…reported. Clinical Follow-up After randomization, the first-day visit included a gynecologic examination and the taking of a medical history with collection of cervical samples for Papanicolaou testing (ThinPrep, Cytyc) and anogenital swabs (of the labial, vulvar, perineal, perianal, endocervical, and…

…and legally enforceable, collectively bargained agreements may actually prevent strikes. They provide open communication and processes for the resolution of problems before a crisis is reached. With the strength and privilege of collective bargaining, however, comes collective responsibility. The needs…

…of Blood Donors We reviewed the blood-transfusion histories of the organ donor and the transplant recipients and notified the implicated blood-collection agencies. Donations associated with blood components given to the organ donor, other blood components manufactured from these donations (co-components…

…collected before these procedures go unused. 146 147 In one study in a managed-care setting, the risks of autologous donation and the likelihood of transfusion were made clear to gynecologists and their patients who were scheduled to undergo hysterectomy. This approach resulted in the collection of…

…that his condition was extremely unusual. He had idiopathic fluid collections, distributed bilaterally throughout the cerebral subdural compartments, which recurred after drainage. Subdural Hygroma Typically, a subdural fluid collection, whether hygroma or hematoma, is unilateral, lens-shaped, and confined…

…eligible for the registry. Toward the end of phase 2, data were collected over a two-week period from a random sample of patients to determine the amount of time required by research nurses to obtain patients' consent and to collect data from the patients' charts. Statistical Analysis Chi-square tests…

…more. 32 Fluid collections are initially ill defined, 21 evolve over time, and are usually managed conservatively. If the fluid collections continue to enlarge, cause pain, become infected (as suggested by the presence of unexplained fever, leukocytosis, or gas in the fluid collection), or compress adjacent…

No organ has a more immediate and vital connection to human life than the heart. Although we have learned to recognize the brain as the seat of our emotions, cultural symbols — from Valentine's Day cards to images of the Sacred Heart — persist in connecting the heart with the human passions of…

…to reduce the need for surgery to achieve this drainage. Such therapy is intended to lyse the fibrinous septations within infected pleural-fluid collections and is supported by management guidelines. 6 7 Small trials 8 9 10 11 12 and case series 13 have suggested that these agents improve drainage of…

…saliva was collected in a sterile cup. In addition, we collected pharyngeal, nasal, urethral, and anal swabs; semen; urine; peripheral-blood mononuclear cells; plasma; and prostatic secretions. Prostatic secretions were obtained in the morning by prostatic massage after the collection of the first…

…million units of blood were collected nationwide. Three organizations collect and deliver blood in the United States. All three are not-for-profit organizations, and no blood donors are paid. The American Red Cross operates nationwide under a single federal license. It collects almost half the nation's…

…data collection to audit all study records. Before enrollment, study clinicians confirmed clinical bronchiolitis and determined the duration of symptoms and the RDAI score. Research assistants or clinicians obtained the medical history from parents or guardians on a standardized data-collection form…

…(see the Supplementary Appendix, available with the full text of this article at www.nejm.org). Validated measures of cigarette consumption were collected at each time point. 14 15 Network Ascertainment For our study, we used the offspring cohort as the source of 5124 subjects (known as “egos” in…

…Hopkins Hospital. Written, informed consent was obtained from all patients. Data Collection Specimens were collected from case patients before therapy and from control patients at enrollment. Oral-mucosal specimens were collected with the use of a saline oral rinse and 5 to 10 strokes of a cytology brush…

…SNPs in IL7RA in two independent case-control collections from Olmsted County, Minnesota, and Belfast, Northern Ireland, neither of which, to our knowledge, has previously been tested for IL7RA ( Table 1). Clinical and demographic data for both collections have been described elsewhere. 5 Analysis of…

…profiling. The lack of large, carefully procured, and well-annotated collections of samples obtained from patients, particularly patients for whom sufficient follow-up data are available, has proved to be a bottleneck. The prospect of collecting such samples, analyzing them, and developing new approaches to…

Collective bargaining has caught the imagination of physicians across the United States. Although physicians' unions have existed since the 1970s, union members have always constituted an extremely small percentage of practicing physicians. 1 However, physicians are turning to unions to increase their…

…their power or of how to exercise it, but residents do have the power, both individually and collectively, to improve the conditions under which they learn.” Instead of organizations that engage in collective bargaining, he offers “resident-run house-staff associations, working groups comprising all…

…(Abbott Laboratories) were selected for use in confirmation and follow-up studies. Sample Collection and Laboratory Testing Plasma samples to be screened for West Nile virus RNA were obtained from the collected Plasma-Preparation Tubes (Becton Dickinson) used for routine screening for human immunodeficiency…

…marrow, it makes sense to think of collecting placental blood as more closely akin to blood donation than to organ donation. Unlike bone marrow donation between siblings, for example, there is no potential conflict of interest between the siblings, because the collection of placental blood, which is usually…