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These findings indicate that autonomic symptoms and deficits are common in diabetes, but mild in severity, and that the correlation between symptom scores and deficits is overall weak in mild diabetic neuropathy, emphasizing the need to separately evaluate autonomic symptoms.
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This phase 1 study shows that cerebral embolectomy with the Merci Retriever was safe and that successful recanalization could benefit a significant number of patients, even when performed in an extended 8-hour time window.
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In this placebo-controlled study, rivastigmine was associated with moderate improvements in dementia associated with Parkinsons disease but also with higher rates of nausea, vomiting, and tremor.
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If routine staining is negative for amyloid, Congo red and thioflavine S staining need be performed, with ultrastructural examination of Epon-embedded nerve. Anti-light-chain and transthyretin immunostaining of frozen nerve completes the investigation.
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Diluigi and colleagues in Rhode Island compared the outcomes of 400 patients undergoing hysterectomy with 686 hysterectomy cases performed prior to the institution of a policy for prophylactic antibiotics. Abdominal, vaginal, and laparoscopic cases were included, with the primary aspects being rates and timing of preoperative antibiotic administration as well as postoperative febrile morbidity.
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In some hospitals Vaginal Birth After Cesarean (VBAC) has been eliminated as an option for patients having had previous Cesarean sections. Although the major reason stated for this position has been risk of uterine rupture, there is more to this stance which involves potential liability and the inconvenience to providers of having to be immediately available for the duration of these patients labors.
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The effect of caloric restriction upon metabolism was gated by whether sugars or fats were preferentially restricted. A low-glycemic load diet (glucose restriction) yielded more favorable biochemical profiles than restricting fats.
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Consolidation therapy with oregovomab did not significantly improve TTR overall. A set of confirmatory phase III studies has been initiated to determine whether the SFLT population derives benefit from oregovomab treatment.
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Womens Health Initiative (WHI) investigators from Wayne State University performed an analysis using the WHI database and presented the results at the 2004 annual meeting of the American Society of Reproductive Medicine (ASRM). Two months later, the presentation on the effects of oral contraception on cardiovascular disease drew a critical response from the director of the WHI, Barbara Alving, MD, who is also the acting director of the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute.
