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Phacoemulsification versus Combined Phacotrabeculectomy in Medically Uncontrolled Chronic Angle Closure Glaucoma with Cataracts
Authors: Clement C.Y. Tham, Yolanda Y.Y. Kwong, Dexter Y.L. Leung, S.W. Lam, Felix C.H. Li, Thomas Y.H. Chiu, Jonathan C.H. Chan, Dennis S.C. Lam, Jimmy S.M. Lai
Journal: Ophthalmology (2009)
Necrotizing Vasculitis
Authors: MARK R. STEIN
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1975)

Comments1 January 1975Necrotizing VasculitisMARK R. STEIN, M.D.MARK R. STEIN, M.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-82-1-120 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptTo the editor: Drs. Sergent and Christian in their paper on necrotizing vasculitis (Ann Intern Med 81:195-199, 1974) made the comment "All patients tested were anergic to all skin tests employed." I hope the authors will provide additional information: How many of their seven patients were tested? Which skin test antigens were used; in what concentrations? Was there any documentation of skin testing in these patients before the onset of vasculitis? Have the skin tests been repeated after the vasculitis was controlled? Have any in-vitro tests of T-lymphocyte (T-cell) function or T-lymphocyte counts (1) been done?Information derived from these...References1. WYBRANFUDENBERG JH: How clinically useful is T and B cell quantitation? (editorial). Ann Intern Med 80:765-767, 1974 LinkGoogle Scholar2. ZIFF M: Viruses and the connective tissue diseases. Ann Intern Med 75:951-958, 1971 LinkGoogle Scholar3. HAHNBAGBYOSTERLAND BMC: Abnormalities of delayed hypersensitivity in systemic lupus erythematosus. Am J Med 55:25-31, 1973 CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar4. BRUNNERHORWITZSHANN CDM: Clinical and immunologic studies in identical twins discordant for systemic lupus erythematosus. Am J Med 55:249-254, 1973 CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar5. DAVID J: Lymphocyte mediators and cellular hypersensitivity. N Engl J Med 288:143-149, 1973 CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar6. KIRKPATRICKSMITH CT: Chronic mucocutaneous candidiasis: immunologic and antibiotic therapy. Ann Intern Med 80: 310-320, 1974 LinkGoogle Scholar1. KOHNSTULBERG JH: Angiographic diagnosis of polyarteritis nodosa. Calif Med 114:40-42, 1971 MedlineGoogle Scholar2. NUZUMNUZUM JJ: Polyarteritis nodosa. Arch Intern Med 94:942-955, 1954 CrossrefGoogle Scholar3. PEITERSENCARLSEN EB: Hearing impairment as initial sign of polyarteritis nodosa. Acta Otolaryngol (Stockh) 61:189-195, 1966 CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar4. PER-LEEPARSONS JR: Vasculitis presenting as otitis media. South Med J 62:161-165, 1969 CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar5. KINCAID-SMITHSAKERFAIRLEY PMF: Anticoagulants in irreversible acute renal failure. Lancet 2:1360-1363, 1968 CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar6. ARIEFFPINGGERA AF: Rapidly progressive glomerulonephritis treated with anticoagulants. Arch Intern Med 129:77-84, 1972 CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: Letterman Army Medical Center Presidio of San Francisco, California 94129 PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics 1 January 1975Volume 82, Issue 1Page: 120-122KeywordsAntigensAttentionPatientsSkin testsVasculitis Issue Published: 1 January 1975 PDF DownloadLoading ...
Syringe and needle exchange as HIV/AIDS prevention for injection drug users
Authors: J. K. Watters
Journal: JAMA (1994)

