Abstract:
:We have presented a case of extensive coiling of both common carotid arteries in which surgical reconstruction on the most severely affected side relieved symptoms of cerebrovascular insufficiency. The underlying lesion is believed to be congenital, and surgical correction is recommended in symptomatic patients.
journal_name
South Med Jjournal_title
Southern medical journalauthors
Daskalakis MKdoi
10.1097/00007611-198703000-00031subject
Has Abstractpub_date
1987-03-01 00:00:00pages
387-9issue
3eissn
0038-4348issn
1541-8243journal_volume
80pub_type
杂志文章abstract::Optimal antimicrobial therapy for viridans streptococcal endocarditis remains controversial. Rifampin was bactericidal at less than 0.2 micrograms/ml for ten strains of viridans streptococci isolated from patients with endocarditis. Administration of rifampin to one endocarditis patient already receiving penicillin an...
journal_title:Southern medical journal
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/00007611-198308000-00005
更新日期:1983-08-01 00:00:00
abstract::Unicompartmental replacement using the Marmor prosthesis was done in 40 knees (37 patients) with medial compartment gonarthrosis. Of the 27 available for follow-up, results were considered excellent in 18 cases and good in seven, while two cases were considered failures. Meticulous removal of osteophytes by intercondy...
journal_title:Southern medical journal
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/00007611-197906000-00013
更新日期:1979-06-01 00:00:00
abstract::A "life stress" scale is applied to the antecedent events motivating 179 patients to seek outpatient psychiatric help. Intake evaluation reports of patients who kept their appointments at the Adult Psychiatric Outpatient Clinic of Vanderbilt University Hospital over a three-month period were reviewed. Almost half of t...
journal_title:Southern medical journal
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/00007611-197602000-00016
更新日期:1976-02-01 00:00:00
abstract::Innovar, administered intramuscularly 45 minutes preoperatively, provides excellent operative sedation, analgesia, and patient cooperation. Postoperative complications are minimized, and the quantity of postoperative analgesics and antiemetics is drastically reduced when Innovar is used as a preoperative medication. ...
journal_title:Southern medical journal
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/00007611-197511000-00020
更新日期:1975-11-01 00:00:00
abstract::Melatonin, a hormone produced by the pineal gland, may be a promising treatment option for tinnitus. The primary functions of this hormone are believed to be the initiation and maintenance of sleep because its secretions coincide with circadian rhythms. Some investigators have noted that melatonin may alleviate subjec...
journal_title:Southern medical journal
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.14423/01.SMJ.0000450714.38550.d4
更新日期:2014-06-01 00:00:00
abstract::Superior mesenteric artery (SMA) syndrome is an atypical cause of high intestinal obstruction, most frequently occurring in patients who have had rapid weight loss. Identification of this syndrome can be a diagnostic dilemma and is frequently made by exclusion. The most characteristic symptoms are postprandial epigast...
journal_title:Southern medical journal
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:
更新日期:2000-06-01 00:00:00
abstract::A 50-year-old man presented with progressive visual loss, headache, and two days of confusion. A computed tomography of his head suggested subarachnoid hemorrhage with accompanying right parietal ischemic infarction. The magnetic resonance image was consistent with right parietal perisulcal pial and superficial cortic...
journal_title:Southern medical journal
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/SMJ.0b013e318183468a
更新日期:2008-12-01 00:00:00
abstract::More than a century ago, Courvoisier published his observation on the significance of a palpable gallbladder in the differential diagnosis of obstructive jaundice. We have described two patients with newly described conditions--AIDS-associated cholangiopathy and diet-induced cholecystitis--who had a palpable gallbladd...
journal_title:Southern medical journal
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/00007611-199205000-00018
更新日期:1992-05-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Since 2001 there have been several reported outbreaks due to carbapenem-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae (Kp), particularly in the northeastern states. METHODS:Carbapenemase-producing Enterobacteriaceae from healthcare facilities in Northeast Florida were phenotypically identified and confirmed using PCR amp...
