Development of Hodgkin's disease in the course of liver cirrhosis and impaired monocyte function.

abstract：:The incidence, aetiology and possible inheritance of duodenal diverticula remain controversial. These aspects are discussed through the presentation of a family, in which duodenal diverticula occurred in a man and his two sons. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first such family documented in the medical liter...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Sternberg A,Deutsch AA,Kott I,Reiss R

更新日期：1984-07-01 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：:Psoriasis (PsO) is a chronic skin disease. This study aims to evaluate clinical and subclinical response to calcipotriol+betamethasone foam, in patients with PsO, comparing, for the first time, data from microvascular ultrasound (MicroV) and shear wave elastography (SWE) with Psoriasis Area and Severity Index (PASI). ...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Guazzaroni M,Ferrari D,Lamacchia F,Marisi V,Tatulli D,Marsico S,Orlacchio A,Floris R,Bianchi L,Dattola A

更新日期：2021-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 27 year old woman with hepato-lenticular degeneration (Wilson's disease) was found to have primary hepatocellular carcinoma (PHC) three and a half years after she was started on treatment with D-penicillamine. The tumour was resected since when she has remained well. Her liver function tests were normal throughout t...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Guan R,Oon CJ,Wong PK,Foong WC,Wee A

更新日期：1985-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine changes in hepatitis B virus (HBV) prevalence across three different time periods in pregnant women. METHODS:This was a retrospective study of pregnant women attending four healthcare centres between January 1995 and May 2015. Data for serum hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) and anti-HBs level...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Furuncuoglu Y,Bolukbas FF,Bolukbas C,Torun P,Ozturk R

更新日期：2016-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although contrast angiography is important in the diagnosis and treatment of atherosclerotic disease, it does have limitations. Intracoronary ultrasound more accurately assesses the amount of atherosclerosis and has given us new insights into the pathophysiology of coronary plaque accumulation and remodelling. It also...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Hammond C,Causer JP,Perry RA

更新日期：1998-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Synovial plicae are normal anatomical structures of the knee that may become symptomatic. MRI is an established technique for evaluating the anatomy of the knee, and it is a valuable tool for detecting plicae because of its high resolution resulting in increased tissue characterisation. At MRI, knee plicae appear as l...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Vassiou K,Vlychou M,Zibis A,Nikolopoulou A,Fezoulidis I,Arvanitis D

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Digoxin has been a key therapeutic for heart failure and atrial tachyarrhythmias for over 200 years following Withering's groundbreaking work depicting the therapeutic benefit of the common botanical foxglove in his 1785 monograph. The use of digoxin preceded any randomised evidence or even basic understanding of its ...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Stucky MA,Goldberger ZD

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Epidemiological, laboratory and experimental studies make it clear that dietary cholesterol (DC) and saturated fat, independently and together, are hypercholesterolaemic and atherogenic. Some work suggests that DC, usually given as egg yolk, is the more important, but often they are consumed together. There is a thres...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Connor WE

更新日期：1980-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Characteristics and outcomes of patients undergoing inferior vena cava (IVC) filter insertion are not well reported. Particularly, the role of long term anticoagulation in these patients is unclear. AIMS:(1) To describe in a cohort of patients undergoing IVC filter insertion, underlying diseases, indicati...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Dovrish Z,Hadary R,Blickstein D,Shilo L,Ellis MH

更新日期：2006-02-01 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：BACKGROUND:Colonoscopy is the best way of imaging the colon with concurrent biopsy and treatment. However it is expensive, requires full bowel preparation, and carries a risk of complications. Flexible sigmoidoscopy is an alternative way to investigate symptoms that raise the suspicion of a lesion of the rectum or left...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Papagrigoriadis S,Arunkumar I,Koreli A,Corbett WA

更新日期：2004-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In 114 patients (52 males and 62 females) with long-standing pernicious anaemia, hypoferritinaemia was found in 27 (23.7%) and hypochromic microcytic anaemia in 19 (16.6%). Our findings indicate that iron deficiency is a common yet neglected complication of long-standing pernicious anaemia and warrants greater diagnos...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Atrah HI,Davidson RJ

更新日期：1988-02-01 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：:Seventy-eight clinically euthyroid patients with atrial dysrhythmias, either established or paroxysmal, and sixty-three patients in sinus rhythm with coronary disease were screened for hyperthyroidism using thyroid function tests including the thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH) response to thyrotrophin-releasing hormon...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Symons C,Myers A,Kingstone D,Boss M

更新日期：1978-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Enabling healthcare staff to report concerns is critical for improving patient safety. Junior doctors are one of the groups least likely to engage in incident reporting. This matters both for the present and for the future, as many will eventually be in leadership positions. Little is known about junior doct...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Hooper P,Kocman D,Carr S,Tarrant C

