Stents in the oesophagus.

abstract：:Twenty-six patients with acute leukaemia and other malignancies susceptible to varicella were vaccinated with the Oka-strain live attenuated varicella vaccine during maintenance chemotherapy. All recipients showed no adverse clinical reactions. There was no spread of vaccine virus. Seroconversion was 94% in seronegati...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Haas RJ,Belohradsky B,Dickerhoff R,Eichinger K,Eife R,Holtmann H,Goetz O,Graubner U,Peller P

更新日期：1985-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A severe case of the cast syndrome is described following Harrington rod distraction and application of a body cast. The case was unusual as it presented late with no warning symptoms and progressed rapidly to death. ...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Kennedy RH,Cooper MJ

更新日期：1983-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Both the quality and the quantity of food ingested are relevant to the genesis of risk factors for coronary heart disease and the two are inseparable. Nevertheless they have a major common pathway through hypertension, which may well be the most important consequence of a high-protein, high-carbohydrate, high-fat, hig...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Brook CG

更新日期：1978-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The nature of rehabilitation medicine is outlined in terms of its objectives, its methods, the patient groups which it seeks to help and its relationships to other specialties. Some major advances of recent years are discussed, such as the development of the impairment/disability/handicap framework. With particular em...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Cozens JA,Chamberlain MA

更新日期：1995-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report the case of a young man with Fusobacterium necrophorum meningitis who developed bilateral carotid artery stenosis associated with thrombosis of the cavernous sinuses. Intraluminal clot was present in the region of the stenoses for which he was anticoagulated. The clinical presentation, problems with diagnosi...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Jones TH,Bergvall V,Bradshaw JP

更新日期：1990-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Studies on hypouricaemia observed in a patient with 48,XXYY syndrome revealed an abnormality in renal urate handling. His renal urate clearance was abnormally increased. Inosine administration and provocative tests using probenecid and pyrazinamide identified an isolated renal tubular abnormality with increased urate ...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Nakajima H,Tajima K,Nakajima T,Iida S,Sumi S,Kono N,Moriwaki K,Nonaka K,Tarui S

更新日期：1986-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Postgraduate medical education (PME) quality assurance at Health Education England (HEE) currently relies upon survey data. As no one metric can reflect all aspects of training, and each has its limitations, additional metrics should be explored. At HEE (West Midlands), we explored the use of learner outcomes, special...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Pinnell J,Tranter A,Cooper S,Whallett A

更新日期：2020-11-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Ganglioneuroblastoma in the spinal region is rare, the treatment of choice being surgical excision. We present a 21 year old male who was diagnosed to have this condition in the dorsolumbar spinal region. The tumour was extending intraspinally and was unresectable. Combination chemotherapy with Adriamycin (doxorubicin...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Raina V,Kamble R,Tanwar R,Singh SP,Sharma S

更新日期：1993-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A female patient demonstrating a previously not reported constellation of polyglandular autoimmune syndrome type III (including autoimmune thyroiditis, Graves' ophthalmopathy, insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus and vitiligo), coeliac disease and sarcoidosis is described. This may be a random association but might als...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Papadopoulos KI,Hallengren B

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sixty-nine infants were examined who presented with rectal bleeding in the first month of life. In 64% of these children no cause was found. Infantile diarrhoea, haemorrhagic disease of the newborn and anal fissure were the most common diagnoses made. The mortality in the entire group was less than 3%. It is concluded...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Levene MI

更新日期：1979-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Three women were admitted to the surgical wards with acute gastro-intestinal symptoms and despite good clinical (pigmentation, hypotension) and biochemical (hyponatraemia, acidosis) evidence of Addisonian crisis had unnecessary investigations with delay in the diagnosis and appropriate management of this medical emerg...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Small M,MacCuish AC,Thomson JA

更新日期：1987-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Metabolic acidosis and hyperlactataemia are important, independent findings in acute illness, and the combination of these abnormalities carries a grave prognosis. Despite this there is still controversy about the most appropriate therapy of lactic acidosis, and the relationship of commonly used acid base measurements...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Nimmo GR,Grant IS,Mackenzie SJ

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The mechanisms of the antinociceptive action of flupirtine, a novel non-opioid analgesic, were investigated in animals. It was found that this effect could be abolished by pre-treatment with reserpine. Furthermore, it could be dose-dependently antagonized by yohimbine and changes in the EEG of the rat observed after a...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Szelenyi I,Nickel B

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Medical students' choice of their future specialty is influenced by several factors, including working conditions and type of patient relations. The aim of this study was to investigate the association between the choice of specialty and personality traits. METHODS:This is a cross-sectional questionnaire-ba...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Bexelius TS,Olsson C,Järnbert-Pettersson H,Parmskog M,Ponzer S,Dahlin M

更新日期：2016-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Heart failure is a major problem worldwide; it is the leading cause of hospitalisation and is posing a huge financial burden. Advances in healthcare have contributed to increased life expectancy, with a resultant increase in the number of patients with chronic heart failure. For many patients who are still severely sy...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Patel S,Nicholson L,Cassidy CJ,Wong KY

