Abstract:
:A patient is described who developed acute peripheral neuropathy of Guillain-Barré type occurring shortly after commencement of captopril for moderately severe hypertension and resolving after discontinuation of the drug.
journal_name
Postgrad Med Jjournal_title
Postgraduate medical journalauthors
Chakraborty TK,Ruddell WSdoi
10.1136/pgmj.63.737.221subject
Has Abstractpub_date
1987-03-01 00:00:00pages
221-2issue
737eissn
0032-5473issn
1469-0756journal_volume
63pub_type
杂志文章abstract::A patient who died in asystole less than 18 h after ingestion of 'Clovercide Extra', a combination hormonal weedkiller containing ioxynil and 4-chloro-2-methyl phenoxypropionic acid, is described. Previous reports describe coma as an early event following ingestion of these herbicides. In contrast our patient, althoug...
journal_title:Postgraduate medical journal
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1136/pgmj.64.755.681
更新日期:1988-09-01 00:00:00
abstract::This is a study of the use of myocutaneous flaps by general surgeons in a district general hospital over a 5 year period, and shows that such work can be satisfactorily performed by general surgeons. ...
journal_title:Postgraduate medical journal
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1136/pgmj.65.768.738
更新日期:1989-10-01 00:00:00
abstract::Testis cancer is an increasing problem, especially in northern European male populations. However, survival has improved dramatically over one generation. Environmental factors may have a role in the aetiology with high oestrogen concentrations implicated. Testis cancer is subdivided between seminoma and non-seminoma....
journal_title:Postgraduate medical journal
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1136/pgmj.2007.057992
更新日期:2007-10-01 00:00:00
abstract::A case of ovarian carcinoma and systemic amyloidosis in a 64 year old woman with nephrotic syndrome is reported. Immunohistochemical study of renal and rectal biopsy specimens revealed the presence of amyloidosis AA antigens, consistent with secondary amyloidosis. The absence of chronic inflammatory or infectious dise...
journal_title:Postgraduate medical journal
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1136/pgmj.70.825.505
更新日期:1994-07-01 00:00:00
abstract::This purports to be the first recorded case of carcinoma of the pancreas presenting as a mechanical obstruction of the colon. The literature relating to some other rare modes of presentation is reviewed, and a comment made on the desirability of routine post-mortem studies. ...
journal_title:Postgraduate medical journal
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1136/pgmj.57.663.66
更新日期:1981-01-01 00:00:00
abstract::Churg-Strauss syndrome is a systemic vasculitis. Its most frequent complications are heart diseases and asthma. Usually, cardiological manifestations are pericarditis, cardiac failure and myocardial infarction. Endobronchial granulomas identified by bronchoscopy are unusual. We present the case of a man with congestiv...
journal_title:Postgraduate medical journal
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1136/pgmj.71.836.365
更新日期:1995-06-01 00:00:00
abstract::The anticoagulant agents heparin and warfarin were introduced before the era of randomised clinical trials. As a result, the indications, dosages and monitoring techniques of these drugs have undergone re-evaluation in multiple clinical trials in the past years. Low molecular weight heparin has been developed, which h...
journal_title:Postgraduate medical journal
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1136/pgmj.73.859.283
更新日期:1997-05-01 00:00:00
abstract::Ulcerative colitis is not commonly associated with recognizable pulmonary disease and only four sporadic cases of sarcoidosis in association with ulcerative colitis have been previously reported. However, in a series of 680 patients with ulcerative colitis, pulmonary or extra-pulmonary sarcoidosis has at some stage be...
journal_title:Postgraduate medical journal
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1136/pgmj.62.727.341
更新日期:1986-05-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:For gastroenterology, The Royal College of Physicians reiterates the common practice of two to three consultant ward rounds per week. The Royal Bolton Hospital NHS Foundation Trust operated a 26-bed gastroenterology ward, covered by two consultants at any one time. A traditional system of two ward rounds per...
