Abstract:
:Adynamic ileus due to invasion of the myenteric plexus of the small and large intestine was a significant symptom in a patient with a peritoneal mesothelioma. A record of this unusual complication was not found in the medical literature surveyed.
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J Natl Med Assocjournal_title
Journal of the National Medical Associationauthors
Johnson HR,Smith HB,Miller JMsubject
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1987-07-01 00:00:00pages
770-1, 774issue
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0027-9684issn
1943-4693journal_volume
79pub_type
杂志文章abstract::Peritoneal lavage fluid for cytologic study was obtained in 73 patients undergoing primary surgery for stage I endometrial adenocarcinoma. Preoperative irradiation was not used. Malignant cells consistent with endometrial adenocarcinoma were present in eight (11 percent) cases. There was no significant difference in t...
journal_title:Journal of the National Medical Association
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:1985-10-01 00:00:00
abstract::This paper describes the use of a mobile health unit as a part of a community education, screening, and counseling program. By virtue of its mobility and more flexible hours, this model extends services into the basic urban, suburban, and rural community. Quality control of the diagnostic and counseling activities on ...
journal_title:Journal of the National Medical Association
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:1982-10-01 00:00:00
abstract::A large majority of psychiatric outpatients (70 percent) could be diagnosed by nonprofessionals, and an even larger proportion, 80 percent, of 36 patients evaluated could be treated by nonprofessionals. Where the nonprofessional needed professional assistance to diagnose and treat the patient, it was a medical doctor ...
journal_title:Journal of the National Medical Association
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:1979-11-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Hypertension is associated with left ventricular diastolic function abnormalities. There have been few studies evaluating left ventricular diastolic function in an African populace. MATERIALS AND METHODS:Ninety-eight hypertensives (52 females, 46 males) and 99 normal controls (49 females, 50 males) were rec...
journal_title:Journal of the National Medical Association
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:2005-01-01 00:00:00
abstract::Twenty-one patients with postpolio syndrome were surveyed to determine otolaryngologic symptoms. An alteration in voice, dysphagia, and fatigue were the most common symptoms reported. Prevailing etiologic theories are presented, and treatment recommendations are offered. ...
journal_title:Journal of the National Medical Association
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:1993-09-01 00:00:00
abstract::The study aimed at finding out the clinicopathologic, ophthalmic and visual profiles, management and outcome of mucoceles of the paranasal sinuses in Nigerians. The study was a retrospective review of 20 cases of mucoceles who presented to the ENT clinic and referred to the eye clinic of the University College Hospita...
journal_title:Journal of the National Medical Association
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:2006-01-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND/PURPOSE:With the urgency to create more equitable health care, increased research and early exposure to health interventions and clinical medicine are imperative. Health disparities continue to persist nationwide, particularly in underserved areas and among traditionally disadvantaged populations. In additio...
journal_title:Journal of the National Medical Association
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.jnma.2019.12.003
更新日期:2020-02-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVE:While African-American women tend to have greater bone mineral density (BMD) than caucasian women, they are still at risk of developing osteoporosis later in life. Clinical decision rules (i.e., algorithms) have been developed to assist clinicians identify women at greatest risk of low BMD. However, such tool...
journal_title:Journal of the National Medical Association
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:2004-03-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVES:African Americans bear a disproportionate burden of lower extremity complications associated with a type 2 diabetes diagnosis. We examined the relationship that self-reported foot care knowledge, foot self-care behaviors, and foot self-care management barriers had on a participants' intention to maintain lon...
journal_title:Journal of the National Medical Association
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.jnma.2018.10.004
更新日期:2019-06-01 00:00:00
abstract::Four hundred ninety-nine nosocomial infections (with 657 isolates) in 288 Surgical Service patients were monitored from February 1986 to June 1987 (17 months) to determine the influence that pathogen or site of infection had on the length of hospital stay. Patients with upper respiratory and skin infections were more ...
journal_title:Journal of the National Medical Association
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:1990-04-01 00:00:00
abstract::Thyroglossal duct cyst carcinomas are rare tumors with just more than 200 cases published to date. This is a case report of a thyroglossal duct cyst harboring an occult carcinoma for which a Sistrunk operation was performed. Histopathological examination revealed a papillary carcinoma arising from a thyroglossal duct ...
journal_title:Journal of the National Medical Association
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/s0027-9684(15)33519-7
更新日期:2012-03-01 00:00:00
abstract::Congenital pleuroperitoneal diaphragmatic hernia usually presents in neonates. Children manifesting symptoms and signs after the neonatal period constitute a distinct, uncommon, and infrequently recognized group of patients. Occurrence in adults is also uncommon, with fewer than a hundred patients reported in the lite...
journal_title:Journal of the National Medical Association
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:1977-02-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Black women in Minnesota and beyond have a greater burden of death due to some cancers than their White counterparts. Delayed screening and treatment may explain these disparate statistics. The purpose of this study was to work in collaboration with a local Black faith-based organization to gain an updated u...
journal_title:Journal of the National Medical Association
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.jnma.2019.02.006
更新日期:2020-10-01 00:00:00
abstract::A case of pancreatitis that occurred as a complication of a vaso-occlusive crisis in a child with sickle cell anemia is reported. We encourage others to consider pancreatitis as a cause for abdominal pain in children with multisystem diseases, particularly those that may cause ischemic organ injury such as sickle cell...
journal_title:Journal of the National Medical Association
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:1993-01-01 00:00:00
abstract::We present a case of multiple degloving injuries in an elderly man following a fall from a palm tree. Multiple midface injuries are very rare, although individual types have been reported. Our patient sustained injuries in the lower and middle thirds of the face, including multiple tongue lacerations and a deep jagged...
