OBJECTIVE Acute acalculous cholecystitis (AAC) is traditionally known to occur in critically ill patients and to have a poor prognosis. Although cholecystectomy is usually recommended for treating AAC, nonsurgical management may be a good alternative. The objective of this study was to review the incidence, risk factors, treatment modality, and therapeutic outcomes of AAC compared to acute calc...

OBJECTIVE It was the aim of this study to document the risks of symptomatic patients with angina in placebo-controlled, anti-anginal drug development trials in which symptom-limited exercise testing was used as the primary endpoint. PATIENTS AND METHODS The original case report forms submitted to the United States Food and Drug Administration in support of approval of new or supplemental new ...

INTRODUCTION To find out the association of Body Mass Index (BMI) with chronic complications of diabetes mellitus. METHODS A descriptive study was carried out on 8401 diabetic patients registered in the Diabetic Centre, Teaching Hospital of Jaffna, Sri Lanka from May 2009 to November 2013. BMI was categorised according to WHO Southeast Asia classification. Complications were identified from t...

OBJECTIVE To study early and late mortality after surgical correction of coarctation of the aorta. DESIGN Data on 223 patients operated on at the Westminster Hospital, London, between 1946 and 1981, were collected and updated by questionnaire. PARTICIPANTS All 223 patients recorded as undergoing operation for aortic coarctation up to the end of 1981. Fifteen of 197 survivors were lost to fo...

BACKGROUND The aim of this study was to evaluate in elective patients the early and midterm results of partial clamping of the brachiocephalic trunk (BCT) for total ascending aorta replacement (TAAR) without circulatory arrest. Contraindications to the procedure were BCT/aortic arch calcifications and chronic aortic dissection. METHODS The right radial artery was cannulated to monitor the sys...

BACKGROUND/AIMS The objective of our study was to estimate the incidence of posttraumatic dissections of cervical arteries in patients with whiplash injury acquired in a car accident. METHODS AND PATIENTS We performed a retrospective analysis of medical records of 500 patients with whiplash injury acquired in car accidents between 1996 and 2005 and searched for dissections of cervical arterie...