Construction and characterization of a Saccharomyces cerevisiae strain (RIT4376) expressing hepatitis B surface antigen.

abstract：:Two patients, one of whom was pregnant, developed superior vena caval thrombosis while receiving central parenteral nutrition. They were successfully treated with recombinant tissue plasminogen activator (t-PA). ...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Barclay GR,Allen K,Pennington CR

更新日期：1990-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During the previous 34 months, 3 hypertensive patients on long-term thiazide therapy were admitted to the medical department, Mubarak Hospital, Kuwait, with atrial fibrillation (AF) and hypokalaemia. They received potassium chloride by intravenous infusion, followed by oral therapy with reversion to sinus rhythm. Ther...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Emara MK,Saadet AM

更新日期：1986-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Sleep deprivation and fatigue from long-shift work impacts doctors' personal safety, inhibits cognitive performance and risks clinical error. The aim of this study was to assess the sleep quality of surgical trainees participating in European Working Time Directive-compliant training rotations within a UK de...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Brown C,Abdelrahman T,Lewis W,Pollitt J,Egan R,members of the Welsh Surgical Research Initiative.

更新日期：2020-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Infants of HBsAg-positive mothers (Group I) as well as those born to women without HBV markers (Group II) were vaccinated with a 10 micrograms dose of a recombinant DNA hepatitis B vaccine within 24 hours after birth according to a 0, 1, and 2 month schedule, with a booster dose planned 12 months later. Vaccination re...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Meheus A,Alisjahbana A,Vranckx R,Sukadi A,Usman A,Ngantung W,Sugita E,Safary A,André F,Reniers J

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A patient is described in whom the presenting feature of hypopituitarism was the development of palmar xanthomata associated with type III hyperlipoproteinaemia. Treatment of her secondary hypothyroidism with thyroxine caused resolution of the xanthomata and hyperlipidaemia, but the underlying compositional abnormalit...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Carr D,Thornes HM,Rutter AC,Finney RD,Turner PR

更新日期：1987-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 58 year old man presented with an anterior myocardial infarction requiring repeated resuscitation. He had impaired glucose tolerance. He died five weeks later and post-mortem examination revealed a myocardial abscess and sternal osteomyelitis due to Staphylococcus aureus. These had not been apparent clinically. The ...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Smith RE,Martin JE,Mills PG

更新日期：1989-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A patient with occult pancreatic carcinoma associated with recurrent acute pancreatitis is reported. Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography after the first attack was normal, the diagnosis being made at repeat examination 10 months later. ...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Wilson C,Imrie CW

更新日期：1986-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The elderly, the very young, and the sick are known to be adversely affected by high environmental temperatures. In a retrospective open case-note review of 872 patients in a large institution during a hot summer we identified characteristics in the elderly that increase the risk of marginal hyperthermia. Women were m...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Vassallo M,Gera KN,Allen S

更新日期：1995-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Functional metastatic adrenocortical carcinoma is an uncommon cause of Cushing's syndrome, which rarely responds to conventional treatment. A patient presenting with Cushing's syndrome secondary to adrenocortical carcinoma underwent surgical resection. Postoperatively, she developed metastatic disease resistant to con...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Chan NN,Isaacs AJ

更新日期：1999-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although contrast angiography is important in the diagnosis and treatment of atherosclerotic disease, it does have limitations. Intracoronary ultrasound more accurately assesses the amount of atherosclerosis and has given us new insights into the pathophysiology of coronary plaque accumulation and remodelling. It also...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Hammond C,Causer JP,Perry RA

更新日期：1998-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Breast cancer is the most common cause of cancer related deaths among women worldwide. The disease in women occurs at a younger age in Iran than in western communities. OBJECTIVE:To determine the practice of breast self examination (BSE) among 25-54-year-old women in Shiraz, southern Iran. METHODS:Using a ...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Simi A,Yadollahie M,Habibzadeh F

更新日期：2009-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the Balkan context education in general practice varies greatly and it is in different stages of reorganisation and curriculum development. The postgraduate training in family medicine in Albania started in January 1997 with the goal of providing future family doctors with the proper knowledge, skills, attitudes, a...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Rrumbullaku L,Theodorakis PN,Pulluqi P,Lionis C,Trell E

更新日期：2002-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Obstructive sleep apnoea syndrome (OSAS) is a highly prevalent disease and is recognised as a major public health burden. Large-scale epidemiological studies have demonstrated an independent relationship between OSAS and various cardiovascular disorders. The pathogenesis of cardiovascular complications in OSAS is not ...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Ryan S,Taylor CT,McNicholas WT

更新日期：2009-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A patient with carcinoma of the stomach invading multiple adjacent organs and fungating through the anterior abdominal wall was treated by en bloc multiple organ resection and abdominal wall reconstruction. The patient is alive and well at the time of writing, six months after the operation. The rationale for embarkin...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Chu KM,Lai DT,Stern HS,Sheldon DM

更新日期：1995-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Collapse of a lobe of a lung is an important indicator of a range of conditions, including malignancy. Clinical symptoms and signs may suggest a diagnosis of lobar collapse; however, it is often diagnosed, and always needs to be confirmed, with radiological examination. The radiological signs may be subtle, difficult ...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Mullett R,Jain A,Kotugodella S,Curtis J

