Reversal agents in development for the new oral anticoagulants.

abstract：:The work of psychotherapists who have a cognitive-behavioral orientation and are trained in time-limited, focused psychotherapy has proved to be beneficial in the setting of a comprehensive medical and health maintenance organization. Group interventions that deal with relaxation, social skills, depression, agoraphobi...

journal_title：Postgraduate medicine

authors： Upper D,Kantor LE,Kulich RJ,Wurzelmann H,Bigwood GF

更新日期：1984-02-15 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The diagnosis of malignant pleural effusion (MPE) remains a clinical challenge. As a negative regulator of T-cell activation, cytotoxic T lymphocyte-associated antigen-4 (CTLA-4) has been associated with many malignant diseases. However, there is limited data about the relationship between CTLA-4 and MPE. Th...

journal_title：Postgraduate medicine

authors： Chen M,Xie S,Wan C,Zeng N,Wu Y,Qin J,Shen Y,Wen F

更新日期：2017-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The term "brain failure" implies only dysfunction of a major organ system, not that an exact diagnosis has been made. Assessment and treatment of older patients with diminished cognitive ability can be challenging; however, the experience can also be extremely rewarding when a reversible condition is alleviated and th...

journal_title：Postgraduate medicine

authors： Paist SS 3rd,Martin JR

更新日期：1996-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nitroglycerin and long-acting nitrates are the pharmacologic mainstays of antianginal therapy, both for acute attacks and for prophylaxis. Propranolol is often effective for prophylaxis in patients incompletely helped by nitrates. A holistic approach is stressed. Appropriate drug use will effect marked improvement in ...

journal_title：Postgraduate medicine

authors： Richtsmeier TE,Preston TA

更新日期：1977-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Binge eating disorder (BED) is now a formal diagnosis in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, fifth edition (DSM-5). However, post-DSM-5 patient profiles and viewpoints on BED diagnosis and treatment remain unclear. This study used a focus group methodology to examine demographic and cl...

journal_title：Postgraduate medicine

authors： Herman BK,Safikhani S,Hengerer D,Atkins N Jr,Kim A,Cassidy D,Babcock T,Agus S,Lenderking WR

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Preview There is considerable overlap in features and treatment of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and asthma. Why, then, is it necessary to distinguish between the two? As the authors explain, the two diseases have different causes, risk factors, and clinical courses. Correct diagnosis, described in this articl...

journal_title：Postgraduate medicine

authors： Subramanian D,Guntupalli KK

更新日期：1994-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two cases of subclavian steal syndrome are reported. Symptoms included light-headedness or syncope, reflecting vertebrobasilar insufficiency, and in one case, numbness and tingling in the left upper extremity, reflecting ischemia. Many persons with this syndrome are asymptomatic. Key findings include unilaterally decr...

journal_title：Postgraduate medicine

authors： Harper CA 3rd,Haines JD Jr

更新日期：1988-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Throughout history, societies have circumscribed certain forms of intimacy in the family setting. Transgression has been punished by force of ecclesiastical rules and government statutes. However, no single definition of incest is widely accepted, as the degree of kinship in which marriage is allowed and the age of co...

journal_title：Postgraduate medicine

authors： Lande RG

更新日期：1989-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Preview Although heartburn is the most common symptom of gastroesophageal reflux, many patients with reflux have other, more obscure manifestations. Recognition of all potential signs and symptoms of reflux is important for expeditious management. This article focuses on these atypical presentations and discusses how ...

journal_title：Postgraduate medicine

authors： Barr LL

更新日期：1996-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bronchiectasis belongs to the family of chronic obstructive lung diseases, even though it is much less common than asthma, chronic bronchitis, or emphysema. Clinical features of these entities overlap significantly. The triad of chronic cough, sputum production, and hemoptysis always should bring bronchiectasis to min...

journal_title：Postgraduate medicine

authors： Mysliwiec V,Pina JS

更新日期：1999-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:When many physicians think of managed care, they think first of Kaiser Permanente, the nation's largest HMO. That perception is misguided, according to David M. Lawrence, MD, the chief executive officer and chairman of the boards of the Kaiser Foundation health plan and hospitals. During a phone interview recently, La...

journal_title：Postgraduate medicine

authors： Lawrence DM,Stenger A

更新日期：1994-05-15 00:00:00

abstract：:In recent years bone marrow transplantation has become increasingly feasible for treating adult acute leukemia unresponsive to chemotherapy. However, the technique is not without significant intrinsic morbidity. The mouth is a singularly sensitive reflector of the cytotoxic, infectious, and hemorrhagic complications a...

journal_title：Postgraduate medicine

authors： Dreizen S,McCredie KB,Dicke KA,Zander AR,Peters LJ

更新日期：1979-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Twenty of 24 hypertensive patients, six of whom had severe disease, had a reduction in standing blood pressure to less than 140/90 mm Hg after six weeks of treatment with prazosin alone or prazosin plus other antihypertensive drugs. The absence of significant side effects was impressive. ...

