Prognostic value of long non-coding RNA 01296 expression in human solid malignant tumours: a meta-analysis.

abstract：:Weekly low dose methotrexate is an established treatment for rheumatoid arthritis, but its use in elderly people has not been adequately examined. The aim of this study was to evaluate its safety in elderly patients with rheumatoid arthritis. A retrospective review of the clinical records of rheumatoid arthritis patie...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Hirshberg B,Muszkat M,Schlesinger O,Rubinow A

更新日期：2000-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Patients with Cushing's syndrome rarely become pregnant. This is a high risk situation both for the fetus and the mother, if untreated. We report a patient with Cushing's syndrome due to adrenocortical adenoma who became pregnant and was successfully treated with ketoconazole during the last period of pregnancy. ...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Amado JA,Pesquera C,Gonzalez EM,Otero M,Freijanes J,Alvarez A

更新日期：1990-03-01 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

authors： Tresadern JC

更新日期：1981-01-01 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

authors： Kayacan O,Beder S,Karnak D

更新日期：2003-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Despite obesity being a major risk factor for ischaemic stroke (IS), the association between body mass index (BMI) and IS in patients with hypertension remains uncertain. OBJECTIVE:To assess the association between BMI and IS among elderly hypertensive patients in China. METHODS AND RESULTS:We recruited 35...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Huang J,Liu L,Yu YL,Chen CL,Lo K,Huang YQ,Tang ST,Feng YQ

更新日期：2020-03-27 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:To review the clinical and pathological factors associated with fulminant amoebic colitis (FAC) requiring colonic resection and its outcome. METHODS:We retrospectively identified adult patients admitted to our centre between June 2007 and December 2011 with FAC who underwent colonic resection and were diagnosed w...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Chaturvedi R,Gupte PA,Joshi AS

更新日期：2015-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Workforce studies show a declining proportion of UK junior doctors proceeding directly to specialist training, with many taking career breaks. Doctors may be choosing to delay this important career decision. AIM:To assess doctors' views on the timing of choosing a clinical specialty. METHODS:Surveys of two...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Lachish S,Goldacre MJ,Lambert TW

更新日期：2018-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper reviews briefly the place of ipratropium bromide in the treatment of airways obstruction. Oxitropium bromide, a new quaternary ammonium compound derived from scopolamine was shown to be as effective a bronchodilator in a dose of 200 micrograms by inhalation as ipratropium bromide 80 micrograms in 20 patient...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Anderson G

更新日期：1983-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The earliest manifestations of leukaemia often include rheumatic signs and symptoms. Arthritis is a well recognised complication of leukaemia in children, but acute and chronic leukaemia may also cause arthritis in adults. Leukaemic arthritis may occur at any time during the course of leukaemia and may be the presenti...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Usalan C,Ozarslan E,Zengin N,Büyükaýk Y,Güllü YH

更新日期：1999-07-01 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：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

authors： Singh S,Lipscomb G,Padmakumar K,Ramamoorthy R,Ryan S,Bates V,Crompton S,Dermody E,Moriarty K

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Right ventricular (RV) fractional area change and tricuspid annular plane systolic excursion (TAPSE) are recognised methods for assessing RV function. However, the way in which these variables are affected by varying degrees of pulmonary hypertension (PH) has not been well characterised. METHODS:RV end-syst...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： López-Candales A,Dohi K,Rajagopalan N,Edelman K,Gulyasy B,Bazaz R

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case of primary purulent meningococcal pericarditis presenting with chest pain, hypotension and cardiac tamponade followed by oliguric renal failure is reported. Treatment with antibiotics and surgical drainage was successful. ...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Ramsdale DR,Kaul TK,Coulshed N

更新日期：1985-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the 1920s Moynihan described acute pancreatitis as "..the most terrible of all intra-abdominal calamities". He established a practice of immediate surgical intervention to remove the toxic products accumulating in the peritoneal cavity, and this treatment was endorsed by most centres, remaining the standard therapy...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Skaife P,Kingsnorth AN

更新日期：1996-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 46 year old woman presented with the CREST variety of systemic sclerosis and occult gastrointestinal bleeding due to vascular malformations of her stomach. Partial gastrectomy cured her anaemia. In systemic sclerosis, visceral angiography should be performed early when initial investigations have been negative. ...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： el-Omar MM,Jenkins AP,Hollowood K,Banerjee AK,Thompson RP

更新日期：1994-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) has spread in nearly 200 countries in less than 4 months since its first identification; accordingly, the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID 2019) has affirmed itself as a clinical challenge. The prevalence of pre-existing cardiovascular diseases in patients wi...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Sisti N,Valente S,Mandoli GE,Santoro C,Sciaccaluga C,Franchi F,Cameli P,Mondillo S,Cameli M

