Background Pulmonary hypertension is usually due to an underlying cardiac or pulmonary
condition. An association between unexplained pulmonary hypertension and bilateral leg …

The purpose of this study was to determine the frequency of central and obstructive sleep
apnea in adult patients who have echocardiographic evidence of left ventricular dysfunction …

BACKGROUND We wanted to describe the natural history, familial transmission, microbiology,
and accuracy of clinical judgment of potential pathogens of respiratory tract infections in a …

BACKGROUND Alternative medical therapies are widely utilized, but there are few objective
data to evaluate the effectiveness of these techniques. The purpose of this study was to …

METHODS A single physician (RPB) enrolled a convenience sample of subjects from an inner
city group family practice in Cleveland OH, from July 1995 to September 1997, and from a …

Purpose: To describe the genetics-related clinical issues encountered by family physicians,
and the medical problems they referred to genetics consultants. Methods Questionnaires …

Context Angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors have been shown to decrease
mortality in patients with myocardial infarction and depressed left ventricular function, but …

COVID-19 patients admitted to the ICU have high incidence of AKI requiring prolonged renal
replacement therapy and often necessitate the placement of a tunneled dialysis catheter (…

The unprecedented surge of nephrology inpatients needing kidney replacement therapy placed
hospital systems under extreme stress during the COVID-19 pandemic. In this article, we …

Objective This study aimed to assess whether an obesity paradox (lower event rates with
higher body mass index [BMI]) exists in participants with advanced chronic kidney disease (…