<h3>Objective.</h3> —To evaluate an all-volunteer syringe exchange program in San Francisco, Calif. <h3>Data Sources.</h3> —Syringe exchange program records and 11 semiannual surveys administered during a 5.5-year period, using standard questionnaires. Interviews (N=5644) were conducted with injection drug users recruited in two 21-day drug detoxification clinics and three street settings. <h3>Main Outcome Measures.</h3> —Use of the syringe exchange program and self-reported data regarding sources of syringes, frequency of injection, initiation into drug injection, and frequency of syringe sharing. <h3>Results.</h3> —In spring 1992, 45% reported "usually" obtaining injection equipment from the syringe exchange, and 61% reported using the program within the past year. During the period from December 1986 through June 1992, the median reported frequency of injection declined from 1.9 injections per day to 0.7 injection per day, the mean age increased from 36 to 42 years, and the percentage of new initiates into injection drug use decreased from 3% to 1%. In logistic regression analysis (of fall 1991 through spring 1992 interviews; n=752), we found six independent factors associated with syringe sharing. Protective from syringe sharing were use of the syringe exchange program, having received human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) testing and counseling, condom use, older age, and African-American race. Injection of cocaine was a predictor for syringe sharing. The strength of association between use of the syringe exchange program and not sharing syringes was greatest in injection drug users younger than the median age of 40 years. <h3>Conclusions.</h3> —The syringe exchange program was rapidly adopted by injection drug users. Health interventions associated with not sharing needles included use of the syringe exchange program and voluntary, confidential HIV testing and counseling. Our data did not support the hypothesis that a syringe exchange program would stimulate increased drug abuse in terms of frequency of injection or recruitment of new and/or younger users. (<i>JAMA</i>. 1994;271:115-120)
Pathology and laboratory medicine
Authors: S. J. Maygarden
Journal: JAMA (1991)

Modern clinical treatment protocols demand precise diagnoses. While traditional hematoxylineosin slides continue to be the primary tool for histopathological diagnoses, these are no longer sufficient for the diagnosis and treatment of many patients. Pathologists are now using many supplemental approaches to provide more complete and valid information for patient care. While diagnoses are requiring increasing sophistication, the amount of tissue available for study by the pathologist is continually decreasing. In the past, most specimens were large, surgically resected masses or open biopsy specimens. Today, the mix of specimens has shifted toward small biopsy specimens, fine-needle aspirations, and other cytological preparations. Thus, the pathologist is faced with the challenge of using highly sophisticated techniques to obtain the maximum information from increasingly small samples from the patient. In this article, we will discuss some of the new knowledge and modern diagnostic techniques that aid the pathologist in meeting this challenge, especially molecular
Occult systemic lupus erythematosus in elderly men
Authors: A. N. Baer
Journal: JAMA (1983)

Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is often not suspected in elderly men with a debilitating illness, particularly when pleuropericarditis is not prominent. Five elderly men with SLE were initially seen with a systemic illness, marked by fever, weight loss, and arthritis. The diagnosis of SLE was established after considerable delay with extensive diagnostic evaluations and was supported by the presence of DNA antibodies in four patients. Treatment with corticosteroids was effective in three patients. Early testing for DNA antibodies may be cost effective in the evaluation of the elderly patient with a debilitating illness. (<i>JAMA</i>1983;249:3350-3352)
Clinical manifestations and treatment of dysfunctional uterine bleeding
Authors: S. R. Bayer
Journal: JAMA (1993)

Dysfunctional uterine bleeding is a common gynecologic disorder that can affect any woman during her reproductive years. It is a diagnosis of exclusion, and the clinician must proceed through a logical stepwise evaluation to rule out all other causes of the abnormal bleeding. In most cases dysfunctional uterine bleeding is associated with anovulation. During the pubertal and perimenopausal periods, anovulatory bleeding is a common occurrence. During these transitional states, the abnormal bleeding has a physiological basis and is secondary to an estrogen withdrawal. Anovulatory bleeding can also be associated with chronic anovulation. The chronic unopposed estrogen that characterizes this disorder causes a continuous proliferation of the endometrium; this can result in abnormal bleeding and place the patient at risk for endometrial cancer. The goals of treatment for anovulatory bleeding are to stop the acute bleeding, avert future episodes, and prevent long-term complications. In some cases surgical intervention is indicated, but the foundation of treatment has been a medical approach. Several progestational agents have demonstrated effectiveness and can be administered either orally or by intramuscular injection. If the patient fails to have resolution of the bleeding with medical therapy, another cause of the bleeding must be suspected, and reevaluation is necessary. (<i>JAMA</i>. 1993;269:1823-1828)
Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease phenotype and prevalence across the menopause spectrum in women living with HIV
Authors: Jovana Milic, Adriana Cervo, Andrea Malagoli, Denise Morini, Valentina Menozzi, Federica Carli, Marianna Menozzi, Iacopo Franconi, Cristina Mussini, Giada Sebastiani, Giovanni Guaraldi
Journal: Journal of Hepatology (2020)
Determination of Numbers of Lead-Exposed Women of Childbearing Age and Pregnant Women: An Integrated Summary of a Report to the U.S. Congress on Childhood Lead Poisoning
Authors: Annemarie F. Crocetti, Paul Mushak, Joel Schwartz
Journal: Environmental Health Perspectives (1990)

