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Front Matter Dec 1973

Front Matter

Henry Ford Hospital Medical Journal

No abstract provided.


The Effectiveness Of Oxandrolone In Promoting Linear Growth In Growth Hormone Deficient Children, Charles B. Wolf, Raymond C. Mellinger, Lewis B. Morrow, M. Saeed-Uz Zafar Dec 1973

The Effectiveness Of Oxandrolone In Promoting Linear Growth In Growth Hormone Deficient Children, Charles B. Wolf, Raymond C. Mellinger, Lewis B. Morrow, M. Saeed-Uz Zafar

Henry Ford Hospital Medical Journal

This two-year study consisted of a comparison of oxandrolone and growth hormone for the treatment of five children with documented growth hormone deficiency. Previously, androgens have been reported to be relatively ineffective in accelerating linear growth In growth hormone deficient children. Oxandrolone was administered for one year. Growth hormone was added in the second six months and then was given as a single agent in the third six months. Growth accelerated markedly in all patients. Only one child showed more rapid growth with the addition of growth hormone while two children actually grew more rapidly under the Influence of oxandrolone …


Surgical Treatment Of Liver Trauma: Technical Considerations And Case Reports, C. Grodsinsky, T. A. Fox Jr., B. E. Brush Dec 1973

Surgical Treatment Of Liver Trauma: Technical Considerations And Case Reports, C. Grodsinsky, T. A. Fox Jr., B. E. Brush

Henry Ford Hospital Medical Journal

The incidence of abdominal trauma, and thus that of liver trauma, has been increasing in the past few years. Improvements in the understanding of the anatomy of the liver and improvements in diagnostic techniques have resulted in shorter and better operations with less delay between injury and surgery. Improvements in transportation to adequate hospital facilities and vigorous resuscitative measures have also contributed to lowering the mortality rate for this type of injury. Suggestions are made for the surgical management of liver injuries, together with illustrative case reports.


Near Basal Blood Pressure: A Method Applicable To Clinical Practice, John R. Caldwell Dec 1973

Near Basal Blood Pressure: A Method Applicable To Clinical Practice, John R. Caldwell

Henry Ford Hospital Medical Journal

A method is described for determining near basal blood pressure (NBBP) measurements that is applicable to outpatient clinic or office use in daily practice. In our clinic, patients' mean casual pressure was significantly higher than the NBBP, the difference being 40 mm Hg systolic (p < .001) and 18 mm Hg diastolic (p < .001). In hospitalized patients the casual blood pressure was higher than the fourth to sixth day hospital average, and the hospital average was higher than NBBP. The difference between the last two was 15 mm Hg systolic (p <. 005) and 9 mm Hg diastolic (p < .005). In patients recording blood pressure readings at home the average weekly home-recorded blood pressure was not significantly different from NBBP during the same week, -1 mm Hg systolic (p > .80) and 4 mm Hg diastolic (p > .10). NBBP by this method offers a practical way to estimate the average daily blood pressure.


Electrical Alternans In Cardiac Tamponade, Andreas P. Niarchos Dec 1973

Electrical Alternans In Cardiac Tamponade, Andreas P. Niarchos

Henry Ford Hospital Medical Journal

Of nine patients with pericardial effusion due to various causes, four developed cardiac tamponade. Electrical alternans was present In all four, being total in three, and ventricular in one. From the diagnostic point of view, the alternans corresponded with the clinical diagnosis of cardiac tamponade and the radiological signs of a large pericardial effusion. The pericardial fluid was hemorrhagic in three patients and transudate (hydropericardium) in the fourth. In two patients alternans was present with heart rates below 100 per minute. Apart from the exact (1:1) type of electrical alternans, three new types are described; a 2:1, 3:1 and a …


Publications Of The Staff Of The Henry Ford Hospital And The Edsel B. Ford Institute For Medical Research Dec 1973

Publications Of The Staff Of The Henry Ford Hospital And The Edsel B. Ford Institute For Medical Research

Henry Ford Hospital Medical Journal

No abstract provided.


Efficacy Of Betaprone With Ultraviolet Irradiation On Hepatitis B Antigen In Human Plasma Pools (A Retrospective Study), Gerald A. Logrippo, Hajime Hayashi Dec 1973

Efficacy Of Betaprone With Ultraviolet Irradiation On Hepatitis B Antigen In Human Plasma Pools (A Retrospective Study), Gerald A. Logrippo, Hajime Hayashi

Henry Ford Hospital Medical Journal

In a retrospective study, hepatitis B antigen (HB Ag) was found in 14 lots of human plasma pools (16-20 liters each) that had been treated by the combined Betaprone (BPL) with ultraviolet (UV) irradiation procedure. No evidence of clinical hepatitis was found during a six-month follow-up after 185.2 liters of HB Ag positive plasma were Infused into 257 patients. Since HB Ag positive blood products treated by BPL with UV produced no clinical hepatitis, it is evident that our treatment is efficacious against hepatitis virus agents.


