A 40-Year-Old Man With Multiple Pulmonary Nodules and Mediastinal Lymphadenopathy With Positive Anti-Neutrophil Cytoplasmic Antibody Reveals an Unexpected Diagnosis.

A 40-year-old man with no significant medical history presented to the ED with a 2-day history of right-sided chest pain accompanied by night sweats and chills. These symptoms were accompanied by a dry, nonproductive cough without hemoptysis. The patient worked as an air traffic controller, with a side business of buying, renovating, and selling houses.

Psychosocial Impact of Congenital Heart Diseases on Patients and Their Families: A Parent's Perspective.

Background: Currently, over 90% of children with congenital heart disease (CHD) survive into adulthood. As a consequence the psychosocial impact on children and their families has become an important outcome measure. Therefore, the goal of this study was to assess the psychosocial impact from a parent's perspective and to identify possible predictors.

Staged left ventricular recruitment after single-ventricle palliation in patients with borderline left heart hypoplasia.

Objectives: The goal of this study was to review results of a novel management strategy intended to rehabilitate the left heart (LH) in patients with LH hypoplasia who have undergone single-ventricle palliation (SVP).

Background: Management of patients with hypoplastic LH syndrome and borderline left ventricle (LV) involves 2 options: SVP or biventricular repair. We hypothesized that staged LV recruitment and biventricular conversion may be achieved after SVP by using a strategy consisting of relief of inflow and outflow tract obstructions, resection of endocardial fibroelastosis, and promotion of flow through the LV.

Anthropometry increases 1 repetition maximum predictive ability of NFL-225 test for Division IA college football players.

The purpose of this study was to compare existing 1 repetition maximum (1RM) bench press prediction equations in National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division IA college football players and determine if the error associated with the prediction of 1RM bench press from the National Football League (NFL)-225 test could be reduced through the addition of anthropometric measurements. Anthropometric measures, 1RM bench press, NFL-225 test repetitions to fatigue, and body composition data were collected on 87 Division IA football players (mean+/-SD age 19.9+/-1.