In a Congressionally mandated study carried out under the aegis of the U.S. Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) and summarized in this article, the authors have provided estimates of the numbers of American women of childbearing age and the numbers of American pregnant women whose lead exposure is sufficiently elevated to pose an intrauterine toxicity risk. Exposures associated with such risk were defined as blood lead (PbB) levels greater than 10, greater than 15, greater than 20, and greater than 25 micrograms/dL. Using PbB prevalence projection techniques based on the Second National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES II), we first generated projected 1984 prevalences of these PbB levels in white and black women of childbearing age, ages 15 to 19 and 20 to 44. White women in the two age bands had rates of PbBs greater than 10 micrograms/dL of 9.2 and 9.7%, respectively. For black women, the corresponding rates were 8.2 and 19.7%, respectively. Combining these rates with standard metropolitan statistical areas (SMSAs) based 1980 Census and other population enumerations show, for example, that 4.4 million U.S. women of childbearing age are estimated to have had PbBs greater than 10 micrograms/dL. Pregnant black and white women in U.S. SMSAs are approximately 9% of the U.S. black and white childbearing age total, i.e. 3.6 million out of a 41.3 million SMSA total. Of these, 403,200 pregnant women were estimated to have PbB levels greater than 10 micrograms/dL.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
COLOR VISION AND LAND'S THEORY
Journal: JAMA (1961)

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Salmonellosis complicating ulcerative colitis. Treatment with trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole
Authors: M. S. Kressner
Journal: JAMA (1982)

IDIOPATHIC ulcerative colitis is a chronic inflammatory disease of the rectum and part or all of the colon characterized by remissions and exacerbations and manifested by abdominal pain, diarrhea, and rectal bleeding. Acute episodes may rapidly progress to a medical emergency with the development of toxic megacolon. An accurate diagnosis is mandatory, yet there are no pathognomonic characteristics, either clinical or histological. Identical features may be seen with specific infections such as<i>Salmonella, Shigella, Campylobacter, Clostridium difficile, Neisseria gonorrhoeae</i>, amebiasis, or in Crohn's colitis.<sup>1</sup>Usually no precipitating factor for acute relapse can be determined.<sup>2</sup>The case to be described illustrates the importance of recognizing a precipitating factor associated with a fulminant relapse of ulcerative colitis. <h3>Report of a Case</h3> A 22-year-old woman with a diagnosis of ulcerative colitis had been followed up for four years; she had been asymptomatic for one year, while receiving sulfasalazine, 3 g/day. Five
The Dumping of Atomic Debris
Journal: JAMA (1962)

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Defibrillation
Authors: Ronald W. Yakaitis, Joseph S. Redding
Journal: JAMA (1976)

<h3>To the Editor.—</h3> In reference to the letters submitted by Tacker et al (235:144, 1976) and Crampton et al (235:2284, 1976), resolution of the apparent conflict may lie in consideration of variables other than body weight that influence ventricular defibrillation. References can be found in the literature to such factors as frequency of countershock, paddle size, electrical waveform, and duration of fibrillation. Twenty years ago, Kouwenhoven and Milnor<sup>1</sup>concluded that the chances for closed-chest defibrillation and spontaneous return of a "normal heart action" were time-dopendent and decreased significantly after one minute of ventricular fibrillation. This was observed despite the use of dc capacitor energies far in excess of those recommended by Geddes et al.<sup>2</sup>In the clinical studies of Tacker et al<sup>3</sup>and Pantridge et al,<sup>4</sup>duration of fibrillation is imprecisely defined, varying respectively from "5 minutes or less" to "2 minutes or less." It is
Cardiovascular Dynamics
Authors: Borys Surawicz
Journal: JAMA (1970)

