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BACKGROUND The features of pulmonary disease caused by rapidly growing mycobacteria (RGM) have not been sufficiently documented. OBJECTIVES To establish these features, we retrospectively evaluated 44 patients. METHODS We screened respiratory isolates at the National Toneyama Hospital (Osaka, Japan) between 2003 and 2007. Diagnosis was based on the latest guidelines of the American Thoracic...

AIM To investigate clinical outcomes of patients with chronic gastric volvulus (GV) who were managed conservatively over a 5-year period. METHODS A total of 44 consecutive patients with chronic GV, as diagnosed by barium study between October 2002 and July 2008 were investigated. All of these patients received conservative management initially without anatomical correction. Their clinical man...

A series of 44 consecutive elderly, admitted to a busy general hospital following deliberate self-poisoning, is reviewed for associated medical and psychosocial factors. In all but 3 cases the act involved an overdose of drugs prescribed for the treatment of a chronic medical and/or psychiatric disorder. Women outnumbered men by 2.7 to 1. There was high proportion of chronic psychiatric (80%, m...

BACKGROUND Total disc replacement (TDR) promises preservation of spine biomechanics in the treatment of degenerative disc disease but requires more careful device placement than tradition fusion and potentially has a more challenging learning curve. METHODS A cohort of 44 consecutive patients had 1-level lumbar disc replacement surgery at a single institution by a single surgeon. Patients wer...

USA 1999;96:12719-24. 16 Bataller R, Brenner D. Hepatic stellate cells as a target for the treatment of liver fibrosis. Seminars in Liver Disease 2001;21:437-51. 17 Benyon RC, Arthur MJP. Extracellular matrix degradation and the role of hepatic stellate cells. Seminars in Liver Disease 2001;21:373-84. 18 Benyon RC, Iredale JP, Goddard S, Winwood PJ, Arthur MJP. Expression of tissue inhibitor of...