journal_title:Journal of the National Medical Association
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:2007-07-01 00:00:00
abstract::Organizational barriers play a key role in colorectal cancer (CRC) screening disparities in low-income minorities. This is a prospective, randomized trial to determine whether a patient navigator (PN) can help overcome the organizational barriers low-income minorities face in trying to obtain screening colonoscopy. Pa...
journal_title:Journal of the National Medical Association
pub_type: 临床试验,杂志文章,随机对照试验
doi:10.1016/s0027-9684(15)31240-2
更新日期:2008-03-01 00:00:00
abstract::Two women over the age of 50 years presented with ketoacidosis as the first manifestation of diabetes mellitus. The first patient failed to respond to a regimen of hourly intramuscular injections of regular insulin. She only improved when a continuous intravenous infusion of regular insulin was utilized. The second pa...
journal_title:Journal of the National Medical Association
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:1986-02-01 00:00:00
abstract::The gastrointestinal tract is the largest lymphoid reservoir of the body and is subject to damage that compromises the cellular and humoral defense mechanism. With the increasing numbers of patients infected with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS), health-care practiti...
journal_title:Journal of the National Medical Association
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:
更新日期:1994-05-01 00:00:00
abstract::Strongyloides stercoralis affects 30 to 100 million people worldwide and is a common cause of abdominal pain and diarrhea. Strongyloidiasis is a chronic and limited disease; however, in immunocompromised patients, hyperinfection syndrome can occur. Diagnosing strongyloidiasis early is important, as almost all deaths d...
journal_title:Journal of the National Medical Association
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1016/s0027-9684(15)30246-7
更新日期:2011-01-01 00:00:00
abstract::Stroke in black Americans is an important health problem that has been understudied. A brief review of the pertinent literature and strategies for evaluating and managing patients with cerebrovascular disease are presented. ...
journal_title:Journal of the National Medical Association
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:1987-01-01 00:00:00
abstract::Diagnostic bone marrow aspiration, biopsy, and culture are useful procedures in the evaluation of patients with suspected or proven acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) who are febrile. In as many as one fourth of these patients, the information provided by the bone marrow examination may establish a diagnosis of...
journal_title:Journal of the National Medical Association
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:1989-02-01 00:00:00
abstract::Renal medullary carcinoma (RMC) is a rare but highly aggressive neoplasm that primarily affects young African Americans with sickle cell trait. Most patients present with macroscopic hematuria and have metastases at diagnosis. Chemotherapy, biologics directed against the more common renal cell carcinomas and radiation...
journal_title:Journal of the National Medical Association
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.jnma.2016.08.006
更新日期:2017-04-01 00:00:00
abstract::Nosocomial sinusitis is occasionally overlooked as a source of sepsis in critically ill patients. Physical examination is usually unreliable and purulent nasal discharge is absent up to 73% of the time. Computed tomography scans of the sinuses and aspiration and culture of sinus fluid are the hallmark of diagnosis. Th...
journal_title:Journal of the National Medical Association
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:
更新日期:1992-12-01 00:00:00
abstract::Underrepresented minorities (URMs) make up a disproportionately small percentage of medical school applicants, matriculants, and physicians relative to the general US population. Preprofessional pipeline programs may help introduce URMs to careers in the medical field. MiniMeds was developed as a paracurricular enrich...
journal_title:Journal of the National Medical Association
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/s0027-9684(15)30437-5
更新日期:2011-09-01 00:00:00
abstract::Obesity is on the rise worldwide. An obesity subtype, metabolically healthy obese (MHO), is resilient to unfavorable metabolic and cardiovascular effects. Factors predicting MHO phenotype are not well characterized. We aimed to identify MHO and metabolically unhealthy obese (MUO) children and adolescents with respect ...
journal_title:Journal of the National Medical Association
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.jnma.2017.02.008
更新日期:2017-10-01 00:00:00
abstract::This survey was undertaken to determine the prevalence of diabetes mellitus and impaired glucose tolerance in a group of urban adults in Ibadan, Nigeria. A total of 998 subjects randomly selected from five main ministries and departments in the Government Secretariat participated in the survey. Each subject was asked ...
journal_title:Journal of the National Medical Association
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:1998-05-01 00:00:00
abstract::The purpose of this cross-sectional study was to assess the 2009 prevalence of chlamydial and gonococcal infection in 2 populations in a midwestern city in the United States: patients at a public sexually transmitted disease (STD) clinic, and individuals seeking human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) counseling and testin...
journal_title:Journal of the National Medical Association
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/s0027-9684(15)30312-6
更新日期:2011-04-01 00:00:00
abstract::Baylor College of Medicine has conducted a summer enrichment program for minority/disadvantaged premedical students since 1969. Follow-up data on medical school application and acceptance for participants from 1980 through 1984 were analyzed in relation to selected preprogram variables--cumulative college grade point ...
journal_title:Journal of the National Medical Association
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:1991-07-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Dental caries is a big public health problem which is prevalent in the highest degree worldwide, especially in lower socioeconomic levels. This study aims to investigate the anti-caries effects of Curcumin in Turmeric on the caries model of enamel under laboratory conditions. METHODS:In order to make a reli...
journal_title:Journal of the National Medical Association
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.jnma.2017.12.005
更新日期:2018-10-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVE:To determine whether there is an association between perceived pediatric overweight and emotional/behavioral difficulties among children ages 4 to 17 years in the United States. DESIGN:A cross-sectional study SETTING:Interview of an adult knowledgeable about a child's emotional and physical health. All stat...
journal_title:Journal of the National Medical Association
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/s0027-9684(15)30447-8
更新日期:2011-09-01 00:00:00