URINARY-bladder and voiding problems after total joint replacement and other surgical procedures are a potential cause of increased morbidity. Alteration of bladder mechanics by overdistention can lead to urinary tract infection^{1 , 2} and possible ...

IN the United States, premature delivery (before the 37th week of gestation) occurs in 7 percent of white women's pregnancies and 18 percent of black women's pregnancies.¹ Prematurity accounts for 75 percent of perinatal mortality.²

Agents that have been ...

THE European Coronary Surgery Study^{1 , 2} was designed to evaluate the effect of surgical treatment on survival among 767 patients with chronic angina who were randomly assigned to undergo early coronary bypass surgery or to receive medical therapy. ...

THE clearance of soluble and particulate immune complexes from the circulation is accomplished primarily by specific receptors on cells of the reticulo-endothelial system. These receptors, which recognize the Fc fragment of immunoglobulin, facilitate the ...

A CAVERNOUS malformation (cavernous angioma) is one of four commonly occurring types of cerebral vascular malformations.^{1 2 3} It is defined as an abnormally enlarged collection of vascular channels without brain parenchyma intervening between sinusoidal ...

THROUGHOUT most of recorded history, literary and clinical descriptions of depression have adhered to a rigid separation between mental processes and their physical substrates. This impediment to scientific inquiry held sway until Spinoza argued ...

Q FEVER, a zoonosis caused by the rickettsia Coxiella burnetii, is endemic in many parts of the world. Cattle, sheep, and goats are the primary animal reservoirs of infection.¹ Humans become infected after inhalation of aerosols contaminated by C. ...

Presentation of Case

A 47-year-old man was admitted to the hospital because of jaundice.

He was in a stable state of health until 32 months earlier, when he consulted a physician because of a respiratory tract infection and anemia was found. Colonoscopic ...

The urinary catheter is an essential part of medical care. It is widely used to provide temporary relief of anatomical or physiologic obstruction, to facilitate surgical repair of the urethra and surrounding structures, to provide a dry environment for ...

Two decades ago Favaloro first reported successful aortocoronary bypass surgery using autologous saphenous-vein grafts in patients with symptomatic ischemic heart disease.¹ It was quickly demonstrated that in properly selected cases, coronary bypass ...

IN this issue of the Journal, Rigamonti et al.¹ draw attention to the familial prevalence and diagnostic features of cavernous malformations, a distinctive form of cerebral vascular anomaly.

Vascular malformations of the brain are broadly classified in ...

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To the Editor: McCabe and Remington,¹ in their editorial on an article by Daffos et al. (Feb. 4 issue),² propose routine serologic screening of pregnant women to detect and manage toxoplasmosis, but fail to appreciate a number of limitations.

In contrast ...

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To the Editor: In Wisconsin, 30 counseling and testing sites for anonymous individualized counseling and anonymous testing for antibody to HIV were established in June 1985, two months after blood-collection agencies routinely began screening all donated ...

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To the Editor: Dr. Barsky's article (Feb. 18 issue)¹ points out an extremely important paradox that many physicians sense, but few admit — that essentially, the more physicians try to improve objective signs of health, the worse our patients feel. Given ...

Radiologic imaging serves as a bridge between gross anatomy, pathology, and clinical medicine. Learning what normal and pathologic structures look like when depicted by various radiologic methods is one important aspect of medical education. Choosing ...

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This author is one of the great pioneers of modern mammography, along with Gershon-Cohen, Leborge, and Gros. He is responsible for popularizing mammography by developing a technique of imaging the breast with sufficient resolution and contrast for the ...

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Several encyclopedic books on the liver and biliary system have been published in the past year. The editors of this work have chosen to present the same material in a more compact, problem-oriented style because their aim is to rationalize the approach ...

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The receipt of these books is acknowledged, and this listing must be regarded as sufficient return for the courtesy of the sender. Books that appear to be of particular interest will be reviewed as space permits.

Addresses of most overseas publishers ...

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WORLD MEDICAL ASSEMBLY

The assembly will take place in Vienna, Austria, Sept. ...

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