Hyponatremia in pediatric patients with HIV-1 infection.

abstract：:A 51-year-old woman suffered from dyspnea for several days before she came to an outside clinic for help. Pleura biopsy was performed and the histologic diagnosis was malignant mesothelioma. Sixteen months later, a palpable left breast lump was noted. Physical examination revealed a firm mass in the breast, measuring ...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Sheen-Chen SM,Liu YW,Eng HL,Huang CC,Ko SF

更新日期：2006-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:From January 1979 to October 1986, 86 patients with surgically resectable adenocarcinoma of the rectum or rectosigmoid were treated with adjuvant radiotherapy consisting of preoperative 2,400 cGy (22 patients), preoperative 4,000 cGy (14 patients), "sandwich" technique (27 patients), and postoperative irradiation (23 ...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Rahman SM,McKibben BT,Hardy TG Jr,Schloss CD,Cho CC,Hartmann RF,Aguilar PS,Khanduja KS,Stewart WR

更新日期：1990-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In most cases of congenital cyst of the extrahepatic biliary system, a single choledochal cyst is described. We have reported a patient with multiple intrahepatic and extrahepatic biliary cysts. Intraoperative cholangiograms demonstrated free reflux among the multiple choledochal cysts, with reflux into the intrahepat...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Daly JM,Bowen JC

更新日期：1978-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have reported a case of septicemia and meningitis due to alpha-hemolytic Streptococcus in a 5-day-old infant. The microbiologic and clinical characteristics of neonatal infection with this organism lead us to conclude that this bacterium can be pathogenic in the newborn and should not be dismissed as a contaminant....

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Fraser JJ Jr,Marks MI,Welch DF

更新日期：1983-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Potentially serious iatrogenic hand injuries occurred in three patients in a general medicine practice. All resulted from technologic advances in patient care. Each resulted in substantial economic and emotional costs. One patient sustained a serious residual disability. Such injuries have rarely been reported in the ...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Burris JF,Fairchild PG

更新日期：1986-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Appropriate use of antibiotics is enhanced by the effective application of data on antimicrobial susceptibility. A number of methods are currently available for routine determination of susceptibilities, including agar dilution, broth dilution, agar diffusion, and several semiautomated methods. If susceptibility testi...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Moellering RC Jr,Kunz LJ,Poitras JW,Cameron M,Mercier BA

更新日期：1977-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Hyponatremia is a frequent condition in elderly patients. In diagnostic workup, a 24-hour urine sample is used to measure urinary osmolality and urinary sodium concentration necessary to confirm the diagnosis of the syndrome of inappropriate secretion of antidiuretic hormone (SIADH). This study was undertake...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Holm EA,Bie P,Ottesen M,Ødum L,Jespersen B

更新日期：2009-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The purpose of this study was to determine the relation among multiple morbidities and the prevalence of colorectal cancer (CRC) screening among older adult Appalachian residents of Kentucky. This is the first known study to address multiple morbidities exclusively with a health-disparities population. METH...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Fleming ST,Schoenberg NE,Tarasenko YN,Pearce KA

更新日期：2011-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Several recent cases illustrate the medical-ethical-legal consequences associated with lack of awareness in caring for and treating the dying patient. We question whether solutions advanced by others are feasible or desirable for use in medical education, and suggest looking to the familiar principles of clinical medi...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Mullaly RW,Osmond H

更新日期：1979-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Through a cooperative study, 87 ocular injuries caused by class C fireworks have been recorded in the State of Arkansas over a four-year period. The most common injuries were corneal abrasion, lid laceration or burn, and hyphema. Rockets and firecrackers caused 80% of the injuries. In over half the cases there was mod...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Wilson RS

更新日期：1980-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pain is a tax levied on man for the privilege of life upon this planet. Some are taxed lightly and others are taxed heavily, but all are taxed. To relieve this stress, from time immemorial man has taken analgesics. In modern times, if home medication fails, professional consultation is available. The important questio...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Krantz JC Jr,White JM

更新日期：1980-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Among 600 impotent men who had endocrine evaluation for androgen deficiency, thyroid deficiency, and hyperprolactinemia, 192 (32%) were found to have an endocrine abnormality. Androgen deficiency was divided into primary testicular failure and "hypothalamic-pituitary dysfunction" by an androgen quotient derived using ...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Baskin HJ

更新日期：1989-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We evaluated the indices of arterial distensibility in a group (N = 40) of normotensive subjects and patients with borderline or established hypertension by measuring intra-arterial pressure, pulse wave velocity, and a mathematical modification of MOEN's formula to calculate arterial distensibility. Multiple linear re...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Aristimuño GG,Suarez DH

更新日期：1984-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two cases are reviewed which presented findings strongly suggesting congenital synostosis between the third metatarsal and third cuneiform bones. Supplementary x-ray films proved these joints to be present and intact. This point, though well known to skeletal radiologists, is worthy of emphasis to nonskeletal radiolog...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Gutman E

