Sinusitis. Its association with asthma.

abstract：:Severe gastroesophageal reflux disease is usually a chronic problem with periods of relapse, but effective medical and surgical therapies are available. Two recently introduced agents, omeprazole (Prilosec) and cisapride (Propulsid), represent advances in medical therapy; the safety of long-term, continuous omeprazole...

journal_title：Postgraduate medicine

authors： Marshall JB

更新日期：1995-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In acutely injured patients, recognition of profound shock may be difficult initially. Ensuring adequate oxygenation, restoring intravascular volume, and controlling ongoing blood loss are key principles of treatment in these patients. Additionally, an appreciation for and recognition of the possible adverse consequen...

journal_title：Postgraduate medicine

authors： Phillips GR 3rd,Kauder DR,Schwab CW

更新日期：1994-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Present evidence suggests that the most important nutritional factor bearing on the risk of development of diabetes mellitus is an excessive caloric intake. Other evidence suggests that both dietary prevention of diabetes and mitigation of hyperglycemia by dietary means can prevent morbidity and mortality from the mic...

journal_title：Postgraduate medicine

authors： West KM

更新日期：1976-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVES:To compare the safety and efficacy of U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)-recommended doses of labetalol and nicardipine for hypertension (HTN) management in a subset of patients with renal dysfunction (RD). DESIGN:Randomized, open label, multicenter prospective clinical trial. SETTING:Thirteen U...

journal_title：Postgraduate medicine

authors： Varon J,Soto-Ruiz KM,Baumann BM,Borczuk P,Cannon CM,Chandra A,Cline DM,Diercks DB,Hiestand B,Hsu A,Jois-Bilowich P,Kaminski B,Levy P,Nowak RM,Schrock JW,Peacock WF

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) has been practiced for over a century, further study into methods for reviving victims of cardiac arrest is obviously needed. We now know that standard external CPR has numerous drawbacks, and modifications must be tested in a careful, randomized fashion. Three alternatives...

journal_title：Postgraduate medicine

authors： Rosenthal RE

更新日期：1987-02-15 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:There is evidence that increasing severity of hypertriglyceridemia increases the risk of acute pancreatitis. There is a debate about superiority of treatment methods and previous works have specifically called for direct comparison between IV insulin and apheresis techniques. Identify patient characteristics...

journal_title：Postgraduate medicine

authors： Frankova D,Olson KM,Whyms BJ,Guevara Hernandez MA,Franko J

更新日期：2018-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Primary care physicians have a crucial role in recognition of potentially emergent conditions in patients with known or suspected cancer. This task presents a significant challenge because the initial manifestations of these conditions are usually nonspecific. In most cases, therapy is far more effective when diagnosi...

journal_title：Postgraduate medicine

authors： Love N

更新日期：1990-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Many patients who present with acute or chronic diarrhea do not have an important organic disease. Most have functional diarrhea. The history, clinical examination, and initial laboratory studies should lead to a provisional diagnosis with respect to organic or functional origin and help define whether the disease aff...

journal_title：Postgraduate medicine

authors： Bruckstein AH

更新日期：1989-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Severe myocardial ischemia and infarction cause release of catecholamines, with exposure of injured myocardial cells to relatively high concentrations during the transitional period in which myocyte injury worsens. In experimental animals, the number of beta-adrenergic receptors increases markedly without any change i...

journal_title：Postgraduate medicine

authors： Willerson JT,Buja LM

更新日期：1988-02-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent effectiveness studies have shown that over a year and a half, 3 of 4 study patients either stopped or changed their antipsychotic medication. This finding highlights the fact that psychopharmacologic treatments do not remain stable over the course of treatment. Our own interpretation is that these findings emph...

journal_title：Postgraduate medicine

authors： Scheifler PL,Weiden PJ

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nephrolithiasis is caused by several biochemical mechanisms, identification of which allows specific therapy that may prevent recurrences. In patients with their first kidney stone, careful evaluation is needed to identify those at highest risk for recurrence. Extensive evaluation of this subgroup should lead to prope...

journal_title：Postgraduate medicine

authors： Trivedi BK

更新日期：1996-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Prompt and accurate diagnosis of patients presenting with symptoms suggestive of pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) is of outmost importance as delays in identifying this clinical entity have detrimental effects on both morbidity and mortality. Initial noninvasive assessment of these patients has traditionally incl...

journal_title：Postgraduate medicine

authors： Vargas PE,Lopez-Candales A

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although the incidence of measles has reached record low levels in the United States, measles continues to occur in young adults. No single public health measure can ensure immunity for young adults, as school immunization laws do for young children. Therefore, to eliminate measles in this age-group, clinicians must t...

