Mastication and acid secretion.

abstract：:Two patients with a rise in cardiac troponin T (cTnT) concentrations during the course of lobar pneumonia, without any evidence of acute coronary syndrome or renal failure, are presented. The increase in cTnT concentration is considered a highly sensitive marker of cardiac injury, although it may also rise in other co...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Weinberg I,Cukierman T,Chajek-Shaul T

更新日期：2002-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Doctors in all specialties are involved in making "do not attempt resuscitation" (DNAR) decisions; this can be a difficult and challenging process. Guidelines exist to provide an ethical and legal framework for the process and documentation of these decisions. OBJECTIVE:To audit the documentation of resus...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Harris D,Davies R

更新日期：2007-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a case of eosinophilic fasciitis, with the unusual features of pulmonary and pleural involvement. Similar cases which involve the lungs have been reported after exposure to L-tryptophan, but there is no relevant drug history in this case. ...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Killen JW,Swift GL,White RJ

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Children in India constitute a very high risk group from mortality and morbidity due to lack of specialised healthcare. Remote care of paediatric patients by offsite specialists using telemedicine technology is a highly potential solution for coping up with the shortage of specialists in Indian subcontinent. We at a t...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Singh M,Das RR

更新日期：2010-12-01 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：:Gradenigo's syndrome, which is characterised by the triad of suppurative otitis media, pain in the distribution of the trigeminal nerve, and abducens nerve palsy may give rise to potentially fatal complications. Knowledge of the aetiology and appropriate investigations can lead to early diagnosis. A case is reported w...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Motamed M,Kalan A

更新日期：2000-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thirty patients who had undergone major abdominal surgery were randomly assigned to a continuous infusion of either 0.45 mg meptazinol/kg/hr or 0.3 mg pethidine/kg/hr. Analgesia was assessed by rating scale, ranging from 0 (no pain) to 10 (unbearable pain), and by questionnaire. Respiration rate was closely monitored ...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Church JJ

更新日期：1983-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Chancellor of the Exchequer's recent announcements to devolve decision making power from Whitehall to 30 English regions provide a challenge to use devolution to deliver more favourable health outcomes. However evaluation of devolved health models internationally is scarce, because it is rarely considered. Evidenc...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Doyle Y,Johnstone P

更新日期：2016-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although an extensive literature exists on factors controlling sodium excretion in animal experimental models of heart failure, the relevance of these to the human condition remains largely unexplored. Increased renal sympathetic stimulation is considered responsible for heightened urinary sodium retention. Stimulatio...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Good J,Frost G,Oakley CM,Cleland JG

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effective management of constipation in childhood requires an understanding of the ways that the physical and psychological factors interact. The early difficulty with defecation that leads to pain, fear, and refusal to use the pot or lavatory often progresses to the formation of vicious cycles of increasing faeca...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Clayden G,Keshtgar AS

更新日期：2003-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thiazide diuretics used alone to treat hypertension can cause hypokalaemia in a substantial proportion of patients. The possibility exists that any benefit of reducing high blood pressure by such treatment may be offset by an increased mortality due to arrhythmias initiated by hypokalaemia. ...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Poole-Wilson PA

更新日期：1983-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF THE STUDY:There are approximately 35 000 in-hospital cardiac arrests in the UK each year. Successful resuscitation requires integration of the medical science, training and education of clinicians and implementation of best practice in the clinical setting. In 2015, the International Liaison Committee on Res...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Carberry J,Couper K,Yeung J

更新日期：2017-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The post mortem examination or autopsy is a trusted method of identifying the cause of death. Patients and their families may oppose an autopsy for a variety of reasons, including fear of mutilation or owing to religious and personal beliefs. Imaging alternatives to autopsy have been explored, which may prov...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Ahmad MU,Sharif KA,Qayyum H,Ehsanullah B,Balyasnikova S,Wale A,Shanmuganandan A,Siddiqui MRS,Athanasiou T,Kemp GJ

更新日期：2017-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Rapid response systems (RRSs) have been introduced to facilitate effective 'rescue' of seriously ill patients on hospital wards. While research has demonstrated some benefit, uncertainty remains regarding impact on patient outcomes. Little is known about the relationship between social contexts and the app...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Mackintosh N,Rainey H,Sandall J

更新日期：2012-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Common bile duct perforation causing biliary peritonitis is an unusual entity and a pancreatic calculus causing this perforation is all the more rare, and to our knowledge has not been reported previously. Such an unusual presentation of chronic calcific pancreatitis is herein reported. ...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Kumar A,Kataria R,Chattopadhyay TK,Karak PK,Tandon RK

更新日期：1992-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Coeliac disease is exacerbated by wheat gluten. A review of methods for the purification, identification and quantitation of wheat proteins to investigate coeliac disease is presented. Recent developments including amino acid sequencing and expression of wheat protein peptides in E. coli should permit characterization...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Ciclitira PJ,Ellis HJ

