Diabetic ketoacidosis and hyperosmolar nonketotic state.

abstract：:A carefully taken history and thorough physical examination remain the most crucial aspects of diagnosing rheumatic disorders. Non-rheumatologic conditions also need to be kept in mind. Laboratory tests should be looked on as mostly supportive or confirmatory, because many of the tests are relatively nonspecific and m...

journal_title：Postgraduate medicine

authors： Yancey WB Jr,Williams RC Jr

更新日期：1991-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The prevalence of chronic kidney disease (CKD) has increased markedly over past decades due to the aging of the worldwide population. Despite the progress in the prevention and treatment, the cardiovascular (CV) morbidity and mortality remain high among patients with CKD. Although CKD is a progressive and irreversible...

journal_title：Postgraduate medicine

authors： Bazyluk A,Malyszko J,Zbroch E

更新日期：2018-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:High blood pressure is unquestionably a risk factor for premature morbidity and mortality, especially from coronary artery disease and stroke. Risk of clinical manifestations of coronary artery disease increases dramatically if other risk factors, such as a history of cigarette smoking, hypercholesterolemia, left vent...

journal_title：Postgraduate medicine

authors： Borhani NO

更新日期：1989-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Farming is a dangerous life-style and occupation for children and adults. Dangerous situations are taken in stride and considered part of life on a family farm. Regulatory and educational programs and funding have been minimal in the United States. Physicians have been a major force in accident-prevention efforts in o...

journal_title：Postgraduate medicine

authors： Sterner S

更新日期：1991-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Combination therapy is a cost-effective and rational approach to treatment of severe hypertension and of mild to moderate hypertension that is refractory to monotherapy. The method has several advantages, most notably improved tolerability and enhanced antihypertensive efficacy. Long-term prospective studies are neede...

journal_title：Postgraduate medicine

authors： Houston MC

更新日期：1998-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Probably nothing in the field of medicine has changed as rapidly over the last decade as antiretroviral (ARV) therapy for HIV infection. New insights into pathogenesis, new tests for measuring virus levels in plasma, and availability of powerful new drugs have combined to transform the care of persons with HIV infecti...

journal_title：Postgraduate medicine

authors： Henry K,Stiffman M,Feldman J

更新日期：1997-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thymomas may be discovered during routine evaluation, through reported symptoms, or increasingly, during evaluation for myasthenia gravis. Histologic details of these tumors have little bearing on prognosis or evaluation of malignant potential. Malignancy is determined by evidence of invasion through the tumor capsule...

journal_title：Postgraduate medicine

authors： Cohen DJ

更新日期：1986-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In most cases, patients presenting with "the worst headache ever" are found to have a benign condition, notably migraine, toxic vascular headache, or exertion-induced headache. However, ominous causes first must be excluded by appropriate investigation, such as computed tomographic or magnetic resonance imaging scans ...

journal_title：Postgraduate medicine

authors： Edmeads J

更新日期：1989-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:With prostate cancer being diagnosed and treated in more than 300,000 men each year, the pool of long-term survivors is dramatically increasing. Because these patients are usually elderly, they are often receiving follow-up care for unrelated problems in a primary care setting. This offers the physician an excellent o...

journal_title：Postgraduate medicine

authors： Freedman A,Hahn G,Love N

更新日期：1996-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The tools and methods of epidemiology, particularly the clinical trial, help guide the clinical practice of medicine. Dr Gorelick reviews the results of major clinical trials for prevention of transient cerebral ischemia and atherothrombotic stroke and assesses the effect of these findings on treatment. ...

journal_title：Postgraduate medicine

authors： Gorelick PB

更新日期：1989-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pain is among the most common reasons patients seek medical attention, and the care of patients with pain is a significant problem in the United States. Acute pain (mild-to-moderate intensity) represents one of the most frequent complaints encountered by primary care physicians (PCPs) and accounts for nearly half of p...

journal_title：Postgraduate medicine

authors： McCarberg BH

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:There is evidence that increasing severity of hypertriglyceridemia increases the risk of acute pancreatitis. There is a debate about superiority of treatment methods and previous works have specifically called for direct comparison between IV insulin and apheresis techniques. Identify patient characteristics...

journal_title：Postgraduate medicine

authors： Frankova D,Olson KM,Whyms BJ,Guevara Hernandez MA,Franko J

更新日期：2018-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Several pathologic processes can disturb the complex structures of the eyelids and orbital tissues and the muscles that enable their proper function. Some disorders, such as entropion and ectropion, are usually acquired in later years from laxity of supporting structures. Blepharoptosis has a range of causes, from agi...

journal_title：Postgraduate medicine

authors： Lissner GS

更新日期：1985-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sinusitis may present as an indolent infection, without the classic symptoms and signs commonly expected, and will probably be missed in children who have only cough and persistent rhinorrhea unless this diagnosis is kept in mind. Plain radiography is the most commonly used diagnostic procedure for sinusitis, but comp...

journal_title：Postgraduate medicine

authors： Herrera AM,deShazo RD

更新日期：1990-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Present evidence suggests that the most important nutritional factor bearing on the risk of development of diabetes mellitus is an excessive caloric intake. Other evidence suggests that both dietary prevention of diabetes and mitigation of hyperglycemia by dietary means can prevent morbidity and mortality from the mic...

journal_title：Postgraduate medicine

authors： West KM

更新日期：1976-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Objective: To examine the mean carotid intima-media thickness (CIMT) and potentially relevant determinants of increased CIMT in elders. Method: Stroke-free and cardiovascular disease-free residents aged ≥65 years were recruited in a low-income population in China. B-mode ultrasonography was performed to measure CIMT. ...

