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BRIEF REPORT: Incidence, Etiology, Risk Factors, and Outcome of Hospital-acquired Fever: A Systematic, Evidence-based Review
(Blackwell Publishing Inc, 2006-11)
Temperature is universally measured in the hospitalized patient, but the literature on hospital-acquired fever has not been systematically reviewed. This systematic review is intended to provide clinicians with an overview ...
Sequelae of nonsustained polymorphic ventricular tachycardia induced during programmed ventricular stimulation
(Elsevier, 1989-11-15)
The results of 206 programmed ventricular stimulation studies performed in 130 patients (100 men and 30 women, mean age 62 +/- 12 years, +/- standard deviation) were examined prospectively to determine the sequelae of ...
Effectiveness of imazodan for treatment of chronic congestive heart failure
(Elsevier, 1991-09-01)
A 12-week, multicenter, double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled trial of imazodan, a type III phosphodiesterase inhibitor, was conducted in 147 patients with congestive heart failure to determine clinical efficacy and ...
Prolonged Effect of Omeprazole on the 14 C-Urea Breath Test
(Blackwell Publishing Ltd, 1996-01)
Effect of sucralfate on components of mucosal barrier produced by cultured canine epithelial cells in vitro
(Kluwer Academic Publishers-Plenum Publishers; Plenum Publishing Corporation ; Springer Science+Business Media, 1992-12)
The mucous gel maintains a neutral microclimate at the epithelial cell surface, which may play a role in both the prevention of gastroduodenal injury and the provision of an environment essential for epithelial restitution ...
3-Dimensional Mapping and Radiofrequency Ablation of Atrial Flutter in a Patient with Interrupted Inferior Vena Cava
(Kluwer Academic Publishers; Springer Science + Business Media, Inc., 2005-11)
The presence of isolated interrupted inferior vena cava (IVC) is very rare. Though the occurrence of typical atrial flutter in this setting has recently been described, the use of 3-dimensional activation mapping to aid ...
Effects of smoking on interdigestive gastrointestinal motility
(Kluwer Academic Publishers-Plenum Publishers; Plenum Publishing Corporation ; Springer Science+Business Media, 1995-12)
The effect of smoking on interdigestive gastrointestinal motility is little studied but may play a role in gastrointestinal morbidity. We studied gastroduodenal motility in 10 volunteers (five smokers and five nonsmokers) ...
Bacterial Overgrowth and Irritable Bowel Syndrome: Unifying Hypothesis or a Spurious Consequence of Proton Pump Inhibitors?
(Blackwell Publishing Inc, 2008-12)
Costs of liver transplantation: Primum non obfuscare
(W.B. SaundersWiley Periodiocals, Inc., 1986-11)
The costs and benefits of liver transplantation in adult patients at the University of Pittsburgh were reviewed for the period from 1981 through 1984. Indirect costs such as those to support the surgical and hepatology ...