journal_title:Postgraduate medical journal
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1136/postgradmedj-2012-100033rep
更新日期:2012-10-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Effective hand hygiene has long been recognised as an important way to reduce the transmission of bacterial and viral pathogens in healthcare settings. However, many studies have shown that adherence to hand hygiene remains low, and improvement efforts have often not delivered sustainable results. The Childr...
journal_title:Postgraduate medical journal
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1136/pgmj-2011-000056rep
更新日期:2012-06-01 00:00:00
abstract::One hundred and thirteen patients were entered into a randomized, prospective double-blind, placebo controlled trial to assess the use of co-trimoxazole in reducing wound infections after dog bites. Although there was a reduction in the wound infection rate from 13.8% in the placebo group to 5.5% in the treatment grou...
journal_title:Postgraduate medical journal
pub_type: 临床试验,杂志文章,随机对照试验
doi:10.1136/pgmj.61.717.593
更新日期:1985-07-01 00:00:00
abstract::Exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease impose a considerable burden of morbidity, mortality, and health care cost. Management guidelines outlining best practice, based largely on consensus expert opinion, were produced by a number of organisations during the last decade. Current interest in the field i...
journal_title:Postgraduate medical journal
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1136/pgmj.2004.019182
更新日期:2004-09-01 00:00:00
abstract::Tuberculosis of the appendix is rare. It is usually secondary to tuberculosis elsewhere in the abdomen. Tuberculosis of the appendix is not associated with any specific clinical features and diagnosis is revealed only after histopathological examination. Appendicectomy should be performed in all patients with abdomina...
journal_title:Postgraduate medical journal
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1136/pgmj.63.744.855
更新日期:1987-10-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVE:To audit the current UK outpatient workload and compare this to the national standards as set out by the British Association of Urological Surgeons (BAUS) in A Quality Urological Service for Patients in the New Millennium published in October 2000. PARTICIPANTS:520 UK (NHS) and 21 Republic of Ireland (non-NH...
journal_title:Postgraduate medical journal
pub_type: 杂志文章,多中心研究
doi:10.1136/pgmj.2004.020693
更新日期:2005-01-01 00:00:00
abstract::Tourette's syndrome is a neuropsychiatric disorder characterised by motor and phonic tics. Although tics are common in children, only about 1% of those affected meet the criteria for Tourette's syndrome, and many are not disabled by it. Associated problems such as attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and obsessive...
journal_title:Postgraduate medical journal
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1136/pgmj.2010.223685rep
更新日期:2011-02-01 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
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1136/pgmj.63.742.669
更新日期:1987-08-01 00:00:00
abstract::The acute haemodynamic effects of endralazine, a new hydralazine-like vasodilating agent, were studied in 6 patients with stable angina pectoris and proven coronary artery disease. Twenty minutes after intravenous administration of 5 mg endralazine heart rate and cardiac index increase, while mean arterial blood press...
journal_title:Postgraduate medical journal
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:1983-01-01 00:00:00
abstract::A previously undescribed type of congenital abdominal wall hernia is described. Presentation was with the symptoms and signs of subacute large bowel obstruction. The diagnosis was suggested by barium enema and confirmed at laparotomy. ...
journal_title:Postgraduate medical journal
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1136/pgmj.65.760.112
更新日期:1989-02-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:The survival of whites who have been treated for pernicious anaemia (PA) is unaffected, apart from incurring a greater risk of gastric cancers. The long term outcome of PA in Chinese is unknown. METHODS:A hospital based prospective longitudinal study of Chinese PA patients was conducted. Patients with known...
journal_title:Postgraduate medical journal
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1136/pgmj.2007.067421
更新日期:2008-12-01 00:00:00
abstract::A 24 year old woman living in the Mediterranean region of Turkey present with a three-month history of weight loss and irregular fever that was peaking at 40 degrees C with shivering. No definite aetiology could be identified in a local hospital. A bacterial infection had been suspected, but antibiotic therapy, at fir...
