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abstract：:Acute gastroduodenal erosions and ulcerations, often with life-threatening gastrointestinal hemorrhage, contribute to high mortality in critically ill patients. Hypersecretion of gastric acid to some degree seems to be necessary. Antacids and recently cimetidine, a histamine H2-receptor antagonist, have been used for ...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Luk GD

更新日期：1980-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acute methemoglobinemia is a medical emergency that can rapidly become fatal. A substantial number of drugs, including topical preparations, can precipitate this condition. I report a rare example of severe, acute methemoglobinemia caused by oropharyngeal anesthesia with topical benzocaine spray for orogastric intubat...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Cooper HA

更新日期：1997-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Human ehrlichiosis is a tick-borne rickettsial disease characterized by fever, headache, myalgias, anorexia, and occasionally rash. In our patient, changes in mental status, upper motor neuron signs, cerebrospinal fluid pleocytosis, and increased serum protein levels were found in association with serologically confir...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Harkess JR,Stucky D,Ewing SA

更新日期：1990-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The term "top of the basilar" has been used in reference to a group of signs and symptoms of midbrain, diencephalic, and posteroinferior hemispheric dysfunction. It has been attributed to ischemia in the territory of second- and third-order vessels that arise from the uppermost portion of the basilar artery. We report...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Gomez CR,Hogan PA,Cruz-Rodriguez RF,Jumao-As AP

更新日期：1988-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A hallmark of the clinical syndrome of thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura (TTP) is evidence of microangiopathic hemolytic anemia. The presence of schistocytes on the peripheral blood smear, elevated plasma lactic dehydrogenase, and decreased haptoglobin concentration are used as evidence of microangiopathic hemolytic...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Daram SR,Philipneri M,Puri N,Bastani B

更新日期：2005-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A man who received therapeutic irradiation to limited areas of each lung for intrapulmonary Hodgkin's disease developed bronchioalveolar carcinoma in the same areas more than 20 years later. This is the first report of a malignant process developing in areas of the lung that had been previously irradiated for treatmen...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Lesser M,Chang JC,Yoo OH,Roswit B

更新日期：1983-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Most nonendocrine pancreatic neoplasms are adenocarcinomas of ductal cell or acinar origin. Primary carcinomas of the pancreas with squamous differentiation are rare enough to warrant a search for other primary tumors. In the past few decades, well-documented individual reports and large series reviews support the vie...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Colarian J,Fowler D,Schor J,Poolos S

更新日期：2000-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hyperfunctioning thyroid nodule was diagnosed in a 72-year-old woman. When the nodule reached a diameter of 3.5 cm, overt thyrotoxicosis of the apathetic type was precipitated by hemorrhage into the nodule during a period of excessive anticoagulation. All abnormal physical signs and symptoms as well as laboratory find...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Olchovsky D,Pines A,Zwas ST,Itzchak Y,Halkin H

更新日期：1985-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Colorectal cancer (CRC) is predominantly a disease of the elderly population, but it sometimes occurs in young patients. The diagnosis of CRC in youngsters is often overlooked by physicians or presentation may be delayed. METHODS:With assistance from the cancer registry center of Taipei Veterans General Hos...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Chen LK,Hwang SJ,Li AF,Lin JK,Wu TC

更新日期：2001-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have used the island gluteus maximus musculocutaneous flap to cover sacral pressure sores. In this report, we describe the surgical anatomy, cadaveric dissections (n = 25), and postoperative follow-up (one to 40 months) in 13 clinical cases. Our results compare favorably with those of other previously reported seri...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Rees RS,Reilley AF,Nanney LB,Lynch JB

更新日期：1985-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have presented a case of primary testicular carcinoid in an otherwise asymptomatic 50-year-old white man treated by right orchiectomy; a postoperative abdominal CT scan was normal. Histologically and cytologically the tumor resembled carcinoids of midgut origin. Most primary testicular carcinoid tumors are not clin...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Walker AN,White CR,Erickson DJ,Powell S

更新日期：1988-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A rare case of alveolar rhabdomyosarcoma of the urinary bladder, manifested as a systemic disease in a 51-year-old woman, was diagnosed at necropsy. Diffuse lytic bone lesions and extensive bone marrow involvement with a leukoerythroblastic blood picture led to an initial clinical diagnosis of a hematologic malignancy...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Zarabi CM,Huntrakoon M,Fine KD

更新日期：1987-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Gabapentin, an antiepileptic agent, is a safe and versatile medication also used in the adjunctive treatment of painful disorders. These include neuropathic pain, such as postherpetic neuralgia, diabetic neuropathy, and the pain of reflex sympathetic dystrophy. Interstitial cystitis, a painful disease entity, shares m...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Hansen HC

更新日期：2000-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Asbestos is a versatile fibrous mineral that can cause lung disease and death. Asbestosis, benign pleural disease, lung cancer, and mesothelioma can all result from inhaling asbestos. The history of disease and exposure risks are discussed. The difficult assessment of risk and the long latency period for development o...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Westerfield BT

