Postoperative deaths due to unsuspected pheochromocytoma.

abstract：:Tramadol (Ultram) is a new analgesic agent with a dual mechanism of action that includes weak agonistic effects at the mu-opioid receptor as well as inhibition of neurotransmitter (serotonin, norepinephrine) re-uptake. Although it has proven to be a safe and effective agent for the control of pain, adverse effects can...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Tobias JD

更新日期：1997-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pregnancy is a state of many hormonal changes that can make interpretation of thyroid function tests difficult. Measuring trimester-specific reference values of thyrotropin and free thyroxine is recommended. Because overt maternal hypothyroidism negatively affects the fetus, timely recognition and treatment are import...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Ahmad S,Geraci SA,Koch CA

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Patients with sickle cell disease are predisposed to infection caused by Streptococcus pneumoniae. However, there has been only one published case of bacteremic pneumococcal meningitis in an adult with sickle cell anemia. We report here the cases of six adults with sickle cell disease, pneumococcal sepsis, and meningi...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Olopoenia L,Frederick W,Greaves W,Adams R,Addo FE,Castro O

更新日期：1990-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The oligohydramnios sequence (OS) is manifest in newborns when prolonged oligohydramnios has been present during pregnancy. The most important signs are an infant small for gestational age, with wrinkled skin, Potter facies, compression deformities of the limbs, and respiratory distress caused by pulmonary hypoplasia....

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Prouty LA,Myers TL

更新日期：1987-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Severe lactic acidosis is often associated with poor prognosis. Recognition and correction of the underlying process is the major step in the treatment of this serious condition. Intravenous administration of sodium bicarbonate has been the mainstay in the treatment of lactic acidosis. Aggressive use of this therapeut...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Warner A,Vaziri ND

更新日期：1981-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe a fatal case of tuberculous peritonitis and review the literature on the diagnostic modalities available to diagnose this entity. We suspect a delayed diagnosis resulted in the death of our patient. Today, the prompt diagnosis of an unknown ascitic process involves laparoscopy. A patient with unknown large...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Ahmad M,Ahmed A

更新日期：1999-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Considerable controversy exists with regard to therapeutic efficacy of plasmapheresis in the immune-mediated demyelinating disorders of the peripheral and central nervous system: acute inflammatory polyneuropathy (Guillain-Barré syndrome), chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy, and multiple sclerosis. In a...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Tindall RS,Rollins JA

更新日期：1986-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Several previous studies of invasive Group A streptococcal (GAS) disease have been hindered by small sample sizes (< or = 100 patients) and limited generalizability. METHODS:We conducted a population-based study of invasive GAS disease. The objectives of the study were to describe the clinical features of i...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Mulla ZD,Leaverton PE,Wiersma ST

更新日期：2003-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Primary biliary cirrhosis (PBC) is a cholestatic liver disease that usually presents in middle-aged women. Women are about ten times more commonly affected than men. The case of a 78-year-old man with PBC who presented with pruritus is discussed. Liver biopsy and antimitochondrial antibody serology were diagnostic of ...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Dash A,Kragel P

更新日期：2009-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There are presently more than 7,000 Vietnamese refugees living in the greater New Orleans area. This paper summarizes the health and information on nutrition now available regarding Vietnamese refugees living in the United States. It is hoped that this effort will add to the documentation of the health changes occurri...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Waldman EB,Lege SB,Oseid B,Carter JP

更新日期：1979-10-01 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：:Human ehrlichiosis is a tick-borne rickettsial disease characterized by fever, headache, myalgias, anorexia, and occasionally rash. In our patient, changes in mental status, upper motor neuron signs, cerebrospinal fluid pleocytosis, and increased serum protein levels were found in association with serologically confir...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Harkess JR,Stucky D,Ewing SA

更新日期：1990-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The National Cholesterol Education Program and physician/patient awareness of the risks of hypercholesterolemia have resulted in aggressive screening and treatment of elevated cholesterol levels. The "one size fits all" concept has been used as the criterion for intervention. However, this has been promulgated without...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Kaiser FE

更新日期：1993-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Gaseous distention of the stomach at the time of arteriography enhances the contrast of densities within the pancreatic parenchyma, resulting in excellent visualization and therefore precise preoperative localization of insulin-secreting tumors of the pancreas. This relatively simple modification of selective arteriog...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Aldrete JS,Han SY,Henao F

更新日期：1983-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have described a patient with small cell cancer of the lung manifested as the Eaton-Lambert syndrome. Primary therapy proved effective in reversing the syndrome, whereas anticholinesterase agents did not. This case illustrates the value of primary therapy for the tumor-produced syndrome and the need to avoid losing...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Kalter S,Dhingra HM,Farha P

