Computerized bar code-based blood identification systems and near-miss transfusion episodes and transfusion errors.

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine whether sirolimus therapy is associated with neurologic complications, including stroke, among heart transplant recipients. PATIENTS AND METHODS:We retrospectively studied patients who underwent heart transplant at Mayo Clinic's site in Rochester, MN, from January 1, 1988, through June 30, 2006....

journal_title：Mayo Clinic proceedings

authors： van de Beek D,Kremers WK,Kushwaha SS,McGregor CG,Wijdicks EF

更新日期：2009-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thirty-one patients with low back pain resistant to medical and surgical treatment were studied. On admission to the psychiatric service, these patients revealed apparent features of conversion and hysterical personality, as characterized also by the MMPI profile. During hospitalization, however, there was increased a...

journal_title：Mayo Clinic proceedings

authors： Maruta T,Swanson DW,Swenson WM

更新日期：1976-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hepatitis C virus infection is common, often silent, and almost always chronic and can lead to cirrhosis and hepatocellular cancer. Deaths related to chronic hepatitis C are expected to increase dramatically in the future. Many cases of infection are asymptomatic and are undiagnosed because of a lack of recognition by...

journal_title：Mayo Clinic proceedings

authors： Gross JB Jr

更新日期：1998-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the impact of the sequence of treatment with rituximab and/or splenectomy on time to relapse for patients with steroid-refractory immune thrombocytopenia (ITP). PATIENTS AND METHODS:Patients 18 years or older with steroid-refractory immune thrombocytopenia who underwent treatment with splenectomy...

journal_title：Mayo Clinic proceedings

authors： Hammond WA,Vishnu P,Rodriguez EM,Li Z,Dholaria B,Shreders AJ,Rivera CE

更新日期：2019-11-01 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 measure carotid artery intima-media thickness (CIMT), a marker of subclinical atherosclerosis, in postmenopausal women with and without histories of preeclampsia and to synthesize these results with those from prior studies of CIMT performed 10 or more years after preeclamptic pregnancies. PATIENTS AND ME...

journal_title：Mayo Clinic proceedings

authors： Garovic VD,Milic NM,Weissgerber TL,Mielke MM,Bailey KR,Lahr B,Jayachandran M,White WM,Hodis HN,Miller VM

更新日期：2017-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Graves disease is an autoimmune thyroid condition characterized by the production of autoantibodies against the thyrotropin receptor. The autoantibodies mimic the effect of the hormone on thyroid cells, which stimulates autonomous production of thyroxine and triiodothyronine. It has been hypothesized that cross-reacti...

journal_title：Mayo Clinic proceedings

authors： Budavari AI,Whitaker MD,Helmers RA

更新日期：2002-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A calcium-binding IgG K monoclonal protein in a patient with multiple myeloma and asymptomatic hypercalcemia was recognized, isolated, and characterized. In addition to binding by the whole IgG molecules, calcium was bound by purified Fab fragments and recombined heavy and light chains. In a competitive binding study,...

journal_title：Mayo Clinic proceedings

authors： Annesley TM,Burritt MF,Kyle RA

更新日期：1982-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate the incidence of bone disorders after solid organ transplantation (SOT). PARTICIPANTS AND METHODS:We used Taiwan's National Health Insurance Research Database to identify 9428 recipients of SOT and 38,140 sex- and age- matched control subjects between January 1, 1997, and December 31, 2010, to...

journal_title：Mayo Clinic proceedings

authors： Yu TM,Lin CL,Chang SN,Sung FC,Huang ST,Kao CH

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To characterize the clinicopathologic findings, comorbidities, and treatment outcomes of women with lichen planopilaris (LPP). METHOD:In this retrospective review of women with LPP at Mayo Clinic from 1992 to 2016, we searched for scarring alopecia in all female patients aged 1 to 100 years from January 1, 1...

journal_title：Mayo Clinic proceedings

authors： Larkin SC,Cantwell HM,Imhof RL,Torgerson RR,Tolkachjov SN

更新日期：2020-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess long-term secular trends in the utilization of bilateral compared with unilateral orchiectomy in the community. PATIENTS AND METHODS:This population-based descriptive study reviewed medical records of all Olmsted County, Minnesota, men undergoing orchiectomy between 1956 and 2000. RESULTS:Over the...

journal_title：Mayo Clinic proceedings

authors： Melton LJ 3rd,Alothman KI,Achenbach SJ,O'Fallon WM,Zincke H

更新日期：2001-12-01 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：OBJECTIVE:To determine whether a simple clinical score, which was shown previously to predict the likelihood of severe coronary artery disease (CAD) in patients referred for coronary angiography, could predict prognosis in a separate cohort of patients with normal or mildly abnormal findings on their resting electrocar...

journal_title：Mayo Clinic proceedings

authors： Ho KT,Miller TD,Hodge DO,Bailey KR,Gibbons RJ

更新日期：2002-06-01 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 assess the impact of direct-to-consumer (DTC) predictive genomic risk information on perceived risk and worry in the context of routine clinical care. PATIENTS AND METHODS:Patients attending a preventive medicine clinic between June 1 and December 18, 2009, were randomly assigned to receive either genomic...

journal_title：Mayo Clinic proceedings

authors： James KM,Cowl CT,Tilburt JC,Sinicrope PS,Robinson ME,Frimannsdottir KR,Tiedje K,Koenig BA

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Physicians must be able to recognize stroke caused by a mendelian or mitochondrial disorder. Some genetic disorders such as sickle cell anemia and Fabry disease have proven disease-specific treatments, whereas others have no effective treatment, including cerebral autosomal dominant arteriopathy with subcortical infar...

journal_title：Mayo Clinic proceedings

authors： Meschia JF,Brott TG,Brown RD Jr

更新日期：2005-01-01 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：:Restless legs syndrome (RLS) is a common disorder with a prevalence of 5% to 15%. Primary care physicians must become familiar with management of this disorder. This algorithm for the management of RLS was written by members of the Medical Advisory Board of the Restless Legs Syndrome Foundation and is based on scienti...

journal_title：Mayo Clinic proceedings

authors： Silber MH,Ehrenberg BL,Allen RP,Buchfuhrer MJ,Earley CJ,Hening WA,Rye DB,Medical Advisory Board of the Restless Legs Syndrome Foundation.

