Primer in health information exchange for the emergency physician: benefits and barriers.

abstract：:Most exercise programs designed for healthy persons older than 65 emphasize fitness development, but the maintenance of functional capacity and quality of life are equally important. The basic guidelines for frequency, intensity, and duration of training and the mode of activity recommended by the American College of ...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Pollock ML,Graves JE,Swart DL,Lowenthal DT

更新日期：1994-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Review of 185 consecutive Muller total hip arthroplasties five to nine years after operation showed that 14 patients had died and that three deaths were directly related to the surgery. Of these, 37 patients (54 hips) could not be located and were excluded. Another patient, nonambulatory for an unrelated cause, was al...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Dunn AW

更新日期：1982-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To study the role of formula as a cause of rickets, we randomly assigned 46 very-low-birth-weight (VLBW) infants (less than or equal to 1,500 gm) to one of three groups receiving either Isomil, a soy isolate formula, Similac with Iron, a common milk-based formula, or Similac 24 LBW, a hypercaloric milk-based formula d...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Kulkarni PB,Dorand RD,Bridger WM,Payne JH 3rd,Montiel DC,Hill JG

更新日期：1984-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:One goal of primary care training programs is to provide "continuity experiences" for residents. Although programs funded by the Health Resources Administration are mandated to provide and evaluate such experiences, a wide variety may exist in both the concept and the evaluation of continuity in these training program...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Petrusa ER,Yunker R,Brink S

更新日期：1983-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Massive bleeding from a pharyngoesophageal diverticulum is a rarely reported condition, with only two reported cases in the literature. This report describes a patient who had massive bleeding due to ulceration in the base of a pharyngoesophageal diverticulum, presumed to have been caused by chronic aspirin ingestion....

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Hendren WG,Anderson T,Miller JI

更新日期：1990-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Chronic Illness Problem Inventory (CIPI) was used to assess level of psychosocial functioning in 89 patients with sickle cell disease. The results indicated that sickle cell patients have significant psychosocial distress in the areas of employment and finances, sleeping and eating, and performance of normal daily...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Barrett DH,Wisotzek IE,Abel GG,Rouleau JL,Platt AF Jr,Pollard WE,Eckman JR

更新日期：1988-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A patient presented with scrotal cellulitis as a complication of infusing 900 ml saline into his scrotum. He had obtained a kit along with explicit instructions for performing the infusion through the Internet. This practice may be more widespread than expected. An Internet search revealed many references to this proc...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Summers JA

更新日期：2003-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A bulging fissure sign was noticed on chest roentgenogram in a patient with H influenzae pneumonia. This sign is usually associated with Klebsiella pneumonia and has also been seen in pneumococcal and plague pneumonia, tuberculosis, mass lesions of the lung, and large lung abscesses. This is thought to be the first re...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Francis JB,Francis PB

更新日期：1978-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Insurance status has the potential to play a significant role in an individual's health care by affecting the time of diagnosis and the treatment options used. Our study reviewed insurance status as a determinant of the time of a breast cancer diagnosis as well as the surgical treatment options offered. MET...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Lukavsky R,Sariego J

更新日期：2015-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Postoperative pain is commonly treated with significant doses of narcotics, occasionally resulting in side effects including nausea, pruritus, and respiratory depression. One potential advantage of regional anesthesia is profound postoperative analgesia that reduces exposure to potent narcotics. To evaluate the effica...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Dorman BH,Conroy JM,Duc TA Jr,Haynes GR,Friedman RJ

更新日期：1994-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent research suggests that vitamin D may play a role in cardiovascular (CV) health. Although its exact role is still debated and is a matter of controversy, vitamin D deficiency has been linked to increased prevalence of CV risk factors and events. Factors that predispose persons with congestive heart failure (CHF)...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Patel R,Rizvi AA

更新日期：2011-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Atypical facial pain or neuralgia and lower-half headache are confusing terms and should be discarded. Recurrent unilateral, throbbing, frontal headaches should be referred to as facial migraine. Patients whose trigeminal branches have been subjected to repeated surgical procedures and who have relentless unilateral f...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： McFarland HR

更新日期：1982-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Significant increases in prevalence of resistance to antibiotics have been observed in common pathogens of humans in the United States and worldwide. The consequences of the appearance and spread of antibiotic resistance have included increasing morbidity, mortality, and cost of health care. The fundamental cause for ...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Hellinger WC

更新日期：2000-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have described a case of cyclic neutropenia and pregnancy. Although many such cases exist, we believe this is the first time the association has been documented. In this patient, pregnancy had a mitigating effect on the symptoms caused by cyclic neutropenia. ...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Katz VL,Egley CC,Bowes WA Jr

更新日期：1988-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article first reviews the evidence for and against chronic opioid therapy. Evidence supporting the opioid responsiveness of chronic pain, including neuropathic pain, includes multiple randomized trials conducted over months (up to 8 months). Observational studies are conducted for longer, and many also support op...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Ballantyne JC