journal_title：Postgraduate medicine

authors： Turner AS,Watson OF,Peel JO

更新日期：1975-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Chronic kidney disease is frequently present in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). New therapeutic options in this patient subpopulation are needed. OBJECTIVES:Assess the effect of renal impairment on the pharmacokinetics (PK), efficacy, and safety of albiglutide in single- and multiple-dose stu...

journal_title：Postgraduate medicine

authors： Young MA,Wald JA,Matthews JE,Yang F,Reinhardt RR

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Farming is a dangerous life-style and occupation for children and adults. Dangerous situations are taken in stride and considered part of life on a family farm. Regulatory and educational programs and funding have been minimal in the United States. Physicians have been a major force in accident-prevention efforts in o...

journal_title：Postgraduate medicine

authors： Sterner S

更新日期：1991-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The elderly are predisposed to adverse drug reactions because of age-related physiologic changes, interaction of one drug with another, and interaction between a drug and a coexisting medical condition. Recognition of such adverse reactions is essential, because many are reversible and many are even preventable. Asses...

journal_title：Postgraduate medicine

authors： Harper CM,Newton PA,Walsh JR

更新日期：1989-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Diagnostic paracentesis with ascitic fluid analysis is critical to the accurate diagnosis and management of ascites. Recent advances have improved the evaluation of ascitic fluid, among them the serum-ascites albumin difference for discriminating between ascites caused by liver disease and ascites due to malignancy. T...

journal_title：Postgraduate medicine

authors： Marshall JB

更新日期：1988-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Early recognition and treatment of immunologically mediated diseases of the lung are vital to prevent irreparable damage. Extrinsic allergic alveolitis and allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis are often confused but should not be difficult to distinguish. The former is nonatopic and is marked by chills, fever, ches...

journal_title：Postgraduate medicine

authors： Slavin RG

更新日期：1976-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the efficacy and safety of colesevelam in Hispanic subjects with primary hyperlipidemia and prediabetes. MATERIALS AND METHODS:A 16-week, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, multinational study evaluating colesevelam in participants with primary hyperlipidemia (low-density lipoprotein c...

journal_title：Postgraduate medicine

authors： Rosenstock J,Hernandez-Triana E,Handelsman Y,Misir S,Jones MR

更新日期：2012-07-01 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：:In cases of unusual presentations, such as the three cases described here, gout or gouty arthritis may be misdiagnosed as rheumatoid arthritis, septic arthritis, or other rheumatic conditions and thus inappropriately treated. Microscopic analysis using compensated polarized light and culture of synovial fluid helps di...

journal_title：Postgraduate medicine

authors： Uy JP,Nuwayhid N,Saadeh C

更新日期：1996-07-01 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：:Contrary to long-standing mores, what goes on in the person's home is not always sacred. When family relationships break down and family members deal violently with various stresses and problems, intervention is in order. Certain changes in societal attitudes would help prevent the problem. Physicians-alone or working...

journal_title：Postgraduate medicine

authors： Pelton CL

更新日期：1982-11-01 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：:Theophylline has long been a cornerstone of bronchodilator therapy for asthma and chronic obstructive lung disease, but until recently its use carried the risk of serious, even fatal, toxicity. With recent advances in understanding of this drug's pharmacologic properties and pharmacokinetic characteristics, serious to...

journal_title：Postgraduate medicine

authors： Uden DL,Wyatt RA,Zaske DE

更新日期：1984-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Preview Back pain can be a symptom of any number of problems, most commonly mechanical, or structural, in nature. Among the nonmechanical causes is ankylosing spondylitis, an inflammatory disease that involves the spine and sometimes other joints and extra-articular organs. Dr Escalante explains how to differentiate t...

journal_title：Postgraduate medicine

authors： Escalante A

更新日期：1993-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Gallstones are very common, but at least two thirds of detected stones are asymptomatic and a large number undoubtedly go undetected. The presence of symptoms or complications is the indication for surgery. It is important to accurately identify which symptoms are caused by gallstones, because removing the gallbladder...

journal_title：Postgraduate medicine

authors： Egbert AM

更新日期：1991-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To help you save time in identifying those meetings and courses of greatest interest to you, POSTGRADUATE MEDICINE offers this objectively rated listing as a regular reader service. Each event has been rated on the factors that matter most to you: relevance of the subject to primary care, number of credit hours, cost ...

journal_title：Postgraduate medicine

authors：

更新日期：1977-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The cause, depth, and location of a laceration are major determining factors in its treatment. In all cases, the wound must be completely cleansed with irrigation under pressure and then examined radiographically if necessary and debrided. Successful repair depends on understanding and using the principles of wound he...

journal_title：Postgraduate medicine

authors： Phillips LG,Heggers JP

更新日期：1988-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The balloon-tipped thermodilution catheter (BTTC) is an expensive, labor-intensive technology that has moderate risks. The sensitivity and specificity of the three principal tests that it can perform have not yet been well defined for different patient groups. The BTTC allows the acquisition of mixed venous blood, fro...

journal_title：Postgraduate medicine

authors： Desbiens NA

更新日期：1986-05-01 00:00:00