Hyperosmolar non-ketotic diabetic coma and rhabdomyolysis.

abstract：:This is a study of the use of myocutaneous flaps by general surgeons in a district general hospital over a 5 year period, and shows that such work can be satisfactorily performed by general surgeons. ...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Allan SM,Williams CR,Heddle RM,Jackson DB,Collins RE

更新日期：1989-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 5-year-old girl presented with a swelling in the right axilla from which Mycobacterium avium-intracellulare was cultured. The gland was excised and she made an uneventful recovery. ...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Colley EW,Cox RA

更新日期：1983-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report the case of a 58 year old man in whom an unusually prolonged infection with Toxoplasma gondii was the presenting feature of an underlying non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. This case demonstrates the particular usefulness of the IgM ELISA test in monitoring disease activity. ...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Dudley NJ,Balfour AH

更新日期：1988-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study assesses the economic benefits of misoprostol in the prophylaxis of gastric ulcers larger than 0.3 cm in patients with osteoarthritis receiving non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs. Independent epidemiological data were obtained for patients in Scotland and the West Midlands. Co-diagnosis of arthritis with...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Knill-Jones R,Drummond M,Kohli H,Davies L

更新日期：1990-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Conventional diagnostic tests for tuberculosis have several limitations and are often unhelpful in establishing the diagnosis of extrapulmonary tuberculosis. Although commercial serological antibody based tests are available, their usefulness in the diagnosis of extrapulmonary tuberculosis is unknown. A systematic rev...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Steingart KR,Henry M,Laal S,Hopewell PC,Ramsay A,Menzies D,Cunningham J,Weldingh K,Pai M

更新日期：2007-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe the cases of two young women who died due to air embolism during sexual intercourse early in the puerperium. ...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Batman PA,Thomlinson J,Moore VC,Sykes R

更新日期：1998-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 77 year old man with digital gangrene of his left hand had anti-phospholipid antibodies, the lupus anticoagulant and antcardiolipin antibodies. This patient, as far as we are aware, is the first elderly person to present in such fashion with this uncommon syndrome. ...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Roche SW,Niriella DC,O'Mahoney A,Cayley AC

更新日期：1989-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A patient with disseminated ovarian carcinoma presented with symptoms of hypocalcaemia secondary to hypomagnesaemia. The low serum magnesium (0.4 mmol/l) appeared to be due to renal leakage with no evidence of ureteric obstruction or hydronephrosis on intravenous urogram. Parathyroid hormone activity (serum levels and...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Leese GP,Jung RT,Browning MC

更新日期：1993-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Three cases of chronic pancreatitis occurring in patients with small intestinal diverticulosis and bacterial overgrowth are reported. In two of the cases, pancreatic supplements were therapeutically beneficial (the third being unable to tolerate them). Two of the patients also developed diverticular perforation. The p...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Mahida YR,Chapman RW,Jewell DP

更新日期：1988-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A child with the isolated anomaly of azygos continuation of the inferior vena cava is presented. The interest of this abnormality lies in its detection as a mediastinal mass on the chest radiograph. Computed tomography with intravenous contrast enhancement is the method of choice to diagnose this venous anomaly. Aware...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Beedie RJ,Yeo W,Morcos SK

更新日期：1989-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Heart involvement by amyloid deposition remains the most challenging of all organ sytems that may become involved, in what is generally a systemic disease. The correct diagnosis of amyloid type is critical to selection of the appropriate and wide range of therapies. The treatment of amyloid heart disease comprises two...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Dubrey SW

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A patient presented with fever, malaise and a staphylococcal wound infection occurring 3 weeks after severe haemorrhage from a lacerated brachial artery. There were no clinical features to suggest Addison's disease but abdominal computed tomography to exclude abdominal sepsis showed bilateral adrenal gland enlargement...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Wheatley T,Gallagher S,Dixon AK

更新日期：1985-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bile acid, neutral sterol and faecal fat excretion was studied over a period of 9 weeks in a group of 16 healthy subjects before, during and after administration of fenfluramine. Statistical analysis revealed a significant increase in bile acid excretion during the drug phase (P less than 0.02); and during recovery pe...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Sian MS,Rains AJ

更新日期：1979-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A study has been made in rodents of the interactions between a range of psychotropic drugs, narcotic agonist and partial agonist analgesics, and pain. In rodents, tricyclic antidepressants do not alone reduce pain responses but, in combination with morphine or pentazocine, clomipramine enhances analgesic activity afte...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Lee RL,Spencer PS

更新日期：1980-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A patient with Laurence-Moon-Biedl syndrome and nephrotic range proteinuria is presented. Radiological investigation of the urinary tract revealed clubbed calyces but no evidence of obstruction or vesicoureteric reflux. Renal biopsy revealed occasional sclerotic glomeruli, extensive foot-process fusion and segmental g...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Cheng IK,Chan KW,Chan MK,Kung A,Ma J,Wang C

