Haemorrhage through the ampulla of Vater.

abstract：:Forty-five healthy men aged 21-34 years took part in a double-blind, parallel-group, placebo-controlled study of the effects of 28 days' treatment with lornoxicam 4 mg twice daily or indomethacin 50 mg twice daily on faecal blood loss and the endoscopic appearances of gastric and duodenal mucosa. After an initial endo...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Warrington SJ,Debbas NM,Farthing M,Horton M,Johnston A,Thillainayagam A,Turner P,Ferber H

更新日期：1990-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The treatment of renal anaemia by recombinant human erythropoietin (EPO) is now well established. Several studies have examined the pharmacokinetics and efficacy of the drug given intravenously, intraperitoneally and subcutaneously and there is increasing evidence that the subcutaneous route has several advantages inc...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Macdougall IC,Hutton RD,Coles GA,Williams JD

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Psoriasis (PsO) is a chronic skin disease. This study aims to evaluate clinical and subclinical response to calcipotriol+betamethasone foam, in patients with PsO, comparing, for the first time, data from microvascular ultrasound (MicroV) and shear wave elastography (SWE) with Psoriasis Area and Severity Index (PASI). ...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Guazzaroni M,Ferrari D,Lamacchia F,Marisi V,Tatulli D,Marsico S,Orlacchio A,Floris R,Bianchi L,Dattola A

更新日期：2021-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two hundred and thirty-three patients with renal amyloidosis were studied in an attempt to identify the incidence and pattern of the disease in northern India. The incidence of amyloidosis was 1.01% of 6431 post-mortems and 8.4% of 1980 renal biopsies from patients who presented with clinical evidence of glomerular di...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Chugh KS,Datta BN,Singhal PC,Jain SK,Sakhuja V,Dash SC

更新日期：1981-01-01 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：:Patients with Gardner's syndrome are increasingly found to have polyps on routine upper gastrointestinal endoscopy, and their risk of developing periampullary carcinoma is between 3-12%. We report a 45 year old man with Gardner's syndrome who presented with periampullary carcinoma 5 years after colectomy. Review of th...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Sinha J,Williamson RC

更新日期：1988-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 29-year-old gardener developed acute renal failure following the ingestion of 'Mersil', a combination of mercurous and mercuric chloride, achieving a plasma mercury concentration of 22,000 nmol/litre (400 micrograms/litre). Haemodialysis and charcoal haemoperfusion were ineffective in removing mercury despite prior ...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Worth DP,Davison AM,Lewins AM,Ledgerwood MJ,Taylor A

更新日期：1984-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Amlodipine is a dihydropyridine calcium antagonist with a unique pharmacokinetic profile providing advantages over other therapies of its kind. It has been shown to possess high oral absorption, long elimination half-life, smooth onset of action and long duration of pharmacodynamic activity. These properties result in...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Taylor SH

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Since January 1974, alternate cadaveric renal transplants were treated with antilymphocyte globulin (Behringwerke) om addotopm to prednisone and azathioprine. Thirty patients were treated in this way. 53% of patients receiving ALG had a functioning graft at six months as opposed to 40% in the control group. This diffe...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Jakobsen J,Flatmark A,Sodal G,Thorsby E

更新日期：1976-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A patient is described in whom the presenting feature of hypopituitarism was the development of palmar xanthomata associated with type III hyperlipoproteinaemia. Treatment of her secondary hypothyroidism with thyroxine caused resolution of the xanthomata and hyperlipidaemia, but the underlying compositional abnormalit...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Carr D,Thornes HM,Rutter AC,Finney RD,Turner PR

更新日期：1987-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Long intergenic non-coding RNA 01296 (LINC01296) has been reported to play an important role in many human malignancies, but a consistent perspective has not been established now. To explore the prognostic value of LINC01296 in different types of human solid malignant tumours, we performed this meta-analysis.An electr...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Dai C,Dai C,Ni H,Xu Z

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Characteristics and outcomes of patients undergoing inferior vena cava (IVC) filter insertion are not well reported. Particularly, the role of long term anticoagulation in these patients is unclear. AIMS:(1) To describe in a cohort of patients undergoing IVC filter insertion, underlying diseases, indicati...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Dovrish Z,Hadary R,Blickstein D,Shilo L,Ellis MH

更新日期：2006-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Duodenal carcinoids are rare tumours. There is an increased incidence of primary carcinomas, especially in the gastrointestinal tract, which occur synchronously with gastrointestinal tract carcinoids. However, the synchronous occurrence of adenocarcinoma of the gastro-oesophageal junction with a duodenal carcinoid has...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： McCabe HL

更新日期：2001-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 48 year old white woman was admitted to the hospital because of several bouts of migratory polyarthritis, weight loss, fever, and abdominal pain over a period of 15 months. She had been taking propylthiouracil 100 mg daily for three years for hyperthyroidism treatment. A test for antineutrophil cytoplasmic autoantib...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Gaburri PD,Chebli JM,Attalla A,Pereira CM,Bonfante HL,Junior EV,Gaburri AK

