Tobacco use and dependence in Asian Americans: a review of the literature.

This article reports on an integrative review of literature on Asian American tobacco use and dependence, identifies gaps in the literature, and proposes studies needed in the future. Articles were retrieved from electronic health-related databases indexed for permutations of the keywords Asian Americans, smoking, tobacco use, tobacco dependence, and nicotine dependence. A manual search also was done to identify additional literature.

Angiographic findings and embolotherapy in renal arterial trauma.

Purpose: To evaluate the angiographic findings and embolotherapy in the management of traumatic renal arterial injury.

Methods: This is a retrospective review of 22 patients with renal trauma who underwent arteriography and percutaneous embolization from December 1995 to January 2002. Medical records, imaging studies and procedural reports were reviewed to assess the type of injury, arteriographic findings and immediate embolization results.