Increased intra-abdominal pressure (IAP) occurs in a variety of clinical situations such as
accumulation of ascites, bowel distention from ileus or mechanical obstruction, and reduction …

One hundred hemodynamically stable patients with penetrating abdominal trauma (65, stab
wounds, 35, gunshot wounds) were evaluated with laparoscopy. Sixty percent of the …

Using an Affymetrix 10K SNP array to screen for gene copy number changes in breast
cancer, we detected a single-gene amplification of the ESR1 gene, which encodes estrogen …

4.1. When should food allergy be suspected? 1111 4.2. Diagnosis of IgE-mediated food
allergy 1111 4.2. 1. Medical history and physical examination 1111 4.2. 2. Methods to identify …

BACKGROUND: There is a need for more research on all forms of rhinosinusitis. Progress in
this area has been hampered by a lack of consensus definitions and the limited number of …

Background: Aspirin desensitization treatment is an option to decrease disease activity and
reduce the need for systemic corticosteroids in patients with aspirin-exacerbated respiratory …

… RA Simon has provided expert testimony for various law firms; has received payment for
lectures from Merck, Novartis, and CSL-Behring; holds patents for the use of surfactants in …

Objective To define the incidence, prophylaxis, and treatment of intra-abdominal hypertension
(IAH) and its relevance to gut mucosal pH (pHi), multiorgan dysfunction syndrome, and …

BACKGROUND: Aspirin-exacerbated respiratory disease (AERD) is a clinical syndrome
characterized by chronic rhinitis, nasal polyps, asthma, and precipitation of asthma and rhinitis …

Multiple different oncogenes have been described previously to be amplified in breast
cancer including HER2, EGFR, MYC, CCND1, and MDM2. Gene amplification results in …