… We didn't want to specifically label pneumonia as aspiration pneumonia in all cases, but
in reviewing these charts the vast majority would appear to be due to aspiration, and, as you …

Importance Acute appendicitis is the most common abdominal surgical emergency in the
world, with an annual incidence of 96.5 to 100 cases per 100 000 adults. Observations The …

Foreword This Journal feature begins with a case vignette highlighting a common clinical
problem. Evidence supporting various strategies is then presented, followed by a review of …

Rationale: Virus-induced wheezing episodes in infancy often precede the development of
asthma. Whether infections with specific viral pathogens confer differential future asthma risk …

BACKGROUND: The contribution of viral respiratory infections during infancy to the development
of subsequent wheezing and/or allergic diseases in early childhood is not established. …

A generalization of the K-means clustering algorithm to include spatial constraints and to
account for local intensity variations in the image is proposed. Spatial constraints are included …

Laparoscopic cholecystectomy has become the procedure of choice for surgical removal of
the gallbladder. The most significant complication of this new technique is injury to the bile …

… Both the human leukemic cell line and some patients’ T lymphocytes express greater
than normal mGR … PAPPAS FT AL. … exposure times using T-MAX …

A new and potentially more pathogenic group of human rhinovirus (HRV), group C (HRVC),
has recently been discovered. We hypothesised that HRVC would be present in children …

We studied whether physiological concentration of short-chain fatty acids (SCFAs) affects
colonic transit and colonic motility in conscious rats. Intraluminal administration of SCFAs (100–…