Vitamin D for health: a global perspective.

abstract：:Essential blepharospasm is a progressive, bilateral, involuntary facial spasm. In this study, we conducted a prospective analysis of myectomy for the treatment of this condition in 21 patients. The procedure consisted of extirpation of the muscles that close the eyelids (protractors), which include the pretarsal, pres...

journal_title：Mayo Clinic proceedings

authors： Jones TW Jr,Waller RR,Samples JR

更新日期：1985-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The issue of whether patients who have invasive carcinoma in an otherwise benign polyp should undergo surgical resection of that bowel segment is controversial. We examined the records of 83 patients with such polyps that were removed endoscopically between 1978 and 1981. After exclusion of 18 patients from the study ...

journal_title：Mayo Clinic proceedings

authors： Fucini C,Wolff BG,Spencer RJ

更新日期：1986-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine whether blood type affects the risk of thromboembolic complications in patients with atrial fibrillation (AF). PATIENTS AND METHODS:The Mayo Clinic electronic medical record was searched (between January 1, 2004, and December 31, 2010) to identify all patients with AF with blood group assessment...

journal_title：Mayo Clinic proceedings

authors： Blustin JM,McBane RD,Mazur M,Ammash N,Sochor O,Grill DE,Wysokinski WE

更新日期：2015-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thalamic deep brain stimulation is becoming increasingly popular for the control of drug-refractory tremor. Implantable cardiac pacemakers and defibrillators are commonly used therapeutic modalities. Concerns exist about the potential interactions between these 2 devices in the same patient, but no experience has been...

journal_title：Mayo Clinic proceedings

authors： Obwegeser AA,Uitti RJ,Turk MF,Wszolek UM,Flipse TR,Smallridge RC,Witte RJ,Wharen RE Jr

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 71-year-old man had painful blue toes after an episode of protracted vomiting. Abdominal, cardiac, and transesophageal ultrasound studies were performed before angiography was considered. A large mobile mass in the proximal descending thoracic aorta, which suggested thrombus, was identified by transesophageal echoca...

journal_title：Mayo Clinic proceedings

authors： Blackshear JL,Jahangir A,Oldenburg WA,Safford RE

更新日期：1993-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate the pharmacodynamic properties of inclisiran, a small interfering RNA targeting proprotein convertase subtilisin-kexin type 9 (PCSK9), in individuals with normal renal function and renal impairment (RI). PATIENTS AND METHODS:The analysis included participants with normal renal function and mil...

journal_title：Mayo Clinic proceedings

authors： Wright RS,Collins MG,Stoekenbroek RM,Robson R,Wijngaard PLJ,Landmesser U,Leiter LA,Kastelein JJP,Ray KK,Kallend D

更新日期：2020-01-01 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：:With the ever-expanding elderly population in the United States, benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) has become a widespread condition. Although surgical intervention (open prostatectomy and transurethral resection of the prostate) was the typical management approach for BPH in the past, other options currently include...

journal_title：Mayo Clinic proceedings

authors： Blute ML,Larson TR,Hanson KA,King BF

更新日期：1998-06-01 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：OBJECTIVE:To summarize results of telemedicine evaluations of speech and language disorders in patients in a small, rural hospital and in large multidisciplinary medical practices. MATERIALS AND METHODS:Eight patients underwent assessment as part of experiments with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration-la...

journal_title：Mayo Clinic proceedings

authors： Duffy JR,Werven GW,Aronson AE

更新日期：1997-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In recent years, national and regional health education programs have sought to increase public awareness concerning the risks of asymptomatic hypertensive disease. Such programs have fostered community screening and encouraged long-term care. As a result of these intensive educational efforts, larger numbers of perso...

journal_title：Mayo Clinic proceedings

authors： Krishan I

更新日期：1979-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two cases are presented and a third is cited from the literature in which the onset of hyperthyroidism exacerbated acute weakness in previously undiagnosed myotonic dystrophy. In two of the cases a return to the euthyroid state after treatment was associated with marked clinical improvement in muscle weakness. In the ...

journal_title：Mayo Clinic proceedings

authors： Peterson DM,Bounds JV Jr,Karnes WE

更新日期：1976-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Vancomycin is a glycopeptide antibiotic that is active against staphylococci, streptococci, and other gram-positive bacteria. It is the drug of choice for the treatment of infections due to methicillin-resistant staphylococci, Corynebacterium jeikeium, and multiply resistant strains of Streptococcus pneumoniae. Vancom...