更新日期：1985-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To assess the efficacy of laparoscopic Nissen fundoplication for esophageal reflux in a community hospital. METHODS:One hundred nineteen patients (76%) of 157 patients having laparoscopic fundoplication for symptomatic reflux disease completed a questionnaire. All patients were evaluated with esophagoscopy,...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Tucker LE,Blatt C,Richardson NL,Richardson DT,Cassat JD,Riechers TB

更新日期：2005-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Continued improvements in computer technology have led to significant enhancement of clinical teaching. We describe a "digital toolbox" consisting of personally accessible hardware and software products to assist in clinical teaching. The areas covered are computer-assisted diagnosis, digitization and display of clini...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Sandroni S,McGee J

更新日期：1995-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thirty-two patients with a resectable mass in the head of the pancreas had pancreaticoduodenectomy for suspected or proven cancer. Twenty-eight proved to have cancer (15 periampullary and 13 pancreatic), and four had pancreatitis. The five-year survival for periampullary and pancreatic cancer was 25% and 0%, respectiv...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Harris PL,Rumley TO,Lineaweaver WC,Copeland EM 3rd

更新日期：1985-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case of acute febrile neutrophilic dermatosis (Sweet's syndrome) is described in a patient with chronic myelogenous leukemia, with a review of all published reports in the English literature. The disease is characterized by an acute febrile illness with painful plaques involving the extremities, face, and neck, and ...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Chmel H,Armstrong D

更新日期：1978-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chemonucleolysis and lumbar laminectomy after unsuccessful chemonucleolysis are now common and accepted surgical procedures that require precise perioperative management based on a thorough understanding of the pathophysiology of chymopapain-induced anaphylaxis and the herniating nucleus pulposus syndrome. Preoperativ...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Diaz JH,Connolly ES

更新日期：1986-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Spontaneous bacterial peritonitis (SBP) is a common complication in patients with cirrhosis of the liver. The organisms most commonly involved in this infection are gram-negative bacteria like Escherichia coli and Klebsiella pneumoniae, and gram-positive bacteria like Streptococcus pneumoniae and Staphylococcus aureus...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Jammula P,Gupta R

更新日期：2002-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Geographic variations in adverse health outcomes have long been recognized in the United States, with specific focus on the southeastern region of the country. Cerebrovascular disease mortality rates have identified the Southeast as the "stroke belt" for decades, though rates are also high for other hypertension-relat...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Lackland DT,Moore MA

更新日期：1997-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During the last 50 years, it has become evident that atherosclerosis originates in childhood. Although cardiovascular disease (CVD) events are rare in children, autopsy data and imaging studies have documented subclinical disease in association with measurable risk factors during childhood. When present at a young age...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Wilson DP,McNeal C,Blackett P

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A woman with diabetes mellitus and coronary artery disease developed pneumonia and bacteremia from Branhamella catarrhalis. This is only the fifth reported case of pneumonia with bacteremia due to this organism, which was previously considered normal upper airway flora. ...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Choo PW,Gantz NM

更新日期：1989-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:This study was done to determine survival rates in subpopulations of severely neurologically disabled children who reside in pediatric skilled nursing facilities and to compare these survival rates with those in previously published studies. METHODS:Data were collected at three pediatric skilled nursing fac...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Plioplys AV,Kasnicka I,Lewis S,Moller D

更新日期：1998-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The sleep apnea syndromes have been recognized clinically in the United States only within the past ten years. The true extent of the problem is not known, but it seems certain that these syndromes are much more common than was generally assumed five years ago. Every clinician should be aware of the signs and symptoms...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Chaudhary BA,Speir WA Jr

更新日期：1982-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Accelerated atherosclerosis is a common and recognized complication of diabetes mellitus. We have reported the fifth case of spontaneous infarction of a portion of the quadriceps muscle group in a patient with diabetes mellitus. ...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Ratliff JL,Matthews J,Blalock JC,Kasin JV

更新日期：1986-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This case study illustrates the relationship between hypothyroidism and bronchial asthma. As seen here, even slow and cautious restoration of the euthyroid state may lead to problems in the management of asthma. Thus routine or aggressive replacement therapy for thyroid hypofunction in the asthmatic population is not ...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Rowe MS,MacKechnie HL

更新日期：1984-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is an intriguing, difficult problem characterized by anxiety-producing intrusive thoughts and performance of anxiety-reducing rituals. Current evidence suggests that OCD may be associated with dysregulation of serotonin and dopamine neurotransmission. Numerous early studies involvin...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Jackson CW,Morton WA,Lydiard RB

更新日期：1994-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The charts of 663 patients who had cholecystectomy were reviewed to determine the usefulness of preoperative radiologic examination of the upper gastrointestinal tract. In 14% of the patients a positive finding was reported. However, slightly less than half of these findings were confirmed at surgery. Only 2.9% of the...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Mullen JT,Watts MA,Ehrlich FE

更新日期：1977-05-01 00:00:00