Murky Waters for Diagnosis of Gastroparesis

Management of UTI in Children: Murky Waters.

Over the course of the last 2 decades, the approach to the management of urinary tract infections (UTIs) in children has undergone considerable reconsideration. Areas such as screening urinalysis, method of urine collection, definition of a positive culture, imaging assessment after the diagnosis of UTI in children, medications for treatment, and mode of administration are examples of such reas...

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Murky Waters: The Law and Economics of Salvaging Historic Shipwrecks

The salvage of historic shipwrecks involves a debate between salvors, who wish to maximize profit, and archeologists, who wish to preserve historical value. Traditionally, salvage of shipwrecks has been governed by admiralty law, but the Abandoned Shipwreck Act of 1987 transferred title of historically important wrecks in U.S. waters to the state in whose waters the wreck is found, thereby abro...

Abdominal computed tomography for the diagnosis of intra-abdominal sepsis in critically injured patients: fishing in murky waters.

HYPOTHESIS Abdominal computed tomographic (ACT) scans are useful in the evaluation of sepsis of unknown origin in patients with major trauma. DESIGN Prospective case series of consecutive patients. SETTING Intensive care unit of level I academic trauma center. PATIENTS Eighty-five critically injured patients admitted to the intensive care unit in 32 months (6% of all intensive care unit a...

IGF-I lucidity ... the murky waters begin to clear?

THE INSULIN-LIKE GROWTH FACTOR-I (IGF-I) gene plays a critical role in numerous physiological aspects of skeletal muscle, including development, metabolic function, and postnatal muscle growth. Further, the manipulation of IGF-I expression may have promising therapeutic use for treating various disorders of skeletal muscle and metabolism. Unfortunately, due to the complexity of the IGF-I gene, ...