Electrocardiographic changes associated with multiple yellow jacket stings.

abstract：:Retrograde gastrointestinal intussusception is a rare entity, most commonly reported after gastric resection and gastrojejunostomy. Its occurrence in the absence of previous gastric resection is extremely unusual, with only four cases reported. All cases were associated with previously placed gastrostomy tubes and imp...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Gasparri MG,Pipinos II,Kralovich KA,Margolin DA

更新日期：2000-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have described a class 4 choledochal cyst in a 24-year-old black woman treated with choledochocystoduodenostomy. ...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Clark SJ,Shamblin JL Jr

更新日期：1986-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The predictability of a method of determining serum digoxin concentration was assessed in a retrospective study of 35 hospitalized patients taking digoxin orally for maintenance therapy. Simple pharmacokinetic expressions were used to estimate digoxin concentration. Clinically, the mean measured digoxin concentration ...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Shearer SW,Sawyer WT,Petteway SB Jr

更新日期：1984-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Six patients characterized by psychopathic behavior were treated with lesions placed in the center median nucleus of the thalamus. There was marked improvement of the psychopathic behavior in five patients. One patient with unilateral thalamotomy was parqially improved. Four of the six patients have been productive an...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Andy OJ

更新日期：1975-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper explores the possibility that bed sharing may carry particular risks for children with special healthcare needs (CSHCN). Two cases of CSHCN who may have sustained adverse health effects from bed sharing are described. These two case reports indicate that CSHCN may be particularly susceptible to risks associ...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Sneed RC

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two premature infants were infected with HIV via blood transfusions during the neonatal period. Although neither patient had serum antibody to HIV owing to severe hypogammaglobulinemia, HIV infection was confirmed by finding HIV antigen in the sera of both patients. These cases show that HIV infection can produce seve...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Saulsbury FT

更新日期：1989-04-01 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

authors： Goldberg LH,Sperber J

更新日期：1986-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Of five patients with hypernephroma who were maintained on hemodialysis after nephrectomy, four died with metastic disease after having been on hemodialysis for an average of 13.7 months (range 8 to 19). The fifth patient had no evidence of malignancy after 21 months of dialysis; he then received a renal allograft fro...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Mirahmadi MK,Vaziri ND,Winer RL,Giberson A,Gentile DE,Miller RB,Gorman JT

更新日期：1979-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Demonstration of clonality is supportive of a diagnosis of malignancy in cases of lymphoproliferative disorders. Determination of clonality at the molecular level is currently accomplished by Southern analysis; however, the polymerase chain reaction offers a potential alternative that is rapid, simple, and less expens...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Mihalov ML,Huber S,Rachwalski E,Price JS,Hosso JM,Dizikes GJ

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The frequency with which house staff noticed their patients to be anemic, the frequency with which they tried to find out why the patients were anemic, and the diagnostic accuracy of such endeavors were measured. Next, an intervention was conducted in which the teams were lectured on the subject of anemia, given readi...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Sapira JD

更新日期：1991-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Appropriate use of antibiotics is enhanced by the effective application of data on antimicrobial susceptibility. A number of methods are currently available for routine determination of susceptibilities, including agar dilution, broth dilution, agar diffusion, and several semiautomated methods. If susceptibility testi...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Moellering RC Jr,Kunz LJ,Poitras JW,Cameron M,Mercier BA

更新日期：1977-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Mortality rates for hyperthermia and hypothermia are higher in Alabama than nationally, and Alabama has twice as many hypothermia deaths as hyperthermia deaths. These causes of death have not been studied in the southeastern United States. We describe the epidemiology of heat- and cold-related deaths in Alab...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Taylor AJ,McGwin G Jr

更新日期：2000-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report the case of a 55-year-old woman who was thought to have systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) for more than 13 years before Crohn's colitis was correctly diagnosed. The differentiation of Crohn's disease from SLE may be difficult, as illustrated by our case. Gastrointestinal symptoms, laboratory studies, and ra...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Buchman AL,Wilcox CM

更新日期：1995-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Osteopenia is considerably more common than osteoporosis and accounts for most of the fracture burden in women older than 50 years. It is uncertain when to initiate treatment in osteopenia. We sought to determine in women with osteopenia what effect transitioning to lower categories had on subsequent fractur...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Pfister AK,Welch CA,John M,Emmett MK

更新日期：2016-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dietary advice based on saturated versus unsaturated fatty acids for the purpose of controlling the plasma cholesterol level has for many years plagued the American public with unpalatable diets that are difficult to adhere to. Stearic acid, an 18-carbon saturated fatty acid, does not share the hypercholesterolemic ef...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Cobb TK

