Pediatricians' attitudes toward maternal employment and substitute child care.

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：BACKGROUND:Tobacco use causes significant morbidity and mortality. Resident physicians at the George Washington University Medical Center are trained to counsel patients to stop smoking. METHODS:I retrospectively reviewed charts of 300 patients treated by resident physicians in the Department of Medicine (200) and the...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Borum ML

更新日期：1999-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Nontubercular mycobacteria (NTM) are increasingly recognized to cause lung disease in immunocompetent patients. We studied the occurrence of pulmonary infection due to NTM in immunocompetent men. METHODS:We retrospectively analyzed all sputum mycobacterial cultures at our institution over a 5-year period. C...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Kanathur N,Shantaveerapa HN,Byrd RP Jr,Mehta JB,Roy TM

更新日期：2001-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a ten-year review at a large community teaching hospital clostridia accounted for less than 1% of all positive bloodstream isolates (26 episodes in 25 patients). All but one of the isolates were clinically significant. Twenty-two patients (88%) had a serious underlying medical condition, and 17 of the episodes (65%...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Ingram CW,Cooper JN

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:From our retrospective review of 30 patients having hepatic resection, we have made the following conclusions: (1) Hepatic resection is an uncommon procedure. (2) The majority of liver injuries require only drainage or suture ligation and drainage. (3) Midline incision, early arterial occlusion, and resectional debrid...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Lang NP,Westbrook KC,Read RC

更新日期：1981-06-01 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：:When involuntary psychiatric patients are treated on unlocked units, problems may arise as to resource expenditure and the ability to provide optimal psychiatric care. This study investigates the problem and possible solutions. ...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： el-Mallakh RS,Liebowitz NR,Patel K,Patel H,Peszke MA

更新日期：1993-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Most exercise programs designed for healthy persons older than 65 emphasize fitness development, but the maintenance of functional capacity and quality of life are equally important. The basic guidelines for frequency, intensity, and duration of training and the mode of activity recommended by the American College of ...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Pollock ML,Graves JE,Swart DL,Lowenthal DT

更新日期：1994-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An elderly man with previous tuberculosis exsanguinated from esophageal rupture of an atherosclerotic thoracic aneurysm. Because the patient refused angiography, the source of bleeding was discovered only at autopsy. Selected clinical and pathologic aspects of the case are discussed in relation to the different causes...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Braman R,Napoli VM

更新日期：1979-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rapidly growing mycobacteria have occasionally been reported to cause catheter-related infections. We report a case of a central venous catheter-related bacteremia, caused by Mycobacterium smegmatis, in a patient with cancer. Cultures of the catheter tip and blood cultures grew M smegmatis and Enterococcus faecalis. T...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Skiest DJ,Levi ME

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A phase II study of doxorubicin (Adriamycin)-based induction chemotherapy followed by cyclophosphamide/BCNU (CyBCNU) intensification and autologous bone marrow transplantation (ABMT) was conducted in 20 consecutive women with hormone-resistant metastatic breast cancer referred to our center. Of these 20 women, aged 24...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Saez RA,Slease RB,Selby GB,Strnad C,Epstein RB,Confer DL

更新日期：1995-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Three patients seen recently at Wilford Hall USAF Medical Center emphasize the point that coccidioidomycosis may resemble lymphoma because of persistence of adenopathy on the chest roentgenogram after the initial infiltrate has resolved. Such a clinical picture strongly indicates dissemination and is probably sufficie...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Jenkins DW Jr

更新日期：1977-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We retrospectively reviewed 20 surgically confirmed tubo-ovarian abscesses in postmenopausal women for the period 1973 to 1989. Pain and bleeding were the two most common presenting symptoms. Nine of the 20 patients (45%) had recently had endometrial instrumentation. Fever and the presence of a pelvic mass and elevate...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Lipscomb GH,Ling FW

更新日期：1992-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of impairments relevant to upper extremity following breast cancer surgery and its impact on disability and health-related quality of life. METHODS:Sixty-seven female patients being treated with modified radical mastectomy or breast conserving surgery we...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Kaya T,Karatepe AG,Günaydn R,Yetiş H,Uslu A

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 42-year-old woman had dysentery caused by the Shiga bacillus, Shigella dysenteriae type 1, while taking diphenoxylate with atropine during and after her return from a trip to Mexico. Although she was treated with appropriate antibiotics, she suffered a prolonged and toxic acute course followed by intermittent bouts ...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Rice PA,Baine WB

