Malpractice liability of physicians to nonpatients.

abstract：:I report my experience during one 6-month period as the sole rheumatologist running a weekly clinic at a small community hospital. The report illustrates the impact of rheumatologic expertise in an environment well-served by generalists and other medical subspecialists. This experience identifies important gaps in the...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Kerr LD

更新日期：1995-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 45-year-old woman with poorly controlled hypertension and diabetes mellitus presented with left iliac fossa pain, constipation alternating with diarrhea, and weight loss. She had been diagnosed with idiopathic cardiomyopathy five years previously. Echocardiogram had shown a left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) ...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Tan F,Thai AC,Cheah WK,Mukherjee JJ

更新日期：2009-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have reviewed 60 consecutive cases, occurring in 57 patients, of intramedullary fixation of fractures of the midshaft of the tibia done over a ten-year period with the Lottes nail. Of 50 acute fractures, 38 were open fractures, nailed after adequate irrigation and debridement; the other 12 were closed fractures. Th...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Velazco A,Whitesides TE Jr,Fleming LL

更新日期：1981-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A woman with chronic hemoptysis as her only complaint had extensive testing and did not respond to antibiotic therapy. Radiologic examination of the sinuses identified a mass which, on surgical exploration, was found to be the result of a fungus, Pseudallescheria boydii. Although this fungus is known to be a cause of ...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Fiero RA,Groth M,Hurewitz A,April M,Nuovo M

更新日期：1995-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:High fever occurred in a 30-year-old woman five weeks after transsphenoidal hypophysectomy for a pituitary adenoma. Extensive investigation failed to reveal any evidence of infection, and the clinical findings suggested the fever to be a manifestation of steroid withdrawal. Either suboptimal dosage of corticosteroid r...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Soto-Hernandez JL,Verghese A,Hall BD,Cole CP,Cupp HB Jr

更新日期：1989-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hypochlorhydric states such as atrophic gastritis and partial gastrectomy have long been known to cause iron deficiency anemia. However, studies to date have failed to show a similar association with omeprazole, a proton pump inhibitor that also produces achlorhydria. These studies, however, have primarily involved no...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Sharma VR,Brannon MA,Carloss EA

更新日期：2004-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Of five patients with hypernephroma who were maintained on hemodialysis after nephrectomy, four died with metastic disease after having been on hemodialysis for an average of 13.7 months (range 8 to 19). The fifth patient had no evidence of malignancy after 21 months of dialysis; he then received a renal allograft fro...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Mirahmadi MK,Vaziri ND,Winer RL,Giberson A,Gentile DE,Miller RB,Gorman JT

更新日期：1979-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rapidly growing mycobacteria have occasionally been reported to cause catheter-related infections. We report a case of a central venous catheter-related bacteremia, caused by Mycobacterium smegmatis, in a patient with cancer. Cultures of the catheter tip and blood cultures grew M smegmatis and Enterococcus faecalis. T...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Skiest DJ,Levi ME

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have described a patient who died of disseminated strongyloidiasis as a result of steroid therapy, despite an extensive diagnostic evaluation in the face of eosinophilia, but before any immunosuppressive therapy. This death might have been prevented by presumptive treatment after work-up but before immunosuppressiv...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Klein RA,Cleri DJ,Doshi V,Brasitus TA

更新日期：1983-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A patient who presented with recurrent syncopal episodes was discovered to have a right-sided heart mass, which was revealed as an embolus in transit resulting in a lethal pulmonary embolic event. The initial focus of etiology on tumor rather than thrombus was misleading. A higher index of suspicion of thrombus in rig...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Dejecacion J,Veselka D,Ragain M,Jenkins LA,Meyerrose G

更新日期：2003-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case of ruptured interstitial pregnancy is reported, along with review of the literature. Although sonography did not differentiate between interstitial and intrauterine pregnancy, I believe it will prove to be one of the most accurate diagnostic aids in detecting this condition. ...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Gray CL

更新日期：1980-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Shoulder pain is a frequent clinical problem facing primary care physicians. Despite its common occurrence, many clinicians are unfamiliar with the diagnosis and treatment of many common shoulder ailments. Because therapy for most shoulder disorders can be made at the initial consultation, a good history and physical ...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： House J,Mooradian A

更新日期：2010-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To make informed career decisions, physicians must acquire a basic knowledge in medical management and health care economics as they evaluate the potential survival and growth of a primary care practice. Health care providers considering a specific community and local leaders and hospital administrators attempting to ...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Miller KA,Miller D,Doeksen G,Shelton P

更新日期：1994-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Gas exchange measurements obtained during submaximal exercise have been shown to provide prognostic and diagnostic information in patients with heart failure (HF) and to differentiate heart versus lung limitations in patients with unexplained dyspnea. The aim of our study was to assess the clinical utility o...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Bhatt DV,Kocheril AG

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This review article provides insight into the evolution of professional healthcare chaplaincy. It identifies key historical developments identifying the training, qualifications, and competencies of chaplains. Consideration is given to both the unique character of the pastoral role in healthcare as well as the contrib...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Ford T,Tartaglia A

