Evaluating continuity of care in primary care internal medicine programs.

abstract：:Vesicoureteral reflux occurs in approximately 50% of duplex systems that undergo evaluation and most commonly involves the lower renal segment ureter. The therapeutic approach can be tailored for each case after careful evaluation of the anatomic and functional status of each renal unit. If reparative srugery is indic...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Currie DP

更新日期：1976-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Seven patients with diabetes of ten to 24 years' duration and renal insufficiency were treated with fluphenazine and amitriptyline in an attempt to control severe pain in the extremities. Six patients had relief of pain within five days of initiation of therapy. One patient had no pain relief despite mood alteration. ...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Mitas JA 2nd,Mosley CA Jr,Drager AM

更新日期：1983-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a rare case of Candida glabrata liver abscess and fungemia complicating severe calculus cholecystitis in a 64-year-old female patient who had no history of immunosuppression or diabetes mellitus. The patient underwent cholecystectomy, resection of liver abscess, and systemic antifungal therapy using micafung...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Lima R,Shams W,Kalra S,Borthwick T

更新日期：2010-03-01 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：:The macerated stillborn fetus represents at least one third of all perinatal deaths. Microscopic examination of these specimens is often unrewarding. We have reported a clinically unsuspected cytomegalovirus infection in a second trimester macerated fetus. Cells suggestive of CMV inclusions were identified by light mi...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Schwartz DA,Walker B,Furlong B,Breding E,Someren A

更新日期：1990-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Continent reconstruction of the lower urinary tract using the appendicovesicostomy (Mitrofanoff principle) is an excellent means of managing many patients with altered bladder function, especially those with good bladder volume and low pressure. Motivated patients unable to perform urethral catheterization because of ...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Harmon EP,Hurwitz G

更新日期：1994-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have used the island gluteus maximus musculocutaneous flap to cover sacral pressure sores. In this report, we describe the surgical anatomy, cadaveric dissections (n = 25), and postoperative follow-up (one to 40 months) in 13 clinical cases. Our results compare favorably with those of other previously reported seri...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Rees RS,Reilley AF,Nanney LB,Lynch JB

更新日期：1985-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effectiveness of a screening device for urinary tract infection (Microstix**) was compared to routine laboratory cultures, sensitivities, and colony counts. The Microstix were highly effective in determining the presence or absence of urinary tract infections. In addition, they could be subcultured to provide mean...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Litvak AS,Eadie EB,McRoberts JW

更新日期：1976-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A woman with diabetes mellitus and coronary artery disease developed pneumonia and bacteremia from Branhamella catarrhalis. This is only the fifth reported case of pneumonia with bacteremia due to this organism, which was previously considered normal upper airway flora. ...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Choo PW,Gantz NM

更新日期：1989-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Many psychiatric patients experience pharmaceutical intolerances, and some of them do not derive optimal efficacy from their pharmacotherapies. Clinical problems such as these may result in prolonged dysfunction, adverse consequences, and repeated changes in medication treatment regimens. Pharmacogenomics is a laborat...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Narang P,Johnson A,Enja M,Lippmann S

更新日期：2016-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Amiodarone, a benzofuran derivative, has proven useful in the control of serious cardiac arrhythmias. We reviewed the English language medical literature to characterize clinical, radiographic, scintigraphic, pathologic, diagnostic, and prognostic data concerning amiodarone pulmonary toxicity. Our review showed that f...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Fraire AE,Guntupalli KK,Greenberg SD,Cartwright J Jr,Chasen MH

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 74-year-old man was admitted with rhabdomyolysis after undergoing initial treatment for gastrointestinal cancer with irinotecan. The syndrome partially resolved after the discontinuation of all of his usual medications, including his chronic selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI). The rhabdomyolysis was exace...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Richards S,Umbreit JN,Fanucchi MP,Giblin J,Khuri F

更新日期：2003-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have described a class 4 choledochal cyst in a 24-year-old black woman treated with choledochocystoduodenostomy. ...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Clark SJ,Shamblin JL Jr