更新日期：2020-07-30 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To establish an updated clinical profile of adenocarcinoma of the lung. DESIGN:Retrospective review of clinical charts, chest radiography, and computed tomography of consecutive patients who attended Queen Mary Hospital in Hong Kong between June 1995 and December 1997. RESULTS:In the 115 patients studied, 13% wer...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Lam B,Lam WK,Lam CL,Ooi GC,Ho JC,Wong MP,Tsang KW

更新日期：2001-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Largyngotracheal and pharyngoesophageal tears following minor blunt trauma to the neck are uncommon. A child with such an injury is reported and the modes of diagnosis and management are discussed. Patients may initially present with minimal signs and symptoms, but their condition may deteriorate rapidly or insidiousl...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Back GW,Banfield G

更新日期：1999-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case of Meckel's diverticulum in a middle-aged man presenting acutely with haematemesis and melaena is reported. Such a presentation has not to our knowledge been previously reported in this age group. ...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Shaunak S,O'Donohue J

更新日期：1983-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rectal swabs obtained from 10 of 49 chronic-care geriatric patients were positive for Clostridium difficile, for a prevalence rate of 20.4%. Simultaneous sampling of 29 patients in an acute geriatric ward revealed four colonized patients, for a prevalence rate of 13.7%. A prospective study of C. difficile colonization...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Rudensky B,Rosner S,Sonnenblick M,van Dijk Y,Shapira E,Isaacsohn M

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 48 year old white woman was admitted to the hospital because of several bouts of migratory polyarthritis, weight loss, fever, and abdominal pain over a period of 15 months. She had been taking propylthiouracil 100 mg daily for three years for hyperthyroidism treatment. A test for antineutrophil cytoplasmic autoantib...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Gaburri PD,Chebli JM,Attalla A,Pereira CM,Bonfante HL,Junior EV,Gaburri AK

更新日期：2005-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Transient ischaemic attacks (TIAs) carry a significant early risk of stroke. New national guidelines state patients should be seen within 7 days of the incident, with higher-risk patients being seen within 24 h. Meeting these targets across the NHS poses a significant challenge. A novel approach to TIA asses...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Banerjee S,Natarajan I,Biram R,Sutton K,Ekeng G,Ames D,Chataway J

更新日期：2009-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The empty sella syndrome (ESS) presents a varied clinical and radiographic picture. It may remain asymptomatic or may stimulate an intrasellar growth thereby causing diagnostic and therapeutic problems. An air encephalogram (AEG) is required for diagnosis. The purpose of this paper is to review the clinical and radiol...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Sachdev Y,Evered DC,Appleby A,Hall R

更新日期：1976-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Using the WHO/ISFC definition and recommendations of nomenclature for cardiomyopathies, the aetiology is unknown. Over many years research has concentrated on defining pathogenetic mechanisms and owing to the widespread use of the bioptome-permitting recovery of fresh endomyocardial tissue-myocarditis has emerged as b...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Olsen EG

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Perforation of the gastrointestinal tract by ingested foreign bodies is rare; the diagnosis of pyogenic liver abscess resulting from such perforations is usually made at post-mortem. We present a case of perforation of the gut, due to an ingested dental plate, with a resultant pyogenic liver abscess, which presented a...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Shaw PJ,Freeman JG

更新日期：1983-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study examines clinical features of late onset anorexia nervosa. This involved the scrutiny of a large database of patients with anorexia nervosa comprising data gathered at standardized initial assessments over the period 1960-1990. Patients with a late onset were compared to other selected patient samples. The ...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Joughin NA,Crisp AH,Gowers SG,Bhat AV

更新日期：1991-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:What is the place of medico-historical cases in the professional practice of the disciplinary field of medicine and biology? How can these patients from the past be used for teaching and continuing medical education? How to justify their place in biomedical publications? In this article, we explain all the legitimacy ...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Charlier P,Donnell S,Lippi D,Nerlich A,Asensi V,Perciaccante A,Appenzeller O,Bianucci R

更新日期：2021-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Proper understanding of the pathological process of a ruptured plaque followed by thrombus formation remains the basis for rational therapy of cardiac ischaemia and myocardial infarction. With the advent of better thrombolytic regimens, improved direct reperfusion via angioplasty and streamlined recognition/admission ...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Hugenholtz PG

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Disc herniation at the thoracic the spine level is more common than generally thought. Localisation of pain may be vague and may erroneously point to cardiopulmonary, gastrointestinal, genito-urinary or even psychiatric disease. Magnetic resonance imaging is the investigation of choice, especially if spinal cord compr...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Pal B,Johnson A

更新日期：1997-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This review considers some of the more common problems in the interpretation of the results of biochemical tests and, where possible, highlights ways in which errors can be identified or avoided. ...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Ayling RM

更新日期：2000-03-01 00:00:00