Electron beam computed tomography and coronary artery disease: scanning for coronary artery calcification.

abstract：:There appears to be a spectrum of psychogenic urinary retention that is seen mostly in women. The degrees of psychiatric disorder and bladder disorder do not necessarily coincide. Some patients with psychogenic retention may have one acute episode temporally related to psychologic trauma. Others may present with probl...

journal_title：Mayo Clinic proceedings

authors： Barrett DM

更新日期：1976-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) is a liver disease that, until recently, has been underrecognized as a common cause of elevated liver enzymes. This distinct clinical entity is characterized by liver biopsy findings similar to those seen in alcoholic hepatitis but in the absence of alcohol consumption sufficient to...

journal_title：Mayo Clinic proceedings

authors： Kumar KS,Malet PF

更新日期：2000-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Seven vertex-positive potentials--the brainstem auditory response--can be recorded from the human scalp within 10 milliseconds of an appropriate acoustic stimulus. The first of these potentials is generated in the acoustic nerve, the third in the pons, and the fifth in the midbrain. Measurement of the relative latenci...

journal_title：Mayo Clinic proceedings

authors： Stockard JJ,Stockard JE,Sharbrough FW

更新日期：1977-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Computed tomography (CT) of the colon is useful in assessment of patients with colonic disease because the entire bowel wall, extraluminal tissues, and adjacent solid organs can be directly visualized. Patients with advanced stage colorectal carcinoma can be reliably identified with CT. This information can assist in ...

journal_title：Mayo Clinic proceedings

authors： Johnson CD,Stephens DH

更新日期：1989-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF) is an established risk factor for cardiovascular disease outcomes. However, the relationship of CRF with risk of ventricular arrhythmias (VAs) is unknown. We aimed to assess the prospective association of CRF with the risk of serious VAs. Cardiorespiratory fitness, as measured by maxima...

journal_title：Mayo Clinic proceedings

authors： Laukkanen JA,Lavie CJ,Khan H,Kurl S,Kunutsor SK

更新日期：2019-05-01 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：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：:Constrictive pericarditis frequently poses a diagnostic challenge because of its varied manifestations. Accurate diagnosis is essential, however, because surgical decortication may yield excellent clinical results. Although new diagnostic procedures have helped the clinician to diagnose constrictive pericarditis, the ...

journal_title：Mayo Clinic proceedings

authors： Nishimura RA,Connolly DC,Parkin TW,Stanson AW

更新日期：1985-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To describe the Mayo Clinic experience with emergency video telemedicine consultations for high-risk newborn deliveries. PATIENTS AND METHODS:From March 26, 2013, through December 31, 2015, the Division of Neonatal Medicine offered newborn telemedicine consultations to 6 health system sites. A wireless table...

journal_title：Mayo Clinic proceedings

authors： Fang JL,Collura CA,Johnson RV,Asay GF,Carey WA,Derleth DP,Lang TR,Kreofsky BL,Colby CE

更新日期：2016-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The evaluation of the patient with diarrhea can be complex and the treatment challenging. In this article, the definition of diarrhea and the pathophysiologic mechanisms that lead to diarrhea are reviewed. A simplified 5-step approach to the patient with diarrhea is provided and applied in a case-oriented manner appli...

journal_title：Mayo Clinic proceedings

authors： Sweetser S

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess whether amiodarone, as part of a strategy to achieve sinus rhythm, is safe and effective compared with a placebo or rate control drug in patients with persistent atrial fibrillation (AF) of more than 30 days' duration. METHODS:Randomized controlled trials comparing amiodarone with a placebo or rate...

journal_title：Mayo Clinic proceedings

authors： Doyle JF,Ho KM

更新日期：2009-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The first 100 liver transplantations at the Mayo Clinic were performed in 83 patients, who required a total of 917 patient days in the intensive-care unit (ICU). The mean duration of stay in the ICU was 5.91 days after liver transplantation and 6.15 days for patients who subsequently required readmission to the ICU. D...

journal_title：Mayo Clinic proceedings

authors： Plevak DJ,Southorn PA,Narr BJ,Peters SG

更新日期：1989-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To examine patterns of the incidence of diabetes, hypertension, and mortality by single units of body mass index (BMI) and 5-year age groups using longitudinal data from middle-aged and older women. PATIENTS AND METHODS:Middle-aged (born between 1946 and 1951; N = 13,715) and older (born between 1921 and 192...

journal_title：Mayo Clinic proceedings

authors： Peeters GM,Herber-Gast GC,Dobson AJ,Brown WJ

更新日期：2015-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To explore the influence of referral bias on complication rates after vaginal hysterectomy. PATIENTS AND METHODS:Community-based (local) and referral patients had benign indications and underwent vaginal hysterectomy from January 1, 2004, through December 31, 2005. We retrospectively evaluated patient charac...

journal_title：Mayo Clinic proceedings

authors： Heisler CA,Melton LJ 3rd,Weaver AL,Gebhart JB

更新日期：2010-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine the separate effects of exercise intensity and amount on interindividual cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF) response. PARTICIPANTS AND METHODS:Participants were 121 (75 females, 62%) sedentary, middle-aged (mean [SD] age, 53.2 [7.5] years), abdominally obese adults who completed at least 90% of 5 w...

