Fatal myocarditis associated with acute tonsillitis.

abstract：:Phantom sensation and phantom limb pain are two recognized sequelae of limb amputation. In most previous surveys, amputations were done for arteriosclerotic or trauma related conditions. We studied 25 patients who had lower extremity amputation for neoplasia. In studying the features of pain before and after amputatio...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Wall R,Novotny-Joseph P,Macnamara TE

更新日期：1985-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In patients with FIGO (International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics) stage I ovarian carcinoma given care with or without subspecialists, we compared completeness of initial staging and disease-free survival. METHODS:Two groups of patients with stage I ovarian carcinoma were compared. Patients were...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Puls LE,Carrasco R,Morrow MS,Blackhurst D

更新日期：1997-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a community hospital, we correlated results of thallium 201 myocardial scintigraphy with coronary arteriographic data in 79 patients. Scintigraphy was 92% sensitive and 85% specific in detecting coronary artery disease. There were no false-negative scintigrams in patients with double or triple vessel disease. The m...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Tendera M,Campbell WB,Moyers JR

更新日期：1984-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The nursing home clinician may encounter euthyroid residents with low total serum thyroxine (T4) values associated with certain medications or nonthyroidal illness (NTI). Hypothyroidism may be incorrectly diagnosed and thyroid hormone prescribed. METHODS:We reviewed all T4 determinations and individuals wit...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Amberson J,Drinka PJ

更新日期：1998-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have reported a case of partial hypopituitarism involving deficient ACTH, LH, FSH, and growth hormone production and elevated prolactin. The hypopituitarism was caused by injury to the pituitary resulting from a parachute accident without direct craniocerebral trauma. The pathogenesis of this pituitary injury as ei...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Soules MR,Sheldon GW

更新日期：1979-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:With the apparent indefinite postponement of the release of chymopapain for lumbar disk disorders, it seems appropriate to review critically the proliferation of proposed methods of management of this common complaint, particularly the numerous exercise regimens which have been set forth as helpful. A critical review ...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Specht EE

更新日期：1976-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nearly three million persons in the United States are viremic with hepatitis C (HCV). Despite a decreasing incidence of HCV in this country, the prevalence of HCV-related chronic liver disease is increasing. Most infections in the United States are acquired by intravenous drug use. The chronicity rate of HCV is high, ...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Pearlman BL

更新日期：2004-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Poisoning by antimony led to the death of a great individual in English literature. This case report gives as much of the history of the illness as can be found and tells a little about the individual. ...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Miller JM

更新日期：1982-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Autologous fascia lata tissue transfer is a feasible alternative to reconstruction of the abdominal wall in selected patients. We describe a new technique using minimally invasive technology that allows harvest of the fascia lata graft without the traditional large thigh incision. ...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Tucker JG,Choat D,Zubowicz VN

更新日期：1997-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An 86-year-old man presented with sudden onset of dyspnea during hospitalization. Initial electrocardiography (ECG) showed poor R-wave progression of precordial leads with elevation of troponin I. Tension pneumothorax was subsequently diagnosed and the ECG returned to normal after resolution of clinical compromise. ...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Chan WH,Lin CS,Yang SP,Cheng SM

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have reported the case of a 30-year-old woman with Cushing's disease who died of massive pulmonary thromboembolism 5 weeks after successful transsphenoidal hypophysectomy. Glucocorticoid excess appears to cause a hypercoagulable state, and consideration of this thromboembolic propensity and its potential duration a...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Jackson JA,Trowbridge A,Smigiel M

更新日期：1990-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The antibody-coated bacteria (ACB) test was used to localize the site of urinary tract infection in a group of pediatric and adult patients. Duration of treatment of ACB-positive (upper tract) and ACB-negative (lower tract) infections was correlated with rates of recurrence during follow-up for six or more months. Two...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Kulasinghe HP,Cushing AH,Reed WP

更新日期：1977-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have described a patient with portal hypertension and retrocardiac paramediastinal density on upright PA chest x-ray film. Splenoportograms showed this density to be paraesophageal collateral veins. ...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Frederick HM,Clements JL Jr,Colvin RS

更新日期：1985-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper reports results of a project designed to examine factors related to compliance with referral for follow-up and treatment of cervical dysplasia. Women studied had cervical dysplasia diagnosed by Pap smear between May 1989 and April 1990. These women had regular follow-up at the gynecology clinic of the Reyno...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Laedtke TW,Dignan M

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pregnancy is an unusual occurrence in women with ESRD. We report a successful pregnancy in a patient with ESRD who was receiving hemodialysis; she gave birth to a healthy female infant at 34 weeks' gestational age. We discuss possible physiologic causes of gonadal dysfunction in patients with ESRD. ...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Ahlstrom NG,Allen SR,Tisher CC

