Safety, diagnostic yield, and therapeutic implications of flexible bronchoscopy in patients with febrile neutropenia and pulmonary infiltrates.

abstract：:Aortic thrombus formation is rare in the patients with essential thrombocytosis (ET); therefore, no guidelines for its management have been established. Embolism from ET-associated large vessel thrombi is potentially lethal and has been managed surgically in a few reported cases. We describe herein a 45-year-old black...

journal_title：Mayo Clinic proceedings

authors： Fang M,Agha S,Lockridge L,Lee R,Cleary JP,Mazur EM

更新日期：2001-04-01 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

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

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To examine current therapeutic modalities for acute lymphocytic leukemia (ALL) in adults, analyze prognostic variables, and offer treatment recommendations. DESIGN:We reviewed our experience with 90 adult patients with ALL examined at the Mayo Clinic between 1982 and 1992 and used it as a background for disc...

journal_title：Mayo Clinic proceedings

authors： Ho TC,Tefferi A,Su JQ,Litzow MR,Hoagland HC,Noël P

更新日期：1994-10-01 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：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the frequency and appropriateness of nil per os (nothing by mouth) (NPO) orders and determine the number of meals missed because of these orders among hospitalized patients. PATIENTS AND METHODS:We retrospectively analyzed inpatient NPO orders at an academic institution in the United States. The ...

journal_title：Mayo Clinic proceedings

authors： Sorita A,Thongprayoon C,Ahmed A,Bates RE,Ratelle JT,Rieck KM,Devalapalli AP,Issa M,Shah RM,Lalama MA,Wang Z,Murad MH,Kashiwagi DT

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To characterize public perception of physicians' conflicts of interest (COIs) across medical and surgical specialties. PATIENTS AND METHODS:A cross-sectional 6-arm randomized survey of a nonprobability sample from Amazon's Mechanical Turk occurred on December 11 to 16, 2018. Survey respondents were randomly...

journal_title：Mayo Clinic proceedings

authors： Niforatos JD,Chaitoff A,Mercer MB,Yu PC,Rose SL

更新日期：2019-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 4 1/2-year-old girl is described in whom the portal vein is absent and the venous return from the gastrointestinal tract, spleen, and pancreas is through the left renal vein into the inferior vena cava. She had a hepatoblastoma, which was treated surgically by right hepatic lobectomy. Regeneration occurred in the re...

journal_title：Mayo Clinic proceedings

authors： Marois D,van Heerden JA,Carpenter HA,Sheedy PF 2nd

更新日期：1979-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the effect of aspirin and nonaspirin antiplatelet agents (NAAAs) on the performance of the fecal immunochemical test (FIT). PARTICIPANTS AND METHODS:We performed a post hoc analysis of results from a clinical trial that involved 28,696 asymptomatic average-risk men and women aged 50 to 69 years i...

journal_title：Mayo Clinic proceedings

authors： Bujanda L,Lanas Á,Quintero E,Castells A,Sarasqueta C,Cubiella J,Hernandez V,Morillas JD,Perez-Fernández T,Salas D,Andreu M,Carballo F,Bessa X,Cosme A,Jover R,COLONPREV Study Investigators.

更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the prognostic impact of Holter findings in patients with light chain amyloidosis. PATIENTS AND METHODS:We evaluated 239 patients in whom light chain amyloidosis was diagnosed from January 1, 2010, through December 31, 2015, who underwent 24-hour Holter monitoring. RESULTS:Holter testing was don...

journal_title：Mayo Clinic proceedings

authors： Sidana S,Tandon N,Brady PA,Grogan M,Gertz MA,Dispenzieri A,Lin G,Dingli D,Buadi FK,Lacy MQ,Kapoor P,Gonsalves WI,Muchtar E,Warsame R,Kumar SK,Kourelis TV

更新日期：2019-03-01 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：:Chest pain in a young person is often caused by chest wall tenderness, associated with mitral valve prolapse, or attributed to psychologic factors. Ischemic cardiac pain may be overlooked because of its rare occurrence in this age group. A 35-year-old woman complained of substernal chest pressure precipitated by exert...

