Thymic hyperplasia presenting as anterior mediastinal mass in 2 patients with Graves disease.

abstract：:Osteoarthritis (OA) is the most common articular disease, and it continues to be a major public health problem related to pain, disability, loss of time from work, and economics. Most patients with OA seek medical attention because of pain. In the past few years, changes in the treatment of OA have been substantial. M...

journal_title：Mayo Clinic proceedings

authors： Manek NJ

更新日期：2001-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess presentation, imaging, treatment, and outcome of patients with myelopathy due to a dural arteriovenous fistula (DAVF). PATIENTS AND METHODS:This retrospective review identified 94 patients with DAVF surgically treated at our institution between June 1985 and December 1999. The mean ages of the 75 m...

journal_title：Mayo Clinic proceedings

authors： Atkinson JL,Miller GM,Krauss WE,Marsh WR,Piepgras DG,Atkinson PP,Brown RD Jr,Lane JI

更新日期：2001-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hypoxic liver injury is defined as a massive, but transient, increase in serum transaminase levels due to an imbalance between hepatic oxygen supply and demand in the absence of other acute causes of liver damage. It typically occurs in elderly individuals with right-sided congestive heart failure and low cardiac outp...

journal_title：Mayo Clinic proceedings

authors： Ebert EC

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Vancomycin is a glycopeptide antibiotic that is active against staphylococci, streptococci, and other gram-positive bacteria. It is the drug of choice for the treatment of infections due to methicillin-resistant staphylococci, Corynebacterium jeikeium, and multiply resistant strains of Streptococcus pneumoniae. Vancom...

journal_title：Mayo Clinic proceedings

authors： Wilhelm MP

更新日期：1991-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:In this report, our goal was to summarize the current knowledge of the biochemical basis for the impaired DNA synthesis and neuropathy associated with vitamin B12 deficiency. MATERIAL AND METHODS:We reviewed the pertinent literature and our clinical experience with cobalamin deficiency. RESULTS:Studies have...

journal_title：Mayo Clinic proceedings

authors： Tefferi A,Pruthi RK

更新日期：1994-02-01 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：:Nonrelaxing pelvic floor dysfunction is not widely recognized. Unlike in pelvic floor disorders caused by relaxed muscles (eg, pelvic organ prolapse or urinary incontinence, both of which often are identified readily), women affected by nonrelaxing pelvic floor dysfunction may present with a broad range of nonspecific...

journal_title：Mayo Clinic proceedings

authors： Faubion SS,Shuster LT,Bharucha AE

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We reviewed the results of preoperative screening laboratory tests in asymptomatic healthy patients who underwent elective surgical procedures at our institution in 1988. Substantially abnormal results were found in 160 of 3,782 patients. All such abnormalities involved five tests: aspartate aminotransferase, glucose,...

journal_title：Mayo Clinic proceedings

authors： Narr BJ,Hansen TR,Warner MA

更新日期：1991-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The efficacy of fine-needle aspiration (FNA) biopsy and its role in the management of a nodular goiter are clearly established. The accuracy of cytologic diagnosis approaches 95%. FINDINGS:FNA biopsy is a reasonable approach to thyroid nodules; it has decreased costs substantially because it facilitates sel...

journal_title：Mayo Clinic proceedings

authors： Gharib H

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thirty-one patients with low back pain resistant to medical and surgical treatment were studied. On admission to the psychiatric service, these patients revealed apparent features of conversion and hysterical personality, as characterized also by the MMPI profile. During hospitalization, however, there was increased a...

journal_title：Mayo Clinic proceedings

authors： Maruta T,Swanson DW,Swenson WM

更新日期：1976-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Herein we review the symptoms, physical findings, and test results in 131 patients with acoustic neurinoma. The earliest symptoms are unilateral hearing loss, tinnitus, and dysequilibrium. As the disease progresses, facial numbness, facial weakness, and headaches become more prominent. Physical findings other than hea...

journal_title：Mayo Clinic proceedings

authors： Harner SG,Laws ER Jr

更新日期：1983-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Emergency teams asked to provide cardiopulmonary resuscitation for pediatric patients often consist of nurses and physicians from various pediatric and nonpediatric specialties. Team members should agree on the timing of termination of unsuccessful resuscitative efforts; however, no firm guidelines about such timing h...

journal_title：Mayo Clinic proceedings

authors： O'Marcaigh AS,Koenig WJ,Rosekrans JA,Berseth CL

更新日期：1993-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the outcomes of robotic mitral valve repair (MVr) by primary indication per American Heart Association guidelines for surgery: class I vs class IIa. PATIENTS AND METHODS:From January 1, 2008, through September 30, 2016, 603 patients underwent robotic MVr for severe primary mitral regurgitation. M...

journal_title：Mayo Clinic proceedings

authors： Maltais S,Anwer LA,Daly RC,Poddi S,Topilsky Y,Enrique-Sarano M,Michelena HI,Mauermann WJ,Dearani JA

更新日期：2019-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Humanism and the humanities open the way to communication, to a better professional and political performance, and to a better image of the profession in the eyes of its "real" public. They also offer to individual physicians a richer life, a greater understanding of their own achievements, a protection against isolat...

journal_title：Mayo Clinic proceedings

authors： Little JM

更新日期：1993-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine whether a simple clinical score, which was shown previously to predict the likelihood of severe coronary artery disease (CAD) in patients referred for coronary angiography, could predict prognosis in a separate cohort of patients with normal or mildly abnormal findings on their resting electrocar...

