Hepatomegaly with bull's eye calcifications.

abstract：:The acute and long-term haemodynamic effects of pindolol, practolol, alprenolol, oxprenolol, acebutolol, penbutolol, metoprolol, atenolol, propranolol and timolol in patients with uncomplicated hypertension as reported in the literature were analysed. The long-term effects of these beta-adrenoceptor antagonists on pla...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Man in't Veld AJ,Schalekamp MA

更新日期：1983-01-01 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：BACKGROUND:Following the National Chemotherapy Advisory Group report, calling for better management of patients with cancer admitted acutely to hospital, Clatterbridge Cancer Centre, with Merseyside and Cheshire Cancer Network, implemented an acute oncology service (AOS) for the region's seven acute trusts. STUDY DESI...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Neville-Webbe HL,Wong H,Marshall E

更新日期：2016-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case of acute oliguric renal failure following gentamicin and linocomycin therapy is described. Renal biopsy showed an acute interstitial nephritis. This was associated with high serum gentamicin levels and the later development of ototoxicity. Withdrawal of antibiotics and conservative measures was followed by rapi...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Bell GM,Thomson D

更新日期：1980-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Prognostication of newly diagnosed colorectal cancer (CRC) predominantly relies on stage as defined by the UICC-TNM and American Joint Committee on Cancer classifications. Tumour extent, lymph node status, tumour grade and the assessment of lymphatic and venous invasion are still the most important morphological progn...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Zlobec I,Lugli A

更新日期：2008-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Primary gastric lymphoma is a rare tumour. It is thought that low grade gastric mucosa associated lymphoid tissue lymphoma has not been previously reported to occur in a patient with gastrojejunostomy. This report describes such a case. The patient presented with bleeding from non-healing stomal ulcers. The ulcers hea...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Misra SP,Misra V,Dwivedi M

更新日期：2005-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Antiphospholipid syndrome is a disorder of recurrent vascular thrombosis, pregnancy loss and thrombocytopenia associated with persistently elevated levels of antiphospholipid antibodies. It was first described in a group of patients with systemic lupus erythematosus but has since been associated with a wide range of c...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Samadian S,Estcourt L

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The marked decline in coronary heart disease mortality in the United States since the late 1960s is most likely due in large part to successful efforts at primary prevention, attributable in turn to improved eating habits, better control of blood pressure and a reduction in smoking. Another part of the decline can pro...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Epstein FH

更新日期：1984-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A patient with calcific constrictive pericarditis due to rheumatoid arthritis is presented: the literature reveals only one previous case which was attributed to the long duration of the rheumatoid arthritis. ...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Manji H,Raven P

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A patient with systemic Castleman's disease (angiofollicular lymph node hyperplasia) including bone changes and peripheral neuropathy, is described. She also had pseudotumour cerebri, and, as this association has been reported previously, it is unlikely to be due to chance. ...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Black DA,Forgacs I,Davies DR,Thompson RP

更新日期：1988-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The new UK Foundation Programme is competency based, with a trainee's progression dependent on achieving and demonstrating a range of competencies. However, we do not know whether all rotations, comprising different combinations of specialties, will enable the foundation programme trainees to acquire these competencie...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Higgins R,Cavendish S

更新日期：2006-10-01 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：:We report a case of severe chronic iron deficiency anaemia secondary to blood loss from gastric angiodysplasia. The clinical features, diagnosis and management of this uncommon condition are discussed. ...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Tung KT,Millar AB

更新日期：1987-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Amniotic fluid embolism (AFE) associated with disseminated intravascular clotting (DIC) is usually fatal. Such a combination generally occurs at the term of pregnancy or in the immediate postpartum period. A case of AFE with DIC following a hypertonic-saline-induced abortion, is reported. The patient was in the midtri...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Ballas S,Lessing JB,Michowitz M

更新日期：1983-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In recent years, the short Synacthen test (SS) has become the most widely used test to assess adrenal reserve. Despite its frequent use, there are still several areas related to the short Synacthen test (SST), which have no consensus including the optimum sampling times, that is, whether a 60 min post-Synacthen admini...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Dineen R,Mohamed A,Gunness A,Rakovac A,Cullen E,Barnwell N,Neary C,Behan LA,Boran G,Gibney J,Sherlock M

