Imatinib and Trigger Avoidance for Mast Cell Activation Syndrome Presenting With Attacks of Abdominal Pain, Nausea, Vomiting, and Diarrhea.

The etiology for concurrent attacks of abdominal pain, nausea, vomiting, and diarrhea can be obscure. Mast cell activation syndrome is not usually considered in this differential diagnosis. A 53-year-old paint salesman suffered severe attacks of these symptoms for the 3 decades of his career.

Predictors of radiation oncology resident research productivity.

Purpose: Academic research is an essential part of residency training, yet resident productivity in research seems to be highly variable. The aim of this study was to determine the factors, both individual and institutional, that contribute to research output among radiation oncology residents.

Methods: Newly practicing radiation oncologists and current senior residents were identified and invited via e-mail to complete a web-based survey.

Neonatal intensive care unit stress is associated with brain development in preterm infants.

Objective: Although many perinatal factors have been linked to adverse neurodevelopmental outcomes in very premature infants, much of the variation in outcome remains unexplained. The impact on brain development of 1 potential factor, exposure to stressors in the neonatal intensive care unit, has not yet been studied in a systematic, prospective manner.

Methods: In this prospective cohort study of infants born at <30 weeks gestation, nurses were trained in recording procedures and cares.