Hypercalcaemia in a patient with non-secretory myeloma.

abstract：:Sixty-nine infants were examined who presented with rectal bleeding in the first month of life. In 64% of these children no cause was found. Infantile diarrhoea, haemorrhagic disease of the newborn and anal fissure were the most common diagnoses made. The mortality in the entire group was less than 3%. It is concluded...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Levene MI

更新日期：1979-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Central venous catheterization is not without hazard. Inadvertent placement in the pleural space can occur without the development of a pneumothorax and pressure measurements may appear misleadingly normal. This case report illustrates an effective method of diagnosing and draining an iatrogenic hydrothorax which resu...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Steiger MJ,Morgan AG

更新日期：1990-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Diuretics are used extensively in hospitals and in community medical practice for the management of cardiovascular diseases. They are used frequently as the first line treatment for mild to moderate hypertension and are an integral part of the management of symptomatic heart failure. Although diuretics have been used ...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Shah SU,Anjum S,Littler WA

更新日期：2004-04-01 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：PURPOSE OF THE STUDY:Resistin, a recently discovered proinflammatory cytokine, has been strongly linked to kidney dysfunction. The aim of this study was to determine the relationship of serum resistin with serum cystatin C (sCysC) and albuminuria, two sensitive endogenous markers of renal function, in elderly male pati...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Zhang M,Cui H,Zhu BP,Fu SH

更新日期：2015-03-01 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

authors： de Swiet J

更新日期：1979-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A patient with Laurence-Moon-Biedl syndrome and nephrotic range proteinuria is presented. Radiological investigation of the urinary tract revealed clubbed calyces but no evidence of obstruction or vesicoureteric reflux. Renal biopsy revealed occasional sclerotic glomeruli, extensive foot-process fusion and segmental g...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Cheng IK,Chan KW,Chan MK,Kung A,Ma J,Wang C

更新日期：1988-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Gradenigo's syndrome, which is characterised by the triad of suppurative otitis media, pain in the distribution of the trigeminal nerve, and abducens nerve palsy may give rise to potentially fatal complications. Knowledge of the aetiology and appropriate investigations can lead to early diagnosis. A case is reported w...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Motamed M,Kalan A

更新日期：2000-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There is overwhelming evidence for the clinical efficacy of the influenza vaccine, especially in the elderly with chronic disease, reducing mortality and hospital admissions. There is also evidence to suggest that the influenza vaccine may be beneficial in the healthy elderly. There is some evidence to suggest that th...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Morgan R,King D

更新日期：1996-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The mechanisms of the antinociceptive action of flupirtine, a novel non-opioid analgesic, were investigated in animals. It was found that this effect could be abolished by pre-treatment with reserpine. Furthermore, it could be dose-dependently antagonized by yohimbine and changes in the EEG of the rat observed after a...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Szelenyi I,Nickel B

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Episodic muscular weakness, commonly associated with alterations of serum potassium, is the cardinal feature of periodic paralysis. The combination of transient hyperkalaemia and rigors occurring during febrile episodes of malaria is suggested as the underlying cause which precipitated the muscular paralysis. Three pa...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Senanayake N,Wimalawansa SJ

更新日期：1981-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Genital herpes simplex virus type 2 (HSV2) is highly prevalent worldwide and an increasingly important cause of genital ulcer disease (GUD). Continued HSV2 transmission is facilitated by the large number of undiagnosed cases, the frequency of atypical disease and the occurrence of asymptomatic shedding. The lack of ea...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Paz-Bailey G,Ramaswamy M,Hawkes SJ,Geretti AM

更新日期：2008-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Intraperitoneal free gas seen radiologically as air under the diaphragm nearly always indicates a perforated abdominal viscus that requires surgical intervention. Rarely, however, the presence of a pneumoperitoneum may not indicate an intra-abdominal perforation and thus may not require laparotomy. Such a situation is...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Williams NM,Watkin DF

更新日期：1997-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two patients presented with hypophosphataemic osteomalacia and were subsequently found to have small tumours unusual histopathology and location causing the osteomalacia. Each tumour was found after an intensive search for occult masses. Studies of vitamin D metabolism and renal tubular function before and after surge...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Weiss D,Bar RS,Weidner N,Wener M,Lee F

更新日期：1985-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The majority of deaths in COPD are from cardiovascular causes. Several large randomized controlled trials demonstrate that inhaled anticholinergic agents ipratropium and tiotropium increase the risk of serious cardiovascular events, including cardiovascular mortality. Tiotropium Respimat is associated with a statistic...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Singh S,Loke YK,Enright P,Furberg CD