更新日期：1987-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A patient with seven attacks of acute glomerulonephritis is described. Following each attack renal function returned to normal. Investigations strongly suggested immune complex disease as the cause of the nephritis but extensive tests failed to define the antigen. The possibility of an exogenous self-administered anti...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Coles GA

更新日期：1983-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of infusions of prostaglandin E1 (PGE1) on platelet deposition at atherosclerotic sites in vivo in man have been examined. Thirteen patients with atherosclerotic vascular disease received intravenous PGE1 25 mg/kg/min for 6 hours daily for 5 days. Prostaglandin E1 had no effect on platelet uptake at athero...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Sinzinger H,O'Grady J,Fitscha P

更新日期：1987-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent studies of stress mechanisms in hypertension have focussed on the cardiovascular and neuroendocrine reactions to challenging or threatening psychosocial stimuli. Fixed hypertension may develop in some animal models following chronic exposure to psychosocial conflict. Acute experiments in humans show that marked...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Steptoe A

更新日期：1986-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cryoglobulinaemia may cause cutaneous vasculitis and glomerulonephritis, potentially leading to end stage renal failure. An important proportion of cryoglobulinaemias are secondary to hepatitis C virus infection. Emerging antiviral treatment options offer a chance for causal therapy of these cases of cryoglobulinaemia...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Braun GS,Horster S,Wagner KS,Ihrler S,Schmid H

更新日期：2007-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A patient with acute lymphoblastic leukaemia who developed ovarian and uterine leukaemic relapse while in bone marrow remission is described. Pelvic relapse is rarely reported during the clinical course of leukaemia in females. Pelvic ultrasonography, a non-invasive procedure, was of value as an aid in detecting pelvi...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Cantwell B,Cantwell D,Fennelly JJ

更新日期：1982-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A patient is described in whom the presenting feature of hypopituitarism was the development of palmar xanthomata associated with type III hyperlipoproteinaemia. Treatment of her secondary hypothyroidism with thyroxine caused resolution of the xanthomata and hyperlipidaemia, but the underlying compositional abnormalit...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Carr D,Thornes HM,Rutter AC,Finney RD,Turner PR

更新日期：1987-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Obesity is an increasing problem in the UK and bariatric surgery is likely to increase in volume in the future. While substantial weight loss is the primary outcome following bariatric surgery, the effect on obesity-related morbidity, mortality and quality of life (QOL) is equally important. This study repor...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Titi M,Jenkins JT,Modak P,Galloway DJ

更新日期：2007-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fifteen patients who had undergone a 14 inches X 4 inches jejuno-ileal bypass operation for obesity, 3 to 4 years earlier, were investigated by iliac bone biopsy, radiology and routine biochemistry, including 25-hydroxy-vitamin D and parathyroid hormone estimations. Two patients had histological osteomalacia which was...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Gilmore IT,Eastwood JB,Ellis WR,Luck VA,Fenton S,O'Grady AJ,Harris E,Murray-Lyon IM

更新日期：1983-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the Balkan context education in general practice varies greatly and it is in different stages of reorganisation and curriculum development. The postgraduate training in family medicine in Albania started in January 1997 with the goal of providing future family doctors with the proper knowledge, skills, attitudes, a...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Rrumbullaku L,Theodorakis PN,Pulluqi P,Lionis C,Trell E

更新日期：2002-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A girl of 12 years old presented with acute small bowel obstruction nine weeks after an uncomplicated appendicectomy. The obstruction was found to be due to the development of sclerosing peritonitis. Previous reports of this rare condition have suggested that it is predominantly found in adolescent girls residing in s...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Dehn TC,Lucas MG,Wood RF

更新日期：1985-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The clinical syndrome of heart failure has been investigated so extensively that it may now almost be regarded as a metabolic disorder. Although an initial insult reduces cardiac pump efficacy, the resultant physiological response culminates in complex neurohormonal dysfunction. This has created confusion and prevente...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Wright DJ,Tan LB

更新日期：1999-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Two questions were addressed: (1) How much physical activity do patients with diabetes perform? (2) What are the perceived factors that prevent patients from doing more physical activity? RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS:Interview based questionnaires were distributed to consecutive patients attending the Diabetes ...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Thomas N,Alder E,Leese GP

更新日期：2004-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) was performed on 28 elderly patients (mean age 82 years) who were dysphagic and intolerant of naso-gastric feeding. Twenty-six patients were recovering from a stroke; the interval between the onset of stroke and PEG averaged 63 days. The procedure was successful and well toler...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Finucane P,Aslan SM,Duncan D

更新日期：1991-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A patient with calcific constrictive pericarditis due to rheumatoid arthritis is presented: the literature reveals only one previous case which was attributed to the long duration of the rheumatoid arthritis. ...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Manji H,Raven P

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00