis, Osteoarthritis – Metabolism, Osteoarthritis – Physiopathology, Osteoarthritis – Radiography, Osteoarthritis/*diagnostic imaging/*metabolism/physiopathology, Perjar Irina, Radiography, Renner Jordan B, Severity of Illness Index, Severity of Illness Indices, Shi Xiaoyan A, The Journal of rheumatology

Treatment of asymptomatic hyperuricemia and prevention of vascular disease: a decision analytic approach.

OBJECTIVE: Elevated serum urate may be associated with an increase in cardiovascular (CV) disease. Treating asymptomatic hyperuricemia with urate-lowering drugs such as allopurinol may reduce CV events. We designed a model to simulate the effect of…

Tags: *Markov Chains, 2014, Aged, Akkineni Roopa, Albert Daniel A, Allopurinol – Therapeutic Use, Allopurinol/*therapeutic use, CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE, Choi Hyon K, DECISION ANALYSIS, Decision Support Techniques, Female, Follow-Up Studies, Gout Suppressants – Therapeutic Use, Gout Suppressants/*therapeutic use, Human, Humans, HYPERURICEMIA, Hyperuricemia – Complications, Hyperuricemia – Diagnosis, Hyperuricemia – Drug Therapy, Hyperuricemia/complications/*diagnosis/*drug therapy, Lee Alexandra, Male, Middle Age, Middle Aged, Miller Katherine L, Probability, Prospective Studies, Risk Assessment, Severity of Illness Index, Severity of Illness Indices, Sex Factors, Tapp Stephanie, The Journal of rheumatology, Tosteson Anna N A, Treatment Outcome, Treatment Outcomes, Uric Acid – Blood, Uric Acid/blood, Vascular Diseases – Etiology, Vascular Diseases – Prevention and Control, Vascular Diseases/etiology/*prevention & control, Zhu Yanyan

Uncovering tinea incognito. Topical corticosteroids can mask typical features of ringworm.

A lesion with lymphangitic spread in a gardener. Exposure to soil increases risk of sporotrichosis.

Antifungal drug interactions. Avoidance requires more than memorization.

Tags: *Drug Interactions, 2000, Antifungal Agents/*adverse effects, Brodell R T, Cardiotonic Agents/*adverse effects, Digoxin/*adverse effects, Elewski B, Humans, Itraconazole/*adverse effects, Male, Middle Aged, Nail Diseases/*drug therapy, Postgraduate medicine, Tinea Pedis/*drug therapy

A corticosteroid-induced flare of psoriasis. How to control or, better yet, avoid.

Tags: 1999, Acute Disease, Anti-Inflammatory Agents/*adverse effects, Asthma/complications/drug therapy, Brodell R T, Etretinate/therapeutic use, Humans, Keratolytic Agents/therapeutic use, Male, Middle Aged, Postgraduate medicine, Prednisone/*adverse effects, Psoriasis/*chemically induced/complications/drug therapy, Recurrence, Triamcinolone/therapeutic use, Williams L

Resistant' nail fungus. Are you fighting the real invader?

Tags: 1999, Brodell R T, Cysts/*diagnosis/surgery, Diagnosis, Differential, Female, Hand Dermatoses, Helms S E, Humans, Hydroxides, Middle Aged, Nail Diseases/*diagnosis/surgery, Onychomycosis/*diagnosis, Postgraduate medicine, Potassium Compounds

Persistent contact dermatitis. When a cause can't be found, consider the cure.

Tags: 1999, Adrenal Cortex Hormones/*adverse effects/immunology, Bredle D L, Brodell R T, Contact/drug therapy/*etiology/immunology, Cross Reactions, Dermatitis, Dermatologic Agents/*adverse effects/immunology, Excipients/*adverse effects, Helms S E, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Patch Tests, Postgraduate medicine, Shoes/adverse effects, Waxes/*adverse effects

An institutional series and contemporary review of bacterial spinal epidural abscess: current status and future directions.

OBJECT: Over the past decade, the incidence of bacterial spinal epidural abscess (SEA) has been increasing. In recent years, studies on this condition have been rampant in the literature. The authors present an 11-year institutional experience with…

A novel method for treatment of lumbar spinal stenosis in high-risk surgical candidates: pilot study experience with percutaneous remodeling of ligamentum flavum and lamina.

