ONE of the most important roles of cardiologists in the management of coronary artery disease is to identify patients at high risk of a future cardiac event, so that interventions to prevent these events may be considered. Traditionally, the history, ...

SINCE patients with metastatic breast cancer cannot be cured by current therapy, ^{1 , 2} their quality of life is an important consideration in the selection of treatment. Although methods for evaluating the quality of life during chemotherapy for cancer ...

THE association between verotoxin-producing Escherichia coli and enteric disease is now well established.^{1 , 2} These organisms, which belong to several serotypes, including O157:H7, have been linked to two syndromes: hemorrhagic colitis¹ and hemolytic ...

THE ability of the autonomic nervous system and heart to alter the duration of cardiac repolarization and consequently the QT interval in response to changes in the heart rate (i.e., the RR interval) is an essential component of cardiovascular control. ...

THE past several years have witnessed a flurry of prospective clinical trials of new treatments for transient ischemic attack, cerebral infarction, and cerebral hemorrhage, and the results have markedly altered our management of these conditions (Table 1)...

COMMON variable hypogammaglobulinemia is an immunodeficiency disorder characterized by decreased serum immunoglobulin levels, impaired antibody responses to most antigens, and increased susceptibility to infection.^{1 , 2} Cellular immunity may be intact, ...

Presentation of Case

A 43-year-old woman was admitted to the hospital because of abdominal pain, vomiting, and impaired hepatic function.

There was a history of hypertension and progressive renal dysfunction since the age of 25 years. Twenty-one months ...

Visualization of regional myocardial blood flow after intravenous injection of thallium-201 near peak exercise, when performed early after exercise and several hours later, is a useful noninvasive technique for detecting myocardial ischemia (as indicated ...

Progress in chemotherapy has produced cures in advanced Hodgkin's disease and other lymphomas, metastatic testicular cancer, and several childhood cancers. These cures are obtained at the price of considerable toxicity, but both patients and their ...

The syndrome of hemorrhagic colitis was defined as a clinically distinct entity only about 15 years ago. Although it may have features similar to bacterial dysenteries due to shigella or campylobacter, pseudomembranous enterocolitis due to Clostridium ...

To the Editor: In a letter to the Editor (Dec. 4, 1986, issue),¹ Brayshaw and Brayshaw reported the presence of thyroid dysfunction in 94 percent of their sample of women with premenstrual syndrome (PMS) and the complete relief of premenstrual symptoms ...

To the Editor: The Sounding Board article on bone mineral screening (Jan. 22 issue)¹ and the subsequent correspondence (July 30 issue)^{2 3 4 5} tend to equate osteoporosis with spinal osteoporosis and to assume that screening for osteoporosis therefore ...

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To the Editor: In Case 31–1987 (July 30 issue),¹ Dr. Carpenter suggested toxoplasmosis as a possible diagnosis in an immunocompromised patient with a space-occupying intracranial lesion and hemolytic uremic syndrome. We have seen such a patient recently.

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The first of these two books, Pediatrics, is a highly respected textbook that has a long and distinguished history beginning before the end of the past century, when it was Holt's Diseases in Infancy and Childhood (1897). Although such names as Howland ...

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This book is a timely addition to the medical literature. The field of emergency medicine is now well established, and patients and their families look to the nearest emergency department for such pressing medical problems as trauma, drug overdose, ...

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