Distal renal tubular acidosis in selective hypoaldosteronism.

abstract：:We have described a patient who died of disseminated strongyloidiasis as a result of steroid therapy, despite an extensive diagnostic evaluation in the face of eosinophilia, but before any immunosuppressive therapy. This death might have been prevented by presumptive treatment after work-up but before immunosuppressiv...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Klein RA,Cleri DJ,Doshi V,Brasitus TA

更新日期：1983-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pregnancy is an unusual occurrence in women with ESRD. We report a successful pregnancy in a patient with ESRD who was receiving hemodialysis; she gave birth to a healthy female infant at 34 weeks' gestational age. We discuss possible physiologic causes of gonadal dysfunction in patients with ESRD. ...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Ahlstrom NG,Allen SR,Tisher CC

更新日期：1991-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sepsis due to Pseudomonas aeruginosa continues to be an important source of morbidity and mortality in hospitalized patients. Early recognition of this condition is of paramount importance in choosing specific therapy at the earliest possible moment. We present three cases in which P aeruginosa bacteremia was manifest...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Campo RE,Ratzan KR,Melnick SJ

更新日期：1994-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have described a case of peripelvic extravasation of urine caused by lower ureteral obstruction from a breech presentation in a 20-year-old primigravida. The patient was successfully treated with cesarean section to relieve the obstruction, and systemic antibiotics. ...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Noe HN,Raghavaiah NV

更新日期：1980-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Prosthetic joint infection with Mycobacterium tuberculosis usually involves the hips or knees and can result from either local reactivation, or less often from hematogenous spread. Predisposing conditions include rheumatoid arthritis, chronic steroid use and pulmonary diseases. The most common symptom at presentation ...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Khater FJ,Samnani IQ,Mehta JB,Moorman JP,Myers JW

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article explores the history of lupus erythematosus from the origins of the name to the most modern therapeutic advances. The review includes information about the origin of the name "lupus," the first clear description of the skin lesions, the discovery of the systemic and discoid forms, and further advances whi...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Mallavarapu RK,Grimsley EW

更新日期：2007-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Patients with cirrhosis have a high rate of 30-day hospital readmission that affects their quality of life and contributes to increased healthcare-related costs. The aim of our study was to identify frequency, predictors, and preventable causes of hospital readmissions among patients with decompensated cirrh...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Agrawal K,Kumar P,Markert R,Agrawal S

更新日期：2015-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 63-year-old male patient with a history of bipolar I disorder presented to the emergency department in an acutely psychotic state. The patient had just returned from vacation in a malarial high-risk area and, as a result, had taken five weekly doses of mefloquine for prophylaxis. The patient's bipolar disorder was b...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Brumbaugh M,Price P,Fagan N,Hsieh H

更新日期：2008-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Our study aimed to investigate the association between maternal-perceived psychological stress and fetal telomere length. METHODS:We recruited women in labor upon hospital delivery admission. Based on responses to the Perceived Stress Scale, we categorized participants as having "high," "normal," or "low" pe...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Salihu HM,King LM,Nwoga C,Paothong A,Pradhan A,Marty PJ,Daas R,Whiteman VE

更新日期：2016-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Perinephric and prostatic abscesses may present with protean symptoms and often arise from ascending urinary tract infections. Both abscesses are often caused by uropathogens, and only on rare occasions is the etiology due to methacillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA). Perinephric and prostatic abscesses have ...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Tobian AA,Ober SK

更新日期：2007-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:After a pilot study had suggested that a drug augmented delayed hypersensitivity, we conducted a control study in which 19 normal volunteers had the same skin test battery applied as in the pilot study, on two occasions one month apart with no intervening treatment. No change was observed in delayed hypersensitivity r...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Maguire LC,Lackey SD,Roszman TL,Kidwell NS

更新日期：1986-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rapid loss of erythrocyte galactose-1-phosphate uridyl transferase in hemolysates from an infant 26 days after transfusion led to investigation of the possiblity of an unstable enzyme or other variant of galactosemia. However, the child was found to have the classic type of galactosemia. The seeming transferase instab...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Schwartz RP,Roesel RA,Blankenship PR,Hall WK

更新日期：1975-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have described a patient who had lung carcinoma, syndrome of inappropriate antidiuretic hormone, and central pontine myelinolysis (CPM). Although this association is well-known, it appears to be the first report having radiographic documentation of both the intracranial and intrathoracic abnormalities. When searchi...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Hardjasudarma M,Husain F,Fowler M,Eisenberg RL,Mirfakhraee M

更新日期：1992-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An 18-year-old girl with multiple endocrine neoplasia type 2 (Sipple's syndrome) had a large intraventricular mass that proved to be a thrombus. She had no apparent precipitating factor for intracavitary thrombus formation. This is the first reported case of multiple endocrine neoplasia associated with ventricular thr...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Pishdad GR

