Mayo Clinic proceedings
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Mayo Clinic proceedings · May 1994
ReviewTreatment of cancer-related pain: when orally administered medications fail.
To summarize the available pain-relieving interventions other than oral medications for cancer-related pain. ⋯ Cancer-related pain continues to be a major problem, and clinicians should be aware of the availability of effective treatment strategies and techniques. When orally administered medications fail to control pain or cause excessive side effects, patients should be referred to an appropriate specialist or medical center for consideration of other pain-relieving techniques.
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Mayo Clinic proceedings · May 1994
ReviewNonopioid agents for treatment of acute and subacute pain.
To review the available nonopioid options for alleviating pain. ⋯ Nonopioid adjuvant agents should be considered an integral part of the management of acute and subacute pain.
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Mayo Clinic proceedings · Mar 1994
Determination of left ventricular mass by echocardiography in a normal population: effect of age and sex in addition to body size.
In this study, we determined the effect of age, sex, and body size on left ventricular mass. ⋯ The findings in this study suggest that left ventricular mass, as assessed by two-dimensional-guided M-mode echocardiography, is affected not only by sex and body size but also by age in women. This phenomenon may be related to an increase in body mass index with advancing age in women. In clinical studies that use echocardiographic left ventricular mass to diagnose left ventricular hypertrophy, these observations should be considered.
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Ocular adnexal lymphoproliferative lesions consist of a spectrum of disease entities, including reactive lymphoid hyperplasia, atypical lymphoid hyperplasia, and lymphoma. No clinical or radiologic criteria facilitate a distinction among these lymphoproliferative lesions. The two hyperplastic processes may evolve to localized or systemic lymphoma. ⋯ In comparison, intermediate- and high-grade lymphomas are less common in the ocular adnexa but more aggressive. An approach to the diagnosis and treatment of these complex entities is suggested. Despite new pathologic classification schemes, immunophenotypic labeling, and molecular genetic analysis, the prognosis for patients with small-cell lymphoma in the ocular adnexa is difficult to predict.