Abstract:
:We have described massive intermittent intestinal hemorrhage due to a vascular anomaly in an ileal duplication cyst in a 30-year-old man. This unusual case illustrates that these lesions disguise themselves symptomatically and must be considered in the differential diagnosis of gastrointestinal bleeding.
journal_name
South Med Jjournal_title
Southern medical journalauthors
Salameh RN,Hausner RJ,Thomas SJ,Johnson CDdoi
10.1097/00007611-198412000-00039subject
Has Abstractpub_date
1984-12-01 00:00:00pages
1606-7issue
12eissn
0038-4348issn
1541-8243journal_volume
77pub_type
杂志文章abstract::Even though epidural analgesia is effective and has advantages over conventional postoperative analgesia, it is also labor intensive, requiring 24-hour supervision by an anesthesiologist. In an effort to decrease the manpower requirements, some hospitals allow the nursing staff to administer epidural narcotics to adul...
journal_title:Southern medical journal
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/00007611-199204000-00012
更新日期:1992-04-01 00:00:00
abstract::Children with sickle cell anemia who were less than 5 years old were observed over a three-year period. Those born to recent Haitian immigrants accounted for 108.4 patient-years. They had seven episodes of Streptococcus pneumoniae bacteremia and five due to Haemophilus influenzae for rates of 6.5 and 4.6 episodes per ...
journal_title:Southern medical journal
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/00007611-198907000-00009
更新日期:1989-07-01 00:00:00
abstract::Three patients were treated empirically with anti-platelet agents, prednisone, plasmapheresis, and prostacyclin for the classical clinical syndrome of thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura (TTP). All three patients initially responded, then relapsed after one to 13 months with a clinical picture characteristic of immuno...
journal_title:Southern medical journal
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/00007611-198412000-00034
更新日期:1984-12-01 00:00:00
abstract::While in most states information physicians obtain from the about patients is confidential and cannot be disclosed without the patient's permission, a recent California Supreme Court decision affirms that when the doctor reasonably believes his patient can cause violent harm to third persons, he had an overriding duty...
journal_title:Southern medical journal
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/00007611-197903000-00030
更新日期:1979-03-01 00:00:00
abstract::From 1976 to 1982, 12 children with myelodysplasia had surgery at our institution for knee flexion contractures (21 affected knees). Follow-up was a minimum of 18 months and averaged 47 months. Soft tissue lengthening of the hamstring tendons and release of the posterior capsule with or without femoral osteotomy yield...
journal_title:Southern medical journal
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/00007611-198607000-00009
更新日期:1986-07-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Many hospitalized anemic patients do not undergo appropriate evaluation. We hypothesized that specific clinical variables were likely to be important in triggering evaluation for iron deficiency anemia. METHODS:We prospectively identified 637 consecutive anemic patients without acute gastrointestinal bleedi...
journal_title:Southern medical journal
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/SMJ.0b013e3181520392
更新日期:2007-10-01 00:00:00
abstract::A 45-year-old woman with poorly controlled hypertension and diabetes mellitus presented with left iliac fossa pain, constipation alternating with diarrhea, and weight loss. She had been diagnosed with idiopathic cardiomyopathy five years previously. Echocardiogram had shown a left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) ...
journal_title:Southern medical journal
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/SMJ.0b013e3181b571e6
更新日期:2009-10-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVES:To determine the prevalence of overweight in a cardiac stress testing population, and the percentage of subjects who indicate a history of overweight. METHODS:A total of 251 consecutive subjects presenting for cardiac stress testing in a 450-bed community hospital from June to September 2010 were asked to c...
journal_title:Southern medical journal
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/SMJ.0b013e31821e9359
更新日期:2011-07-01 00:00:00
abstract::Although the accurate assessment of blood loss at vaginal delivery is clinically important in terms of maternal morbidity and mortality, the quantity is usually underestimated. We present a simple, practical, and convenient method of quantitating blood loss at vaginal delivery. The method of vaginal delivery (spontane...