journal_title：Mayo Clinic proceedings

authors： Wilhelm MP

更新日期：1991-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:Cirrhosis and liver cancer, the main causes of liver-related morbidity and mortality, result from defective repair of liver injury. This article summarizes rapidly evolving knowledge about liver myofibroblasts and progenitors, the 2 key cell types that interact to orchestrate effective repair, because deregu...

journal_title：Mayo Clinic proceedings

authors： Machado MV,Diehl AM

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To analyze the relationship of ideal cardiovascular health to disease-specific death. PATIENTS AND METHODS:We used data from the Aerobics Center Longitudinal Study from October 9, 1987, to March 3, 1999, to estimate the prevalence of ideal cardiovascular health in 11,993 individuals (24.3% women) and to exam...

journal_title：Mayo Clinic proceedings

authors： Artero EG,España-Romero V,Lee DC,Sui X,Church TS,Lavie CJ,Blair SN

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To describe current concepts in the diagnosis and treatment of brain metastases. RESULTS:More than 25% of all autopsy-proven brain metastases have a pulmonary source. Most brain metastases manifest with a combination of focal and generalized symptoms and signs. Typically, patients have subacute, progressive ...

journal_title：Mayo Clinic proceedings

authors： O'Neill BP,Buckner JC,Coffey RJ,Dinapoli RP,Shaw EG

更新日期：1994-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Diverticulitis has long been known to affect the right colon, and in recent years, our understanding has evolved in regard to the underlying cause. Appendiceal diverticulitis has yet to gain widespread recognition despite the fact that it was first described in 1893. Commonly dismissed by surgeons and pathologists as ...

journal_title：Mayo Clinic proceedings

authors： Phillips BJ,Perry CW

更新日期：1999-09-01 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：:There are a number of changes underway in modern clinical bacteriology laboratories. Panel-based molecular diagnostics are now available for numerous applications, including, but not limited to, detection of bacteria and select antibacterial resistance markers in positive blood culture bottles, detection of acute gast...

journal_title：Mayo Clinic proceedings

authors： Patel R

更新日期：2016-10-01 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：:A 27-year-old man was treated for an aggressive cerebellar medulloblastoma that, at operation, exhibited dural invasion. Six months after gross total resection and radiation therapy, a "surgical metastasis" developed in the lower portion of the surgical scar. The tumor grew rapidly down into the right side of his neck...

journal_title：Mayo Clinic proceedings

authors： Tomlinson FH,Jenkins RB,Scheithauer BW,Keelan PA,Ritland S,Parisi JE,Cunningham J,Olsen KD

更新日期：1994-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine how all-cause hospitalizations within 12 months preceding an index heart failure (HF) hospitalization affect risk stratification for 30-day all-cause readmission. PATIENTS AND METHODS:Early readmission of inpatients with HF is challenging to predict, yet this outcome is used to compare hospital ...

journal_title：Mayo Clinic proceedings

authors： Hummel SL,Katrapati P,Gillespie BW,Defranco AC,Koelling TM

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine whether women who had a hypertensive pregnancy disorder (HPD) have elevated uric acid concentrations decades after pregnancy as compared with women who had normotensive pregnancies. PATIENTS AND METHODS:The Genetic Epidemiology Network of Arteriopathy study measured uric acid concentrations in H...

journal_title：Mayo Clinic proceedings

authors： Weissgerber TL,Milic NM,Turner ST,Asad RA,Mosley TH Jr,Kardia SL,Hanis CL,Garovic VD

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Staphylococcus lugdunensis, a coagulase-negative staphylococcus, is being increasingly recognized as the cause of serious infections. We report 2 cases of total knee arthroplasty infection caused by S lugdunensis. S lugdunensis frequently produces a clumping factor that can result in a positive slide (short) coagulase...

journal_title：Mayo Clinic proceedings

authors： Sampathkumar P,Osmon DR,Cockerill FR 3rd

更新日期：2000-05-01 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：: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：:Low back pain (LBP) is a leading cause of disability worldwide. In the absence of a classification system for pain syndromes, classification of LBP on the basis of the distribution of pain as axial (pain generally localized to the low back) or radicular neuropathic (pain radiating to the lower extremities) is relevant...

journal_title：Mayo Clinic proceedings

authors： Hooten WM,Cohen SP

更新日期：2015-12-01 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：: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：: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