Pancreatic duct disruption and duodenal hematoma associated with endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography.

abstract：:The association between acute coronary events and acute allergic reactions has been recognized for several years. The first reported case occurred in 1950, during an allergic reaction to penicillin. In 1991, Kounis and Zavras described the syndrome of allergic angina and allergic myocardial infarction, currently known...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Lopez PR,Peiris AN

更新日期：2010-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:No standard therapeutic option exists for men with prostate cancer who have failed local therapy, have no gross metastatic disease, and whose only manifestation of disease is a rising prostate-specific antigen (PSA) level. Soy products are able to affect PSA kinetics in some men with prostate cancer, and this...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Joshi M,Agostino NM,Gingrich R,Drabick JJ

更新日期：2011-11-01 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

authors： Merrick L,Youssef D,Tanner M,Peiris AN

更新日期：2014-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Postoperative pain is commonly treated with significant doses of narcotics, occasionally resulting in side effects including nausea, pruritus, and respiratory depression. One potential advantage of regional anesthesia is profound postoperative analgesia that reduces exposure to potent narcotics. To evaluate the effica...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Dorman BH,Conroy JM,Duc TA Jr,Haynes GR,Friedman RJ

更新日期：1994-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In 1998, the Patient Care Partnership Project was conducted by general internal medicine physicians and hospital administration in an academic health care center. The project was designed to optimize cost, quality, and service results to inpatients. METHODS:The project focused on improved communication amon...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Palmer HC Jr,Halperin A,Elnicki M,Powers R,Kolar M,Evans K,Anderson K

更新日期：2002-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Systemic lupus erythematosus presents various clinical manifestations. The coexistence of systemic lupus erythematosus and celiac sprue has been rarely reported. We present a patient who had systemic lupus erythematosus with malabsorption demonstrating characteristic clinical and pathologic findings of celiac sprue (g...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Komatireddy GR,Marshall JB,Aqel R,Spollen LE,Sharp GC

更新日期：1995-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Unremitting diarrhea is a common problem in patients with AIDS. We have reported the case of such a patient who was treated with the somatostatin analogue octreotide for chronic diarrhea and who had acute pancreatitis as a consequence of this therapy. We postulate that the possible mechanism for the pathogenesis of th...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Gradon JD,Schulman RH,Chapnick EK,Sepkowitz DV

更新日期：1991-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The frequency of gastritis in relation to its various predisposing conditions is unclear, as is the respective distribution of damage caused by its predisposing conditions. We studied 100 patients with the endoscopic diagnosis of gastritis. The incidence of gastritis in our university gastroenterology endoscopy servic...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Elta G,Behler E,Nostrant T,Wilson J

更新日期：1987-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper reviews 218 patients who had outpatient meniscectomy at the University of Virginia between January 1974 and June 1977. Only one patient (0.46%) returned before his scheduled visit. Three patients (1.4%) had superficial wound infections. One (0.46%) had a pulmonary embolus several weeks postoperatively. Twel...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： McCue FC 3rd,Goldner RD,Baugher WH,Edwards JR

更新日期：1980-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Wandering spleen is rare, particularly in children, and diagnosis is difficult. It usually occurs at 20 to 40 years of age, and most cases are seen in women. Diagnosis is difficult because of lack of symptoms, unless splenic torsion has occurred. Patients usually have an asymptomatic abdominal mass, an acute abdomen, ...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Desai DC,Hebra A,Davidoff AM,Schnaufer L

更新日期：1997-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Millions of concussions occur every year in the United States. The public interest in concussion has increased after a number of high-profile deaths in high school athletes from sports-related head trauma and in some professional athletes from chronic traumatic encephalopathy. One of the most active areas of research ...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Terrell TR,Cox CB,Bielak K,Casmus R,Laskowitz D,Nichols G

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Proximal gastric vagotomy is a useful operation for duodenal ulcer disease that is intractable to medical management. It is also useful in selected patients with acute duodenal ulcer perforation. We present an overview of the indications for proximal gastric vagotomy, along with its results. The major benefits of prox...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Malangoni MA,Mullins RJ

更新日期：1989-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 63 year-old woman who had had mitral valve commissurotomy 12 years earlier was seen because of rheumatic mitral stenosis and left brachial paresis due to cerebral embolism. On clinical evaluation, a diastolic rumble was heard over the mitral area, and the echocardiogram revealed a mass attached to the mitral subvalv...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Cesena FH,Pereira AN,Dallan LA,Aiello VD,Mansur AJ

更新日期：1999-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Variant angina pectoris, usually not precipitated by exertion or emotional stress, often is more severe and lasts longer than classic angina. The pain tends to recur at about the same time each day. Arrhythmias, usually ventricular, occur in about 50% of cases during the peak of pain. Electrocardiograms show a charact...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Siegel JS

更新日期：1976-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sickle cell trait is present in about 8% of black Americans, and clinically significant sickling disorders are common in this population. These disorders can be accurately defined by combinations of quantitative hemoglobin electrophoresis at alkaline pH, citrate agar electrophoresis, solubility tests for sickle hemogl...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Steinberg MH,Adams JG 3rd

