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Large, Long Range Tensile Forces Drive Convergence During, David R. Shook, Eric Kasprowicz, Md, Lance A. Davidson, Raymond Keller

Division of Internal Medicine Faculty Papers & Presentations

Indirect evidence suggests that blastopore closure during gastrulation of anamniotes, including amphibians such as Xenopus laevis, depends on circumblastoporal convergence forces generated by the marginal zone (MZ), but direct evidence is lacking. We show that explanted MZs generate tensile convergence forces up to 1.5 mN during gastrulation and over 4 mN thereafter. These forces are generated by convergent thickening (CT) until the midgastrula and increasingly by convergent extension (CE) thereafter. Explants from ventralized embryos, which lack tissues expressing CE but close their blastopores, produce up to 2 mN of tensile force, showing that CT alone generates forces sufficient to close …

The Association Of Hyponatremia With Race, Ethnicity, And Gender In Patients Admitted For Acute Decompensated Heart Failure Diagnoses, Vikas Sunder, Md, Rene Alvarez, Md, Evan Carabelli, Md

Division of Internal Medicine Faculty Papers & Presentations

Background: Hyponatremia, defined by a serum sodium concentration less than 135 mEq/L, is seen in approximately 25% of patients admitted with congestive heart failure (CHF). Hyponatremia on admission has been shown to increase in-hospital mortality and to be an independent predictor of 6month mortality. Prior work has shown that CHF patients with hyponatremia on admission are more likely to be Caucasian. Given its prognostic significance, hyponatremia and its association with patient characteristics warrants further study.

Methods: We queried for unique admissions to Temple University Hospital between 2011 and 2015 with a DRG code of "291-293" to represent a …

A Rare Case Of Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis Of Unknown Etiology, Ida Micaily, Marie Helene Gagnon, Richard Friedenheim, Jason A. Damsker

Division of Internal Medicine Faculty Papers & Presentations

Hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (HLH) is an uncommon cytokine storm syndrome marked which can cause high mortality. In adults, acquired HLH usually has an underlying infectious, autoimmune or malignant process that triggers the syndrome. In this case report, we present a 64-year old Caucasian male presenting with productive cough, fevers, weight loss and altered mental status who was ultimately found to have HLH of unknown etiology.

Image-Guided High-Dose Rate Intracavitary Brachytherapy In The Treatment Of Medically Inoperable Early-Stage Endometrioid Type Endometrial Adenocarcinoma, Scott E. Jordan, Md, Ida Micaily, Md, Enrique Hernandez, Md, J. Stuart Ferriss, Md, Curtis T. Miyamoto, Md, Facr, Shidong Li, Phd, Bizhan Micaily, Md

Division of Internal Medicine Faculty Papers & Presentations

To report the experience with high dose rate, image guided intracavitary brachytherapy in the treatment of medically inoperable, early stage endometrial cancer.

Poster presented at:

American Brachytherapy Society Annual Meeting April 20-22, 2017 in Boston MA.

Can Contrast Harmonic Endoscopic Ultrasonography Replace Endoscopic Ultrasonography-Guided Fine-Needle Aspiration In Patients With Solid Pancreatic Lesions? An American Perspective., Joseph Yoo, Linda H. Yan, Ali A. Siddiqui

Division of Internal Medicine Faculty Papers & Presentations

No abstract provided.