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Most Patients With Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease Who Failed Proton Pump Inhibitor Therapy Also Have Functional Esophageal Disorders.

BACKGROUND & AIMS: As many as 45% of patients with gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) still have symptoms after receiving once-daily proton pump inhibitor (PPI) therapy. We aimed to compare reflux characteristics and patterns between responders…

Proton pump inhibitors impact on post-endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography pancreatitis.

Factors Predicting Recurrence of Clostridium difficile Infection (CDI) in Hospitalized Patients: Retrospective Study of More Than 2000 Patients.

BACKGROUND: Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) has increased in incidence and severity worldwide, causing direct costs estimated to range from US $3.2 billion to $4.8 billion. The aim of this study was to investigate and identify factors that…

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

MicroRNA-602 and microRNA-608 regulate sonic hedgehog expression via target sites in the coding region in human chondrocytes.

OBJECTIVE: Hedgehog (HH) signaling has recently been associated with cartilage degradation in osteoarthritis (OA). Because interleukin-1beta (IL-1beta) has been implicated as a principal instigator of OA, we sought to determine whether

Tags: 2015, Academic Medical Centers, Aged, Akhtar Nahid, Analysis of Variance, Animal, Animals, Anterior Cruciate Ligament/surgery, Arthritis & rheumatology (Hoboken, N.J.), Blotting, Cells, Chondrocytes – Physiology, Chondrocytes/drug effects/*metabolism/pathology, Cultured, Department of Anatomy & Neurobiology, Disease Models, Female, Funding Source, Gene Expression Regulation/genetics/*physiology, Haqqi Tariq M, Hedgehog Proteins/genetics/*metabolism, HEK293 Cells, Human, Humans, Immunohistochemistry, In Vitro Techniques, Interleukin-1beta/pharmacology, Knee/etiology/*metabolism/pathology, Makki Mohammad S, Male, Matrix Metalloproteinase 13/metabolism, MicroRNAs/genetics/*metabolism, Middle Age, Middle Aged, NEOMED College of Medicine, Ohio, Open Reading Frames/genetics/*physiology, Osteoarthritis, Osteoarthritis – Epidemiology, Osteoarthritis – Physiopathology, Polymerase Chain Reaction, Rabbits, Signal Transduction/genetics/physiology, T-Tests, Transfection, Up-Regulation/drug effects/genetics/physiology, Western

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

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…

Positive outcome in a patient with coronavirus disease 2019 and common variable immunodeficiency after intravenous immunoglobulin.

Tags: 2020, Aljaberi R, Annals of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology, Betacoronavirus/isolation & purification, Common Variable Immunodeficiency/immunology/therapy, Coronavirus Infections/diagnosis/immunology/therapy, Female, Hospital List, Humans, Immunoglobulins Intravenous/therapeutic use, journalArticle, Middle Aged, Pandemics, Pneumonia Viral/diagnosis/immunology/therapy, Treatment Outcome, Wishah K

A case of black esophagus with histopathologic description and characterization.

Black esophagus, or acute necrotizing esophagitis, is a blackening of the esophagus that is usually distal with a sharp demarcation at the gastroesophageal border. Black esophagus is known to the gastroenterology community; however, to our knowledge…

Tags: 2011, Acute Disease, Altenburger Dana L, Archives of pathology & laboratory medicine, Esophagitis/complications/*diagnosis, Esophagus/blood supply/*pathology, Fatal Outcome, Female, Garavaglia Jan, Humans, Ischemia/complications/*pathology, Li Shuan, Middle Aged, Necrosis, Substance-Related Disorders, Wagner Aaron S

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…

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

A standardized extract of Butea monosperma (Lam.) flowers suppresses the

BACKGROUND/OBJECTIVE: Osteoarthritis (OA) is a leading cause of joint dysfunction, disability and poor quality of life in the affected population. The underlying mechanism of joint dysfunction involves increased oxidative stress, inflammation, high…

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…

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

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

A broader understanding of care managers' attitudes of advance care planning: A concurrent nested design.

AIMS AND OBJECTIVES: To examine barriers of advance care planning (ACP) experienced by care managers (CMs) through a mixed methods approach. A concurrent nested design was used to acquire a deeper understanding of ACP and to identify nuances between…

Tags: *Attitude of Health Personnel, *Health Knowledge, 2018, Adult, advance care planning, Advance Care Planning/*standards, Attitudes, Aultman Julie, Baughman Kristin R, Case Managers, Chi Square Test, College of Graduate Studies, Community health, Concurrent Prospective Studies, Convenience Sample, Decision-making, Department of Family & Community Medicine, Discussion, end of life, Female, Focus Groups, Funding Source, Health Services Accessibility/standards, Human, Humans, Journal of clinical nursing, Ludwick Ruth, Male, Middle Age, Middle Aged, Midwestern United States, Multicenter Studies, Multimethod Studies, NEOMED College of Graduate Studies, NEOMED College of Medicine, Nurse Attitudes, nurses, Practice, Qualitative, Qualitative Research, quantitative, Questionnaires, Surveys, Surveys and Questionnaires, Thematic Analysis

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…

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…

Real-time ultrasound elasticity of the breast: initial clinical results.

PURPOSE: To determine the sensitivity and specificity of a real-time elasticity imaging (EI) ultrasound (US) system in the characterization of breast lesions as benign or malignant. METHODS: A total of 208 patients with 251 lesions were scheduled to…

Agreement Between an Automated Volume Breast Scanner and Handheld Ultrasound for Diagnostic Breast Examinations.

