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Contributions of symptomatic osteoarthritis and physical function to incident cardiovascular disease.

BACKGROUND: Osteoarthritis (OA) is associated with worsening physical function and a high prevalence of comorbid health conditions. In particular, cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk is higher in individuals with OA than the general population.…

Correlates of screening mammography in a family practice setting.

The medical records of 243 asymptomatic women aged 50 years or older were reviewed at a community-based family practice center to determine the proportion who had been referred for a screening mammogram and to identify correlates of mammography…

Tags: *Family Practice, *Mammography, *Referral and Consultation, 1988, Aged, Bourguet C C, Breast Neoplasms/diagnostic imaging, Female, Gilchrist V J, Humans, Kandula M, Middle Aged, Retrospective Studies, Risk Factors, The Journal of family practice

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…

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

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'…

Critical Care Helicopter Overtriage: A Failure Mode and Effects Analysis.

OBJECTIVE: Overtriage (OT) of helicopter emergency medical services (HEMS) poses significant burden to multiple stakeholders. The project aims were to identify the following: 1) associated factors, 2) downstream effects, and 3) focus areas for …

Cyclosporine disposition and long-term renal function in a 500-pound kidney transplant recipient.

Patient size has been suggested as a risk factor in kidney transplantation. We have followed a recipient of a cadaver kidney who became massively obese (232 kg, 511 lbs) 5 years posttransplantation. He has maintained stable renal function with no…

Dactylitis: implications for clinical practice.

OBJECTIVES: To assess the specificity of dactylitis for the diagnosis of spondyloarthropathy, sarcoidosis, and gout; and to characterize dactylitis specifically associated with gout. METHODS: Dactylitis was prospectively assessed among all…

Degenerative sternoclavicular arthritis and hyperostosis.

Symptomatic arthritic involvement of the sternoclavicular joint is relatively uncommon and can be a result of distant trauma, infection, and sternocostoclavicular hyperostosis, post-menopausal arthritis, condensing osteitis of the proximal clavicle,…

Dermatosis neglecta: a series of case reports and review of other dirty-appearing dermatoses.

Localized scaling and hyperpigmentation is a common finding and often a diagnostic and therapeutic challenge. Dermatosis neglecta (DN) represents a failure to adequately clean or scrub the skin, often in an area of hyperesthesia or prior trauma. We…

Tags: 2006, 80 and over, Adult, Aged, Brodell Robert T, Dermatology online journal, Feldman Steven R, Female, Humans, Lucas Jennifer L, Male, Middle Aged, Skin Care/*methods, Skin Diseases/*etiology/*therapy

Development of a Scale to Assess Physician Advance Care Planning Self-Efficacy.

BACKGROUND: Although patients prefer that physicians initiate advance care planning (ACP) conversations, few physicians regularly do so. Physicians may be reluctant to initiate ACP conversations because they lack self-efficacy in their skills. Yet,…

Tags: *Self Efficacy, 2017, Adult, advance care planning, Advance Care Planning/*organization & administration, Attitude of Health Personnel, Attitudes, Baughman Kristin R, Chronic Disease, College of Medicine, Communication, Cross Sectional Studies, Cross-Sectional Studies, Department of Family & Community Medicine, Drost Jennifer, end-of-life care, Exploratory Research, family medicine, Family/*psychology, Female, Fischbein Rebecca, Health Knowledge, Hewit Mike, Human, Humans, Instrument Construction, Instrument Validation, Kropp Denise, Ludwick Ruth, Male, McCormick Kenelm, Meeker James, Middle Aged, NEOMED College of Medicine, Physician-Patient Relations, Physicians, Physicians – Psychosocial Factors, Practice, Reliability and Validity, scale development, Scales, self-efficacy, Self-Efficacy – Evaluation, Surveys and Questionnaires/*standards, Terminal Care/psychology, The American journal of hospice & palliative care, Validation Studies

Development of bilateral lower extremity Marjolin ulcers after childhood burns.

Tags: 2008, American journal of orthopedics (Belle Mead, N.J.), Burns/*complications, Carcinoma, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Scharschmidt Tom, Skin Neoplasms/*etiology/surgery, Skin Ulcer/*etiology/surgery, Squamous Cell/*etiology/surgery, Tank Jason, Time Factors, Weiner Scott D

Development of Entrustable Professional Activities for Hospice and Palliative Medicine Fellowship Training in the United States.

