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Hypercoagulability of the blood associated with ACTH and cortisone therapy.

Stuart W. Cosgriff, +2 more
- 01 Dec 1950 - 
- Vol. 9, Iss: 6, pp 752-756
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Changes have been observed in the venous clotting time and the heparin-retarded venous clots time which indicate that ACTH and cortisone frequently produce a hypercoagulable state of blood coagulation.
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This article is published in The American Journal of Medicine.The article was published on 1950-12-01. It has received 150 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Clotting time & Cortisone.

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The heart in systemic lupus erythematosus and the changes induced in it by corticosteroid therapy: A study of 36 necropsy patients

TL;DR: Although vital to the management of SLE, corticosteroids have an over-all deleterious effect on the heart and systemic hypertension and left ventricular hypertrophy appear or, when present, worsen; congestive cardiac failure increases; epicardial apartment of Me.
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Clinical deterioration in patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis: causes and assessment.

TL;DR: In evaluating clinical deterioration in patients with IPF, disease-associated complications and adverse effects of therapy should be distinguished from progressive pulmonary fibrosis.
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Corticosteroid therapy associated with ischemic necrosis of bone in systemic lupus erythematosus

TL;DR: In patients with ischemic necrosis of bone, there was a statistically significant correlation between higher mean prednisone dose at all time intervals and increased number of bony sites involved.
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The association of elevated plasma cortisol and early atherosclerosis as demonstrated by coronary angiography

TL;DR: Plasma cortisol was second only to serum cholesterol as a discriminator in the authors' patient population between diseased and non-diseased patients and a significant correlation between plasma cortisol and cholesterol, blood pressure, and smoking- the three cardinal risk factors for CAD.
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The nature of the bleeding in jaundice

Armand J. Quick
- 14 May 1938 - 
TL;DR: Experimental observations made in studying the coagulation of blood are presented which furnish significant information on the nature of cholemic bleeding and to offer practical suggestions for the management of the jaundiced patient.
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Prothrombin Estimation A Procedure and Clinical Interpretations.

TL;DR: The procedure recommended is well suited for following the therapeutic effects of agents which influence the prothrombin level (or activity) such as dicumarol or vitamin K.
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