journal_title：Mayo Clinic proceedings

authors： Ho KT,Miller TD,Hodge DO,Bailey KR,Gibbons RJ

更新日期：2002-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To Investigate the frequency of valvular heart disease in patients taking pergolide. PATIENTS AND METHODS:The medical records of patients seen at the Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville, Fla, between 1998 and 2003 were searched electronically for the word pergolide and the presence of a 2-dimensional echocardiogram....

journal_title：Mayo Clinic proceedings

authors： Waller EA,Kaplan J,Heckman MG

更新日期：2005-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM) is a major cardiovascular (CV) risk factor and, as such, is considered a coronary artery disease risk equivalent. Although glycemic control is associated with decreased CV events epidemiologically, many prospective clinical trials have failed to conclusively demonstrate that aggressive gl...

journal_title：Mayo Clinic proceedings

authors： O'Keefe JH,Abuannadi M,Lavie CJ,Bell DS

更新日期：2011-02-01 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：:People with hypertension have a high prevalence of insulin resistance and are at relatively high risk of developing type 2 diabetes mellitus. It is becoming increasingly evident that antihypertensive agents have disparate metabolic effects. For example, recent clinical trials indicate that agents that interrupt the re...

journal_title：Mayo Clinic proceedings

authors： Stump CS,Hamilton MT,Sowers JR

更新日期：2006-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Among 169 adult pathologically staged patients with Hodgkin's disease who were treated at the Mayo Clinic between 1974 and 1978, we identified four cases of second malignant lesions that developed. The median duration of follow-up after diagnosis for the entire population was 4.1 years. Of the 169 patients, 73 receive...

journal_title：Mayo Clinic proceedings

authors： Schomberg PJ,Evans RG,Banks PM,White WL,O'Connell MJ,Earle JD

更新日期：1984-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The two-column procedure for plasma catecholamine determination was adopted as a routine diagnostic test. It was found that the recovery of catecholamine added to properly preserved plasma was 65%. The most efficient recovery occurred when the water content of alumina used was above 23%. Both interassay and intra-assa...

journal_title：Mayo Clinic proceedings

authors： Jiang NS,Machacek D,Wadel OP

更新日期：1976-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There appears to be a spectrum of psychogenic urinary retention that is seen mostly in women. The degrees of psychiatric disorder and bladder disorder do not necessarily coincide. Some patients with psychogenic retention may have one acute episode temporally related to psychologic trauma. Others may present with probl...

journal_title：Mayo Clinic proceedings

authors： Barrett DM

更新日期：1976-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 71-year-old man had painful blue toes after an episode of protracted vomiting. Abdominal, cardiac, and transesophageal ultrasound studies were performed before angiography was considered. A large mobile mass in the proximal descending thoracic aorta, which suggested thrombus, was identified by transesophageal echoca...

journal_title：Mayo Clinic proceedings

authors： Blackshear JL,Jahangir A,Oldenburg WA,Safford RE

更新日期：1993-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the role of cardiac troponin T (cTnT) in predicting death, recurrent ischemic events, and heart failure among community-dwelling persons with first myocardial infarction (MI). PATIENTS AND METHODS:Consecutive Olmsted County, Minnesota, residents with an incident MI between November 6, 2002, and D...

journal_title：Mayo Clinic proceedings

authors： Gerber Y,Jaffe AS,Weston SA,Jiang R,Roger VL

更新日期：2012-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine the separate effects of exercise intensity and amount on interindividual cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF) response. PARTICIPANTS AND METHODS:Participants were 121 (75 females, 62%) sedentary, middle-aged (mean [SD] age, 53.2 [7.5] years), abdominally obese adults who completed at least 90% of 5 w...

journal_title：Mayo Clinic proceedings

authors： Ross R,de Lannoy L,Stotz PJ

更新日期：2015-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In almost all dialysis patients, bone aluminum content (BAC) is elevated in comparison with levels in normal subjects. Extremely high BAC (200 micrograms or more of aluminum per gram of bone) is significantly associated with classic aluminum-related osteomalacia. We noted three patients with elevated BAC but without h...

journal_title：Mayo Clinic proceedings

authors： McCarthy JT,Kurtz SB,McCall JT

更新日期：1985-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To review the diagnostic evaluation and the clinical course of patients with pretruncal nonaneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage. MATERIAL AND METHODS:The study population consisted of a consecutive series of patients with a pretruncal nonaneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage encountered at Mayo Clinic Rochester d...

journal_title：Mayo Clinic proceedings

authors： Wijdicks EF,Schievink WI,Miller GM

更新日期：1998-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tinnitus, a common complaint, reportedly affects more than 37 million Americans. Most often, it is associated with a sensorineural hearing loss in the high-frequency range. Tinnitus, however, is a symptom and not a disease. Complacency about this symptom complex may cause physicians to overlook a severe underlying pat...

journal_title：Mayo Clinic proceedings

authors： Marion MS,Cevette MJ

更新日期：1991-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Human Genome Project has resulted in a new era in the field of pharmacogenetics in which researchers are rapidly discovering new genetic variation, which may help to explain interindividual variability in drug efficacy and toxicity. Pharmacogenetics is the study of the role of genetic inheritance in individual var...

journal_title：Mayo Clinic proceedings

authors： Goetz MP,Ames MM,Weinshilboum RM

更新日期：2004-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the years 1960 through 1966, vagotomy and pyloroplasty was performed for duodenal ulceration in 182 patients. Elective operation was performed in 84% of cases, and intractability of symptoms was the major indication. For emergency operations, bleeding was the main indication. Eight of 182 patients died in the posto...

journal_title：Mayo Clinic proceedings

authors： Pemberton JH,van Heerden JA

更新日期：1980-01-01 00:00:00