Recalcitrant pyoderma gangrenosum treated with thalidomide.

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the frequency and pattern of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) use in patients referred to a fibromyalgia treatment program at a tertiary care center. PATIENTS AND METHODS:Patients referred to the Mayo Fibromyalgia Treatment Program between February 2003 and July 2003 were invited on t...

journal_title：Mayo Clinic proceedings

authors： Wahner-Roedler DL,Elkin PL,Vincent A,Thompson JM,Oh TH,Loehrer LL,Mandrekar JN,Bauer BA

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 4 1/2-year-old girl is described in whom the portal vein is absent and the venous return from the gastrointestinal tract, spleen, and pancreas is through the left renal vein into the inferior vena cava. She had a hepatoblastoma, which was treated surgically by right hepatic lobectomy. Regeneration occurred in the re...

journal_title：Mayo Clinic proceedings

authors： Marois D,van Heerden JA,Carpenter HA,Sheedy PF 2nd

更新日期：1979-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Peritoneovenous shunt for intractable ascites was complicated by disseminated intravascular coagulation, which resulted in the death of the patient. Attention is called to this potentially serious complication. The cause of disseminated intravascular coagulation occurring after peritoneovenous shunt is uncertain. Pati...

journal_title：Mayo Clinic proceedings

authors： Matseshe JW,Beart RW,Bartholomew LG,Baldus WP

更新日期：1978-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To analyze the relationship of ideal cardiovascular health to disease-specific death. PATIENTS AND METHODS:We used data from the Aerobics Center Longitudinal Study from October 9, 1987, to March 3, 1999, to estimate the prevalence of ideal cardiovascular health in 11,993 individuals (24.3% women) and to exam...

journal_title：Mayo Clinic proceedings

authors： Artero EG,España-Romero V,Lee DC,Sui X,Church TS,Lavie CJ,Blair SN

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In Olmsted County, Minnesota, population-based epidemiologic research studies are possible because of a unique medical records linkage system, the Rochester Epidemiology Project (REP), which has been in place for almost half a century. We present a summary of epidemiologic data describing the incidence of skin disease...

journal_title：Mayo Clinic proceedings

authors： Andersen LK,Davis MD

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Autonomic failure and proximal skeletal myopathy are rare features of the Sjögren syndrome (SS). We describe a 51-year-old woman with primary SS who had development of esophageal dysmotility, urinary retention, severe orthostatism, and skeletal myopathy during a 3-month period after the diagnosis of SS. Her symptoms a...

journal_title：Mayo Clinic proceedings

authors： Sorajja P,Poirier MK,Bundrick JB,Matteson EL

更新日期：1999-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Between January 1973 and October 1991 at the Mayo Clinic, 5 of 345 patients with Wegener's granulomatosis initially had features suggestive of giant cell arteritis and subsequently were found to have biopsy-proven vasculitis of the temporal artery. All five patients were older than 60 years of age and had jaw claudica...

journal_title：Mayo Clinic proceedings

authors： Nishino H,DeRemee RA,Rubino FA,Parisi JE

更新日期：1993-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To establish the incidence and correlation of increased left atrial volume index (LAVI) in patients with first-ever ischemic stroke. PARTICIPANTS AND METHODS:Using our institution's epidemiological database, we defined a cohort of 432 patients (cases) who underwent transthoracic echocardiography within 60 da...

journal_title：Mayo Clinic proceedings

authors： Fatema K,Bailey KR,Petty GW,Meissner I,Osranek M,Alsaileek AA,Khandheria BK,Tsang TS,Seward JB

更新日期：2008-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine the effect of psychologic distress, measured with a commonly used screening questionnaire, on 6-month morbidity and rehospitalization costs in coronary patients. DESIGN:Psychologic distress was determined by screening with the Symptom Checklist-90--Revised (SCL-90-R) self-report inventory during...

journal_title：Mayo Clinic proceedings

authors： Allison TG,Williams DE,Miller TD,Patten CA,Bailey KR,Squires RW,Gau GT

更新日期：1995-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To estimate cancer risks for patients with myotonic dystrophy, given that increased risks for neoplasms in association with myotonic dystrophy type 1 and type 2 have been suggested in several studies but the risks of cancers have not been quantified. PATIENTS AND METHODS:A cohort of 307 patients with myotoni...

