Serum and sputum levels of cefaclor.

abstract：:Parasites in the human breast are uncommon but not rare. Cysticercus and filariasis in fine needle breast aspirates have been documented and their cytomorphology is well characterised. However, the host tissue response to these parasites and the factors responsible for their initiation are not clear. Over a 21 year pe...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Sahai K,Kapila K,Verma K

更新日期：2002-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Overdosage with cardiac glycosides is well documented, but not usually fatal. A case is described in which cardiac arrest in asystole was associated with a serum digoxin level of 50-4 microgram/1, the highest concentration yet reported after oral administration. ...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Nicholls DP

更新日期：1977-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The new formulation of propofol appears to be approximately equipotent to the previous formulation when used as an infusion to supplement nitrous oxide anaesthesia in patients premedicated with morphine. Preliminary haemodynamic studies indicate that the emulsion formulation causes more arterial hypotension than the o...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Coates DP,Prys-Roberts C,Spelina KR,Monk CR,Norley I

更新日期：1985-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:People with early-onset dementia have a potential risk of being marginalised with respect to care and social support as a result of the blame and stigma associated with their condition, and because they have reduced access to treatment options and postdiagnostic care. The limited use of community services and the resu...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Nwadiugwu M

更新日期：2020-09-03 00:00:00

abstract：:The in vitro activity of cefaclor was compared with that of cephalexin and cephradine. This new antibiotic was the most active of the oral agents against Haemophilus influenzae (especially non-beta-lactamase producing strains). It was also significantly more active against N. gonorrhoeae and the Enterobacteriaceae. Th...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Gillett AP,Andrews JM,Wise R

更新日期：1979-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two cases of pubic osteomyelitis presenting as a painful hip are reported. In both cases the diagnosis was delayed by the unusual presentation and by the limited radiological investigation. Pubic osteomyelitis is rare in childhood but should be considered in the differential diagnosis of the 'irritable hip'. ...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Weinberg JR,Berman L,Dootson G,Mitchell R

更新日期：1987-04-01 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：:There has been a dramatic change in the way that resuscitation decisions are made for older hospital inpatients in the UK. In less than 20 years many geriatric medicine wards have moved from an "opt-in" policy (where the default position is not to provide resuscitation) to a position where resuscitation is widely avai...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Bowker L

更新日期：2009-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The elderly, the very young, and the sick are known to be adversely affected by high environmental temperatures. In a retrospective open case-note review of 872 patients in a large institution during a hot summer we identified characteristics in the elderly that increase the risk of marginal hyperthermia. Women were m...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Vassallo M,Gera KN,Allen S

更新日期：1995-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Participant modelling, a behaviourally-orientated treatment technique, is an effect method of treating phobias associated with minor medical procedures or apparatus such as needles or intravenous catheters. The steps in this technique are described and two cases of severe needle phobias successfully treated with parti...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Taylor CB,Ferguson JM,Wermuth BM

更新日期：1977-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Quantitative lipoprotein level data was obtained from healthy subjects and patients with ischaemic heart disease or peripheral vascular disease in four European communities. Hypertriglyceridaemia, due mainly to an increase in VLDL triglyceride, was commoner in London and Uppsala than in Naples and Geneva. In three com...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Lewis B,Carlson LA,Mancini M,Micheli H

更新日期：1975-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Metabolic acidosis and hyperlactataemia are important, independent findings in acute illness, and the combination of these abnormalities carries a grave prognosis. Despite this there is still controversy about the most appropriate therapy of lactic acidosis, and the relationship of commonly used acid base measurements...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Nimmo GR,Grant IS,Mackenzie SJ

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:For millennia, the smile has been recognised as a powerful communication device, offering benefits to both giver and receiver with few drawbacks. A sign of compassion, empathy and friendliness, smiling can benefit healthcare professionals and their patients, helping to build a relationship of trust. But beware the fal...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Beamish AJ,Foster JJ,Edwards H,Olbers T

更新日期：2019-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:How medical students learn and develop the characteristics associated with good teaching in medicine is not well known. Information about this process can improve the academic preparation of medical students for teaching responsibilities. The purpose of this study was to determine how different experiences cont...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Henry BW,Haworth JG,Hering P

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There is an increasing awareness on the part both of the media and the profession of the need to co-operate in providing information and education on medical matters. This co-operation should be strongly encouraged. Where children are concerned the opportunities for education are great. ...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Jolly H

