Home dialysis program of the Nashville VA Hospital.

abstract：BACKGROUND:The Orthopaedic In-Training Examination (OITE) provides an objective way for both the residency program and the resident to monitor progress. METHODS:This longitudinal descriptive study tracks the OITE performance of 16 residents from one orthopaedic surgery residency program over nine years (1997-2005). Do...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Risner B,Nyland J,Crawford CH 3rd,Roberts CS,Johnson JR

更新日期：2008-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Malignant catatonia is a severe form of catatonia which is acute in onset, and is systemically devastating, as it is associated with fever and autonomic instability. Although rarely described in children and adolescents, malignant catatonia should feature prominently in the differential diagnosis of acute pediatric en...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Dhossche DM,Shettar SM,Kumar T,Burt L

更新日期：2009-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A combined patient flow and work sampling study was done at the Ambulatory Pediatric Service of the Medical University of South Carolina. The biggest problem was that almost two thirds of the patient's time was spent waiting to see the doctor. Reasons for delay included too few examining rooms, the single block appoin...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Schuh SE,Tolins I,Westphal MC,Miller MC

更新日期：1977-06-01 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：:In a patient with an asymptomatic left upper lobe pulmonary arteriovenous fistula, preoperative chest roentgenograms simulated bronchogenic carcinoma, but no overt feeding vessel was demonstrated. Intraoperatively no lesion could be palpated. Postoperative evaluation revealed a pulmonary arteriovenous fistula. This en...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Kilgore TL,Chasen MH

更新日期：1983-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We present this case to emphasize the potentially fatal outcome of supraventricular tachycardia in infancy, particularly if it has been undiagnosed for several days. Certainly, careful monitoring needs to take place during any attempt at cardioversion or any other noxious stimulation of the patient. Bicarbonate therap...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Callanan DL,Bloom KR

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) has engendered a crisis of fear among the public and health professionals alike. In addition to the myriad anxieties that generally accompany dying and death, AIDS patients must deal with numerous additional fears. In rushing to treat the physiologic aspects of AIDS, health pr...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Thompson LM

更新日期：1987-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nitrogen, derived from breakdown of dietary amino acids as ammonia, is normally converted to urea and excreted. Impairment in the conversion process (called the urea cycle) can occur, either as a consequence of primary genetic defects or through secondary suppression of enzyme activity. Either process results in hyper...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Miga DE,Roth KS

更新日期：1993-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Elderly patients with community-acquired pneumonia may not have a systemic inflammatory response characterized by fever and leukocytosis. We compared lack of fever and leukocytosis with mortality in elderly patients with community-acquired pneumonia. Patients with fever and leukocytosis (group A, 47 patients) were com...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Ahkee S,Srinath L,Ramirez J

更新日期：1997-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Human ehrlichiosis is a tick-borne rickettsial disease characterized by fever, headache, myalgias, anorexia, and occasionally rash. In our patient, changes in mental status, upper motor neuron signs, cerebrospinal fluid pleocytosis, and increased serum protein levels were found in association with serologically confir...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Harkess JR,Stucky D,Ewing SA

更新日期：1990-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Slipped capital femoral epiphysis has been described in several syndromes associated with short stature and endocrine disturbances. I have presented a case of slipped capital femoral epiphysis in conjunction with Russell-Silver syndrome. ...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Limbird TJ

更新日期：1989-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The antibody-coated bacteria (ACB) test was used to localize the site of urinary tract infection in a group of pediatric and adult patients. Duration of treatment of ACB-positive (upper tract) and ACB-negative (lower tract) infections was correlated with rates of recurrence during follow-up for six or more months. Two...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Kulasinghe HP,Cushing AH,Reed WP

更新日期：1977-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fiberoptic gastrointestinal endoscopy was performed on 52 patients between the ages of 2 months and 16 years. The procedures were safely and easily done with premedications consisting of meperidine, promethazine, and chlorpromazine, and atropine, with diazepam given at the time of the procedure. Fiberoptic endoscopy w...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Graham DY,Klish WJ,Ferry GD,Sabel JS

更新日期：1978-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This descriptive study prospectively examined the performance and supervision of interpretive and procedural skills during an internal medicine clerkship. Students (N = 150) documented having done 7 required and 12 elective skills. Preceptors of required skills were interns (44%), residents (29%), attending physicians...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Elnicki DM,Shumway JM,Halbritter KA,Morris DK

更新日期：1996-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To evaluate the real-world use of various weight loss techniques and to compare the effectiveness of nontraditional methods with diet and exercise in helping nongeriatric adults lose weight. METHODS:A cross-sectional analysis of the 2005-2010 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey was performed. A...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Post RE,Johnson SP,Wright RU,Mainous AG 3rd

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study was planned to determine the effectiveness of the Breese scoring system for the diagnosis of streptococcal pharyngitis and to evaluate its significance in different age groups. The research population was divided into two age groups. Group 1 consisted of children aged three and below and group 2 comprised c...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Karacan M,Karakelleoğlu C,Orbak Z