更新日期：1988-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 19-year-old girl developed generalised anhidrosis following typhoid fever. Elaborate investigations disclosed nothing abnormal. A skin biopsy revealed the presence of atrophic as well as normal eccrine glands. This appears to be the third case of its kind in the English literature. It is postulated that typhoid feve...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Raveenthiran V

更新日期：1995-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To explore the relationship between cognitive impairment and conventional measures of disability in multiple sclerosis (MS), quality of life (QOL) and employment status using the brief international cognitive assessment for multiple sclerosis (BICAMS) in the routine outpatient clinic. METHODS:62 patients wi...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Campbell J,Rashid W,Cercignani M,Langdon D

更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rectal swabs obtained from 10 of 49 chronic-care geriatric patients were positive for Clostridium difficile, for a prevalence rate of 20.4%. Simultaneous sampling of 29 patients in an acute geriatric ward revealed four colonized patients, for a prevalence rate of 13.7%. A prospective study of C. difficile colonization...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Rudensky B,Rosner S,Sonnenblick M,van Dijk Y,Shapira E,Isaacsohn M

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Intraperitoneal free gas seen radiologically as air under the diaphragm nearly always indicates a perforated abdominal viscus that requires surgical intervention. Rarely, however, the presence of a pneumoperitoneum may not indicate an intra-abdominal perforation and thus may not require laparotomy. Such a situation is...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Williams NM,Watkin DF

更新日期：1997-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It is a paradigm in cancer treatment that early detection and treatment improves survival. However, although screening measures lead to a higher rate of detection, for small bulk localised prostate cancer it remains unclear whether early detection and early treatment will lead to an overall decrease in mortality. The ...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Mazhar D,Waxman J

更新日期：2002-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A double-blind, randomized clinical trial comparing cefaclor with amoxycillin in the treatment of acute otitis media with effusion (OME) in infants and children is being conducted at Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh. Although the randomization code has not yet been broken, the results of treating the first 55 childre...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Bluestone CD,Beery QC,Michaels RH,Zanotti ML,Stool SE,Grundfast KM,Wright CM,Mandel EM

更新日期：1979-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In less than ideal situations wounds have to be closed without extensive cleaning using sterile adhesive strips (Steristrips). This prospective analyses the efficiency of this technique and compares it to the more conventional approach. METHODS:Altogether 147 lacerations were closed with sterile strips with...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Maharaj D,Sharma D,Ramdass M,Naraynsingh V

更新日期：2002-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A patient with a poorly differentiated clear cell adenocarcinoma of the ovary presenting as pyrexia of unknown origin is reported. Following resection of the tumour, her pyrexia resolved completely. ...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Schofield PM,Kirsop BA,Reginald P,Harington M

更新日期：1985-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm currently accounts for about 1 in 200 deaths and is a critical surgical emergency with an average hospital mortality of 50%. The combination of acute massive haemorrhage in an elderly patient with pre-existing medical disease is highly lethal and a major challenge for any health care...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Brimacombe J,Berry A

更新日期：1994-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:As a tertiary referral centre of spinal surgery, the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital (RNOH) handles hundreds of spinal cases a year, often with complex pathology and complex care needs. Despite this, issues were raised at the RNOH following lack of sufficient documentation of preoperative and postoperative clinica...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Pace V,Farooqi O,Kennedy J,Park C,Cowan J

更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Salivary gland lymphoma is associated with Sjögren's syndrome. A case of bilateral submandibular gland and sublingual gland lymphoma, arising in Sjögren's syndrome, is presented. A lymphoma involving more than one salivary gland may occur in Sjögren's syndrome, and there is an increased risk of developing an extrasali...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Law NW,Leader M

更新日期：1987-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Transient ischaemic attacks (TIAs) carry a significant early risk of stroke. New national guidelines state patients should be seen within 7 days of the incident, with higher-risk patients being seen within 24 h. Meeting these targets across the NHS poses a significant challenge. A novel approach to TIA asses...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Banerjee S,Natarajan I,Biram R,Sutton K,Ekeng G,Ames D,Chataway J

更新日期：2009-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Muscarinic receptors are present on several different cells in lung and are predominantly involved in bronchoconstriction and mucus secretion. Muscarinic receptor activation leads to breakdown of phosphoinositides in airway smooth muscle cell membranes, which leads to intracellular calcium release and contraction. Mus...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Barnes PJ

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Antenatal appendicular perforation leading to localized meconium peritonitis and intestinal obstruction is reported in a premature neonate. The baby was successfully treated by a limited ileocaecal resection. ...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Narasimharao KL,Mitra SK,Pathak IC

更新日期：1987-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Twenty-four hour intragastric acidity was measured in nine volunteer subjects in a single-blind placebo-controlled cross-over study comparing the effects of famotidine with ranitidine. The volunteer subjects received famotidine (40 mg at night), famotidine (20 mg at night), ranitidine (300 mg at night) or placebo in a...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Santana IA,Lanzon-Miller S,Pounder RE

更新日期：1986-01-01 00:00:00