Hypercalcaemia in association with enteric fever.

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

abstract：:The incidence, aetiology and possible inheritance of duodenal diverticula remain controversial. These aspects are discussed through the presentation of a family, in which duodenal diverticula occurred in a man and his two sons. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first such family documented in the medical liter...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Sternberg A,Deutsch AA,Kott I,Reiss R

更新日期：1984-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Inflammatory changes in the tunica vaginalis testis may assume a misleading appearance which is highly suggestive of malignancy. Obviously, histological examination is crucial for establishing the corrent diagnosis. This phenomenon has been described in texts dealing specifically with testicular pathology, but is not ...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Sternberg A,Mor C,Servadio C,Reiss R

更新日期：1981-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In 40 hypertensive patients continuous ECG recording was done before and after 30 days treatment with indapamide 2.5 mg. There was no change in heart rate. In addition, the incidence of extrasystoles was not changed in patients in whom the ECG was normal before treatment (30 cases) or in 8 of the 10 patients who had a...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Haiat R,Lellouch A,Lanfranchi J,Witchitz S

更新日期：1981-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two-hundred and nine patients were entered into a prospective, randomized trial in order to determine whether a vertical or transverse abdominal incision is the more satisfactory in producing sound wounds. Ninety-six patients were randomized between paramedian and transverse incisions, and followed up for at least 1 y...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Ellis H,Coleridge-Smith PD,Joyce AD

更新日期：1984-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 63 year old man who suffered from syringomyelia related to post-meningitic spinal arachnoiditis caused by Candida tropicalis is reported. The clinical syndrome of syringomyelia developed gradually and a definite diagnosis was delayed for more than 10 years. The patient has partially recovered after surgical treatmen...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Phanthumchinda K,Kaoropthum S

更新日期：1991-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Helicobacter pylori is associated with gastritis, peptic ulcers and gastric malignancies. Little attention has been paid to the possibility that it may also have a role in the pathogenesis of reflux oesophagitis. This is especially true in elderly patients who have life-long infection and provide an ideal group to stu...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Liston R,Pitt MA,Banerjee AK

更新日期：1996-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper reviews the adverse events reported by 12,917 patients treated with cephalexin in formal clinical trials. Six percent of all patients reported adverse events, and in 3% the association with the drug was thought to be definite or probable. In the remaining 3%, the relationship was uncertain. The gastrointest...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Burt RA

更新日期：1983-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two hundred and sixty one patients attending a geriatric service were asked to give details of their usual medications without reference to drug bottles or written lists. Recall was tested in 4 categories: name of drugs, drug dosage, frequency of administration, and reason for the drug being prescribed. Drug recall wa...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： al Mahdy H,Seymour DG

更新日期：1990-02-01 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：: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 17 year old woman presented with severe anaemia due to menorrhagia. On investigation, she was shown to have abnormalities of her haemostatic mechanism consistent with von Willebrand's disease Type I, although there was no family history of this disorder. In addition, she was shown to have severe primary hypothyroidi...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Blesing NE,Hambley H,McDonald GA

更新日期：1990-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lymphocyte adenosine deaminase (L-ADA) activity, a measure of lymphocyte activity, was estimated in 10 healthy controls and 30 patients with typhoid fever (20 uncomplicated and 10 complicated) at the time of admission, at onset of complications and weekly until recovery. Mean L-ADA activity in healthy controls was 20....

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Khosla SN,Kumar D,Singh V

更新日期：1992-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Rapid response systems (RRSs) have been introduced to facilitate effective 'rescue' of seriously ill patients on hospital wards. While research has demonstrated some benefit, uncertainty remains regarding impact on patient outcomes. Little is known about the relationship between social contexts and the app...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Mackintosh N,Rainey H,Sandall J

更新日期：2012-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A patient with Laurence-Moon-Biedl syndrome and nephrotic range proteinuria is presented. Radiological investigation of the urinary tract revealed clubbed calyces but no evidence of obstruction or vesicoureteric reflux. Renal biopsy revealed occasional sclerotic glomeruli, extensive foot-process fusion and segmental g...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Cheng IK,Chan KW,Chan MK,Kung A,Ma J,Wang C

更新日期：1988-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Three studies reported here have confirmed that lornoxicam is effective in osteoarthritis and the ideal dose appears to be 12 mg daily. Overall, lornoxicam appears to be a useful drug in the treatment of both osteo- and rheumatoid arthritis, from the data presently available. ...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Berry H,Ollier S

