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May 25th, 2022 - To compare findings of same-day cine magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and drug-induced sleep endoscopy (DISE) and examine how each technique uniquely contributes to the evaluation of persistent obstructive sleep apnea following adenotonsillectomy....

May 25th, 2022 - Practice Essentials Hypothyroidism is a common endocrine disorder resulting from deficiency of thyroid hormone. In the United States and other areas of adequate iodine intake, autoimmune thyroid disease (Hashimoto disease) is the most common cause...

May 25th, 2022 - Practice Essentials Hypothyroidism is a common endocrine disorder resulting from deficiency of thyroid hormone. In the United States and other areas of adequate iodine intake, autoimmune thyroid disease (Hashimoto disease) is the most common cause...

May 25th, 2022 - Practice Essentials Hypothyroidism is a common endocrine disorder resulting from deficiency of thyroid hormone. In the United States and other areas of adequate iodine intake, autoimmune thyroid disease (Hashimoto disease) is the most common cause...

May 25th, 2022 - History Hypothyroidism commonly manifests as a slowing in physical and mental activity but may be asymptomatic. Symptoms and signs of this disease are often subtle and neither sensitive nor specific. Classic signs and symptoms (eg, cold intoleranc...

Dec 29th, 2021 - Tracheal intubation (TI) is a procedure that is frequently performed in an out-of-hospital emergency setting. TI is associated with a risk of adverse events, including severe sequelae such as hypoxemia, vomiting, aspiration, hypotension, and cardi...

Dec 13th, 2021 - Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is defined as repetitive obstruction of the upper airway during sleep and has been estimated to affect 1-6% of the general pediatric population. Untreated OSA in children has been associated with childhood hypertensio...

Aug 6th, 2021 - Background and Rationale Sotos Syndrome (SS) and Beckwith-Wiedemann Syndrome (BWS) are known as overgrowth syndromes as they involve alterations in dimensions of the whole body or of specific body parts. SS is characterized by advanced bone age, m...

Jun 4th, 2020 - The different positions used in neurosurgery (park bench, prone) for better accessibility to the operating field can impact on the cerebral venous drainage due to the effects of internal jugular venous outflow of blood and may increase intracrania...

May 14th, 2020 - The different positions used in neurosurgery for better accessibility to the operating field (park bench, prone) can impact cerebral venous drainage due to the effects of internal jugular venous outflow of blood, and may increase intracranial pres...

Feb 5th, 2021 - This transcript has been edited for clarity. Matthew F. Watto, MD: I am Dr Frank Watto, and that is Dr Stuart K. Brigham. With us is our good friend, Dr Paul Nelson Williams. Paul N. Williams, MD: This time around we are going to talk about our ep...

Sep 4th, 2020 - Anatomical deformities of the upper airway can play a role in the pathogenesis of airway closure in OSA. Deformities of craniofacial and soft-tissue structures obstruct the upper airway at various levels, especially the retropalatal and retrogloss...

Jan 17th, 2020 - Comment Classification Lichen myxedematosus is differentiated into localized and generalized forms. The former is limited to the skin and lacks monoclonal gammopathy.

Jun 5th, 2019 - This transcript has been edited for clarity. Gayatri Acharya, MD: Greetings. I'm Dr Gayatri Acharya, cardiology fellow at Mayo Clinic. During today's roundtable, we'll be discussing cardiac amyloidosis (AL). I am joined by my colleagues, Dr Martha...

Aug 31st, 2017 - A 54-year-old man presented at our facility with a 3-month history of exertional breathlessness and purple blotches around his eyes. Examination revealed bilateral periorbital and perioral ecchymosis, purpuric spots along his waist, and waxy papul.