CONTEXT: Entrustable Professional Activities (EPAs) represent the key physician tasks of a specialty. Once a trainee demonstrates competence in an activity, they can then be "entrusted" to practice without supervision. A physician workgroup of the…

Diagnosis of pneumothorax on F-18 FDG PET after transbronchial biopsy.

Transbronchial lung biopsy (TBLB) is associated with pneumothorax, 12% occurring 1 to 4 hours postprocedure (delayed pneumothorax). We report a case of a delayed pneumothorax first diagnosed on a positron emission tomography (PET) scan performed 5…

Tags: *Fluorodeoxyglucose F18, 2005, Biopsy, Bronchoscopy/*adverse effects, Clinical nuclear medicine, Ghofrani Mohsen, Humans, Kim Benedict, Lung/*pathology, Male, Middle Aged, Needle/*adverse effects, Pneumothorax/*diagnostic imaging/*etiology, Positron-Emission Tomography/*methods, Radiopharmaceuticals

Dialysis leg cramps. Efficacy of quinine versus vitamin E.

A controlled randomized double-blind study was done to determine the frequency and severity of leg cramps in 40 patients on dialysis with a history of leg cramps. All patients entered a 2 month placebo washout and were randomized into a 2 month…

Direct care staff and parents'/legal guardians' perspectives on end-of-life care in a long-term care facility for medically fragile and intellectually disabled pediatric and young adult residents.

OBJECTIVE: Children and young adults with severe disabilities and their families are faced with enormous challenges throughout the lifespan, including admitting the child to a long-term care facility (LTCF) and making end-of-life (EOL) care…

Directing an emergency medicine residency: the problems and their potential solutions.

OBJECTIVE: To characterize the problems facing emergency medicine residency directors (EMRDs), to describe potential solutions, and to associate perceptions with anticipated duration in the position of EMRD. METHODS: A confidential questionnaire was…

Tags: 1995, Academic emergency medicine : official journal of the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine, Adult, Department of Emergency Medicine, Emergency Medicine/*education, Female, Gerson L W, Humans, Internship and Residency/*organization & administration, Job Satisfaction, Kuhn G, Male, Middle Aged, NEOMED College of Medicine, Physician Executives/*statistics & numerical data, United States, Weigand J

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…

Disease Burden Among Individuals with Severe Mental Illness in a Community Setting.

This study examines the prevalence of comorbid physical health conditions within a community sample of individuals with severe mental illness (SMI), compares them to a matched national sample without SMI, and identifies which comorbidities create the…

Disseminated brown tumors from hyperparathyroidism masquerading as metastatic cancer: a complication of parathyroid carcinoma.

Osteitis fibrosa cystica (brown tumors) can be a skeletal manifestation of advanced hyperparathyroidism, including parathyroid cancer. Severe osteitis fibrosa cystica can mimic metastatic bone diseases especially in patients with a history of cancer.…

Tags: 2001, Carcinoma, Carcinoma/*complications, Diagnosis, Differential, Female, Gupta A, Horattas M C, Humans, Hyperparathyroidism/complications, Kidney Neoplasms/pathology, Middle Aged, Moattari A R, Osteitis Fibrosa Cystica/*diagnosis/*etiology, Parathyroid Neoplasms/*complications, Renal Cell/secondary, Shorten S D, The American surgeon

Distress and quality of life characteristics associated with seeking surgical treatment for stress urinary incontinence.

BACKGROUND: Current research focuses on three variables in evaluating the impact of stress urinary incontinence (SUI) on daily living: severity of incontinence, distress or bother resulting from incontinence, and effect on health related quality of…

Tags: *Health Status, *Quality of Life, 2009, Adult, Aged, Cichowski Sara, Female, Gil Karen M, Health and quality of life outcomes, Humans, Middle Aged, Patient Acceptance of Health Care/*psychology, Savitski Jennifer L, Severity of Illness Index, Somerville Amber M, Stress/classification/psychology/*surgery, Urinary Incontinence

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…

Dynamic automatic ultrasound optimization: time savings, keystroke savings, and image quality.

