Timeliness of Treatment Initiation and Associated Survival Following Diagnosis of Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer in South Carolina.

abstract：BACKGROUND:The blood gas analyzer (BGA) has been considered the "gold standard" for pleural fluid pH determination. METHODS:We report the various methods used to measure pleural fluid pH by 277 acute care institutions who responded to a mailed questionnaire. The techniques used included the BGA (32%), dip stick or pH ...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Chandler TM,McCoskey EH,Byrd RP Jr,Roy TM

更新日期：1999-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:All cases of surgically proven and cured primary hyperparathyroidism, over a five-year period, were reviewed for the presence of hypertension, renal and/or prerenal azotemia, nephrolithiasis, nephrocalcinosis, and patient symptom status. In this group of 23 patients, the prevalence of hypertension was greater than 78%...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Lueg MC

更新日期：1982-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Massive bleeding from a pharyngoesophageal diverticulum is a rarely reported condition, with only two reported cases in the literature. This report describes a patient who had massive bleeding due to ulceration in the base of a pharyngoesophageal diverticulum, presumed to have been caused by chronic aspirin ingestion....

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Hendren WG,Anderson T,Miller JI

更新日期：1990-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mycobacterium fortuitum is a rare, opportunistic pathogen most frequently contracted through contact with a contaminated source. An immunocompetent 26-year-old female patient presented to our institution with an infected lumboperitoneal (LP) shunt presenting as continued nonhealing wounds. After multiple debridements,...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Zakrzewski J,Hu K,Neisewander BL,Esfahani DR,Bhimani AD,Shah HP,Haddadin DW,Mehta AI

更新日期：2019-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Prognosis of angiosarcoma, the most common primary malignant cardiac tumor, is very poor. An early detection and treatment may extend survival beyond one year. Newer imaging modalities, including magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), play an important role in the evaluation of cardiac masses. The case of a man admitted to...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Vautrin E,Barone-Rochette G,Thony F,Lantuejoul S,Towie DH,Bach V,Baguet JP

更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Chronic Illness Problem Inventory (CIPI) was used to assess level of psychosocial functioning in 89 patients with sickle cell disease. The results indicated that sickle cell patients have significant psychosocial distress in the areas of employment and finances, sleeping and eating, and performance of normal daily...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Barrett DH,Wisotzek IE,Abel GG,Rouleau JL,Platt AF Jr,Pollard WE,Eckman JR

更新日期：1988-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 54-year-old man deliberately drank a potassium-gold cyanide solution that contained approximately 1,650 mg of potassium cyanide. He survived after treatment with the Lilly antidote kit and hyperbaric oxygen. ...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Goodhart GL

更新日期：1994-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thirty-two patients with a resectable mass in the head of the pancreas had pancreaticoduodenectomy for suspected or proven cancer. Twenty-eight proved to have cancer (15 periampullary and 13 pancreatic), and four had pancreatitis. The five-year survival for periampullary and pancreatic cancer was 25% and 0%, respectiv...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Harris PL,Rumley TO,Lineaweaver WC,Copeland EM 3rd

更新日期：1985-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Methimazole is a widely used and generally well-tolerated antithyroid agent. A 43-year-old woman had severe jaundice and itching 1 month after receiving methimazole (10 mg tid) and propranolol (20 mg tid) for treatment of hyperthyroidism. The patient continued treatment for another 4 days after the appearance of jaund...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Mikhail NE

更新日期：2004-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In addition to assuring an adequate and safe blood supply, blood collection agencies are responsible for the well being of donors. Several aspects of the current blood donor experience may negatively impact donor health and require modification. Physicians need to be aware of health-related issues associated with bloo...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Reiss RF,Kessler D

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To understand fully a physician's role in society, and to deal successfully with the current sense of crisis, the medical profession must evolve a world-view that appropriately relates a physician to the patient, to the practice environment, to the base of knowledge, and to the physician's own sense of self. Such a wo...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Bessinger CD Jr

更新日期：1988-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Endorphins and narcotics have been implicated in the exacerbation of neurologic deficits after stroke. To test the theory that narcotic antagonists might offer an improvement in neurologic sequelae following stroke, we administered various doses of naloxone intraperitoneally to 50 adult gerbils 45 minutes after caroti...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Benzel EC,Musgrove CC 2nd,Kesterson L

更新日期：1989-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Over the past 10 years, one of us (M.C.A.) has treated 92 patients who required operation for symptoms associated with alcohol-induced chronic fibrocalcific pancreatitis. Four of these patients had duodenal obstruction. All four had had lateral pancreaticojejunostomy to relieve pancreatic ductal obstruction and associ...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Taylor SM,Adams DB,Anderson MC

更新日期：1991-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The epidemiology of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) was investigated at a tertiary care hospital, and relationship was made between the clinical and genetic definitions of community- and healthcare-associated MRSA. METHODS:Nonduplicate isolates of S. aureus were collected during 2004. Iso...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Patel M,Hoesley CJ,Moser SA,Stamm AM,Baddley JW,Waites KB

