Routine pregnancy testing: is it a standard of care?

abstract：:Despite a wealth of publications extolling the virtues of the double contrast barium enema (DCBE), it is clear that change is only gradual and that in many institutions the single contrast, full column barium enema (BE) is still the routine method of colonic investigation. Much of this may be due to a persistent belie...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Young J

更新日期：1982-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The percutaneous subclavian vein hemodialysis catheter, which is widely used for vascular access in patients with renal failure, can give rise to several complications. Asymptomatic stenosis or occlusion of the subclavian vein due to these catheters can lead to painful arm edema if further dialysis accesses are constr...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Coates GR,Clements JB,Yium J,Watlington J

更新日期：1988-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Our patient's symptoms of adrenal insufficiency were the first evidence of recurrence of the primary tumor. The diagnosis of hypoadrenalism was established by the standard ACTH stimulation test. The elevated ACTH level provided corroborating evidence that this was primary adrenal insufficiency rather than secondary to...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Payne DK,Levine SN,Franco DP,Giyanani VL

更新日期：1984-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Allergic rhinitis affects approximately 40% of children and generally presents in children from 10-19 years of age; however, the condition has been seen in children as young as 6 months. Antihistamines are commonly prescribed in infants and children for the relief of allergic symptoms. A 23-month-old male with a histo...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Jones MC,Jones CE 2nd

更新日期：2010-05-01 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：:Lactulose is a poorly absorbed synthetic disaccharide frequently used in the treatment of portasystemic encephalopathy. Because lactulose syrup contains small amounts of absorbable sugars, it may cause hyperglycemia in diabetic individuals, but is usually well tolerated. We report the case of a patient with diet-contr...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Kirkman MS,Zimmerman DR,Filippini SA

更新日期：1995-04-01 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：:There are an estimated 22 million users of smokeless tobacco in the United States, 3 million of them under age 21. We surveyed physicians and patients to determine whether the health hazard of smokeless tobacco was recognized and whether preventive measures were being implemented. Although more than 80% of physicians ...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Gross JY,D'Alessandri R,Powell VL,Rodeheaver A

更新日期：1988-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Over a period of one year, 1986-1987, 116 strains of Staphylococcus aureus were isolated from patients attending two outpatient dermatology clinics in Houston, Texas. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the adequacy of routine antibiotic sensitivity testing methods for detecting methicillin-resistant Staphylococ...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： McBride ME,Schaefer D,Rudolph AH,Aldama S,Wolf JE Jr

更新日期：1989-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Despite an effective tetanus vaccine, tetanus continues to claim lives worldwide. The very young and the elderly are at highest risk for the disease. Farmers are at high risk for injury, the leading factor associated with tetanus. METHODS:As part of a larger study of older members of farm households in the ...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Reed DB,Westneat SC

更新日期：2009-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two cases are presented in which an association between unilateral renal agenesis and multiple skeletal abnormalities is found. The pathologic agents responsible for the URA act similarily on other organ systems, including the skeleton. The skeletal abnormality can be diagnosed easily and promptly and may be an indica...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Jancu J,Zuckerman H,Sudarsky M

更新日期：1976-01-01 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：:From Jan 1, 1978 through Dec 31, 1983, 64 patients with epithelial ovarian tumors, frankly malignant or borderline, were managed at one institution. Nineteen patients (29.7%) were under age 40. The youngest patient was 19 years old. Nulliparity was present in 32% of this group of patients. Of these young patients, 58%...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Gallup DG,Cody WM,Metheny WP,Talledo OE

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case of carcinoma of the ampulla of Vater was diagnosed preoperatively by percutaneous transhepatic cholangiography using the Chiba needle. A dilated pancreatic duct is a radiologic sign diagnostic of early ampullary carcinoma. ...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Ramakrishnan T

更新日期：1979-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mineral oil scrapings from an infant with a persistent, puzzling, generalized eruption revealed the mite, Sarcoptes scabiei. Various diagnostic technics and treatment for scabies are discussed. ...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Hazelrigg DE,Jarratt M

更新日期：1975-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Demonstration of clonality is supportive of a diagnosis of malignancy in cases of lymphoproliferative disorders. Determination of clonality at the molecular level is currently accomplished by Southern analysis; however, the polymerase chain reaction offers a potential alternative that is rapid, simple, and less expens...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Mihalov ML,Huber S,Rachwalski E,Price JS,Hosso JM,Dizikes GJ

