Seat belt use and automobile safety counseling by pediatricians.

abstract：:A 64-year-old female patient presented with acute cerebellar ataxia. After ruling out vascular, infectious, metastatic, demyelinating, and medication etiologies, a paraneoplastic origin for her illness was determined. A renal mass was discovered and found to be renal cell carcinoma. Her symptoms resolved after a radic...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Ammar H,Brown SH,Malani A,Sheth HK,Sollars EG,Zhou SX,Gupta C,Mughal S

更新日期：2008-05-01 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

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：: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：:A case of myocarditis, hepatic necrosis, and acute anuria associated with acute tonsillitis was described. The previously reported relation between myocarditis and tonsillitis not of diphtheritic or beta-hemolytic streptococcal origin was discussed, as well as the implications for management. ...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Bender BL,Madge GE

更新日期：1977-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a prospective study of the etiology of pneumonia in patients hospitalized at a university hospital, all respiratory secretions were tested for routine pathogens as well as Legionella. A diagnosis was established in 60 of 87 patients studied. Of the 37 nosocomial infections, six were caused by L micdadei. Gram-negat...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Rudin JE,Wing EJ

更新日期：1986-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To explore factors that might contribute to misattribution of mental status changes to psychiatric illness when an elderly patient actually has a delirium (mental status changes due to a medical condition). METHODS:Records of 900 elderly patients referred to a Veterans Affairs psychiatric inpatient unit and...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Reeves RR,Parker JD,Burke RS,Hart RH

更新日期：2010-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Aminoglycosides have been reported to cause tetany by inducing renal wasting of magnesium and secondary hypocalcemia. A 9-year-old girl with AIDS was brought to the emergency department because of tetany. She had just finished a 3-week course of intravenous tobramycin for bronchiectasis and had an elevated serum tobra...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Slayton W,Anstine D,Lakhdir F,Sleasman J,Neiberger R

更新日期：1996-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chordomas are tumors originating from remnants of the notochord, most commonly found in the cranial and caudal regions. This is a report of the seventh intrathoracic chordoma in the world literature and the second to be reported in a woman. Histologically the physalipherous (blister-bearing) cell is characteristic of ...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Castellano GC,Johnston HW

更新日期：1975-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The gene for sickle cell disease is carried by 8% of the African-American population in the United States. The primary care physician is often called upon to recognize and treat one of the major sequelae of sickle cell disease--vaso-occlusive pain crisis. An injectable nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug has recently ...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Sanders DY,Severance HW,Pollack CV Jr

更新日期：1992-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two cases of recurrent psychotic depression are reported in which ECT (electroconvulsive therapy) was administered with good results for previous episodes of depression, but treatment of the current episode with combined drug therapy (antidepressant and antipsychotic drugs) in one case and antidepressant chemotherapy ...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Solomon JG

更新日期：1978-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Carcinoma of the fallopian tube is the least common of the gynecologic malignancies. Because of its rarity and the absence of typical symptoms, preoperative diagnosis is seldom made. Patient as well as physician delay in diagnosis is often considerable. There are no reliable laboratory aids available to enhance the di...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Ingram FH,Hisley JC

更新日期：1975-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The antibody-coated bacteria (ACB) test was used to localize the site of urinary tract infection in a group of pediatric and adult patients. Duration of treatment of ACB-positive (upper tract) and ACB-negative (lower tract) infections was correlated with rates of recurrence during follow-up for six or more months. Two...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Kulasinghe HP,Cushing AH,Reed WP

更新日期：1977-11-01 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：: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：:We have reported a case of suppurative pylephlebitis in an elderly, debilitated patient. The infection was caused by toothpick perforation of and migration from the gastrointestinal tract. The patient had risk factors for foreign body ingestion, including poor dentition, aphasia caused by a previous cerebrovascular ac...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Peters TG,Locke JR,Weight GR

