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LAC+USC Medical Center
Healthcare•Los Angeles, California, United States•
About: LAC+USC Medical Center is a healthcare organization based out in Los Angeles, California, United States. It is known for research contribution in the topics: Population & Poison control. The organization has 1348 authors who have published 886 publications receiving 21927 citations. The organization is also known as: County/USC & Los Angeles County General.
Topics: Population, Poison control, Health care, Medicine, Emergency department
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TL;DR: A 57-year-old man with no previous medical history entered the emergency department with 2 days of painless vision loss in the left eye and was diagnosed with central retinal vein occlusion (CRVO) and admitted for treatment.
Abstract: A 57-year-old man with no previous medical history entered the emergency department with 2 days of painless vision loss in the left eye. The patient was diagnosed with central retinal vein occlusion (CRVO) and admitted for treatment. Further work-up revealed that the cause of his CRVO was a hyperviscosity syndrome secondary to multiple myeloma. The patient received two rounds of plasmapheresis with slight recovery of vision and was discharged 28 days later.
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TL;DR: Specific in vitro assays of cell function (attachment, proliferation, matrix gel contraction), which closely mimic in vivo cellular events, were utilized in order to define the responses of EC and fibroblasts to prosthetic surfaces (foam polyurethane, flat silicone, and textured silicone).
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TL;DR: In this paper, the authors present a series of four patients, all of whom sustained blunt or penetrating abdominal trauma, and each case was negative for free intraperitoneal (i.p.) fluid but, when repeated by the same practitioner, became positive.
Abstract: Ultrasound is gaining wide acceptance in Emergency Medicine as an inexpensive and accurate examination modality. One of the leading uses of this technology is in the initial assessment of the trauma patient, where the ultrasound examination is often used to determine the need for immediate laparotomy or further diagnostic study. We present a series of four patients, all of whom sustained blunt or penetrating abdominal trauma. In each case, the initial screening abdominal ultrasound was negative for free intraperitoneal (i.p.) fluid but, when repeated by the same practitioner, became positive. These cases demonstrate the need for serial ultrasounds in evaluating the patient with abdominal trauma. Future studies of trauma ultrasound should investigate the utility of serial sonographic examinations.
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TL;DR: Between 1975 and 1980, 29 patients with lung cancer and chronic pulmonary disease were treated by involved field irradiation (IFR) and this was compared to the experience of 41 patients who had been treated prior to 1975 by extended field irradiated (EFR).
Abstract: Surgery has remained the mainstay of definitive treatment for lung cancer. Radiation therapy has been advocated when the location of the lung cancer precludes resection or the severity or the cardiopulmonary impairment indicates that the patient cannot withstand the proposed resection. Extended field irradiation has been shown to improve tumor control and survival. However, in patients with chronic pulmonary disease, extended field irradiation may exacerbate pulmonary insufficiency and compromise survival. Between 1975 and 1980, 29 patients with lung cancer and chronic pulmonary disease were treated by involved field irradiation (IFR). This was compared to the experience of 41 patients who had been treated prior to 1975 by extended field irradiation (EFR). The frequency of subjective response and tumor control were comparable in each group. One patient treated by IFR developed a marginal recurrence. Radiation pneumonitis was observed in 7/41 (17%) EFR patients versus 2/29 (7%) IFR. Treatment related death occurred in 2/41 (5%) EFR versus 1/29 (3.3%) IFR. One year disease free survival was 8/41 (19%) EFR versus 12/29 (41%) IFR. Two of 14 (14%) IFR patients at risk five years are alive without evidence of disease.
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TL;DR: It became apparent that abnormalities in phosphate homeostasis play an important role in the control of PTH secretion and in modifying the skeletal response to PTH.
Abstract: The different pathogenetic mechanisms responsible for uremic bone disease are still not fully understood. However, as some of the factors involved in the development of renal osteodystrophy have been clarified, it became apparent that abnormalities in phosphate homeostasis play an important role in the control of PTH secretion and in modifying the skeletal response to PTH.
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Name | H-index | Papers | Citations |
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George A. Bray | 131 | 896 | 100975 |
Michael C. Fishbein | 116 | 701 | 50402 |
Keitaro Matsuo | 97 | 818 | 37349 |
Frank Z. Stanczyk | 93 | 620 | 30244 |
Demetrios Demetriades | 93 | 742 | 31887 |
Thomas A. Buchanan | 91 | 349 | 48865 |
George C. Velmahos | 91 | 646 | 28050 |
Mark D. Fleming | 81 | 433 | 36107 |
Kenji Inaba | 79 | 797 | 24806 |
Willa A. Hsueh | 76 | 254 | 18588 |
Lester D.R. Thompson | 76 | 622 | 27526 |
Ajit P. Yoganathan | 74 | 626 | 21612 |
Uri Elkayam | 73 | 279 | 27800 |
Yuan-Cheng Fung | 69 | 218 | 30827 |
Daniel R. Mishell | 68 | 363 | 14889 |