Perimyocarditis. Report on an unusual cause.

abstract：:The goal of screening for colorectal cancer is to find early, asymptomatic cancers and adenomatous polyps that are 1 cm or more in diameter or that are villous or tubulovillous histologically. A study using fecal occult blood testing with rehydration and no sigmoidoscopy found that deaths from colorectal cancer can be...

journal_title：Postgraduate medicine

authors： Lush DT

更新日期：1994-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To review glucose-lowering efficacy and changes in renal function associated with sodium-glucose co-transporter 2 (SGLT2) inhibitors among patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) and type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). DATA SOURCES:A literature search of MEDLINE and Cochrane databases was performed from 2000...

journal_title：Postgraduate medicine

authors： Kelly MS,Lewis J,Huntsberry AM,Dea L,Portillo I

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:This study aimed to determine if there is an association between lipid levels, serum albumin, and C-reactive protein (CRP) levels in patients on dialysis. METHODS:Lipid profiles, albumin, and CRP levels were collected after a 12-hour fast from patients with end-stage renal disease (N = 105) who were on chro...

journal_title：Postgraduate medicine

authors： Bowden RG,Wilson RL

更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Given the present state of the art, any case of apparent pneumonia that is not responding to optimum therapy, or of "viremia" which appears to be progressively deteriorating, should be considered Legionnaires' disease and treated accordingly until proven otherwise. Titers for antibody to the disease in serum obtained ...

journal_title：Postgraduate medicine

authors： Komansky HJ,Gordon R,Giudice JC

更新日期：1980-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:More than one half of middle-aged Americans have undesirably high serum lipid levels. Diets high in fiber and carbohydrate and low in fat reduce serum lipid levels two to four times more than the widely recognized American Heart Association diet. High intake of soluble fiber is especially effective for lowering serum ...

journal_title：Postgraduate medicine

authors： Anderson JW,Gustafson NJ

更新日期：1987-09-15 00:00:00

abstract：:While a wide variety of thyroid function tests are currently available, all are sometimes abnormal in patients without thyroid disease. To interpret test results properly, the clinician needs to be aware of factors altering thyroid function tests. In every instance, the clinician needs to begin by asking whether the p...

journal_title：Postgraduate medicine

authors： de los Santos ET,Mazzaferri EL

更新日期：1989-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Current therapeutic options make office management of the patient with uncomplicated left-sided ulcerative colitis or mild to moderate Crohn's disease quite feasible for the primary care physician. On the horizon are additional drugs that will enhance the physician's ability to treat patients with inflammatory bowel d...

journal_title：Postgraduate medicine

authors： Schuman BM

更新日期：1988-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Patients "lucky" enough to have a nondisabling transient ischemic attack as a warning sign of impending stroke deserve the best possible prophylactic treatment in an attempt to avert that catastrophe. Dr Edmeads provides a step-by-step discussion of diagnostic studies and therapeutic regimens that help avoid stroke in...

journal_title：Postgraduate medicine

authors： Edmeads J

更新日期：1992-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Proper treatment of non-insulin-dependent (type II) diabetes presents the physician with a number of choices. Diet and exercise should be tried first in many patients; if this regimen is unsuccessful, treatment with either insulin or a first- or second-generation sulfonylurea must be considered. Theoretically, second-...

journal_title：Postgraduate medicine

authors： Nelson RL

更新日期：1987-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Patients taking immunosuppressive drugs are susceptible to various forms of infection, including dermatologic disease. Recently, atypical manifestations of scabies have been reported in such patients. In the case reported here, a 26-year-old woman who had had a renal transplant and was taking immunosuppressive drugs h...

journal_title：Postgraduate medicine

authors： Wolf R,Wolf D,Viskoper RJ,Sandbank M

更新日期：1985-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Heart transplantation is the treatment of choice for a select group of patients with end-stage heart failure. Survival rates have increased and complication rates have decreased due to better immunosuppressive agents, improvement in organ procurement and surgical technique, and overall increase in experience for perfo...

journal_title：Postgraduate medicine

authors： Kansara P,Kobashigawa JA

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Objectives: To understand the role of ophthalmoscopic examination (dilated retina examination and widefield fundus photography) in the diagnosis and management of nosocomial acquisition of Mycobacterium chimaera following open heart surgery with cardiopulmonary bypass utilizing a heater-cooler unit, an entity that is ...

journal_title：Postgraduate medicine

authors： Colucciello M

更新日期：2020-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Modern prospective trials have recently shown that warfarin prescribed to produce less anticoagulant effect than was customary in the past reduces cardioembolic stroke by up to 80% in patients with nonvalvular atrial fibrillation. These results represent a major advance in stroke prevention. The effectiveness of antit...

journal_title：Postgraduate medicine

authors： Anderson DC

更新日期：1991-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Preview How can physicians make appropriate treatment decisions in substance abusers who have serious medical illness, especially when patients may not offer the information needed? Drs Westreich and Rosenthal summarize common physical findings that suggest abuse of specific substances. Recognizing these signs allows ...

journal_title：Postgraduate medicine

authors： Westreich LM,Rosenthal RN

更新日期：1995-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Penile lesions are a discomfiting affliction demanding skillful diagnosis and management by the primary care physician. This article discusses and illustrates 14 common types, delineating characteristics, course, and treatment. ...

journal_title：Postgraduate medicine

authors： Witherington R

更新日期：1981-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The clinical significance of hyperplastic polyp-like histologic changes in random biopsy samples ('serrated epithelial change' or SEC) from patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) remains uncertain, with some studies suggesting an increased risk of dysplasia and even carcinoma. Controlled studies are ...

