Use of plasma brain natriuretic peptide concentration to aid in the diagnosis of heart failure.

abstract：:The feasibility and accuracy of continuous-wave Doppler echocardiography in measuring pressure gradients across the pulmonary artery band were assessed. Simultaneous continuous-wave Doppler and catheter pressure measurements were prospectively performed in 20 patients with complex congenital heart disease and prior pu...

journal_title：Mayo Clinic proceedings

authors： Fyfe DA,Currie PJ,Seward JB,Tajik AJ,Reeder GS,Mair DD,Hagler DJ

更新日期：1984-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Iatrogenic injury-injury caused unintentionally by medical treatment-breaks the oldest and most famous rule of medical ethics: primum non nocere, or above all, do no harm. Medical malpractice law, however, focuses on whether an injury was caused by negligence, not on whether an injury was iatrogenic. Iatrogenic injury...

journal_title：Mayo Clinic proceedings

authors： Klaas PB,Berge KH,Klaas KM,Klaas JP,Larson AN

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sarcopenia is a debilitating condition that occurs with senescence. The present study places this entity in the context of life expectancy, then discusses the mechanism of muscle loss. The findings show deficits in muscle protein synthesis with advancing age and suggest that these deficits are specific to certain musc...

journal_title：Mayo Clinic proceedings

authors： Nair KS

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate, in this before-and-after study, the results of 5 strategies for improving attendance at medical grand rounds at a tertiary care academic medical center. METHODS:The strategies included (1) using electronic card readers to improve understanding of attendance patterns, (2) conducting yearly needs ...

journal_title：Mayo Clinic proceedings

authors： Mueller PS,Litin SC,Sowden ML,Habermann TM,LaRusso NF

更新日期：2003-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Mayo Clinic experience with more than 200 bile acid breath tests was analyzed retrospectively to assess its clinical value. In patients with suspected bacterial overgrowth, the result of the bile acid breath test was compared with that of culture of aspirates of small bowel, and the test was found to have a sensit...

journal_title：Mayo Clinic proceedings

authors： Lauterburg BH,Newcomer AD,Hofmann AF

更新日期：1978-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess the reliability, durability, and safety of primary and revision total hip arthroplasty (THA) in patients 90 years of age and older. PATIENTS AND METHODS:Between 1970 and 1997, 66 THAs, 48 primary and 18 revision, were done for 65 patients aged 90 to 104 years (mean, 92 years). The Harris hip score ...

journal_title：Mayo Clinic proceedings

authors： Pagnano MW,McLamb LA,Trousdale RT

更新日期：2003-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) is used frequently in patients with cerebrovascular ischemia. On TEE, a typical appearance of a cardiac fibroelastoma is that of a pedunculated, mobile mass attached to a leaflet of a valve. Surgical excision of the lesion may lead to resolution of the symptoms and prevent furthe...

journal_title：Mayo Clinic proceedings

authors： Brown RD Jr,Khandheria BK,Edwards WD

更新日期：1995-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:At the McGill University neuro-ophthalmology unit, 52 patients with superior oblique palsy were seen during the 2-year period October 1973 to August 1975; these included patients with congenital, traumatic, vascular, and other more rare causes of trochlear paralysis. Half of the patients with congenital palsy had dipl...

journal_title：Mayo Clinic proceedings

authors： Younge BR,Sutula F

更新日期：1977-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine how often unnecessary resting echocardiograms that are "not recommended" by clinical practice guidelines are performed in patients with stable chest pain and normal resting electrocardiograms (ECGs). PATIENTS AND METHODS:We performed a retrospective search of electronic medical records of all ou...

journal_title：Mayo Clinic proceedings

authors： Gibbons RJ,Carryer D,Liu H,Brady PA,Askew JW,Hodge D,Ammash N,Ebbert JO,Roger VL

更新日期：2015-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Use of amiodarone, an investigational antidysrhythmic agent, has been associated with cases of pulmonary toxicity. The mechanism of amiodarone pulmonary toxicity is unknown, and recommendations for the assessment and treatment of patients with this condition continue to evolve. In two patients with clinically diagnose...

journal_title：Mayo Clinic proceedings

authors： Wood DL,Osborn MJ,Rooke J,Holmes DR Jr

更新日期：1985-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the efficacy and tolerability of extended-release oxybutynin in combination with the alpha1-blocker tamsulosin in reducing lower urinary tract symptoms in men. PATIENTS AND METHODS:In this multicenter, double-blind trial performed between March 29, 2004, and June 22, 2005, 420 men aged 45 years o...

journal_title：Mayo Clinic proceedings

authors： MacDiarmid SA,Peters KM,Chen A,Armstrong RB,Orman C,Aquilina JW,Nitti VW

更新日期：2008-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Stereotactic ventralis lateralis thalamotomy can be performed in selected patients with medically intractable parkinsonian tremor and rigidity. New technology, including computed tomography-based stereotaxis and microelectrode recording techniques, provides a data base for precise localization of thalamic lesions tail...

journal_title：Mayo Clinic proceedings

authors： Kelly PJ,Ahlskog JE,Goerss SJ,Daube JR,Duffy JR,Kall BA

更新日期：1987-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Many patients taking customary doses of levothyroxine have slightly elevated serum thyroxine (T4), apparently normal serum triiodothyronine, suppressed serum thyrotropin (thyroid-stimulating hormone; TSH) concentrations, and no clinical symptoms of hyperthyroidism. Recent reports suggest that these patients may have a...

journal_title：Mayo Clinic proceedings

authors： Ross DS

更新日期：1988-12-01 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：:Generalized convulsive status epilepticus (GCSE) is a medical emergency that may be associated with severe neuronal injury. The mortality attributable to GCSE ranges from 3 to 35%. The disorder occurs most frequently in the young and the old extremes of the population. GCSE commonly occurs in patients with no history ...