OBJECTIVES: To compare the agreement and interobserver variability of diagnostic handheld ultrasound (US) and a single volume on an automated breast volume scanner (ABVS) and to determine whether there was a significant difference if the ABVS was…

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…

Shear wave ultrasound elastography of the prostate: initial results.

PURPOSE: This prospective study was to evaluate shear wave elastography (SWE) in the detection of prostate cancer (PC). METHODS: Patients scheduled for a transrectal ultrasound (TRUS) biopsy of the prostate because of elevated prostate-specific…

Speed of sound imaging: improved image quality in breast sonography.

PURPOSE: The purpose of this study was to evaluate blindly breast ultrasound images corrected for the speed of sound in breast tissue compared with conventional images. MATERIALS AND METHODS: In this study, 409 images from 153 patients were obtained…

Shear-wave elastography of the breast: value of a quality measure and comparison with strain elastography.

PURPOSE: To determine whether addition of quality measure (QM) of shear-wave (SW) velocity (Vs) estimation can increase SW elastography sensitivity for breast cancer. MATERIALS AND METHODS: With written informed consent, this institutional review…

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…

Cobblestone Airways.

Tags: 2016, Barreiro Timothy J, Bronchi/*pathology, Department of Internal Medicine, Endoscopy, Humans, Male, Mayo Clinic proceedings, Middle Aged, Mucous Membrane/*pathology, NEOMED College of Medicine, Trachea/*pathology

Catastrophic chest pain: blinded by cardiopulmonary disease.

A 53-year-old man with a history of diabetic foot ulcer, osteomyelitis, coronary artery disease, hypertension and hyperlipidaemia, presented with chest pain of 3 weeks duration. Eleven days earlier, the patient had had a drug-eluting stent (DES)…

Thrombopoietic status of patients on haemodialysis.

Thrombocytopenia is a potential dialysis-related treatment complication. Developments in bio-compatible dialyser membranes have decreased the occurrence of thrombocytopenia. We investigated whether thrombopoiesis is impaired in haemodialysis patients…

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…

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…

Associations between Difficulty Paying Medical Bills and Forgone Medical and Prescription Drug Care.

Problems paying medical bills have been reported to be associated with increased stress, bankruptcy, and forgone medical care. Using the Behavioral Model for Vulnerable Populations developed by Gelberg et al as a framework, as well as data from the…

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

The Relationship Between Organizational Characteristics and Advance Care Planning Practices.

Organizational characteristics may impede the uniform adoption of advance care planning (ACP) best practices. We conducted telephone interviews with site directors of a Midwestern state's Medicaid waiver program administered by the Area Agencies on…

Tags: 2015, Administrative Personnel, Adult, advance care planning, Advance Care Planning/*organization & administration/standards, area agency on aging, Attitude of Health Personnel, Baughman Kristin R, care management, Case Management, Case Managers, Chi Square Test, Clinical Protocols/standards, community-based long-term care, Confidence Intervals, Cross Sectional Studies, Cross-Sectional Studies, Data Analysis Software, Department of Family & Community Medicine, Descriptive Research, Descriptive Statistics, Female, Funding Source, Government Agencies, Hazelett Susan, Human, Humans, Inservice Training/organization & administration, interviews, Logistic Regression, Long Term Care, Ludwick Ruth, Male, Medicaid, Medicaid/statistics & numerical data, Middle Age, Middle Aged, Midwestern United States, Multivariate Analysis, NEOMED College of Medicine, nurses, Odds Ratio, Ohio, organizational characteristics, Organizational Culture, Palmisano Barbara, Practice Guidelines as Topic, Questionnaires, registered nurses, Rural Areas, Sanders Margaret, social workers, Surveys, T-Tests, Telephone, The American journal of hospice & palliative care, United States, Urban Areas

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…

The impact of exercise on activities of daily living and quality of life: a primary care physician's perspective.

Evaluation of the environment of patients is an important function of the primary care physician and assists the caregiver in providing an improved quality of life for one's patients. In addition to data collection and therapy, assessment of both the…

Tags: *Activities of Daily Living, *Physician's Role, *Primary Health Care, *Quality of Life, 2007, Aged, Belfer Mark H, Chronic Obstructive/physiopathology/*therapy, COPD, Exercise/*physiology, Female, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Pulmonary Disease

Repair of distal biceps brachii tendon ruptures.

This study consisted of 26 male patients with distal biceps tendon ruptures, 2 of whom had bilateral injuries, making the total number of ruptures 28. The average age at injury was 45 years. The treatment groups were the following: 3 were treated…

Morton's interdigital neuroma: a comprehensive treatment protocol.

One hundred fifteen patients with signs and symptoms of Mortons' interdigital neuroma were studied in an attempt to evaluate the efficacy of a staged treatment program. The first stage consisted of patient education, footwear modifications, and…

Tags: 1995, Adolescent, Adult, Aged, Bennett G L, Female, Foot & ankle international, Graham C E, Humans, Male, Mauldin D M, Middle Aged, Nerve Compression Syndromes/diagnosis/*surgery, Neuroma/diagnosis/*surgery, Palliative Care, Peripheral Nerves/surgery, Soft Tissue Neoplasms/diagnosis/*surgery, Toes/*innervation, Treatment Outcome

Intramedullary fixation of unstable distal radius fractures. A method of fixation allowing early motion.

During a four-year period, we have treated unstable fractures of the distal radius with closed anatomic reduction and insertion of a Rush intramedullary rod through a small dorsoradial wrist incision, followed by early controlled range of motion. 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

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…

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