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Mediastinal neoplasms in patients with Graves disease: a possible link between sustained hyperthyroidism and thymic neoplasia?
(2012)
Background
Anterior mediastinal masses are a rare but well documented finding in Graves disease. The vast majority of these lesions represents benign thymic hypertrophy and regress after treatment of the hyperthyroidism. ...
Unusual reticulin staining pattern in well-differentiated hepatocellular carcinoma
(2011)
Background
Special stains, such as reticulin stain and CD34 immunostain, are very helpful in the diagnosis of well differentiated hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). Most studies have shown that absent or decreased reticulin ...
Murine Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma Reduces Ikaros Expression and Disrupts T Cell Homeostasis
(2015-01)
Background
Maintenance of T cell immune homeostasis is critical for adequate anti-tumor immunity. The transcription factor Ikaros is essential for lymphocyte development including T cells. Alterations in Ikaros expression ...
Nocturnal thoracoabdominal asynchrony in house dust mite-sensitive nonhuman primates
(2010)
Nocturnal bronchoconstriction is a common symptom of asthma in humans, but is poorly documented in animal models. Thoracoabdominal asynchrony (TAA) is a noninvasive clinical indication of airway obstruction. In this study, ...
Factors Associated with Self-Management in African Americans with Hypertension
(East Carolina University, 2017-05-03)
African Americans (AAs) have a higher prevalence of hypertension (HTN) and poorer health outcomes. Effective management of HTN requires pharmacology, low sodium diet (DIET), and increased physical activity (PA). Little is ...
Role Conception in New Graduate Nurses: A Secondary Analysis
(East Carolina University, 2017-05-03)
Background: The new graduate transition to practice process affects retention, competency development, healthcare costs, quality, and assimilation into the profession. During the transition, new graduate nurses compare the ...
Exploring the Preparedness of Nurses to Care for Medical-Surgical Patients with a Secondary Diagnosis of Mental Illness
(East Carolina University, 2017-05-04)
The prevalence and impact of mental illness in the United States cannot be overlooked in acute medical settings where the complexity of care for medical-surgical patients increases with a secondary diagnosis of mental ...
Leader-Member Relationships and Patient Safety Culture
(East Carolina University, 2017-05-03)
Patient safety culture has been a national objective for years. Many different interventions have been explored in hopes of improvement, but reported statistics suggest that this issue has yet to be solved. The purpose of ...
Patient Safety Culture: Nurse Manager Safety Rounding and Influencing Characteristics
(East Carolina University, 2017-05-03)
In response to the growing awareness of multifaceted influences on patient safety culture, hospitals have employed a litany of tactics to reduce harmful events. The literature endorses executive safety rounding as being ...
NOVEL ROLE OF HUMAN T-CELL LEUKEMIA VIRUS TYPE-1 ENCODED PROTEIN HBZ IN VIRAL TRANSMISSION THROUGH CELL-TO-CELL CONTACT
(East Carolina University, 2017-04-28)
The complex retrovirus Human T cell leukemia virus type I (HTLV-1) is the etiologic agent of several diseases, including Adult T cell leukemia (ATL), a fatal hematological malignancy that affects mainly CD4+ T-cells. Freshly ...