Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is the most common endocrine disorder in women of reproductive age, affecting approximately 6% of this population. [1] The clinical issues in PCOS relate to ...

John J. Vargo, MD, and Jeffrey L. Ponsky, MD, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio. Pneumoperitoneum has been observed in 36% of patients undergoing PEG tube placement. [38] It is ...

Why: Informal supporters provide the majority of long-term care to chronically disabled elders. Caregiving has been recognized as an activity with perceived benefits and burdens. Caregivers may be ...

Since the inception of the nurse practitioner (NP) role in the 1960s, NPs have thrived in the delivery of primary healthcare and nurse case management. Despite patient satisfaction with NPs' style ...

A summary of various comorbidities in our present series is compared with previously published series in Table 1. The mean amount of contrast was 97 cc (range 6-350 cc), and the mean ...

Most of the free hormone immunoassays in current use employ a specific, high affinity hormone antibody to sequester a small amount of total hormone from the specimen. The unoccupied antibody ...

The decrease in CD4 cells during HIV infection seems to be driven by immune activation, which does not always correlate with viral load. Experienced clinicians are all too familiar with the ...

Joaquim M.B. Pinheiro, MD, MPH, David A. Clark, MD, Kathleen G. Benjamin, RNC, MSN, NNP Echevarria Ybarguengoitia, using bililabstix to prospectively evaluate occult ...

Multiple studies evaluating the effectiveness of nonpharmacologic interventions for the reduction of circumcision pain have been performed. In general, these measures have been found to be ...

Ofer Meri, M.D.; Michael Ilan, M.D.; Avraham Oren, M.D.; Daniel Fink, M.D.; Maher Deeb, M.D.; Dani Bitran, M.D.; Shuli Silberman, M.D. From a practical viewpoint, the ...

The pharmacokinetic behaviour of levocloperastine observed in animal studies has been confirmed in human studies. The pharmacokinetics of levocloperastine and racemic DL-cloperastine were ...

Background: Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) are recommended for multimodal postoperative pain management. We evaluated opioid-sparing effects and rehabilitative results after ...