更新日期：2005-05-01 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：:A patient is described who developed acute peripheral neuropathy of Guillain-Barré type occurring shortly after commencement of captopril for moderately severe hypertension and resolving after discontinuation of the drug. ...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Chakraborty TK,Ruddell WS

更新日期：1987-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fibrosing colonopathy is a recently described complication of cystic fibrosis, of unknown aetiology but possibly related to treatment with high-dose pancreatic enzyme supplements. We have used a whole gut perfusion technique to study subclinical gut inflammation in cystic fibrosis patients; concentrations of haemoglob...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Croft NM,Marshall TG,Ferguson A

更新日期：1996-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Secondary hyperkalaemic paralysis is a rare condition often mimicking the Guillain-Barré syndrome. There have been a few case reports of hyperkalaemia caused by renal failure, trauma, and drugs where the presentation has been with muscle weakness. A case of hyperkalaemic paralysis caused by an angiotensin converting e...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Dutta D,Fischler M,McClung A

更新日期：2001-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A patient with occult pancreatic carcinoma associated with recurrent acute pancreatitis is reported. Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography after the first attack was normal, the diagnosis being made at repeat examination 10 months later. ...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Wilson C,Imrie CW

更新日期：1986-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) has emerged worldwide as a significant and difficult-to-treat source of nosocomial infection, emphasizing the ever-present need for reliable and effective antisepsis. Betadine Solution (10% povidone-iodine; PVP-I) and Betadine Cream (5% povidone-iodine) are broad-spec...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Goldenheim PD

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Royal Hospital for Incurables (RHI), now known as the Royal Hospital for Neuro-Disability and situated on West Hill, Putney, was founded by Andrew Reed DD exactly 150 years ago. The RHI was thus the pioneer in modern times of long stay institutions for the sick and dying. It became one of the great Victorian chari...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Cook GC

更新日期：2004-07-01 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：:Multiple lymphomatous polyposis is an uncommon but distinctive form of gastrointestinal lymphoma. Clinical symptoms may closely resemble those of colorectal carcinoma and diagnostic confusion may result. The condition has a characteristic pathological appearance and immunophenotype which is important in allowing disti...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Carder PJ,Gouldesbrough DR

更新日期：1993-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Clinical and biochemical data obtained from 163 patients who had taken an overdose of paracetamol were examined to determine which factors or measurements were of value in predicting the severity of ensuing liver damage early after ingestion of tablets. Although the overall severity of hepatic necrosis was found to in...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Gazzard BG,Widdop B,Davis M,Hughes RD,Goulding R,Williams R

更新日期：1977-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 27 year old woman with hepato-lenticular degeneration (Wilson's disease) was found to have primary hepatocellular carcinoma (PHC) three and a half years after she was started on treatment with D-penicillamine. The tumour was resected since when she has remained well. Her liver function tests were normal throughout t...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Guan R,Oon CJ,Wong PK,Foong WC,Wee A

更新日期：1985-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 63 year old man who suffered from syringomyelia related to post-meningitic spinal arachnoiditis caused by Candida tropicalis is reported. The clinical syndrome of syringomyelia developed gradually and a definite diagnosis was delayed for more than 10 years. The patient has partially recovered after surgical treatmen...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Phanthumchinda K,Kaoropthum S

更新日期：1991-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Between 1975 and 1982 in 2 centres in Glasgow, 53 previously untreated patients with aggressive non-Hodgkin's lymphomas received chemotherapy consisting of one of the following regimens-CVP, MOPP, CHOP or BACOP. Twenty nine patients (55%) entered complete remission (CR), 20 (38%) had partial remission (PR) and 4 (7%) ...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Cunningham D,Hepplestone A,Gilchrist NL,Dagg JH,Evans IL,Soukop M

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe the case of an acromegalic woman with primary infertility who was treated with clomiphene, and subsequently developed pituitary apoplexy. ...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Walker AB,Eldridge PR,MacFarlane IA

更新日期：1996-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Major lethal and non-lethal congenital malformations occurring in babies born in Dudley Road Hospital in 1979, 1980 and 1981 were related to the ethnic group of the mother. There was an increased incidence of gastrointestinal malformations in the Indian group and an increased incidence of abnormalities that could be a...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Terry PB,Mathew PM,Condie RG,Bissenden JG

更新日期：1983-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Five cases of primary peritonitis are presented, with a sixth related case of pneumococcal peritonitis secondary to a ruptured ovarian cyst. The patients comprised 4 young girls who recovered, and 2 elderly females who died. Pneumococci were isolated in 3 patients; no organism was found in the other 3. One case of pri...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Armitage TG,Williamson RC

更新日期：1983-01-01 00:00:00