OBJECT: treatment of lumbar spinal stenosis (LSS) in chronically ill or debilitated patients is challenging. The percutaneous remodeling of ligamentum flavum and lamina (PRLL) technique is a novel method for decompression of the hypertrophic…

Tags: 2011, 80 and over, Adult, Aged, Anesthesia, Articular – Surgery, Chopko Bohdan Wolodymyr, Comorbidity, Conscious Sedation, Decompression, Disability Evaluation, Equipment Design, Female, Fluoroscopy, Follow-Up Studies, Human, Humans, Journal of neurosurgery. Spine, Ligaments, Ligamentum Flavum/*surgery, Local, Lumbar Vertebrae – Surgery, Lumbar Vertebrae/*surgery, Male, Middle Age, Middle Aged, Minimally Invasive Procedures – Equipment and Supplies, Minimally Invasive Surgical Procedures/*instrumentation, Pain Measurement, Pilot Projects, Pilot Studies, Postoperative Complications – Diagnosis, Postoperative Complications – Prevention and Control, Postoperative Complications/diagnosis/*prevention & control, Prospective Studies, Risk Factors, Spinal Stenosis – Surgery, Spinal Stenosis/*surgery, Surgical – Equipment and Supplies, Surgical/*instrumentation

Hand hygiene and face touching in family medicine offices: a Cincinnati Area Research and Improvement Group (CARInG) network study.

BACKGROUND: Family medicine offices may play an important role in the transmission of common illnesses such as upper respiratory tract infections (URTIs). There has, however, been little study of whether physicians teach patients about URTI…

Assessing the impact on patient-physician interaction when physicians use personal digital assistants: a Northeastern Ohio Network (NEON) study.

BACKGROUND: The effects of the use of technological devices on dimensions that affect the physician-patient relationship need to be well understood. OBJECTIVES: Determine patients' perceptions of physicians' personal digital assistant (PDA) use,…

The use of sensory electrical stimulation for pressure ulcer prevention.

Pressure ulcer prevention is critically important for many people with reduced mobility. The authors investigated whether sensory (sub-motor-threshold) electrical stimulation (ES) may provide a convenient preventive intervention. A double-blinded,…

Tags: *Electric Stimulation Therapy, 2010, Adult, Aged, Blood Gas Monitoring, Bogie Kath, Buttocks, Clinical Trials, Double-Blind Method, Double-Blind Studies, Electric Stimulation – Methods, Electric Stimulation – Utilization, Funding Source, Ho Chester H, Human, Humans, Interface Pressure, Kim Jennifer, Male, Middle Age, Middle Aged, Muscle, Muscle Contraction, Ohio, Outcome Assessment, Paralysis/etiology/physiopathology/*therapy, Physiotherapy theory and practice, Pressure Ulcer – Prevention and Control, Pressure Ulcer/etiology/physiopathology/*prevention & control, Regional Blood Flow, Repeated Measures, Sensory Thresholds, Skeletal – Radiography, Skeletal/blood supply/diagnostic imaging/*innervation, Spinal Cord Injuries, Spinal Cord Injuries/complications/physiopathology/*therapy, Time Series, Tomography, Transcutaneous, Treatment Failure, Wang Xiaofeng, X-Ray Computed

Concurrent treatment of chronic psoriasis and asthma with ustekinumab.

A 56-year-old woman with a 40-year history of guttate flares of psoriasis associated with stress and infection as well as chronic asthma was treated with subcutaneous injections of ustekinumab, repeated after 1 month and then every 3 months. Her…

Risk factors associated with Clostridium difficile diarrhea in hospitalized adult patients: a case-control study–sucralfate ingestion is not a negative risk factor.

OBJECTIVES: To assess risk factors associated with Clostridium difficile diarrhea in hospitalized adult patients, and to test the hypothesis that sucralfate ingestion is associated with nondetection of C difficile cytotoxin in stool specimens.…

Incidental findings in the cervical spine at CT for trauma evaluation.

OBJECTIVE: CT is the standard of care for assessment of traumatic injuries. Because of the detail depicted with this technique, findings incidental to the injury are easily detected. We sought to determine the frequency and types of incidental…

Over diagnosis of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in an underserved patient population.

