Pulmonary hypertension in patients with interstitial lung diseases.

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：: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 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：:Type I anti-neuronal nuclear autoantibodies (ANNA-I, also known as "Hu") are a distinctive serologic marker of small cell lung carcinoma (SCLC) in patients who have peripheral neuropathies or encephalomyeloradiculopathies. A tumor antigen reactive with these antibodies has been identified by other investigators by Wes...

journal_title：Mayo Clinic proceedings

authors： Kiers L,Altermatt HJ,Lennon VA

更新日期：1991-12-01 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：:Recent experience with 40 patients with the Zollinger-Ellison syndrome at all Mayo Clinic suggests that traditional clinical criteria for diagnosis are often absent or invalid. Patients are younger have a shorter duration of symptoms, and often present without prior gastric surgery. Clinical, roentgenographic, and end...

journal_title：Mayo Clinic proceedings

authors： Regan PT,Malagelada JR

更新日期：1978-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The two-column procedure for plasma catecholamine determination was adopted as a routine diagnostic test. It was found that the recovery of catecholamine added to properly preserved plasma was 65%. The most efficient recovery occurred when the water content of alumina used was above 23%. Both interassay and intra-assa...

journal_title：Mayo Clinic proceedings

authors： Jiang NS,Machacek D,Wadel OP

更新日期：1976-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to determine whether the characteristics of esophageal symptoms may be of diagnostic utility in distinguishing dysphagia of various causes. Included in the study were a total of 499 patients with three types of dysphagia: 234 with dysphagia related to an obstructive lesion in the esophagus, 1...

journal_title：Mayo Clinic proceedings

authors： Kim CH,Weaver AL,Hsu JJ,Rainwater L,Zinsmeister AR

更新日期：1993-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To ascertain the incidence and timing of fever in patients at risk for temperature modulation of brain injury resulting from ischemia or trauma. DESIGN:We retrospectively reviewed the medical records of patients admitted between January 1991 and December 1994. MATERIAL AND METHODS:We investigated three grou...

journal_title：Mayo Clinic proceedings

authors： Albrecht RF 2nd,Wass CT,Lanier WL

更新日期：1998-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The German Pflegeversicherung, introduced in January 1995, has been very successful. It has been well accepted by persons in need and by their relatives and friends, providing benefits for both parties. The insurance is financially sound and has helped to create new workplaces. ...

journal_title：Mayo Clinic proceedings

authors： Wahner-Roedler DL,Knuth P,Juchems RH

更新日期：1999-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Myoclonus is defined as sudden, brief, shocklike, involuntary movements caused by muscular contractions or inhibitors. Myoclonic movements have now been recognized to have many possible variants and pathophysiologic features. Myoclonus may arise from several sites within the neuraxis, of which the cortex and brain ste...

journal_title：Mayo Clinic proceedings

authors： Caviness JN

更新日期：1996-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To study the impact of parental leave on extending residency training and the timing of entrance into the specialty board certification examination system. METHODS:From June 3, 2005, through December 28, 2005, primary specialty board policies regarding parental leave, absence from training, and the timing of...

journal_title：Mayo Clinic proceedings

authors： Rose SH,Burkle CM,Elliott BA,Koenig LF

更新日期：2006-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To compare health care usage between suicide decedents and living controls in the year before suicide in a large representative US population. PATIENTS AND METHODS:Cases (n=1221) and controls (n=3663) belonged to an integrated health care system from January 1, 2009, through December 31, 2014. Cases and cont...

journal_title：Mayo Clinic proceedings

authors： Chock MM,Lin JC,Athyal VP,Bostwick JM

更新日期：2019-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:In this report, our goal was to summarize the current knowledge of the biochemical basis for the impaired DNA synthesis and neuropathy associated with vitamin B12 deficiency. MATERIAL AND METHODS:We reviewed the pertinent literature and our clinical experience with cobalamin deficiency. RESULTS:Studies have...

journal_title：Mayo Clinic proceedings

authors： Tefferi A,Pruthi RK

更新日期：1994-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe a woman with an unusual case of thromboembolism of the mesenteric artery in whom multiple thrombi were subsequently found in the aorta and right heart chambers on transesophageal echocardiography. Further evaluation revealed a deficiency of protein C and S plasma proteins, inhibitors of the clotting system...

journal_title：Mayo Clinic proceedings

authors： Onwuanyi A,Sachdeva R,Hamirani K,Islam M,Parris R

更新日期：2001-03-01 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：: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：:Unintentional intra-arterial injection of medication, either iatrogenic or self-administered, is a source of considerable morbidity. Normal vascular anatomical proximity, aberrant vasculature, procedurally difficult situations, and medical personnel error all contribute to unintentional cannulation of arteries in an a...

