Disease relevance of Hospitals, University

• Surveillance for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) was implemented in Rio de Janeiro and Uberlândia University Hospitals, which had different policies on use of mupirocin [1].
• METHODS: Seventy-five patients with primary APS and 83 with SLE and aPL with or without thrombosis followed at 2 university hospitals were studied [2].
• A survey of epidermodysplasia verruciformis (EV), a skin disease caused by human papillomavirus (HPV), was made by means of a questionnaire sent to 92 university hospitals [3].
• PATIENTS AND METHODS: Between January 1980 and September 2001, 85 children with steroid-sensitive nephrotic syndrome (SSNS) underwent a renal biopsy in the University Hospitals of Utrecht and Nijmegen before the start of an 8-week cyclophosphamide treatment [4].
• Thirty-two patients with relapsing glioma were treated with temozolomide in two university hospitals in Finland. One patient (3%) had complete response and 9 (28%) partial response, with 8 patients (25%) showing stable disease [5].

High impact information on Hospitals, University

• Sera were obtained from patients attending the University hospitals for reasons unrelated to HPV infections (controls), from patients with HPV-associated lesions, as well as from patients suffering from cervical cancer [6].
• The prevalence of MRSA isolates heterogeneously resistant to vancomycin was 20% in Juntendo University Hospital, 9.3% in the other seven university hospitals, and 1.3% in non-university hospitals or clinics [7].
• SETTING: University hospitals in Europe. PARTICIPANTS: 285 patients with Alzheimer disease and 296 controls [8].
• METHODS: This was an observational study of 48 systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) patients who were treated successfully with CYC between 1979 and 1993 and followed up thereafter at 3 university hospitals [9].
• METHODS: From March 1994 to November 1995, children aged 0-9 years with newly diagnosed TB were enrolled at the two outpatient TB centers and the two principal university hospitals in Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire [10].

Chemical compound and disease context of Hospitals, University

• Susceptibility of 302 methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus isolates from 20 European university hospitals to vancomycin and alternative antistaphylococcal compounds. SENTRY Participants Group [11].
• Clinical implications of stenotrophomonas maltophilia resistant to trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole: a study of 69 patients at 2 university hospitals [12].
• A multicenter prospective study conducted in four university hospitals in Korea investigated the efficacy and tolerance of cyclosporine A (CyA, Sandimmun) in 30 patients with adult nephrotic syndrome [25 patients with minimal change disease (MCD) and 5 with focal-segmental glomerulosclerosis (FSGS)] [13].
• Prevalence of colonisation with third-generation cephalosporin-resistant Enterobacteriaceae in ICU patients of Heidelberg University Hospitals [14].
• METHODS: Thirty-three consecutive patients with thyroid-associated ophthalmopathy in Helsinki and Turku University Hospitals were randomly assigned either i.v. methylprednisolone pulse therapy (group A, n = 18) or oral prednisone (group B, n = 15) [15].

Biological context of Hospitals, University

• Three groups of respondents were recruited from the rheumatology outpatient clinics of 10 university hospitals: 235 with RA, 175 with SpA, and 195 controls with other rheumatological disorders [16].
• Obstetric outcome of singleton pregnancies after IVF: a matched control study in four Dutch university hospitals [17].
• Hospital waste management status in university hospitals of the Fars province, Iran [18].

Associations of Hospitals, University with chemical compounds

• Trends in zidovudine prescription since 1987 in AIDS-free HIV-positive French patients attending university hospitals [19].
• PATIENTS AND METHODS: Serum metabolites were measured for all patients seen from 1982 to 1989 at two university hospitals who met the criteria for cobalamin and folate deficiency states and for such patients seen from 1968 to 1981 from whom stored sera were available [20].
• METHODS: We designed a Brain Attack program at University Hospitals of Cleveland for diagnosis and treatment of patients presenting within 6 hours of onset of neurological deficit [21].
• MATERIALS AND METHODS: In four university hospitals, with 1.0- or 1.5-T MR imaging, T2-weighted and T1-weighted gradient-echo images were obtained in 66 adult patients before and at 1, 45, and 90 seconds and 10 minutes after injection of a gadolinium chelate [22].
• In a collaborative study at three university hospitals, the recovery of microorganisms and the speed of detection of microbial growth by the BacT/Alert (Organon Teknika Corporation, Durham, N.C.) and BACTEC 660/730 (Becton-Dickinson Diagnostic Instrument Systems, Sparks, Md.) nonradiometric blood culture systems were compared [23].

Gene context of Hospitals, University

• To further define and determine the usefulness of CEA, 1100 CEA determinations have been made over the past two years at The Ohio State University Hospitals on patients with a variety of malignant and nonmalignant conditions [24].
• She was misdiagnosed as having juvenile rheumatoid arthritis at several university hospitals [25].
• In a collaborative study conducted at three university hospitals, we evaluated the BACTEC Plus 26 (BP26) aerobic bottle and the Roche Septi-Chek aerobic bottle with its agar slide paddle in 5,293 paired blood cultures [26].
• We compared the anaerobic bottle, designated BACTEC PLUS 27 (BP27), with the Roche Septi-Chek (RSC) Columbia broth anaerobic bottle in a collaborative evaluation at three university hospitals [27].
• METHODS: We reviewed flow cytometric histograms specifically for decreased CD19 expression on 349 cases analyzed by the Flow Cytometry Laboratory at University Hospitals of Cleveland (Cleveland, Ohio) [28].

Analytical, diagnostic and therapeutic context of Hospitals, University

• DESIGN: Retrospective cohort study in two university hospitals (Stanford [Calif] University and McGill University, Montreal, Quebec) and a patient survey [29].
• PATIENTS AND METHODS: Patients with MNSGCT treated with cisplatin-based combination chemotherapy between 1978-1995 in three university hospitals in Spain were retrospectively studied [30].
• An epidemiologic study of adult patients (aged greater than 15 years) with epilepsy was made over a 2-year period, through the policlinics, EEG laboratory, and university hospitals in Benghazi, northeastern Libya [31].
• Costs were derived from the accounting system in two university hospitals in Paris, France. RESULTS: The range in total healthcare costs was 14,135 to 12,192 US$ patient between management approaches, with irinotecan chemotherapy costing most and 5-FU-continuous infusion least [32].
• In addition, extensive variation was found across serum albumin levels determined by the bromcresol green method at individual institutions (five university hospitals) and those determined by immunoassay at a contract laboratory [33].

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