INTRODUCTION: While cross-national studies have documented rates of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) misdiagnosis among patients in primary care, US studies are scarce. Studies investigating diagnosis among uninsured patients are lacking.…

Tags: *Diagnostic Errors, *Medically Underserved Area, *Spirometry, *Vulnerable Populations, 2013, Administration, Adult, Awad Magdi H, Bronchodilator Agents/administration & dosage, Cholinergic Antagonists/administration & dosage, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, Chronic Obstructive/*diagnosis/drug therapy/epidemiology/physiopathology, COPD, Dai Allen, Department of Pharmacy Practice, Female, Forced Expiratory Volume, Gemmel David J, Ghattas Christian, Humans, Inhalation, International journal of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, Lung/drug effects/*physiopathology, Male, Medically Uninsured, Middle Aged, misdiagnosis, NEOMED College of Pharmacy, Ohio/epidemiology, over diagnosis, Predictive Value of Tests, Prevalence, Pulmonary Disease, Retrospective Studies, Risk Factors, Smoking/adverse effects/epidemiology, Spirometry, underserved, uninsured, Vital Capacity

Correlation of Periodontal Disease With Inflammatory Arthritis in the Time Before Modern Medical Intervention.

BACKGROUND: Controversy exists regarding possible correlation of periodontal disease with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and ankylosing spondylitis (AS). Confounding factors may relate to stringency of inflammatory disease diagnosis and the effect of…

Six stroma-based RNA markers diagnostic for prostate cancer in European-Americans validated at the RNA and protein levels in patients in China.

We previously analyzed human prostate tissue containing stroma near to tumor and from cancer-negative tissues of volunteers. Over 100 candidate gene expression differences were identified and used to develop a classifier that could detect nearby…

Outcomes in pharyngoplasty: a 10-year experience.

OBJECTIVE: The outcomes of 61 patients who underwent a pharyngoplasty for velopharyngeal insufficiency were reviewed to determine potential risk factors for reoperation. DESIGN: This was a retrospective chart review of 61 consecutive patients over…

Safety and efficacy of cangrelor, an intravenous, short-acting platelet inhibitor in patients requiring coronary artery bypass surgery.

OBJECTIVE: Oral P2Y(1)(2) platelet receptor inhibitors are a cornerstone of reducing complications in patients with acute coronary syndromes or coronary stents. Guidelines advocate discontinuing treatment with P2Y(1)(2) platelet receptor inhibitors…

Tags: 2013, 80 and over, Adenosine Monophosphate/administration & dosage/*analogs & derivatives, Administration, Adult, Aged, Angiolillo Dominick J, Blood Transfusion/*statistics & numerical data, Brtko Miroslav, Cannon Louis A, Chandna Harish, Chronos Nicholas, Combination/statistics & numerical data, Coronary Artery Bypass/*statistics & numerical data, Dietrich Markus, Drug Therapy, Drug-Related Side Effects and Adverse Reactions/epidemiology, Dyke Cornelius M, Female, Firstenberg Michael S, Holmes David R, Humans, Hutyra Martin, Injections, Intravenous, Liu Tiepu, Male, Manoukian Steven V, Middle Aged, Montalescot Gilles, Oral, Placebo Effect, Platelet Aggregation Inhibitors/administration & dosage, Postoperative Hemorrhage/*epidemiology/*prevention & control, Prats Jayne, Premedication/*statistics & numerical data, Prevalence, Price Matthew, Purinergic P2Y Receptor Antagonists/administration & dosage, Pyridines/*administration & dosage, Ramaiahm Chandrashekar, Risk Assessment, The heart surgery forum, Todd Meredith, Topo Eric J, Treatment Outcome, Tummala Pradyumna, United States/epidemiology, Voeltz Michele, Welsby Ian

Generation of "virtual" control groups for single arm prostate cancer adjuvant trials.

It is difficult to construct a control group for trials of adjuvant therapy (Rx) of prostate cancer after radical prostatectomy (RP) due to ethical issues and patient acceptance. We utilized 8 curve-fitting models to estimate the time to 60%, 65%,…

Discussing spirituality with patients: a rational and ethical approach.

BACKGROUND: This study was undertaken to determine when patients feel that physician inquiry about spirituality or religious beliefs is appropriate, reasons why they want their physicians to know about their spiritual beliefs, and what they want…

Physician activities during time out of the examination room.

PURPOSE: Comprehensive medical care requires direct physician-patient contact, other office-based medical activities, and medical care outside of the office. This study was a systematic investigation of family physician office-based activities…

Advanced osteoarthritis in humans is associated with altered collagen VI expression and upregulation of ER-stress markers Grp78 and bag-1.

To test the hypothesis that a perturbation of endoplasmic reticulum (ER) function is involved in the pathogenesis of osteoarthritis (OA), articular cartilage was isolated from non-OA patients secondary to resection of osteo- or chondrosarcomas.…

The medically underserved: who is likely to exercise and why?

Adults who exercise regularly have better health, but only 15% of U.S. adults engage in regular exercise, with some social groups, such as people with lower incomes and women, having even lower rates. This study investigates the rate at which…

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