Integrated diagnostic and treatment approach for the medical patient who has had psychologic trauma.

abstract：:Eikenella corrodens was isolated from an orally contaminated hand wound which resulted in cellulitis, osteomyelitis, and arthritis. E corrodens is a gram-negative, microaerophilic bacillus which only lately has received attention as a possible pathogen. The organism grows characteristically as small, corroding, or pit...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Johnson SM,Pankey GA

更新日期：1976-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Experience with the posterolateral approach to total hip replacement arthroplasty in 229 patients is reported. The technic has the advantages of providing excellent exposure and decreased operative time, minimal blood loss, and absence of the complications associated with removal and replacement of the greater trochan...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Gristina AG,Rovere GD,Nicastro JF,Burke JG

更新日期：1980-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Transient synovitis of the hip is an acute and self-limited disease commonly seen in children. It is the most common cause of acute hip pain in children ages 3 to 10. It is not considered a disease of adults. It usually only affects one hip. The child may complain of pain that is much worse with walking and may actual...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Quintos-Macasa AM,Serebro L,Menon Y

更新日期：2006-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We examined present and anticipated future levels of career satisfaction among psychiatrists in the greater Houston area. We gathered data by means of an anonymous questionnaire. The strongest univariate correlations between background variables and current and anticipated future levels of career satisfaction were fou...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： McKelvey RS,Webb JA

更新日期：1995-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The diagnoses of complete obstruction in a duplicated renal collecting system and ureterocele can be made with a high degree of confidence by ultrasound. Two children presenting with abdominal masses were examined by gray scale ultrasonography which demonstrated large cystic masses dorsal to and displacing the lower p...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Morgan CL,Grossman H,Trought WS,Oddson TA

更新日期：1980-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:All cases of surgically proven and cured primary hyperparathyroidism, over a five-year period, were reviewed for the presence of hypertension, renal and/or prerenal azotemia, nephrolithiasis, nephrocalcinosis, and patient symptom status. In this group of 23 patients, the prevalence of hypertension was greater than 78%...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Lueg MC

更新日期：1982-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Use of mucolytic agents that result in reduced mucous viscosity of the gastric mucous has been suggested to have an additive effect in curing Helicobacter pylori infection. METHODS:Seventy Hpylori-positive patients were given either eradication treatment consisting of 500 mg clarithromycin bid and 30 mg lan...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Gurbuz AK,Ozel AM,Ozturk R,Yildirim S,Yazgan Y,Demirturk L

更新日期：2005-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hyponatremia has been recognized as a complication in adults with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS). We did a retrospective study evaluating the medical records of 86 children (age 4 months to 21 years) with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV-1) infection to determine the frequency and clinical associations of ...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Tolaymat A,al-Mousily F,Sleasman J,Paryani S,Neiberger R

更新日期：1995-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:As this case illustrates, lung cancer should be included in the differential diagnosis in a young person with fever, purulent sputum, and a large cystic mass on chest roentgenogram. An aggressive diagnostic approach including biopsy is recommended if symptoms do not respond to early treatment. ...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Hebert C,George RB

更新日期：1988-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Screening mammography, particularly for women in their 40s, has become a confusing issue for many physicians. Recent scientific and political controversies regarding screening guidelines have added to this confusion. METHODS:Many randomized clinical trials have shown the benefits of mammographic screening f...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Reichle JL

更新日期：1998-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We reviewed the operative complications in 333 living related donor nephrectomies done at our institution over the past 12 years. The overall complication rate was 17.1%; only three patients (0.9%) had major complications, and none died. The major complications were a delayed splenectomy because of bleeding, an adrena...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Ottelin MC,Bueschen AJ,Lloyd LK,Joseph DB,Diethelm AG,Burns JR

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report the case of an 18-year old man with hemolytic-uremic syndrome (HUS) having a classic clinical presentation and diagnostic renal pathology without evidence of microangiopathic hemolytic anemia (MAHA) by peripheral blood smear. Indirect evidence of hemolysis was suggested by mild anemia, elevation of serum lac...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Brilliant SE,Lester PA,Ohno AK,Carlon MJ,Davis BJ,Cushner HM

更新日期：1996-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have described a 47-year-old white woman who had spontaneous E coli K1 meningitis after acquiring an E coli K1 urinary tract infection with associated sepsis. The patient's symptoms consisted only of severe headache, fever, and malaise. She had no meningeal or focal neurologic signs, and the CSF did not contain whi...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Gilmore RL,Lebow R,Berk SL

更新日期：1983-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Lung cancer and pancreatic cancer are the most lethal tobacco-associated malignancies. To elucidate possible clinical interrelationships, the authors reviewed the clinicopathologic characteristics of patients treated for both pulmonary and pancreatic neoplasms. METHODS:Patients presenting with a potentially...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Schwarz RE,Chu PG,Grannis FW Jr

更新日期：2004-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A review of the available clinical and pathologic information suggests that the biologic behavior of prostatic carcinoma can be characterized by one of three different tumor-growth kinetic curves. Failure to identify the biologic potential of the tumor, as indicated by the pattern of its growth curve, can result in in...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Johnson DE,von Eschenbach AC

