Knee flexion contractures in myelodysplasia.

abstract：:We have reported a case of benign papillary mesothelioma of the peritoneum found incidentally during surgical exploration in a patient with rectal carcinoma. Clinicians and pathologists alike may find it difficult to differentiate this uncommon lesion from metastatic tumors. ...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Tzanakakis G,McCully KS,Vezeridis MP

更新日期：1989-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Like all types of farming, raising tobacco has many hazards that may lead to injury, disability, or death. Burley tobacco farming is a multistep process that is not highly mechanized. An 8-year emergency department surveillance system in Kentucky identified 674 injury cases related to the production of burley tobacco....

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Struttmann TW,Reed DK

更新日期：2002-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Children with sickle cell anemia who were less than 5 years old were observed over a three-year period. Those born to recent Haitian immigrants accounted for 108.4 patient-years. They had seven episodes of Streptococcus pneumoniae bacteremia and five due to Haemophilus influenzae for rates of 6.5 and 4.6 episodes per ...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Pegelow CH

更新日期：1989-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In this study, the clinical characteristics, survival, and prognostic factors of 200 patients diagnosed as having chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) were analyzed. METHODS:The medical charts of 200 CLL patients registered to our center between 1984 and 2000 were retrospectively evaluated. RESULTS:Of all pa...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Pamuk ON,Pamuk GE,Soysal T,Ongören S,Başlar Z,Ferhanoğlu B,Aydin Y,Ulkü B,Aktuğlu G,Akman N

更新日期：2004-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Survival of infants with necrotizing enterocolitis may be complicated by intestinal stricture(s) as a result of healing of ischemic segments of bowel. An asymptomatic cecal stenosis not visible on barium enema was identified at operation for reestablishment of intestinal continuity. Infants recovering from acute necro...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Woodard BH,Bradford WD,Filston HC

更新日期：1979-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Patients awaiting heart transplantation can be listed for prolonged periods of time and, as a result, the prevalence of anxiety and depression is high. Our study evaluates the feasibility of canine-assisted therapy (CAT) in this population. METHODS:A prospective, multicenter study was performed on all statu...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Snipelisky D,Smidt J,Gallup S,Myrick J,Bauer B,Burton MC

更新日期：2019-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An 80-year-old man had acute pancreatitis during the fourth week of antibiotic therapy for enterococcal endocarditis and 12 days after initiation of ketoprofen therapy for osteoarthritis of the hip. Pancreatitis resolved after discontinuance of ketoprofen therapy and while continuing antibiotic therapy for endocarditi...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Cobb TK,Pierce JR Jr

更新日期：1992-04-01 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

authors： Dauner DG,Roberts DF,Kotchmar GS

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We studied the prevalence of non-group-A beta-hemolytic streptococci (NGAS) in the pharyngeal cultures of symptomatic and asymptomatic children. Throat cultures were obtained by house officers in the Emergency Department at Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh to aid in the evaluation of children with symptoms or signs o...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Hofkosh D,Wald ER,Chiponis DM

更新日期：1988-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Like the introduction of bare metal stents (BMS), that of drug-eluting stents (DES) represented a quantum leap in the interventional cardiology community's ongoing efforts to conquer restenosis. However, recent concerns over late thrombosis (LT) have tempered the initial enthusiasm. Nonetheless, when compared with BMS...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Chen JP

更新日期：2008-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Patients with non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (NIDDM) failing to respond to therapy with a maximum dose of glyburide (GB) or glipizide (GZ) are often given a trial of the alternate second-generation sulfonylurea (SGS) before insulin therapy is considered. The efficacy of this therapeutic maneuver has not been ...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Simcic KJ,McDermott MT,White JC,Kidd GS

更新日期：1991-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:This study describes the clinical problems and psychiatric diagnoses of college students who sought services at a student counseling clinic and were subsequently referred for evaluation by a psychiatrist. Several important psychiatric problems present before leaving for college that could mandate the selecti...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Lowe B,Bryant-Melvin K,Peterson M,Hussain N,Holroyd S

更新日期：2020-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We reviewed the operative complications in 333 living related donor nephrectomies done at our institution over the past 12 years. The overall complication rate was 17.1%; only three patients (0.9%) had major complications, and none died. The major complications were a delayed splenectomy because of bleeding, an adrena...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Ottelin MC,Bueschen AJ,Lloyd LK,Joseph DB,Diethelm AG,Burns JR

