Tubuglomerular feedback control in long-looped nephrons. Topical minireview.

abstract：:For staging of Hodgkin's disease 45 patients underwent lymphography and abdominal computed tomography (CT); in 31 of them ultrasound examination was also performed. In cases of retroperitoneal lymph node enlargement lymphography and CT are diagnostically equivalent, whereas the poorer resolution of ultrasound reduces ...

journal_title：Upsala journal of medical sciences

authors： Magnusson A,Erikson B,Hemmingsson A

更新日期：1984-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:The aim of this study was to examine the situation for elderly patients with diabetes living in nursing homes with regard to diabetes treatment, clinical variables, and vascular complications associated with diabetes. A second aim was to evaluate if the patients were at risk of hypoglycaemia. METHODS:This was a cr...

journal_title：Upsala journal of medical sciences

authors： Walfridsson A,Sehlberg M,Gillespie U,Dahlkvist J,Johansson HE

更新日期：2016-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Accumulating evidence suggests that enhanced inflammatory responses contribute to the pathogenesis of postoperative cognitive dysfunction (POCD). Blood transfusion can trigger an enhancement of acute inflammatory responses. Therefore, we hypothesized that perioperative blood transfusion is associated with ...

journal_title：Upsala journal of medical sciences

authors： Zhu SH,Ji MH,Gao DP,Li WY,Yang JJ

更新日期：2014-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Oxyhemoglobin, methemoglobin and hematin were found to catalyze xanthine-oxidase-induced peroxidation of phospholipid liposomes, while oxy- and metmyoglobin were inactive in this respect. The peroxidation was inhibited by desferrioxamine and by EDTA. Peroxidation catalyzed by 0.4 microM oxyhemoglobin was decreased by ...

journal_title：Upsala journal of medical sciences

authors： Carlin G,Djursäter R,Arfors KE

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although AL amyloidosis usually is a systemic disease, strictly localized AL deposits are not exceptionally rare. Such case reports form a considerable body of published articles. Although both AL amyloidosis types are formed from an N-terminal segment of a monoclonal immunoglobulin light chain, a typical localized AL...

journal_title：Upsala journal of medical sciences

authors： Westermark P

更新日期：2012-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite the fact that the composition of urine varies a lot during the day, this has essentially been neglected as a factor of importance in determinations of urine bicarbonate. The investigations reviewed in combination with an own study shows that qualitative and quantitative factors in urine composition impacts the...

journal_title：Upsala journal of medical sciences

authors： Sohtell M,Karlmark B

更新日期：1982-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Radical surgery for renal cancer with invasion of the inferior vena cava can improve the patient's quality of life and, in some cases, offer longer survival or even cure. With a carefully planned surgical approach it is possible to remove renal tumours with thrombotic extension to the most proximal part of the inferio...

journal_title：Upsala journal of medical sciences

authors： Andréen T,Aberg T,Fritjofsson A

更新日期：1985-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Minimally invasive laparoscopic radical prostatectomy (LRP) has proven equally effective as open surgery in terms of cancer control and peroperative complication rate with less bleeding and postoperative pain. However, long-term follow-up data after LRP are scarce, especially as related to quality of life (Q...

journal_title：Upsala journal of medical sciences

authors： Wang EY,Eriksson HG

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Abstract Pyogenic spondylitis is a common infectious disease caused by various microorganisms. It is difficult to predict the infecting microorganism at the time of initiation of treatment. Pneumonia is generally clarified into community or hospital-acquired types based on where the infection was acquired, and the i...

journal_title：Upsala journal of medical sciences

authors： Sasaji T,Yamada N,Iwai K

更新日期：2012-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study was undertaken to evaluate the utility of a modified technique of triplex scanning of the lower extremity arteries in 20 subjects without any clinical signs of arterial disease. The distal aorta and iliac arteries were examined with the subject in supine position and lying slightly on the opposite side. By ...