journal_title：Mayo Clinic proceedings

authors： Win AK,Perattur PG,Pulido JS,Pulido CM,Lindor NM

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cirrhosis and its disease-related complications are the 12th leading cause of mortality among U.S. adults and are the 5th leading cause of death for individuals aged 45 to 54 years. Hospitalization costs for disease-related complications are estimated at 18,000 dollars per episode of care, and 10% of admitted patients...

journal_title：Mayo Clinic proceedings

authors： Talwalkar JA,Kamath PS

更新日期：2005-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess the frequency and clinical implications of positive autoimmune serologies in patients with biopsy-confirmed idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF). PATIENTS AND METHODS:We reviewed the records of patients at our institution with biopsy-confirmed usual interstitial pneumonia (UIP) from January 1, 1995,...

journal_title：Mayo Clinic proceedings

authors： Moua T,Maldonado F,Decker PA,Daniels CE,Ryu JH

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To our knowledge, we describe the first reported case of paradoxical embolization via a patent foramen ovale (PFO) in an adult with moderately severe cystic fibrosis (CF) and advanced lung disease. Fluctuating neurologic symptoms and signs suggestive of cerebrovascular disease in an adult patient with advanced CF may ...

journal_title：Mayo Clinic proceedings

authors： Espiritu JD,Kleinhenz ME

更新日期：2000-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The issue of whether patients who have invasive carcinoma in an otherwise benign polyp should undergo surgical resection of that bowel segment is controversial. We examined the records of 83 patients with such polyps that were removed endoscopically between 1978 and 1981. After exclusion of 18 patients from the study ...

journal_title：Mayo Clinic proceedings

authors： Fucini C,Wolff BG,Spencer RJ

更新日期：1986-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Almost all pacemakers currently implanted in patients in the United States are now capable of some degree of noninvasive programmability. Although programmability seems to be a very useful feature and allows flexibility in the patient's pacemaker system, the use of programmability in the late follow-up period has not ...

journal_title：Mayo Clinic proceedings

authors： O'Keefe JH Jr,Hayes DL,Holmes DR Jr,Vlietstra RE

更新日期：1984-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To understand motivations, educational needs, and concerns of individuals contemplating whole-exome sequencing (WES) and determine what amount of genetic information might be obtained by sequencing a generally healthy cohort so as to more effectively counsel future patients. PATIENTS AND METHODS:From 2012 to...

journal_title：Mayo Clinic proceedings

authors： Lindor NM,Schahl KA,Johnson KJ,Hunt KS,Mensink KA,Wieben ED,Klee E,Black JL,Highsmith WE Jr,Thibodeau SN,Ferber MJ,Aypar U,Ji Y,Graham RP,Fiksdal AS,Sarangi V,Ormond KE,Riegert-Johnson DL,McAllister TM,Farrugia G,

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Anesthesia support for patients undergoing orthotopic liver transplantation can be complicated because of multiple medical problems in such patients and rapid hemodynamic, metabolic, and coagulation changes intraoperatively. Preoperative assessment should include careful review of the cardiovascular, respiratory, and ...

journal_title：Mayo Clinic proceedings

authors： Rettke SR,Chantigian RC,Janossy TA,Burritt MF,Van Dyke RA,Harper JV,Ilstrup DM,Taswell HF,Wiesner RH,Krom RA

更新日期：1989-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To assess the nature and prognosis of severe chronic active hepatitis of unknown cause, we compared 26 patients who had been fully screened for etiologic factors with 112 patients who had autoimmune chronic active hepatitis after similar durations of corticosteroid therapy (17(+)/- 2 versus 23 (+)/- 2 months), and fol...

journal_title：Mayo Clinic proceedings

authors： Czaja AJ,Hay JE,Rakela J

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A careful clinical history and physical examination are the most important components of the preoperative assessment of the cardiac patient who is to undergo a noncardiac surgical procedure. From these factors and the nature of the surgical procedure planned, a reasonable estimate of potential cardiac risk can be form...

journal_title：Mayo Clinic proceedings

authors： Freeman WK,Gibbons RJ,Shub C

更新日期：1989-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe two patients with diffuse non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, hypercalcemia, and increased activity of serum angiotensin-converting enzyme. A mechanism similar to that operative in sarcoidosis is speculated to have caused the hypercalcemia. A lymphokine elaborated by the malignant lymphoma may cause activated macropha...

