Abstract:
:An example of a blind-ending branch of a bifid ureter in a woman presenting with a urinary tract infection is reported. Definition, diagnosis, and treatment of this anomaly are discussed.
journal_name
South Med Jjournal_title
Southern medical journalauthors
Dalton DLdoi
10.1097/00007611-197907000-00031subject
Has Abstractpub_date
1979-07-01 00:00:00pages
875-6issue
7eissn
0038-4348issn
1541-8243journal_volume
72pub_type
杂志文章abstract:OBJECTIVES:Code status specifies the action that healthcare providers should take in the event of cardiac arrest. Studies have shown, however, that patients with do-not-resuscitate/do-not-intubate (DNR/DNI) orders have worse outcomes and do not consistently receive the standard of care. Several studies have demonstrate...
journal_title:Southern medical journal
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.14423/SMJ.0000000000001112
更新日期:2020-07-01 00:00:00
abstract::Myelolipomas are benign tumors composed of an admixture of mature adipose tissue and normal hematopoietic cells. The vast majority occur within the adrenal glands, but several extra-adrenal myelolipomas (EAMLs) have been reported. The typical EAML is a solitary, well-defined mass within the abdomen, most commonly in t...
journal_title:Southern medical journal
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1097/00007611-199506000-00008
更新日期:1995-06-01 00:00:00
abstract::This study was undertaken to determine what factors would be useful in making a decision to do bronchoscopy to look for an obstructing carcinoma in cases of pneumonia. The study showed that in pneumonia limited to one lobe of the lung, which occurs in a heavy smoker over 50 years of age, and which does not have comple...
journal_title:Southern medical journal
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/00007611-198006000-00024
更新日期:1980-06-01 00:00:00
abstract::Computed tomography (CT) is increasingly used to evaluate abdominal diseases, including those of the colon. Recent CT studies have documented colonic abnormalities in patients with pseudomembranous colitis; however, these findings are not widely appreciated by primary care physicians. Over a 25-month period, we prospe...
journal_title:Southern medical journal
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/00007611-199509000-00008
更新日期:1995-09-01 00:00:00
abstract::Anaerobic bacteria outnumber aerobic bacteria in normal flora in the oropharynx and gastrointestinal tract. They are important and frequent causes of infection, although they often go unrecognized except in the classic and very distincitve clostridial infections and intoxications-gas gangrene, botulism, and tetanus. A...
journal_title:Southern medical journal
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/00007611-197609000-00025
更新日期:1976-09-01 00:00:00
abstract::Doyle's medical writings represent a valuable contribution to both the scientific and nonscientific aspects of medicine of the late 19th Century. Up to the present, accounts of these writings have been few, and none of them have been evaluative of their scientific merit. Analysis of Doyle's writings on infectious dise...
journal_title:Southern medical journal
pub_type: 传,历史文章,杂志文章
doi:10.1097/00007611-198211000-00023
更新日期:1982-11-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVES:Shear wave elastography (SWE) is an emerging technology that assesses hepatic fibrosis. The aim of our study was to determine the diagnostic accuracy of General Electric (GE) Healthcare's LOGIQ E9 SWE in patients with chronic hepatitis C virus using liver biopsy as the reference standard. METHODS:The liver ...
journal_title:Southern medical journal
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.14423/SMJ.0000000000000562
更新日期:2016-11-01 00:00:00
abstract::We measured hemodynamic and respiratory parameters before and after applying methylmethacrylate (MMC) to acetabular and femoral sites during neuroleptanesthesia and prosthetic hip surgery. No significant major changes were documented. Previously reported adverse effects probably have been due to medullary emboli, humo...
journal_title:Southern medical journal
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/00007611-198110000-00013
更新日期:1981-10-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVES:To characterize pain and exposure after Prolift placement and identify risk factors. METHODS:A case series of women who underwent Prolift vaginal mesh were surveyed. Pain was assessed using a visual analog scale. Exposure was evaluated clinically. RESULTS:Of 183 eligible patients, 160 completed the survey,...
