Publications by authors named "N Newman-Palmer"

The objective of this study was to determine if an Emergency Medicine (EM) rotation for medical students offers a unique educational opportunity, and to document those experiences. Thirty-three medical students at one teaching hospital recorded in a computer database information about their patient encounters during EM and Internal Medicine (IM) rotations. Data collected included the types of patients seen, the level of participation in patient care and decision making, and procedures performed.

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Objective: This study was conducted to determine whether individuals attending an urban outpatient clinic met the National Health Promotion and Disease Prevention nutritional objectives and to assess factors associated with poor dietary habits.

Methods: Individuals who attended the general medicine outpatient clinic at the State University of New York Health Science Center in Syracuse were interviewed using an expanded version of the Health Habits and History Questionnaire. Usual dietary intake, medical history, occupation, stress, physical activity, tobacco use and other life-style factors were recorded.

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Patients with essential hypertension (n = 2969) who had not been taking any blood pressure medication for longer than 1 week were classified as furosemide-sensitive (FS) if their diastolic BP after furosemide fell > or = 10% and furosemide-resistant (FR) if it fell less than that. The FS group was significantly (P < or = .05) older, and had higher blood pressure than the FR group.

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We undertook a phase II study of combination chemotherapy with mechlorethamine (nitrogen mustard) 6 mg/m2 intravenously day 1 and day 8, vincristine 2 mg intravenously day 1 and day 8, and procarbazine 100 mg/m2 orally days 1 through 14 (MOP) in adults with recurrent high-grade glioma. There were 31 patients entered and 27 patients assessable for response. The median age was 49 years old.

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