Recently added articles from Mayo Clinic Proceedings:
Giant Hydronephrosis
Nov 01, 2009; Wu, Chia-Chao; Sun, Guang-Huan ... A 45-year-old man was hospitalized because of an 8-monfh history of progressive abdominal distension and intermittent attacks of nausea. Physical examination revealed a grossly distended abdomen with a palpable mass in the right flank region. Radiography of the kidneys, ureter, and bladder ...
Fatigue, Countermeasures, and Performance Enhancement in Resident Physicians
Nov 01, 2009; Rose, Steven H; Curry, Timothy B ... The effects of fatigue, night shift assignments, and sleep deprivation on human performance and the quality and safety of medical care are subjects of enormous interest within and beyond the medical community. Much of the focus has been on the duty hours of resident physicians, the effects of ...
Armodafinil for Treatment of Excessive Sleepiness Associated With Shift Work Disorder: A Randomized Controlled Study
Nov 01, 2009; Czeisler, Charles A; Walsh, James K; Wesnes, Keith A; Arora, Sanjay; Roth, Thomas ... OBJECTIVE: To assess the effect of armodafinil, 150 mg, on the physiologic propensity for sleep and cognitive performance during usual night shift hours in patients with excessive sleepiness associated with chronic (≥3 months) shift work disorder (SWD) of moderate or greater ...
Outcomes After Liver Transplant in Patients Aged 70 Years or Older Compared With Those Younger Than 60 Years
Nov 01, 2009; Aduen, Javier F; Sujay, Bangarulingam; Dickson, Rolland C; Heckman, Michael G; Hewitt, Winston R; Stapelfeldt, Wolf H; Steers, Jeffrey L; Harnois, Denise M; Kramer, David J ... OBJECTIVE: To compare mortality, graft loss, and postoperative complications after liver transplant in older patients (≥70 years) with those in younger patients (<60 years). PATIENTS AND METHODS: Outcomes for 42 patients aged 70 years or older who underwent liver transplant ...
Cancer and Pregnancy: Parallels in Growth, Invasion, and Immune Modulation and Implications for Cancer Therapeutic Agents
Nov 01, 2009; Holtan, Shernan G; Creedon, Douglas J; Haluska, Paul; Markovic, Svetomir N ... Many proliferative, invasive, and immune tolerance mechanisms that support normal human pregnancy are also exploited by malignancies to establish a nutrient supply and evade or edit the host immune response. In addition to the shared capacity for invading through normal tissues, both cancer ...
Diagnosis and Treatment of Viral Myocarditis
Nov 01, 2009; Schultz, Jason C; Hilliard, Anthony A; Cooper, Leslie T; Rihal, Charanjit S ... Myocarditis, an inflammatory disease of heart muscle, is an important cause of dilated cardiomyopathy worldwide. Viral infection is also an important cause of myocarditis, and the spectrum of viruses known to cause myocarditis has changed in the past 2 decades. Several new diagnostic methods, ...
Gynecomastia: Pathophysiology, Evaluation, and Management
Nov 01, 2009; Johnson, Ruth E; Murad, M Hassan ... On completion of this article, you should be able to: (1) recognize the different mechanisms and causative medications and conditions associated with gynecomastia, (2) demonstrate the ability to conduct a stepwise diagnostic approach to evaluate and diagnose most cases of gynecomastia, and (3) ...
65-Year-Old Man With Persistent Fever
Nov 01, 2009; Haider, Zehra; Tsigrelis, Constantine; Baddour, Larry M ... A 65-year-old man was transferred to our institution for evaluation of fever. His symptoms included subjective fever, cough productive of creamy white sputum, and nasal congestion of 3 months' duration. He denied dyspnea, hemoptysis, weight loss, or night sweats. Approximately 10 days before ...
Acute Coronary Syndromes: Diagnosis and Management, Part II
Nov 01, 2009; Kumar, Amit; Cannon, Christopher P ... On completion of this article, you should be able to: (1) identify the optimal reperfusion strategy for ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction in a given clinical scenario and recognize the importance of adjunctive pharmacological therapies, (2) list the various stress test methods for ...
Environmental Cues and Relapse: An Old Idea That Is New for Reentry of Recovering Anesthesia Care Professionals/In reply
Nov 01, 2009; Wilson, Heather; Oreskovich, Michael R; Caldeiro, Ryan M ... To the Editor. The recent editorial by Oreskovich and CaIdeiro1 points out the dangers posed to anesthesiologists who attempt to return to the workplace after treatment for drug addiction. As a member of the American Association of Nurse Anesthetists (AANA) Peer Assistance Advisors Committee, I ...
Confrontational Approach Has No Role in Addressing Physician Addiction/In reply
Nov 01, 2009; Skipper, Gregory E; Berge, Keith H ... To the Editor. The article by Berge et al1 entitled "Chemical Dependency and the Physician" contained little new information and several inaccuracies. First, contrary to the views of the authors who state "the problem of physician addiction has largely escaped the public's attention," the public ...
Pouring
Nov 01, 2009; Wentz, Margaret R ... by Daniel Clayman Daniel Clayman was born in 1957, in Lynn, MA. His undergraduate studies were in technical theater and music at Connecticut College, New London, where he studied flute. He received a BFA degree in 1986 from the Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, and specializes ...
Management Lessons From Mayo Clinic: Inside One of the World's Most Admired Service Organizations
Nov 01, 2009; Guido, Lawrence C ... Management Lessons From Mayo Clinic: Inside One of the World's Most Admired Service Organizations, by Leonard L. Berry and Kent D. Seltman, 256 pages, with illus, $27.95, New York, NY, McGraw-Hill (telephone: 800-722-4726), 2008, ISBN 978-0-07-159073-0 Type and Scope of Book: A ...
Avoiding Medical Malpractice: A Physician's Guide to the Law
Nov 01, 2009; Schipper, Agnes M ... Avoiding Medical Malpractice: A Physician's Guide to the Law, by William T. Choctaw, 106 pp, with illus, $49.95, New York, NY, Springer (telephone: 800-777-4643), 2008, ISBN 978-0-387-73063-9 Type and Scope of Book: A single-authored text and ...
Pharmacotherapy in Primary Care
Nov 01, 2009; Flinchbaugh, Robert T ... Pharmacotherapy in Primary Care, edited by William D. Linn, Marion R. Wofford, Mary Elizabeth O'Keefe, and L. Michael Posey, 544 pp, with illus, $59.95, McGraw-Hill (telephone: 800-722-4726), 2009, ISBN 978-0-07-145612-8 Type and Scope of Book: A multiauthored ...
The Rational Clinical Examination: Evidence-Based Clinical Diagnosis
Nov 01, 2009; Bundrick, John B ... The Rational Clinical Examination: Evidence-Based Clinical Diagnosis, by David L. Simel and Drummond Rennie, 744 pp, $59.95, New York, NY, McGraw-Hill (telephone: 800-722-4726), 2009, ISBN 978-0-07-159030 Type and Scope of Book: A multiauthored compendium of articles from the ...
Eldercare Technology for Clinical Practitioners
Nov 01, 2009; Crane, Sarah J ... Eldercare Technology for Clinical Practitioners, edited by Majd Alwan and Robin A. Felder, 221 pp, with illus, $99.50, Totowa, NJ, Humana Press (telephone: 973-256-1699), 2008, ISBN 978-1-58829-898-0 Type and Scope of Book: A multiauthored, edited collection of chapters ...