更新日期：2014-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Abnormalities in the serum concentrations of calcium, phosphate, parathyroid hormone and vitamin D develop with declining renal function, leading in turn to renal osteodystrophy. Observational data now suggest that these disturbances in bone and mineral metabolism play an important role in the development of vascular ...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Connor A

更新日期：2009-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hypertension is the most common chronic disease in the West Indies, and is a major health problem today being among the 10 most common causes of death in the English-speaking territories of the region. Most patients have essential hypertension. Renal failure, stroke, and cardiac failure are the most common complicatio...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Grell GA

更新日期：1983-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report what we believe is the first recorded case of Mondor's disease associated with metastatic lung cancer presenting in the breast. An association between Mondor's disease and primary breast cancer has been described previously. In patients with Mondor's disease and primary breast cancer has been described previ...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Courtney SP,Polacarz S,Raftery AT

更新日期：1989-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Clinical and biochemical data obtained from 163 patients who had taken an overdose of paracetamol were examined to determine which factors or measurements were of value in predicting the severity of ensuing liver damage early after ingestion of tablets. Although the overall severity of hepatic necrosis was found to in...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Gazzard BG,Widdop B,Davis M,Hughes RD,Goulding R,Williams R

更新日期：1977-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present anti-racial discrimination legislation in the United Kingdom is embodied in the 1976 Race Relations Act. In essence this Act attempts to avoid any form of direct or indirect discrimination on the basis of racial or ethnic origin. However, health professionals are acutely aware that there are important raci...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Bedi R,MacEwen M

更新日期：1990-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Based on "second look" pelviscopic control in 438 cases of pelvic endometrosis, additional hormonal antigonadotrophin therapy with danazol represents the most effective treatment for endometriosis. The rationale is well explained by Dmowski and Scommegna (1976). As endocrine treatment alone cannot control severe cases...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Mettler L,Semm K

更新日期：1979-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The acute and long-term haemodynamic effects of pindolol, practolol, alprenolol, oxprenolol, acebutolol, penbutolol, metoprolol, atenolol, propranolol and timolol in patients with uncomplicated hypertension as reported in the literature were analysed. The long-term effects of these beta-adrenoceptor antagonists on pla...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Man in't Veld AJ,Schalekamp MA

更新日期：1983-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 33-year-old housewife with a 14-year history of relapsing polyneuropathy of unknown cause who has apparently responded to azathioprine therapy is described. The place of this form of treatment in idiopathic polyneuropathy is discussed. ...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Pentland B

更新日期：1980-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Medical students' choice of their future specialty is influenced by several factors, including working conditions and type of patient relations. The aim of this study was to investigate the association between the choice of specialty and personality traits. METHODS:This is a cross-sectional questionnaire-ba...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Bexelius TS,Olsson C,Järnbert-Pettersson H,Parmskog M,Ponzer S,Dahlin M

更新日期：2016-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 20-year-old woman presented with tendon and tuberous xanthomas. Plasma lipid levels were normal. Xanthomatosis with normal lipid levels is rare. ...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Handa R,Gupta K,Wali JP

更新日期：1995-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Asthma, a common childhood condition, often presents with chronic cough. While evaluating for chronic cough, many specialists obtain a baseline chest radiograph (CR) to assess for other causes. Usually read as 'normal', sometimes CRs will reveal evidence of airway inflammation in the form of subtle findings,...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Abeles M,Akerman M,Halaby C,Pirzada M

更新日期：2020-12-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Coronary heart disease, especially when it affects younger individuals, tends to cluster in families. Known risk factors occur in 50-75% of patients with myocardial infarction. Yet commonly occurring risk factors are not strongly inherited, and the familial aggregation of coronary heart diseas may not be attributable ...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Epstein FH

更新日期：1976-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The in vitro activity of cefaclor was compared with that of cephalexin and cephradine. This new antibiotic was the most active of the oral agents against Haemophilus influenzae (especially non-beta-lactamase producing strains). It was also significantly more active against N. gonorrhoeae and the Enterobacteriaceae. Th...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Gillett AP,Andrews JM,Wise R

更新日期：1979-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Obesity in mid-life may increase the risk of subsequent dementia. Our objective was to study this risk, focusing on differences by age at the time of recording of obesity, in a large defined population. METHODS:A record linkage cohort study was undertaken using national administrative statistical data on hos...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Wotton CJ,Goldacre MJ

更新日期：2014-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acute retinal necrosis (ARN), also known as Kirisawa-type uveitis, is an uncommon condition caused by infection of the retina by one of the herpes family of viruses, most typically varicella zoster virus or herpes simplex virus and less commonly cytomegalovirus. Clinical diagnosis can be challenging and is often aided...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Wong RW,Jumper JM,McDonald HR,Johnson RN,Fu A,Lujan BJ,Cunningham ET Jr

更新日期：2013-08-01 00:00:00