Aspergillus infection of implantable cardioverter-defibrillator.

abstract：:Severe hypocalcemia may require prompt intervention to avoid life-threatening consequences. We report a case in which a 78-year-old man had a critically low serum calcium level measured with use of standard colorimetric assay after gadodiamide administration during magnetic resonance angiography. Reanalysis of the sam...

journal_title：Mayo Clinic proceedings

authors： Williams SF,Meek SE,Moraghan TJ

更新日期：2005-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the contemporary trends in outcomes and resource use associated with transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) in the United States. METHODS:We identified patients who underwent TAVR between January 1, 2012, and December 31, 2017, in the National Readmission Database. We assessed temporal tre...

journal_title：Mayo Clinic proceedings

authors： Kawsara A,Sulaiman S,Linderbaum J,Coffey SR,Alqahtani F,Nkomo VT,Crestanello JA,Alkhouli M

更新日期：2020-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The most compelling evidence for the cardiovascular benefit provided by omega-3 fatty acids comes from 3 large controlled trials of 32,000 participants randomized to receive omega-3 fatty acid supplements containing docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) and eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) or to act as controls. These trials showed r...

journal_title：Mayo Clinic proceedings

authors： Lee JH,O'Keefe JH,Lavie CJ,Marchioli R,Harris WS

更新日期：2008-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Since first described In 1961, methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) has become a common nosocomial pathogen. Substantial increases in MRSA infections among nonhospitalized patients are being reported. Methicillin-resistant S. aureus is the most common isolate from skin and soft tissue infections in selec...

journal_title：Mayo Clinic proceedings

authors： Kowalski TJ,Berbari EF,Osmon DR

更新日期：2005-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess the effects of body mass index (BMI) variability on the incidence of new-onset atrial fibrillation (AF), stroke, cardiovascular (CV) risk factors, and CV outcomes in a general Asian population. PATIENTS AND METHODS:Data from the National Health Insurance Service-Health Screening cohort in Korea wer...

journal_title：Mayo Clinic proceedings

authors： Lim YM,Yang PS,Jang E,Yu HT,Kim TH,Uhm JS,Kim JY,Pak HN,Lee MH,Joung B,Lip GYH

更新日期：2019-02-01 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 ascertain the usefulness of bone marrow and cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) examinations in identifying or predicting relapse in children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) before discontinuation of chemotherapy. MATERIAL AND METHODS:We retrospectively reviewed the medical records of 113 children with ALL ...

journal_title：Mayo Clinic proceedings

authors： Hutt PJ,Sabio H,Gilchrist GS,O'Brien C

更新日期：1996-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine the percentage of metastatic and unexpected residual lung cancer at autopsy in patients considered for curative resection of non-small cell lung cancer during a time when computed tomography was available as a preoperative staging tool. MATERIAL AND METHODS:Clinical data and surgical and autopsy...

journal_title：Mayo Clinic proceedings

authors： Finke NM,Aubry MC,Tazelaar HD,Aughenbaugh GL,Lohse CM,Pankratz VS,Deschamps C

更新日期：2004-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To describe 3 patients who presented with chest pain and intermittent Q waves on the electrocardiogram (ECG) and were subsequently found to have latent preexcitation. PATIENTS AND METHODS:During a span of 8 years, 3 patients were evaluated because of atypical chest pain and pathologic Q waves in the inferior...

journal_title：Mayo Clinic proceedings

authors： Letts DP,Constantine JC,Littmann L

更新日期：2003-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 54-year-old man with no known cardiac disease collapsed outdoors in a small rural community. The cardiac arrest was witnessed, and immediate cardiopulmonary resuscitation was begun by a bystander and a trained first responder who was nearby. The patient was moved into a building across the street for continued resus...

journal_title：Mayo Clinic proceedings

authors： White RD,Goodman BW,Svoboda MA

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a prospective study of 10 patients who underwent liver transplantation and 10 patients who underwent cholecystectomy, we analyzed the postoperative analgesic requirements and the resultant plasma morphine concentrations. Analgesia was more intense, with less medication, and the plasma morphine concentration was sig...

journal_title：Mayo Clinic proceedings

authors： Eisenach JC,Plevak DJ,Van Dyke RA,Southorn PA,Danielson DR,Krom RA,Nagorney DM,Rettke SR

更新日期：1989-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Campylobacter-like organisms (provisionally named C. pyloridis) were demonstrated in gastric biopsy specimens by histopathologic analysis and bacterial culture. C. pyloridis organisms were found in 12 of 26 patients (46%) with gastric or duodenal ulcer but in none of 10 healthy volunteers without histologic evidence o...

journal_title：Mayo Clinic proceedings

authors： Gustavsson S,Phillips SF,Malagelada JR,Rosenblatt JE

更新日期：1987-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Prospective data and follow-up information were collected on the initial 200 patients who underwent laparoscopic cholecystectomy at the Mayo Clinic. The operation was completed laparoscopically in all but five patients, who required conversion to laparotomy because of dense scarring or stones in the common bile duct. ...

journal_title：Mayo Clinic proceedings

authors： Donohue JH,Farnell MB,Grant CS,van Heerden JA,Wahlstrom HE,Sarr MG,Weaver AL,Ilstrup DM

更新日期：1992-05-01 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：: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：:Emerging preclinical and clinic evidence described herein suggests that the mechanism of action of rifaximin is not restricted to direct antibacterial effects within the gastrointestinal tract. Data from this study were derived from general and clinical trial-specific PubMed searches of English-language articles on ri...

