A comparative study of automated blood pressure recorders.

abstract：:The clinical presentation and management of spontaneous rupture of the middle third of the oesophagus is described in two patients. Early presentation and treatment in one case led to uncomplicated recovery. In the other patient late presentation and diagnosis resulted in delayed surgical intervention with an unsucces...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Holt S,Millar JW,Heading RC,Charles RG

更新日期：1978-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 65 year old man was admitted with segmental consolidation of the left upper lobe after having stayed in a hotel for 2 days. He deteriorated rapidly on conventional antibiotic therapy and required ventilatory support. Acinetobacter calcoaceticus var. anitratus was grown from the sputum and blood cultures, which was t...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Achar KN,Johny M,Achar MN,Menon NK

更新日期：1993-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A patient with long-standing ischaemic heart disease and severe low output congestive cardiac failure received numerous diuretics, which gradually became ineffective. Resistant oedema was treated by adding demeclocycline to the current diuretic regime of frusemide and metolazone. Diuresis resulted, oedema disappeared ...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Bonser RS,Ghose RR

更新日期：1980-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 58 year old man presented with an anterior myocardial infarction requiring repeated resuscitation. He had impaired glucose tolerance. He died five weeks later and post-mortem examination revealed a myocardial abscess and sternal osteomyelitis due to Staphylococcus aureus. These had not been apparent clinically. The ...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Smith RE,Martin JE,Mills PG

更新日期：1989-08-01 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

abstract：:The new formulation of propofol appears to be approximately equipotent to the previous formulation when used as an infusion to supplement nitrous oxide anaesthesia in patients premedicated with morphine. Preliminary haemodynamic studies indicate that the emulsion formulation causes more arterial hypotension than the o...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Coates DP,Prys-Roberts C,Spelina KR,Monk CR,Norley I

更新日期：1985-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Aneurysmal subarachnoid haemorrhage is associated with a uniquely severe headache of acute onset. Classical cases are readily identified as such, although this is not always the case. Four cases who were admitted to a district general hospital within a 3-month period are presented, because they demonstrate a variety o...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Johnston SD,Robinson TJ

更新日期：1998-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 5 year old female child presented with a psoas haematoma as the first manifestation of haemophilia B. Molecular genetic studies were performed to investigate the inheritance of the disorder and the mechanisms by which females may express the haemophilia B phenotype are discussed. ...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Palmer S,Standen GR,Yates P,Oakhill A

更新日期：1994-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There is an increasing awareness on the part both of the media and the profession of the need to co-operate in providing information and education on medical matters. This co-operation should be strongly encouraged. Where children are concerned the opportunities for education are great. ...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Jolly H

更新日期：1978-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A patient who died in asystole less than 18 h after ingestion of 'Clovercide Extra', a combination hormonal weedkiller containing ioxynil and 4-chloro-2-methyl phenoxypropionic acid, is described. Previous reports describe coma as an early event following ingestion of these herbicides. In contrast our patient, althoug...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Dickey W,McAleer JJ,Callender ME

更新日期：1988-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Using the WHO/ISFC definition and recommendations of nomenclature for cardiomyopathies, the aetiology is unknown. Over many years research has concentrated on defining pathogenetic mechanisms and owing to the widespread use of the bioptome-permitting recovery of fresh endomyocardial tissue-myocarditis has emerged as b...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Olsen EG

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of captopril monotherapy on blood pressure and metabolism was investigated in a placebo-controlled study in 30 non-insulin dependent (Type II) diabetic subjects during a 3-week observation period (run-in/drug; placebo/wash-out) on a metabolic ward. Captopril significantly reduced both systolic and diastolic...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Rett K,Wicklmayr M,Tschollar W,Dietze G,Mehnert H

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chlorpromazine-induced agranulocytosis is an uncommon disorder associated with a high frequency of fatality. We describe two patients with chlorpromazine-induced granulocytosis in whom granulocyte colony stimulating factor (G-CSF) administration enhanced the speed of neutrophil recovery. No toxicity was noted with G-C...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Kendra JR,Rugman FP,Flaherty TA,Myers A,Horsfield N,Barton A,Russell L

更新日期：1993-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Relatively simple and rapid procedures have been developed for evaluating the local efficacy of vaginal antifungal agents in vivo in a vaginal candidiasis model in ovariectomized rats. The results of this investigation indicate that the model and methods described are quite suitable for screening potential antifungal ...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： McRipley RJ,Erhard PJ,Schwind RA,Whitney RR

更新日期：1979-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The prognostic value of serum uric acid (SUA) for incident acute coronary syndrome (ACS) in hypertensive subjects is uncertain. Therefore, the present study examined the association between SUA and incident ACS in a large cohort of Chinese hypertensive adults. METHODS:This was a retrospective cohort study, ...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Shen G,Huang JY,Yu YL,Liu L,Chen CL,Zhang B,Huang YQ,Feng YQ

