Accuracy of staining technique for detecting mycobacterial infection.

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：:Most nonendocrine pancreatic neoplasms are adenocarcinomas of ductal cell or acinar origin. Primary carcinomas of the pancreas with squamous differentiation are rare enough to warrant a search for other primary tumors. In the past few decades, well-documented individual reports and large series reviews support the vie...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Colarian J,Fowler D,Schor J,Poolos S

更新日期：2000-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case of SLE with the unique association of gastric polyps and vasculitis is reported. Gastrointestinal symptoms, surgical indications, and complications of SLE with gastrointestinal involvement are reviewed. The unusual patterns of ileus or lupus peritonitis secondary to mesenteric vasculitis must be differentiated ...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Morton RE,Miller AI,Kaplan R

更新日期：1976-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Of ten patients with anterior diaphragmatic hernia treated by operation, only three had shortness of breath and chest pain. The remainder of the patients were referred to us because of a roentgenographic abnormality. All patients have had follow-up of between six months and 11 years without recurrence. Surgical repair...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Saha SP,Mayo P,Long GA

更新日期：1982-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:For over a decade there has been concern about hepatitis related to halothane anesthesia. No dose relationship or other direct cause has ever been established, and jaundice has been found to occur after other anesthetics for surgical operations. Enflurane is a newer halogenated compound with a remarkable record of saf...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Thompson DS,Friday CD

更新日期：1978-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have reported a fatal complication of a therapeutic dose of ipecac syrup administered in a hospital emergency room. This child received 15 ml of ipecac syrup shortly after ingesting one to five tablets of chlorpheniramine maleate (4 mg). A prolonged course of vomiting (more than 24 hours) eventually resulted in gas...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Knight KM,Doucet HJ

更新日期：1987-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Urinary incontinence in the elderly is a significant health problem fraught with isolation, depression, and an increased risk of institutionalization and medical complications. Stress urinary incontinence (SUI), the complaint of involuntary loss of urine during effort or exertion or during sneezing or coughing, is the...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Viktrup L,Koke S,Burgio KL,Ouslander JG

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We studied etiologic factors important in colonization of 179 central venous catheters (CVCs) in patients randomized into group 1 (who received daily topical applications of povidone-iodine) or group 2 (who received only dry dressing changes). Colonization rates of CVC tips were similar between group 1 (18/84 or 21%) ...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Prager RL,Silva J Jr

更新日期：1984-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have presented a case of tracheobronchitis due to C pseudodiphtheriticum in a patient with COPD who was treated with prednisone and apparently was not otherwise immunocompromised. Chronic lung disease seems to predispose to infection with C pseudodiphtheriticum; it can also occur in the immunocompetent host. This o...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Craig TJ,Maguire FE,Wallace MR

更新日期：1991-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thyrotoxicosis is an uncommon cause of low-output congestive heart failure. The case of a 41-year-old male who presented with severe symptomatic congestive heart failure, and was subsequently diagnosed with dilated cardiomyopathy secondary to hyperthyroidism, is presented. The cause of his hyperthyroidism was Graves d...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Khandwala HM

更新日期：2004-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have reported a case of small-bowel volvulus in which complete jejunoileal necrosis resulted from torsion of the superior mesenteric artery. This case was unusual not only because of the extent of necrosis but also because primary small-bowel volvulus is rare in adults. Despite nearly total small-bowel resection, t...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Rubio PA,Galloway RE

更新日期：1990-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We evaluated 100 primary care outpatients for signs of cognitive impairment using the Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE). The 23 subjects scoring abnormal values (less than 24/30) were found to be cognitively impaired. Seventeen had previously undetected cognitive impairment, while six had prior diagnoses consistent...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Goldschmidt TJ,Mallin R,Still CN

更新日期：1983-10-01 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：:A case of left renocolic fistula secondary to chronic pyonephrosis has been reported. Neprectomy, excision of the fistulous tract, and closure of the colon is the treatment of choice. This was accomplished in this case with excellent results. ...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Vargas AD,Victor I

更新日期：1975-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe a rare occurrence of comorbidity of schizophreniform disorder and borderline personality disorder as an initial patient presentation. ...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Houry D,Johnson J,Cabrejos C

更新日期：1998-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Guar gum is a high polymer carbohydrate that undergoes considerable expansion and thickening when placed in water. Because of this property, guar gum has been used in "weight loss" tablets marketed by several pharmaceutical manufacturers. These tablets undergo expansion in the stomach and are expected to cause early s...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Halama WH,Mauldin JL