更新日期：1978-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Intraventricular hemorrhage (IVH) represents a clinicopathologic entity with a dismal prognosis. The associated mortality rate has been reported as high as 80%; the morbidity is also quite high. The use of various fibrinolytic agents (streptokinase, urokinase, and recombinant tissue-type plasminogen activator...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Fountas KN,Kapsalaki EZ,Parish DC,Smith B,Smisson HF,Johnston KW,Robinson JS

更新日期：2005-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have described a case of hypophosphatasia with a mild progressive course. This condition and its familial propensity may be more prevalent than recognized. Thus, family members of a patient with hypophosphatasia should be screened for this disorder. Enthusiastic pharmacologic, hormonal, and/or dietary supplemental ...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Coto H,Douglas JE

更新日期：1983-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chordomas are tumors originating from remnants of the notochord, most commonly found in the cranial and caudal regions. This is a report of the seventh intrathoracic chordoma in the world literature and the second to be reported in a woman. Histologically the physalipherous (blister-bearing) cell is characteristic of ...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Castellano GC,Johnston HW

更新日期：1975-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A marked increase in the number of cases of shigellosis was reported in Kentucky in 1988. To examine reasons for this increase, we reviewed the 389 cases of shigellosis reported from 1986 through 1989. Ninety-three percent (285/305) of cases due to known species were due to Shigella sonnei. Sixty-two percent (243/389)...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Pelletier AR,Finger RF,Sosin DM

更新日期：1991-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two new cases of Menetrier's disease in children are reported. The ten cases of this protein-losing gastropathy previously reported in the literature are reviewed. Clinical presentations, laboratory findings, possible causes, and comparison with the adult form of Menetrier's disease are discussed. Menetrier's disease ...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Kadlec G,Goodwin R,Fellows R,Andrews B

更新日期：1979-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A middle-aged man presented with joint pain and muscle weakness that had begun 2 months before presentation. Three months before presentation, he had begun to take the herbal preparation Chinese red rice. Laboratory testing revealed a moderately elevated creatine phosphokinase level. Symptoms and laboratory abnormalit...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Smith DJ,Olive KE

更新日期：2003-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Three patients were treated empirically with anti-platelet agents, prednisone, plasmapheresis, and prostacyclin for the classical clinical syndrome of thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura (TTP). All three patients initially responded, then relapsed after one to 13 months with a clinical picture characteristic of immuno...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Stein RS,Flexner JM

更新日期：1984-12-01 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：OBJECTIVES:Cystic fibrosis (CF) is associated with vitamin D deficiency, which can lead to adverse effects including recurrent pulmonary infections and osteoporosis. We longitudinally investigated calcifediol or 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25(OH)D) levels for our pediatric patients with CF based on the time of year as well as...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Lansing AH,McDonald C,Patel RA,Meihls S,Crowell K,Chatfield B,Pohl JF

更新日期：2015-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Seizures are common in acute exacerbations of hepatic porphyria, even though the etiology is not identified in most cases. We have reported a case of normeperidine-induced seizures in a patient with hereditary coproporphyria. Although meperidine is commonly used for pain control during acute attacks in these patients,...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Deeg MA,Rajamani K

更新日期：1990-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case of acute intermittent porphyria associated with inappropriate antidiuretic hormone secretion and secondary aldosteronism is presented. Hypokalemic alkalosis was a prominent feature of this case, and appeared to be at least partly caused by secondary aldosteronism. ...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Farese RV,Karsh SJ,Bidot-López P

更新日期：1979-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We studied the effects of intraosseous (IO) infusion of a standard fluid bolus and resuscitative drugs on long-term bone growth and epiphyseal closure in the "pediatric" swine model. Eighteen weanling pigs were randomly assigned to six groups as follows: three animals received two normal saline boluses, 20 mL/kg IO ov...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Woodall BN,Pender ES,Pollack CV Jr,Miller H,Tubbs RC,Andrew ME

更新日期：1992-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rapid, extreme expansion of the extracellular fluid with solutions devoid of acid or alkali theoretically can produce a metabolic acidosis, due to buffer dilution. This phenomenon has previously been demonstrated only in experimental animal studies. We have reported what we believe to be the first documented case of h...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Goodkin DA,Raja RM,Saven A

更新日期：1990-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case of left renocolic fistula secondary to chronic pyonephrosis has been reported. Neprectomy, excision of the fistulous tract, and closure of the colon is the treatment of choice. This was accomplished in this case with excellent results. ...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Vargas AD,Victor I

更新日期：1975-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 54-year-old woman, perhaps the oldest living American black with homozygous beta thalassemia, has had a relatively benign clinical course since her case was first reported two decades ago. Despite progressive splenomegaly, she has remained active without blood transfusions. This case emphasizes the mildness of homoz...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Eichner ER

更新日期：1976-09-01 00:00:00