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This report describes a case of warm-antibody-mediated hemolytic anemia associated with a hypernephroma. Only four patients with renal cell carcinoma and Coombs'-positive hemolytic anemia have been reported previously. Although rare, the occurrence of autoimmune hemolytic anemia in association with a hypernephroma sho...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Johnson P,Gualtieri RJ,Mohler DN,Carpenter JT

更新日期：1985-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:High fever occurred in a 30-year-old woman five weeks after transsphenoidal hypophysectomy for a pituitary adenoma. Extensive investigation failed to reveal any evidence of infection, and the clinical findings suggested the fever to be a manifestation of steroid withdrawal. Either suboptimal dosage of corticosteroid r...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Soto-Hernandez JL,Verghese A,Hall BD,Cole CP,Cupp HB Jr

更新日期：1989-03-01 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

authors： Cochran CS,Ducic Y,DeFatta RJ

更新日期：2008-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pressure modes of invasive mechanical ventilation generate a tidal breath by delivering pressure over time. Pressure control ventilation (PC) is the prototypical pressure mode and is patient- or time-triggered, pressure-limited, and time-cycled. Other pressure modes include pressure support ventilation (PSV), pressure...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Singer BD,Corbridge TC

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In response to the increasing care needs of geriatric patients and attendant hospital costs, the Nashville Veterans Administration Medical Center, which has 393 beds and admits 8400 patients annually, initiated an Intermediate Care Service in 1988. A geriatric team was formed, sharing staff and resources from existing...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Hauser B,Robinson J,Powers JS,Laubacher MA

更新日期：1991-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Esophagogastric variceal hemorrhage is a common cause of upper gastrointestinal bleeding in patients with portal hypertension. In addition, it is now recognized that patients with alcohol-induced chronic liver disease and portal hypertension frequently bleed from acute mucosal lesions. Since alcohol can cause these le...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Schoppe LE,Roark GD,Patterson M

更新日期：1983-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Concerns regarding lack of privacy, poor patient understanding, and physician discomfort have led to a decline in rounding at the bedside. Our project explored patient perceptions of the implementation and value of bedside rounding. METHODS:This mixed-methods study used semi-structured qualitative interview...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Shih AF,Addo-Tabiri NO,Sofair AN

更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The range of procedures now routinely done through the laparoscope has continued to expand due to improved equipment for insufflation, hemostasis, and tissue manipulation, and to imaginative approaches to otherwise "routine" gynecologic problems traditionally treated by laparotomy. As with all new technologies, advoca...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Wagner J,Droesch J,Mann WJ

更新日期：1993-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:This study seeks to determine the effect of the Texas motorcycle helmet law on fatalities since the repeal of the universal helmet law in 1997. METHODS:Texas monthly motorcycle accident data between 1994 and 2004 were obtained from the National Highway Transportation Safety Administration's Fatality Analysi...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Bavon A,Standerfer C

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The use of psychotropic medication is often associated with weight gain. We provide documentation for this effect and review the mechanisms possibly responsible for it in the case of neuroleptic agents, lithium carbonate, monoamine oxidase inhibitors, and amitriptyline. We also enumerate the undesirable medical conseq...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Rockwell WJ,Ellinwood EH Jr,Trader DW

更新日期：1983-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have described a 38-year-old woman with a lesion of the cervix found on routine physical examination. The lesion proved to be a primary leiomyosarcoma of the cervix. Despite radiation therapy, surgery, and chemotherapy, the tumor recurred and grew relentlessly. She is alive with disease at two years seven months af...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Jawalekar KS,Zacharopoulou M,McCaffrey RM

更新日期：1981-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:One hundred fifty patients underwent surgery for mitral valve disease between January 1974 and May 1981. There were 98 female and 52 male patients with a mean age of 57 years (+/- 18.6). One hundred forty-six patients were in New York Heart Association functional class III or IV. Pathologic diagnoses included 67% rheu...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Vijayanagar R,Bognolo D,Eckstein P,Jeffery D,Toole J,Natarajan P,Willard E

更新日期：1983-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a ten-year period 139 patients with epidermoid carcinoma of the esophagus were treated by palliative feeding procedures, palliative radiation therapy, radiation therapy for cure, or resection. Analysis of the results of these modes of therapy indicates that long-term palliation is best achieved when resection is th...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Hollenbeck JI,Tobias JA,Wheat MW,Daicoff GR

更新日期：1976-06-01 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

authors： Early KS,Albert DJ

更新日期：1976-08-01 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

authors： Ioannou GN,Spector J,Rockey DC

更新日期：2007-10-01 00:00:00