更新日期：1994-01-01 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

authors： Hoque R,Gonzalez-Toledo E,Jaffe SL

更新日期：2008-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Our patient's symptoms of adrenal insufficiency were the first evidence of recurrence of the primary tumor. The diagnosis of hypoadrenalism was established by the standard ACTH stimulation test. The elevated ACTH level provided corroborating evidence that this was primary adrenal insufficiency rather than secondary to...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Payne DK,Levine SN,Franco DP,Giyanani VL

更新日期：1984-12-01 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

authors： Gorback MS,Moon RE,Massey JM

更新日期：1991-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Skin and soft tissue necrosis is an uncommon but increasingly recognized complication of coumarin anticoagulant therapy. A patient is described with extensive involvement of all four extremities and the nose, requiring amputation of three extremities. The characteristic clinical features of the disorder are reviewed, ...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Scandling J,Walker BK

更新日期：1980-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:I report my experience during one 6-month period as the sole rheumatologist running a weekly clinic at a small community hospital. The report illustrates the impact of rheumatologic expertise in an environment well-served by generalists and other medical subspecialists. This experience identifies important gaps in the...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Kerr LD

更新日期：1995-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a prospective study of the etiology of pneumonia in patients hospitalized at a university hospital, all respiratory secretions were tested for routine pathogens as well as Legionella. A diagnosis was established in 60 of 87 patients studied. Of the 37 nosocomial infections, six were caused by L micdadei. Gram-negat...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Rudin JE,Wing EJ

更新日期：1986-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Public outcry regarding unsafe interhospital patient transfers led to the passage of the COBRA Law of 1985. Since its implementation in 1986, the law has been sharply criticized for its sporadic enforcement, narrow focus, and lack of care provisions for the poor. We reviewed retrospectively the charts of all emergency...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Kerr HD,Byrd JC,Stuart RW,Whitcomb J

更新日期：1993-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Patients with recurrent thrombosis may have one of the thrombophilias described in recent literature. These clotting disorders may involve abnormalities in platelets, fibrinogen, plasminogen, protein C, protein S, or antithrombin III. There is usually a family history of clotting disorders, since most of these are inh...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Patton D

更新日期：1988-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:When involuntary psychiatric patients are treated on unlocked units, problems may arise as to resource expenditure and the ability to provide optimal psychiatric care. This study investigates the problem and possible solutions. ...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： el-Mallakh RS,Liebowitz NR,Patel K,Patel H,Peszke MA

更新日期：1993-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have presented the case of a 32-year-old man who sustained blunt trauma to the chest in a motor vehicle accident. Plain roentgenograms showed a widened mediastinum and pneumomediastinum, and an esophagogram with water-soluble contrast material showed an esophageal laceration at the T-4 level. ...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Carter MP,Long RF,Pellegrini RA,Wynn RA

更新日期：1991-06-01 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

authors： Nadelman RB,Arlin Z,Wormser GP

更新日期：1991-10-01 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：OBJECTIVES:This study evaluated the role of ankle-brachial index (ABI) as an effective screening test of coronary artery disease (CAD) in the Hispanic population. METHODS:This was an observational cross-sectional study, based on a retrospective review of the medical management of the study patients using already avail...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Enoch A,Ijeoma A

更新日期：2008-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:This study was done to determine the safety, efficacy, dosing requirements, and spontaneous recovery profiles of prolonged infusions of rocuronium bromide in the critically ill. METHODS:This multicenter, prospective, nonrandomized, open label trial enrolled 32 patients at two university-based medical center...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Circeo LE,Reeves ST

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Three patients seen recently at Wilford Hall USAF Medical Center emphasize the point that coccidioidomycosis may resemble lymphoma because of persistence of adenopathy on the chest roentgenogram after the initial infiltrate has resolved. Such a clinical picture strongly indicates dissemination and is probably sufficie...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Jenkins DW Jr

更新日期：1977-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thirty-two patients with a resectable mass in the head of the pancreas had pancreaticoduodenectomy for suspected or proven cancer. Twenty-eight proved to have cancer (15 periampullary and 13 pancreatic), and four had pancreatitis. The five-year survival for periampullary and pancreatic cancer was 25% and 0%, respectiv...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Harris PL,Rumley TO,Lineaweaver WC,Copeland EM 3rd

更新日期：1985-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A technic of combined split-thickness and full-thickness skin grafts and local flap closure for extensive deep cicatricial neck contractures is presented. The head and neck are mobilized by excision of limiting tissues. The lateral neck skin is mobilized to be rotated anteriorly as flaps, and a full-thickness skin gra...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Vandeput JJ,Tanner JC,Lewis JR

更新日期：1976-06-01 00:00:00