更新日期：1981-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have presented a case of primary testicular carcinoid in an otherwise asymptomatic 50-year-old white man treated by right orchiectomy; a postoperative abdominal CT scan was normal. Histologically and cytologically the tumor resembled carcinoids of midgut origin. Most primary testicular carcinoid tumors are not clin...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Walker AN,White CR,Erickson DJ,Powell S

更新日期：1988-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ours is apparently the first reported pediatric case of Stomatococcus mucilaginosus bacteremia. It is the second reported case of S mucilaginosus catheter-associated infection, but the first case successfully treated without removing the central venous catheter. This unusual organism should be added to the list of opp...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Ascher DP,Bash MC,Zbick C,White C

更新日期：1991-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Electrical injuries may occur from high or low voltage contact. Low voltage injuries usually occur in the home, tetany may lead to sustained contact, and dangerous cardiac disturbances often result. High voltage injuries are usually work related and result from brief contact but may cause serious tissue destruction an...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Martinez JA,Nguyen T

更新日期：2000-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The majority of abnormalities at the foramen of Monro identified by computed tomography (CT) are colloid cysts, but a number of other diseases in this location may produce a similar CT appearance. In a series of 21 patients the radiologic findings included six colloid cysts, two neoplasms, five vascular lesions, three...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Brooks BS,El Gammal T

更新日期：1983-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Six patients with classical transient ischemic attacks that were not directly related to extracranial carotid disease are presented. These cases were selected to include a variety of pathologic conditions: one case each of brain tumor, arteriovenous malformation, chronic subdural hematoma, cervical spondylosis, and tw...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Auld AW,Shafey S

更新日期：1976-06-01 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：:We have described a case in which the diagnosis of multiple sclerosis with findings of progressive paraplegia and a neurogenic bladder led to supravesical urinary diversion. Pyocystis led to creation of a urethrovesicovaginal fistula. Psychotherapy later uncovered hysterical conversion reaction. Which was cured with h...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Frentz GD,Wilcox ME,Epstein AW

更新日期：1981-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS) encompasses the variants of acute immune-mediated polyneuropathies usually preceded by an infection. A few case reports have associated GBS to neoplastic diseases. It remains unclear whether these are merely coincidental or represent paraneoplastic phenomena. The clinical features of GBS ...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Naveed S,Okoli K,Hollingsworth J,Kasmani R

更新日期：2010-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bullosis diabeticorum, or diabetic bullae, is a non-inflammatory blistering condition that is virtually diagnostic of diabetes. Diabetic bullae most often present as painless, tense, superficial bullae that occur in an acral distribution and commonly heal in 2-6 weeks without scarring, but complications such as second...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Lopez PR,Leicht S,Sigmon JR,Stigall L

更新日期：2009-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The diagnoses of complete obstruction in a duplicated renal collecting system and ureterocele can be made with a high degree of confidence by ultrasound. Two children presenting with abdominal masses were examined by gray scale ultrasonography which demonstrated large cystic masses dorsal to and displacing the lower p...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Morgan CL,Grossman H,Trought WS,Oddson TA

更新日期：1980-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Proximal gastric vagotomy is a useful operation for duodenal ulcer disease that is intractable to medical management. It is also useful in selected patients with acute duodenal ulcer perforation. We present an overview of the indications for proximal gastric vagotomy, along with its results. The major benefits of prox...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Malangoni MA,Mullins RJ

更新日期：1989-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 50-year-old man presented with progressive visual loss, headache, and two days of confusion. A computed tomography of his head suggested subarachnoid hemorrhage with accompanying right parietal ischemic infarction. The magnetic resonance image was consistent with right parietal perisulcal pial and superficial cortic...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Hoque R,Gonzalez-Toledo E,Jaffe SL

更新日期：2008-12-01 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：OBJECTIVE:To determine the association of utilization of health maintenance tables (HMTs) as a provider reminder tool within the electronic medical record with the completion of women's preventive health services. METHODS:Guidelines from the US Preventive Services Task Force and the Advisory Committee on Immunization ...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Romero de Mello Sa SA,Mramba LK,Sattari M

更新日期：2020-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The frequency with which house staff noticed their patients to be anemic, the frequency with which they tried to find out why the patients were anemic, and the diagnostic accuracy of such endeavors were measured. Next, an intervention was conducted in which the teams were lectured on the subject of anemia, given readi...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Sapira JD

更新日期：1991-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe a case of an adrenal incidentalomas in the setting of congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH) due to 21-hydroxylase deficiency. The adrenal mass was shown to be a cavernous hemangioma. Such neoplasms are rare but have the risk of retroperitoneal hemorrhage and may be difficult to differentiate from malignant ...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Pignatelli D,Vendeira P,Cabral AC

更新日期：1998-08-01 00:00:00