journal_title:Southern medical journal
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/SMJ.0b013e3181a93f9e
更新日期:2009-07-01 00:00:00
abstract::The association of hypercoagulation and cancer, a well established pattern of disease, often leads to pulmonary emboli in an already compromised patient. Anticoagulation therapy in these patients is occasionally complicated by several factors including thrombocytopenia, which may result in a life-threatening situation...
journal_title:Southern medical journal
pub_type: 临床试验,杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:1987-10-01 00:00:00
abstract::A case of pneumococcal endocarditis in an infant is reported together with a review of seven cases previously described in the literature. The prominent presenting symptoms of this usually fatal disease consisted of tachycardia, tachypnea, and cardiomegaly. A new murmur was heard in six of the eight patients. Fever wa...
journal_title:Southern medical journal
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/00007611-197904000-00021
更新日期:1979-04-01 00:00:00
abstract::We have reported a case of intraduodenal duct disruption and duodenal hematoma associated with ERCP. The location of the extravasated contrast material created a confusing picture, which preoperatively was thought to be a pseudocyst, but was found at operation to be a duodenal hematoma. In retrospect, the upper gastro...
journal_title:Southern medical journal
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/00007611-198711000-00027
更新日期:1987-11-01 00:00:00
abstract::Chronic myelomonocytic leukemia (CMML) is a relatively rare, heterogeneous syndrome classified as a myelodysplastic syndrome according to the French-American-British classification system. The patient's presenting symptom was a pigmented skin nodule that, although common for cases of acute monoblastic leukemia, is pec...
journal_title:Southern medical journal
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/01.SMJ.0000054224.50737.4C
更新日期:2003-07-01 00:00:00
abstract::In a series of 60 consecutive patients in whom Hickman catheters were placed for treatment of malignancy, four properly positioned catheter tips migrated secondarily from the superior vena cava to the ipsilateral jugular vein 2, 4, 21, and 25 days after placement. Three of the four patients had begun to have catheter ...
journal_title:Southern medical journal
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/00007611-198511000-00014
更新日期:1985-11-01 00:00:00
abstract::Described is a surgical procedure for pes cavus which includes multiple osteotomies of the metatarsals, usually combined with Steindler fasciotomy and extensor tenotomy. This method permits the correction of the cavus deformity and preserves the length of the foot without disturbing any joint. A total of 11 patients w...
journal_title:Southern medical journal
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/00007611-197701000-00034
更新日期:1977-01-01 00:00:00
abstract::We have presented three patients in whom a striking desquamating perineal rash developed within the first five days of a febrile illness. Such a rash should raise the suspicion for Kawasaki syndrome even when all criteria are not present. ...
journal_title:Southern medical journal
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/00007611-198807000-00039
更新日期:1988-07-01 00:00:00
abstract::The value of splenoportography in evaluating patients with portal hypertension was assessed. The technic was found to be useful in estimating portal-venous pressure, ruling out portal vein thrombosis, evaluating the superior mesenteric and portal veins as to their suitability for shunt procedures, and defining anatomy...
journal_title:Southern medical journal
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/00007611-197710000-00017
更新日期:1977-10-01 00:00:00
abstract::The application of transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS) to the abdomen produced prompt and sustained relief of the pain associated with pancreatitis in five patients and in another patient with probable acute pancreatitis. The disorder was acute in two patients and recurrent in four. Multiple hospitaliza...
journal_title:Southern medical journal
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/00007611-197804000-00016
更新日期:1978-04-01 00:00:00
abstract::The diagnosis of sarcoidosis is best established when there is evidence of granulomatous involvement in two or more organs. Three patients with unusual cutaneous manifestations of sarcoidosis, including palmar and follicular lesions, nonscarring alopecia, and widespread plaque or erythrodermic sarcoidosis, are reporte...
