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Miller ER, Alzahrani HA, Bregaglio DS, Christensen JK, Palmer SL, Alsharif FH, Matroud AS, Kanaani KA, Sunbul TJ, D’almeida J, Morrissey S, Crockford M, Rajanayagam SN, Sarhan AA, Azmi WH, Miller AR, Vrany EA, Al Natour S, Dalcin AT, Ghamdi MJ, Appel LJ, Appel LJ. Evaluation of a Video-Assisted Patient Education Program to Reduce Blood Pressure Delivered Through the Electronic Medical Record: Results of a Quality Improvement Project. Am J Hypertens 2021; 34:1328-1335. [PMID: 34436555 DOI: 10.1093/ajh/hpab135] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/22/2021] [Revised: 06/02/2021] [Accepted: 08/25/2021] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Low-cost, automated interventions that increase knowledge and skills around diet and lifestyle modifications are recommended for cardiovascular disease risk reduction. METHODS We initiated a quality improvement program to assess the impact of a web-based diet and lifestyle intervention utilizing short animated videos in adults with high blood pressure (BP) at a primary care clinic in Saudi Arabia. We enrolled adults with elevated BP, not on BP medications, who were identified using the electronic medical record. We delivered a web-linked diet and lifestyle intervention using animated videos covering diet and lifestyle topics. Videos and reminders were sent weekly for 5 weeks. Outcomes were proportion who engaged in the program, returned for a repeat BP within 3 months, and change in BP. RESULTS We enrolled 269 adult participants, with a mean (SD) age of 41.6 (12.4) years; 77% were male. At the conclusion of the pilot, we demonstrated a high level of engagement: overall, 69% of materials were viewed and 67% of patients returned for BP. Patients who returned had a mean (SD) baseline systolic BP of 138.0 (7.2) mm Hg and a large mean reduction in systolic BP from baseline, -10.5 mm Hg (12.4; P < 0.001). CONCLUSIONS Overall, the feasibility of a video-assisted, web-based, diet and lifestyle intervention as a support tool for hypertension management demonstrated a high participation rate and a high return rate for reassessment of BP. These findings suggest that this low-cost, automated intervention may have a great potential as a scalable tool for blood pressure management. However, randomized trials to understanding the effectiveness of the support tools are needed.
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- Edgar R Miller
- Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore Maryland, USA
- Welch Center for Prevention, Epidemiology and Clinical Research, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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- Johns Hopkins Aramco Healthcare, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia
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- Welch Center for Prevention, Epidemiology and Clinical Research, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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- Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore Maryland, USA
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- Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore Maryland, USA
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- Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore Maryland, USA
- Welch Center for Prevention, Epidemiology and Clinical Research, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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- Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore Maryland, USA
- Welch Center for Prevention, Epidemiology and Clinical Research, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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- Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore MD, USA.,Welch Center for Prevention, Epidemiology and Clinical Research, Baltimore MD, USA
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Liu J, Whalen C, Morrissey S, Komatsu E, Lee JM, Houston N, Wenham R, O'Malley D, Strock E, Phillips R, Mari K, Ivy S, Killam B. A pilot study to evaluate the feasibility, usability, and perceived satisfaction with eCO (eCediranib-Olaparib), a mobile application for side effect monitoring and reporting, in women with recurrent ovarian cancer. Ann Oncol 2017. [DOI: 10.1093/annonc/mdx388.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Pierson J, Osborne C, Kan A, Morrissey S, Harris M, Snaith B, Winter G, Wolstenhulme S. Letter to the Editor. Radiography (Lond) 2017; 23:268. [DOI: 10.1016/j.radi.2017.02.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/17/2017] [Accepted: 02/25/2017] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Milner R, Harris M, Morrissey S, Field L, Snaith B. Letter re: Advanced and extended scope of practice of radiographers: The Scottish perspective. Radiography (Lond) 2016. [DOI: 10.1016/j.radi.2016.02.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Douglas CM, Poole-Cowley J, Morrissey S, Kubba H, Clement WA, Wynne D. Paediatric tracheostomy-An 11 year experience at a Scottish paediatric tertiary referral centre. Int J Pediatr Otorhinolaryngol 2015; 79:1673-6. [PMID: 26255606 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijporl.2015.07.022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/12/2015] [Revised: 07/15/2015] [Accepted: 07/16/2015] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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AIMS The aim of this paper was to review the indications, complications and outcomes for tracheostomy at a Scottish paediatric tertiary referral hospital. METHODS All patients undergoing tracheostomy between January 2001 and September 2012 were identified. A retrospective case note analysis was performed. RESULTS 111 tracheostomies were done in the study period. The mean number per year was 11 (3-12). Full data was available for 95 patients. There were 56 (59%) males and 39 (41%) females. Age at time of tracheostomy ranged from one day to 15 years, the mean age of tracheostomy insertion was 69 weeks. The majority of patients, 75 (79%), were under one year old when they had their tracheostomy. The most common indication was long-term ventilation (20%), followed by craniofacial abnormality causing airway obstruction (18%), followed by subglottic stenosis (14%). 37% of patients were decannulated. CONCLUSIONS This series reflects current trends in the indications for paediatric tracheostomy, with chronic lung disease of prematurity being the most common indication.
