Over a 32-month period, the cases of all patients with multiple injuries on whom cervical
spine roentgenograms (CSRs) were obtained during blunt trauma evaluation in a trauma …

• Liver biopsy specimens were studied in 26 patients in whom liver function abnormalities
developed during intravenous hyperalimentation (IVH). The clinical manifestations and …

The natural switch from fever to hypothermia observed in the most severe cases of systemic
inflammation is a phenomenon that continues to puzzle clinicians and scientists. The …

BACKGROUND Reports documenting the use of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation
(ECMO) after blunt thoracic trauma are scarce. We used a large, multicenter database to …

Polyamines are ubiquitous cell components for growth. They play an important role in cell
proliferation, cell growth and synthesis of protein and nucleic acids. Cells that are stimulated …

In a 5 year period, eight patients in whom acute acalculous cholecystitis developed during
intravenous hyperalimentation are reviewed with emphasis on factors contributing to …

A review of 100 patients with peripheral septic phlebitis revealed that 54 per cent of the
cases were due to intravenous catheters and 46 per cent were secondary to drug abuse …

This article reports stories of demarginalization in treatment as told by participants of a
nonabstinence-based treatment program based on a harm reduction model targeting …

In the past decade 93 patients with deodenal injury were treated at a trauma center. By chart
review, the age, sex, mechanism of injury, time to initial exploration (and the reason for …

Background Expectations of the healthcare experience may be influenced by television
dramas set in the hospital workplace. It is our perception that the fictional television portrayal …