Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia in a 3-month-old infant receiving high-dose corticosteroid therapy for airway hemangiomas.

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate whether patients with traumatic brain injury (TBI) have an increased risk of stroke or poststroke mortality. PARTICIPANTS AND METHODS:Using Taiwan's National Health Insurance Research Database, we conducted a retrospective cohort study of 30,165 patients with new TBI and 120,660 persons withou...

journal_title：Mayo Clinic proceedings

authors： Liao CC,Chou YC,Yeh CC,Hu CJ,Chiu WT,Chen TL

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Given the burden of cardiovascular disease (CVD), increasing the prevalence of healthy lifestyle choices is a global imperative. Currently, cardiac rehabilitation programs are a primary way that modifiable risk factors are addressed in the secondary prevention setting after a cardiovascular (CV) event/diagnosis. Even ...

journal_title：Mayo Clinic proceedings

authors： Arena R,Guazzi M,Briggs PD,Cahalin LP,Myers J,Kaminsky LA,Forman DE,Cipriano G Jr,Borghi-Silva A,Babu AS,Lavie CJ

更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the efficacy and tolerability of sumatriptan, 50-mg and 100-mg tablets, compared with placebo for treatment of migraine at the first sign of pain. PATIENTS AND METHODS:Two identical multicenter randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, single-attack studies were conducted from May through Nov...

journal_title：Mayo Clinic proceedings

authors： Winner P,Mannix LK,Putnam DG,McNeal S,Kwong J,O'Quinn S,Richardson MS

更新日期：2003-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This report represents a retrospective analysis of preoperative echophonocardiographic studies in 118 patients who had surgery for the repair or replacement of malfunctioning prosthetic valves. A variety of prostheses implanted in the mitral, aortic, and tricuspid positions were assessed. The most frequent prosthetic ...

journal_title：Mayo Clinic proceedings

authors： Cunha CL,Giuliani ER,Callahan JA,Pluth JR

更新日期：1980-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To determine the prevalence of intra- and extra-articular sacroiliac joint (SIJ) pain, which injection is more beneficial, and whether fluoroscopy improves outcomes. PATIENTS AND METHODS:This patient- and evaluator-blinded comparative effectiveness study randomized 125 participants with SIJ pain from April ...

journal_title：Mayo Clinic proceedings

authors： Cohen SP,Bicket MC,Kurihara C,Griffith SR,Fowler IM,Jacobs MB,Liu R,Anderson White M,Verdun AJ,Hari SB,Fisher RL,Pasquina PF,Vorobeychik Y

更新日期：2019-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We conducted a prospective, randomized trial to study the efficacy and tolerance of long-term versus short-term treatment with recombinant interferon alfa-2a in patients with chronic hepatitis B. Ten patients were randomly assigned to a 6-month interferon regimen, and 10 patients were assigned to a 3-week interferon t...

journal_title：Mayo Clinic proceedings

authors： Rakela J,Wood JR,Czaja AJ,O'Brien PC,Taswell HF,Bowyer BA,Lange SM,Anderson ML,Parent K

更新日期：1990-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During the period November 1979 to October 1984, 19 patients at our institution underwent balloon angioplasty of partial or complete obstruction of aortocoronary artery saphenous vein bypass grafts. The procedures were performed a mean of 38 months after a coronary bypass operation to relieve recurrent angina of at le...

journal_title：Mayo Clinic proceedings

authors： Reeder GS,Bresnahan JF,Holmes DR Jr,Mock MB,Orszulak TA,Smith HC,Vlietstra RE

更新日期：1986-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In August 2015, an expert colloquium commissioned by the Sexual Medicine Society of North America (SMSNA) convened in Washington, DC, to discuss the common clinical scenario of men who present with low testosterone (T) and associated signs and symptoms accompanied by low or normal gonadotropin levels. This syndrome is...

journal_title：Mayo Clinic proceedings

authors： Khera M,Broderick GA,Carson CC 3rd,Dobs AS,Faraday MM,Goldstein I,Hakim LS,Hellstrom WJ,Kacker R,Köhler TS,Mills JN,Miner M,Sadeghi-Nejad H,Seftel AD,Sharlip ID,Winters SJ,Burnett AL

