• During the last six years, there has been increased interest In the detection of abnormalities
of left ventricular diastolic function in patients with heart disease. Before 1981, most studies …

Place matters; it contextualizes health. When examining the influence of community,
neighborhood, and social space, researchers from multiple disciplines 1-10 found that geography …

The goal of this study was to evaluate the effect on the average standardized uptake value (avgSUV)
and maximum standardized uptake value (maxSUV) of changing the number of …

Poverty lack of resources and pervasive adversity threaten the healthy social and emotional
development of many children living in rural Appalachia. Despite these traumatic stressors, …

Disease relapse and transplant related toxicities have limited the application of bone marrow
transplantation (BMT) in the treatment for hematologic malignancies. Because elevated …

Background: Empathy, teamwork and an integrative approach to patient care share common
denominators such as interpersonal skills and understanding patients' concerns. Thus, a …

Using first-pass radionuclide ventriculography, we evaluated the effects of decreases in
intrathoracic pressure (Mueller maneuver [M] to -20 to -30 cm H2O) in 14 patients with five …

Objective No means exist for predicting the acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS),
which complicates sepsis, trauma, and a variety of clinical disorders. Because activation of …

Context: Many studies have reported a decline in empathy as allopathic medical students
progress through medical school. Data are needed to compare the pattern of changes in …

Background A pilot study was performed investigating the possibility that positron emission
tomography (PET) activity using 18-fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) with nearly simultaneous …