Abstract:
:Slipped capital femoral epiphysis has been described in several syndromes associated with short stature and endocrine disturbances. I have presented a case of slipped capital femoral epiphysis in conjunction with Russell-Silver syndrome.
journal_name
South Med Jjournal_title
Southern medical journalauthors
Limbird TJdoi
10.1097/00007611-198907000-00026subject
Has Abstractpub_date
1989-07-01 00:00:00pages
902-4issue
7eissn
0038-4348issn
1541-8243journal_volume
82pub_type
杂志文章abstract::We report a case of acute appendicitis with perforation associated with retained appendiceal barium. Abnormally retained barium may lead to appendicitis and this should be kept in mind when a barium-filled appendix is seen in an asymptomatic patient. Routine follow-up films on all patients whose appendix fills with ba...
journal_title:Southern medical journal
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/00007611-198204000-00037
更新日期:1982-04-01 00:00:00
abstract::A 38-year-old African-American male complaining of pain in multiple joints was initially diagnosed with gouty arthritis concurrent with gonococcal septic arthritis. The diagnosis was made based on arthrocentesis results showing Gram-variable cocci and monosodium urate crystals in the synovial fluid. Final blood and sy...
journal_title:Southern medical journal
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/SMJ.0b013e31819ba3c0
更新日期:2009-04-01 00:00:00
abstract::This article explores the history of lupus erythematosus from the origins of the name to the most modern therapeutic advances. The review includes information about the origin of the name "lupus," the first clear description of the skin lesions, the discovery of the systemic and discoid forms, and further advances whi...
journal_title:Southern medical journal
pub_type: 历史文章,杂志文章
doi:10.1097/SMJ.0b013e318073c9eb
更新日期:2007-09-01 00:00:00
abstract::Nonmenstrual toxic shock syndrome (TSS) due to Staphylococcus aureus can lead to significant morbidity and mortality. While drotrecogin alfa (DA) has been employed in patients with Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) severe sepsis and septic shock, its utility in TSS remains unclear. The authors report ...
journal_title:Southern medical journal
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/01.smj.0000234646.27647.a6
更新日期:2006-11-01 00:00:00
abstract::We have described a case in which the diagnosis of multiple sclerosis with findings of progressive paraplegia and a neurogenic bladder led to supravesical urinary diversion. Pyocystis led to creation of a urethrovesicovaginal fistula. Psychotherapy later uncovered hysterical conversion reaction. Which was cured with h...
journal_title:Southern medical journal
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/00007611-198109000-00039
更新日期:1981-09-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVES:A small but significant number of patients make frequent emergency department (ED) visits to multiple EDs within a region. We have a unique health information exchange (HIE) that includes every ED encounter in all hospital systems in our region. Using our HIE we were able to characterize all frequent ED user...
journal_title:Southern medical journal
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.14423/SMJ.0000000000000488
更新日期:2016-07-01 00:00:00
abstract::The development of hyperthyroidism after primary hypothyroidism is unusual. We report such a case in a 37-year old man and review the clinical and immunologic aspects of the previously published cases of 50 female and 19 male patients with a similar condition. ...
journal_title:Southern medical journal
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:
更新日期:2000-07-01 00:00:00
abstract::We have reported a case of aplastic crisis occurring in an 11-year-old black boy with occult hereditary spherocytosis. An etiologic diagnosis of human parvovirus (HPV) B19 infection was confirmed serologically. The Coulter Model S + IV proved useful for both diagnosis and treatment monitoring through serial histograms...
journal_title:Southern medical journal
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/00007611-198902000-00023
更新日期:1989-02-01 00:00:00
abstract::Patients with a postpanic anxiety disorder (PPAD) have panic attacks less frequently than patients with a panic disorder. A PPAD must be suspected when a physician notes the following: persistent somatic complaints despite repeatedly normal results of physical examinations and laboratory tests, reluctance to engage in...