journal_title：Upsala journal of medical sciences

authors： Karacagil S,Granbo A,Jonsson ML,Almgren B,Bergqvist D

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Glucagon from the pancreatic α-cells is a major blood glucose-regulating hormone whose most important role is to prevent hypoglycaemia that can be life-threatening due to the brain's strong dependence on glucose as energy source. Lack of blood glucose-lowering insulin after malfunction or autoimmune destruction of the...

journal_title：Upsala journal of medical sciences

authors： Gylfe E

更新日期：2016-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Transforming growth factor-β (TGF-β) elicits both tumor-suppressive and tumor-promoting functions during cancer progression. Here, we describe the tumor-promoting functions of TGF-β and how these functions play a role in cancer progression. Normal epithelial cells undergo epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT) throug...

journal_title：Upsala journal of medical sciences

authors： Miyazono K,Ehata S,Koinuma D

更新日期：2012-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rats were starved for 7 days or fed a protein-free or a 25% casein diet for 7 or 14 days. Free and total ribosomes were prepared from the liver. A determination of the ratio of mg RNA of ribosomes to mg DNA of the total homogenate was made. In starved rats, RNA of free and membrane-bound ribosomes decreased to the sam...

journal_title：Upsala journal of medical sciences

authors： Christensson PI,Stenram U

更新日期：1980-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:The aim of this study was to describe content and procedures in some selected Swedish health care quality registries (QRs) of relevance to regulatory decision-making. METHODS:A workshop was organized with participation of seven Swedish QRs which subsequently answered a questionnaire regarding registry content on d...

journal_title：Upsala journal of medical sciences

authors： Feltelius N,Gedeborg R,Holm L,Zethelius B

更新日期：2017-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a rare case of Langerhans cell histiocytosis involving the sternum. The patient was a 12-year-old girl presenting with anterior chest pain and swelling. Radiographs and computed tomography showed an osteolytic lesion in the sternum. Technetium bone scintigraphy revealed increased uptakes in the sternum, the ...

journal_title：Upsala journal of medical sciences

authors： Tsuchie H,Okada K,Nagasawa H,Yano M,Nanjyo H,Shimada Y

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To investigate how individuals fulfilling the Rome II criteria for irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) spontaneously described their symptoms. METHOD:From a general population, 1,244 randomly sampled adults were asked to describe their gastrointestinal symptoms (if any) verbally, in their own words, at a semi-structure...

journal_title：Upsala journal of medical sciences

authors： Molinder H,Agréus L,Kjellström L,Walter S,Talley NJ,Andreasson A,Nyhlin H

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The morphological changes in the liver and pancreas during the first 12 hours in the acute afferent loop syndrome were studied in rats with a Billroth II gastric resection. Two essentially different types of changes were found in the pancreas. One was a coagulative necrosis without an inflammatory reaction, which has ...

journal_title：Upsala journal of medical sciences

authors： Dahlgren S,Stenram U

更新日期：1976-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:SAPHO syndrome is a group of bone and joint abnormalities associated with skin lesions. A 29-year-old male presented with severe acne on his trunk and anterior chest wall, right knee and foot pain. Radiographs and magnetic resonance images showed hyperostosis in the sternocostoclavicular region, sclerosis of one-third...

journal_title：Upsala journal of medical sciences

authors： Watanuki M,Hatori M,Kokubun S

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A material comprising all children in Sweden with acute lymphoblastic leukemia diagnosed in the years 1973-80 was analysed statistically. The total number of children was 505. Studies were made of 38 different variables, using frequency tables, cross tables, life table studies (1) and linear regression analysis accord...

journal_title：Upsala journal of medical sciences

authors： Andersson BW,Gustafsson G

更新日期：1982-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The acute phase reaction is an unspecific response to inflammatory stimuli characterized by alterations in the concentration of several plasma proteins. It is of great clinical value to monitor the inflammatory state in patients with rheumatoid arthritis. The erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR) and C-reactive protein...