更新日期：2007-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Pneumonia is a leading infectious cause of morbidity and mortality in the United States. The Infectious Disease Society of America (IDSA) and American Thoracic Society (ATS) have published treatment guidelines for community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) based upon the site of acquisition and specific pathogen ris...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Fleming V,Buck B,Nix N,Kumar P,Southwood R

更新日期：2013-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have described massive intermittent intestinal hemorrhage due to a vascular anomaly in an ileal duplication cyst in a 30-year-old man. This unusual case illustrates that these lesions disguise themselves symptomatically and must be considered in the differential diagnosis of gastrointestinal bleeding. ...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Salameh RN,Hausner RJ,Thomas SJ,Johnson CD

更新日期：1984-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Autoimmune neutropenia (AIN) is defined as a neutrophil count <1.5 × 109/L caused by increased peripheral destruction of neutrophils from an underlying autoimmune mechanism in which autoantibodies are directed against a patient's own neutrophils. AIN has a multifactorial etiology ranging from an idiopathic primary phe...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Afzal W,Owlia MB,Hasni S,Newman KA

更新日期：2017-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Castleman disease (CD) is a rare lymphoproliferative disorder that occurs in adults and rarely in the pediatric population. The disease is characterized by slowly enlarging masses that can form anywhere within the lymphatic system. It is an uncommon cause of a neck mass in both children and adults that presents insidi...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Shams AA,Ahmed MM,Scalzitti NJ,Howell DL,Hall JM,Ritter JL,Maturo SC

更新日期：2016-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Keloid management remains controversial, and recurrence and untoward side effects limit the use of many techniques. During a seven-year period, I surgically treated 19 children, aged 3 to 17 (mean 10.5 years), with a total of 28 keloids. After aseptic skin preparation, the interface between the keloid and normal skin ...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Golladay ES

更新日期：1988-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A patient had afferent loop obstruction with primary carcinoma of the gastric remnant and nonjaundiced biliary obstruction. We have presented the diagnostic features of ultrasonography, computed tomography, radionuclide studies, and fine-needle aspiration with injection of contrast material. ...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Elyaderani MK,Gabriele OF

更新日期：1984-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cough syncope occurs primarily in middle-aged male smokers with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). It has also been described in children with asthma. I report the case of a 34-year-old nonsmoker who had syncope due to coughing, and who also related a 1-year history of cough with wheezing. Chest examination...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Beckman TJ

更新日期：2002-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The cost of managing chronic ulcers, both venous leg and decubiti (sacral pressure), was reviewed using 36 randomized, controlled studies with a focus on saline, hydrocolloid, and a human skin construct. When one includes the labor intensiveness of dressing changes three to four times per day, the application of hydro...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Kerstein MD

更新日期：2004-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have presented four cases of infarcted appendices epiploicae. Because the clinical picture can be confusing, the diagnosis is frequently delayed or missed. Removal of the infarcted appendix results in cure, with no reported cases of recurrence. The disease can be fatal, four deaths having been reported in the liter...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Shamblin JR,Payne CL,Soileau MK

更新日期：1986-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To explore temporal trends and geographic variations in mortality from prescription opioids from 1999 to 2016. METHODS:Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Wide-ranging Online Data for Epidemiologic Research Multiple Cause of Death files were used to calculate age-adjusted rates and 95% confidence int...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Palumbo SA,Hennekens CH,Robishaw JD,Levine RS

更新日期：2020-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a retrospective evaluation of the role of panretinal photocoagulation in the primary treatment of neovascular glaucoma. Thirty-six eyes (32 patients) received aggressive argon laser panretinal photocoagulation beginning as soon as feasible after diagnosis of the developing neovascular glaucoma. Thirty eyes w...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Cashwell LF,Marks WP

更新日期：1988-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper reports the case of a young woman with SLE whose paraspinous abscess due to Mycobacterium avium-intracellulare was metastatic to the breast. Surgical drainage and 18 months of treatment with rifampin, cycloserine, ethambutol, and streptomycin failed to eradicate the infection. This case illustrates that MAI...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Brodkin H

更新日期：1991-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of peripheral diseases in diabetics of different age groups, the role of color Doppler in peripheral arterial disease in diabetics, and to compare the prevalence of peripheral arterial disease (PAD) in diabetics taking different therapy modalities. METHO...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Bembi V,Singh S,Singh P,Aneja GK,Arya TV,Arora R

更新日期：2006-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Esophagogastric variceal hemorrhage is a common cause of upper gastrointestinal bleeding in patients with portal hypertension. In addition, it is now recognized that patients with alcohol-induced chronic liver disease and portal hypertension frequently bleed from acute mucosal lesions. Since alcohol can cause these le...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Schoppe LE,Roark GD,Patterson M

更新日期：1983-04-01 00:00:00