更新日期：1980-03-01 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：:We have described a case of thrombocytopenic purpura caused by methyldopa. A methyldopa-dependent antiplatelet antibody as the mechanism of the patient's thrombopenia was suggested by a positive clot retraction inhibition test. This simple in vitro test should be done more often in suspected cases of drug-induced thro...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Polk OD,Kletter GG,Smith J,Castro O

更新日期：1982-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:More than a century ago, Courvoisier published his observation on the significance of a palpable gallbladder in the differential diagnosis of obstructive jaundice. We have described two patients with newly described conditions--AIDS-associated cholangiopathy and diet-induced cholecystitis--who had a palpable gallbladd...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Fournier AM,Michel J

更新日期：1992-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The risks of morbidity and mortality associated with transfusion are so great that no transfusion should be given until it is decided that it is absolutely necessary and then only with the utmost care. The unfavorable effects of transfusion reviewed are: hemolytic reaction; bacterial contamination; febrile reaction du...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Shaffer AW

更新日期：1976-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent research suggests that vitamin D may play a role in cardiovascular (CV) health. Although its exact role is still debated and is a matter of controversy, vitamin D deficiency has been linked to increased prevalence of CV risk factors and events. Factors that predispose persons with congestive heart failure (CHF)...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Patel R,Rizvi AA

更新日期：2011-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A woman with stable diabetes presented with hypoglycemia and decreased insulin requirement. Further history suggested decreasing pituitary function. Laboratory tests confirmed pituitary deficiencies, associated with her increased insulin sensitivity. It may be helpful to be aware of this syndrome when dealing with dia...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Eller J,Winternitz WW

更新日期：1980-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case of perforation and bleeding from a diverticulum of the second portion of the duodenum in a patient with recurrent pancreatitis is presented. Upper gastrointestinal roentgenogram revealed an abnormal tract and retroperitoneal air arising from the diverticulum. The fistulous tract communicated with pancreas. Blee...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Ettman IK,Kongtawng T

更新日期：1977-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We present the case of a 17-year-old girl who came to our center with a red irritated eye from exposure to tarantula hairs. An ophthalmology literature search revealed six reported cases. There have been no reports of these cases in the general medical and pediatric literature. Due to the increasing popularity of tara...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Belyea DA,Tuman DC,Ward TP,Babonis TR

更新日期：1998-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:With the advent of ultrasonography, perinephric fluid collection can be easily diagnosed and confirmed by fine needle aspiration. In the past these cases sometimes went undiagnosed for several months. We did fine needle aspiration under the guidance of ultrasonography in 16 patients without complications. The aspirant...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Elyaderani MK,Moncman J

更新日期：1985-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Primary sternal osteomyelitis is a rare entity found most frequently in heroin addicts. We have reported the diagnosis and successful treatment of primary sternal osteomyelitis in a 22-year-old man. ...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Classen JA,Dales RL,Davies RS

更新日期：1987-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Serologic tests for the diagnosis of blastomycosis have had inadequate sensitivity, but results are improved with enzyme immunoassay (EIA) with A-antigen of Blastomyces dermatitidis. The Premier Blastomyces EIA kit (Meridian Diagnostics Inc, Cincinnati, Ohio) detected antibody against the B dermatitidis A-antigen in s...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Bradsher RW,Pappas PG

更新日期：1995-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:This study was done to determine the accuracy of the 2 x 2 cm pocket identifying low amniotic fluid (AF) volume in singleton and twin pregnancies. METHODS:The AF volume was evaluated by ultrasonography for the presence of a 2 x 2 cm pocket before amniocentesis. The actual AF volume was then determined by a ...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Magann EF,Nevils BG,Chauhan SP,Whitworth NS,Klausen JH,Morrison JC

更新日期：1999-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is the leading cause of blindness in the United States. Although AMD shares multiple risk factors with coronary artery disease (CAD), the association between AMD and CAD has not been established. The objective of our study was to demonstrate an association between the d...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Thomas J,Mohammad S,Charnigo R,Baffi J,Abdel-Latif A,Ziada KM

更新日期：2015-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) has caused resurgence in tuberculosis (TB) worldwide. HIV-TB coinfected individuals are at increased risk for complications of TB and HIV treatment, such as adverse drug reactions and immune reconstitution syndrome. A 17-year-old male with HIV-TB coinfection, who developed cardiac ta...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Wang SH,Menon A,Hyslop NE

更新日期：2008-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We performed a retrospective study to determine the sensitivity of mammography in detecting breast cancer arising in women with augmented breasts. Of eight women with breast implants in whom breast cancer developed, six had mammograms before biopsy. Only two of the six cancers were identified mammographically (sensiti...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Douglas KP,Bluth EI,Sauter ER,McKinnon WM,Bergeron RB,Merritt CR,Sullivan MA,Finley JM

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00