更新日期：2016-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Long intergenic non-coding RNA 01296 (LINC01296) has been reported to play an important role in many human malignancies, but a consistent perspective has not been established now. To explore the prognostic value of LINC01296 in different types of human solid malignant tumours, we performed this meta-analysis.An electr...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Dai C,Dai C,Ni H,Xu Z

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The aim of this study was to examine the reasons why primary care doctors undertake postgraduate diploma studies in a mixed private/public Asian setting. METHODS:Twenty four past or current postgraduate diploma students of the family medicine unit (FMU) of the University of Hong Kong participated in three fo...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Lam TP,Lam KF,Tse EY

更新日期：2006-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Effective communication is a vital part of good clinical care. Traditionally bleep systems have been used as the mainstay of communication. Mobile technology is increasingly seen as a quicker, easier and more reliable method of communication. Our objective was to assess the use of mobile devices within a typ...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Martin G,Janardhanan P,Withers T,Gupta S

更新日期：2016-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Three cases of severe and irreversible alopecia occurring in patients with common variable immunodeficiency are described. In all three cases, hair loss developed after the diagnosis of immune deficiency; one of the patients also had extensive vitiligo. A fourth patient had vitiligo in the absence of alopecia. No chan...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Spickett G,Prentice AG,Wallington T,Webster AD,Chapel H

更新日期：1991-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a case of adult pyloric obstruction caused by the delayed presentation of a congenital gastric diverticulum. The derivation, classification and treatment of these abnormalities are discussed. ...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Hale PC,O'Flynn WR

更新日期：1992-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although there is good evidence that D-penicillamine can induce polymyositis, the exact pathogenic mechanism remains unclear. We report two patients with psoriatic arthritis and primary biliary cirrhosis respectively, who developed polymyositis while receiving D-penicillamine treatment for their primary diseases. Whet...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Aydintug AO,Cervera R,D'Cruz D,Ramírez G,Asherson RA,Khamashta MA,Hughes GR

更新日期：1991-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Non-invasive assessment of coronary artery patency has been attempted with different imaging modalities over the last few decades. The continuous motion of the heart, the respiratory movement, together with the small and tortuous nature of the coronary arteries, made this a technically challenging task. Over the last ...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Yerramasu A,Venuraju S,Lahiri A

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A previously healthy patient developed serologically-proven Yersinia pseudotuberculosis enterocolitis and made a complete recovery. Over a year later, further gastrointestinal symptoms developed and Crohn's disease was diagnosed. The possible relevance to the aetiology of Crohn's disease is discussed. ...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Treacher DF,Jewell DP

更新日期：1985-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Primary choriocarcinoma of the ovary arising, presumably, from a germ cell is extremely rare. The patient, a 16 year old girl who presented with dysuria and frequency of micturition developed fatal haemoperitoneum due to rupture of a pure primary nongestational ovarian choriocarcinoma. ...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Raju GC,Woo J,Marchack D,Naraynsingh V

更新日期：1985-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An 8 month old Caucasian girl, with congenital central alveolar hypoventilation syndrome (Ondine's Curse), was discharged with her home ventilation managed by her parents. Her subsequent neurophysical development assessed at 22 months of age was satisfactory. ...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Chang YL,Meerstadt PW

更新日期：1991-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF THE STUDY:The aim of this study was to investigate the association of fluid overload, measured by bioelectrical impedance vector analysis (BIVA) and also by accumulated fluid balance, with 30-day mortality rates in patients admitted to the emergency department (ED). DESIGN:We conducted a prospective observa...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Kammar-García A,Pérez-Morales Z,Castillo-Martinez L,Villanueva-Juárez JL,Bernal-Ceballos F,Rocha-González HI,Remolina-Schlig M,Hernández-Gilsoul T

更新日期：2018-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In 17 patients with essential hypertension administration of labetalol alone resulted in a significant reduction in supine systolic and diastolic blood pressure of 14% and 17%, respectively. Seven patients attained a diastolic pressure less than equal to 95 mmHg. A significant postural fall in systolic blood pressure ...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Rasmussen S,Nielsen PE

更新日期：1980-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:I report a case of a large liver abscess causing a severe debilitating condition in which the diagnosis was delayed by several weeks following two normal ultrasound scans at days 5 and 19 of the illness. Up to one in four cases of liver abscess can be missed on ultrasound. A high degree of clinical suspicion must be m...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Bunney RG

更新日期：1988-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Obesity is an increasing problem in the UK and bariatric surgery is likely to increase in volume in the future. While substantial weight loss is the primary outcome following bariatric surgery, the effect on obesity-related morbidity, mortality and quality of life (QOL) is equally important. This study repor...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Titi M,Jenkins JT,Modak P,Galloway DJ

更新日期：2007-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case of gonococcal urethritis with bilateral tysonitis is discussed. The patient was treated successfully with oral tetracycline 500 mg 6 hourly for 10 days, with a complete resolution. ...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Abdul Gaffoor PM

更新日期：1986-09-01 00:00:00