Advanced atrioventricular block in a 39-year-old man with acute rheumatic fever.

This report describes the development of advanced (2:1 and 3:1) AV block in a 39-year-old man with acute rheumatic fever. AV block progressed from first-degree to type I second-degree and finally to advanced AV block. The latter lasted 5 days.

The cause of death in inflammatory bowel disease: a comparison of death certificates and hospital charts in Rochester, New York.

Objective: This study examines the causes of death from Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis by comparing death certificates with hospital charts as part of an ongoing, community-based analysis in Rochester, NY.

Methods: A registry of 1358 inflammatory bowel disease patients followed from January 1973 to December 1989 was analyzed for the cause of death by a study of death certificates as well as by a study of hospital records, including surgical pathology and autopsy records. A panel of physicians defined specific criteria for diagnosis, cause of death, and relation of death to inflammatory bowel disease.

An epidemiologic study of inflammatory bowel disease in Rochester, New York. Hospital incidence.

The epidemiological understanding of inflammatory bowel disease has been limited by the referral bases of most inflammatory bowel disease studies. The Colitis-Ileitis Study Group of Rochester, N.Y.