更新日期：2004-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ever since ancient times, man has been searching for the proper artificial substitute for living tissue. This has been a most frustrating and challenging task for the scientific community involved. Prosthetic restoration is the only alternative to reconstructive surgery for the facially deformed. This paper reviews th...

journal_title：Mayo Clinic proceedings

authors： Gonzalez JB

更新日期：1978-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Increased intracranial pressure can result in irreversible injury to the central nervous system. Among the many functions of the cerebrospinal fluid, it provides protection against acute changes in venous and arterial blood pressure or impact pressure. Nevertheless, trauma, tumors, infections, neurosurgical procedures...

journal_title：Mayo Clinic proceedings

authors： Lyons MK,Meyer FB

更新日期：1990-05-01 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：:Two entities of special interest in sleep disorders medicine are restless legs syndrome and periodic movements of sleep. Most patients with restless legs syndrome have periodic movements of sleep, but most patients with the nocturnal disorder do not have restless legs when awake. In both conditions, the underlying cau...

journal_title：Mayo Clinic proceedings

authors： Krueger BR

更新日期：1990-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a study of 49 consecutive patients for whom a test for platelet antibodies had been ordered, tests were performed for both cell-bound and serum platelet antibodies. In cases of autoimmune thrombocytopenia (ITP), the test result for cell-bound antibody was more likely to be positive than was the test result for seru...

journal_title：Mayo Clinic proceedings

authors： Moore SB,Wick MR,Richardson LM

更新日期：1984-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To estimate the magnitude of association between intraoperative hyperglycemia and perioperative outcomes in patients who underwent cardiac surgery. PATIENTS AND METHODS:We conducted a retrospective observational study of consecutive adult patients who underwent cardiac surgery between June 10, 2002, and Augu...

journal_title：Mayo Clinic proceedings

authors： Gandhi GY,Nuttall GA,Abel MD,Mullany CJ,Schaff HV,Williams BA,Schrader LM,Rizza RA,McMahon MM

更新日期：2005-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine the frequency of pulmonary lymphangioleiomyomatosis (LAM), a rare cystic lung disorder that occurs almost exclusively in women of reproductive age, in women with tuberous sclerosis complex (TSC), an inheritable multiorgan hamartomatosis. PATIENTS AND METHODS:In this retrospective cohort study, t...

journal_title：Mayo Clinic proceedings

authors： Costello LC,Hartman TE,Ryu JH

更新日期：2000-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Susac syndrome (retinocochleocerebral vasculopathy) is a syndrome of unknown pathogenesis. The triad of multifocal encephalopathy, visual loss, and hearing loss is caused by microangiopathy of the brain, retina, and cochlea. The illness tends to be monophasic, and to our knowledge, recurrence after years of remission ...

journal_title：Mayo Clinic proceedings

authors： Petty GW,Matteson EL,Younge BR,McDonald TJ,Wood CP

更新日期：2001-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To compare coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) with percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA) in patients with proximal, isolated de novo left anterior descending coronary artery disease and left ventricular ejection fraction of 45%. PATIENTS AND METHODS:In the multicenter Stenting vs Internal...

journal_title：Mayo Clinic proceedings

authors： Goy JJ,Kaufmann U,Goy-Eggenberger D,Garachemani A,Hurni M,Carrel T,Gaspardone A,Burnand B,Meier B,Versaci F,Tomai F,Bertel O,Pieper M,de Benedictis M,Eeckhout E

更新日期：2000-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In order to test the safety of hot tub use for persons with heart disease, 15 men with clinically stable coronary artery disease underwent 15 minutes of immersion in a hot tube at 40 degrees C. On another day, they exercised on a cycle ergometer for 15 minutes; target heart rate was determined by standard methods. Tym...

journal_title：Mayo Clinic proceedings

authors： Allison TG,Miller TD,Squires RW,Gau GT

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Brugada syndrome (BrS) is a common occult cause of sudden cardiac arrest in otherwise healthy-appearing adults. The pathognomonic electrocardiographic pattern may be unmasked only by certain medications, many of which are unknown. We report a case of a depressed but otherwise healthy man with an asymptomatic right bun...

journal_title：Mayo Clinic proceedings

authors： Alampay MM,Haigney MC,Flanagan MC,Perito RM,Love KM,Grammer GG

更新日期：2014-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Wide-angle two-dimensional echocardiography was used to establish criteria for recognition of ventricular situs and ventricular morphology in 27 patients (ages 2 month to 58 years) with atrioventricular amd ventriculoarterial discordance (corrected transposition of the great arteries). The morphologic left ventricle w...

journal_title：Mayo Clinic proceedings

authors： Hagler DJ,Tajik AJ,Seward JB,Edwards WD,Mair DD,Ritter DG

更新日期：1981-10-01 00:00:00