Infection at the operative site is common after hysterectomy; the result may be a prolonged hospital stay, increased use of antibiotics, and rehospitalization.^{1 , 2} Although placebo-controlled clinical trials have shown that short-term, perioperative, ...

FECAL incontinence and diarrhea have been recognized as complications of long-standing diabetes mellitus for nearly 50 years and are thought to be particularly common when diabetes is complicated by neuropathy.^{1 , 2} Although there have been many ...

A direct, noninvasive method for the measurement of human iron stores by the in vivo determination of hepatic magnetic susceptibility has been developed and evaluated clinically. This quantitative technique relies on the unusual paramagnetic property of ...

WE have recently reported that long-term therapy with warfarin is effective in preventing recurrent venous thromboembolism in patients with proximal-vein thrombosis.^{1 , 2} In two randomized trials^{1 , 2} warfarin treatment was associated with an appreciable ...

Prepaid medical-care programs, popularly known as health-maintenance organizations (HMOs), have increased both in number and diversity during the past decade. The federal Office of Health Maintenance Organizations reported that the number of HMOs in this ...

IT is generally agreed that amyloid fibrils in patients with myeloma and acquired systemic amyloidosis are derived from monoclonal immunoglobulin light chains (Bence Jones proteins).^{1 , 2} The exact mechanisms responsible for extracellular deposition of ...

Presentation of Case

A 50-year-old man was admitted to the hospital because of recurrent fever.

He was well until four years earlier, when epistaxes and easy bruising developed, and he came to this hospital. A diagnosis of hairy-cell leukemia was made, ...

Postoperative infectious complications are a frequent cause of morbidity and mortality in the surgical patient. These septic events usually involve the urinary or respiratory tracts or occur in the operative wound. The overall incidence of postoperative ...

Human physiology is such that few people accumulate excess iron. Indeed, normal persons are able to control the accumulation of body iron despite ingestion of up to 5 to 10 times the normal amount.¹ There are, however, two disorders in which large amounts ...

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To the Editor: Mariotti et al. (August 12 issue)¹ report markedly elevated serum triiodothyronine concentrations in six patients with factitious thyrotoxicosis and attribute these to increased peripheral 5′ deiodination of thyroxine. However, since these ...

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To the Editor: Current multiple drug regimens have improved the course of acute myelogenous leukemia in terms of the probability of complete remission, the duration of remission, and survival; however, few patients survive for more than two years.¹ ...

To the Editor: A comparison of 53 Case Records of the Massachusetts General Hospital dating from September 1971 to August 1972 with 53 records assembled 10 years later (September 10, 1981, through September 9, 1982) revealed an abysmally low frequency of ...

Journalists recognize that headlines sell news. No doubt this fact led the authors (both of whom are reporters for BBC television) to select a title taken from a BBC program. They have reconstructed the modern development and use of chemical and biologic ...

The author is a lawyer and a professor. He presents a careful, thoughtful, and honest discussion of the heroin problem and its history. He also recommends a solution. He argues that heroin addiction, which is now a legal, sociological, moral, economic, ...

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This began as a review of the new Dorland. Then we learned that a new Stedman was ready to go to press. Looking at their definitions, illustrations, and miscellaneous features, I have attempted a comparison of the three major American medical dictionaries:...

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME

A free forum for New England medical personnel on "Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome" will be held in the auditorium of the Boston Public Library in Copley Square on January 15, 10 a.m.-12 noon.

Contact Brian McNaught,...

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