journal_title：Mayo Clinic proceedings

authors： Click RL,Spittell JA Jr,Puga FJ

更新日期：1988-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The detection of monoclonal light chains in the urine by the Bence Jones heat test is a useful adjuvant to the diagnosis of myeloma and other related diseases. The test is particularly helpful when no serum spike is noted. Overall, it is positive in approximately half of all patients with myeloma. In order to assess t...

journal_title：Mayo Clinic proceedings

authors： Perry MC,Kyle RA

更新日期：1975-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：DESIGN:A quality-control retrospective review of medical records was conducted for cases of anaphylaxis encountered at Mayo Clinic Rochester during a 3 1/2-year period. PATIENTS:For inclusion in the study, all patients had to manifest general symptoms of mediator release such as generalized pruritus, urticaria, angioe...

journal_title：Mayo Clinic proceedings

authors： Yocum MW,Khan DA

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A patient simulator has been developed for training, certification, modeling, and demonstrating problems in the management of critical-care patients. The Critical Care & Hemodynamic Monitoring Training System consists of a personal computer, software, and a replica of a human torso designed to enable students to pract...

journal_title：Mayo Clinic proceedings

authors： Saliterman SS

更新日期：1990-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine and quantify the in vivo effects of octreotide on the cell cycle kinetics of growth hormone-producing pituitary adenomas. DESIGN:A multicenter randomized trial had been conducted to assess the clinical efficacy of octreotide, and we studied tissue specimens from pituitary macroadenomas in 32 pat...

journal_title：Mayo Clinic proceedings

authors： Thapar K,Kovacs KT,Stefaneanu L,Scheithauer BW,Horvath E,Lloyd RV,Li J,Laws ER Jr

更新日期：1997-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Breast reconstruction immediately after mastectomy is being used with increasing frequency. In a study of the first 100 consecutive patients at our institution who underwent this procedure, with (21 patients) or without (79 patients) later nipple reconstruction, 85% responded affirmatively on a follow-up questionnaire...

journal_title：Mayo Clinic proceedings

authors： van Heerden JA,Jackson IT,Martin JK Jr,Fisher J

更新日期：1987-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To present the results of a quality-of-life (QOL) assessment performed with the current version of the Lung Cancer Symptom Scale (LCSS) questionnaire in a large single-institutional data set of 650 patients with lung cancer. PATIENTS AND METHODS:The study group included 650 patients with pathologically confi...

journal_title：Mayo Clinic proceedings

authors： Svobodník A,Yang P,Novotny PJ,Bass E,Garces YI,Jett JR,Bonner JA,Sloan JA

更新日期：2004-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Waldenström macroglobulinemia is a B-cell malignancy with lymphoplasmacytic infiltration in the bone marrow or lymphatic tissue and a monoclonal immunoglobulin M protein (IgM) in the serum. It is incurable with current therapy, and the decision to treat patients as well as the choice of treatment can be complex. Using...

journal_title：Mayo Clinic proceedings

authors： Ansell SM,Kyle RA,Reeder CB,Fonseca R,Mikhael JR,Morice WG,Bergsagel PL,Buadi FK,Colgan JP,Dingli D,Dispenzieri A,Greipp PR,Habermann TM,Hayman SR,Inwards DJ,Johnston PB,Kumar SK,Lacy MQ,Lust JA,Markovic SN,Micall

更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In Olmsted County, Minnesota, population-based epidemiologic research studies are possible because of a unique medical records linkage system, the Rochester Epidemiology Project (REP), which has been in place for almost half a century. We present a summary of epidemiologic data describing the incidence of skin disease...

journal_title：Mayo Clinic proceedings

authors： Andersen LK,Davis MD

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess the efficacy of brief couples support groups offered concurrently with in vitro fertilization (IVF) treatment. PATIENTS AND METHODS:Couples in IVF treatment were given the option of participating in a biweekly support group at the IVF clinic at Wilford Hall Medical Center, San Antonio, Tex. At leas...