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- C M Douglas
- Department of Paediatric Otolaryngology, Royal Hospital for Sick Children, Dalnair St., Glasgow G3 8SJ, Scotland.
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- School of Medicine, University of Glasgow Medical School, Glasgow, Scotland
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- Department of Paediatric Otolaryngology, Royal Hospital for Sick Children, Dalnair St., Glasgow G3 8SJ, Scotland
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- Department of Paediatric Otolaryngology, Royal Hospital for Sick Children, Dalnair St., Glasgow G3 8SJ, Scotland
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- Department of Paediatric Otolaryngology, Royal Hospital for Sick Children, Dalnair St., Glasgow G3 8SJ, Scotland
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- Department of Paediatric Otolaryngology, Royal Hospital for Sick Children, Dalnair St., Glasgow G3 8SJ, Scotland
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Adeeb F, Anjum S, Hussein O, Ng W, Brady M, Morrissey S, Devlin J, Fraser A. AB0694 Resolution of Generalized Deep Variant Morphea (Morphea Profunda): A Case Series of Three Patients Successfully Treated with Abatacept. Ann Rheum Dis 2015. [DOI: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2015-eular.3696] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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Choueiri TK, Pal SK, McDermott DF, Morrissey S, Ferguson KC, Holland J, Kaelin WG, Dutcher JP. A phase I study of cabozantinib (XL184) in patients with renal cell cancer. Ann Oncol 2014; 25:1603-8. [PMID: 24827131 DOI: 10.1093/annonc/mdu184] [Citation(s) in RCA: 124] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Cabozantinib targets tyrosine kinases including the hepatocyte growth factor receptor (MET) and vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) receptor 2, which are important drug targets in renal cell carcinoma (RCC). PATIENTS AND METHODS This single-arm open-label phase I trial evaluated the safety and tolerability of cabozantinib in heavily pretreated patients with metastatic clear cell RCC. RESULTS The study enrolled 25 RCC patients for whom standard therapy had failed. Patients received a median of two prior systemic agents, and most patients had previously received at least one VEGF pathway inhibiting therapy (22 patients [88%]). Common adverse events included fatigue, diarrhea, nausea, proteinuria, appetite decreased, palmar-plantar erythrodysesthesia, and vomiting. Partial response was reported in seven patients (28%). Median progression-free survival was 12.9 months, and median overall survival was 15.0 months. CONCLUSION Cabozantinib demonstrates preliminary anti-tumor activity and a safety profile similar to that seen with other multitargeted VEGFR tyrosine kinase inhibitors in advanced RCC patients. Further evaluation of cabozantinib in RCC is warranted. ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01100619.
