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99%. The reflex arc of mechanism usually involved in hiccups is not entirely understood. The phrenic and vagus nerves are known to be part of it; Dr. Salem thought that it might often include irritation of the trachea, or windpipe. Using a catheter introduced through the nose, he and his...
Bits of the catheter, having been cut by the edge of the needle, can break off and get lost in the vein. Writing in the December issue of GP, Dr. Carl Northcutt of Stuttgart, Ark., relates the case of a 61-year-old male patient who was having a catheter...
A patient who needs a prolonged transfusion or intravenous feeding of any kind normally has no difficulty in getting it. His doctor slips a needle into the vein and threads a thin polyethylene tube (catheter) through the needle into the bloodstream. The needle is then removed, the catheter taped down...
∙ PROSTATE. In aging men, disorders of the prostate gland, which surrounds the urethra, are likely to be a source of pain or the cause of death. The gland may hypertrophy (grow to excessive size) and squeeze the urethra shut by simple pressure, or it may become cancerous. At the...
Spanier's playing sounded as hot and sure as ever, but that was not what Dr. Alton Ochsner Jr. and his colleagues were interested in. They were more concerned about the inaudible signals they were receiving through the patient's draped left arm. Through one of the veins...