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Methods for assessing nutritional status of patients with renal failure by Blumenkrantz, M J, Kopple, J D, Gutman, R A, Chan, Y K, Barbour, G L, Roberts, C, Shen, F H, Gandhi, V C, Tucker, C T, Curtis, F K, Coburn, J W

“…Since wasting and malnutrition are common problems in patients with renal failure, it is important to develop techniques for the longitudinal assessment of…”
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Controlled comparison of hemodialysis and peritoneal dialysis: Veterans Administration multicenter study by Gutman, Robert A., Blumenkrantz, Michael J., Chan, Yick-Kwong, Barbour, Galen L., Gandhi, Vasant C., Shen, Fu H., Tucker, Thomas, Murawski, Benjamin J., Coburn, Jack W., Curtis, Frederick K.

“…Controlled comparison of hemodialysis and peritoneal dialysis: Veterans Administration multicenter study. We measured mortality and morbidity among 114…”
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Development of a quality improvement checklist for the Department of Veterans Affairs by Barbour, G L

“…In 1991, the Department of Veterans Affairs developed an instrument to monitor various aspects of quality in Veterans Affairs hospitals. The instrument, the…”
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Hemosiderosis secondary to chronic parenteral iron therapy in maintenance hemodialysis patients by Pitts, T O, Barbour, G L

“…Autopsy data on 24 chronic maintenance hemodialysis patients who had received varying doses of parenteral iron as the iron-dextran complex were reviewed for…”
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Quality Improvement in the US Veterans Health Administration by YOUNG, GARY J., CHARNS, MARTIN P., BARBOUR, GALEN L.

“…The Veterans Health Administration, the largest government-operated health-care system in the United States, has been actively engaged in quality improvement…”
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Studies of the permeability of isolated porcine peritoneum to nutrients: saccharides by Barbour, G L, Morck, T A

“…Isolated peritoneal membrane, freshly harvested from pigs, was studied in vitro to determine the permeability of the membrane to saccharide nutrients. Studies…”
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Failure of histidine supplementation to improve anemia in chronic dialysis patients by Reeves, RD, Barbour, GL, Robertson, CS, Crumb, CK

“…Failure of histidine supplementation to improve anemia in chronic dialysis patients was seen in six patients after a study period of 8 weeks. Serum amino acid…”
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Measurement of peritoneal clearances in self-dialysis patients by Barbour, G L, Joe, C, Patterson, R M

“…Twelve chronic peritoneal dialysis patients were studied on 20 occasions to measure peritoneal clearances of creatinine, urea, uric acid, and potassium. Two…”
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Malnutrition in the hospitalized geriatric patient by Bienia, R, Ratcliff, S, Barbour, G L, Kummer, M

“…The nutritional status of 59 consecutive geriatric male patients admitted to the medical service of a Veterans Administration Hospital was evaluated and…”
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Contribution of locally and externally designed quality management activities to hospitals' efforts to improve patient care by Goldman, R L, Barbour, G L, Ciesco, E

“…We examined the effects of quality management activities on efforts by hospitals to improve patient care. Our primary objective was to assess the relative…”
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Fludrocortisone therapy for hypercalcemia by Barbour, G L

“…A patient with mild hypercalcemia associated with adenocarcinoma of the lung was treated with fludrocortisone, a synthetic mineralocorticoid. Hypercalcemia…”
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Malnutrition and hospital prognosis in the alcoholic patient by Bienia, Richard, Ratcliff, Sandra, Barbour, Galen L, Kummer, Mary

“…The nutritional status of 65 hospitalized alcoholics was examined, with the epidemiologic profile of malnutrition in these patients compared to 87 hospitalized…”
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In vitro permeability studies of peritoneal (P), cuprophan (C), and polycarbonate (PCM) membranes by Pitts, T, Mackey, M, Barbour, G L

“…A unique dialysis device was developed to allow direct comparison of permeability characteristics of different membranes to various solutes under identical…”
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Asymptomatic Bartter's syndrome by Barbour, G L, Day, J O

“…A 63-year-old man had asymptomatic Bartter's syndrome, discovered during evaluation for hypokalemia. Elevated plasma renin and aldosterone levels, angiotension…”
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Distal renal tubular acidosis in selective hypoaldosteronism by Barbour, G L, Keller, Jr, A W

“…Renal mechanisms for metabolic acidosis in selective hypoaldosteronism were investigated in a patient with marked renal insufficiency. Studies demonstrated a…”
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Hyperlipidemia Due to Oxymetholone Therapy: Occurrence in a Long-Term Hemodialysis Patient by Reeves, Robert D, Morris, Manford D, Barbour, Galen L

“…Marked hypertriglyceridemia and hypercholesterolemia accompanied by angina and a left cerebral thrombosis occurred in a long-term hemodialysis patient…”
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End-stage renal disease: management in Arkansas 1972. The changing scene by Flanigan, W J, Ackerman, G L, Barbour, G L, Brewer, T E, Caldwell, F T, Harper, E H, Miller, C L, Patterson, R M, Pyle, Jr, H R

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Hypercalcemia in an anephric patient with sarcoidosis: evidence for extrarenal generation of 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D by Barbour, G L, Coburn, J W, Slatopolsky, E, Norman, A W, Horst, R L

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Delayed peritoneal-cutaneous fistula; a complication of bilateral nephrectomy by Bissada, N K, Redman, J F, Barbour, G L

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Parathyroid autotransplantation by Burnett, H F, Thompson, B W, Barbour, G L

“…Autotransplantation of the parathyroid to the forearm has been performed in eight patients following total or subtotal parathyroidectomy. The mass of gland…”
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