Percutaneous microcompression of the trigeminal ganglion for the relief of trigeminal neuralgia is a technically simple, nonpainful procedure, carried out under brief general anesthesia. One hundred patients treated by this method have been followed…
Papers in Pain Medicine and Palliative Care
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The outcome of 555 patients who underwent surgery under the care of a surgeon with an interest in colorectal disease was examined prospectively over a 10-year period with no exclusions. There was a 4.7 percent incidence of clinical leaks (10 percent…
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BACKGROUND: Previous studies have shown that genetic variability at position 118 of the human mu-opioid receptor gene altered patients' response to intravenous morphine. The purpose of this study was to investigate whether this polymorphism…
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OBJECTIVE: To investigate incidence, causes, and outcome of acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) in adult patients admitted to intensive care units (ICU) in Shanghai. DESIGN: A prospective 12-month survey during 2001-2002 of the…
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A 13C NMR approach was taken to study the biotransformation of (R)- and (S)-2-13C,2-2Hibuprofen-CoA in isolated rat liver mitochondria. The 13C chemical shift induced by 2H substitution for the C-2 of 2-13C,2-2H-ibuprofen-CoA is about 0.5 ppm…
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OBJECTIVE: To develop a Markov model that allows the cost effectiveness of interventions in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) to be estimated, and to apply the model to investigate the cost effectiveness of an inhaled…
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OBJECTIVE: Advances in treatment of neonatal respiratory failure are responsible for a decline in the number of newborns treated with extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO). The aim of this study are to determine demographic changes, focusing on…
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OBJECTIVE: To identify the organisms, their antibiotic susceptibility, and the associated focus on infection causing nosocomial bacteremia in patients in an adult intensive care unit (ICU) between 1971 and 1995. DESIGN: Prospective observational…
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BACKGROUND: Over the past decade repair of tetralogy of Fallot (TOF) in infancy has gained favor. It is still uncertain what effect early complete repair will have on survival or late reoperation on the right ventricular outflow tract. METHODS: To…
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We aimed to develop a prognostic prediction model for 2-week survival among patients with terminal cancer in a palliative care unit (PCU).
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We aimed to develop a prognostic prediction model for 2-week survival among patients with terminal cancer in a palliative care unit (PCU).
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The government recently announced that up to £30 million would be made available to the children's palliative care sector in England, on the condition that the money is spent by March 2011. The challenge now is to ensure this money is spent on…
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The beta-chemokine receptor CCR5 is required as a coreceptor by non-syncytium-inducing (NSI) strains of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1). NSI viruses predominate early during an infection and are thought to be important for the…
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We retrospectively determined whether a 3-day short course of palifermin could reduce the toxicity of high-dose therapy (HDT) and autologous blood stem-cell transplantation (ASCT) in patients with multiple myeloma (MM).
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CASE REPORT: A 40-year-old female patient with pancreatic cancer stage IV and multiple liver metastases is reported. Palliative chemotherapy was performed with gemcitabine monotherapy. A good control of tumor growth as well as tumor-related symptoms…
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Mr S, a 50-year-old man, has long-standing low back pain. His pain began more than 20 years earlier with a lumbar disk herniation and has persisted despite diskectomy. He has undergone numerous treatments, but he remains disabled with ongoing pain.…
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Forty-eight patients with advanced squamous-cell lung cancer were treated with radical radiotherapy. Thereafter twenty-five received B.C.G. regularly and twenty-three did not. Differences in survival during the first year of observation and absence…
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STUDY DESIGN: A 5-year follow-up of a randomized, controlled trial. OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the long-term health and economic consequences of a cognitive behavioral intervention. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA: Linton and Andersson (Spine…
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A 67 year old female patient was admitted to our clinic with recurrent hypoglycemia in December 2006. Laboratory findings revealed an elevated insulin, and C-peptide. Imaging techniques revealed a tumor of the pancreas involving the spleen with…
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A 65 -year-old male was admitted to our hospital because of epigastregia. Computed tomography (CT) and abdominal ultrasonography (AUS) revealed advanced gallbladder cancer and two S5 liver metastases. Selective gallbladder angiogram revealed his…
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