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A case-control study examining inconsistencies in pain management following fractured neck of femur: an inferior analgesia for the cognitively impaired by McDermott, J H, Nichols, D R, Lovell, M E

“…Previous research suggests individuals who suffer from cognitive impairment are less able to vocalise pain than the rest of the cognitively-intact population…”
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Influence of age-specific lung function on survival after coronary bypass by Canver, Charles C, Nichols, Ronald D, Kroncke, George M

“…Background. Respiratory complications after successful coronary artery bypass grafting influence the immediate recovery of a patient; however, whether they…”
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Acute renal failure requiring hemodialysis immediately after heart transplantation portends a poor outcome by Canver, C C, Heisey, D M, Nichols, R D

“…Previous studies have not provided a definite clarification for the predictive value of pretransplant renal indices on postcardiac transplant patient outcome…”
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Intracellular modulation of acid secretion in rat inner medullary collecting duct cells by Schwartz, J H, Masino, S A, Nichols, R D, Alexander, E A

“…In this study we defined some of the important elements in the acidification process of rat inner medullary collecting duct (IMCD) cells in culture. After cell…”
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Detectability gradients as a function of target location by Yund, E W, Efron, R, Nichols, D R

“…We examined the ability to detect a specified visual pattern (a target) in a randomly selected location when it was briefly presented with 11 other spatially…”
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Influence of increasing age on long-term survival after coronary artery bypass grafting by Canver, Charles C., Nichols, Ronald D., Cooler, Stephania D., Heisey, Dennis M., Murray, Edward L., Kroncke, George M.

“…Despite the steady increase in the number of elderly patients undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG), skepticism still exists as to whether this…”
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Clinical importance of measuring coronary graft flows in the revascularized heart. Ultrasonic or electromagnetic? by Canver, C C, Cooler, S D, Murray, E L, Nichols, R D, Heisey, D M

“…In the past, routine coronary graft flow measurement at the end of coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) was not universally adopted by cardiac surgeons due…”
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Accelerated fractionation radiotherapy and concomitant chemotherapy in patients with stage IV inoperable head and neck cancer by Dragovic, J, Doyle, T J, Tilchen, E J, Nichols, R D, Benninger, M S, Carlson, E R, Boyd, S B, Jacobsen, G R

“…Stage IV inoperable head and neck cancer has a 2-year mortality rate of greater than 70% when treated with conventional radiotherapy. A Phase II study was…”
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Tympanostomies with tubes: the parent perspective by Urben, S L, Nichols, R D

“…Successful physician-patient encounters satisfy patient and family member needs beyond the effect on the disease process itself. To evaluate that aspect of…”
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Assessment of Internal Thoracic Artery Vasoreactivity in Response to Sublingual Nitroglycerin by Canver, Charles C, Armstrong, Victoria M, Cooler, Stephenia D, Nichols, Ronald D

“…Background. We have previously shown the feasibility of assessing internal thoracic artery (ITA) size and blood flow hemodynamics before and after coronary…”
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Serial processing of visual spatial patterns in a search paradigm by Efron, R, Yund, E W, Nichols, D R

“…Previous experiments in this laboratory employing a search paradigm have found highly significant differences in the detectability of a briefly exposed target…”
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Scanning the visual field without eye movements--a sex difference by Efron, R, Yund, E W, Nichols, D R

“…Subjects identified the location of a briefly exposed target pattern in the presence of five other patterns. Right-handed females, but not males, exhibited a…”
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Detectability as a function of spatial location: effects of selective attention by Yund, E W, Efron, R, Nichols, D R

“…In a series of previous reports we have described differences in detectability of a target in a background of nontarget patterns as a function of its spatial…”
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Detectability as a function of target location: effects of spatial configuration by Efron, R, Yund, E W, Nichols, D R

“…Marked differences in detectability as a function of spatial location, a "detectability gradient," are observed when subjects are required to detect a briefly…”
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Color-flow duplex ultrasound assessment of internal thoracic artery graft after coronary bypass by Canver, Charles C., Armstrong, Victoria M., Nichols, Ronald D., Mentzer, Robert M.

“…In an effort to develop a noninvasive method to evaluate flow characteristics of the internal thoracic artery (ITA) graft after coronary artery bypass…”
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The influence of cardiopulmonary function on outcome of veterans undergoing resectional therapy for lung cancer by Canver, C C, Cooler, S D, Nichols, R D

“…The unknown but presumably poor preoperative cardiopulmonary function of U.S. Armed Forces veterans with bronchogenic cancer may dissuade surgeons performing…”
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Alveolar consolidation detection: advanced multiple beam equalization radiography versus conventional chest radiography by Nichols, R D, Gurney, J W, Jones, K K, Robbins, R A, Rennard, S I

“…Advanced multiple beam equalization radiography (AMBER) and conventional chest radiography were prospectively evaluated in the detection and quantitation of…”
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Target detection in one visual field in the presence or absence of stimuli in the contralateral field by right- and left-handed subjects by Yund, E W, Efron, R, Nichols, D R

“…Marked differences in detectability are observed as a function of retinal locus when subjects are required to find a briefly exposed target pattern of…”
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Visual detectability gradients: the effect of distractors in contralateral field by Efron, R, Yund, E W, Nichols, D R

“…A number of studies involving recognition of tachistoscopically presented words have reported that the typical right visual field performance superiority…”
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Long-term survival benefit of internal thoracic artery grafting is negligible in a patient with bad ventricle by Canver, C C, Heisey, D M, Nichols, R D, Cooler, S D, Kroncke, G M

“…Although the internal thoracic artery (ITA) graft is well known for its benefit of enhancing patient longevity after coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG),…”
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