421. Babesiosis: Retrospective Review of 38 Cases from Upper Midwest

Babesiosis. Two atypical cases from Minnesota and a review.

We present 2 atypical cases of babesiosis and a review of babesiosis. The first patient was a 72-year-old man with an intact spleen, who had marked intravascular hemolysis. His RBCs were parasitized heavily with trophozoites of Babesia, and he had a large number of extracellular aggregates of Babesia. The infection did not respond to oral antibiotic therapy, and he required an RBC exchange tran...

Fishbones in the Upper Aerodigestive Tract: A Review of 24 Cases of Adult Patients

Introduction: We present a retrospective study series and discussion of the current literature to discuss the management of fishbones in the upper aerodigestive tract. Materials and Methods: From January 2013 to July 2016, all patients referred to our referral center because of a fishbone in the upper aerodigestive tract were analysed. Results: Of the 24 patients, 95% of them reported disc...

Pancreatitis. A retrospective review of 92 cases.

Stream Restoration in the Upper Midwest, U.S.A

Restoration activities intended to improve the condition of streams and rivers are widespread throughout the Upper Midwest, U.S.A. As with other regions, however, little information exists regarding types of activities and their effectiveness. We developed a database of 1,345 stream restoration projects implemented from the years 1970 to 2004 for the states of Michigan, Ohio, and Wisconsin in o...

Freight Movements in the Upper Midwest Corridor

This paper describes freight movements in the Upper Midwest. The study was undertaken as a part of a multi-state freight study conducted by a team led by the Midwestern Region University Transportation Center at the University of Wisconsin. Using various secondary data sets, the analyses provide a picture of how goods move to, from and within the region to better understand the freight transpor...