更新日期：2000-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Autoimmune neutropenia (AIN) is defined as a neutrophil count <1.5 × 109/L caused by increased peripheral destruction of neutrophils from an underlying autoimmune mechanism in which autoantibodies are directed against a patient's own neutrophils. AIN has a multifactorial etiology ranging from an idiopathic primary phe...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Afzal W,Owlia MB,Hasni S,Newman KA

更新日期：2017-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study was planned to determine the effectiveness of the Breese scoring system for the diagnosis of streptococcal pharyngitis and to evaluate its significance in different age groups. The research population was divided into two age groups. Group 1 consisted of children aged three and below and group 2 comprised c...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Karacan M,Karakelleoğlu C,Orbak Z

更新日期：2007-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case of an extramedullary plasmacytoma (EMP), which presented with a solitary pelvic tumor, is reported. Complete tumor resection was performed, followed by radiation therapy. Our experience demonstrates a satisfactory short-term oncological outcome. ...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Lai CR,Chung SD,Tai HC,Huang SY,Chang YL,Chueh SC

更新日期：2010-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Three members of a family with Peutz-Jeghers syndrome had intussusception due to intestinal hamartomas. In addition, the grandfather had carcinoma of the jejunum, and the granddaughter had benign ovarian sex cord/stromal tumor causing sexual precocity. Benign and malignant tumors, not often associated with Peutz-Jeghe...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Laughlin EH

更新日期：1991-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have described a patient with portal hypertension and retrocardiac paramediastinal density on upright PA chest x-ray film. Splenoportograms showed this density to be paraesophageal collateral veins. ...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Frederick HM,Clements JL Jr,Colvin RS

更新日期：1985-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Guidelines have recommended that risk stratification be performed in patients diagnosed with an acute pulmonary embolism (PE). No study has described the use of risk stratification in routine clinical practice. The purpose of this study was to measure the frequency and impact of risk stratification on treatm...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Stamm JA,Long JL,Kirchner HL,Keshava K,Wood KE

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Most congenital heart anomalies now can be surgically corrected in a neonate or very young infant. Because their hearts are so small, it is advantageous to work in a bloodless and motionless operative field. Deep hypothermia with circulatory arrest provides this setting. Physiologic problems associated with hypothermi...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Ochsner JL,Lawson NW,Mills NL,King TD,Williams LC

更新日期：1976-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Transient synovitis of the hip is an acute and self-limited disease commonly seen in children. It is the most common cause of acute hip pain in children ages 3 to 10. It is not considered a disease of adults. It usually only affects one hip. The child may complain of pain that is much worse with walking and may actual...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Quintos-Macasa AM,Serebro L,Menon Y

更新日期：2006-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Compartment syndrome of the leg is usually associated with significant trauma. It has also been associated with prolonged surgery in the hemilithotomy position. Fracture tables that are used for the internal fixation of proximal femur fractures under fluoroscopy place a patient in this position. This report chronicles...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Meldrum R,Lipscomb P

更新日期：2002-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A patient with stable non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus had five successive cranial nerve palsies, all of which resolved. This syndrome is rarely encountered in patients with diabetes and in otherwise healthy individuals. ...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Brett AS

更新日期：1985-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A prospective study of 45 granulocyte transfusions in children using continuous flow centrifugation is reported. During 13 episodes of proven or presumed infection, only two children failed to show a favorable response to granulocyte transfusion. The neutropenic child shows a significantly increased absolute granulocy...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Maybee DA,Millan AP,Ruymann FB

更新日期：1977-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe a patient with pseudotumor cerebri for which a lumboperitoneal (LP) shunt was placed. After a pseudomeningocele was noted at the lumbar incision site, an LP shunt revision was done, at which time migration of the catheter into the thecal sac was noted. Three months later, radiologic studies revealed crania...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Alleyne CH Jr,Shutter LA,Colohan AR

更新日期：1996-06-01 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 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

abstract：BACKGROUND:The use of lasers has assumed an increasingly important role in the treatment of a variety of cutaneous lesions over the past few decades. Because of their effectiveness, physicians from a variety of specialties have incorporated lasers into their practices. Unfortunately, widespread availability of lasers a...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Alster TS,Bettencourt MS

更新日期：1998-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The diagnosis of primary subclavian axillary venous thrombosis (SAVT) was evaluated in eight patients to compare the accuracy of clinical diagnosis and noninvasive vascular evaluation with phlebography. Clinical evaluation led to three misdiagnoses: lymphedema (1), and inflammatory breast carcinoma (2). Doppler ultras...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Pollak EW,Walsh J

更新日期：1980-11-01 00:00:00