Blood Pressure In Hypertension, Lawrence H. Warbasse Jr. Dec 1973

Blood Pressure In Hypertension, Lawrence H. Warbasse Jr.

Henry Ford Hospital Medical Journal

No abstract provided.


Back Matter Dec 1973

Back Matter

Henry Ford Hospital Medical Journal

No abstract provided.


Louisiana Agriculture Magazine, Fall 1973, Lsu Agricultural Experiment Station Oct 1973

Louisiana Agriculture Magazine, Fall 1973, Lsu Agricultural Experiment Station

Louisiana Agriculture

No abstract provided.


Localization Of Deep Abscesses With Radioactive Isotopes: An Experimental Study, H. M. Allen, R. Berguer, L. A. Dusault, M. A. Block Sep 1973

Localization Of Deep Abscesses With Radioactive Isotopes: An Experimental Study, H. M. Allen, R. Berguer, L. A. Dusault, M. A. Block

Henry Ford Hospital Medical Journal

Life-endangering effects of deep abscesses make early and precise identification and localization important to permit adequate surgical drainage. An experiment was undertaken to study the feasibility of detecting abscesses by using leucocytes tagged with radioactive isotopes. For the labeling, 51chromium appeared preferable to 131iodine or 99technetium. Leucocytes so labelled will concentrate sufficiently in abscesses to permit identification of abscesses by scintillation scanning. For clinical application, techniques require further simplification and refinement to eliminate interference by collection of radioactive isotopes in the liver and spleen.


A Clinical Trial Of Tobramycin With Pharmacological And Microbiological Studies, Keith Burch, Richard D. Nichols, Edward L. Quinn, Frank Cox, Evelyn J. Fisher, T. Madhavan, Donald Pohlod Sep 1973

A Clinical Trial Of Tobramycin With Pharmacological And Microbiological Studies, Keith Burch, Richard D. Nichols, Edward L. Quinn, Frank Cox, Evelyn J. Fisher, T. Madhavan, Donald Pohlod

Henry Ford Hospital Medical Journal

Tobramycin, a new aminoglycoside antibiotic, was shown to be effective in vitroagainst Pseudomonas, Klebsiella, Staphylococcus aureus, Enterobacter, Proteus mirabilis, indole-positive Proteus, and Eshcherichia coli. It was shown to produce serum and urine concentrations similar to gentamicin when administered intramuscularly. Preliminary animal studies showed this agent to have nephrotoxic and ototoxic effects similar to gentamicin. In our studies, tobramycin was well tolerated and produced only two transient elevations in serum creatinine and no abnormalities in audiograms and vestibular function tests. It was effective in 10 of 12 susceptible infections, including 2 of 4 with Pseudomonas endocarditis. Tobramycin compared favorably with gentamicin …


Haversian And Endosteal Bone Formation Rates In Rib Biopsies Of 50 Patients With Senile And Postmenopausal Osteoporosis, Kent K. Wu Sep 1973

Haversian And Endosteal Bone Formation Rates In Rib Biopsies Of 50 Patients With Senile And Postmenopausal Osteoporosis, Kent K. Wu

Henry Ford Hospital Medical Journal

Eleventh rib biopsies of 50 patients with senile and postmenopausal osteoporosis, studied by means of tetracycline bone labeling, revealed significant and similar although modest decreases In bone formation on the cortical-endosteal and haversian surfaces of the biopsies.


Statistics For Clinical Research, W. R. Mccrum Sep 1973

Statistics For Clinical Research, W. R. Mccrum

Henry Ford Hospital Medical Journal

The purpose of this paper is to make understandable the use of statistics in the field of medicine, and to introduce to the clinician some new methods of statistics for drawing some reasonable conclusions based on the meager data usually available. There is, after all, only one valid use of statistics: to enable oneself to make a personal decision based on the information available.


Publications Of The Staff Of The Henry Ford Hospital And The Edsel B. Ford Institute For Medical Research Sep 1973

Publications Of The Staff Of The Henry Ford Hospital And The Edsel B. Ford Institute For Medical Research

Henry Ford Hospital Medical Journal

No abstract provided.


Frank J. Sladen 1882-1973, Enisse Chimes Sep 1973

Frank J. Sladen 1882-1973, Enisse Chimes

Henry Ford Hospital Medical Journal

No abstract provided.