journal_title：Mayo Clinic proceedings

authors： Sen S,Chini EN,Brown MJ

更新日期：2005-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the association between coffee consumption and mortality from all causes and from cardiovascular disease. PATIENTS AND METHODS:Data from the Aerobics Center Longitudinal Study representing 43,727 participants with 699,632 person-years of follow-up were included. Baseline data were collected by an...

journal_title：Mayo Clinic proceedings

authors： Liu J,Sui X,Lavie CJ,Hebert JR,Earnest CP,Zhang J,Blair SN

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To define age-adjusted incidence trends in multiple myeloma (MM) in a well-characterized population during a long period, given that some, but not all, studies have reported increasing MM incidence over time and that clinical experience from some centers suggests an increased incidence mainly in younger age g...

journal_title：Mayo Clinic proceedings

authors： Turesson I,Velez R,Kristinsson SY,Landgren O

更新日期：2010-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:As alternatives to transurethral resection of the prostate for treatment of benign prostatic hyperplasia, various types of laser prostatectomy-most notably, neodymium:yttrium-aluminum-garnet (YAG) and potassium titanyl phosphate laser procedures-have proved to be associated with considerably less morbidity (for exampl...

journal_title：Mayo Clinic proceedings

authors： Kabalin JN,Gilling PJ,Fraundorfer MR

更新日期：1998-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To estimate the age- and sex-adjusted incidence of melanoma in adults 61 years or older in Olmsted County, Minnesota, from 1970 through 2009. PATIENTS AND METHODS:Using Rochester Epidemiology Project resources, 397 patients were identified who were 61 years or older and who received a first lifetime diagnosi...

journal_title：Mayo Clinic proceedings

authors： Olazagasti Lourido JM,Ma JE,Lohse CM,Brewer JD

更新日期：2016-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The neurologist has become increasingly involved in the multidisciplinary treatment of patients with chronic noncancer pain (CNP). Chronic noncancer pain affects a diverse patient population with multiple underlying diagnoses and associated therapies. Following the model of the American Board of Anesthesiology and the...

journal_title：Mayo Clinic proceedings

authors： Jacobson PL,Mann JD

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In essential tremor and Parkinson disease (PD) tremor, administration of onabotulinumtoxinA via a fixed injection approach improves the tremor, but many patients (30%-70%) develop moderate to severe hand weakness, limiting the use of onabotulinumtoxinA in clinical practice. OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the safety ...

journal_title：Mayo Clinic proceedings

authors： Mittal SO,Machado D,Richardson D,Dubey D,Jabbari B

更新日期：2017-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Evidence suggests that migraine is associated with decreased productivity. This article describes the results of a systematic literature review of peer-reviewed publications that measured the impact of migraine on workplace productivity in the United States and provides recommendations for future research. A MEDLINE s...

journal_title：Mayo Clinic proceedings

authors： Burton WN,Landy SH,Downs KE,Runken MC

更新日期：2009-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Scleromyxedema is a disorder characterized by a typical rash due to the accumulation of mucin in the dermis. It is always associated with a monoclonal protein in the serum and can have a wide variety of systemic manifestations. We describe a 40-year-old woman who had scleromyxedema associated with a monoclonal G lambd...

journal_title：Mayo Clinic proceedings

authors： Rayson D,Lust JA,Duncan A,Su WP

更新日期：1999-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To identify the wishes of patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) for information, participation in decision making, and life-sustaining therapy and to determine whether these wishes are stable over time, we conducted a prospective survey (baseline and 6-month follow-up interviews) of 38 consecutive patients...

journal_title：Mayo Clinic proceedings

authors： Silverstein MD,Stocking CB,Antel JP,Beckwith J,Roos RP,Siegler M

更新日期：1991-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An 87-year-old woman was referred for evaluation of nervousness, tremor, insomnia, and fatigue of 2 months' duration. Initial laboratory evaluation revealed a suppressed thyrotropin level and an elevated triiodothyronine level. A review of her medications revealed that she had started taking several dietary supplement...

journal_title：Mayo Clinic proceedings

authors： Bauer BA,Elkin PL,Erickson D,Klee GG,Brennan MD

更新日期：2002-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a group of 47 patients with mediastinal granulomas, the most common clinical symptoms were cough, chest pain, dysphagia, hemoptysis, and dyspnea. The main laboratory findings were right paratracheal or hilar mass on chest roentgenogram, positive histoplasmin skin test, and caseating granuloma on histopathologic exa...

journal_title：Mayo Clinic proceedings

authors： Strimlan CV,Dines DE,Payne WS

更新日期：1975-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The increased frequency of prenatal ultrasonography has resulted in an increase in the detection of fetal genitourinary abnormalities, many of which are of minimal clinical significance. Severe fetal urinary tract obstruction with associated oligohydramnios results in a recognizable constellation of physical findings,...

journal_title：Mayo Clinic proceedings

authors： Gloor JM

更新日期：1995-02-01 00:00:00