journal_title：Upsala journal of medical sciences

authors： Arvidsson NG,Gudbjörnsson B,Hällgren R,Larsson A

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Twenty-one cases of hepatic abscesses treated during a period of four years (from 1981 to 1985) at the University of Patras, Greece, are presented. This material includes 10 cases with abscesses caused by suppurated echinococcal cysts, corresponding to 21% of the total number of 47 cases of echinococcal cysts of the l...

journal_title：Upsala journal of medical sciences

authors： Karavias D,Panagopoulos C,Vagianos C,Vagenas C,Rathosis S,Androulakis J

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There has been only one reported case of neuromuscular scoliosis following chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy (CIDP). However, no cases of scoliosis that were treated with surgery secondary to CIDP have been previously described. A 16-year-old boy with CIDP was consultant due to the progression of scoli...

journal_title：Upsala journal of medical sciences

authors： Kudo D,Miyakoshi N,Hongo M,Kasukawa Y,Ishikawa Y,Misawa A,Shimada Y

更新日期：2013-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A patient with relapsing polychondritis developed a progressive destruction of tracheal cartilage despite treatment with immunosuppressive and cytotoxic agents. Cyclosporin A therapy was instituted and has been continued for more than two years, concomitant with a steady improvement and remission of the disease. Durin...

journal_title：Upsala journal of medical sciences

authors： Svenson KL,Wibell LB

更新日期：1985-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Factors that may influence the water transport through the skin in infants on their first day of life were studied with a method based on determination of the vapour pressure gradient in the air layer close to the skin surface. The evaporation rate from the skin was found to vary with the site of measurement, ambient ...

journal_title：Upsala journal of medical sciences

authors： Sedin G,Hammarlund K,Nilsson GE,Oberg PA,Strömberg B

更新日期：1981-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Background: Although chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a life-limiting disease with a significant symptom burden, the patients are more often referred to nursing homes (NH), than to specialist palliative care (SPC) at the end of life (EOL). This study aimed to compare patients with COPD in SPC with those...

journal_title：Upsala journal of medical sciences

authors： Henoch I,Strang P,Löfdahl CG,Ekberg-Jansson A

更新日期：2019-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Since 1975 Sweden has had a patient insurance system to compensate patients for health-related injuries. The system was initially based on a voluntary patient insurance solution, but in 1997 it was replaced by the Patient Insurance Act. The current Act covers both physical and mental injuries. Although about 9,000-10,...

journal_title：Upsala journal of medical sciences

authors： Johansson H

更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The incidence of fentanyl-induced cough (FIC) during induction of general anesthesia varies around 40% and is undesirable. It increases intracranial, intraocular, and intra-abdominal pressures. This prospective, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study evaluated the effect of dexmedetomidine (DEX) ...

journal_title：Upsala journal of medical sciences

authors： He L,Xu JM,Dai RP

更新日期：2012-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The atrial activity was studied at rest and during exercise in 6 patients with atrial flutter and in 7 patients with atrial fibrillation. In the latter, a special recording technique was used which permitted identification of the f-waves. No increase in the frequency of the atrial waves was found. Thus the increase of...

journal_title：Upsala journal of medical sciences

authors： Aberg H,Furberg B

更新日期：1975-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Numerous false positive findings are a problem in computed tomography based lung cancer screening trials. The potential patient-related variables that could predict the existence of such lung nodules were studied. 526 construction workers (age 38-81 yrs.) previously screened with spiral computed tomography were evalua...

journal_title：Upsala journal of medical sciences

authors： Vehmas T

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of implantable drug delivery systems on computed tomography (CT) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) was investigated in a phantom and in two patients. The implantable systems of identical construction consisted either of medical grade titanium alloy or stainless steel. Images of a phantom showed artefacts...

journal_title：Upsala journal of medical sciences

authors： Krog M,Magnusson A,Nyman R,Ericsson A

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00