Establishing an internal medicine practice: a model to determine economic feasibility.

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Patients with cirrhosis have a high rate of 30-day hospital readmission that affects their quality of life and contributes to increased healthcare-related costs. The aim of our study was to identify frequency, predictors, and preventable causes of hospital readmissions among patients with decompensated cirrh...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Agrawal K,Kumar P,Markert R,Agrawal S

更新日期：2015-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:A reemergence of medical students choosing primary care is occurring, with medicine/pediatrics as an increasingly popular option. We compared applicants to pediatrics, medicine, and medicine/pediatrics and the factors that influence career choice. METHODS:We designed a survey to gather objective data and in...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Doucet H,Shah MK,Cummings TL,Kahn MJ

更新日期：1999-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sickle cell trait is present in about 8% of black Americans, and clinically significant sickling disorders are common in this population. These disorders can be accurately defined by combinations of quantitative hemoglobin electrophoresis at alkaline pH, citrate agar electrophoresis, solubility tests for sickle hemogl...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Steinberg MH,Adams JG 3rd

更新日期：1978-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Arsenic poisonings occur in Mississippi despite public education campaigns to prevent poisonings in the home. We reviewed 44 Mississippi cases of arsenic exposures occurring from January 1986 to May 1990. We compared the epidemiologic differences between unintentional and intentional poisonings. Cases were found and c...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Park MJ,Currier M

更新日期：1991-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Most congenital heart anomalies now can be surgically corrected in a neonate or very young infant. Because their hearts are so small, it is advantageous to work in a bloodless and motionless operative field. Deep hypothermia with circulatory arrest provides this setting. Physiologic problems associated with hypothermi...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Ochsner JL,Lawson NW,Mills NL,King TD,Williams LC

更新日期：1976-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Atopic dermatitis (AD) is a common diagnosis seen in both children and adults, and it is often the first manifestation of atopic disease. Research has shown a strong correlation between serum IgE levels, the severity of atopic dermatitis, and co-existing asthma and/or allergic rhinitis. Omalizumab (Xolair, East Hanove...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Amrol D

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is a prevalent disorder that is associated with multiple medical consequences. Although in-laboratory polysomnography is the gold standard for the diagnosis of OSA, portable monitors have been developed and studied to help increase efficiency and ease of diagnosis. We aimed to a...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Alsharif AM,Potts M,Laws R,Freire AX,Sultan-Ali I

更新日期：2016-10-01 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：:Using continuous wave Doppler ultrasound, we studied the umbilical and uterine flow velocity waveforms in 68 pregnant women who had chronic hypertension and/or preeclampsia. The systolic-diastolic (S/D) ratio was considered an expression of vascular resistance peripheral to the point of insonation. Abnormal umbilical ...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Kofinas AD,Penry M,Nelson LH,Meis PJ,Swain M

更新日期：1990-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The correct diagnosis of benign hyperthyroxinemia in this patient and his family members will spare them the unnecessary testing and treatment for thyrotoxicosis that has befallen some such patients. Results of the usual blood tests for assessment of thyroid function, such as T4, T3, and thyrotropin determinations, we...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Tucker WS Jr

更新日期：1989-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Intravesical BCG (bacillus Calmette-Guérin) instillation is a first-line treatment for superficial transitional cell carcinoma of the bladder. A rare but severe complication of BCG immunotherapy is the development of disseminated BCG disease, which can result in miliary pneumonitis, granulomatous hepatitis, soft tissu...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Nadasy KA,Patel RS,Emmett M,Murillo RA,Tribble MA,Black RD,Sutker WL

更新日期：2008-01-01 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：:Supplemental digital content is available in the text. ...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Bob-Manuel T,Askandar S,Khouzam RN

更新日期：2017-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study was undertaken to determine what factors would be useful in making a decision to do bronchoscopy to look for an obstructing carcinoma in cases of pneumonia. The study showed that in pneumonia limited to one lobe of the lung, which occurs in a heavy smoker over 50 years of age, and which does not have comple...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： McDowell DE

更新日期：1980-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The study goals were to document the incidence of elevated blood pressure (BP) values in public high school students in Tulsa, Oklahoma; to determine whether age and sex are risk factors; and to encourage adolescents with abnormal screening BP values to seek medical care. Over a 2-year period, 5537 adolescents aged 14...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： O'Quin M,Sharma BB,Miller KA,Tomsovic JP

更新日期：1992-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Guar gum is a high polymer carbohydrate that undergoes considerable expansion and thickening when placed in water. Because of this property, guar gum has been used in "weight loss" tablets marketed by several pharmaceutical manufacturers. These tablets undergo expansion in the stomach and are expected to cause early s...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Halama WH,Mauldin JL