journal_title：Postgraduate medicine

authors： Yu X,Bian B,Huang J,Yao W,Wu X,Huang J,Wang J,Yang Q,Ning X

更新日期：2020-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Gastroesophageal reflux disease is a very common condition that is usually manifested by heartburn or regurgitation. Reflux esophagitis, caused by mucosal exposure to the backflow of caustic gastric contents, is primarily a result of lower esophageal sphincter dysfunction. Diagnostic workup varies but commonly include...

journal_title：Postgraduate medicine

authors： Sutherland JE

更新日期：1991-05-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The increased utilization of diagnostic procedures has prompted interest in cost-effective laboratory testing. Clinically useful tests-useful in the sense that the patient benefits-are cost effective. The choice of test(s) is determined by the risks and benefits of proposed management. In practice, the first step in c...

journal_title：Postgraduate medicine

authors： Burke MD

更新日期：1981-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The rate of decrease in coronary heart disease (CHD) mortality in the United States has slowed, probably in association with the aging of the population and the increasing rates of obesity, metabolic syndrome, and diabetes. Worldwide, guidelines for reducing risk of CHD and lowering lipid levels must continue to evolv...

journal_title：Postgraduate medicine

authors： Davidson MH

更新日期：2004-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Beta-blockers (beta-blockers) have demonstrated their value across the cardiovascular disease spectrum. Beta-blockers effectively lower blood pressure in patients with hypertension and provide symptomatic or mortality benefits in patients with heart failure and in post-myocardial infarction patients. However, despite ...

journal_title：Postgraduate medicine

authors： Kountz DS

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Preview New information emerges almost weekly about the relative importance of one factor or another in the development of coronary artery disease. Yet controversies continue over which factor deserves the most emphasis. Dr Elliott presents a broad and, at times, humorous look at research into cardiovascular risk fact...

journal_title：Postgraduate medicine

authors： Elliott WJ

更新日期：1994-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Stenosis in the right common iliac artery of a 61-year-old man was manifested as pain in the right leg and foot and cyanosis of the second and third toes. Dilatation of the lesion was performed using a Grüntzig catheter; arteriography and measurement of femoral artery pressure confirmed a successful result. The patien...

journal_title：Postgraduate medicine

authors： Mathis JM,Goncharenko V,Zelenik ME

更新日期：1980-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:This study aims to compare the effectiveness of insulin glargine 300 U/mL (Gla-300) with its accompanying patient support program with that of other basal insulin and available patient support programs in patients with type 2 diabetes (T2D) in a real-world setting in terms of achieving HEDIS (Healthcare Effec...

journal_title：Postgraduate medicine

authors： Oster G,Sullivan SD,Dalal MR,Kazemi MR,Rojeski M,Wysham CH,Sung J,Johnstone B,Cali AM,Wei LJ,Traylor L,Anhalt H,Hull M,Van Vleet J,Meneghini LF

更新日期：2016-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Primary care physicians play a pivotal role in the early identification of patients with COPD. Early diagnosis, along with aggressive intervention, is the only way that the increasing morbidity and mortality of COPD can be reversed. Any patient with a history of smoking should undergo evaluation for the possibility of...

journal_title：Postgraduate medicine

authors： Doherty DE

更新日期：2002-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Alzheimer's disease has been found to be genetically transmitted. Structural changes in the disease include loss of neurons, specifically cholinergic and perhaps noradrenergic neurons. Functional connections among neurons are also lost. No cause has yet been determined, but slow viruses, autoimmune processes, and alum...

journal_title：Postgraduate medicine

authors： Schmidt G

更新日期：1983-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Uremic polyneuropathy occurs in about half of patients undergoing dialysis and is characterized by axonal degeneration with secondary segmental demyelination. Hemodialysis or peritoneal dialysis halts the progress of polyneuropathy but usually does not bring improvement. However, improvement invariably occurs with suc...

journal_title：Postgraduate medicine

authors： Pirzada NA,Morgenlander JC

更新日期：1997-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:One way to nutritionally support patients who cannot swallow is to administer formula directly into the stomach. Placing a gastrostomy tube percutaneously using endoscopy avoids the risks of general anesthesia and wound healing that accompany surgical gastrostomy. Although certain conditions (eg, sepsis, coagulation d...

journal_title：Postgraduate medicine

authors： DiLorenzo J,Dalton B,Miskovitz P

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Considering that over half of Americans will die from cardiovascular disease, the over-whelming majority of those deaths being from atherosclerosis, we need to accept and act on the vast body of information derived from investigation of coronary risk factors. Identification of persons at risk needs to be done early--w...

journal_title：Postgraduate medicine

authors： Glatter TR

更新日期：1984-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Preview Few people can say they have never experienced some form of pressure-related changes while flying. Although uncommon on commercial flights, severe middle ear blocks do occur. Drawing from his experience treating military pilots, Dr Brown discusses the causes of barotrauma, steps that airline passengers can tak...

journal_title：Postgraduate medicine

authors： Brown TP

更新日期：1994-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The sexual addiction model enables physicians to understand the self-destructive behavior of patients whose actions may otherwise appear inexplicable. When a person is preoccupied with sex and continues to engage in compulsive sexual activity despite adverse consequences (eg, loss of marriage, job, health, freedom), h...

journal_title：Postgraduate medicine

authors： Schneider JP

更新日期：1991-11-01 00:00:00