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Both the quality and the quantity of food ingested are relevant to the genesis of risk factors for coronary heart disease and the two are inseparable. Nevertheless they have a major common pathway through hypertension, which may well be the most important consequence of a high-protein, high-carbohydrate, high-fat, hig...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Brook CG

更新日期：1978-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The clinical features of 62 cases of computerized axial tomography scan-proved cerebral haemorrhage and 81 cases of cerebral infarction in the carotid territory have been compared in a retrospective case note survey. The clinical features which can help in making the distinction between haemorrhage and infarction at t...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Harrison MJ

更新日期：1980-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Candida albicans peritonitis developed in a 48-year-old man with a perforated gastric ulcer who subsequently was treated with intravenous amphotericin B. The drug penetrated well into the inflamed peritoneal cavity and eradicated the organism from the peritoneal fluid. Nevertheless, at post-mortem, Candida organisms w...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Peterson LR,Kelty RH,Hall WH,Votava HJ

更新日期：1978-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two patients with severe dothiepin intoxication are described. The management of these cases is discussed and we draw attention to the prolonged elimination half-life of dothiepin and its metabolites, and the implication for treatment. ...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Bloodworth L,Wilson A,Collins P,Rainford DJ

更新日期：1984-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Unstable and unpredictable disease control in diabetes or asthma, with frequent hospitalisations, is frequently referred to as 'brittle'. We describe two cases of Addison's disease with recurrent hospitalisations in hypo-adrenal crises. Both patients had significant psychosocial disruption, and failure to take hydroco...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Gill GV,Williams G

更新日期：2000-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Five cases of strangulated femoral hernia, all with a delay in establishing the diagnosis, are reported here. These cases illustrate the continuing difficulties experienced, both in primary care and hospital practice, in making this diagnosis despite the clinical awareness of this condition. ...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Heys SD,Brittenden J

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of captopril monotherapy on blood pressure and metabolism was investigated in a placebo-controlled study in 30 non-insulin dependent (Type II) diabetic subjects during a 3-week observation period (run-in/drug; placebo/wash-out) on a metabolic ward. Captopril significantly reduced both systolic and diastolic...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Rett K,Wicklmayr M,Tschollar W,Dietze G,Mehnert H

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hypercalcaemia occurs in up to 80% of patients with adult T-cell leukaemia-lymphoma (ATLL) associated with human T-cell leukaemia virus-1 infection. Elevated serum levels of 1,25-dihydroxycholecalciferol, implicated in the pathogenesis of hypercalcaemia in lymphoma, and of parathyroid hormone-related protein (PTHrP), ...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Johnston SR,Hammond PJ

更新日期：1992-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:People with early-onset dementia have a potential risk of being marginalised with respect to care and social support as a result of the blame and stigma associated with their condition, and because they have reduced access to treatment options and postdiagnostic care. The limited use of community services and the resu...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Nwadiugwu M

更新日期：2020-09-03 00:00:00

abstract：:A 44 year old female presented with a subacute myelopathy in association with pelvic venous thrombosis. It is inferred from the temporal relationship of these events that the patient suffered a subacute spinal venous infarction. This is discussed along with the aetiology, anatomical distribution and management of the ...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Clarke CE,Cumming WJ

更新日期：1987-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:A surgical approach to airway management may be essential in situations of difficult or failed airway, where immediate airway access is needed to provide oxygenation. However, the procedure is uncommonly performed and expertise among emergency clinicians may be limited. OBJECTIVES:The aim of this study wa...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Alshareef H,Al Saawi A,Almazroua F,Alyami H,Reilly GO,Mitra B

更新日期：2018-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Three patients are described in whom one or more carotid territory transient ischaemic attacks (TIAs) were preceded by sneezing, straining, or bending over. It is argued that the mechanism involved dislodgment of embolic material from the site of carotid atheroma. This mechanism should be considered as an alternative ...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Harrison MJ

更新日期：1999-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The prognosis of patients with metastatic adrenal cortical carcinoma is poor, and their disabling symptoms are usually unresponsive to conventional therapy. A patient with Cushing's syndrome secondary to a secretory adrenal cortical carcinoma was treated with octreotide, endocrine therapy and chemotherapy having faile...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Pandha HS,Harrington K,Saini S,Lynn J,Peters M,Waxman J

更新日期：1995-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A well documented sporadic case of multiple endocrine adenomatosis (MEA) type I, with the pituitary tumour presenting as a prolactinoma, is described in a 28-year-old female. Primary amenorrhoea, resulting from hyperprolactinaemia, was the first symptom of the polyglandular neoplasia. A gastrinoma was removed from the...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Vandeweghe M,Braxel K,Schutyser J,Vermeulen A

更新日期：1978-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Strips form canine saphenous veins were incubated with (3H)-noradrenaline and mounted for superfusion. 5-Hydroxytryptamine (5-HT inhibited the release of tritium caused by sustained electrical stimulation (2 Hz, 150 mA, 0.1 msec) being about 10 times more potent than noradrenaline. 5-HT inhibited contractions induced ...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Müller-Schweinitzer E

更新日期：1981-01-01 00:00:00