PURPOSE: The aims of this study were to evaluate if a dynamic automatic image optimization technique decreases examination time and number of keystrokes while maintaining or improving image quality and to determine if these variables vary with…

Education and Imaging. Gastrointestinal: Severe colon obstruction in acute pancreatitis.

Tags: *Tomography, 2015, Acute Disease, Cecum/diagnostic imaging, Cocieru A, Damania R, Humans, Intestinal Obstruction/*diagnostic imaging/*etiology, Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology, Male, Middle Aged, Pancreatitis/*complications/*diagnostic imaging, Severity of Illness Index, X-Ray Computed

Effect of digital rectal examination (and ejaculation) on serum prostate-specific antigen after twenty-four hours. A randomized, prospective study.

The purpose of this randomized, controlled, clinical trial was to determine the effect of the digital rectal examination (DRE) on the prostate-specific antigen (PSA) serum levels in view of conflicting literature reports and screening methods and…

Tags: *Palpation, 1993, 80 and over, Adult, Aged, Ejaculation, Geller L, Gerson L W, Humans, Male, McAleer J K, McMahon D, Middle Aged, Prospective Studies, Prostate-Specific Antigen/*blood, Rectum, Time Factors, Urology

Effect of Immunosuppressive Therapy on the Occurrence of Atypical Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome in Renal Transplant Recipients.

BACKGROUND Atypical hemolytic uremic syndrome (aHUS), a rare thrombotic microangiopathy, is characterized by hemolytic anemia, thrombocytopenia, and acute renal failure. Caused by genetic mutations in the alternative complement cascade, aHUS often…

Effect of method of administration on longitudinal assessment of quality of life in gynecologic cancer: an exploratory study.

BACKGROUND: Longitudinal assessments of quality of life are needed to measure changes over the course of a disease and treatment. Computer versions of quality of life instruments have increased the feasibility of obtaining longitudinal measurements.…

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…

Effectiveness of a group exercise program in a long-term care facility: a randomized pilot trial.

OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this pilot was to determine whether a strength and flexibility program in frail long-term care facility (LTC) residents would result in improved function. DESIGN: A prospective, randomized, controlled, semicrossover trial…

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…

Effectiveness of screening and treatment for depression in ambulatory indigent patients.

OBJECTIVE: To determine the effectiveness of screening and treatment for depression among ambulatory indigent patients visiting resident physicians. DESIGN: Two-group randomized trial (N = 33 intervention, N = 28 usual care) with baseline, 6-month,…

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…

Efficacy and Safety of Intravenous-to-oral Lefamulin, a Pleuromutilin Antibiotic, for the Treatment of Community-acquired Bacterial Pneumonia: The Phase III Lefamulin Evaluation Against Pneumonia (LEAP 1) Trial.

BACKGROUND: Lefamulin, a pleuromutilin antibiotic, is active against pathogens commonly causing community-acquired bacterial pneumonia (CABP). The Lefamulin Evaluation Against Pneumonia (LEAP 1) study was a global noninferiority trial to evaluate…

Tags: 2019, Administration Intravenous, Adult, Aged, Anti-Bacterial Agents/administration & dosage/adverse effects/therapeutic use, antibiotic, Clinical Infectious Diseases, Das A, Diterpenes/administration & dosage/adverse effects/therapeutic use, Double-Blind Method, Female, File TM, Gasink LB, Gelone SP, Goldberg L, Hospital List, Humans, journalArticle, lefamulin, Linezolid/adverse effects/therapeutic use, Male, Microbial Sensitivity Tests, Middle Aged, Moxifloxacin, Moxifloxacin/administration & dosage/adverse effects/therapeutic use, Paukner S, pleuromutilin, Pneumonia, Pneumonia Bacterial/drug therapy/metabolism, Polycyclic Compounds/administration & dosage/adverse effects/therapeutic use, Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic, Saviski J, Seltzer E, Sweeney C, Talbot GH, Thioglycolates/administration & dosage/adverse effects/therapeutic use, Wicha WW

Elapsed time from symptom onset and acute myocardial infarction in a community hospital.