更新日期：2016-07-01 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：:Constrictive pericarditis frequently poses a diagnostic challenge because of its varied manifestations. Accurate diagnosis is essential, however, because surgical decortication may yield excellent clinical results. Although new diagnostic procedures have helped the clinician to diagnose constrictive pericarditis, the ...

journal_title：Mayo Clinic proceedings

authors： Nishimura RA,Connolly DC,Parkin TW,Stanson AW

更新日期：1985-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine relationships among pregnancy (during and postpartum), acute pancreatitis, and gallstones. PATIENTS AND METHODS:In this retrospective population-based case-control study, we identified all 12- to 50-year-old Rochester, Minn, females diagnosed between 1976 and 1991 as having acute pancreatitis (c...

journal_title：Mayo Clinic proceedings

authors： Maringhini A,Lankisch MR,Zinsmeister AR,Melton LJ 3rd,DiMagno EP

更新日期：2000-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine the incidence and predictors of infective endocarditis (IE) in a population-based cohort of patients with mitral valve prolapse (MVP). PATIENTS AND METHODS:We identified all adult Olmsted County residents with MVP diagnosed by echocardiography from January 1989 to December 1998 and cross-matched...

journal_title：Mayo Clinic proceedings

authors： Katan O,Michelena HI,Avierinos JF,Mahoney DW,DeSimone DC,Baddour LM,Suri RM,Enriquez-Sarano M

更新日期：2016-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The first generation of multicenter randomized controlled trials of coronary artery bypass surgery vs medical treatment in the 1970s found survival advantage only in patients with left main coronary artery disease or with multiple risk factors. Over time, these results have remained reproducible and biologically plaus...

journal_title：Mayo Clinic proceedings

authors： Detre KM,Holubkov R

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During the 11-year period 1975 through 1985, 1,063 surgical procedures were performed on 795 Mayo Clinic patients 90 years of age or older. Preoperative conditions, surgical setting, and perioperative morbidity and mortality were analyzed in a comparison of the local residents of Olmsted County, Minnesota (N = 224), w...

journal_title：Mayo Clinic proceedings

authors： Warner MA,Hosking MP,Lobdell CM,Offord KP,Melton LJ 3rd

更新日期：1990-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：FINDINGS:The prostate-specific antigen (PSA) level alone does not facilitate precise pathologic staging on an individual basis, although advanced stage tends to correlate with an increased PSA level. The staging accuracy of PSA, however, can be enhanced by considering the variables of tumor grade and clinical stage. St...

journal_title：Mayo Clinic proceedings

authors： Ruckle HC,Klee GG,Oesterling JE

更新日期：1994-01-01 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：OBJECTIVE:To quantify the impact of the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 pandemic on emergency department volumes and patient presentations and evaluate changes in community mortality for the purpose of characterizing new patterns of emergency care use. PATIENTS AND METHODS:This is an observational cros...

journal_title：Mayo Clinic proceedings

authors： Walker LE,Heaton HA,Monroe RJ,Reichard RR,Kendall M,Mullan AF,Goyal DG

更新日期：2020-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:High blood pressure is a major individual and public-health issue because of its wide prevalence and associated complications. More women than men have hypertension, but until recently, women have been relatively underrepresented in clinical trials. Gender differences in the physiology, genetics, and treatment benefit...

journal_title：Mayo Clinic proceedings

authors： Hayes SN,Taler SJ

更新日期：1998-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Serum cystatin C has been proposed as a kidney biomarker to inform drug dosing. We conducted a systematic review to synthesize available data for the association between serum cystatin C and drug pharmacokinetics, dosing, and clinical outcomes in adults (≥18 years). PubMed, Ovid MEDLINE, Ovid EMBASE, EBSCO CINAHL, and...

journal_title：Mayo Clinic proceedings

authors： Barreto EF,Rule AD,Murad MH,Kashani KB,Lieske JC,Erwin PJ,Steckelberg JM,Gajic O,Reid JM,Kane-Gill SL

更新日期：2019-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To study the relationship between body mass index (BMI) and central obesity and mortality in elderly patients with coronary artery disease (CAD). PATIENTS AND METHODS:We identified 7057 patients 65 years or older from 5 cohort studies assessing mortality risk using either waist circumference (WC) or waist-hi...