Recent years have prepared us to expect some disappointing changes in the new editions of our favorite textbooks. It has become customary for the textbook authors to recruit collaborators. While the multiple authorships may help to increase the accuracy of the text, it almost invariably weakens the cohesion, breaks up the continuity, and disturbs the uniformity of style. Dr. Rushmer has not escaped the pressures which have modified the structure of many other recent textbook editions. He assigned the discussion of the clinical problems to several colleagues from clinical departments. The somewhat arbitrarily selected bits of information on the etiology, diagnosis, or therapy of the cardiovascular disease do not blend well with the bulk of a book designed to present the structure, function, and control of the cardiovascular system. These clinical chapters, comparable to a good syllabus for second-year medical students, may be instructive to the novice, but have limited
Lexical access as a brain mechanism
Authors: Friedemann Pulverm&uuml;ller
Journal: Behavioral and Brain Sciences (1999)

The following questions are addressed concerning how a theory of lexical access can be realized in the brain: (1) Can a brainlike device function without inhibitory mechanisms? (2) Where in the brain can one expect to find processes underlying access to word semantics, syntactic word properties, phonological word forms, and their phonetic gestures? (3) If large neuron ensembles are the basis of such processes, how can one expect these populations to be connected? (4) In particular, how could one-way, reciprocal, and numbered connections be realized? and, (5) How can a neuroscientific approach for multiple access to the same word in the course of the production of a sentence?
Extreme Pyrexia
Authors: Michael I. Weintraub
Journal: JAMA (1977)

<h3>To the Editor.—</h3> Dr Simon's article entitled "Extreme Pyrexia" (236:2419, 1976) was very informative, but certain aspects require clarification as well as amplification, so that the clinician has a clear view of the entire problem. Although infection is the most common cause of fever, it is a rare cause of sustained hyperpyrexia. As brought out in the article, other conditions that are suggested by the patient's history and circumstances (eg, heat stroke, tumor, hyperthyroidism, and malignant hyperpyrexic response to anesthetia) must also be considered. However, the discussion overlooked an important medical condition, pheochromocytoma, which must be seriously considered and assiduously ruled out. Despite a widespread knowledge of this disease, pheochromocytoma has principally been an autopsy diagnosis, usually found after an unexpected cardiovascular or cerebrovascular catastrophe. In an extensive review of the literature, Weintraub and co-workers<sup>1</sup>stressed the importance of extreme pyrexia in association with sweating and pulsatile headaches as
Ventricular Fibrillation Resulting from Electrocution During Cardiac Catheterization
Journal: JAMA (1963)

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The door to the book
Authors: W. K. Beatty
Journal: JAMA (1967)

The early history of the title page is well documented in the British Museum, where the crimes of probably the greatest biblioclast of all time are preserved in a series of innocent-looking scrapbooks. John Bagford spent most of his life (1650-1716) collecting material for a history of printing. He did this by tearing the title pages or representative pages of text out of thousands of books. His search for material took him over much of England and Europe. He obtained his books by purchase, borrowing, or outright theft. After tearing out the pages he wanted, he had no further interest in the books themselves. Since Bagford's "collection" amounts to more than 20,000 pages, he left a large number of mutilated books along the way. Many of these volumes can still be found in libraries or even on the market. For this reason book collectors have justification for anathematizing Bagford's name
Syphilis
Authors: G. Marshall Crawford
Journal: New England Journal of Medicine (1949)

THE preponderance of publications regarding syphilis continue to emphasize penicillin. A major impediment to penicillin therapy was its requirement of hospitalization. Subsequent development of repository types of penicillin products that require but one injection per twenty-four hours has practically eliminated the hospitalization factor. Continued improvement of these products and their wider application have proved successful. The time factor remains essentially the same whether rapidly utilized penicillins or slowly absorbed preparations are employed. Thus, a large majority of patients can be treated on an ambulatory basis, permitting more efficient utilization of clinic personnel, both professional and clerical. The ten-day treatment schedules . . .
The Most Distressing Symptom
Authors: Tinsley R. Harrison
Journal: JAMA (1966)

During the period, more remote than one likes to admit, when I was a medical student and then a house officer, the name of Frank Billings was heard many times. The young internists of my generation knew of his work and were conscious of his stature. It is fitting that we meet to honor him in the community he honored by his labors and, indeed, by his presence. The almost incredible advance in the diagnosis and treatment of internal disorders that has occurred within our own life span is to be largely ascribed to the development of objective and precise methods for the study of disease in the living patient. The result has been a strong concern in our hospitals and medical schools with those procedures that "prove a diagnosis" and thus substitute solid facts for those ephemeral opinions that were often no more than informed—or uninformed— guesses. A perhaps