journal_title:Southern medical journal
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/00007611-197706000-00009
更新日期:1977-06-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:In 2003, the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control established the Carolina Antibiotic Resistance Surveillance System (CARSS), an active sentinel surveillance system for antibiotic-resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae. METHODS:CARSS includes twelve hospitals. Each hospital was assigned...
journal_title:Southern medical journal
pub_type: 杂志文章,多中心研究
doi:10.1097/01.smj.0000232968.56740.e1
更新日期:2007-01-01 00:00:00
abstract::This article first reviews the evidence for and against chronic opioid therapy. Evidence supporting the opioid responsiveness of chronic pain, including neuropathic pain, includes multiple randomized trials conducted over months (up to 8 months). Observational studies are conducted for longer, and many also support op...
journal_title:Southern medical journal
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1097/01.smj.0000223946.19256.17
更新日期:2006-11-01 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:INTRODUCTION:Pathologic gambling is a disorder with features that implicate abnormal functioning in brain regions involved in addiction, mood, anxiety, and impulse control disorders. Our goal was to examine brain function with neurocognitive tasks that target these brain regions in patients with pathologic gambling. M...
journal_title:Southern medical journal
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/01.smj.0000197583.24072.f5
更新日期:2006-01-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVE:To perform a needs assessment to determine the extent to which hospitalist providers recognize and intervene upon obese patients in the hospital setting. METHODS:A chart review was performed for patients admitted to the hospitalist service at Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center between September 1 and Octob...
journal_title:Southern medical journal
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/SMJ.0b013e3181dfd715
更新日期:2010-06-01 00:00:00
abstract::Nonmenstrual toxic shock syndrome (TSS) due to Staphylococcus aureus can lead to significant morbidity and mortality. While drotrecogin alfa (DA) has been employed in patients with Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) severe sepsis and septic shock, its utility in TSS remains unclear. The authors report ...
journal_title:Southern medical journal
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/01.smj.0000234646.27647.a6
更新日期:2006-11-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVES:To assess the relation between renal function and delirium and to assess and compare the relation between cerebral white matter lesion (WML) and renal function as estimated by three formulas for the estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) in older adult hospitalized veterans with and without delirium. M...
journal_title:Southern medical journal
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.14423/SMJ.0000000000001132
更新日期:2020-08-01 00:00:00
abstract::In metabolic alkalosis, a compensatory decrease in alveolar ventilation with hypercapnia has been noted only rarely. We recently managed a patient with gastric outlet obstruction from a duodenal ulcer who survived after arriving in the emergency room comatose with severe hypochloremic metabolic alkalosis, compensatory...
journal_title:Southern medical journal
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/00007611-198610000-00025
更新日期:1986-10-01 00:00:00
abstract::A 45-year-old woman with poorly controlled hypertension and diabetes mellitus presented with left iliac fossa pain, constipation alternating with diarrhea, and weight loss. She had been diagnosed with idiopathic cardiomyopathy five years previously. Echocardiogram had shown a left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) ...
journal_title:Southern medical journal
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/SMJ.0b013e3181b571e6
更新日期:2009-10-01 00:00:00
abstract::This report describes a cocaine user who presented with polymorphonuclear pleocytosis in cerebrospinal fluid mimicking bacterial meningitis. Thorough investigation of the cerebrospinal fluid did not reveal evidence of bacteria or fungi. Clinical deterioration was observed in spite of empiric treatment with antibiotics...
journal_title:Southern medical journal
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/01.SMJ.0000082002.66513.EA
更新日期:2003-09-01 00:00:00
abstract::This case presents a rare type of crescentic glomerulonephritis characterized as IgA deposits predominantly along the glomerular basement membranes (GBM). The patient clinically manifested with rapidly progressive glomerulonephritis (RPGN) without pulmonary hemorrhage or vasculitis-related systematic symptoms. No posi...
journal_title:Southern medical journal
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/SMJ.0b013e3181817c22
更新日期:2008-09-01 00:00:00