journal_title:Southern medical journal
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.14423/SMJ.0000000000000377
更新日期:2015-12-01 00:00:00
abstract::A woman with stable diabetes presented with hypoglycemia and decreased insulin requirement. Further history suggested decreasing pituitary function. Laboratory tests confirmed pituitary deficiencies, associated with her increased insulin sensitivity. It may be helpful to be aware of this syndrome when dealing with dia...
journal_title:Southern medical journal
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/00007611-198001000-00033
更新日期:1980-01-01 00:00:00
abstract::Giant cell arteritis has been thought to occur only in white patients. There have been several recent reports of this disorder to blacks, however, and this case of biopsy-proven giant cell arteritis in a black patient indicates the diagnosis should be considered in any elderly patient with typical symptoms regardless ...
journal_title:Southern medical journal
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/00007611-197909000-00045
更新日期:1979-09-01 00:00:00
abstract::As this case illustrates, lung cancer should be included in the differential diagnosis in a young person with fever, purulent sputum, and a large cystic mass on chest roentgenogram. An aggressive diagnostic approach including biopsy is recommended if symptoms do not respond to early treatment. ...
journal_title:Southern medical journal
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/00007611-198810000-00031
更新日期:1988-10-01 00:00:00
abstract::The results of radiation therapy of 79 patients with early carcinoma of the vocal cord are reported. Nine (13%) of the 69 patients with stage I disease had local recurrence, and two (20%) of the ten patients with stage II disease had local recurrence without local node metastasis. Subsequent control of radiation failu...
journal_title:Southern medical journal
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/00007611-197901000-00004
更新日期:1979-01-01 00:00:00
abstract::HBsAg and anti-HBs positivity was determined in hospital laboratory workers and nonlaboratory hospital workers (controls) matched for race and sex and adjusted for age. The combined prevalence of antigen-antibody positivity among white female technicians was 12% versus 0 of controls (P less than 0.005). The highest pr...
journal_title:Southern medical journal
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/00007611-197709000-00020
更新日期:1977-09-01 00:00:00
abstract::We have reviewed 60 consecutive cases, occurring in 57 patients, of intramedullary fixation of fractures of the midshaft of the tibia done over a ten-year period with the Lottes nail. Of 50 acute fractures, 38 were open fractures, nailed after adequate irrigation and debridement; the other 12 were closed fractures. Th...
journal_title:Southern medical journal
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/00007611-198104000-00015
更新日期:1981-04-01 00:00:00
abstract::Rarely, a misguided or delusional patient will attempt to self-administer a relatively more invasive form of medical or surgical treatment. I believe this report to be the first described case of an attempt to self-administer ECT. A patient with schizoaffective disorder reported benefits from regularly applied electri...
journal_title:Southern medical journal
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/00007611-198908000-00036
更新日期:1989-08-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Hepatitis secondary to infection with the hepatitis C virus (HCV) is one of the most common causes of viral hepatitis worldwide. Multiple extrahepatic manifestations of HCV infection have been recognized. Dilated and hypertrophic cardiomyopathy associated with HCV infection have been recently described in th...
journal_title:Southern medical journal
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/SMJ.0b013e31822462e2
更新日期:2011-08-01 00:00:00
abstract::Subdural hematomas are among the most common forms of intracranial hemorrhage encountered in clinical practice and are a surgically remediable cause of dementia. When the symptom presentation is subtle or diffuse, a subdural hematoma can be overlooked. This is especially true among elderly people who may exhibit unrel...
journal_title:Southern medical journal
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/00007611-199509000-00019
更新日期:1995-09-01 00:00:00
abstract::Although d-penicillamine has a wide range of benefits in many clinical conditions, various side effects have also been reported and preclude its further use in certain patients. In this case, d-penicillamine-induced reversible airway obstruction developed, despite the "go slow--go low" regimen as suggested to reduce t...