journal_title：Mayo Clinic proceedings

authors： DeRemee RA,Banks PM

更新日期：1986-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:As part of a multicenter investigative trial, transurethral microwave thermotherapy of the prostate was used in 60 men with symptomatic benign prostatic hypertrophy. A single office treatment on the Prostatron, a device that provides concurrent microwave heating of the prostate and conductive cooling of the urethra, w...

journal_title：Mayo Clinic proceedings

authors： Blute ML,Tomera KM,Hellerstein DK,Atkinson EJ,Patterson DE,Segura JW

更新日期：1992-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To perform a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials (RCTs) evaluating risk-benefit for adjuvant postoperative treatments in high-risk renal cell carcinoma by assessing reported disease-free survival (DFS), overall survival (OS), toxicity, and quality of life. METHODS:A literature...

journal_title：Mayo Clinic proceedings

authors： Riaz IB,Faridi W,Husnain M,Malik SU,Sipra QUAR,Gondal FR,Xie H,Yadav S,Kohli M

更新日期：2019-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To describe the development and implementation process and assess the effect on self-reported clinical practice changes of a multidisciplinary, collaborative, interactive continuing medical education (CME)/continuing education (CE) program on chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). METHODS:Multidiscip...

journal_title：Mayo Clinic proceedings

authors： Adams SG,Pitts J,Wynne J,Yawn BP,Diamond EJ,Lee S,Dellert E,Hanania NA

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ulcerative colitis diagnosis and management represent a challenge for clinicians. The disguises of ischemia and acute infectious colitis continue to confound the diagnosis. The therapeutic options have remarkably expanded in the way of immunomodulators, biologics, or ileoanal pouch surgery, yet all carry potential con...

journal_title：Mayo Clinic proceedings

authors： Katz S

更新日期：2013-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The clinical and morphologic findings of allergic granulomatosis and angiitis of Churg and Strauss in 21 men and 9 women were reviewed. The classic features are those of systemic vasculitis in a setting of bronchial asthma and eosinophilia. Pathologically there is necrotizing vasculitis of small arteries and veins wit...

journal_title：Mayo Clinic proceedings

authors： Chumbley LC,Harrison EG Jr,DeRemee RA

更新日期：1977-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The neurologist has become increasingly involved in the multidisciplinary treatment of patients with chronic noncancer pain (CNP). Chronic noncancer pain affects a diverse patient population with multiple underlying diagnoses and associated therapies. Following the model of the American Board of Anesthesiology and the...

journal_title：Mayo Clinic proceedings

authors： Jacobson PL,Mann JD

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Traditional treatments for men with localized prostate cancer have included both surgical removal and radiation therapy, with their potential adverse effects on patient quality of life. Thus, there has been increasing interest in the development of minimally invasive procedures that use various technologies to deliver...

journal_title：Mayo Clinic proceedings

authors： Gillett MD,Gettman MT,Zincke H,Blute ML

更新日期：2004-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Penile squamous cell carcinoma (PSCC) is a rare cancer, with approximately 2000 new cases in the United States and 35,000 globally every year. Multiple risk factors are involved in PSCC, but most importantly, the high-risk human papillomavirus infection is thought to be present in approximately 50% of cases. Penile sq...

journal_title：Mayo Clinic proceedings

authors： Chahoud J,Kohli M,Spiess PE

更新日期：2020-12-08 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To report the clinical responses and mediator-release profiles of an aspirin-sensitive man with systemic mast cell disease during aspirin desensitization. MATERIAL AND METHODS:We quantified the release of six mediators during aspirin desensitization. RESULTS:Although aspirin was administered cautiously with...

journal_title：Mayo Clinic proceedings

authors： Butterfield JH,Kao PC,Klee GC,Yocum MW

更新日期：1995-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neuroepidemiology has been important in providing clues about the cause and pathogenesis of multiple sclerosis. In this review, we update the incidence and prevalence rates of multiple sclerosis in Olmsted County, Minnesota, and examine the potential role of viruses, exposure to animals, toxins, trauma, and diet in th...

journal_title：Mayo Clinic proceedings

authors： Wynn DR,Rodriguez M,O'Fallon WM,Kurland LT

更新日期：1989-07-01 00:00:00