As the potential for treatment of and prophylaxis against respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) infection increases, it becomes increasingly important to identify the children who should be considered at risk for severe or fatal RSV infection.^{1 2 3} Infants ...

Despite earlier optimism that cerebral palsy was likely to disappear with the advent of improvements in obstetric and neonatal care, there has apparently been no consistent decrease in its frequency in the past decade or two.^{1 2 3} Since cerebral palsy is ...

Coccidial infection of the gastrointestinal tract causes an acute, self-limited diarrheal illness in immunocompetent hosts.^{1 , 2} Chronic enteric infections with coccidial parasites have been associated with immunodeficient states.^{3 4 5} Cryptosporidium has ...

Infection is now the principal cause of morbidity and the second leading cause of death in the population undergoing hemodialysis,^{1 2 3} with infection of the vascular-access site with staphylococcal bacteremia the most serious infectious complication.^{1 , ...}

Resting ("basal") metabolic rate, which is strongly correlated with body size, accounts for about 75 percent of daily energy expenditure in sedentary adults.^{1 2 3 4} These characteristics of the resting metabolic rate have led to the view that it is ...

The diagnosis of sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) is made by excluding known causes of death. However, the assessment of circumstances surrounding the sudden death of an infant is often minimal. After a brief interview with the family, the emergency ...

One of the hallmarks of systemic lupus erythematosus and related disorders is the production of antinuclear antibodies reactive with a variety of nuclear structures, including nucleic acids (DNA and RNA), proteins, and complexes of DNA or RNA with ...

Presentation of Case

A 57-year-old woman was admitted to the hospital because of chest pain and dyspnea.

She was well until eight months earlier, when progressive abdominal distention developed. Three months later she was first seen at this hospital, ...

In 1862 William John Little, M.D., an orthopedic practitioner in London, described 47 children with what he termed spastic rigidity.¹ His clear account leaves no doubt that he was speaking of the spastic form of the syndrome that we now call cerebral ...

Sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) is the most common diagnosis in infants who die at one month to one year of age. After two decades of increased public awareness and intensified research into the causes and prevention of SIDS, its cause or causes are ...

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To the Editor: Findings from our recently completed study of mortality and hospitalization for cardiovascular disease in postmenopausal estrogen users, based on information from the Walnut Creek Contraceptive Drug Study, may shed light on the reason for ...

This book is a valuable addition to the literature on medical practice. The author, a former consultant to the American Medical Association and president of the Practice Enhancement Institute, has written a detailed work, complete with case histories, on ...

This is a tantalizing book to review because, although it discusses many of the important and complex factors involved in the choice of specialty and practice location, it provides little guidance for considerations of public policy. The fact that the ...

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Modern drug therapy has become increasingly complex. A patient may be taking various drugs prescribed by several physicians. This situation may be further complicated by generic substitutions and the addition of self-directed administration of vitamins ...

This book documents seven years of experience in implementing a problem-based curriculum at the University of New Mexico School of Medicine. After a brief summary of the history of the project, a series of chapters by several authors reviews aspects of ...

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Although this is probably not a book for every physician's book-case, the message is one that profoundly affects the practice of medicine. The message, stripped to its barest elements, is that we have inadequate data on the success rate of most methods of ...

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OBESITY

The Fifth International Congress on Obesity will be held in Jerusalem, Israel, September 14–19.

Contact the Secretariat, 5th International Congress on Obesity, P.O.B. 50006, Tel Aviv 61500, Israel.

CARDIOLOGY

The Mount Sinai Medical Center and ...

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