journal_title：Mayo Clinic proceedings

authors： Cascino GD

更新日期：1996-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine the effect of epinephrine on the QT interval in patients with genotyped long QT syndrome (LQTS). PATIENTS AND METHODS:Between May 1999 and April 2001, 37 patients (24 females) with genotyped LQTS (19 LQT1, 15 LQT2, 3 LQT3, mean age, 27 years; range, 10-53 years) from 21 different kindreds and 27...

journal_title：Mayo Clinic proceedings

authors： Ackerman MJ,Khositseth A,Tester DJ,Hejlik JB,Shen WK,Porter CB

更新日期：2002-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To describe the two variants of Castleman's disease--the hyaline-vascular type and the plasma-cell type--and discuss the associated histologic features. DESIGN:We present a case of the hyaline-vascular type and review the literature. RESULTS:Castleman's disease was once thought to be localized and self-limi...

journal_title：Mayo Clinic proceedings

authors： Shahidi H,Myers JL,Kvale PA

更新日期：1995-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess resource utilization and outcome in gravely ill patients admitted to an intensive care unit (ICU) and the potential association with health care workers' and family members' expectations. PATIENTS AND METHODS:We retrospectively evaluated ICU patients with a predicted in-hospital mortality rate of 9...

journal_title：Mayo Clinic proceedings

authors： Berge KH,Maiers DR,Schreiner DP,Jewell SM,Bechtle PS,Schroeder DR,Stevens SR,Lanier WL

更新日期：2005-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There are a number of changes underway in modern clinical bacteriology laboratories. Panel-based molecular diagnostics are now available for numerous applications, including, but not limited to, detection of bacteria and select antibacterial resistance markers in positive blood culture bottles, detection of acute gast...

journal_title：Mayo Clinic proceedings

authors： Patel R

更新日期：2016-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The clinical impact of the association between oral contraceptive (OC) use and breast cancer risk is important given that OCs are the most commonly prescribed contraceptive agent and that more than a quarter of a million women are diagnosed as having breast cancer in the United States annually. Substantial changes to ...

journal_title：Mayo Clinic proceedings

authors： Casey PM,Cerhan JR,Pruthi S

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Prompt and appropriate management measures are critical in order to achieve a favorable outcome after a major overdose of intrathecally (IT) administered methotrexate (MTX). Published information available to guide clinicians in the immediate management of this medical emergency is scant. Herein we describe a 6-year-o...

journal_title：Mayo Clinic proceedings

authors： O'Marcaigh AS,Johnson CM,Smithson WA,Patterson MC,Widemann BC,Adamson PC,McManus MJ

更新日期：1996-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Health-care organizations have recognized the need to prepare physicians for various leadership and management positions within their own institutions. In the past, those who desired further education had to search beyond the boundaries of their practice to fulfill this need. The demands of a dynamic and changing heal...

journal_title：Mayo Clinic proceedings

authors： Scott HM,Tangalos EG,Blomberg RA,Bender CE

更新日期：1997-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To describe clinical, radiological, and histopathologic features of diffuse bronchiolar disease due to chronic occult aspiration. PATIENTS AND METHODS:We identified 4 patients encountered from July 2001 to January 2004 who had persistent respiratory symptoms and lung Infiltrates and who were eventually diagn...

journal_title：Mayo Clinic proceedings

authors： Barnes TW,Vassallo R,Tazelaar HD,Hartman TE,Ryu JH

更新日期：2006-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two entities of special interest in sleep disorders medicine are restless legs syndrome and periodic movements of sleep. Most patients with restless legs syndrome have periodic movements of sleep, but most patients with the nocturnal disorder do not have restless legs when awake. In both conditions, the underlying cau...

journal_title：Mayo Clinic proceedings

authors： Krueger BR

更新日期：1990-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Eighty-two consecutive orthopedic patients were assessed nutritionally at the time of hospital admission and then at 10-day intervals until hospital dismissal. Forty-eight percent of the patients had one or more abnormal findings suggestive of protein-calorie malnutrition. In spite of this prevalence of abnormal findi...

journal_title：Mayo Clinic proceedings

authors： Dreblow DM,Anderson CF,Moxness K

更新日期：1981-01-01 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：: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：:The prevalence of skin and soft tissue infections (SSTIs) has been increasing in the United States. These infections are associated with an increase in hospital admissions. Hospitalists play an increasingly important role in the management of these infections and need to use hospital resources efficiently and effectiv...

journal_title：Mayo Clinic proceedings

authors： Amin AN,Cerceo EA,Deitelzweig SB,Pile JC,Rosenberg DJ,Sherman BM

更新日期：2014-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the impact of the sequence of treatment with rituximab and/or splenectomy on time to relapse for patients with steroid-refractory immune thrombocytopenia (ITP). PATIENTS AND METHODS:Patients 18 years or older with steroid-refractory immune thrombocytopenia who underwent treatment with splenectomy...

journal_title：Mayo Clinic proceedings

authors： Hammond WA,Vishnu P,Rodriguez EM,Li Z,Dholaria B,Shreders AJ,Rivera CE

更新日期：2019-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Coronary artery fistulas are infrequently encountered vascular communications that are either congenital or due to cardiac trauma. Most patients with these anomalies are asymptomatic, but late complications can occur and include congestive heart failure, myocardial ischemia, arrhythmias, and endocarditis. Therefore, m...

journal_title：Mayo Clinic proceedings

authors： Harris WO,Andrews JC,Nichols DA,Holmes DR Jr

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00