University of Chicago Medical Center

Surviving Sepsis Campaign

To provide an update to the "Surviving Sepsis Campaign Guidelines for Management of Severe Sepsis and Septic Shock," last published in 2008. A consensus committee of 68 internat...

Echocardiographic reference ranges for normal cardiac chamber size: results from the NORRE study

The NORRE study provides useful two-dimensional echocardiographic reference ranges for cardiac chamber quantification. These data highlight the need for body size normalization ...

The cortical projections of the inferior pulvinar and adjacent lateral pulvinar in the rhesus monkey (macaca mulatta): An autoradiographic study

Patterns of care related to age of men with prostate cancer

A chart review study was done of 242 Stages A2 to D1 cancer patients to determine whether the age of patients with prostate cancer influenced their physicians' management strate...

Normal Reference Ranges for Echocardiography: rationale, study design, and methodology (NORRE Study)

After completion of the NORRE Study, uniform reference limits according to age, gender, and anthropometric parameters will be available to standardize the quantitative interpret...

Evaluation of left ventricular structure and function by three-dimensional echocardiography

With real-time 3DTTE, one can acquire and display a 3D image encompassing the entire LV within seconds. Because 3DTTE aids in identification of the true LV apex, it provides mor...