Travelers' diarrhea. Controversy and consensus.

abstract：:Epidemiologic and clinical evidence clearly documents the relationship between elevated levels of low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) and risk of coronary heart disease (CHD). In order to reduce CHD risk, the National Cholesterol Education Program (NCEP) has identified LDL-C goals that can be achieved through ...

journal_title：Postgraduate medicine

authors： Eisenberg DA

更新日期：2003-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:More than one half of middle-aged Americans have undesirably high serum lipid levels. Diets high in fiber and carbohydrate and low in fat reduce serum lipid levels two to four times more than the widely recognized American Heart Association diet. High intake of soluble fiber is especially effective for lowering serum ...

journal_title：Postgraduate medicine

authors： Anderson JW,Gustafson NJ

更新日期：1987-09-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The hydroxyl-methyl-glutaryl-coenzyme-A (HMG-CoA) reductase inhibitors of statin action are very effective and safe drugs, and they are widely used for the treatment of hyperlipidemia and the prevention of primary and secondary cardiovascular diseases (CVDs). However, recent meta-analyses of previous studies done with...

journal_title：Postgraduate medicine

authors： Chrysant SG

更新日期：2017-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:While the cause of multiple sclerosis (MS) remains obscure, epidemiologic investigation suggests that environmental factors encountered years before onset could be responsible. Studies elucidating age-specific onset curves, worldwide distribution, epidemics, clustering, and risk of contraction after migration are cons...

journal_title：Postgraduate medicine

authors： Gorelick PB

更新日期：1989-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:High blood pressure is unquestionably a risk factor for premature morbidity and mortality, especially from coronary artery disease and stroke. Risk of clinical manifestations of coronary artery disease increases dramatically if other risk factors, such as a history of cigarette smoking, hypercholesterolemia, left vent...

journal_title：Postgraduate medicine

authors： Borhani NO

更新日期：1989-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The diagnosis of malignant pleural effusion (MPE) remains a clinical challenge. As a negative regulator of T-cell activation, cytotoxic T lymphocyte-associated antigen-4 (CTLA-4) has been associated with many malignant diseases. However, there is limited data about the relationship between CTLA-4 and MPE. Th...

journal_title：Postgraduate medicine

authors： Chen M,Xie S,Wan C,Zeng N,Wu Y,Qin J,Shen Y,Wen F

更新日期：2017-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Treatment of immunologically mediated diseases has been hampered by the lack of therapeutic agents capable of selectively altering distinct areas of the immune network. Unfortunately, most immunomodulating drugs with such capability are not selective in their suppressive effects, often causing untoward reactions such ...

journal_title：Postgraduate medicine

authors： Katz P

更新日期：1983-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:According to Cato Institute chairman William A. Niskanen, government-mandated managed competition will fail to control healthcare costs and will pose a serious threat to the quality of American medical care. Mr Niskanen elaborates on this viewpoint in the following remarks, which were originally delivered in a speech....

journal_title：Postgraduate medicine

authors： Niskanen WA

更新日期：1994-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Primary care physicians play a pivotal role in the early identification of patients with COPD. Early diagnosis, along with aggressive intervention, is the only way that the increasing morbidity and mortality of COPD can be reversed. Any patient with a history of smoking should undergo evaluation for the possibility of...

journal_title：Postgraduate medicine

authors： Doherty DE

更新日期：2002-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:We aimed to determine the prevalence of chronic diseases and unhealthy lifestyle behaviors of Turkish doctors as compared with the general population and the frequency of compliance with preventive clinical practices among doctors. METHODS:This was an observational, prospective cohort study that enrolled gr...

journal_title：Postgraduate medicine

authors： Unal S,Tanriover MD,Ascioglu S,Demirkazik A,Ertenli I,Eskioglu E,Guler K,Kiraz S,Ozbakkaloglu M,Ozer B,Tukek T,Akyar S,Erdem Y

更新日期：2017-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Successful joint and soft-tissue aspiration and injection rely on the physician's understanding of the indications, contraindications, and general techniques involved in these procedures. The procedures are generally well tolerated and can be used to treat many painful musculoskeletal and soft-tissue conditions. ...

journal_title：Postgraduate medicine

authors： Rifat SF,Moeller JL

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hypertension increases the risk of reinfarction and sudden death in post-myocardial infarction (MI) patients. The same s true of coexisting left ventricular hypertrophy. Fortunately, these two risk factors may be modified by pharmacotherapy. In this article, Dr Boden describes the complementary use of beta blockers an...

journal_title：Postgraduate medicine

authors： Boden WE

更新日期：1992-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Probably nothing in the field of medicine has changed as rapidly over the last decade as antiretroviral (ARV) therapy for HIV infection. New insights into pathogenesis, new tests for measuring virus levels in plasma, and availability of powerful new drugs have combined to transform the care of persons with HIV infecti...

journal_title：Postgraduate medicine

authors： Henry K,Stiffman M,Feldman J

更新日期：1997-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The traditional cornerstones of analgesic therapy for patients with acute pain have been oral therapies; however, all oral agents exhibit a variety of potentially dose-limiting or intolerable adverse effects in patients. Elderly patients and those with concomitant conditions already being managed with multiple systemi...

journal_title：Postgraduate medicine

authors： McCarberg B,D'Arcy Y

更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper compares the antifungal activity and efficacy of itraconazole and terbinafine in vitro with their experimental activity and efficacy in vivo in patients with superficial fungal infections (tinea pedis and onychomycosis). Onychomycosis and tinea pedis are often treated with oral antifungals. With the introdu...

