Associations of the NOS3 rs1799983 polymorphism with circulating nitric oxide and lipid levels: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

abstract：:The use of self-expanding metal stents can markedly improve the care of patients with inoperable oesophageal malignancy. The stents can be easily introduced without the need for general anaesthesia. They have fewer complications during insertion than rigid stents and fewer complications than laser therapy. With these ...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Murphy GJ

更新日期：1995-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess the evidence for a reduced risk of acute coronary events following comprehensive smoke-free legislation. METHODS:Two independent systematic reviews were undertaken using PubMed, Embase and Science Direct with no date restrictions imposed. Meta-analysis was undertaken using a random effects model to...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Mackay DF,Irfan MO,Haw S,Pell JP

更新日期：2011-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Twenty-four hour intragastric acidity was measured in nine volunteer subjects in a single-blind placebo-controlled cross-over study comparing the effects of famotidine with ranitidine. The volunteer subjects received famotidine (40 mg at night), famotidine (20 mg at night), ranitidine (300 mg at night) or placebo in a...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Santana IA,Lanzon-Miller S,Pounder RE

更新日期：1986-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A patient with calcific constrictive pericarditis due to rheumatoid arthritis is presented: the literature reveals only one previous case which was attributed to the long duration of the rheumatoid arthritis. ...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Manji H,Raven P

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Both acute myocardial infarction and reperfusion therapy with thrombolytic agents may be associated with bradyarrhythmias, and there may be a case for 'prophylactic' insertion of a temporary pacing wire in selected patients. We describe 4 patients in whom clinical decisions had to be made concerning the appropriatenes...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Lim CW,Bennie MJ,Lim R

更新日期：1991-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Catheter related sepsis, especially with staphylococci, is one of the most important complications of haemodialysis or peritoneal dialysis. In a prospective, randomized, open study of 129 haemodialysis patients, exit site infection and bacteraemia were significantly greater in the untreated group (18.2% each) than the...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Fong IW

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The frequency of the diagnosis of takotsubo cardiomyopathy has increased rapidly over the past few years, possibly due to increasing awareness among cardiologists. At initial presentation the diagnosis remains a challenge because of the close similarity between the presentation of takotsubo cardiomyopathy, and that of...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Zeb M,Sambu N,Scott P,Curzen N

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 24-year-old man with primary Sjögren's syndrome presented with xerophthalmia, xerostomia, and marked parotid swelling. He had a previous history of selective IgA deficiency and ulcerative colitis treated with sulphasalazine. Immunosuppression and withdrawal of sulphasalazine resulted in rapid resolution of the parot...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Steuer A,McCrea DJ,Colaco CB

更新日期：1996-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Studies on hypouricaemia observed in a patient with 48,XXYY syndrome revealed an abnormality in renal urate handling. His renal urate clearance was abnormally increased. Inosine administration and provocative tests using probenecid and pyrazinamide identified an isolated renal tubular abnormality with increased urate ...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Nakajima H,Tajima K,Nakajima T,Iida S,Sumi S,Kono N,Moriwaki K,Nonaka K,Tarui S

更新日期：1986-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:There is paucity of evidence regarding the role of drain in laparoscopic cholecystectomy (LC) in acute calculous cholecystitis (ACC), and surgeons have placed the drains based on their experiences, not on evidence-based guidelines. This study aims to assess the value of drain in LC for ACC in a randomised co...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Valappil MV,Gulati S,Chhabra M,Mandal A,Bakshi S,Bhattacharyya A,Ghatak S

更新日期：2020-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The selective COX-2 inhibitors (coxibs) were originally developed to minimise the adverse effects of conventional non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) while maintaining the same analgesic and anti-inflammatory properties. Many large studies confirmed the improved gastric side effect profile of coxibs compare...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Sooriakumaran P

更新日期：2006-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:High flow arteriogenic priapism is uncommon and usually occurs after trauma to the genitoperineal area. The onset of prolonged erection can be delayed and is often relatively pain free. Arteriography in this case illustrated the causative bilateral arteriocavernosal fistulae and pseudoaneurysms. Treatment consisted of...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Gujral S,MacDonagh RP,Cavanagh PM

更新日期：2001-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Patients with coronary atherosclerosis present with angina, myocardial infarction and sudden death, most often caused by atherosclerotic stenosis complicated by spasm and/or occlusive thrombosis. All of these events have been shown to exhibit similar diurnal rhythms, with a peak incidence in the morning after waking a...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Selwyn AP,Raby K,Vita JA,Ganz P,Yeung A