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- T K Choueiri
- Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Harvard Medical School, Kidney Cancer Program, Boston
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- Medical Oncology and Experimental Therapeutics, City of Hope Comprehensive Cancer Center, Duarte
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- Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Harvard Medical School, Kidney Cancer Program, Boston Hematology/Oncology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston
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- Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Harvard Medical School, Kidney Cancer Program, Boston
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- Clinical Development, Exelixis Inc., South San Francisco
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- Clinical Development, Exelixis Inc., South San Francisco
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- Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Harvard Medical School, Kidney Cancer Program, Boston
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- St Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital Center, New York, USA
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Liu L, Yin X, Morrissey S. Global variability in diabetes mellitus and its association with body weight and primary healthcare support in 49 low- and middle-income developing countries. Diabet Med 2012; 29:995-1002. [PMID: 22150805 DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-5491.2011.03549.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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AIMS In the absence of any previous global comparison, we examined the variability in prevalence of diabetes mellitus across 49 developing countries, and the associations of diabetes with body weight and primary healthcare support using data from the World Health Survey. METHODS Diabetes mellitus was defined by individuals' self-report of a physician diagnosis of diabetes. BMI is the weight (kg)/the square of the height (m). Healthcare support was assessed using clinical treatment status and whether patients with diabetes followed prescribed behaviour changes to control diabetes. Associations of diabetes with BMI and diabetes treatment status were analysed cross-sectionally. RESULTS A total of 215898 participants were included in the analysis. Age-adjusted prevalence of diabetes ranged from 0.27% (Mali) to 15.54% (Mauritius). Participants who were underweight (BMI <18.5 kg/m(2) ), overweight (BMI 25-29.9 kg/m(2) ) and obese (BMI ≥ 30 kg/m(2) ) were significantly associated with odds of having diabetes as compared with those who were of normal weight (BMI 18.5-24.9 k/m(2) ), with corresponding values of multivariate adjusted odds ratios (95% CI) of 1.15 (1.07-1.24), 1.56 (1.44-1.68) and 2.35 (2.17-2.61), respectively. The overall untreated rate of those with diabetes mellitus was 9.6% in the total sample. Patients with underweight had the highest diabetes untreated rate, followed by those with normal weight, overweight and obesity. CONCLUSION There are significant variations in prevalence of diabetes and primary healthcare support for diabetes across low- and middle-income countries. Aggressively preventing abnormal body weight and improving healthcare support may play a pivotal role in ameliorating the unfavourable epidemic of diabetes in developing countries.
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- L Liu
- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Drexel University School of Public Health, Philadelphia, PA 19102, USA.
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Choueiri TK, Pal SK, Cabanillas ME, Ramies DA, Tseng L, Holland JS, Morrissey S, Dutcher JP. Antitumor activity observed in a phase I drug–drug interaction study of cabozantinib (XL184) and rosiglitazone in patients (pts) with renal cell carcinoma (RCC) and differentiated thyroid cancer (DTC). J Clin Oncol 2011. [DOI: 10.1200/jco.2011.29.15_suppl.e13042] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Worth LJ, Lingaratnam S, Taylor A, Hayward AM, Morrissey S, Cooney J, Bastick PA, Eek RW, Wei A, Thursky KA. Use of risk stratification to guide ambulatory management of neutropenic fever. Intern Med J 2011; 41:82-9. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1445-5994.2010.02339.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Suneja G, Goyal A, Mies C, Morrissey S, Hwang WT, Czerniecki B, Prosnitz R. Abstract P5-14-03: The Impact of Routine Cavity Margins on Reducing the Need for Re-Excision in Women Undergoing Breast-Conserving Surgery for Invasive or Non-Invasive Breast Cancer. Cancer Res 2010. [DOI: 10.1158/0008-5472.sabcs10-p5-14-03] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Background: The goal of breast conserving surgery (BCS) in women with invasive breast cancer (IBC) or ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) is to remove all malignant cells from the breast or to reduce the residual tumor burden to a level that is likely to be eradicated by adjuvant radiation therapy and/or systemic therapy. Theoretical concerns exist that radiography of lumpectomy specimens and subsequent pathologic processing may lead to artifactually positive lumpectomy margins (LM), and the need for subsequent re-excision. To improve the chances of obtaining negative final margins (FM) (generally defined as 2 mm or greater), a number of surgeons in the US and abroad have adopted a technique in which 4-6 additional margins surrounding the main lumpectomy specimen, so-called “cavity margins” (CM), are routinely obtained. The purpose of this study was to assess the clinical utility of the routine use of CM in reducing the need for re-excision.
Methods: The surgical pathology records at our institution were searched for all cases of BCS with additional complete routine CM sampling performed by a single surgeon between May 2008 and April 2010. Patients in whom additional CM were obtained based on intraoperative findings of grossly close margins were excluded from the analysis. The demographic characteristics of the patients and the histological features of the tumor were recorded. We then tabulated the number of patients who had positive LM, CM, and FM, defined as either DCIS or invasive carcinoma at or less than 2 mm from inked specimen margin. The number needed to treat (NNT) to prevent one re-excision was calculated.