journal_title：Mayo Clinic proceedings

authors： McNaughton-Cassill ME,Bostwick JM,Arthur NJ,Robinson RD,Neal GS

更新日期：2002-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The clinical and morphologic findings of allergic granulomatosis and angiitis of Churg and Strauss in 21 men and 9 women were reviewed. The classic features are those of systemic vasculitis in a setting of bronchial asthma and eosinophilia. Pathologically there is necrotizing vasculitis of small arteries and veins wit...

journal_title：Mayo Clinic proceedings

authors： Chumbley LC,Harrison EG Jr,DeRemee RA

更新日期：1977-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cirrhosis and its disease-related complications are the 12th leading cause of mortality among U.S. adults and are the 5th leading cause of death for individuals aged 45 to 54 years. Hospitalization costs for disease-related complications are estimated at 18,000 dollars per episode of care, and 10% of admitted patients...

journal_title：Mayo Clinic proceedings

authors： Talwalkar JA,Kamath PS

更新日期：2005-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To document the prevalence of use of herbal products among adults in a large metropolitan area and to examine issues surrounding such use. SUBJECTS AND METHODS:Of people aged 18 years and older residing in the Minneapolis/St Paul, Minn, metropolitan area, 752 were randomly selected from Minnesota Department...

journal_title：Mayo Clinic proceedings

authors： Harnack LJ,Rydell SA,Stang J

更新日期：2001-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To examine the effect of objectively measured exercise capacity (EC) on early mortality (EM) after a first myocardial infarction (MI). PATIENTS AND METHODS:This retrospective cohort study included 2061 patients without a history of MI (mean age, 62±12 years; 38% [n=790] women; 56% [n=1153] white) who underwe...

journal_title：Mayo Clinic proceedings

authors： Shaya GE,Al-Mallah MH,Hung RK,Nasir K,Blumenthal RS,Ehrman JK,Keteyian SJ,Brawner CA,Qureshi WT,Blaha MJ

更新日期：2016-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To study the incidence and prevalence of diagnosed myoclonus in Olmsted County, Minnesota. Little is known about the frequency and distribution of myoclonus in the general population. DESIGN:Descriptive study with case ascertainment through a records-linkage system. PATIENTS AND METHODS:We used a medical re...

journal_title：Mayo Clinic proceedings

authors： Caviness JN,Alving LI,Maraganore DM,Black RA,McDonnell SK,Rocca WA

更新日期：1999-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Myocarditis, an inflammatory disease of heart muscle, is an important cause of dilated cardiomyopathy worldwide. Viral infection is also an important cause of myocarditis, and the spectrum of viruses known to cause myocarditis has changed in the past 2 decades. Several new diagnostic methods, such as cardiac magnetic ...

journal_title：Mayo Clinic proceedings

authors： Schultz JC,Hilliard AA,Cooper LT Jr,Rihal CS

更新日期：2009-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A need exists for a self-report questionnaire that reliably and accurately measures symptoms and that distinguishes patients with functional gastrointestinal disease from those with other conditions. We have developed such an instrument, the bowel disease questionnaire, and herein describe details of its discriminator...

journal_title：Mayo Clinic proceedings

authors： Talley NJ,Phillips SF,Wiltgen CM,Zinsmeister AR,Melton LJ 3rd

更新日期：1990-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In recent cases on the constitutionality of sentencing to death criminals who were younger than 18 years of age at the time of their crimes or who are mentally retarded, the US Supreme Court has rejected medical evidence that such persons categorically possess diminished culpability. Rather, the Court has accepted the...

journal_title：Mayo Clinic proceedings

authors： Helminski F

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To examine 45-year trends in time use and physical activity energy expenditure (PAEE) in a nationally representative sample of US mothers. PARTICIPANTS AND METHODS:We quantified time allocation to physical activity (PA), sedentary behaviors (SED), and PAEE from 1965 to 2010 in mothers with older children (MO...

journal_title：Mayo Clinic proceedings

authors： Archer E,Lavie CJ,McDonald SM,Thomas DM,Hébert JR,Taverno Ross SE,McIver KL,Malina RM,Blair SN

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00