OBJECTIVES To determine the relative usefulness of different criteria for the separation of pleural transudates from exudates. DESIGN Prospective evaluation of patients referred for thoracentesis. SETTING Community teaching hospital. PATIENTS Three hundred fifty-one consecutive patients with pleural effusions referred for thoracentesis. Fifty-four of these patients were excluded from the ...

Learning to avoid threats in the environment is highly adaptive. However, sometimes a dysregulation of fear memories processing may underlie fear-related disorders. Despite recent advances, a major question of how to effectively attenuate persistent fear memories in a safe manner remains unresolved. Here we show experiments employing a behavioural tool to target a specific time window after tra...

BACKGROUND Pilot and feasibility work is conducted to evaluate the operational feasibility and acceptability of the intervention itself and the feasibility and acceptability of a trials' protocol design. The Cardiac Rehabilitation In Bowel cancer (CRIB) study was a pilot randomised controlled trial (RCT) of cardiac rehabilitation versus usual care (no rehabilitation) for post-surgical colorecta...

OBJECTIVE The authors studied the clinical outcomes of suicidal adolescents who were treated within a rapid-response outpatient model in a setting in which a ten-day wait was usually required before outpatient treatment could be started, leaving hospitalization as the only immediately available alternative. METHODS A total of 286 suicidal adolescents aged 12 to 17 years who came to the emerge...

In the 1995 Food Marketing Institute Survey, 77 percent of shoppers were completely or mostly confident that foods in their supermarket are safe. This percentage is still lower than the 90 percent in 1985-88, or even the 82 percent in 1991, but is increasing. Respondents were asked to volunteer their concerns as to "threats" to the food supply. Spoilage was given by 52 percent (significantly hi...

The safety and efficacy of 0.3% ofloxacin in treating bacterial ocular infections was compared with that of 0.5% chloramphenicol in a parallel-group, randomised clinical trial at five sites. Clinical and microbiological improvement rates were studied in 84 culture-positive patients. Patients with suspected bacterial ocular infections were evaluated for clinical improvement and were included in ...

BACKGROUND Our nephrology fellowship requires specific training in recognition and referral of end-stage renal disease patients likely to benefit from palliative and hospice care. METHODS To identify end-of-life (EOL) referral barriers that require greater training emphasis, we performed a cross-sectional, 17-item anonymous online survey (August-October 2015) of 93 nephrologists associated wi...

Tel: +34 93 302 75 41, Fax: +34 93 301 12 55, MD degree in History of Nephrology for UK medical graduates E-mail: [email protected]. Internet: http//www.tbd2000.com The Wellcome Institute for the History of Medicine has a support scheme for medically qualified individuals who wish to obtain a higher degree in the History of Medicine. This is usually a two year period of study culminating in the Comm...