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Physicians often treat patients with physical illnesses that have a functional component. Investigators have discovered that many of these patients have unresolved emotional problems associated with histories of trauma and abuse. METHODS:Abused and traumatized patients with medical complaints often seek med...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Brende JO,Dill JE,Dill B,Sibcy GA

更新日期：1998-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We reviewed 76 cases of the empty sella syndrome. Headache was the chief complaint in 47 cases (62%), and 45 patients (60%) presented with signs and symptoms related to increased intracranial pressure and/or pituitary dysfunction. The CSF pressure was elevated in 35 of the 62 patients who had lumbar puncture, suggesti...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Jaffer KA,Obbens EA,El Gammal TA

更新日期：1979-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A new era in the treatment of immune-mediated inflammatory disorders has begun with the clinical availability of anticytokine therapy. Biological agents that are currently available include 3 agents that decrease the activity of tumor necrosis factor-alpha (infliximab, adalimumab, etanercept) and an interleukin-1 rece...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Efthimiou P,Markenson JA

更新日期：2005-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Code status specifies the action that healthcare providers should take in the event of cardiac arrest. Studies have shown, however, that patients with do-not-resuscitate/do-not-intubate (DNR/DNI) orders have worse outcomes and do not consistently receive the standard of care. Several studies have demonstrate...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Engels R,Graziani C,Higgins I,Thompson J,Kaplow R,Vettese TE,Massart A

更新日期：2020-07-01 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：:Penetrating neck trauma may be managed operatively or nonoperatively, depending on precise anatomic location. Conservative management of zone II injuries is currently an issue under debate. We present a brief case report followed by a description of the current strategies for operative exploration and diagnostic maneu...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Siegrist B,Steeb G

更新日期：2000-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sickle cell disease (SCD) is the most common hereditary disorder and affects 30 million people worldwide. Advances in science have improved overall survival in patients with SCD and as such, more patients are reaching reproductive age and are becoming pregnant. SCD in pregnancy leads to multiple complications that put...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Hathaway AR

更新日期：2016-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Whipple disease (WD) is a rare disease caused by Tropheryma whipplei. The classic profile of the patient is that of a middle-aged man presenting with fever, chronic diarrhea, and arthralgias. Extragastrointestinal manifestations are not rare. A high degree of clinical suspicion for the disease is needed in atypical ca...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Basagiannis CS,Panagoulias GS,Tentolouris N,Basoukeas S,Sambaziotis D,Ladas SD

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Psychiatric emergency room (ER) patients are thought to be at increased risk of suicide. The prevalence and characteristics of suicidal behavior in a recent sample of patients who came to the ER for psychiatric evaluation were examined. METHODS:Charts of 311 consecutive psychiatric ER patients were reviewed...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Dhossche DM

更新日期：2000-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chronic mucocutaneous candidiasis is a heterogeneous group of immunodeficiencies associated with persistent candidal infections. Patients with chronic mucocutaneous candidiasis are rarely associated with systemic infections caused by other fungi, but almost never by Candida. The authors report a case of a 16-year-old ...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Dixon TC,Steinbach WJ,Benjamin DK Jr,Williams LW,Myers LA

更新日期：2004-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The use of stress echocardiography (SE) in an elderly population was retrospectively evaluated and compared with myocardial perfusion scintigraphy (MPS) in a similar group. Patients > or = 80 years of age were evaluated by treadmill or pharmacologic SE (group 1; n = 65) to determine its predictive value for cardiac ev...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Font VE,Lara WC,Bournigal DR

更新日期：1996-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Primary malignant melanoma of the oral cavity is uncommon. Four cases are presented. The average age is in the sixth decade. Early diagnosis is difficult and prognosis is generally poor. Efforts toward earlier detection and treatment are recommended. ...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Stromberg BV

更新日期：1980-02-01 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：:A bulging fissure sign was noticed on chest roentgenogram in a patient with H influenzae pneumonia. This sign is usually associated with Klebsiella pneumonia and has also been seen in pneumococcal and plague pneumonia, tuberculosis, mass lesions of the lung, and large lung abscesses. This is thought to be the first re...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Francis JB,Francis PB

更新日期：1978-11-01 00:00:00