journal_title：Postgraduate medicine

authors： De Doncker P,Gupta AK

更新日期：1999-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Asian Americans exhibit a high prevalence of chronic hepatitis B (CHB) compared with the general population in the United States. However, there are specific barriers to appropriate health care in the Asian American population, and CHB awareness is low. The aim of this study was to examine CHB awareness amon...

journal_title：Postgraduate medicine

authors： Upadhyaya N,Chang R,Davis C,Conti MC,Salinas-Garcia D,Tang H

更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Most patients with type 2 diabetes present with comorbid overweight or obesity. Reaching and maintaining acceptable glycemic control is more difficult in overweight and obese patients, and these conditions are associated with increased risk for cardiovascular and other diseases. Glycemic management for these patients ...

journal_title：Postgraduate medicine

authors： Mavian AA,Miller S,Henry RR

更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Contrary to long-standing mores, what goes on in the person's home is not always sacred. When family relationships break down and family members deal violently with various stresses and problems, intervention is in order. Certain changes in societal attitudes would help prevent the problem. Physicians-alone or working...

journal_title：Postgraduate medicine

authors： Pelton CL

更新日期：1982-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Many patients who require evaluation for coronary artery disease are unable to undergo exercise stress testing because of physiologic or psychological limitations. Drs Vacek and Baldwin describe three alternative methods for assessment of cardiac function in these patients, all of which have high levels of diagnostic ...

journal_title：Postgraduate medicine

authors： Vacek JL,Baldwin T

更新日期：1989-09-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Various antidepressants and anxiolytic agents have proved to be effective as short-term therapy for generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) and other anxiety disorders. However, less is known about their efficacy in the long-term treatment of GAD. This gap in our knowledge poses a problem for physicians, who treat GAD over...

journal_title：Postgraduate medicine

authors： Lydiard RB

更新日期：1999-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Women predominate at all ages among patients diagnosed as having primary fibromyalgia. Of 100 patients reviewed, the average age at onset of fibromyalgia was 46. Of 65 patients in whom menopause occurred before diagnosis of fibromyalgia, the average age at menopause was 42, and most of these women had menopause relate...

journal_title：Postgraduate medicine

authors： Waxman J,Zatzkis SM

更新日期：1986-09-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Diagnostic paracentesis with ascitic fluid analysis is critical to the accurate diagnosis and management of ascites. Recent advances have improved the evaluation of ascitic fluid, among them the serum-ascites albumin difference for discriminating between ascites caused by liver disease and ascites due to malignancy. T...

journal_title：Postgraduate medicine

authors： Marshall JB

更新日期：1988-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Many patients with significant carotid artery stenosis are candidates for endarterectomy, a procedure now proved to reduce the incidence of future stroke and death. In this article, Drs Jaigobin and Perry describe an approach to patients with both symptomatic and asymptomatic carotid stenosis and review current indica...

journal_title：Postgraduate medicine

authors： Jaigobin CS,Perry JR

更新日期：1994-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There are three key goals in current management of the diabetic pregnancy. Normal diabetes control before conception and during the first trimester in an attempt to reduce the incidence of congenital abnormalities. This implies that all diabetic women of childbearing age should have counseling before pregnancy. Routin...

journal_title：Postgraduate medicine

authors： Hollander P,Maeder EC Jr

更新日期：1985-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Preview New information emerges almost weekly about the relative importance of one factor or another in the development of coronary artery disease. Yet controversies continue over which factor deserves the most emphasis. Dr Elliott presents a broad and, at times, humorous look at research into cardiovascular risk fact...

journal_title：Postgraduate medicine

authors： Elliott WJ

更新日期：1994-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bleeding from esophagogastric varices carries a high mortality rate. Active variceal bleeding can usually be temporarily controlled medically with a combination of intravenous vasopressin and nitroglycerin, with balloon tamponade, or with endoscopic sclerotherapy. Because of the high likelihood of recurrence, long-ter...

journal_title：Postgraduate medicine

authors： Marshall JB

更新日期：1991-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 65-year-old woman was hospitalized several times after having an acute anteroseptal transmural infarction. Her course was complicated by recurrent ventricular tachycardia and severe left ventricular failure. Chest x-ray films showed pulmonary congestion and mild right pleural effusion. Two-dimensional echocardiograp...

journal_title：Postgraduate medicine

authors： Cheng TC

更新日期：1982-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Preview In most patients with stable angina pectoris, symptoms can be controlled successfully with drug therapy. Revascularization procedures should be reserved for those at high risk for cardiac events and those who do not respond to optimal therapy with any of the three classes of antianginal agents. In this article...

journal_title：Postgraduate medicine

authors： Thadani U,Chohan A

更新日期：1995-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Since the sexual revolution of the 1960s, medical complications of sexual activity and sexual side effects related to use of medications have become a significant part of healthcare practice. Specifically, there has been an expanding interest in the treatment of headaches and their relationship to sexual function. Mos...

journal_title：Postgraduate medicine

authors： Goldstein J

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Severe illness of any type predictably leads to abnormal results on thyroid function tests. The first apparent changes are a decrease in total triiodothyronine (T3) and an increase in reverse T3. As disease progresses, a marked decline in thyroxine and an increase in T3 resin uptake are observed. Thyrotropin levels re...

journal_title：Postgraduate medicine

authors： Felicetta JV

更新日期：1989-06-01 00:00:00