Results: We identified 97 women (74 with IBC and 33 with DCIS-only) who had undergone BCS with routine CM sampling during the study period. Mean patient age was 62. Median specimen volume was 178 cc3. 90% of the IBCs were ductal subtype. Mean IBC size was 1.5 cm. 63% of tumors were ER+, 58% PR+, and 7% HER2+. Of the 97 patients in this study, 64 had +LM and 33 had -LM. Of the 64 with +LM, 38 did not have tumor in the CM and 26 had tumor in the CM. Of these 26, 18 had +FM (re-excision needed) and 8 had -FM (no re-excision needed). The proportion of patients with actual tumor at ink (not just close margins) in the lumpectomy specimen was significantly higher among the group with tumor present in the CM than it was in the group with no tumor present in the CM (14/26 versus 7/38, p = 0.006). The NNT with routine CM compared with standard BCS to prevent one re-excision was 2.0 (95% CI, 1.5 — 2.1).
Discussion: In this study the routine use of CM reduced the need for reexcision in women undergoing BCS for IBC or DCIS; one re-excision was avoided for every two patients treated with this surgical approach. The absence of tumor in the CM in the majority of patients with positive LM suggests that specimen radiography and/or pathologic processing techniques may result in artifactually positive LM. Our results indicate that improved specimen imaging and pathological processing techniques are needed to increase the fidelity of margin assessment. In the meantime, the routine use of cavity margins may reduce the need for re-excision in women undergoing BCS.
Citation Information: Cancer Res 2010;70(24 Suppl):Abstract nr P5-14-03.
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- G Suneja
- University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
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- University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
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- University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
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- University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
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Li L, Roddam A, Gitlin M, Taylor A, Shepherd S, Jick S, Baskar S, Obrenovic K, Hirsch G, Paul A, Lanyon P, Erb N, Rowe IF, Roddy E, Zwierska I, Dawes P, Hider SL, Jordan KP, Packham J, Stevenson K, Hay E, Saeed A, Khan M, Morrissey S, Fraser A, Walmsley S, Williams AE, Ravey M, Graham A. Concurrent Oral 8 - Innovations [OP54-OP58]: OP54. Non-Persistence to Anti-Osteoporosis Medications in the UK using the General Practice Research Database (GPRD). Rheumatology (Oxford) 2010. [DOI: 10.1093/rheumatology/keq708] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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INTRODUCTION T2-weighted and gadolinium enhanced T1-weighted MRI scans measure plaque burden and breakdown of the blood-brain barrier, respectively, in multiple sclerosis (MS) lesions. These have become widely used outcome measures for monitoring disease activity in clinical trials and clinical practice. However, their use as surrogates or biomarkers for disability and relapses, key clinical outcome measures, has remained incompletely validated. METHODS In a clinical trial database comprised of 31 relapsing-remitting and secondary progressive MS trial placebo groups, we assessed relationships between 1) T2 lesion load (TLL) change and disability change and 2) gadolinium enhancement of MS lesions and on-study relapses with univariate and multivariate analyses. RESULTS In relapsing-remitting MS, TLL change (n = 223) made no independent contribution to predicting change in disability from baseline to trials' end. Similarly, inclusion of gadolinium enhancing lesions (n = 170) into multivariate models did not independently contribute to the predictive value for on-trial relapses. In secondary progressive MS, a small effect of TLL was found for disability change (n = 355) but in multivariate analysis this accounted for less than 5% of the variance in end-of-trial disability. Results were replicated in independent datasets, more than doubling effective sample sizes. CONCLUSIONS MRI measures widely used in trials of relapsing-remitting and progressive multiple sclerosis add little if anything independently to the clinically relevant relapse and disability outcomes. These results reemphasize the importance of validating potential surrogate markers against clinical measures and highlight the need for better MRI markers of disease activity and progression.
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- M Daumer
- Sylvia Lawry Centre for Multiple Sclerosis Research, Munich, Germany
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Pneumomediastinum is uncommon in pediatric medical practice, outside the neonatal period. While asthma or respiratory infections are the most frequent underlying causes, it is important not to forget the possibility of foreign body aspiration, particularly after the clinical presentation.
