Publications by authors named "Samuel G Jennings"
Prenatal opioid exposure (POE) has shown to be a risk factor for adverse long-term cognitive and behavioral outcomes in offspring. However, the neural mechanisms of these outcomes remain poorly understood. While preclinical and human studies suggest that these outcomes may be due to opioid-mediated changes in the fetal and early postnatal brain, other maternal, social, and environmental factors are also shown to play a role.
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- - The study aimed to investigate how age and gender affect the size of the pancreas and its duct diameter using MRCP in 280 patients aged 20-88 without pancreatic or liver disease.
- - Results showed that males had larger pancreatic heads and bodies than females, with gland size in males increasing until age 60-69 before declining, while females experienced a continuous decrease in gland size with age; duct diameter increased for both genders as they aged.
- - Conclusions indicate significant gender differences in pancreatic gland size, with males' size peaking in middle age and both genders experiencing reduced size after age 80, while duct diameter increased with age for everyone.
Background: Colonic volvulus is rare in children and associated with colonic dysmotility. Diagnosis of colonic volvulus on radiographs in these patients can be challenging. The purpose of the study was to identify the accuracy of abdominal radiographs and findings suggestive of colonic volvulus.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: We observed bone marrow signal changes (BMSC) in patients with plexiform neurofibromas after treatment with imatinib mesylate (Gleevec).
Objective: To evaluate the pattern and natural history of BMSC.
Materials And Methods: The data were obtained from a pilot study of imatinib mesylate in patients with plexiform neurofibromas.
Rationale And Objectives: The aim of this study was to evaluate a new thick-needle phosphor plate for computed radiography.
Materials And Methods: Two studies were performed. Patients acted as their own controls.
Rationale And Objectives: Patients with tetralogy of Fallot have right ventricular outflow and pulmonary valve stenosis. They may also have more distal peripheral pulmonary artery stenoses. Peripheral stenosis is believed to be part of the spectrum of the genetic manifestation of tetralogy.
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