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Metabolic inhibition potentiates oxidant injury
(Elsevier, 1991-04)
Toxic oxygen species have been implicated as important mediators of injury after reperfusion of an ischemic organ. The aim of this study was to determine if prior metabolic inhibition, such as that which occurs during ...
Do cancer centers designated by the National Cancer Institute have better surgical outcomes?
(Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Company, 2005-02-01)
BACKGROUND The National Cancer Institute (NCI) designates cancer centers as regional centers of excellence in research and patient care. Although these centers often advertise their superior outcomes, their relative ...
Rural motor vehicle crash mortality: The role of crash severity and medical resources
(Elsevier, 1992-12)
We did a retrospective case control study to examine the relationship between the risk of dying for Michigan motor vehicle crash (MVC) drivers and the type of county (rural/nonrural) of crash occurrence, while adjusting ...
Ranking Hospitals on Surgical Mortality: The Importance of Reliability Adjustment
(Blackwell Publishing Inc, 2010-12)
We examined the implications of reliability adjustment on hospital mortality with surgery.We used national Medicare data (2003–2006) for three surgical procedures: coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG), abdominal aortic ...
5-bromo-2'-deoxyuridine incorporation into DNA in hepatic VX2 tumor-bearing rabbits,
(Elsevier, 1989-08)
The halogenated pyrimidine 5-bromo-2'-deoxyuridine (BrdUrd) possesses both radiosensitizing and antimetabolite effects through its incorporation as a thymidine analog in replicating DNA. To evaluate the regional advantage ...
Primary hyperparathyroidism in children, adolescents, and young adults
(Springer-Verlag; Société Internationale de Chirurgie, 1982-11)
Primary hyperparathyroidism (HPT) is considered a rare disease in children and an uncommon one in adolescents and young adults. Until 1975, only 60 children under the age of 16 years had been reported with proven HPT. Most ...
Cryoablation of Early-Stage Breast Cancer: Work-in-Progress Report of a Multi-Institutional Trial
(Springer-Verlag; The Society of Surgical Oncology, Inc., 2004-05)
With recent improvements in breast imaging, our ability to identify small breast tumors has markedly improved, prompting significant interest in the use of ablation without surgical excision to treat early-stage breast ...
Role of 131 I in the treatment of well differentiated thyroid cancer
(Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Company, 2005-03-01)
131 I is an integral component in postsurgical management of well-differentiated thyroid cancer (WDTC), which includes papillary and follicular types. 131 I is used postsurgically to either destroy remaining thyroid tissue ...
Safety assessment of high-dose narcotic analgesia for emergency department procedures
(Elsevier, 1993-09)
Study objective:To evaluate the safety of high-dose IV narcotics in patients requiring analgesia for painful emergency department procedures.Design:Prospective multicenter clinical trial.Setting:Five adult urban EDs.Methods ...
Injectable microparticle–gel system for prolonged and localized lidocaine release. II. in vivo anesthetic effects
(Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Company, 2004-09-01)
Current treatment protocols for postoperative pain are beset by either the short duration of the anesthetic effect or requirement of hospitalization of the patients. We reported herein a novel treatment by applying to the ...