更新日期：1992-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Accurate reptile envenomation mortality data for the United States is unavailable. Using data from the National Vital Statistics System (NVSS), deaths from 1979 through 1998 were analyzed. METHODS:Records of deaths from reptile envenomation were selected using matches to code E905.0 of the International Cla...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Morgan BW,Lee C,Damiano L,Whitlow K,Geller R

更新日期：2004-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Since 1965, 330 patients have received chronic dialysis treatment at the Nashville VA Hospital. Home hemodialysis training was established in 1968, and a unique class format has been used since 1970. Despite the national trend of fewer patients beginning home dialysis each year, more than 50 percent of our patients ha...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Latos DL,Spannuth CL,Stone WJ

更新日期：1977-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Treatment of major abdominal vascular injuries is a challenge. Since 1973, 93 patients have been treated at our institution for 147 abdominal vascular injuries. The majority of these injuries (67%) resulted from penetrating trauma in young men between 21 and 30 years of age. Upon admission 72% of the patients were in ...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Adkins RB Jr,Bitseff EL Jr,Meacham PW

更新日期：1985-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Gastrointestinal side effects from nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) result mainly from inhibition of the enzyme cyclooxygenase (COX)-1; it is responsible for the synthesis of prostaglandin E2, which leads to increased mucosal blood flow, increased bicarbonate secretion, and mucus production, thus protecti...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Linder JD,Mönkemüller KE,Davis JV,Wilcox CM

更新日期：2000-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have described a patient with strangulation of a Meckel's diverticulum in a femoral hernia. In the case of Littre's hernia, true diagnosis before surgical intervention is rare if not impossible. It is therefore important that the surgeon be well versed in the management of such cases, as well as in distinguishing a...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Trupo FJ,Aburahma A

更新日期：1987-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pressure modes of invasive mechanical ventilation generate a tidal breath by delivering pressure over time. Pressure control ventilation (PC) is the prototypical pressure mode and is patient- or time-triggered, pressure-limited, and time-cycled. Other pressure modes include pressure support ventilation (PSV), pressure...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Singer BD,Corbridge TC

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In response to the increasing care needs of geriatric patients and attendant hospital costs, the Nashville Veterans Administration Medical Center, which has 393 beds and admits 8400 patients annually, initiated an Intermediate Care Service in 1988. A geriatric team was formed, sharing staff and resources from existing...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Hauser B,Robinson J,Powers JS,Laubacher MA

更新日期：1991-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a retrospective review from 1987 to 1989, we identified seven alcoholics who had severe acute hepatocellular injury soon after using acetaminophen for therapeutic purposes and who had no suicidal intent. All had markedly elevated serum transaminase values (aspartate aminotransferase greater than 4000 U/L) and prolo...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Wootton FT,Lee WM

更新日期：1990-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have described an unusual case of tuberculous sacroiliitis associated with adrenal insufficiency, with details of radiologic studies and review of the literature concerning tuberculous sacroiliitis. ...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Goldberg J,Kovarsky J

更新日期：1983-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mucus-secreting adenocarcinoma of the renal pelvis is an extremely rare tumor. It arises from multipotential transitional epithelium which is capable of undergoing metaplastic transformation when subjected to chronic irritation from calculi, hydronephrosis, or pyelonephritis. Women are affected slightly more often tha...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Wild RM,Ladaga LE,Copeland JS,Schellhammer PF

更新日期：1979-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:This study seeks to determine the effect of the Texas motorcycle helmet law on fatalities since the repeal of the universal helmet law in 1997. METHODS:Texas monthly motorcycle accident data between 1994 and 2004 were obtained from the National Highway Transportation Safety Administration's Fatality Analysi...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Bavon A,Standerfer C

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It has been claimed that sonographic techniques offer no advantages over palpation of the maternal abdomen for detection of macrosomatia. We studied a group of 498 pregnant patients, 36 (7.2%) of whom gave birth to infants having macrosomatia. A sensitivity of 67%, specificity of 97%, and positive predictive value of ...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Rossavik IK,Joslin GL

更新日期：1993-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Physicians often treat patients with physical illnesses that have a functional component. Investigators have discovered that many of these patients have unresolved emotional problems associated with histories of trauma and abuse. METHODS:Abused and traumatized patients with medical complaints often seek med...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Brende JO,Dill JE,Dill B,Sibcy GA

更新日期：1998-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:I have reported two cases of Mallory-Weiss tear occurring after the patients drank an oral electrolyte/polyethylene glycol preparation before colonoscopy. Only two other such cases have been previously reported. ...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Hroncich ME

更新日期：1992-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This review article provides insight into the evolution of professional healthcare chaplaincy. It identifies key historical developments identifying the training, qualifications, and competencies of chaplains. Consideration is given to both the unique character of the pastoral role in healthcare as well as the contrib...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Ford T,Tartaglia A

更新日期：2006-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This is a prospective clinical study of 41 consecutive patients with isolated tears of the medial meniscus who underwent meniscectomy by conventional arthrotomy. The results are presented in terms of length of hospitalization, complications, analgesic requirements during hospitalization, and ability to regain muscle c...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Henard DC

更新日期：1983-09-01 00:00:00