Index by author
July 01, 1991; Volume 58,Issue 4
Kessler, Kenneth M.
- You have accessAtrial fibrillation and flutter with left bundle branch block aberration referred as ventricular tachycardiaRichard G. Trohman, MD, Kenneth M. Kessler, MD, Deborah Williams, MD and James D. Maloney, MDCleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine July 1991, 58 (4) 325-330;
Ventricular tachycardia, a potentially lethal arrhythmia, may be difficult to differentiate from supraventricular tachycardia with aberration. Electrophysiologic testing helps the clinician identify the origin of the arrhythmia, assess long-term prognosis, and choose appropriate therapy.
Kirk, Malcolm M.
- You have accessReversible decerebrate posturing after profound and prolonged hypoglycemiaMalcolm M. Kirk, MD, Byron J. Hoogwerf, MD and James K. Stoller, MDCleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine July 1991, 58 (4) 361-363;
A type I diabetic patient recovered fully from prolonged decerebrate rigidity associated with hypoglycemic coma.
Klein, Allan L.
- You have accessTransesophageal echocardiography in the critical care unitVicente E. Font, MD, Timothy P. Obarski, DO, Allan L. Klein, MD, James C. Bartlett, DO, James J. Nemec, MD, William J. Stewart, MD and Ernesto E. Salcedo, MDCleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine July 1991, 58 (4) 315-322;
Transesophageal echocardiography can provide a new acoustic window to the heart in critically ill patients, offering improved identification of cardiac abnormalities.