更新日期：1992-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The objective of this study was to assess the cardiovascular health status of baby boomers with diabetes mellitus (DM) in comparison to the same-age population with DM 10 years previously. METHODS:The study was conducted in baby boomers with DM using data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination S...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： King DE,Xiang J,Kulshreshtha A

更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 58-year-old man had sudden and progressive heart failure after a severe myocardial infarction. Aggressive medical treatment consisting of diuretics, vasopressors, and digitalis failed to improve his condition significantly. Cardiac catheterization disclosed a critical stenosis in the left anterior descending branch ...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Chavez CM,Rodriquez G,Conn JH

更新日期：1979-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The ability of Clonorchis sinensis to cause severe hepatobiliary disease is illustrated by the case we have reported, in which biliary obstruction and hepatic fibrosis resulted from the pathologic process associated with chronic clonorchiasis. Immunodiagnostic tests are currently limited, and diagnosis, as illustrated...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Lin AC,Chapman SW,Turner HR,Wofford JD Jr

更新日期：1987-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Most exercise programs designed for healthy persons older than 65 emphasize fitness development, but the maintenance of functional capacity and quality of life are equally important. The basic guidelines for frequency, intensity, and duration of training and the mode of activity recommended by the American College of ...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Pollock ML,Graves JE,Swart DL,Lowenthal DT

更新日期：1994-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An elderly man with previous tuberculosis exsanguinated from esophageal rupture of an atherosclerotic thoracic aneurysm. Because the patient refused angiography, the source of bleeding was discovered only at autopsy. Selected clinical and pathologic aspects of the case are discussed in relation to the different causes...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Braman R,Napoli VM

更新日期：1979-07-01 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：OBJECTIVES:The lack of access to diagnostic imaging in resource-limited settings (RLSs) poses a worldwide problem. Advances in ultrasound (US) imaging technology bridge this gap, particularly when examinations are performed by physicians and integrated into the patient encounter, termed point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS)...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Barron KR,Lai JC,MenkinSmith LP,Lee JS,Humphrey ME,Hall JW

更新日期：2018-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Buried bumper syndrome (BBS) is an uncommon complication of percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) tube placement. This unusual phenomenon occurs when the internal bumper of a PEG tube erodes and migrates through the gastric wall and becomes lodged anywhere between the gastric wall and the skin. If not removed and ...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Khalil Q,Kibria R,Akram S

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have described a patient in whom complete regression of pulmonary metastases from renal cell carcinoma (RCC) followed treatment with medroxy-progesterone acetate (Depo-Provera). Although the reported rate of objective response to progesterone therapy in RCC is only 10% to 15%, the occasionally dramatic results, esp...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Rao MK,Soloway MS

更新日期：1980-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Renal cell carcinoma is not an uncommon finding in our population. Since the symptoms of renal cell carcinoma may mimic those of other abdominal disease, we strongly advocate ultrasonic evaluation of the entire abdomen when screening patients with pain. Whether our three patients' symptoms were due to gallbladder dise...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Daughtry JD,Rodan BA

更新日期：1984-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have described a 6-day-old male infant who presented with Neisseria gonorrhoeae conjunctivitis and a scalp abscess. Delivery was complicated by rupture of the membranes 24 hours before delivery and fetal monitoring for four hours. The rare scalp abscesses caused by gonococci cleared with penicillin therapy. ...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Brook I,Rodriguez WJ,Controni G,Gold B

更新日期：1980-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Autoimmune neutropenia (AIN) is defined as a neutrophil count <1.5 × 109/L caused by increased peripheral destruction of neutrophils from an underlying autoimmune mechanism in which autoantibodies are directed against a patient's own neutrophils. AIN has a multifactorial etiology ranging from an idiopathic primary phe...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Afzal W,Owlia MB,Hasni S,Newman KA

更新日期：2017-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rocky Mountain spotted fever is a serious acute systemic illness frequently complicated by cardiac involvement. To evaluate the spectrum of myocardial dysfunction, we obtained M-mode echocardiograms on nine consecutive patients with Rocky Mountain spotted fever within 72 hours of admission. Seven of the nine patients ...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Feltes TF,Wilcox WD,Feldman WE,Lipskis DJ,Carter SL,Bugg GW

更新日期：1984-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To provide a succinct and updated discussion on common ear, nose, and throat (ENT) disorders encountered by primary care physicians. METHODS:Review of recent and pertinent literature. RESULTS:Recent data was identified via a PubMed search as well as commonly utilized texts in otolaryngology. DISCUSSION:Whi...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Emerick KS,Deschler DG

更新日期：2006-10-01 00:00:00