BACKGROUND: Recently, interest has emerged in the sensation of irritation that precedes
the motor act of coughing; this phenomenon has been termed the urge-to-cough (UTC). …

The muscarinic receptor subtype-activated signal transduction mechanisms mediating rat
urinary bladder contraction are incompletely understood. M 3 mediates normal rat bladder …

To the Editor: Patients with chronic heart failure (CHF) due to left ventricular (LV) systolic
dysfunction develop skeletal muscle alterations that contribute to lower peak aerobic capacity (1…

Cough is among the symptoms most commonly associated with an acute, viral upper
respiratory tract infection (URI), such as the common cold. Two previous studies incorporating …

Discussion Common causes of anterior mediastinal masses include thymoma, thymic
carcinoma, thymic carcinoid tumor, thymolipoma, germ cell tumors, parathyroid adenoma …

Primary mucoepidermoid tumors of the lung are rare entities. Synchronous primary malignancies
of the lung involving mucoepidermoid carcinoma and mucinous adenocarcinoma are …

A 44 year old male former smoker from Ecuador presented with productive cough for 3 weeks,
positive tuberculin skin test, 40 lbs weight loss and right lower lobe collapse. He denied …

Acute catecholamine cardiomyopathy is an uncommon, life-threatening manifestation of
pheochromocytoma. The massive release of catecholamines from the adrenal medulla and their …

Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia (PJP) causes life-threatening respiratory failure in
immunocompromised patients such as patients with HIV infection, hematologic and solid …

We investigated the efficacy of a single dose of 1 g of cephazolin in reducing postoperative
infections in patients undergoing 'clean' operations on the lumbar spine. In a double-blind, …