更新日期：2006-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Using a phylogenic classification of the spine, one can identify precisely the numerical location of any vertebra or disc, including vertebrae with junctional anomalies at transitional zones. Such precision permitted comparisons of myelographic reports of sites of disc disease with the actual levels of extradural defo...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Wigh RE

更新日期：1979-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The role of the otolaryngologist in the diagnosis and management of cerebrospinal fluid rhinorrhea is discussed. One hundred eight cases of cerebrospinal rhinorrhea were studied with emphasis on cause, localization, and treatment. Extracranial approaches produce minimal morbidity and should be considered as possible t...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Hudson WR,Hughes LA

更新日期：1975-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study investigated the efficacy of perioperative antibiotics in preventing bacteremic infection of vascular suture lines, Dacron grafts, and bovine heterografts. One hundred forty-nine dogs had either segmental excision of the abdominal aorta with primary repair, Dacron prosthesis, or bovine heterograft placement...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Wilson SE,Wang S,Gordon HE

更新日期：1977-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have described the radiographic features of a case of solitary giant hepatocellular carcinoma in a noncirrhotic liver. It was angiographically avascular and resembled a massive metastatic tumor. Most hepatocellular carcinomas appear highly vascular on angiography. Hypovascularity may sometimes be encountered in the...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Thomas CT,Westerfield LH,Perlman PE,Thomas E

更新日期：1983-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 58-year-old man had sudden and progressive heart failure after a severe myocardial infarction. Aggressive medical treatment consisting of diuretics, vasopressors, and digitalis failed to improve his condition significantly. Cardiac catheterization disclosed a critical stenosis in the left anterior descending branch ...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Chavez CM,Rodriquez G,Conn JH

更新日期：1979-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study was done to ascertain whether there was an increased incidence of acute rheumatic fever (ARF) in west Alabama, similar to that reported elsewhere within the United States. Hospital records for the previous 10 years were reviewed and 5-year intervals were compared (1980 through 1984 vs 1985 through 1989). A ...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Hefelfinger DC

更新日期：1992-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Of 239 patients with erectile dysfunction (aged 36 to 70 years) who were evaluated with dynamic infusion cavernosometry-cavernosography, 32 (13.4%) developed priapism after the procedure and were successfully managed with immediate intracorporal injection of phenylephrine. No single risk factor for the development of ...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Fuselier HA Jr,Allen JM,Annaloro A,Morgan JO

更新日期：1993-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:High fever occurred in a 30-year-old woman five weeks after transsphenoidal hypophysectomy for a pituitary adenoma. Extensive investigation failed to reveal any evidence of infection, and the clinical findings suggested the fever to be a manifestation of steroid withdrawal. Either suboptimal dosage of corticosteroid r...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Soto-Hernandez JL,Verghese A,Hall BD,Cole CP,Cupp HB Jr

更新日期：1989-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There are presently more than 7,000 Vietnamese refugees living in the greater New Orleans area. This paper summarizes the health and information on nutrition now available regarding Vietnamese refugees living in the United States. It is hoped that this effort will add to the documentation of the health changes occurri...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Waldman EB,Lege SB,Oseid B,Carter JP

更新日期：1979-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The original and most widely accepted applications for point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) are in the settings of trauma, shock, and bedside procedures. Trauma was the original setting for the introduction of POCUS and has been standardized under the four-plus view examination called the Focused Assessment with Sonograph...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Morrow D,Cupp J,Schrift D,Nathanson R,Soni NJ

更新日期：2018-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Allergic rhinitis affects approximately 40% of children and generally presents in children from 10-19 years of age; however, the condition has been seen in children as young as 6 months. Antihistamines are commonly prescribed in infants and children for the relief of allergic symptoms. A 23-month-old male with a histo...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Jones MC,Jones CE 2nd

更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The hypothenar hammer syndrome is a distinct entity of digital ischemia caused by the repetitive compression of the distal ulnar artery against the hook of the hamate. Definite diagnosis should most likely rely on selective arteriography. Primary resection with anastomosis and cervicodorsal sympathectomy have both bee...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Ettien JT,Allen JT,Vargas C

更新日期：1981-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Reviewed are 200 cases in which endolaryngeal suspension microsurgical procedures were done using intravenous anesthesia and Venturi insufflation oxygenation. Patients included 177 adults and 23 children, ranging in age from 20 months to 88 years. No significant complications were observed. The technic allowed the glo...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Urban GE Jr

更新日期：1976-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Diabetic peripheral neuropathy affects 5 to 50% of people with diabetes in the United States. It is a progressive disorder that results in a gradual decrease in peripheral sensation and eventually complete loss of sensation. Patients with diabetic peripheral neuropathy are challenging to treat because of intolerable a...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Kline KM,Carroll DG,Malnar KF

更新日期：2003-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A unique case of Sheehan's syndrome is characterized by deficiencies of growth hormone, prolactin, thyrotropin, and ACTH. Clinically, it was manifested by adrenal and thyroid insufficiency with regular cyclical menses. Normal menstrual cycles do not preclude extensive hypothalamic-pituitary destruction. ...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Westbrock DA,Srivastava LS,Knowles HC Jr

更新日期：1983-08-01 00:00:00