journal_title：Mayo Clinic proceedings

authors： DuPont HL

更新日期：2015-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate whether the use of systemic glucocorticoids is a risk factor for community-acquired Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia (CA-SAB). PATIENTS AND METHODS:We used population-based medical registries in Northern Denmark to conduct a case-control study including all adults with first-time CA-SAB and ma...

journal_title：Mayo Clinic proceedings

authors： Smit J,Kaasch AJ,Søgaard M,Thomsen RW,Nielsen H,Frøslev T,Schønheyder HC

更新日期：2016-07-01 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：:Considerable advances in the diagnosis and treatment of migraine headache have occurred during the past decade, but treatment options for acute migraine attacks have expanded at a faster rate than those for prophylaxis. We describe a patient whose migraine headaches responded dramatically to sustained-release niacin a...

journal_title：Mayo Clinic proceedings

authors： Velling DA,Dodick DW,Muir JJ

更新日期：2003-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The monoclonal gammopathies are a group of disorders characterized by proliferation of a single clone of plasma cells that produce a homogeneous, monoclonal (M) protein. The structure of immunoglobulins, relationship of normal (polyclonal) immunoglobulins to myeloma and macroglobulin (monoclonal) immunoglobulins, patt...

journal_title：Mayo Clinic proceedings

authors： Kyle RA,Greipp PR

更新日期：1978-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the long-term prognostic effect of resting heart rate (HR) at index myocardial infarction (MI) and during the first year after MI among 1-year survivors. PATIENTS AND METHODS:The community-based cohort consisted of 1571 patients hospitalized with an incident MI from January 1, 1983, through Decem...

journal_title：Mayo Clinic proceedings

authors： Jabre P,Roger VL,Weston SA,Adnet F,Jiang R,Vivien B,Empana JP,Jouven X

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To identify and assess the impact of postoperative complications in patients with unrecognized or known obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSAS) undergoing hip replacement or knee replacement compared with control patients undergoing similar operations. Although OSAS is a risk factor for perioperative morbidit...

journal_title：Mayo Clinic proceedings

authors： Gupta RM,Parvizi J,Hanssen AD,Gay PC

更新日期：2001-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Many misconceptions continue to persist in both the lay and the professional literature regarding the proper approach to the diagnosis and treatment of hypoglycemia. Often, patients with a symptom complex suggestive of hypoglycemia have normal levels of plasma glucose in association with these symptoms. The major diag...

journal_title：Mayo Clinic proceedings

authors： Nelson RL

更新日期：1985-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Carcinoid tumor of the thymus is a rare neoplasm. Formerly confused with thymoma, a tumor of thymic epithelial cells, carcinoid tumor of the thymus has recently been shown to arise from cells of neuroendocrine origin that are normally present in the thymus. About half of the tumors are either functionally active (usua...

journal_title：Mayo Clinic proceedings

authors： Wick MR,Scott RE,Li CY,Carney JA

更新日期：1980-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To elucidate the long-term clinical behavior, treatment, and outcomes of sporadic facial nerve schwannoma (FNS) in a large cohort of patients managed in the post-magnetic resonance imaging era. PATIENTS AND METHODS:Retrospective review at a single tertiary health care system (January 1, 1990, through Decembe...

journal_title：Mayo Clinic proceedings

authors： Carlson ML,Deep NL,Patel NS,Lundy LB,Tombers NM,Lohse CM,Link MJ,Driscoll CL

更新日期：2016-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Aerobic exercise training has been used as part of the treatment for a variety of chronic disorders, most notably cardiovascular disease. In order to determine the feasibility and utility of regular exercise after renal transplantation, the responses of 10 patients to graded exercise testing were compared before train...

journal_title：Mayo Clinic proceedings

authors： Miller TD,Squires RW,Gau GT,Ilstrup DM,Frohnert PP,Sterioff S

更新日期：1987-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:After the completion of the Human Genome Project, there has been an acceleration in methodologies on sequencing nucleic acids (DNA and RNA) at a high precision and with ever-decreasing turnaround time and cost. Collectively, these approaches are termed next-generation sequencing and are already affecting the transform...

journal_title：Mayo Clinic proceedings

authors： Stephens MC,Boardman LA,Lazaridis KN

更新日期：2017-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Noninvasive ventilation refers to the delivery of assisted ventilatory support without the use of an endotracheal tube. Noninvasive positive pressure ventilation (NPPV) can be delivered by using a volume-controlled ventilator, a pressure-controlled ventilator, a bilevel positive airway pressure ventilator, or a contin...

journal_title：Mayo Clinic proceedings

authors： Rabatin JT,Gay PC

更新日期：1999-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We reviewed the epidemiologic characteristics, diagnosis, clinical features, and management of cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection after renal transplantation. CMV, the major viral pathogen after renal transplantation, increases patient morbidity and mortality. The spectrum of CMV infection ranges from latent infection to...

journal_title：Mayo Clinic proceedings

authors： Farrugia E,Schwab TR

更新日期：1992-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To ascertain whether "harmonic imaging"--use of ultrasound signals with the frequency twice that of the transmitted signal for ultrasound image generation--can improve image contrast while reducing noise. METHODS:Technically difficult echocardiograms (nonvisualization of 2 or more endocardial segments in a 1...

journal_title：Mayo Clinic proceedings

authors： Belohlavek M,Tanabe K,Mulvagh SL,Foley DA,Greenleaf JF,Seward JB

更新日期：1998-11-01 00:00:00