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- C A Findlay
- Royal Hospital for Sick Children, Yorkhill, Glasgow, Scotland, UK
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Diabetic retinopathy is a common cause of blindness, and screening can identify the disease at an earlier, more treatable stage. However, rural individuals with diabetes may have limited access to needed eye care. The objective of this project was to demonstrate the feasibility of a diabetic retinopathy screening program using a state-of-the-art nonmydriatic digital fundus imaging system. The study involved a series of patients screened in primary care and public health locations throughout seven predominantly rural counties in eastern North Carolina. Images of each fundus were obtained and sent to a retinal specialist. The retinal specialist reviewed each image, recorded image quality, diagnosed eye disease and made recommendations for subsequent care. Of 193 volunteers with a history of diabetes mellitus, 96.3 percent reported that they were very comfortable or comfortable with the camera. Eighty-five percent of images were rated as good or fair by the retinal specialist. The retinal specialist also reported being very certain or certain of the diagnosis in 84 percent of cases. Image quality correlated highly with the certainty of diagnosis (Spearman's rank order correlation coefficient = 0.79; P < 0.001). The average time since the previous examination by an eye care specialist for diabetic subjects was two years. Approximately 62 percent of diabetic patients had diagnosable eye conditions, the most common of which was diabetic retinopathy (40.9 percent). In this convenience sample, African Americans, despite similar age and disease duration, were more likely to have retinopathy. Digital imaging is a feasible screening modality in rural areas, may improve access to eye care, and may improve compliance with care guidelines for individuals with diabetes mellitus.
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- D M Cummings
- Department of Family Medicine, East Carolina University School of Medicine, Greenville, NC 27858-4354, USA
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This article is a report of findings from a longitudinal descriptive study of 15 women age 76 to 92 who were living alone in the community. Data collection began in 1983. Two survivors were still living alone in 1997. The naturalistic inquiry paradigm guided data collection and analysis (Guba & Lincoln, 1989). Data were collected during repeated audio-taped "conversations" with each woman. Individual "chunks" of data were labeled, sorted, and organized into categories. The 15 categories that evolved from the data were then grouped as resources and characteristics. The prevailing theme was "independence." A woman's value system was a mediator that influenced her ability to continue living alone.
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- S Morrissey
- Family Health Nursing Department, Indiana University School of Nursing, Indianapolis 46202-5107, USA.
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It has been shown recently that quantitative T2-maps may be measured by acquisition of a series of at least eight T2-weighted SNAPSHOT FLASH images. These measurements require a relaxation delay of 10-15 s after each T2-weighted image for the complete relaxation of the spin system. This results in long measuring times. The method presented in this paper allows a considerable reduction of the measuring time by combining the T2-sequence with a fast T1-measurement. Quantitative T1- and T2-maps may be acquired simultaneously in less than 30 s. The method was tested in a phantom experiment. In an in vivo application, relaxation times of different tissues in the abdomen of a rat were measured.
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- R Deichmann
- Physikalisches Institute, Universität Würzburg, Am Hubland, Germany
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Kelly MA, Cavan DA, Penny MA, Mijovic CH, Jenkins D, Morrissey S, Miller DH, Barnett AH, Francis DA. The influence of HLA-DR and -DQ alleles on progression to multiple sclerosis following a clinically isolated syndrome. Hum Immunol 1993; 37:185-91. [PMID: 8244781 DOI: 10.1016/0198-8859(93)90184-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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A 5-year follow-up study was performed on 70 Caucasian patients presenting with isolated neurological syndromes of the optic nerve, brain stem, or spinal cord to assess the risk of progression to MS. The influence on patient prognosis of HLA-DR and -DQ alleles and presentation with disseminated brain lesions, demonstrated by MRI scanning, was determined. Clinical progression to MS was observed in 61% of optic neuritis patients, 50% of patients with a brain-stem syndrome, and 35% of patients with a spinal cord disturbance. MS and the isolated clinical syndromes were positively associated with DRB1*1501, DQA1*0102, and DQB1*0602; the frequency of these alleles in the latter group was intermediate between that seen in MS patients and healthy controls. Conversion to MS was positively associated with the DRB1*1501.DQA1*0102.DQB1*0602 haplotype, but the influence of HLA was only significant in patients with disseminated brain lesions at presentation (MRI positive); MS developed in 86% of MRI-positive, DRB1*1501-positive patients compared with 55% of MRI-positive, DRB1*1501-negative patients (p < 0.025). The data suggest that these HLA alleles are involved in susceptibility to initial demyelinating lesion formation and are important in the subsequent development of MS in MRI-positive patients.