journal_title:Southern medical journal
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/00007611-198604000-00003
更新日期:1986-04-01 00:00:00
abstract::Chest pain is a frequent patient complaint that requires a careful history and physical examination to determine its cause. Cardiac and esophageal causes of chest pain are common, but musculoskeletal disorders such as Tietze's syndrome, chest wall pain syndromes, fibrositis, inflammatory arthritic conditions, cervical...
journal_title:Southern medical journal
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1097/00007611-198801000-00014
更新日期:1988-01-01 00:00:00
abstract::Several recent cases illustrate the medical-ethical-legal consequences associated with lack of awareness in caring for and treating the dying patient. We question whether solutions advanced by others are feasible or desirable for use in medical education, and suggest looking to the familiar principles of clinical medi...
journal_title:Southern medical journal
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/00007611-197904000-00011
更新日期:1979-04-01 00:00:00
abstract::During the last 50 years, it has become evident that atherosclerosis originates in childhood. Although cardiovascular disease (CVD) events are rare in children, autopsy data and imaging studies have documented subclinical disease in association with measurable risk factors during childhood. When present at a young age...
journal_title:Southern medical journal
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.14423/SMJ.0000000000000219
更新日期:2015-01-01 00:00:00
abstract::In a patient with left ventricular failure complicated by shock and impairment of right ventricular function caused by an infarct, right atrial pacing improved cardiac output. We believe right atrial pacing offers an alternative to plasma volume expansion, afterload reducing agents, and inotropic drugs. ...
journal_title:Southern medical journal
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/00007611-198103000-00030
更新日期:1981-03-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVE:This study aimed to identify differences in perceptions between healthcare and non-healthcare personnel when it comes to wearing scrubs in non-healthcare settings. METHODS:An anonymous survey with 11 closed-ended questions sent via e-mail to healthcare students and employees at The University of Texas Health...
journal_title:Southern medical journal
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.14423/SMJ.0000000000000861
更新日期:2018-09-01 00:00:00
abstract::Sickle cell disease (SCD) is the most common hereditary disorder and affects 30 million people worldwide. Advances in science have improved overall survival in patients with SCD and as such, more patients are reaching reproductive age and are becoming pregnant. SCD in pregnancy leads to multiple complications that put...
journal_title:Southern medical journal
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.14423/SMJ.0000000000000514
更新日期:2016-09-01 00:00:00
abstract::When patient records are to be auditied in a program designed to assess the quality of medical care rendered, careful consideration must be given to the cost of the system implemented. Structured data collection and a defined treatment plan are advantageous in facilitating the use of nonphysicians for the majority of ...
journal_title:Southern medical journal
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/00007611-197610000-00022
更新日期:1976-10-01 00:00:00
abstract::A 66-year-old white male presented with jaundice, pruritus, and a 30-pound weight loss over two months. Physical examination revealed scleral icterus. Laboratory evaluation revealed ALT 161 U/L, AST 290 U/L, alkaline phosphatase 2004 U/L, GGT 2,552 U/L, total bilirubin 10.2 mg/dL, and a carbohydrate antigen 19-9 (CA 1...
journal_title:Southern medical journal
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/01.smj.0000202695.97123.2b
更新日期:2006-03-01 00:00:00
abstract::In three patients with SIADH, mannitol or glycerol promoted a rapid free water diuresis. Use of osmotic agents requires less laboratory and clinical monitoring than use of furosemide, is appropriate treatment, and in fact may be the treatment of choice in some patients with symptomatic hyponatremia from SIADH. ...
journal_title:Southern medical journal
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/00007611-198503000-00028
更新日期:1985-03-01 00:00:00
abstract::We present this case to emphasize the potentially fatal outcome of supraventricular tachycardia in infancy, particularly if it has been undiagnosed for several days. Certainly, careful monitoring needs to take place during any attempt at cardioversion or any other noxious stimulation of the patient. Bicarbonate therap...
journal_title:Southern medical journal
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/00007611-199401000-00023
更新日期:1994-01-01 00:00:00
abstract::More than a century ago, Courvoisier published his observation on the significance of a palpable gallbladder in the differential diagnosis of obstructive jaundice. We have described two patients with newly described conditions--AIDS-associated cholangiopathy and diet-induced cholecystitis--who had a palpable gallbladd...