更新日期：2020-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 12 year old boy presenting with hypercalcaemia (calcium 3.25 mmol/l) and osteopaenia with multiple osteolytic lesions was found to have acute lymphoblastic leukaemia without lymph-adenopathy or organomegaly. Hypercalcaemia is a rare feature of acute leukaemia, but the patients previously described all show very simi...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Soni PN

更新日期：1993-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Six Arabs subjects (three postpubertal, two prepubertal and one pubertal) from three interrelated Omani families with male pseudohermaphroditism due to 5 alpha-reductase-2 deficiency were evaluated. These subjects had been raised as girls since birth as they were born with a clitoral-like phallus and ambiguous externa...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： al-Attia HM

更新日期：1997-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of cold in the manifestations of coronary heart disease is reviewed. The mechanisms involved which may include increased peripheral resistance and increased coronary vascular resistance are unclear. ...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Hall RJ,Bullock RE,Albers C

更新日期：1983-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case of vertebral osteomyelitis due to Pseudomonas aeruginosa is described and the problems of diagnosis and treatment discussed. ...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Denham MJ,Goodwin CS

更新日期：1977-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Liver transplantation is a useful treatment for end stage liver disease of all aetiologies but recurrent disease presents an ongoing challenge, particularly for hepatitis C virus (HCV) where recurrence is almost universal. Immunosuppression is needed for all patients after transplantation and should be tailored to the...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Gee I,Alexander G

更新日期：2005-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A patient presented with tracking of pus from a chronic appendiceal abscess along the lateral cutaneous nerve of the thigh. In the absence of such a tunnel, which is only present in a small proportion of individuals, the infection would have resulted in a subinguinal psoas abscess. Although pus may conceivably extend ...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Gatt D

更新日期：1985-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acute retinal necrosis (ARN), also known as Kirisawa-type uveitis, is an uncommon condition caused by infection of the retina by one of the herpes family of viruses, most typically varicella zoster virus or herpes simplex virus and less commonly cytomegalovirus. Clinical diagnosis can be challenging and is often aided...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Wong RW,Jumper JM,McDonald HR,Johnson RN,Fu A,Lujan BJ,Cunningham ET Jr

更新日期：2013-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ketonaemia is well documented as a consequence of prolonged starvation, acute alcoholism, and uncontrolled diabetes mellitus. However, its occurrence in acute pancreatitis has not been described. In this report, three patients who manifested ketoacidosis at the time of presentation of acute pancreatitis are described....

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Kabadi UM

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:The authors evaluated the prevalence and effect of the various tobacco use modalities among patients presenting with acute coronary syndrome (ACS) and compared them with non-tobacco and ex-tobacco users. METHODS:An analysis of the 2nd Gulf Registry of Acute Coronary Events conducted between October 2008 and June 2...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Al Suwaidi J,Al Habib K,Singh R,Hersi A,Al Nemer K,Asaad N,Al Saif S,Al-Motarreb A,Almahmeed W,Sulaiman K,Amin H,Al-Lawati J,Al Bustani N,Al-Sagheer NQ,Ali WM

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In 93 patients with hypertension uncontrolled by bendrofluazide 5 mg plus atenolol 100 mg daily, the effects of adding nifedipine (up to 60 mg/day, n = 31), prazosin (up to 20 mg/day, n = 31), or hydralazine (up to 200 mg/day, n = 31) were compared in a 6 month open random parallel group study. The three drugs did not...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Ramsay LE,Parnell L,Waller PC

更新日期：1987-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report the case of a patient with multiple myeloma who developed acute life-threatening water intoxication following treatment with oral indomethacin and low dose intravenous cyclophosphamide. We describe a possible drug interaction between these two drugs and recommend that they should only be used together with c...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Webberley MJ,Murray JA

更新日期：1989-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The NHS 'Choose Wisely' campaign places greater emphasis on the clinician-patient dialogue. Patients are often in receipt of their laboratory data and want to know whether they are normal. But what is meant by normal? Comparator data, to a measured value, are colloquially known as the 'normal range'. It is often assum...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Whyte MB,Kelly P

更新日期：2018-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 56 year old man presented with an atypical chest infection. Remote inferoposterior myocardial infarction was noted on electrocardiography and transthoracic echocardiography. Hepatic failure developed with sudden gross elevation of liver aminotransferases and coagulopathy. No primary hepatic cause could be identified...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Szawarski P,Sensky PR,Doshi M,Hudson I

更新日期：2004-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Weekly low dose methotrexate is an established treatment for rheumatoid arthritis, but its use in elderly people has not been adequately examined. The aim of this study was to evaluate its safety in elderly patients with rheumatoid arthritis. A retrospective review of the clinical records of rheumatoid arthritis patie...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Hirshberg B,Muszkat M,Schlesinger O,Rubinow A

更新日期：2000-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF THE STUDY:Resistin, a recently discovered proinflammatory cytokine, has been strongly linked to kidney dysfunction. The aim of this study was to determine the relationship of serum resistin with serum cystatin C (sCysC) and albuminuria, two sensitive endogenous markers of renal function, in elderly male pati...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Zhang M,Cui H,Zhu BP,Fu SH

更新日期：2015-03-01 00:00:00