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- M A Kelly
- Department of Medicine, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham, England
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Morrissey S. In response to position paper by National Council Against Health Fraud. Clin J Pain 1991; 7:257-8. [PMID: 1809437] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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Evidence exists to suggest a detrimental effect of blood transfusion on survival after resection for malignant disease. Immune suppression due to transfusion has been implicated, though this remains unproven. We have conducted a retrospective study of 69 patients (38 transfused, 31 not transfused) with squamous carcinoma of the larynx to assess the effect of blood transfusion on survival after laryngectomy. Patients were compared for age, sex, smoking habit, tumour site and stage, grade of operating surgeon, preoperative haemoglobin, tumour nucleolar organizer region status, and operation time. The minimum follow-up was 5 years. In the transfused group 21/38 died as a result of their malignant disease and only 4/31 in the untransfused group. This difference was highly significant (P less than 0.001, chi-squared test) and using a multivariate analysis the only variable associated with a decreased survival time was whether a blood transfusion had been received. We conclude that peri-operative blood transfusion is associated with decreased survival after laryngectomy. However, whether this association is causal remains unproven.
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- T Alun-Jones
- Department of Otolaryngology, Radcliffe Infirmary, Oxford, UK
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- S Morrissey
- Department of Otolaryngology, Radcliffe Infirmary, Oxford
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A spontaneous mutation in pUC18 has revealed the insertion of a chromosomal insertion sequence (IS)2 element into the promoter region of the lac operon. The IS2 insertion site, at the pentanucleotide sequence TCGAG, is unlike previously described junctional sequences.
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- P De Togni
- Department of Medicine, New England Medical Center, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts 02111
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De Togni P, Fox HB, Morrissey S, Tansey LR, Levy SB, Babior BM. Plasmids in bacteria exposed to activated neutrophils mediate mutagenesis when transferred to new hosts. Blood 1988; 71:463-6. [PMID: 3122860] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023] Open
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The plasmid pUC18 contains a lacZ alpha-complementation gene that codes for a small peptide that can complement the delta M15 mutation of the Escherichia coli lacZ (beta-galactosidase) gene, converting bacteria carrying that mutated gene from the lacZ- to the lacZ+ phenotype. This plasmid was used in experiments designed to study mutagenesis by human neutrophils. E coli carrying pUC18 were incubated with neutrophils under conditions in which little ingestion of the bacteria took place; the plasmid was then isolated and transformed into an E coli strain (BOZO) that carries the lacZ delta M15 mutation. Of these transformants, 11 of 205,000 were lacZ, suggesting that in these 11, alpha-complementation had been lost through a mutation. No lac- colonies were detected among several hundred thousand BOZO transformed with plasmid isolated from incubations in which phagocytosis could take place, nor from incubations from which neutrophils were omitted. Despite the lac- phenotype of these 11 transformants, plasmids reisolated from nine of them showed normal alpha-complementing ability when transformed into fresh BOZO. These findings indicated that in these nine, the mutations were located in the chromosomes of the transformed BOZO. It thus appears that on exposure to activated neutrophils, a plasmid may acquire a lesion (? mutation) that can somehow be transferred to the genome of a recipient microorganism, resulting in repair of the damaged plasmid accompanied by mutation of the recipient's chromosome. Restriction mapping of the DNA from four of these nine chromosomal mutants suggested that the mutations did not represent major insertions or deletions in the portion of the bacterial chromosome corresponding to the pUC18 lac operon insert, nor in the remainder of the lacZ delta M15 gene. These results confirm previous work showing that exposure to activated neutrophils can induce mutations in biological systems, and provides an experimental model in which the mechanism of neutrophil-mediated mutagenesis may be examined.
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- P De Togni
- Department of Basic and Clinical Research, Research Institute of Scripps Clinic, La Jolla, CA 92037
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The effect of collagenase digested pancreatic tissue upon the endocrine function of intraportal islet isografts has been studied in rats. The ability of transplanted islets to restore normoglycemia in recipients was not affected by tissue contamination, but the insulin response to glucose challenge 12 weeks after transplantation was negatively correlated with the amylase content of this additional tissue transplant. All animals receiving a single dispersed pancreas died within 24 hr. These findings are discussed in relation to transplantation of the dispersed pancreas in human.
