Extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy: review of the first 100 cases at the Kidney Stone Center of Southeast Georgia.

abstract：:In the last five years, much information has been gathered about the efficacy of several technics for managing obesity. Hospitalization with fasting, surgery, drugs, weight reducing clubs, and behavior modification methods have proven efficacious for select groups of obese individuals. Methods of behavior modification...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Malcolm T

更新日期：1976-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this review article is to selectively examine research that was designed to evaluate the relation between religious involvement and health among older people. Four facets of religion are examined in detail: church-based social support, religious coping, forgiveness, and prayer. In addition, potential ne...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Krause N

更新日期：2004-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:This study was done to determine survival rates in subpopulations of severely neurologically disabled children who reside in pediatric skilled nursing facilities and to compare these survival rates with those in previously published studies. METHODS:Data were collected at three pediatric skilled nursing fac...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Plioplys AV,Kasnicka I,Lewis S,Moller D

更新日期：1998-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Initial concern about the possible effects of global warming on infections has declined with the realization that the spread of tropical diseases is likely to be limited and controllable. However, the direct effects of heat already cause substantial numbers of deaths among vulnerable people in the summer. Action to pr...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Keatinge WR,Donaldson GC

更新日期：2004-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Seven adults with acute leukemia had a clinical and radiologic diagnosis of neutropenic enterocolitis. Six of the seven patients had granulocyte counts less than 500/microliter. All seven patients responded to intensive medical therapy, including bowel rest, broad spectrum antibiotics, and white blood cell transfusion...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： O'Brien S,Kantarjian HM,Anaissie E,Dodd G,Bodey GP

更新日期：1987-10-01 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：:A patient with a large paraesophageal hernia had a Nissen fundoplication via laparoscopy. He returned a year later with the transverse colon herniated into the chest. At operation, the hernia ostium was found to be the aortic hiatus. We believe that the original ostium was missed because of the limited exposure of the...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Wagner RB,Barry MJ,Manney MS

更新日期：1997-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Our objective was to improve breastfeeding initiation rates at an urban medical center. METHODS:A breastfeeding educational program for health care providers was developed and implemented in 1995. The outcome variable of interest was the change in breastfeeding initiation rate during 2 periods, 1993-1994 an...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Wagner CL,Hulsey TC,Southgate WM,Annibale DJ

更新日期：2002-08-01 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：OBJECTIVE:We sought to determine predictors of coronary events (cardiac death, acute myocardial infarction, and urgent revascularization) within 30 days after admission. METHODS:We prospectively collected data on 400 patients admitted through our emergency room for unstable angina and acute coronary syndromes. Patient...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Tadros GM,McConnell TR,Wood GC,Costello JM,Iliadis EA

更新日期：2003-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective of this study was to determine the effect(s) of pregnancy and of advancing gestation on maternal serum amylase and lipase levels. Thus, serum amylase and lipase concentrations were quantitated in three groups of women. Groups included (1) 118 pregnant women whose serum amylase and lipase levels were meas...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Xydas NP,May JH,Henson MC

更新日期：1996-02-01 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：OBJECTIVES:In this study, we determined patients' attitudes toward discussing firearms and issues of firearms safety with emergency department physicians. We assessed whether patients feel discriminated against should physicians discuss firearms safety, and whether they believed that physician counseling may change how...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Boge LA,Dos Santos C,Burkholder JD,Koschel BR,Cubeddu LX,Farcy DA

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Primary carcinoma of the trachea is not common. Of 23 cases diagnosed as "carcinoma of the trachea" at our institution since 1949, 21 actually represented secondary involvement from carcinoma of the larynx, lung, or esophagus. The two cases of primary carcinoma of the trachea are presented. Discussed are the relation ...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Goldstein J

更新日期：1977-04-01 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：:We reviewed the maternal transfers for one year (1980) to the Emory Perinatal Center, a tertiary care center for North Georgia. Of 445 telephone consultations or patient referrals, 150 women gave birth at the tertiary center. Indications for maternal transfer were predominantly based on the needs or anticipated needs ...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Kanto WP Jr,Bryant J,Thigpen J,Ahmann M,Randall H

更新日期：1983-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 75-year-old woman suffering from symptomatic cholelithiasis was admitted to our hospital for elective laparoscopic cholecystectomy (LC). Intraoperatively, because of severe inflammation and dense adhesions in the region of the Calot triangle and bleeding arising from the porta hepatis which obscured the operating fi...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Felekouras E,Megas T,Michail OP,Papaconstantinou I,Nikiteas N,Dimitroulis D,Griniatsos J,Tsechpenakis A,Kouraklis G