更新日期：1988-03-01 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：:The use of psychotropic medication is often associated with weight gain. We provide documentation for this effect and review the mechanisms possibly responsible for it in the case of neuroleptic agents, lithium carbonate, monoamine oxidase inhibitors, and amitriptyline. We also enumerate the undesirable medical conseq...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Rockwell WJ,Ellinwood EH Jr,Trader DW

更新日期：1983-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 66-year-old woman had sudden onset of portal hypertension manifested by diarrhea, ascites, and varices. When a splenic arteriovenous fistula was found to be the cause, the fistula was resected. Her signs and symptoms did not recur. ...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Schmidt JH,Howard RJ,Herrera MA,Hawkins IF

更新日期：1988-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There is a lack of reliable serum biomarkers for routine use in the diagnostic workup of people with traumatic brain injury. Multiple biomediators and biomarkers have been described in the pertinent literature in recent years; however, only a few candidate molecules have been associated with high sensitivity and high ...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Neher MD,Keene CN,Rich MC,Moore HB,Stahel PF

更新日期：2014-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 63 year-old woman who had had mitral valve commissurotomy 12 years earlier was seen because of rheumatic mitral stenosis and left brachial paresis due to cerebral embolism. On clinical evaluation, a diastolic rumble was heard over the mitral area, and the echocardiogram revealed a mass attached to the mitral subvalv...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Cesena FH,Pereira AN,Dallan LA,Aiello VD,Mansur AJ

更新日期：1999-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Gabapentin, an antiepileptic agent, is a safe and versatile medication also used in the adjunctive treatment of painful disorders. These include neuropathic pain, such as postherpetic neuralgia, diabetic neuropathy, and the pain of reflex sympathetic dystrophy. Interstitial cystitis, a painful disease entity, shares m...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Hansen HC

更新日期：2000-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe a fatal case of tuberculous peritonitis and review the literature on the diagnostic modalities available to diagnose this entity. We suspect a delayed diagnosis resulted in the death of our patient. Today, the prompt diagnosis of an unknown ascitic process involves laparoscopy. A patient with unknown large...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Ahmad M,Ahmed A

更新日期：1999-04-01 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：:This paper reports results of a project designed to examine factors related to compliance with referral for follow-up and treatment of cervical dysplasia. Women studied had cervical dysplasia diagnosed by Pap smear between May 1989 and April 1990. These women had regular follow-up at the gynecology clinic of the Reyno...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Laedtke TW,Dignan M

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A patient with thioridazine-hydrochloride-associated agranulocytosis is described and eight previously reported cases are reviewed. This complication is most likely due to a direct toxic effect on the bone marrow. As in our case, markers for an immunologically mediated mechanism have not been found. Thioridazine-hydro...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Ferguson RL,Hodges GR,Bogner PJ

更新日期：1977-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Shear wave elastography (SWE) is an emerging technology that assesses hepatic fibrosis. The aim of our study was to determine the diagnostic accuracy of General Electric (GE) Healthcare's LOGIQ E9 SWE in patients with chronic hepatitis C virus using liver biopsy as the reference standard. METHODS:The liver ...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Abrams GA,Jamal H,Deeter WT 3rd,Patil N

更新日期：2016-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To perform a needs assessment to determine the extent to which hospitalist providers recognize and intervene upon obese patients in the hospital setting. METHODS:A chart review was performed for patients admitted to the hospitalist service at Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center between September 1 and Octob...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Howe EE,Wright SM,Landis R,Kisuule F

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the last five years, much information has been gathered about the efficacy of several technics for managing obesity. Hospitalization with fasting, surgery, drugs, weight reducing clubs, and behavior modification methods have proven efficacious for select groups of obese individuals. Methods of behavior modification...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Malcolm T

更新日期：1976-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although exceedingly rare, fulminant hepatic failure (FHF) in immunocompetent patients can develop with primary or recurrent infection due to herpes simplex virus (HSV). The diagnosis is frequently obscured by the absence of mucocutaneous involvement. Elevated transaminase values with leukopenia and a relatively low b...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Fahy RJ,Crouser E,Pacht ER

更新日期：2000-12-01 00:00:00