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Shaken baby syndrome is the most common cause of death or serious neurological injury resulting from child abuse. It is specific to infancy, when children have unique anatomic features. Subdural and retinal haemorrhages are markers of shaking injury. An American radiologist, John Caffey, coined the name whiplash shake...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Blumenthal I

更新日期：2002-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thirty patients who had undergone major abdominal surgery were randomly assigned to a continuous infusion of either 0.45 mg meptazinol/kg/hr or 0.3 mg pethidine/kg/hr. Analgesia was assessed by rating scale, ranging from 0 (no pain) to 10 (unbearable pain), and by questionnaire. Respiration rate was closely monitored ...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Church JJ

更新日期：1983-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A previously undescribed type of congenital abdominal wall hernia is described. Presentation was with the symptoms and signs of subacute large bowel obstruction. The diagnosis was suggested by barium enema and confirmed at laparotomy. ...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Siriwardena AK

更新日期：1989-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Elective root replacement in Marfan syndrome has improved life expectancy in affected patients. Three forms of surgery are now available: total root replacement (TRR) with a valved conduit, valve sparing root replacement (VSRR) and personalised external aortic root support (PEARS) with a macroporous mesh sleeve. TRR c...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Treasure T,Takkenberg JJ,Pepper J

更新日期：2016-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case of myxoedema coma is reported where the administration of chlorpromazine resulted in a prolonged dystonic reaction. A similar challenge with a butyrophenone when the patient was on thyroxine caused a similar but much abbreviated response. ...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Wood GM,Waters AK

更新日期：1980-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Micronutrients play a central part in metabolism and in the maintenance of tissue function. An adequate intake therefore is necessary, but provision of excess supplements to people who do not need them may be harmful. Single micronutrient deficiency states are comparatively easily recognised and treated. Subclinical d...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Shenkin A

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Greater trochanteric pain syndrome (GTPS) is a commonly diagnosed regional pain syndrome with a wide spectrum of aetiologies, reflecting the anatomy of the structures outside the hip joint capsule. There are five muscle tendons that insert on to the greater trochanter and three bursae in the region of the greater troc...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Chowdhury R,Naaseri S,Lee J,Rajeswaran G

更新日期：2014-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Six Arabs subjects (three postpubertal, two prepubertal and one pubertal) from three interrelated Omani families with male pseudohermaphroditism due to 5 alpha-reductase-2 deficiency were evaluated. These subjects had been raised as girls since birth as they were born with a clitoral-like phallus and ambiguous externa...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： al-Attia HM

更新日期：1997-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A review of the role of presynaptic receptors in the modulation of neurotransmitter release indicates two types of presynaptic receptors. By means of presynaptic inhibitory autoreceptors a neurotransmitter can regulate its own release. In addition, presynaptic receptors are acted upon by other endogenous compounds, ei...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Langer SZ,Arbilla S

更新日期：1981-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Liver transplantation is a useful treatment for end stage liver disease of all aetiologies but recurrent disease presents an ongoing challenge, particularly for hepatitis C virus (HCV) where recurrence is almost universal. Immunosuppression is needed for all patients after transplantation and should be tailored to the...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Gee I,Alexander G

更新日期：2005-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Workplace-based assessments (WBAs) were originally intended to inform learning and development by structuring effective observation-based feedback. The success of this innovation has not yet been established due in part to the widely varied tools, implementation strategies and research approaches. Using a conce...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Barrett A,Galvin R,Scherpbier AJ,Teunissen PW,O'Shaughnessy A,Horgan M

更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 56 year old man presented with an atypical chest infection. Remote inferoposterior myocardial infarction was noted on electrocardiography and transthoracic echocardiography. Hepatic failure developed with sudden gross elevation of liver aminotransferases and coagulopathy. No primary hepatic cause could be identified...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Szawarski P,Sensky PR,Doshi M,Hudson I

更新日期：2004-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The protean neurological manifestations of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection are reviewed. Both the central nervous system and peripheral nervous system may be affected and many of the complications may occur in individuals with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS)-related complex, or who are seroposit...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Kennedy PG

更新日期：1988-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Churg-Strauss syndrome is a systemic vasculitis. Its most frequent complications are heart diseases and asthma. Usually, cardiological manifestations are pericarditis, cardiac failure and myocardial infarction. Endobronchial granulomas identified by bronchoscopy are unusual. We present the case of a man with congestiv...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Alvarez-Sala R,Prados C,Armada E,Del Arco A,Villamor J

更新日期：1995-06-01 00:00:00