(1) The fulminant collection of pseudopolyps was palable in the epigastrium on physical exam and caused a partial obstruction to the retrograde flow of barium.
(2) The carrier state was accompanied by intermittent pain in the epigastrium, diminished appetite, diarrhoea etc.
(3) A 45-year-old man was reported who experienced rapid rhythmic nodding of his head and equally rapid contractions in his epigastrium, which participated by certain psychic situations.
(4) The patient, a 33 year old male, had suffered from swelling of the chest, neck and face for 4 months; palpitation, chest and epigastrium pain, cough and yellowish sputum for 10 days before admission into our hospital.
(5) Within a short time the pain shifted to the right epigastrium, became more intensive (with deterioration during inspiration) and concurrently the patient developed marked muscular tension in the whole right upper abdominal quadrant.
(6) Five, however, later had return of pain, but only to the right epigastrium.
(7) A palpable, hard, uneven mass was found in the epigastrium.
(8) Whole-body scanning, carried out in connection with administration of radioiodine for ablation of remaining thyroid tissue, disclosed an unexpected area of increased uptake in the epigastrium.
(9) For several weeks a 27-year-old man had experienced a pressure sensation and noticed a spherical area of resistance in the epigastrium.
(10) A longitudinal scan from an intercostal space in the mid-axillary line and a right-anterior-transverse scan from the intercostal space were useful in displaying the right adrenal, and an anterior-transverse scan from the epigastrium was also useful in showing the left adrenal.
(11) The majority of bruitswere in the epigastrium, mainly because of a high incidence of celiac artery stenosis usually of the extrinsic compression type.
(12) Bleeding from sinuses in the chest wall or epigastrium or repeated hemoptysis were important clinical clues.
(13) A significant disproportionate effect on the epigastrium, predicted by the choice of acupuncture points, was found for tolerances but not thresholds.
(14) US found dilated intestinal loops and a septate cystic mass in epigastrium.
(15) The impedance of the epigastrium to a 4 mA, 100 KHz AC current increases while liquids of low electrical conductivity are being drunk.
(16) In the superior mesenteric artery syndrome which may complicate extensive burns, a systolic murmur may be heard in the epigastrium when the patient is supine but not when he is prone.
(17) Typical symptoms are acute gastro-intestinal bleeding, chronic gastric pain and palpable tumour in the epigastrium with relatively good general condition.
(18) Out of oxyfedrine++ side effects known up to the present (mild agitation, stupor, heat sensation, pains in the epigastrium++, skin allergy) 24 cases of ageusia appearing usually after 4 weeks of treatment with oxyfedrine++ were presented.
(19) The authors found with neonatal ultrasound screening a cyst in the epigastrium sized 45 x 18 x 36 mm.
(20) On grounds of the case history, the presence of a murmur in the epigastrium, and symptoms of involvement of other arteries it may be assumed that the abdominal abnormalities are of vascular origin.
Umbilical
Definition:
(n.) Of or pertaining to an umbilicus, or umbilical cord; umbilic.
(n.) Pertaining to the center; central.
Example Sentences:
(1) Direct fetal digitalization led to a reduction in umbilical artery resistance, a decline in the abdominal circumference from 20.3 to 17.8 cm, and resolution of the ascites within 72 h. Despite this dramatic response to therapy, fetal death occurred on day 5 of treatment.
(2) A newborn presenting with persistent umbilical stump bleeding should be screened for factor XIII deficiency when routine coagulation tests prove normal.
(3) In umbilical cord blood a higher level of lipoperoxide was observed in patients with toxemia of pregnancy than in normal pregnant women.
(4) Aplasia of the trachea associated with multiple congenital anomalies is described in a stillborn male foetus with single umbilical artery.
(5) An umbilical nodule may be an early or late sign of metastasis from an internal location.
(6) A neonate, with a postconceptual age of 29 weeks, suffered thrombosis of the aorta as a consequence of umbilical artery catheterisation.
(7) The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effect of uterine contractions during labor on both the uterine and the umbilical circulations.
(8) Detectable antibiotic levels were present in umbilical blood and amniotic fluid within 15 min of maternal administration.
(9) Twenty-three of 98 (24%) newborn infants undergoing umbilical artery catheterization were found to have thrombotic complication determined by aortography.
(10) Paired umbilical cord venous and maternal venous blood samples were obtained and plasma levels of protein C, protein S, antithrombin III, fibrinopeptide A, fibrinogen, plasminogen, and fibrinolytic inhibitory activity were measured.
(11) DNA of cytomegalovirus (CMV) was examined in 131 placentae and 28 umbilical blood specimens by DNA-DNA hybridization.
(12) The Authors report the results of IgM and IgA assays in blood of the umbilical cord of 1694 newborns during the period from October 1973 to July 1974 after a rubella epidemic occurred in Piedmont.
(13) At operation a patent left umbilical artery was partially obstructing the distal left ureter.
(14) The levels of oestrogens and progesterone were greater (P less than 0.05) in the umbilical vein than umbilical artery, indicating the endocrine function of the placenta.
(15) We studied techniques to accurately quantify the adherence of L-[35S]methionine-labeled Candida albicans to human umbilical vein endothelial cells in a 96-well microtiter plate system while avoiding specific problems related to Candida coadherence and avid binding to plastic.
(16) In each rabbit, a single fetal sac was opened, the umbilical vessels were cannulated and the placenta was perfused in situ with buffered Krebs solution containing Dextran.
(17) C1-inhibitor (C1-inh) is synthesised and secreted by at least four cell types: hepatocytes, mononuclear phagocytes, fibroblasts and umbilical vein endothelial cells.
(18) The helical structure of the human umbilical cord has been studied on 528 full-term cords from normal deliveries, 18 cords from aborted and developmentally normal fetuses with a CR length of 1.2-19.5 cm, 10 cords from monozygotic twins.
(19) Atenolol concentration varied 3- to 6-fold between individuals, but there was no systematic difference between maternal and umbilical levels.
(20) This study suggests that restitution of amniotic fluid volume in human pregnancies complicated by severe oligohydramnios does not acutely alter the umbilical artery PI.