Fireworks blindness: a cooperative study of Arkansas ophthalmologists and review of fireworks regulation in the South.

abstract：:We studied the effects of intraosseous (IO) infusion of a standard fluid bolus and resuscitative drugs on long-term bone growth and epiphyseal closure in the "pediatric" swine model. Eighteen weanling pigs were randomly assigned to six groups as follows: three animals received two normal saline boluses, 20 mL/kg IO ov...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Woodall BN,Pender ES,Pollack CV Jr,Miller H,Tubbs RC,Andrew ME

更新日期：1992-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To make informed career decisions, physicians must acquire a basic knowledge in medical management and health care economics as they evaluate the potential survival and growth of a primary care practice. Health care providers considering a specific community and local leaders and hospital administrators attempting to ...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Miller KA,Miller D,Doeksen G,Shelton P

更新日期：1994-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Patients with sickle cell disease are predisposed to infection caused by Streptococcus pneumoniae. However, there has been only one published case of bacteremic pneumococcal meningitis in an adult with sickle cell anemia. We report here the cases of six adults with sickle cell disease, pneumococcal sepsis, and meningi...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Olopoenia L,Frederick W,Greaves W,Adams R,Addo FE,Castro O

更新日期：1990-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This report describes the case of a 32-year-old male presenting with acute progressive bilateral carpal tunnel syndrome after a benign upper respiratory tract infection. Serial nerve conduction studies confirmed progressive entrapment of the median nerves in the carpal tunnel to the point of axonal damage. Surgical de...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： El Hajj II,Harb MI,Sawaya RA

更新日期：2005-11-01 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：:Sometimes physicians assume responsibilities to third parties when undertaking the care of patients. Physicians have been held liable to third parties, though strangers to the patients, for failing to warn regarding the communicability of contagious diseases. Two suits have been allowed against physicians by third par...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Hirsh HL

更新日期：1976-06-01 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：:Injuries from sea urchins result from penetration of the calcareous spines into the skin. Local pain of several days' duration is the most common symptom, but systemic reaction from toxins found in certain species can occur. There is no uniformly accepted successful treatment other than cleansing the wound. Attempts t...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Baden HP,Burnett JW

更新日期：1977-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Slipped capital femoral epiphysis has been described in several syndromes associated with short stature and endocrine disturbances. I have presented a case of slipped capital femoral epiphysis in conjunction with Russell-Silver syndrome. ...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Limbird TJ

更新日期：1989-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An infected echinococcal cyst of the liver was diagnosed in a 48-year-old male immigrant from Spain. After preoperative treatment with mebendazole, microscopic examination of the operative cyst contents showed no viable scoleces or brood capsules of Echinococcus. We recommend the preoperative use of mebendazole in the...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Smego DR,Smego RA Jr

更新日期：1986-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We present information describing how to search to identify those reports that provide insight into the answer to the query. We have presented a reasonable approach to searching, with our end-point being the identification of published articles which appear to answer our queries. The decision as to whether these artic...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Timm DF,Banks DE,McLarty J

更新日期：2012-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Intraventricular hemorrhage (IVH) represents a clinicopathologic entity with a dismal prognosis. The associated mortality rate has been reported as high as 80%; the morbidity is also quite high. The use of various fibrinolytic agents (streptokinase, urokinase, and recombinant tissue-type plasminogen activator...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Fountas KN,Kapsalaki EZ,Parish DC,Smith B,Smisson HF,Johnston KW,Robinson JS

更新日期：2005-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thoracic nerve root dysfunction (TNRD) manifested as abdominal pain is an infrequently reported condition. We present data on six patients who had chronic intermittent thoracoabdominal pain originating in the back. Diabetes and osteoarthritis of the spine were the chief causes of these symptoms. The electromyogram in ...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Sellman MS,Mayer RF

更新日期：1988-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In this study, the clinical characteristics, survival, and prognostic factors of 200 patients diagnosed as having chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) were analyzed. METHODS:The medical charts of 200 CLL patients registered to our center between 1984 and 2000 were retrospectively evaluated. RESULTS:Of all pa...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Pamuk ON,Pamuk GE,Soysal T,Ongören S,Başlar Z,Ferhanoğlu B,Aydin Y,Ulkü B,Aktuğlu G,Akman N

更新日期：2004-03-01 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：:Streptococcus pneumoniae produced an erysipelas-like eruption in a patient with the nephrotic syndrome. The eruption and accompanying fever resolved upon treatment with aqueous penicillin. ...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Varghese R,Melo JC,Chun CH,Raff MJ