更新日期：1978-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although the relationship between group A streptococcal upper respiratory tract infection and the development of acute rheumatic fever has been known for many years, the pathogenetic mechanism(s) have never been defined. Thus, the mechanism of damage to the valves and to the myocardium in patients with rheumatic fever...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Kaplan EL

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Four automated blood pressure machines (Arteriosonde 1225, Bosomat 11D, Elag Koln BE 237R and Omron HEM 3) have been compared with each other and with the Hawksley Random Zero Sphygmomanometer in 18 subjects with a wide range of BP. Each form of measurement provided a high degree of internal consistency. The Arterioso...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Rubin P,McLean K,Reid J

更新日期：1980-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Shaken baby syndrome is the most common cause of death or serious neurological injury resulting from child abuse. It is specific to infancy, when children have unique anatomic features. Subdural and retinal haemorrhages are markers of shaking injury. An American radiologist, John Caffey, coined the name whiplash shake...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Blumenthal I

更新日期：2002-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 25 year old woman with a 15-year history of paroxysmal nocturnal haemoglobinuria developed transient pancytopenia following infection with human parvovirus B19. This is the first report of transient pancytopenia in a patient with an acquired haemolytic anaemia due to parvovirus. The possible mechanism of pancytopeni...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Lakhani AK,Malkovska V,Bevan DH,Anderson MJ

更新日期：1987-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：CONTEXT:In Sweden, patient malpractice claims are handled administratively and compensated if an independent physician review confirms patient injury resulting from medical error. Full access to all malpractice claims and hospital discharge data for the country provided a unique opportunity to assess the validity of pa...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Pukk-Härenstam K,Ask J,Brommels M,Thor J,Penaloza RV,Gaffney FA

更新日期：2009-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Paget's disease of bone is a relatively common condition in the UK affecting up to 5% of the population over the age of 55 years with particularly high prevalence in the North West of England. The majority of those affected are asymptomatic. Its precise cause remains unknown, and until recently, choice of treatment of...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Ooi CG,Fraser WD

更新日期：1997-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Peripheral lymphadenopathy is rarely observed, whereas mesenteric lymphadenopathy is found occasionally on laparotomies in patients with familial Mediterranean fever (FMF). Retroperitoneal lymphadenopathy was reported only once in an autopsy of a patient with FMF. Our case is the second one, and the first one to be di...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Rimon D,Meir Y,Cohen L

更新日期：1989-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case of fatal pseudomembranous enterocolitis associated with ampicillin therapy is described and possible mechanisms for its production discussed. ...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Read L,Cove-Smith JR

更新日期：1977-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF THE STUDY:To explore which factors increase the likelihood of being deemed appointable to core anaesthesia training in the UK and whether those factors subsequently predict performance in postgraduate training. STUDY DESIGN:Observational study linking UK medical specialty recruitment data with postgraduate ...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Aslet M,Paton LW,Gale T,Tiffin PA

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Some antifungal agents have been tested qualitatively in various associations against species of Candida, Cryptococcus and Torulopsis. The method used was the channel test and the results are confirmed by comparison with the serial dilution test in agar. The antagonism in vitro with the combination of amphotericin B i...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Dupont B,Drouhet E

更新日期：1979-09-01 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 a case of persistent chorea as a manifestation of thyrotoxicosis. The chorea was severe and persisted after the patient was rendered euthyroid. Dopamine antagonists only partially suppressed the involuntary movements during the first few months. It was eventually controlled with haloperidol, but whenever she...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Javaid A,Hilton DD

更新日期：1988-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case of cervical osteoid osteoma is reported, with a brief account of the diagnosis and treatment of these lesions. Cervical osteoid osteoma is rare but its pattern of presentation varies little and it should therefore be possible to suspect it on clinical grounds alone. Bone scanning is now regarded as more efficie...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Walker AP

更新日期：1980-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The frequency and characteristics of chest pain and non-respiratory symptoms were investigated in patients admitted with acute asthma. One hundred patients with a mean admission peak flow rate of 38% normal or predicted were interviewed using a questionnaire. Chest pain occurred in 76% and was characteristically a dul...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Edmondstone WM

更新日期：2000-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Several cardiorespiratory diseases can complicate human immunodeficiency virus infection. Primary pulmonary hypertension is a rare clinical disorder which carries a bad prognosis. More than 90 cases of HIV-associated primary pulmonary hypertension have been reported to date. Although its pathogenesis remains unknown, ...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Golpe R,Fernandez-Infante B,Fernandez-Rozas S

更新日期：1998-07-01 00:00:00