更新日期：2007-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The advantages of topical (as opposed to systemic) therapy for allergic rhinitis include the avoidance of undesirable systemic effects and the concentration of therapeutic effect on the target organ. Successful topical therapy requires establishment of a proper diagnosis, followed by effective delivery of the medicati...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Mabry RL

更新日期：1992-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although successful transposition of the ovaries at the time of staging laparotomy for Hodgkin's disease is well documented, little comment has been made on potential complications. This case report of a primary ovarian neoplasm (benign) developing in a transposed ovary serves to alert physicians as to possible ovaria...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Andersen WA,Chambers J,Wanebo HJ,Taylor PT

更新日期：1983-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a case of neutropenia and gram-negative septicemia in a 73-year-old male with ulcerative colitis. During the hospital course, medications were adjusted according to rare accounts of drug-induced neutropenia. While the substitution of propafenone for another antiarrhythmic brought about no change in the patie...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Fowler BT,Gupta T,Bilal M

更新日期：2010-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have described a patient with strangulation of a Meckel's diverticulum in a femoral hernia. In the case of Littre's hernia, true diagnosis before surgical intervention is rare if not impossible. It is therefore important that the surgeon be well versed in the management of such cases, as well as in distinguishing a...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Trupo FJ,Aburahma A

更新日期：1987-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Malignant secondary parotid neoplasms are uncommon. Among 545 malignant parotid tumors, we found 52 (9%) that did not arise primarily in the parotid gland. Lymphomas or tumors of hematopoietic origin were excluded from this study. All patients had a parotid mass (two bilateral), one third of which were painful; 20% ha...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Rees R,Maples M,Lynch JB,Rosenfeld L

更新日期：1981-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The diagnosis of intestinal obstruction is readily made when a patient presents with typical history and signs, and when plain films of the abdomen display characteristic findings. Some patients, however, constitute diagnostic problems because abdominal roentgenograms are still equivocal, even after repetition in four...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Han SY,Laws HL,Aldrete JS

更新日期：1979-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:With the FDA approval of the first cochlear implant device in November 1984, the possibility of the perception of sound became a reality for the profoundly deaf individual. The cochlear implant group of Cincinnati was involved in the coinvestigator study before the approval of the device. This paper presents data from...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Miller GW,Hepfner S

更新日期：1987-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report four cases of group A streptococcal vulvovaginitis in prepubertal children. All cases were acute in onset. This illness presents with nonspecific signs and symptoms of labial inflammation. In a suburban community, streptococcal vulvovaginitis in prepubescent girls may be more common then genital infections d...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Schwartz RH,Wientzen RL,Barsanti RG

更新日期：1982-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Few tests of functional motor behavior are useful for rapidly screening people for lower extremity peripheral neuropathy. The goal of this study was to improve the widely used tandem walking (TW) test. METHODS:We tested "normal" (control) adult and ambulatory patients with peripheral neuropathy (PN) with the...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Cohen HS,Mulavara AP,Peters BT,Sangi-Haghpeykar H,Kung DH,Mosier DR,Bloomberg JJ

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We measured hemodynamic and respiratory parameters before and after applying methylmethacrylate (MMC) to acetabular and femoral sites during neuroleptanesthesia and prosthetic hip surgery. No significant major changes were documented. Previously reported adverse effects probably have been due to medullary emboli, humo...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Gooding JM,Weng JT,Kirby RR,Smith RA

更新日期：1981-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have discussed the pathology of the diverse, numerous neoplasms associated with the central and peripheral types of von Recklinghausen's disease, as exemplified by two case reports. While overlap can occur between these two major types, characteristically this does not occur. ...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Richardson RR,Noronha A,Lettsma J,Siqueira EB

更新日期：1980-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An elderly woman complaining of a gait disorder was found to have the GALOP syndrome (gait ataxia, late-onset polyneuropathy). She exhibited mild distal weakness and sensory loss in the legs, a positive Romberg, and an unsteady gait. Serum immunofixation disclosed a monoclonal IgM-kappa protein. There was specific IgM...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Alpert JN

更新日期：2004-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system (RAAS) plays a major role in blood pressure regulation and is thus an important therapeutic target in the management of hypertension. Angiotensin receptor blockers (ARBs), which interrupt RAAS overactivity by blocking a specific receptor that mediates the pathogenic activity of...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Catanzaro DF,Frishman WH

更新日期：2010-07-01 00:00:00