journal_title：Postgraduate medicine

authors： Batts KP,Atwaibi M,Weinberg DI,McCabe RP

更新日期：2021-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pain is among the most common reasons patients seek medical attention, and the care of patients with pain is a significant problem in the United States. Acute pain (mild-to-moderate intensity) represents one of the most frequent complaints encountered by primary care physicians (PCPs) and accounts for nearly half of p...

journal_title：Postgraduate medicine

authors： McCarberg BH

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Urinalysis and urine chemistries are most helpful in determining whether acute renal failure is due to a prerenal, renal, or postrenal cause. A plain film of the abdomen should be obtained, with ultrasound or computed tomography also being done if obstruction is suspected. When prerenal and postrenal causes have been ...

journal_title：Postgraduate medicine

authors： Harter HR,Martin KJ

更新日期：1982-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acute cardiac events involving coronary symptoms, elevated enzyme levels, and electrocardiographic changes without the development of Q waves often result in higher rates of reinfarction and unstable angina than do more severe myocardial infarctions. The incidence of these non-Q wave events is on the rise, possibly be...

journal_title：Postgraduate medicine

authors： Tamberella MR 3rd,Warner JG Jr

更新日期：2000-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To identify attitudes and practices of endocrinologists (ENDOs), family practitioners (FPs), internists (IMs), primary care nurse practitioners (NPs), physician assistants (PAs), certified diabetes educators (CDEs), retail pharmacists (R-PHs), and hospital pharmacists (H-PHs) with respect to type 2 diabetes m...

journal_title：Postgraduate medicine

authors： Williamson C,Glauser TA,Burton BS,Schneider D,Dubois AM,Patel D

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ultraviolet (UV) radiation is a notorious environmental carcinogen. Acute and chronic UV radiation exposure increase the risk for skin cancer. Protecting oneself from both UVA and UVB radiation with broad-based sunscreen can prevent certain skin cancers, their precursors, and photoaging. Although sun protection factor...

journal_title：Postgraduate medicine

authors： Stechschulte SA,Kirsner RS,Federman DG

更新日期：2011-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Legg-Calvé-Perthes disease affects children, mostly boys, in the age range of 3 to 12 years. Severity and duration are quite variable. Catterall's classification of disease according to degree of femoral head involvement is of real prognostic value. Other factors of prognostic importance are loss of motion, metaphysea...

journal_title：Postgraduate medicine

authors： Kamhi E

更新日期：1976-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Even healthy persons may experience some form of altitude illness when they hike or ski in high mountains. Therefore, it is imperative that those with compromised cardiac or pulmonary function take extra precautions by allowing time for ascent, by recognizing and accepting their limitations, and by descending promptly...

journal_title：Postgraduate medicine

authors： Houston CS

更新日期：1990-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Joint space infections continue to be among the most common forms of arthritis. Diagnosis can be difficult, particularly in the presence of underlying joint disease. Septic arthritis should be suspected in all patients who present with an acutely swollen joint. Immediate joint aspiration with Gram's stain and culture ...

journal_title：Postgraduate medicine

authors： Evanchick CE,Davis DE,Harrington TM

更新日期：1986-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:All patients with chronic stable angina presumed to be due to coronary artery disease should undergo exercise stress testing early in evaluation for evidence of high-risk coronary disease. If the exercise stress test shows early positive findings, patients should undergo cardiac catheterization to exclude left main co...

journal_title：Postgraduate medicine

authors： Dohrmann ML

更新日期：1986-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acute intermittent porphyria is an unusual syndrome that may be very difficult to differentiate from acute intraabdominal processes. Diagnosis requires the documentation of increased urinary porphobilinogen. Failure to perform appropriate tests early in the attack may necessitate diagnostic laparotomy to rule out intr...

journal_title：Postgraduate medicine

authors： Holman JR,Green JB

更新日期：1989-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Drug-induced aseptic meningitis is a syndrome that should be considered in the differential diagnosis of acute and recurrent aseptic meningitis. It has been observed in all age-groups and can occur following the use of a wide spectrum of pharmaceutical agents. Presumptive diagnosis is made by demonstrating the resolut...

journal_title：Postgraduate medicine

authors： Chaudhry HJ,Cunha BA

更新日期：1991-11-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Pulmonary artery hypertension (PAH) refers to several subgroups of disease in which the mean pulmonary artery pressure (mPAP) is elevated to more than 25 mm Hg, pulmonary artery wedge pressure (PAWP) ≤ 15 mmHg, and an elevated pulmonary vascular resistance (PVR) > 3 Wood units as confirmed by right heart catheterizati...

journal_title：Postgraduate medicine

authors： Velayati A,Valerio MG,Shen M,Tariq S,Lanier GM,Aronow WS

更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Emergency physicians are usually the first to see patients with injuries to oral and facial tissues. Because many of these patients may have life-threatening neurologic injuries, secondary oral and perioral problems may be overlooked initially. These injuries, however, have a profound potential for causing lifelong di...

journal_title：Postgraduate medicine

authors： Comer RW,Fitchie JG,Caughman WF,Zwemer JD

更新日期：1989-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:When considering conventional therapy with insulin for patients who have type 2 diabetes mellitus, healthcare providers must weigh the advantages and disadvantages of 3 primary approaches to treatment. Understanding the pros and cons of the various options will help physicians more readily identify the treatment appro...

journal_title：Postgraduate medicine

authors： Nattrass M

更新日期：2002-11-01 00:00:00