更新日期：1991-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Most patients with heart failure today are treated by primary care practitioners, not cardiologists. The Consensus Recommendations for the Management of Chronic Heart Failure, developed by the Advisory Council to Improve Outcomes Nationwide in Heart Failure, provide practice guidelines for the prevention, diagnosis, a...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Basile J

更新日期：2001-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:When patient records are to be auditied in a program designed to assess the quality of medical care rendered, careful consideration must be given to the cost of the system implemented. Structured data collection and a defined treatment plan are advantageous in facilitating the use of nonphysicians for the majority of ...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Ahlers P,Sullivan RJ,Hammond WE,Walter EL,Tolley HD

更新日期：1976-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Several treatment regimens of trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole (TMP-SMZ) were compared to the USPHS-recommended schedules for treatment of uncomplicated gonorrhea with ampicillin plus probenecid, tetracycline, or aqueous procaine penicillin G in both men and women. TMP-SMZ, six tablets as a single oral dose daily for 3 d...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Duncan WC,Knox JM,Jackson TH

更新日期：1975-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To determine why there has been a decrease in the amount of applicants to Florida-based obstetrics and gynecology (OB/GYN) residency programs, and how this has been affected by the current medical liability climate. METHODS:Fourth year Florida medical students were surveyed about their concerns of a career ...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Deutsch A,McCarthy J,Murray K,Sayer R

更新日期：2007-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A cross-sectional survey of a total semirural biracial population of children was conducted to determine the prevalence and types of cardiac disease. Of 4,074 children examined, 146 were thought to have significant cardiac murmurs. One hundred thirteen of these participated in a follow-up study in which they received ...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Akman D,Berenson GS,Blonde CV,Webber LS,Stopa AR

更新日期：1982-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chronic pain can be treated by combining hypnosis with brief psychotherapy. Hypnosis alone, though useful for acute pain, is seldom effective in relieving chronic pain because it does not address the significant psychologic components in the patient's illness. Treatment using self-hypnosis in conjunction with brief ps...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Savitz SA

更新日期：1983-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A technic incorporating the simultaneous elevation of multiple adjacent thoracoabdominal pedicale flaps, based in opposite directions, has been successfully used on four patients with extensive degloving injuries of the hand. In all cases, the hand was later divided into individual digits. A five-year follow-up of thr...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Cowen NJ,Giannotto RP

更新日期：1978-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The clinical course and long-term survival of a patient with acute disseminated histiocytosis X and extrahypothalamic CNS involement were presented. The clinical significance of histiocytes appearing in the CSF cocomitant with the onset of this neurologic syndrome was discussed. Detailed cytologic examination of the C...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Ransom JL,Murphy SB

更新日期：1977-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Conventional rate limits for sinus rhythm--100/min as the tachycardia threshold and 60/min as the bradycardia threshold--were established by consensus and never formally examined. Because clinical experience indicated that both figures were too high, we investigated this formally in 500 normal individuals. Results wer...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Spodick DH

更新日期：1996-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To compare grayscale and color Doppler ultrasound (CDUS) findings to that of multidetector computed tomography (MDCT) portography in the evaluation of portal hypertension in children. METHODS:Thirty children (mean age, 11.4 years) with definitive clinical and laboratory diagnoses of portal hypertension were...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Adaletli I,Bariş S,Gülşen G,Kurugoglu S,Kantarci F,Mihmanli I,Şenyüz OF

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In children, intramural duodenal hematomas resulting from blunt abdominal trauma are generally managed nonoperatively with nasogastric suction and parenteral nutrition. Experience with three cases in which this form of treatment failed caused us to reappraise its benefits and results. Consequently, we now recommend su...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Thoms CA,Ricketts RR

更新日期：1988-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The right ventricle is not normally displayed by studies with thallium 201 in patients at rest, but it can be shown by thallium 201 myocardial scintigraphy with pressure or volume overload of the right ventricle and with right ventricular hypertrophy. We sought to determine the frequency of right ventricular demonstra...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Shuck JW,Walder J,Oetgen WJ,Thomas HM

更新日期：1985-12-01 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：:Stroke is a treatable disease. Despite the therapeutic nihilism of the past, the advent of thrombolysis has changed the way stroke is approached. Acute ischemic stroke is a challenging and heterogeneous disease. Treatment needs to be based on an understanding of the underlying pathophysiology of ischemia. Intervention...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Felberg RA,Naidech AM

更新日期：2003-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report four cases of group A streptococcal vulvovaginitis in prepubertal children. All cases were acute in onset. This illness presents with nonspecific signs and symptoms of labial inflammation. In a suburban community, streptococcal vulvovaginitis in prepubescent girls may be more common then genital infections d...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Schwartz RH,Wientzen RL,Barsanti RG

更新日期：1982-04-01 00:00:00