journal_title:Southern medical journal
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/00007611-198006000-00032
更新日期:1980-06-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVES:Improving diabetes and blood pressure control decreases the incidence and progression of microvascular disease. Likewise, screening for microvascular complications is beneficial in the early detection and treatment of these disorders. However, adherence to practice guidelines for screening and treatment in p...
journal_title:Southern medical journal
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/01.SMJ.0000140853.71806.31
更新日期:2004-11-01 00:00:00
abstract::With the FDA approval of the first cochlear implant device in November 1984, the possibility of the perception of sound became a reality for the profoundly deaf individual. The cochlear implant group of Cincinnati was involved in the coinvestigator study before the approval of the device. This paper presents data from...
journal_title:Southern medical journal
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/00007611-198702000-00007
更新日期:1987-02-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVES:Program directors have noted that first-year residents struggle with many of the patient care responsibilities they assume as they enter the US graduate medical education system. A national description of medical students' patient care experience in advance of graduation has not been published. We sought to ...
journal_title:Southern medical journal
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.14423/SMJ.0000000000000738
更新日期:2017-12-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:This study examined patient perceptions and attitudes toward various aspects of the male and female physician's professional appearance in the family practice setting. METHODS:Four hundred ninety-six patients from two family practice clinics in Knoxville, Tennessee, completed a valid and reliable questionna...
journal_title:Southern medical journal
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/01.SMJ.0000077011.58103.C1
更新日期:2003-12-01 00:00:00
abstract::Two cases of postoperative death due to unsuspected pheochromocytoma are presented. Both patients exhibited signs and symptoms preoperatively which might have been attributable to a pheochromocytoma. These reports serve as a reminder of the potentially fatal consequences of inadequate evaluation of hypertensive patien...
journal_title:Southern medical journal
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/00007611-197711000-00023
更新日期:1977-11-01 00:00:00
abstract::Variant angina pectoris, usually not precipitated by exertion or emotional stress, often is more severe and lasts longer than classic angina. The pain tends to recur at about the same time each day. Arrhythmias, usually ventricular, occur in about 50% of cases during the peak of pain. Electrocardiograms show a charact...
journal_title:Southern medical journal
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1097/00007611-197603000-00034
更新日期:1976-03-01 00:00:00
abstract::Recommendations concerning postoperative extubation after thymectomy for myasthenia gravis are presently based upon retrospective chart reviews. We present the results of a prospective investigation of time to extubation after thymectomy for 14 patients over a 12-month period based upon a protocol that included preope...
journal_title:Southern medical journal
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/00007611-199106000-00007
更新日期:1991-06-01 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
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/00007611-199803000-00013
更新日期:1998-03-01 00:00:00
abstract::Lyme disease, now the most common tick-borne illness in the United States, has recently received much media attention, due in part to its potentially serious sequelae in untreated patients. Because a rare patient with late illness may lack antibodies to the etiologic agent, Borrelia burgdorferi, physicians may be temp...
journal_title:Southern medical journal
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/00007611-199110000-00024
更新日期:1991-10-01 00:00:00
abstract::Some cultural and epidemiologic factors leading to a new emphasis on self-care in chronic illness are reviewed and current applications of self-care in medicine are illustrated with examples. Emotional and behavioral aspects of self-care programs are detailed with special attention to compliance, family involvement, a...
journal_title:Southern medical journal
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/00007611-198309000-00016
更新日期:1983-09-01 00:00:00
abstract::This report describes a 9-year-old girl with pigmented villonodular synovitis of the right knee. She presented with a chronic bloody effusion of the knee. The diagnosis of pigmented villonodular synovitis was suggested by the findings on magnetic resonance imaging and confirmed at the time of arthroscopic synovectomy....
journal_title:Southern medical journal
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/01.SMJ.0000104842.97001.88
更新日期:2004-01-01 00:00:00