更新日期：2015-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Five per cent of patients with germ cell tumours of the testis will develop a further tumour in the contralateral testis. Standard treatment in such cases is a second orchidectomy, resulting in infertility, hormone replacement, and psychological morbidity. In this case report we explore the role of testis conservation...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Sawyer EJ,Oliver RT,Tobias JS,Badenoch DF

更新日期：1999-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There is overwhelming evidence for the clinical efficacy of the influenza vaccine, especially in the elderly with chronic disease, reducing mortality and hospital admissions. There is also evidence to suggest that the influenza vaccine may be beneficial in the healthy elderly. There is some evidence to suggest that th...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Morgan R,King D

更新日期：1996-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fibrosing colonopathy is a recently described complication of cystic fibrosis, of unknown aetiology but possibly related to treatment with high-dose pancreatic enzyme supplements. We have used a whole gut perfusion technique to study subclinical gut inflammation in cystic fibrosis patients; concentrations of haemoglob...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Croft NM,Marshall TG,Ferguson A

更新日期：1996-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two-hundred and nine patients were entered into a prospective, randomized trial in order to determine whether a vertical or transverse abdominal incision is the more satisfactory in producing sound wounds. Ninety-six patients were randomized between paramedian and transverse incisions, and followed up for at least 1 y...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Ellis H,Coleridge-Smith PD,Joyce AD

更新日期：1984-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 46 year old Nigerian man presented with a four week history of progressive bilateral visual loss. He had been unwell, with weight loss, fever, and night sweats for six months. Dilated fundoscopy revealed macular haemorrhages and diffuse Roth's spots. The patient was found to be severely anaemic and a bone marrow asp...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Vose MJ,Charles SJ

更新日期：2003-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Amniotic fluid embolism (AFE) associated with disseminated intravascular clotting (DIC) is usually fatal. Such a combination generally occurs at the term of pregnancy or in the immediate postpartum period. A case of AFE with DIC following a hypertonic-saline-induced abortion, is reported. The patient was in the midtri...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Ballas S,Lessing JB,Michowitz M

更新日期：1983-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report four cases of Bartter's syndrome in two consecutive generations of an Irish family. Diagnoses were made on the basis of characteristic clinical features, blood and urine biochemistry with additional evidence from renal biopsy in one case. The aetiology, treatment and inheritance of the syndrome are discussed...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Crowe P,Ahmad A,O'Byrne K,Cullen MJ

更新日期：1993-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Inflammatory changes in the tunica vaginalis testis may assume a misleading appearance which is highly suggestive of malignancy. Obviously, histological examination is crucial for establishing the corrent diagnosis. This phenomenon has been described in texts dealing specifically with testicular pathology, but is not ...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Sternberg A,Mor C,Servadio C,Reiss R

更新日期：1981-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Postgraduate medical education bodies and national patient safety institutes recommend that trainees develop patient safety competencies such as those for Morbidity and Mortality (M&M) rounds, yet there exists no model for their educational delivery. OBJECTIVE:We studied the effect of a single educational i...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Mondoux SE,Frank JR,Kwok ESH,Cwinn AA,Lee AC,Calder LA

更新日期：2016-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case of primary purulent meningococcal pericarditis presenting with chest pain, hypotension and cardiac tamponade followed by oliguric renal failure is reported. Treatment with antibiotics and surgical drainage was successful. ...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Ramsdale DR,Kaul TK,Coulshed N

更新日期：1985-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Epidemiological and family studies suggest that lung cancer results from the combined effects of age, smoking and genetic factors. Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is also an independent risk factor for lung cancer and coexists in 40-60% of lung cancer cases. METHODS:In a two-stage case-control ...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Young RP,Hopkins RJ,Hay BA,Epton MJ,Mills GD,Black PN,Gardner HD,Sullivan R,Gamble GD

更新日期：2009-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A young man developed acute renal failure and hypercalcaemia following severe burns. The hypercalcaemia was initially controlled by haemodialysis, but it persisted after return of renal function. Plasma PTH was inappropriately elevated, but the nephrogenous cyclic adenosine monophosphate level was low; thus the PTH wa...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Evans RA,Lawrence PJ,Thanakrishnan G,Hills E,Wong SY,Dunstan CR

更新日期：1986-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:There is paucity of evidence regarding the role of drain in laparoscopic cholecystectomy (LC) in acute calculous cholecystitis (ACC), and surgeons have placed the drains based on their experiences, not on evidence-based guidelines. This study aims to assess the value of drain in LC for ACC in a randomised co...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Valappil MV,Gulati S,Chhabra M,Mandal A,Bakshi S,Bhattacharyya A,Ghatak S

更新日期：2020-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Purtscher's retinopathy presents to the clinician as loss of vision in a patient with a history of a possible precipitating event such as recent major trauma, pancreatitis, childbirth or renal failure. The ophthalmological picture is one of ischaemia at the posterior pole with white patches of oedema and haemorrhages ...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Buckley SA,James B

更新日期：1996-07-01 00:00:00