更新日期：2006-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cronkhite-Canada syndrome is a rare, noninherited gastrointestinal polyposis syndrome associated with characteristic ectodermal abnormalities. This report describes a 60-year-old female who was diagnosed with Cronkhite-Canada syndrome with hypothyroidism after presenting with chronic diarrhea, alopecia, intermittent a...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Qiao M,Lei Z,Nai-Zhong H,Jian-Ming X

更新日期：2005-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Patients treated with ventriculoperitoneal (VP) shunt procedures for hydrocephalus may have abdominal pain related to complications stemming from the shunt tubing itself or to other intra-abdominal disease. In patients with VP shunts, usually children, lack of absorption of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) may produce a pain...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Engelhard HH,Miller FB

更新日期：1992-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:In 2014, 726 bicyclists were killed and an additional 50,000 were injured in crashes with motor vehicles. The number of cyclists in the United States is increasing, and as a result there has been a call for more bike lanes. We examined the difference in the severity of injury of bicyclists involved in motor ...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Helak K,Jehle D,McNabb D,Battisti A,Sanford S,Lark MC

更新日期：2017-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have reported two cases involving bacteremic patients who failed to respond adequately to the investigational agent daptomycin. Despite apparent sensitivity of the organisms, therapy was unsuccessful in both patients using the recommended dosage. The sponsor of daptomycin is currently reevaluating the recommendatio...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Garrison MW,Rotschafer JC,Crossley KB

更新日期：1989-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In 1998, the Patient Care Partnership Project was conducted by general internal medicine physicians and hospital administration in an academic health care center. The project was designed to optimize cost, quality, and service results to inpatients. METHODS:The project focused on improved communication amon...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Palmer HC Jr,Halperin A,Elnicki M,Powers R,Kolar M,Evans K,Anderson K

更新日期：2002-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:One hundred sixty-two adolescents being seen for sick or well visits at two suburban private pediatric practices completed an anonymous, written questionnaire about drug habits. The respondents' ages ranged from 14 to 17 years; all were white and from middle-class or upper-middle-class families. The adolescents report...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Schwartz RH,Hayden GF

更新日期：1986-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have reported a case of horseshoe kidney, a common renal fusion anomaly. Because of the 25% incidence of associated genitourinary anomalies, we believe that the diagnosis of horseshoe kidney in pediatric patients should initiate a thorough urologic evaluation, including intravenous urography and real-time sonograph...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Sumner TE,Volberg FM,Munitz A,Harrison LH,Mashburn AM

更新日期：1985-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Coagulopathy due to tuberculosis is rare. We believe ours is only the second reported case of cavitary tuberculosis associated with disseminated intravascular coagulation. Our review of all 13 cases to date shows that the patients are generally black, middle-aged, male, alcoholic, and febrile. The tuberculosis is gene...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Stein DS,Libertin CR

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An instance of thyroglossal duct cyst in a 68-year-old man was reported. The clinical diagnosis of a thyroglossal duct cyst is suggested by the presence of a cystic mass situated anteriorly in the midline of the neck regardless of the patient's age. A review of the literature revealed that the incidence markedly decre...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Murphy JP,Budd DC

更新日期：1977-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article documents distributional patterns of allopathic family practice physicians (including general practitioners) in Texas as compared with allopathic physicians in all other medical specialties in the state during the period 1969-1973, for which there are reliable data. Statistical analysis of this informatio...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Stefanu C,Zetzman MR

更新日期：1977-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Between 1972 and 1985, 39 patients with superior vena cava syndrome were admitted to the Medical College of Georgia Hospitals. I have reviewed the hospital courses of these patients and compared clinical and laboratory findings with those reported in previous series. The syndrome was malignant in 34 patients (mean age...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Fincher RM

更新日期：1987-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rapid loss of erythrocyte galactose-1-phosphate uridyl transferase in hemolysates from an infant 26 days after transfusion led to investigation of the possiblity of an unstable enzyme or other variant of galactosemia. However, the child was found to have the classic type of galactosemia. The seeming transferase instab...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Schwartz RP,Roesel RA,Blankenship PR,Hall WK

更新日期：1975-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two patients with retained laparotomy pads after laparotomy had pain, abscess formation, and bleeding, with erosion of the pad into the small bowel and colon. ...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Richards WO,Keramati B,Scovill WA

更新日期：1986-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Significant increases in prevalence of resistance to antibiotics have been observed in common pathogens of humans in the United States and worldwide. The consequences of the appearance and spread of antibiotic resistance have included increasing morbidity, mortality, and cost of health care. The fundamental cause for ...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Hellinger WC

更新日期：2000-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have described a patient with fatal Corynebacterium hemolyticum endocarditis on a native bicuspid aortic valve. This is the first report of endocarditis and the first fatal infection of any kind caused by Corynebacterium hemolyticum. This organism and other nondiphtheria corynebacteria must be considered as potenti...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Worthington MG,Daly BD,Smith FE

更新日期：1985-10-01 00:00:00