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The monocyte function, as measured by phagocytosis and killing of Candida albicans and Candida pseudotropicalis by peripheral blood monocytes, was found impaired in a patient with cirrhosis of the liver on two separate determinations before the occurrence of bleeding from oesophageal varices. Unexpectedly, Hodgkin's d...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Dan M,Hassner A,Jedwab M,Shibolet S

更新日期：1984-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 59 year old woman presented with acute onset of fever, chills, diaphoresis, vague chest discomfort, and was found to be hypotensive and tachypnoeic. An electrocardiogram demonstrated sinoatrial block with a junctional rhythm between 50 and 80 beats/min. All cultures were negative and imaging studies unrevealing. Her...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Medarov B,Tongia S,Rossoff L

更新日期：2003-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Placebo, used here to mean an inert treatment given as if it was a real treatment, means lots of different things to different people. The structure of the article is that it begins by talking about the technical use of placebos in clinical trials, and the extent of the placebo response, then about the mechanism--"How...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： McQuay HJ,Moore RA

更新日期：2005-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To determine the prevalence and extent of autonomic neuropathy amongst Africans with insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (IDDM), we investigated 50 such patients at our clinic. Mean age (+/- 1 s.d.) was 26 +/- 6 years, male:female ratio was equal (25M:25F) and duration of diabetes was 4.0 +/- 3.0 years. A battery of s...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Tuch PS,Gill GV,Huddle KR

更新日期：1994-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two cases of coeliac disease associated with thyroid enlargement are presented. One had a large simple adenomatous goitre which was removed surgically and the other had histological confirmation of lymphadenoma (Hashimoto's disease). ...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Robinson TJ

更新日期：1977-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The use of an emulsion formulation of 2,6-diisopropylphenol (propofol) for induction and maintenance of anaesthesia was compared with methohexitone in 60 patients undergoing termination of pregnancy. In the dosages chosen the two agents appeared to be equi-potent. Propofol was associated with a statistically significa...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Cundy JM,Arunasalam K

更新日期：1985-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study we have examined the ability of senior house officers in the Accident and Emergency (A&E) Department to interpret electrocardiographs (ECGs) and tested the value of a single seminar and guidelines on interpretation. We prospectively audited ECG interpretation taken from notes over a two-month period and ...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： White T,Woodmansey P,Ferguson DG,Channer KS

更新日期：1995-03-01 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：:We describe the cases of two young women who died due to air embolism during sexual intercourse early in the puerperium. ...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Batman PA,Thomlinson J,Moore VC,Sykes R

更新日期：1998-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There has been a dramatic change in the way that resuscitation decisions are made for older hospital inpatients in the UK. In less than 20 years many geriatric medicine wards have moved from an "opt-in" policy (where the default position is not to provide resuscitation) to a position where resuscitation is widely avai...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Bowker L

更新日期：2009-11-01 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

authors： Büyükaşik Y,Ileri NS,Haznedaroğlu IC,Demiroğlu H,Dündar S

更新日期：1998-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case of hyperemesis gravidarum at 9 weeks' gestation is described for which no cause could initially be found. Intravenous feeding was needed as a life preserving measure and following improvement on this regime the patient went into a thyrotoxic crisis which was successfully diagnosed and treated. The continuing pr...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Valentine BH,Jones C,Tyack AJ

更新日期：1980-10-01 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：:As a tertiary referral centre of spinal surgery, the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital (RNOH) handles hundreds of spinal cases a year, often with complex pathology and complex care needs. Despite this, issues were raised at the RNOH following lack of sufficient documentation of preoperative and postoperative clinica...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Pace V,Farooqi O,Kennedy J,Park C,Cowan J

更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Several aspects of the management of Crohn's disease (CD) are shared between patients. The goal of all therapies should be to achieve clinical and endoscopic remission in a timely manner to avoid disease progression and abdominal resections. The way this goal is achieved may differ and predicting how the disease will ...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Vermeire S,Ferrante M,Rutgeerts P

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A previously healthy patient developed serologically-proven Yersinia pseudotuberculosis enterocolitis and made a complete recovery. Over a year later, further gastrointestinal symptoms developed and Crohn's disease was diagnosed. The possible relevance to the aetiology of Crohn's disease is discussed. ...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Treacher DF,Jewell DP

更新日期：1985-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A woman presented with painful enlargement of her parotid and submandibular glands. She was shown to have the previously unreported combination of idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura, Sjögren's syndrome, Hashimoto's disease, and myasthenia gravis. Parotid gland biopsy and bone marrow examination showed the presence of...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Savage AW,Shareef DS,Maher EJ,Bennett MH,Thomas DJ

更新日期：1989-05-01 00:00:00