journal_title:Southern medical journal
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/00007611-198602000-00013
更新日期:1986-02-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:The epidemiology of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) was investigated at a tertiary care hospital, and relationship was made between the clinical and genetic definitions of community- and healthcare-associated MRSA. METHODS:Nonduplicate isolates of S. aureus were collected during 2004. Iso...
journal_title:Southern medical journal
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/SMJ.0b013e31815d3fce
更新日期:2008-01-01 00:00:00
abstract::We reviewed 76 cases of the empty sella syndrome. Headache was the chief complaint in 47 cases (62%), and 45 patients (60%) presented with signs and symptoms related to increased intracranial pressure and/or pituitary dysfunction. The CSF pressure was elevated in 35 of the 62 patients who had lumbar puncture, suggesti...
journal_title:Southern medical journal
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:1979-03-01 00:00:00
abstract::This is a systematic review of the available literature and our own personal experience regarding the optimal management of the rhinoplasty patient. The routine utilization of nasal splinting, casting and perioperative antibiotics is supported. The management of a number of common early complications is also discussed...
journal_title:Southern medical journal
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1097/SMJ.0b013e3181807a79
更新日期:2008-09-01 00:00:00
abstract::In El Paso County, Texas, 73 domestic wells were sampled using a variety of selective media to determine the extent of bacterial contamination of the groundwater on the US side of the United States-Mexico border. Thirteen wells were contaminated by fecal coliforms, whereas other wells contained a variety of bacterial ...
journal_title:Southern medical journal
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/00007611-199412000-00004
更新日期:1994-12-01 00:00:00
abstract::Coronary heart disease (CHD) is the leading cause of morbidity and mortality in patients more than 65 years old. Within this population, elevated cholesterol levels are prevalent and associated with increased risk of CHD. Despite increasing emphasis on lipid-lowering treatment in the elderly population, questions rema...
journal_title:Southern medical journal
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:
更新日期:2002-11-01 00:00:00
abstract::We have reported a case of suppurative pylephlebitis in an elderly, debilitated patient. The infection was caused by toothpick perforation of and migration from the gastrointestinal tract. The patient had risk factors for foreign body ingestion, including poor dentition, aphasia caused by a previous cerebrovascular ac...
journal_title:Southern medical journal
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/00007611-198803000-00034
更新日期:1988-03-01 00:00:00
abstract::The cost of managing chronic ulcers, both venous leg and decubiti (sacral pressure), was reviewed using 36 randomized, controlled studies with a focus on saline, hydrocolloid, and a human skin construct. When one includes the labor intensiveness of dressing changes three to four times per day, the application of hydro...
journal_title:Southern medical journal
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1097/01.SMJ.0000082011.70728.8C
更新日期:2004-02-01 00:00:00
abstract::We prospectively studied preoperative and postoperative grip and pinch strength in 21 patients having 30 consecutive median nerve decompressions for carpal tunnel syndrome. All procedures were done by one surgeon. Each hand operated on served as its own control and was studied by the same therapist preoperatively and ...
journal_title:Southern medical journal
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/00007611-199209000-00009
更新日期:1992-09-01 00:00:00
abstract::Nonmenstrual toxic shock syndrome (TSS) due to Staphylococcus aureus can lead to significant morbidity and mortality. While drotrecogin alfa (DA) has been employed in patients with Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) severe sepsis and septic shock, its utility in TSS remains unclear. The authors report ...
journal_title:Southern medical journal
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/01.smj.0000234646.27647.a6
更新日期:2006-11-01 00:00:00
abstract::A patient with thioridazine-hydrochloride-associated agranulocytosis is described and eight previously reported cases are reviewed. This complication is most likely due to a direct toxic effect on the bone marrow. As in our case, markers for an immunologically mediated mechanism have not been found. Thioridazine-hydro...
