• In the awake, asymptomatic patient who is without neck pain or tenderness, who has a normal neurological examination, is without an injury detracting from an accurate evaluation, and who is able to complete a functional range of motion examination; radiographic evaluation of the cervical spine is not recommended. • Discontinuance of cervical immobilization for these patients is recommended wi...

BACKGROUND Botulinum toxin treatments have been associated with consistently high patient satisfaction rates, but calculation of patient retention rates is not routinely performed. Retention measurements serve as critical indicators of clinical performance and can be optimized by evaluation of current office policies and implementation of strategies to improve patient retention. PURPOSE To in...

Patterns of seizure occurrence and recurrent risks in patients with newly diagnosed epilepsy. Abstracts of the 15th epzlepsv internaitonal 33 Juul-Jensen P. Frequency of recurrence after discontinuance of anticonvulsant therapy in patients with epileptic seizures. A new follow up study after 5 years.

UNLABELLED Although hormone therapy protects against bone loss after menopause, currently it is not recommended once menopausal symptoms have subsided. We reviewed randomized clinical trials to quantify bone loss after stopping hormone therapy and summarize treatment options for women who discontinue hormone treatment. We conducted a search of MEDLINE and EMBASE for randomized, controlled trial...

In the final quarter of the 19th century, dissatisfaction with blood transfusion prompted a brief wave of enthusiasm for transfusion of milk as a blood substitute. Although transfusion of cow’s milk wm first attempted in Canada in 1854, this form of treatment achieved its greatest popularity in the United States between 1878 and 1880. During this interval, transfusion of milk from cows, goats a...

Children suffering from acute rheumatic fever are usually treated with the hormone preparations, cortisone and A.C.T.H., or with salicylates. Almost always symptoms are rapidly alleviated and clinical signs of activity subside. In a number of cases discontinuance of treatment when the disease process seems to be quiescent is followed by an apparent recrudescence. This feature has become known a...

Children suffering from acute rheumatic fever are usually treated with the hormone preparations, cortisone and A.C.T.H., or with salicylates. Almost always symptoms are rapidly alleviated and clinical signs of activity subside. In a number of cases discontinuance of treatment when the disease process seems to be quiescent is followed by an apparent recrudescence. This feature has become known a...

A case of Candida albicans endocarditis is described in which treatment with 5-fluorocytosine was started after aortic valve replacement, but relapse followed discontinuance of treatment. At a second operation the aortic valve was replaced under 5-fluorocytosine cover and treatment was continued with both 5-fluorocytosine and amphotericin-B. No resistance to 5-fluorocytosine developed, and the ...

The author has successfully utilized diphosphopyridine nucleotide, in its oxidized form (hereafter abbreviated to DPN) in the prevention, alleviation and removal of the acute and chronic symptoms of drug addiction. The forms of addiction which have responded successfully in a dramatic manner to this coenzyme therapy by total, immediate and permanent discontinuance to-date are as follows: heroin...