journal_title:Postgraduate medical journal
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1136/pgmj.74.870.237
更新日期:1998-04-01 00:00:00
abstract::Leuco-erythroblastosis has many known associations (Burkett, Cox and Fields, 1965; Weick, Hagedorn and Linman, 1974; Retief, 1964), but the only ones related to drug therapy are the well established response to haematinics (Burkett et al., 1965) and one possible case following anti-epileptic therapy (Retief, 1964). Th...
journal_title:Postgraduate medical journal
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1136/pgmj.53.621.391
更新日期:1977-07-01 00:00:00
abstract::A case of cerebral embolism is described in which paradoxical features have been proved clinically, and which may explain some hitherto unaccountable reported cases, and suggests the value of prospective studies. A successful outcome of such a proved case, associated with oral contraceptives, does not appear to have b...
journal_title:Postgraduate medical journal
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1136/pgmj.55.644.419
更新日期:1979-06-01 00:00:00
abstract::The term "natural childbirth" denotes an approach to childbirth characterised by a bias towards physical and mental hygiene in the management of pregnancy and labour. It emerged in Britain in the interwar period, partly as a response to the growing interventionism of mainstream obstetrics. Its appeal since then has re...
journal_title:Postgraduate medical journal
pub_type: 历史文章,杂志文章
doi:10.1136/pmj.79.929.168
更新日期:2003-03-01 00:00:00
abstract::A patient with an aggressive intrasinusoidal non-Hodgkins lymphoma, presenting with marked systemic disturbance but only a mildly raised alkaline phosphatase as a localising sign is described. All imaging studies of the liver were normal and the diagnosis was delayed until a percutaneous liver biopsy was performed. On...
journal_title:Postgraduate medical journal
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1136/pmj.76.892.103
更新日期:2000-02-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:After primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PPCI) in patients with acute ST elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI), dual antiplatelet therapy (DAPT) is recommended to continue for 1 year. Occasionally, DAPT interruption may be required due to bleeding issues or unplanned surgical procedures. OBJECTIV...
journal_title:Postgraduate medical journal
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1136/postgradmedj-2019-136760
更新日期:2020-01-01 00:00:00
abstract::Although there is good evidence that D-penicillamine can induce polymyositis, the exact pathogenic mechanism remains unclear. We report two patients with psoriatic arthritis and primary biliary cirrhosis respectively, who developed polymyositis while receiving D-penicillamine treatment for their primary diseases. Whet...
journal_title:Postgraduate medical journal
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1136/pgmj.67.793.1018
更新日期:1991-11-01 00:00:00
abstract::A 29-year-old gardener developed acute renal failure following the ingestion of 'Mersil', a combination of mercurous and mercuric chloride, achieving a plasma mercury concentration of 22,000 nmol/litre (400 micrograms/litre). Haemodialysis and charcoal haemoperfusion were ineffective in removing mercury despite prior ...
journal_title:Postgraduate medical journal
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1136/pgmj.60.707.636
更新日期:1984-09-01 00:00:00
abstract::This review examines the appropriate timing of intervention in acute pancreatitis. In gallstone pancreatitis, it is now clear that cholecystectomy during the primary admission carries no greater risk of complications than delayed cholecystectomy and enables earlier recovery to normal activity. This course of action pr...
journal_title:Postgraduate medical journal
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1136/pgmj.69.813.509
更新日期:1993-07-01 00:00:00
abstract::Pneumoconiosis is still a health problem in Turkey and has a relatively high incidence. Retired underground miners were investigated to document alveolitis, and to observe the difference in the cellular profiles of bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) fluid with or without pneumoconiosis. Twenty nine retired male miners and 1...
journal_title:Postgraduate medical journal
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1136/pmj.79.935.527
更新日期:2003-09-01 00:00:00
abstract::The role of prostaglandins in inflammation is still disputed. Some workers have attempted to fit prostaglandins into a simple model, i.e. inflammatory leads to chemical mediator leads to vascular response. Recent work has shown that this approach may be misleading. An alternative model is proposed, involving the inter...
journal_title:Postgraduate medical journal
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1136/pgmj.53.625.660
更新日期:1977-11-01 00:00:00