journal_title：Mayo Clinic proceedings

authors： Ross R,de Lannoy L,Stotz PJ

更新日期：2015-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the frequency of osteosarcoma involving the foot and determine the clinical outcome of affected patients. MATERIAL AND METHODS:We retrospectively reviewed the cases of osteosarcoma encountered between 1911 and 1992 at the Rizzoli Orthopedic Institute. In particular, we analyzed whether common cli...

journal_title：Mayo Clinic proceedings

authors： Biscaglia R,Gasbarrini A,Böhling T,Bacchini P,Bertoni F,Picci P

更新日期：1998-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To examine whether the outcome of patients with primary systemic amyloidosis (AL) has improved over time and to identify predictors of early mortality in patients with AL. PATIENTS AND METHODS:We studied 2 separate cohorts of patients. The first cohort, consisting of 1998 patients with AL seen at Mayo Clinic...

journal_title：Mayo Clinic proceedings

authors： Kumar SK,Gertz MA,Lacy MQ,Dingli D,Hayman SR,Buadi FK,Short-Detweiler K,Zeldenrust SR,Leung N,Greipp PR,Lust JA,Russell SJ,Kyle RA,Rajkumar SV,Dispenzieri A

更新日期：2011-01-01 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

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To report the clinicopathologic findings in patients with Grover's disease. MATERIAL AND METHODS:We reviewed the medical records and biopsy specimens from 72 patients with transient acantholytic dermatosis (Grover's disease) examined at Mayo Clinic Rochester. Hematoxylin-eosin-stained biopsy specimens (from ...

journal_title：Mayo Clinic proceedings

authors： Davis MD,Dinneen AM,Landa N,Gibson LE

更新日期：1999-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To map the occurrence of amyloid types in a large clinical cohort using mass spectrometry-based shotgun proteomics, an unbiased method that unambiguously identifies all amyloid types in a single assay. METHODS:A mass spectrometry-based shotgun proteomics assay was implemented in a central reference laborator...

journal_title：Mayo Clinic proceedings

authors： Dasari S,Theis JD,Vrana JA,Rech KL,Dao LN,Howard MT,Dispenzieri A,Gertz MA,Hasadsri L,Highsmith WE,Kurtin PJ,McPhail ED

更新日期：2020-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We used a laparoscopic technique for the percutaneous placement of the peritoneal end of cerebrospinal fluid shunts in adult patients with obstructive or normal-pressure hydrocephalus. Concurrent with the initial cranial part of the procedure, pneumoperitoneum is established in a routine fashion, and a video-laparosco...

journal_title：Mayo Clinic proceedings

authors： Schievink WI,Wharen RE Jr,Reimer R,Pettit PD,Seiler JC,Shine TS

更新日期：1993-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Of 53 patients with horseshoe kidney (9 in the present series), 45 underwent operation for an abdominal aortic aneurysm: 40 electively and 5 on an emergency basis. The remaining eight patients underwent revascularization for arteriosclerosis obliterans. Of the 53 patients, 35 (66%) had renal artery anomalies. The anom...

journal_title：Mayo Clinic proceedings

authors： Sidell PM,Pairolero PC,Payne WS,Bernatz PE,Spittel JA Jr

更新日期：1979-02-01 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：:Management of a solitary liver mass necessitates reliable distinction between primary hepatocellular carcinoma and metastatic lesions. The histologic differentiation can be difficult even with special stains such as alpha-fetoprotein, cytokeratin, and carcinoembryonic antigen. Albumin is a specific product of hepatocy...

journal_title：Mayo Clinic proceedings

authors： Rajkumar SV,Richardson RL,Goellner JR

更新日期：1998-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the rate of and potential risk factors for bloodstream infections (BSIs) using data from the REVEAL (Registry to Evaluate Early and Long-term Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension [PAH] Disease Management) REGISTRY(®), which provides current information about patients with PAH. PATIENTS AND METHODS:Pat...

journal_title：Mayo Clinic proceedings

authors： Kitterman N,Poms A,Miller DP,Lombardi S,Farber HW,Barst RJ

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To report the third known and documented occurrence of malignant disease as a complication of immunosuppression associated with low-dose methotrexate therapy for rheumatoid arthritis. MATERIAL AND METHODS:We present a case report of a 64-year-old woman with rheumatoid arthritis who had received low-dose meth...

journal_title：Mayo Clinic proceedings

authors： Zimmer-Galler I,Lie JT

更新日期：1994-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Between December 1980 and April 1986 at our institution, 38 patients with cancer that involved the tracheobronchial tree (a total of 40 carcinomas) completed at least one course of hematoporphyrin derivative phototherapy. A complete response occurred in 13 patients (with 14 carcinomas). Eleven of these carcinomas did ...

journal_title：Mayo Clinic proceedings

authors： Edell ES,Cortese DA

更新日期：1987-01-01 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：:Clopidogrel bisulfate, a widely used inhibitor of platelet aggregation, is considered at least as safe as aspirin. We describe a patient who developed a systemic inflammatory response syndrome consisting of high fever, tachycardia, cellulitis-like rash, impaired liver function, and mild leukopenia after receiving clop...

journal_title：Mayo Clinic proceedings

authors： Wolf I,Mouallem M,Rath S,Farfel Z

更新日期：2003-05-01 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