We performed a randomized trial comparing two dosing regimens of recombinant tissue plasminogen activator (rt-PA) plus heparin vs heparin alone in the treatment of acute proximal deep vein thrombosis in 83 patients. Of 12 patients who received 0.5 mg/kg rt-PA plus heparin over 4 h, seven (58 percent) had greater than 50 percent lysis of the thrombus, compared with none of 12 who received placeb...

BACKGROUND Monitoring cerebral saturation is increasingly seen as an aid to management of patients in the operating room and in neurocritical care. How best to manipulate cerebral saturation is not fully known. We examined cerebral saturation with graded changes in carbon dioxide tension while isoxic and with graded changes in oxygen tension while isocapnic. METHODOLOGY/PRINCIPAL FINDINGS The...

*Assistant Director, Bureau of Research and Statistics. Much of the basic material in this article was obtained by Mr. Cohen during a visit to Chile in July 1942; he was assisted in its preparation by Evelyn Boyer of the Division of Health and Disability Studies and Loucele Horowitz of the Division of Coordination Studies. T H E REPUBLIC OF CHILE stretches for more t h a n 2,600 miles along the...

The present study compares the efficacy of two recent oral ectoparasiticides containing isoxazolines (NexGard(®), containing afoxolaner and administered at a monthly regimen, and Bravecto™ containing fluralaner and administered at a tri-monthly regimen) against Rhipicephalus sanguineus sensu lato and Dermacentor reticulatus ticks on dogs. 24 dogs were randomly allocated to untreated control, Ne...

To determine if paced cycle length-dependent changes in the QRS duration correlate with the change in ventricular tachycardia (VT) cycle length after procainamide, we measured the QRS duration during sinus rhythm and during right ventricular pacing before and after procainamide (mean concentration, 9.9 micrograms/ml) in 18 patients with morphologically identical VT induced at both study periods...

OBJECTIVES The aim of this study was to determine the relationship between the intensity of snoring and severity of sleep apnea using Watch-PAT (peripheral arterial tone) 100. METHODS A total of 404 patients (338 males and 66 females) who underwent home-based portable sleep study using Watch-PAT 100 for obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) from January 2009 through December 2011 were included in thi...

The performance characteristics of assays is reported for thyroxine (T4), triiodothyronine (T3), and T3-uptake (T3U) using the GAMMAFLOTM Automated Assay System. A comparison of calculated free thyroxine index (FTI) values is also presented. This automated radioimmunoassay (RIA) system utilizes a combination of continuous-flow methodology and chromatographic separation techniques. The T4 assay ...

A growing body of evidence shows that individuals respond not only to the pure economic incentives they face but also to the manner in which such incentives are presented and framed. Such behavior appears to be particularly relevant in analysis of saving choices. Brigitte C. Madrian and Dennis F. Shea (2001), for example, show that changing the default rules for 401(k) enrollment has a signific...