INTRODUCTION: As part of the baseline examination in the Cardiovascular Health Study,
sleep disturbance symptoms including snoring and daytime sleepiness, were assessed as …

In this article we propose a general Cox-type regression model to formulate the marginal
distributions of multivariate failure time data. This model has a nested structure in that it allows …

… Charles F Spiekerman contributed to the analysis and formulation of the paper. Patricia W
Wahl contributed to the design and conduct of Cardiovascular Health Study, as well as to the …

Isolated hypoglossal nerve palsy (HNP), or neurapraxia, a rare postoperative complication
after airway management, causes ipsilateral tongue deviation, dysarthria, and dysphagia. We …

Background Some patients with autoimmune characteristics and idiopathic interstitial
pneumonia, particularly usual interstitial pneumonia (UIP), do not fit neatly into the category of …

OBJECTIVE—Clinical cardiovascular disease (CVD) is highly prevalent among people with
diabetes. However, there is little information regarding the prevalence of subclinical CVD …

Permeability-glycoprotein (P-glycoprotein, P-gp), an efflux transporter at the human blood-brain
barrier (BBB), is a significant obstacle to central nervous system (CNS) delivery of P-gp …

Introduction The purpose of this retrospective cohort study was to assess the effects and
efficiency of self-ligating brackets compared with conventional brackets. A secondary purpose …

Background Hyponatremia is common in patients with subarachnoid hemorrhage, but its effect
on outcomes remains contentious. Fluctuation in sodium has been reported to negatively …

Background Test ventilating prior to administration of neuromuscular blockade (NMB) in order
to avoid a cannot intubate-cannot ventilate situation is a classic anesthesia teaching. The …