FAMILIAL hypercholesterolemia is an autosomal dominant disorder characterized by elevated levels of low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol, tendon xanthomas, and premature coronary atherosclerosis.¹ The disorder results from a complete or partial ...

MORTALITY during the first year after acute myocardial infarction is high. Many of these deaths are sudden and probably caused by ventricular fibrillation.¹ Many studies have shown a relation between the presence of ventricular premature beats and ...

THE patient who survives the initial subarachnoid hemorrhage from an intracranial aneurysm remains at risk during the next three weeks because of recurrent hemorrhage and cerebral arterial spasm. Recurrent hemorrhage is effectively treated by clipping the ...

THIS report summarizes salient features of many important contributions made in abdominal surgery since our last paper on this subject was published in 1979.¹

Hiatal Hernia and Esophageal Reflux

Repair

Sliding hiatal hernias associated with esophageal ...

WHENEVER people under stress gather together, the potential for mass hysteria exists. School-children seem particularly prone to this phenomenon, and 60 per cent of the epidemics of hysteria reported in the English-language literature this century have ...

THE full clinical picture usually associated with the multiple endocrine neoplasia (MEN) IIb syndrome includes pheochromocytomas, medullary thyroid carcinoma, mucosal neuromas, and obstipation.^{1 2 3 4} The intestinal manifestations not uncommonly include a ...

THE syndrome of biotin-responsive multiple carboxylase deficiency has two relatively distinct phenotypes: a neonatal form, with the onset of life-threatening lactic acidosis, seizures, and erythematous rash occurring in the first weeks of life,¹ and a ...

Presentation of Case

A 27-year-old woman was admitted to the hospital at 19 weeks of gestation because of a fetal abnormality.

The patient was in good health and took no medication during her pregnancy except for a multivitamin tablet. There was no ...

Henry Blackburn advanced the idea that physicians tend to take either an academic or a pragmatic view of atherosclerosis.¹ The academic view asserts that attempts to change individual living habits are hopeless — that research should be directed toward ...

TONIGHT I traveled to a wondrous place, a fantasy land of sugarplums and fairy tales. Since some of you may never have the opportunity to visit this glorious place, let me tell you about it. It is a land where everyone "will make a fine physician," where ...

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To the Editor: Several authors have suggested that opioid peptides modulate the release of catecholamines from the sympathetic nervous system, inhibiting their output. ^{1 2 3} This hypothesis stems mainly from in vitro experiments.

We recently observed a ...

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To the Editor: In one of a series of articles appearing in the Journal concerning the nursing-home industry, Vladeck (Sept. 30 issue)¹ indicates that there is an implicit assumption that a positive relation exists between the quality of resident care and ...

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Although Musgrave is generally credited with the first report of coexistent gout and plumbism,¹ it was Sir Alfred Garrod who clearly demonstrated the high incidence of plumbism in subjects with gout and adduced a causal relation between the two disorders.^...

Leo lives again! This sensitive, spirited biography may not be the only book written about Dr. Eloesser, but it certainly will never be excelled. The author has collected many informative, witty letters written by Leo and has interviewed many of his ...

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The emergency-ward mailbox is inundated with new specialty journals and textbooks, but The Principles and Practice of Emergency Medicine (Schwartz et al., Saunders, Philadelphia, 1978) has been the sole solid reference work. Now Kravis and Warner present ...

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The practice of hospital nutrition therapy suffers from a lack of appropriate courses in the core curriculum in medical education. Silberman and Eisenberg provide a concise, well-referenced source on the current principles and procedures of enteral and ...

Publication of a new edition of this work is testimony to its past success. Revisions alone do not guarantee a continued tradition.

Modern anesthesia practice has increased in complexity. The aged and those with severe diseases are no longer denied ...

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PATHOLOGY

The annual spring meeting of the American Society of Clinical Pathologists and the College of American Pathologists will be held at the Hyatt Regency–Chicago and the Radisson Hotel in Chicago, April 9–14.

Contact Michael Kelleher, ASCP Customer ...

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