Mayo Clinic proceedings
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Mayo Clinic proceedings · Jan 1996
Biography Historical ArticleDumitru Bagdasar--father of Romanian neurosurgery.
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Mayo Clinic proceedings · Jan 1996
Comparative StudyThe importance of urinary magnesium values in patients with gut failure.
To determine whether urinary magnesium (Mg) values in patients with gut failure would be more helpful than serum Mg measurements in assessment of Mg deficiency. ⋯ Urinary Mg declines before serum Mg and is an earlier and more reliable indicator of evolving Mg deficiency. On the basis of these observations and those showing beneficial effects of parenterally administered Mg supplements on urinary citrate excretion (and, presumably, formation of calcium oxalate stones), replacement of Mg in patients with gut failure should be targeted at normalizing urinary Mg.
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To analyze the clinical and pathologic features of biopsy-proven pulmonary hamartomas at a tertiary referral center. ⋯ Pulmonary hamartomas are benign lung neoplasms that, in our referral population occurred most commonly in asymptomatic older men. A substantial number of our patients had concurrent neoplasms; however, many had been referred for cancer treatment. We found no evidence of either a malignant transformation or an unexplained association with other lung neoplasms.