更新日期：1986-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have presented the case of an elderly woman with severe kyphoscoliosis, osteoarthritis and left knee effusion who had symptoms and signs of intermittent intestinal obstruction. Operation showed a left-sided obturator hernia. In any elderly, debilitated, chronically ill woman, symptoms and signs of recurrent small-b...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Rizk TA,Deshmukh N

更新日期：1990-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To evaluate the statewide experience in mode of delivery for pregnancies complicated by stillbirth by annual delivery volume and presence of graduate medical education programs. METHODS:This is a descriptive study of all stillbirths without known congenital anomalies or aneuploidy born in our state from Jul...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Ramseyer AM,Whittington JR,Magann EF,Warford B,Ounpraseuth S,Nembhard WN

更新日期：2020-12-01 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：BACKGROUND:Among patients with pulmonary disease due to Mycobacterium avium complex (MAC) seen recently at our center, a substantial number have had extensive calcified mediastinal, hilar, and peribronchial lymphadenopathy, a finding historically inconsistent with pulmonary MAC disease. METHOD:We retrospectively studi...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Chan ED,Iseman MD

更新日期：1999-06-01 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：:Thirteen male patients consecutively admitted to an inpatient drug and alcohol rehabilitation hospital with the primary diagnosis of crack cocaine dependence were shown a 30-minute videotape that included salient environmental cues intended to elicit cocaine craving. The subjects were tested before and after the video...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Kilgus MD,Pumariega AJ

更新日期：1994-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report on two healthy white men who sustained high-voltage electrical burns and were transferred to our regional burn center for specialized care. Within 24 hours of admission, both patients developed clinical signs and laboratory evidence of diabetes insipidus. With appropriate treatment, no sequelae occurred and ...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Urquhart CK,Craft PD,Nehlawi MM

更新日期：1994-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Studies at "the Farm," a community of spiritually gathered young people in Summertown, Tenn, have shown that it is possible to sustain a normal pregnancy on a vegan diet. The source of dietary protein (ie, animal or vegetable) does not seem to affect birth weight, as long as vegans are health conscious, receive contin...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Carter JP,Furman T,Hutcheson HR

更新日期：1987-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Mortality rates for hyperthermia and hypothermia are higher in Alabama than nationally, and Alabama has twice as many hypothermia deaths as hyperthermia deaths. These causes of death have not been studied in the southeastern United States. We describe the epidemiology of heat- and cold-related deaths in Alab...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Taylor AJ,McGwin G Jr

更新日期：2000-08-01 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：: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：:Appendicovesical fistula is an uncommon condition usually occurring in boys and young men and associated with chronic urinary tract infection. Diagnosis is based on cystoscopic findings that may be confirmed by a retrograde study. Treatment by appendectomy is usually successful. ...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Carson CC 3rd,Malek RS

更新日期：1980-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Our seven clinical vignettes illustrate different mechanisms of inappropriate admissions to psychiatric wards and the circumstances and outcome of such admissions, with emphasis on the shared responsibility of psychiatric and nonpsychiatric physicians, the financial consequences, and the implications of such admission...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Alarcon RD,Walter-Ryan WG,Shaw L

更新日期：1985-07-01 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：:I have reported two cases of Mallory-Weiss tear occurring after the patients drank an oral electrolyte/polyethylene glycol preparation before colonoscopy. Only two other such cases have been previously reported. ...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Hroncich ME

更新日期：1992-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:I have described two patients who had recurrent spontaneous myoclonic jerking in the alcohol withdrawal state. These movements were distinguishable clinically and electroencephalographically from partial seizures and epilepsia partialis continua. The jerking did not respond to anticonvulsants but resolved as the withd...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Drake ME Jr

更新日期：1983-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Arsenic poisonings occur in Mississippi despite public education campaigns to prevent poisonings in the home. We reviewed 44 Mississippi cases of arsenic exposures occurring from January 1986 to May 1990. We compared the epidemiologic differences between unintentional and intentional poisonings. Cases were found and c...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Park MJ,Currier M

更新日期：1991-04-01 00:00:00