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A fifth tetracycline(Tc)-resistance determinant, designated class E, has been identified on a transferable plasmid found in a fecal strain of Escherichia coli. This determinant does not show homology by DNA-DNA hybridization at high stringency with any of four other Tc resistance determinants (classes A, B, C and D) previously described among the Enterobacteriaceae. Resistance is inducible by 1 microgram Tc/ml and increases the minimum inhibitory concentration 130-fold for Tc and 3.5-fold for minocycline. The mechanism, like that of the other four determinants examined, appears to involve an active efflux of the drug. Using a 32P-labeled cloned fragment containing the resistance determinant, we have found the determinant in Aeromonas, but not in any of over 200 other E. coli strains tested.
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Bladder pressures during filling are precisely paralleled by ureteral resistance to perfusion. The pressure relationships are identical in normal, spinal and decentralized nonhuman primates, none of which had vesicoureteral reflux. Intravesical and thus intraureteral pressures are higher in animals with neurological lesions, particularly decentralization.
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Siemann DW, Morrissey S, Wolf K. In vivo potentiation of 1-(2-chloroethyl)-3-cyclohexyl-1-nitrosourea by the radiation sensitizer benznidazole. Cancer Res 1983; 43:1010-3. [PMID: 6825075] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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Recent studies in mouse tumor systems have indicated a potential therapeutic advantage in combining the radiosensitizer misonidazole (MISO) with cancer chemotherapy drugs. One agent the antitumor activity of which has been enhanced to a greater extent than its hematological or gastrointestinal toxicities is the nitrosourea, 1-(2-chloroethyl)-3-cyclohexyl-1-nitrosourea (CCNU). Recently, sensitizers more lipophylic than MISO have been reported to give greater tumor response enhancement when combined with CCNU. The present studies compared the potential therapeutic benefit of combining MISO (partition coefficient, 0.43) or benznidazole (BENZO) (partition coefficient, 8.5) in KHT sarcoma or RIF-1 tumor-bearing C3H mice. Both sensitizers were administered i.p. and given either 30 min before (BENZO) or simultaneously with (MISO) the chemotherapeutic agent. Survival of clonogenic tumor cells assessed 22 to 24 hr after treatment or in situ tumor growth delay were used as assays of tumor response. Normal tissue toxicity was determined using the drug dose yielding 50% animal lethality in 30 days end point. When combined with CCNU, doses of MISO (5.0 mmol/kg) or BENZO (0.3 mmol/kg) were found to yield approximately equivalent increases in both the tumor effect (enhancement ratio, approximately 1.8 to 2.0) and normal tissue toxicity (enhancement ratio approximately 1.3 to 1.4). Both sensitizers therefore led to a therapeutic benefit. However, although a approximately 10-fold lower dose of the more lipophylic sensitizer BENZO proved to be as effective as MISO at enhancing the tumoricidal effects of CCNU, this dose reduction did not result in a greater therapeutic gain for BENZO.
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Froebe D, Balitsis A, Beckman S, Dolphin N, Hayes V, Morrissey S. Variables influencing the consumer's choice of nursing homes. J Health Care Mark 1983; 2:25-33. [PMID: 10256048] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/12/2023]
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Hough L, Mehta JG, Morrissey S, Sidebotham RL. The differentiation and quantitation of mucosubstances in human gastric antrum [proceedings]. J Physiol 1979; 291:9P-10P. [PMID: 480263] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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Morrissey S, Stephens DN. The role of the posterior hypothalamus in gastric acid secretion. J Physiol 1972; 221:14P-15P. [PMID: 5016978] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/13/2023] Open
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Block MT, Morrissey S. The measurement of electrical properties in isolated frog gastric mucosa. J Physiol 1972; 221:1P-2P. [PMID: 4552765 PMCID: PMC1331215] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/11/2023] Open
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Morrissey S. Effect of gastric peptides on acid and pepsin secretion in the frog Discoglossus pictus. J Physiol 1971; 212:19P-20P. [PMID: 4926699] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/13/2023] Open
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Bannister WH, Morrissey S. Nicotinamide-adenine dinucleotide phosphate in gastric mucosa. Biochim Biophys Acta 1967; 143:645-6. [PMID: 4383917 DOI: 10.1016/0005-2728(67)90075-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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