journal_title:Southern medical journal
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/00007611-197701000-00051
更新日期:1977-01-01 00:00:00
abstract::We have reported a case of severe erythema multiforme caused by outbreaks of recurrent HSV-2 infection. The EM was debilitating and responded to the treatment of HSV with oral acyclovir. On stopping the oral acyclovir, the HSV and the EM both recurred. We recommend a trial of oral acyclovir in cases of severe EM cause...
journal_title:Southern medical journal
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/00007611-198606000-00027
更新日期:1986-06-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVES:The objective of this population-based study was to examine the relationship between race, socioeconomic characteristics (socioeconomic status, SES), physician density, and colon cancer incidence in Alabama. METHODS:Data for 5,788 colon cancer cases from 1996 to 1999 provided by the Alabama Statewide Cancer...
journal_title:Southern medical journal
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/01.smj.0000184844.01148.10
更新日期:2005-11-01 00:00:00
abstract::Pyogenic granuloma is a benign, vascular lesion occasionally seen on the hand. It many be quite alarming to the patient. Adequate surgical excision is advocated as the treatment of choice. ...
journal_title:Southern medical journal
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/00007611-197609000-00013
更新日期:1976-09-01 00:00:00
abstract::Single-agent chemotherapy (actinomycin D) was administered in cyclic regimens to 26 patients with metastatic, nonseminomatous testicular carcinoma. Twenty-five patients were evaluable, 9 with stage II disease and 16 with stage III disease. A 37.5% response rate in stage III disease is reported and all patients are lon...
journal_title:Southern medical journal
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/00007611-197608000-00017
更新日期:1976-08-01 00:00:00
abstract::We have presented three patients in whom a striking desquamating perineal rash developed within the first five days of a febrile illness. Such a rash should raise the suspicion for Kawasaki syndrome even when all criteria are not present. ...
journal_title:Southern medical journal
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/00007611-198807000-00039
更新日期:1988-07-01 00:00:00
abstract::We studied the efficacy of infrainguinal bypass for limb salvage in patients with end-stage renal disease. The patency of 42 femoropopliteal and femorodistal bypasses, performed for limb salvage in 37 patients with end-stage renal disease, was assessed with Doppler ultrasonography and dye tests. Patency rates and limb...
journal_title:Southern medical journal
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/00007611-199102000-00009
更新日期:1991-02-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVES:To explore factors that might contribute to misattribution of mental status changes to psychiatric illness when an elderly patient actually has a delirium (mental status changes due to a medical condition). METHODS:Records of 900 elderly patients referred to a Veterans Affairs psychiatric inpatient unit and...
journal_title:Southern medical journal
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/SMJ.0b013e3181c99423
更新日期:2010-02-01 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
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/00007611-198502000-00027
更新日期:1985-02-01 00:00:00
abstract::Primary carcinoma of the trachea is not common. Of 23 cases diagnosed as "carcinoma of the trachea" at our institution since 1949, 21 actually represented secondary involvement from carcinoma of the larynx, lung, or esophagus. The two cases of primary carcinoma of the trachea are presented. Discussed are the relation ...
journal_title:Southern medical journal
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/00007611-197704000-00020
更新日期:1977-04-01 00:00:00
abstract::Seizures are common in acute exacerbations of hepatic porphyria, even though the etiology is not identified in most cases. We have reported a case of normeperidine-induced seizures in a patient with hereditary coproporphyria. Although meperidine is commonly used for pain control during acute attacks in these patients,...
journal_title:Southern medical journal
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/00007611-199011000-00020
更新日期:1990-11-01 00:00:00
abstract::We describe two cases of drug-induced hypertriglyceridemia, one associated with interferon alfa-2b and the other with asparaginase, each of which is mediated through a different mechanism. Hypertriglyceridemia caused by these medications is not listed as an adverse reaction in the Physicians' Desk Reference, one of th...
journal_title:Southern medical journal
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1097/00007611-199909000-00013
更新日期:1999-09-01 00:00:00