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thirty-two cases of gonococcal arthritis in pregnant women admitted to Jackson Memorial Hospital between 1962 and 1971 are reviewed. Our specific aim is to reinforce awareness of this serious complication in pregnancy. The incidence of gonococcal arthritis is higher in women, but more significantly, it appears that th...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Chapman DR,Fernandez-Rocha L

更新日期：1975-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Using local anesthesia, we did 97 carotid endarterectomies--48 of them for acute completed stroke, stroke in evolution, or stroke associated with unstable neurologic status, and 49 for transient cerebral ischemic attack. The neurologic status of the awake patients was monitored continuously. Neurologic deterioration r...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Khanna HL,Garg AG

更新日期：1989-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Most patients with heart failure today are treated by primary care practitioners, not cardiologists. The Consensus Recommendations for the Management of Chronic Heart Failure, developed by the Advisory Council to Improve Outcomes Nationwide in Heart Failure, provide practice guidelines for the prevention, diagnosis, a...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Basile J

更新日期：2001-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Haemophilus influenzae endocarditis on a prosthetic valve has previously been reported only once. Routine physical and laboratory evaluation does not distinguish endocarditis from this organism from other causes of endocarditis. Our patient with prosthetic mitral valve endocarditis was successfully treated with antibi...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Blair TP,Baker WP

更新日期：1985-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Electrical injuries may occur from high or low voltage contact. Low voltage injuries usually occur in the home, tetany may lead to sustained contact, and dangerous cardiac disturbances often result. High voltage injuries are usually work related and result from brief contact but may cause serious tissue destruction an...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Martinez JA,Nguyen T

更新日期：2000-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have described a 47-year-old white woman who had spontaneous E coli K1 meningitis after acquiring an E coli K1 urinary tract infection with associated sepsis. The patient's symptoms consisted only of severe headache, fever, and malaise. She had no meningeal or focal neurologic signs, and the CSF did not contain whi...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Gilmore RL,Lebow R,Berk SL

更新日期：1983-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Older adults who may not complain of balance problems may nevertheless be developing subtle balance problems that may affect future functioning. This study sought to determine whether subtle problems could be predicted by standard balance testing. METHODS:At the geriatric medicine clinic at an academic terti...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Cohen HS,Sangi-Haghpeykar H,Williams SP

更新日期：2020-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study investigated the efficacy of perioperative antibiotics in preventing bacteremic infection of vascular suture lines, Dacron grafts, and bovine heterografts. One hundred forty-nine dogs had either segmental excision of the abdominal aorta with primary repair, Dacron prosthesis, or bovine heterograft placement...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Wilson SE,Wang S,Gordon HE

更新日期：1977-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ninety-four children with typhoid fever presented with the primary complaints of fever, diarrhea, and vomiting. Fifty-two percent had hepatomegaly and derangements of SGOT and LDH. None developed hepatic decompensation and all had rapid clinical recovery. The abnormal liver function test served no prognostic purpose. ...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Colon AR

更新日期：1976-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To explore temporal trends and geographic variations in mortality from prescription opioids from 1999 to 2016. METHODS:Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Wide-ranging Online Data for Epidemiologic Research Multiple Cause of Death files were used to calculate age-adjusted rates and 95% confidence int...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Palumbo SA,Hennekens CH,Robishaw JD,Levine RS

更新日期：2020-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We evaluated the medical history, physical examination, and laboratory tests done on 245 patients with laparoscopically proven ectopic pregnancies. The absence of abdominal pain was the only clinically useful negative predictive value (91%) regarding tubal rupture. Although mean levels of serum human chorionic gonadot...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Hirata AJ,Soper DE,Bump RC,Hurt WG

更新日期：1991-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Atomoxetine (Strattera®, Eli Lilly and Co.) is the first non-stimulant drug in the United States (US) to be approved for the treatment of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). In the past, physicians have been concerned about the safety of a variety of ADHD medications. As a result, non-stimulant drugs were...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Seifi A,Griffith H,Avestimehr S,Dib H

更新日期：2011-02-01 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：:All indexed cases of typhoid fever occurring in children over a ten-year period in Jacksonville, Fla, were studied retrospectively. This review revealed that anorexia was the most common gastrointestinal complaint and that neurologic symptoms and signs were nearly as common as gastrointestinal signs. There was a signi...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Tolaymat A,Fakhreddine F,David CB,Whitworth JM

更新日期：1979-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have described a 6-day-old male infant who presented with Neisseria gonorrhoeae conjunctivitis and a scalp abscess. Delivery was complicated by rupture of the membranes 24 hours before delivery and fetal monitoring for four hours. The rare scalp abscesses caused by gonococci cleared with penicillin therapy. ...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Brook I,Rodriguez WJ,Controni G,Gold B

更新日期：1980-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We present a case believed to be the first reported North American presentation of Ascaris lumbricoides within the urogenital tract. A young man came to the emergency department because of painless hematuria and having observed a 6-inch worm exit his urethra while urinating. The most common site for A lumbricoides inf...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Quick G,Sheikho SH,Walker JS

更新日期：2001-04-01 00:00:00