journal_title：Mayo Clinic proceedings

authors： Sharma S,Batsis JA,Coutinho T,Somers VK,Hodge DO,Carter RE,Sochor O,Kragelund C,Kanaya AM,Zeller M,Park JS,Køber L,Torp-Pedersen C,Lopez-Jimenez F

更新日期：2016-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The sport of snow skiing by the physically disabled, which originated in Europe in 1935 and first received attention in the United States in the 1940s, is reviewed in terms of opportunities available, instructions, adaptive equipment necessary, and benefits provided. Persons with a wide variety of disabilities (such a...

journal_title：Mayo Clinic proceedings

authors： Laskowski ER

更新日期：1991-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The source of the membranous materials that accumulate in distal axons of rats intoxicated with p-bromophenylacetylurea (BPAU) was studied by electron microscopy. 35S-Methionine was injected into the ventral horn of the spinal cord at 2, 14, and 35 days after injection of BPAU. Three days later, samples of the deep pe...

journal_title：Mayo Clinic proceedings

authors： Oka N,Brimijoin WS

更新日期：1992-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine the effect of sumatriptan on migraine-related workplace productivity loss. PATIENTS AND METHODS:In this randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, parallel-group trial, adult migraineurs self-injected 6 mg of sumatriptan or matching placebo to treat a moderate or severe migraine within the fi...

journal_title：Mayo Clinic proceedings

authors： Schulman EA,Cady RK,Henry D,Batenhorst AS,Putnam DG,Watson CB,O'Quinn SO

更新日期：2000-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To provide a practical formula for fresh frozen plasma (FFP) dosing for warfarin reversal. PATIENTS AND METHODS:We reviewed data on all adult patients who received a total of 7778 units of FFP for warfarin reversal at Sentara Norfolk General Hospital (Norfolk, VA) between April 1, 2009, and March 31, 2010. P...

journal_title：Mayo Clinic proceedings

authors： Rashidi A,Tahhan HR

更新日期：2013-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Of 53 patients with horseshoe kidney (9 in the present series), 45 underwent operation for an abdominal aortic aneurysm: 40 electively and 5 on an emergency basis. The remaining eight patients underwent revascularization for arteriosclerosis obliterans. Of the 53 patients, 35 (66%) had renal artery anomalies. The anom...

journal_title：Mayo Clinic proceedings

authors： Sidell PM,Pairolero PC,Payne WS,Bernatz PE,Spittel JA Jr

更新日期：1979-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To analyze the influence of recent changes in Minnesota statutes that generally require prior authorization for use of medical records for research from patients who received medical care after Jan. 1, 1997. MATERIAL AND METHODS:In this Mayo Clinic Institutional Review Board-approved study, we obtained a str...

journal_title：Mayo Clinic proceedings

authors： Jacobsen SJ,Xia Z,Campion ME,Darby CH,Plevak MF,Seltman KD,Melton LJ 3rd

更新日期：1999-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The sensitivity of an indirect fluorescent antibody (IFA) test (screening test) for the detection of antibodies to cytomegalovirus (CMV) was examined by using 128 serum specimens and quaternary aminoethyl (QAE)-Sephadex A50 column chromatography to separate IgM from IgG class antibodies. Of these 128 rheumatoid factor...

journal_title：Mayo Clinic proceedings

authors： Elder BL,Shelley CD,Smith TF

更新日期：1987-05-01 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：:In the three major morphologic groups of lupus nephritis--diffuse, focal proliferative, and membranous--glomerular deposition of immunoglobulins is usually a combination of IgG, IgM, and IgA and is not a good indicator of initial renal severity or outcome. In this study of 60 patients with systemic lupus erythematosus...

journal_title：Mayo Clinic proceedings

authors： Donadio JV Jr,Conn DL,Holley KE,Ilstrup DM

更新日期：1978-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The updated cervical cancer screening guidelines recommend that women at average risk who have negative screening results undergo cervical cytological testing every 3 to 5 years. These recommendations do not pertain to women at high risk for cervical cancer. This article reviews recommendations for cervical cancer scr...

journal_title：Mayo Clinic proceedings

authors： Vegunta S,Files JA,Wasson MN

更新日期：2017-08-01 00:00:00