Effect of Intensive vs Standard Blood Pressure Treatment Upon Erectile Function in Hypertensive Men: Findings From the Systolic Blood Pressure Intervention Trial.

Introduction: The effect of intensive blood pressure control upon erectile function in men with hypertension, but without diabetes, is largely unknown.

Aim: To examine the effects of intensive systolic blood pressure (SBP) lowering on erectile function in a multiethnic clinical trial of men with hypertension.

Methods: We performed subgroup analyses from the Systolic Blood Pressure Intervention Trial ([SPRINT]; ClinicalTrials.

Temporal trends in fluid management with incremental hemodialysis .

Background: Incremental hemodialysis (HD) is seldom prescribed in the United States. This study describes longitudinal changes in volume management in patients with incident end-stage kidney disease (ESKD) initiated on bi-weekly (twice a week) HD, later converted to thrice-weekly HD.

Materials And Methods: 23 patients (mean age 65.

Risk of catheter-related bloodstream infection in elderly patients on hemodialysis.

Background And Objectives: Elderly patients require tunneled central vein dialysis catheters more often than younger patients. Little is known about the risk of catheter-related bloodstream infection in this population.

Design, Setting, Participants, & Measurements: This study identified 464 patients on hemodialysis with tunneled central vein dialysis catheters between 2005 and 2007 and excluded patients who accrued <21 catheter-days during this period.

Molecular determinants of susceptibility to oncolytic vesicular stomatitis virus in pancreatic adenocarcinoma.

Background: M protein mutant vesicular stomatitis virus (M51R-VSV) has oncolytic properties against many cancers. However, some cancer cells are resistant to M51R-VSV. Herein, we evaluate the molecular determinants of vesicular stomatitis virus (VSV) resistance in pancreatic adenocarcinoma cells.

Patterns of failure after treatment of atypical meningioma with gamma knife radiosurgery.

Atypical meningiomas have poor local control with emerging literature indicating the use of radiosurgery in treatment. The purpose of this study was to evaluate clinical outcomes including local control and failure pattern after Gamma Knife radiosurgery (GKRS) and factors that may affect these outcomes. Between 1999 and 2008, 24 patients were treated with GKRS as either primary or salvage treatment for pathologically proven atypical meningiomas.

Cytoreductive surgery and intraperitoneal hyperthermic chemotherapy for peritoneal carcinomatosis from small bowel adenocarcinoma.

Introduction: Peritoneal carcinomatosis (PC) is associated with a dismal prognosis. Small bowel adenocarcinoma is a rare etiology for PC. Due to the rarity, poor prognosis, and lack of standard treatment, we chose to review our experience with this disease process treated with cytoreductive surgery (CS) and intraperitoneal hyperthermic chemotherapy (IPHC).

Low-dose adjuvant interferon for stage III malignant melanoma.

The role of interferon as adjuvant therapy in stage III melanoma has recently been questioned. Prospective randomized studies have shown conflicting results regarding the efficacy of adjuvant treatment. The purpose of this study was to examine the use of low-dose adjuvant interferon alpha2-b (IFN) in stage III melanoma patients treated at a single institution.