STUDY OBJECTIVE: Previous reports have emphasized that thrombolytic therapy for acute myocardial infarction should be initiated within three or four hours of symptom onset to obtain the best clinical outcomes. However, our clinical impression was…

Emergency cardiac stress testing in the evaluation of emergency department patients with atypical chest pain.

STUDY OBJECTIVES: To determine the feasibility, safety, and reliability of emergency cardiac treadmill exercise stress testing (CTEST) in the evaluation of emergency department patients with atypical chest pain. DESIGN: Thirty-two patients with…

Emergency department use and barriers to wellness: a survey of emergency department frequent users.

BACKGROUND: There is no common understanding of how needs of emergency department (ED) frequent users differ from other patients. This study sought to examine how to best serve this population. Examinations of why ED frequent users present to the ED,…

Entero mesh vaginal fistula secondary to abdominal sacral colpopexy.

BACKGROUND: Abdominal sacral colpopexy is a popular method for resupporting the vaginal apex. Bleeding and infection are the most common complications. We report a complication resulting in a small bowel fistula. CASE: A 48-year-old woman developed a…

Tags: *Surgical Mesh, 2004, Abdomen, Female, Gynecologic Surgical Procedures, Hopkins Michael P, Humans, Intestinal Fistula/*etiology, Intestine, Middle Aged, Obstetrics and gynecology, Postoperative Complications/*etiology, Rooney Christopher, Sacrum, Small, Uterine Prolapse/surgery, Vaginal Fistula/*etiology

Enterovesical fistula presenting as life-threatening normal anion gap metabolic acidosis.

Enterovesical fistula is a rare complication of a variety of inflammatory and neoplastic diseases. It usually presents with pneumaturia, fecaluria, urinary tract infections, or irritable bladder symptoms in the setting of either diverticulitis or…

Tags: 1997, Acidosis/*etiology, American journal of kidney diseases : the official journal of the National Kidney Foundation, Department of Internal Medicine, Diagnosis, Differential, Female, Humans, Hydrogen-Ion Concentration, Intestinal Fistula/*complications/*diagnosis, Middle Aged, NEOMED College of Medicine, Rutecki G W, Saxena R, Urinary Bladder Fistula/*complications/*diagnosis, Whittier F C

Epidemiology and clinical outcomes of patients with Fusobacterium bacteraemia.

This 10-year retrospective study assessed the epidemiology and outcomes of patients with Fusobacterium bacteraemia (FB) at a tertiary-care hospital in the

Tags: *Hospital Mortality, 2013, 80 and over, Adult, Aged, Bacteremia – Mortality, Bacteremia – Physiopathology, Bacteremia/*mortality/physiopathology, Bonilla H F, Creatinine – Blood, Creatinine/blood, Epidemiology and infection, Female, Fusobacterium Infections – Mortality, Fusobacterium Infections – Physiopathology, Fusobacterium Infections/*mortality/physiopathology, Goldberg E A, Hewit M, Hospital Mortality, Hospitals, Human, Humans, Intensive Care Units – Statistics and Numerical Data, Intensive Care Units/statistics & numerical data, Length of Stay – Statistics and Numerical Data, Length of Stay/statistics & numerical data, Male, Middle Age, Middle Aged, Retrospective Design, Retrospective Studies, Risk Factors, Special – Statistics and Numerical Data, Tertiary Care Centers/*statistics & numerical data, Treatment Outcome, Treatment Outcomes, United States, United States/epidemiology, Venkat-Ramani T

Epipericardial fat pad necrosis: computed tomography findings and literature review.

Epipericardial fat necrosis is an unusual clinical condition of unknown etiology first reported in the literature in 1957. It presents as an acute onset of chest pain and a well-defined juxtacardiac mass. Computed tomographic findings of this…

Tags: 2011, Ataya Dana, Chowdhry Aqeel A, Fat Necrosis/*diagnosis/diagnostic imaging, Human, Humans, Journal of thoracic imaging, Longitudinal Studies, Male, Middle Age, Middle Aged, Mohammed Tan-Lucien H, Necrosis – Diagnosis, Necrosis – Radiography, Pericardium – Pathology, Pericardium/*pathology, Prospective Studies, Tomography, X-Ray Computed

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