journal_title:Southern medical journal
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/00007611-199205000-00018
更新日期:1992-05-01 00:00:00
abstract::We have described a case of chronic pancreatitis due to stenosing papillitis relieved by sphincteroplasty and removal of pancreatic duct stones, as opposed to a major pancreatic resection. ...
journal_title:Southern medical journal
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/00007611-198310000-00033
更新日期:1983-10-01 00:00:00
abstract::In this study, 1,027 healthy men over age 40 were screened for prostate cancer with digital rectal examinations (DRE) and prostate-specific antigen (PSA) levels. Findings were abnormal in 189 (18%). PSA levels alone were abnormal (> 4.0 ng/mL) in 111 men (12%), 60 men (8%) had abnormal DRE and normal PSA, and 18 men h...
journal_title:Southern medical journal
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/00007611-199407000-00009
更新日期:1994-07-01 00:00:00
abstract::AIDS-related Kaposi's sarcoma rarely involves bone or bone marrow. Computed tomography of the abdomen and pelvis of an AIDS patient with lower back pain and bilateral limb edema revealed multiple lesions involving liver, spleen, and axial skeleton. Bone marrow examination of the involved iliac crest revealed Kaposi's ...
journal_title:Southern medical journal
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/00007611-199901000-00012
更新日期:1999-01-01 00:00:00
abstract::We present the first two known cases of infantile botulism in Oklahoma. The first case was due to type B toxin; the second was due to type A toxin. Both cases demonstrate most of the classic features of what now appears to be the most common form of botulism. Infantile botulism is an underrecognized but reversible cau...
journal_title:Southern medical journal
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/00007611-198804000-00012
更新日期:1988-04-01 00:00:00
abstract::We retrospectively reviewed 20 surgically confirmed tubo-ovarian abscesses in postmenopausal women for the period 1973 to 1989. Pain and bleeding were the two most common presenting symptoms. Nine of the 20 patients (45%) had recently had endometrial instrumentation. Fever and the presence of a pelvic mass and elevate...
journal_title:Southern medical journal
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/00007611-199207000-00006
更新日期:1992-07-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVES:Historically, surgical management of empyema was performed predominantly via open thoracotomy; however, during the past decade the use of video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) as an alternative has increased. This study retrospectively compared the outcomes and management of patients with empyema at th...
journal_title:Southern medical journal
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.14423/SMJ.0000000000000226
更新日期:2015-01-01 00:00:00
abstract::In the ten-year period from 1978 through 1987, 261 patients with intussusception were admitted to Chang Gung Memorial Hospital. The diagnosis was established by barium enema or at laparotomy. The patients were divided into two groups; there were 228 children ranging in age from 1 month to 14 years, and 33 adults. Amon...
journal_title:Southern medical journal
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:1989-02-01 00:00:00
abstract::We have reported a case of Campylobacter osteomyelitis, which we believe has not been previously reported. Symptoms and signs were nonspecific, but darkfield microscopy of a suspension of isolated bacteria was useful in making a presumptive diagnosis. Initial parenteral therapy based on sensitivity testing and prolong...
journal_title:Southern medical journal
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/00007611-198412000-00044
更新日期:1984-12-01 00:00:00
abstract::Carcinoma of the colon occurring to the right of the middle colic vessels is usually described as morphologically and clinically distinctive from cancers occurring in the left colon. Cancers of the right colon are characterized as polypoid tumors that are discovered in the search for occult blood loss, whereas carcino...
journal_title:Southern medical journal
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/00007611-198112000-00005
更新日期:1981-12-01 00:00:00
abstract::Hypothyroidism in the elderly may be associated with nonspecific symptoms. To determine the prevalence of undiagnosed hypothyroidism in residents of a skilled nursing facility, we screened 434 male and 137 female residents, aged 60 years or older, for thyroid dysfunction. Overt hypothyroidism was found in three men an...
journal_title:Southern medical journal
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/00007611-199011000-00006
更新日期:1990-11-01 00:00:00