Background: Among patients with early-stage non–small cell lung cancer (NSCLC),
preoperative imaging tests are important in defining surgical candidates. Objective: To assess …

Introduction Patients with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) require careful preoperative
staging to define resectability for potential cure. Fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission …

Acute interstitial nephritis due to drugs commonly presents as acute renal failure and may
be commoner than is presently realized. Drugs implicated include not only methicillin and …

In critically ill patients, alterations in pulmonary vasomotor tone profoundly influence right
ventricular (RV) function. An increase in end-diastolic volume (EDV) follows elevations in the …

Results: All11patientsshowedFDGuptakeintheneckorupper mediastinum— inthe initialscan
in 10 and in a repeatedscan in 1. Sonographically guided biopsy confirmed malignancy in 6…

The pathophysiology of renal dysfunction in generalized sepsis remains unknown. In this
study, 24 hours after surgical induction of peritonitis in 20 volume-loaded sheep, three patterns …

Current evidence suggests that pulmonary edema accompanying human sepsis may result
either from changes in the serum oncotic and hydrostatic pressures or an increase in the …

Background. Whether or not the familial form of papillary thyroid carcinoma is more aggressive
than the sporadic form of the disease remains controversial. Methods. To explore this …

The value of recombinant human thyrotropin (rhTSH) as preparation for radioiodine therapy
was assessed in 115 patients with metastatic thyroid cancer. Patients who were either …

METHODS All studies were carried out in the critical care/trauma unit of Victoria Hospital
over an 18-month period, July 1, 1979 to December 30, 1980.