Bacterial calcification in infective endocarditis.

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess the general use of all non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAID) and their relation to upper gastrointestinal bleeding in view of National Institute for Clinical Excellence guidelines published in July 2001 in the UK. METHODS:Cross sectional study on all patients who were referred for endoscopy...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Lim CH,Heatley RV

更新日期：2005-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report what we believe is the first recorded case of Mondor's disease associated with metastatic lung cancer presenting in the breast. An association between Mondor's disease and primary breast cancer has been described previously. In patients with Mondor's disease and primary breast cancer has been described previ...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Courtney SP,Polacarz S,Raftery AT

更新日期：1989-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chlorpromazine-induced agranulocytosis is an uncommon disorder associated with a high frequency of fatality. We describe two patients with chlorpromazine-induced granulocytosis in whom granulocyte colony stimulating factor (G-CSF) administration enhanced the speed of neutrophil recovery. No toxicity was noted with G-C...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Kendra JR,Rugman FP,Flaherty TA,Myers A,Horsfield N,Barton A,Russell L

更新日期：1993-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:New-onset seizures are frequent manifestations of central nervous system disorders in patients infected with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). Seizures are more common in advanced stages of the disease, although they may occur early in the course of illness. In the majority of patients, seizures are of the generalis...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Garg RK

更新日期：1999-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Interstitial nephritis is an inflammatory process within the renal interstitium, and was one of the first observations made in the description of renal histopathology. Many different conditions are associated with an interstitial nephritis, and as a clinical diagnosis the term has little use unless causation is define...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Dhillon S,Higgins RM

更新日期：1997-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thrombolysis has been very effective in reducing the morbidity and mortality from acute myocardial infarction. Serious adverse events are not uncommon, however. We describe a case in which a haemopericardium and tamponade developed in a patient with a history of recurrent idiopathic pericarditis and to whom streptokin...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Heymann TD,Culling W

更新日期：1994-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Several cardiorespiratory diseases can complicate human immunodeficiency virus infection. Primary pulmonary hypertension is a rare clinical disorder which carries a bad prognosis. More than 90 cases of HIV-associated primary pulmonary hypertension have been reported to date. Although its pathogenesis remains unknown, ...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Golpe R,Fernandez-Infante B,Fernandez-Rozas S

更新日期：1998-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The survival of whites who have been treated for pernicious anaemia (PA) is unaffected, apart from incurring a greater risk of gastric cancers. The long term outcome of PA in Chinese is unknown. METHODS:A hospital based prospective longitudinal study of Chinese PA patients was conducted. Patients with known...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Chan JC,Liu HS,Kho BC,Lau TK,Li VL,Chan FH,Leong IS,Pang HK,Lee CK,Liang YS

更新日期：2008-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A patient with an aggressive intrasinusoidal non-Hodgkins lymphoma, presenting with marked systemic disturbance but only a mildly raised alkaline phosphatase as a localising sign is described. All imaging studies of the liver were normal and the diagnosis was delayed until a percutaneous liver biopsy was performed. On...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Camidge R,Ong E,Lucraft H

更新日期：2000-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe two patients with diabetes mellitus and associated neuropathy, who presented with painless foot swelling and no history of trauma. X-Rays revealed recent underlying fractures-in one of a metatarsus, and the other of a proximal phalanx. These were assumed to be 'stress' fractures unassociated with pain beca...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Gill G,Benbow S,Tesfaye S,Kaczmarczyk E,Kaye L

更新日期：1997-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) anomaly is one of the macroenzymes. Macroenzymes are enzymes in serum that have formed high molecular mass complexes, either by self polymerisation or by association with other serum components. The aim of this study was to identify the properties of LDH anomaly and observe the cha...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Liu ZJ,Zhang Y,Zhang XB,Yang X

更新日期：2004-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Prostatic involvement is an unusual complication of Wegener's granulomatosis. We report two cases with this complication and emphasize the importance of recognizing this manifestation in diagnosis and management of the disease condition. ...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Tung KT,Woolf A,Falzon M

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Quantitative lipoprotein level data was obtained from healthy subjects and patients with ischaemic heart disease or peripheral vascular disease in four European communities. Hypertriglyceridaemia, due mainly to an increase in VLDL triglyceride, was commoner in London and Uppsala than in Naples and Geneva. In three com...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Lewis B,Carlson LA,Mancini M,Micheli H

更新日期：1975-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The anti-hypertensive effect of 250 mg tienilic acid was comparable to that of 50 mg hydrochlorothiazide. Unlike hydrochlorothiazide, tienilic acid caused a statistically significant decrease in the serum uric acid values. Clinically non-significant rises in blood urea nitrogen and serum creatinine occurred with both ...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： McMahon FG,Ryan JR,Jain AK