更新日期：1992-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Endorphins and narcotics have been implicated in the exacerbation of neurologic deficits after stroke. To test the theory that narcotic antagonists might offer an improvement in neurologic sequelae following stroke, we administered various doses of naloxone intraperitoneally to 50 adult gerbils 45 minutes after caroti...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Benzel EC,Musgrove CC 2nd,Kesterson L

更新日期：1989-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The association of hypercoagulation and cancer, a well established pattern of disease, often leads to pulmonary emboli in an already compromised patient. Anticoagulation therapy in these patients is occasionally complicated by several factors including thrombocytopenia, which may result in a life-threatening situation...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Whitney BA,Kerstein MD

更新日期：1987-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the past 30 years there has been no improvement in the five-year survival rate for endometrial carcinoma. Any change comparable to improved survival in cervical carcinoma will be accomplished only by similar detection of the early asymptomatic and precursor lesions of endometrial carcinoma. Reasons why the conventi...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Muenzer RW,Kim K

更新日期：1980-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe a 47-year-old man with shoulder pain, multiple bony lesions, and a 1-cm lesion in the spleen. T-1 facetectomy revealed a poorly differentiated malignant neoplasm. Several months after chemotherapy, multiple splenic lesions were found by computed tomography and liver-spleen scan. A splenectomy showed a mali...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： McGinley K,Googe P,Hanna W,Bell J

更新日期：1995-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:A retrospective cross-sectional study was performed to assess the prevalence of elevated alkaline phosphatase (ALP) in patients infected with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and to determine the relation between ALP and specific antiretroviral therapy (ART). METHODS:A total of 2990 patients were included...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Alemu BT,Troy SB,Beydoun HA,Akpinar-Elci M,Cunningham TD

更新日期：2016-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A leg ulcer in a 52-year-old renal transplant patient yielded foamy histiocytes containing acid-fast bacilli subsequently identified as a Runyon group III Mycobacterium. Skin infection with these organisms is unusual, and the histologic appearance in this case suggested lepromatous leprosy. ...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Love GL

更新日期：1987-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Surveys in recent years show that office emergencies are likely to occur in pediatric offices and that most offices are not equipped to deal with these situations. METHODS:To determine the pediatrician's preparedness to manage emergencies, we surveyed a randomly selected sample of 240 office-based pediatric...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Shetty AK,Hutchinson SW,Mangat R,Peck GQ

更新日期：1998-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Pelorus Stereotactic Surgical System is a relatively new, commercially available device that can be used to perform computed tomography (CT)-guided stereotactic brain biopsy. It has been promoted as being a relatively simple and inexpensive system that is more rapid, less cumbersome, and generally easier to use th...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Engelhard HH,Nazar GB,Grieser GM

更新日期：1993-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During the spring term of 1975, rubella was diagnosed in 23 students at Georgetown University in Washington, DC. The cases were concentrated among students from the School of Foreign Service and their close contacts; outbreaks did not appear in other divisions of the university. Rubella immunization of susceptible fem...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Chretien JH,Esswein JG,McGarvey MA,deStwolinski A

更新日期：1976-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Between the years 1963 to 1982, 84 consecutive cases of intracranial complications of ear disease in pediatric patients were diagnosed and treated at the North Carolina Baptist Hospital. This group consisted of 65 patients with otitic meningitis, four with otitic brain abscess, four with otitic hydrocephalus, three wi...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Gower DJ,McGuirt WF,Kelly DL Jr

更新日期：1985-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An autopsy of a probable case of MCLS is described. After 10,000 cases have been recorded in Japan, the disease is being recognized in the United States. There may be an overlap with infantile periarteritis nodosa. Pathologic studies of fatal cases of MCLS diagnosed during life have not been reported in this country. ...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Murphy WR

更新日期：1978-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The incidence of prostate cancer in black men is estimated to be 30% to 50% higher than among age-matched white men, and black men have a twofold higher mortality rate. To determine whether racial differences exist in men with similarly staged disease, we compared clinical and pathologic features in black an...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Bozeman C,Williams BJ,Whatley T,Crow A,Eastham J

更新日期：2000-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Studies have shown that the overutilization of laboratory tests ("labs") for hospitalized patients is common and can cause adverse health outcomes. Our objective was to compare the ordering tendencies for routine complete blood counts (CBC) and chemistry panels by internal medicine residents and hospitalists...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Ellenbogen MI,Ma M,Christensen NP,Lee J,O'Leary KJ

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In the 19th century, deaths from acute exposure to hydrogen sulfide (H2S) portended permanent brain injury from nonlethal doses. The neurobehavioral effects of H2S exposures lasting from moments to years were compared in 16 subjects, 2 years to 22 years afterward. METHODS:Neurophysiologic and psychologic te...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Kilburn KH

更新日期：1997-10-01 00:00:00