Primary Biliary Cirrhosis With Systemic Sclerosis, Pedro A. Diaz, Bernard M. Schuman Sep 1973

Primary Biliary Cirrhosis With Systemic Sclerosis, Pedro A. Diaz, Bernard M. Schuman

Henry Ford Hospital Medical Journal

Two patients with combinedbilian/ cirrhosis and scleroderma are described. Both patients also presented features of the CRST syndrome, namely Raynaud's phenomenon, and telangiectasiae. Nine previously reported cases are reviewed and the clinical data suggest that a common underlying immunologic basis may account for both clinical conditions.


Front Matter Sep 1973

Front Matter

Henry Ford Hospital Medical Journal

No abstract provided.


Genetic Technology: Law And Policy For The Brave New World, Harold P. Green Jul 1973

Genetic Technology: Law And Policy For The Brave New World, Harold P. Green

Indiana Law Journal

No abstract provided.


Gene Therapy And Genetic Engineering: Frankenstein Is Still A Myth, But It Should Be Reread Periodically, George A. Hudock Jul 1973

Gene Therapy And Genetic Engineering: Frankenstein Is Still A Myth, But It Should Be Reread Periodically, George A. Hudock

Indiana Law Journal

No abstract provided.


Theological Reflection And The New Biology, David H. Smith Jul 1973

Theological Reflection And The New Biology, David H. Smith

Indiana Law Journal

No abstract provided.


Informed Decisionmaking In Genetic Counseling: A Dissent To The "Wrongful Life" Debate, Alexander Morgan Capron Jul 1973

Informed Decisionmaking In Genetic Counseling: A Dissent To The "Wrongful Life" Debate, Alexander Morgan Capron

Indiana Law Journal

No abstract provided.


The Purpose Of Death: A Reply To Professor Dworkin, Alexander Morgan Capron Jul 1973

The Purpose Of Death: A Reply To Professor Dworkin, Alexander Morgan Capron

Indiana Law Journal

No abstract provided.


Effects Of A Nuclear Detonation On Arthropods At The Nevada Test Site, Dorald M. Allred Jul 1973

Effects Of A Nuclear Detonation On Arthropods At The Nevada Test Site, Dorald M. Allred

Brigham Young University Science Bulletin, Biological Series

Fifty-three arthropod species were studied in an area affected by an underground nuclear detonation. These were represented by 10 species of ants, 17 beetles, 5 orthopterans, 4 scorpions, 6 solpugids, and 11 spiders (Table 16). Relative populations were determined prior to the detonation and at three periods after the detonation–(1) one and two months after (August and September 1962), (2) 11 months after (June 1963), and (3) 13 months after (August 1963). One and two months after the detonation, the number of species was reduced from the expected by 48 percent, by 52 percent after 11 months, and by 66 …


Front Matter, Vol. 18 No. 4 Jul 1973

Front Matter, Vol. 18 No. 4

Brigham Young University Science Bulletin, Biological Series

No abstract provided.


End Matter, Vol. 18 No. 4 Jul 1973

End Matter, Vol. 18 No. 4

Brigham Young University Science Bulletin, Biological Series

No abstract provided.


Death In Context, Roger B. Dworkin Jul 1973

Death In Context, Roger B. Dworkin

Indiana Law Journal

No abstract provided.


Louisiana Agriculture Magazine, Summer 1973, Lsu Agricultural Experiment Station Jul 1973

Louisiana Agriculture Magazine, Summer 1973, Lsu Agricultural Experiment Station

Louisiana Agriculture

No abstract provided.


Front Matter Jun 1973

Front Matter

Henry Ford Hospital Medical Journal

No abstract provided.


The Involvement Of Urinary Kallikrein In The Renal Escape From The Sodium Retaining Effect Of Mineralocorticoids, M. Marin-Grez, N. B. Oza, Oscar A. Carretero Jun 1973

The Involvement Of Urinary Kallikrein In The Renal Escape From The Sodium Retaining Effect Of Mineralocorticoids, M. Marin-Grez, N. B. Oza, Oscar A. Carretero

Henry Ford Hospital Medical Journal

It is well known that the normal kidney "escapes" the sodium retaining effect of mineralocorticoids. However, the mechanism that mediates this "escape" is not understood. The possible role of kallikrein in this "escape" phenomenon was investigated by placing seven dogs in metabolic cages and giving them a constant sodium diet. After they had been on this diet three days, urine was collected for two 24-hour periods. DOCA (25 mg/day) was then given intramuscularly for five days. Urine was collected daily during this DOCA period and for two additional 24- hour periods. Urine volume, sodium, potassium, protein, and kallikrein excretion were …