更新日期：1979-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Retroperitoneal fibrosis, either idiopathic or associated with aortic inflammatory aneurysm, is a chronic fibrotic disease that causes progressive obstruction of ureters and vessels around the lower abdominal aorta. Treatment is often difficult (surgery) or hazardous (steroids). We report a case of a woman with retrop...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Frankart L,Lorge F,Donckier J

更新日期：1997-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Submucosal dissection of the oesophagus is a rare oesophageal disorder. We report a patient who had recurrent episodes of dissection and achalasia. Both recurrence and the association with achalasia are to our knowledge unique. ...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Hooper TL,Gholkar J,Smith SR,Manns JJ,Moussalli H

更新日期：1986-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A patient with long-standing ischaemic heart disease and severe low output congestive cardiac failure received numerous diuretics, which gradually became ineffective. Resistant oedema was treated by adding demeclocycline to the current diuretic regime of frusemide and metolazone. Diuresis resulted, oedema disappeared ...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Bonser RS,Ghose RR

更新日期：1980-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two cases of patients with ischaemic colitis requiring operative treatment are presented. Both had received a commonly used psychotropic drug in large dosage before the acute episode. Evidence is produced which may link the drugs used with the condition of ischaemic colitis. ...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Gollock JM,Thomson JP

更新日期：1984-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Gastric cancer is a cause of significant morbidity and mortality. There are several risk factors, with occupation emerging as one of these. There is considerable evidence that occupations in coal and tin mining, metal processing, particularly steel and iron, and rubber manufacturing industries lead to an increased ris...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Raj A,Mayberry JF,Podas T

更新日期：2003-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a case of eosinophilic fasciitis, with the unusual features of pulmonary and pleural involvement. Similar cases which involve the lungs have been reported after exposure to L-tryptophan, but there is no relevant drug history in this case. ...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Killen JW,Swift GL,White RJ

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Excess body weight, as defined by the body mass index (BMI), has been associated with several diseases and includes subjects who are overweight (BMI≥25-29.9 kg/m(2)) or obese (BMI≥30 kg/m(2)). Overweight and obesity constitute the fifth leading risk for overall mortality, accounting for at least 2.8 million adult deat...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Bardou M,Barkun AN,Martel M

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Despite obesity being a major risk factor for ischaemic stroke (IS), the association between body mass index (BMI) and IS in patients with hypertension remains uncertain. OBJECTIVE:To assess the association between BMI and IS among elderly hypertensive patients in China. METHODS AND RESULTS:We recruited 35...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Huang J,Liu L,Yu YL,Chen CL,Lo K,Huang YQ,Tang ST,Feng YQ

更新日期：2020-03-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Improvements in magnetic resonance (MR) imaging now permit diagnostic images of the fetus to be obtained. Ultrasound remains vital in all aspects of fetal imaging but MR provides a useful second line imaging test. Its value is best researched in fetal central nervous system disorders but it can be applied in other are...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Weston MJ

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Circulating nitric oxide (NO) and lipid levels are closely associated with coronary artery disease (CAD). It is unclear whether the rs1799983 polymorphism in endothelial nitric oxide synthase (NOS3) gene is associated with plasma levels of NO and lipids. This systematic review and meta-analysis (Preferred Re...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Luo Z,Jia A,Lu Z,Muhammad I,Adenrele A,Song Y

更新日期：2019-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Schönlein-Henoch purpura may be complicated by hypoproteinaemia, which in most patients is due to the development of nephrotic syndrome. However, in some proteinuria is insignificant and enteric protein loss has been suggested as the cause. A case with supportive evidence for this is reported. ...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Waller DG,Dalziel KL

更新日期：1980-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A study was undertaken to determine the effects of long-term insulin therapy on the development and regression of lipid perturbations and experimental cholesterol atherosclerosis in rabbits: (1) Insulin administration for 15 days significantly reduced plasma lipid levels and free fatty acids in rabbits fed a high-chol...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Marquié G

更新日期：1978-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Prolonged coma resulting from hypoxic brain injury is usually associated with a dismal chance of return to independent existence. In this report a case is described of a 60 year old man who recovered and returned to work as a university professor after being in a vegetative state at least 8 weeks after a prolonged cer...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Falk RH

更新日期：1990-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An audit of the introduction of a protocol for thromboprophylaxis at caesarean section revealed over treatment of low risk women and the under treatment of high risk women. A routine computer generated risk assessment profile was introduced as part of a maternity information system. Reaudit showed a significant improv...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Taylor GM,McKenzie CA,Mires GJ

更新日期：2000-06-01 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：:A patient with a poorly differentiated clear cell adenocarcinoma of the ovary presenting as pyrexia of unknown origin is reported. Following resection of the tumour, her pyrexia resolved completely. ...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Schofield PM,Kirsop BA,Reginald P,Harington M

更新日期：1985-02-01 00:00:00