更新日期：1979-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case of brain stem infarction after chiropractic manipulation of the cervical spine is presented. Proposed mechanisms and sites of possible arterial injury are discussed. A diagnosis of vertebral artery occlusion was made using conventional brachial angiography. Digital intravenous angiography, a relatively new and ...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Braun IF,Pinto RS,De Filipp GJ,Lieberman A,Pasternack P,Zimmerman RD

更新日期：1983-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A unique case of Sheehan's syndrome is characterized by deficiencies of growth hormone, prolactin, thyrotropin, and ACTH. Clinically, it was manifested by adrenal and thyroid insufficiency with regular cyclical menses. Normal menstrual cycles do not preclude extensive hypothalamic-pituitary destruction. ...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Westbrock DA,Srivastava LS,Knowles HC Jr

更新日期：1983-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The demented patient requires medical and often psychiatric supervision, but the caregiver is often neglected. This article identifies special issues for caregivers that may need attention from the demented patient's physician. The physician's attention can benefit both the patient and the caregiver and save the physi...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Greene JA,Taylor SE,Johnson W

更新日期：1993-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Like the introduction of bare metal stents (BMS), that of drug-eluting stents (DES) represented a quantum leap in the interventional cardiology community's ongoing efforts to conquer restenosis. However, recent concerns over late thrombosis (LT) have tempered the initial enthusiasm. Nonetheless, when compared with BMS...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Chen JP

更新日期：2008-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The objective of this population-based study was to examine the relationship between race, socioeconomic characteristics (socioeconomic status, SES), physician density, and colon cancer incidence in Alabama. METHODS:Data for 5,788 colon cancer cases from 1996 to 1999 provided by the Alabama Statewide Cancer...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Shipp MP,Desmond R,Accortt N,Wilson RJ,Fouad M,Eloubeidi MA

更新日期：2005-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:[This corrects the article on p. 232 in vol. 113.]. ...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Available N

更新日期：2020-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This report describes a cocaine user who presented with polymorphonuclear pleocytosis in cerebrospinal fluid mimicking bacterial meningitis. Thorough investigation of the cerebrospinal fluid did not reveal evidence of bacteria or fungi. Clinical deterioration was observed in spite of empiric treatment with antibiotics...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Alexopoulou A,Deutsch M,Dourakis SP

更新日期：2003-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Cardiac troponin (cTn) measurement is useful for diagnosing myocardial infarction (MI), particularly in the inpatient setting. A growing body of literature suggests that cTn may be useful for evaluating chronic conditions in the outpatient environment; however, little is known regarding cTn ordering patterns...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Ross SJ,Shah NH,Noutong Njapo SA,Cordiner DJ,Winchester DE

更新日期：2019-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Though low, the incidence of malaria in the United States is not insignificant and can be the source of infection in febrile travelers returning from endemic areas. Clinicians practicing in the United States must have a basic understanding of the malaria life cycle and its treatments to properly diagnose and treat thi...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Bledsoe GH

更新日期：2005-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have described a patient with a biopsy-proven mucoepidermoid carcinoma of the orbit. Although it may have represented a metastasis from a malignancy of the upper respiratory tract, clinically it appeared to be a primary neoplasm of the lacrimal gland. This case emphasizes the value of transmission electron microsco...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Lawton AW,Karesh JW

更新日期：1989-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We found magnetic resonance imaging helpful in the localization of both an adrenal and an extra-adrenal pheochromocytoma, since these tumors produced a high-intensity "light bulb" image. MRI is an excellent method for localizing pheochromocytomas because it detects adrenal and extra-adrenal pheochromocytomas missed by...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Beland SS,Vesely DL,Arnold WC,Beavers HK,Gilbert SR,Henson GN,Williamson MR

更新日期：1989-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The incidence of cocaine-induced psychosis has increased with the rise in popularity of cocaine as the recreational drug of choice. Neuroleptic agents have been used to control the hallucinations, paranoia, and hyperactivity of the acute psychotic episodes. Lithium has been suggested as an alternative therapeutic agen...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Scott ME,Mullaly RW

更新日期：1981-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Most patients with intestinal obstruction have had previous surgery. Rarely, the development of adhesions and resulting small bowel obstruction is attributed to previous intra-abdominal trauma. We present the case of a young man, without a history of surgery, who had been a restrained driver in a motor vehicle crash. ...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Harrison JR,Blackstone MO,Vargish T,Gasparaitis A

更新日期：2001-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Reviewed are 200 cases in which endolaryngeal suspension microsurgical procedures were done using intravenous anesthesia and Venturi insufflation oxygenation. Patients included 177 adults and 23 children, ranging in age from 20 months to 88 years. No significant complications were observed. The technic allowed the glo...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Urban GE Jr

更新日期：1976-07-01 00:00:00