更新日期：2020-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Forty-five healthy men aged 21-34 years took part in a double-blind, parallel-group, placebo-controlled study of the effects of 28 days' treatment with lornoxicam 4 mg twice daily or indomethacin 50 mg twice daily on faecal blood loss and the endoscopic appearances of gastric and duodenal mucosa. After an initial endo...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Warrington SJ,Debbas NM,Farthing M,Horton M,Johnston A,Thillainayagam A,Turner P,Ferber H

更新日期：1990-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It is a tragedy that morphine is scarcely available for between 1.3 and 2.5 billion people whilst 3.5 million cancer patients suffer needlessly. In only 10 countries is its consumption rising, in many more only codeine consumption shows an increase, and in many areas even in the Western world prescribing is grossly li...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Doyle D

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thiazide diuretics used alone to treat hypertension can cause hypokalaemia in a substantial proportion of patients. The possibility exists that any benefit of reducing high blood pressure by such treatment may be offset by an increased mortality due to arrhythmias initiated by hypokalaemia. ...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Poole-Wilson PA

更新日期：1983-01-01 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：:Herpes simplex encephalitis may be underdiagnosed in Britain. We report eight patients treated at one hospital over three years. Fever, impaired consciousness or focal neurological signs were seen in all patients at presentation but herpes simplex encephalitis was rarely considered as the initial diagnosis. The electr...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Gulliford MC,Chandrasekera CP,Cooper RA,Murphy RP

更新日期：1987-12-01 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:Anaphylaxis is a life threatening reaction where prompt and appropriate management can save lives. Epinephrine (adrenaline) is the treatment of choice; however, the recommended dose and route of administration of epinephrine used in the management of anaphylaxis is different from that used in the management ...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Jose R,Clesham GJ

更新日期：2007-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:What is the place of medico-historical cases in the professional practice of the disciplinary field of medicine and biology? How can these patients from the past be used for teaching and continuing medical education? How to justify their place in biomedical publications? In this article, we explain all the legitimacy ...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Charlier P,Donnell S,Lippi D,Nerlich A,Asensi V,Perciaccante A,Appenzeller O,Bianucci R

更新日期：2021-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:People with early-onset dementia have a potential risk of being marginalised with respect to care and social support as a result of the blame and stigma associated with their condition, and because they have reduced access to treatment options and postdiagnostic care. The limited use of community services and the resu...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Nwadiugwu M

更新日期：2020-09-03 00:00:00

abstract：:A previously healthy 17 year old boy had Staphylococcus aureus endocarditis presenting as acute scrotal pain. There was no trauma or evidence of scrotal or epididymal infection. The pain subsided after therapy for endocarditis was started. ...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Watanakunakorn C

更新日期：1987-07-01 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：:Six cases of tuberculous meningitis, all occurring in patients over the age of 65, are described. All patients presented with an acute illness, primarily with a confusional state. Headache was a symptom in only two patients and the cases were not confined to ethnic minority groups. The mortality was 50%. ...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Dixon PE,Hoey C,Cayley AC

更新日期：1984-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case of left-sided subphrenic abscess, secondary to perforation of a carcinoma of stomach, is described. The patient presented with a palpable spleen which was shown to be normal in size but displaced by the subphrenic collection. The importance of correct interpretation of this physical sign is discussed. ...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Snape J,Baker AR,Rees Y

更新日期：1986-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rectal (both digital and rigid sigmoidoscopic) examination is an important part of the clinical examination. The aim of this study was to find out the opinions of the patients to this routine examination at the time of referral by their general practitioner and during their first hospital interview. Assessment of the ...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Ng DP,Mayberry JF,McIntyre AS,Long RG

更新日期：1991-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Upper gastrointestinal bleeding is one of the commonest emergencies encountered by general physicians. Once haemodynamic stability has been achieved, therapeutic endoscopy is vital in control and arrest of bleeding. Various methods are available and the evidence is reviewed as to the most optimal approach. Clinical pa...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Arasaradnam RP,Donnelly MT

更新日期：2005-02-01 00:00:00