更新日期：1980-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chronic metformin use results in vitamin B12 deficiency in 30% of patients. Exhaustion of vitamin B12 stores usually occurs after twelve to fifteen years of absolute vitamin B12 deficiency. Metformin has been available in the United States for approximately fifteen years. Vitamin B12 deficiency, which may present with...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Bell DS

更新日期：2010-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 35-year-old, previously healthy woman, known to be thyrotoxic, was transferred from a community hospital for "acute abdomen." Abdominal pain, distention, and hyperemesis resolved with placement of nasogastric tube (NGT) and return of 2,600 mL of bilious fluid. Continued high NGT output made oral or NGT administratio...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Cansler CL,Latham JA,Brown PM Jr,Chapman WH,Magner JA

更新日期：1997-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Patients with blunt hepatic injury can safely be managed nonoperatively if they show hemodynamic stability. Transcatheter arterial embolization (TAE) is a useful adjunct in the treatment of patients who show evidence of continued hemorrhage or who have pooling of contrast material on computed tomography (CT). In these...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Harper HC 3rd,Maull KI

更新日期：2000-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The advantages of topical (as opposed to systemic) therapy for allergic rhinitis include the avoidance of undesirable systemic effects and the concentration of therapeutic effect on the target organ. Successful topical therapy requires establishment of a proper diagnosis, followed by effective delivery of the medicati...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Mabry RL

更新日期：1992-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To study the association between anticonvulsant therapy and osteomalacia or rickets, we evaluated 450 epileptic patients receiving anticonvulsants and residing in an institution for the mentally retarded in Florida. Fifty-five of them with increased mean serum alkaline phosphatase and mildly depressed mean serum calci...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Williams C,Netzloff M,Folkerts L,Vargas A,Garnica A,Frias J

更新日期：1984-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have described a 38-year-old white American woman who had a 7-year history of pain in the left anterior chest, neck, right wrist, and buttocks. The pain fluctuated in severity and appeared to coincide with worsening of her skin condition, palmoplantar pustulosis (PPP). She manifested the typical skeletal features o...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： McGee TC,Field RS,Loebl DH,Bailey JP Jr,Sizemore KR

更新日期：1993-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Between the years 1963 to 1982, 84 consecutive cases of intracranial complications of ear disease in pediatric patients were diagnosed and treated at the North Carolina Baptist Hospital. This group consisted of 65 patients with otitic meningitis, four with otitic brain abscess, four with otitic hydrocephalus, three wi...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Gower DJ,McGuirt WF,Kelly DL Jr

更新日期：1985-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Accurate reptile envenomation mortality data for the United States is unavailable. Using data from the National Vital Statistics System (NVSS), deaths from 1979 through 1998 were analyzed. METHODS:Records of deaths from reptile envenomation were selected using matches to code E905.0 of the International Cla...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Morgan BW,Lee C,Damiano L,Whitlow K,Geller R

更新日期：2004-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Cystic fibrosis (CF) is associated with vitamin D deficiency, which can lead to adverse effects including recurrent pulmonary infections and osteoporosis. We longitudinally investigated calcifediol or 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25(OH)D) levels for our pediatric patients with CF based on the time of year as well as...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Lansing AH,McDonald C,Patel RA,Meihls S,Crowell K,Chatfield B,Pohl JF

更新日期：2015-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:To design and evaluate interventions for reducing the impact of stroke in Georgia, we assessed knowledge of signs, risk factors, and burden of stroke. METHODS:Adults in Georgia were studied with a random digit dial telephone survey. RESULTS:Answering an unaided question, 39% of 602 respondents named > or =...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Rowe AK,Frankel MR,Sanders KA

更新日期：2001-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thirteen male patients consecutively admitted to an inpatient drug and alcohol rehabilitation hospital with the primary diagnosis of crack cocaine dependence were shown a 30-minute videotape that included salient environmental cues intended to elicit cocaine craving. The subjects were tested before and after the video...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Kilgus MD,Pumariega AJ

更新日期：1994-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Food safety is an increasing concern to Americans. Recent recalls of peanuts and pistachios, and Food and Drug Administration (FDA) warnings to pregnant women to avoid eating fish have increased government oversight of food processing and handling. Consumers can play an important role in alerting their healthcare prov...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Codori N,Marinopoulos S

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have reported a case of small-bowel volvulus in which complete jejunoileal necrosis resulted from torsion of the superior mesenteric artery. This case was unusual not only because of the extent of necrosis but also because primary small-bowel volvulus is rare in adults. Despite nearly total small-bowel resection, t...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Rubio PA,Galloway RE

更新日期：1990-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 66-year-old woman with a subacute onset of mild dementia and headaches was discovered to have multiple large, hyperdense lesions on cranial CT scan. Biopsy showed poorly differentiated adenocarcinoma with necrosis and dystrophic calcification, which represented an unusual initial manifestation of metastatic breast c...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Murray JJ,Houston MC

更新日期：1986-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case of Wuchereria bancrofti filariasis was recently seen in a Haitian immigrant in Charleston, SC. The Caribbean area is a known endemic focus for this organism. With the increased numbers of immigrants from that area, it is likely that other such cases will be seen in the US. ...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Morris RC,Pappas AA,Garvin AJ

更新日期：1985-04-01 00:00:00