journal_title：Postgraduate medicine

authors： Amler RW,Orenstein WA

更新日期：1985-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Exercise-induced bronchospasm is a common complication of asthma. Aggressive treatment of this conditions permits patients to maintain full activity despite their illness. Since most asthmatic patients are healthy except for an intermittent respiratory problem, providing them the opportunity to exercise in all weather...

journal_title：Postgraduate medicine

authors： Brook CJ

更新日期：1992-02-15 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：:Politicians may have written a temporary obituary for healthcare reform, but as anyone in medicine knows, reform is alive and (debatably) well. Mergers, acquisitions, and practice changes are happening all across the land, and many a physician is going from being a small-business owner to being an employee. Difficult ...

journal_title：Postgraduate medicine

authors： Rodeghero JA

更新日期：1994-11-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Primary care physicians play an important role in the outpatient evaluation of proteinuria, a common finding in everyday medical practice. Therefore, it is important to recognize which symptoms and signs signal the need for further evaluation. A simple urine dipstick test usually is the first step, but factors leading...

journal_title：Postgraduate medicine

authors： Ali H

更新日期：1997-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hypertension in diabetic patients must be treated aggressively if patients are to benefit from reduced risk of morbidity and mortality. Diabetes itself must be diagnosed promptly, particularly in at-risk patients, so appropriate lifestyle modifications can be made at the earliest opportunity. Although this may reduce ...

journal_title：Postgraduate medicine

authors： Sowers JR,Williams M,Epstein M,Bakris G

更新日期：2000-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:As one patient put it after hearing his treatment options for a stage I testicular tumor, "If you're gonna have cancer, this is about as easy a road as you get." With recognition of the importance of orchiectomy, development of the nerve-sparing lymph node dissection procedure, and availability of modern chemotherapy ...

journal_title：Postgraduate medicine

authors： Sonpavde G,Einhorn LH

更新日期：1999-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Women predominate at all ages among patients diagnosed as having primary fibromyalgia. Of 100 patients reviewed, the average age at onset of fibromyalgia was 46. Of 65 patients in whom menopause occurred before diagnosis of fibromyalgia, the average age at menopause was 42, and most of these women had menopause relate...

journal_title：Postgraduate medicine

authors： Waxman J,Zatzkis SM

更新日期：1986-09-15 00:00:00

abstract：:When confronted with a patient with an alteration in mental status following surgery, the physician must consider both organic and psychosocial causes and their synergistic interactions. A careful medical assessment will rule out metabolic disorders, sepsis, cardiopulmonary complications, and adverse drug effects. A m...

journal_title：Postgraduate medicine

authors： Thompson TL 2nd,Feinberg LE

更新日期：1980-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Is the degree of risk involved in providing health care to people infected with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) acceptable? Every health care worker, even if only for a few anxious minutes, has certainly worried about this risk. Drs Wilson, Williams, and Robinson discuss these concerns and summarize the indications...

journal_title：Postgraduate medicine

authors： Wilson SE,Williams RA,Robinson G

更新日期：1990-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Patients with colon cancer involving regional lymph nodes (stage C disease) have a 5-year survival rate of only 30% to 40%, and the majority die of recurrent disease. Recent trials have shown increased survival rates with postoperative use of fluorouracil plus levamisole. The authors discuss these findings and the imp...

journal_title：Postgraduate medicine

authors： Treat J,Joseph RR

更新日期：1990-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Drug-induced jaundice is relatively uncommon but can be a diagnostic puzzle. Because so many pharmaceutical classes and individual agents can produce jaundice, a thorough history of medications taken should be obtained from a patient presenting with jaundice. Jaundice usually resolves when the offending agent is disco...

journal_title：Postgraduate medicine

authors： Garabedian-Ruffalo SM,Ruffalo RL

更新日期：1988-10-01 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：:The tools and methods of epidemiology, particularly the clinical trial, help guide the clinical practice of medicine. Dr Gorelick reviews the results of major clinical trials for prevention of transient cerebral ischemia and atherothrombotic stroke and assesses the effect of these findings on treatment. ...

journal_title：Postgraduate medicine

authors： Gorelick PB

更新日期：1989-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Since the sexual revolution of the 1960s, medical complications of sexual activity and sexual side effects related to use of medications have become a significant part of healthcare practice. Specifically, there has been an expanding interest in the treatment of headaches and their relationship to sexual function. Mos...

journal_title：Postgraduate medicine

authors： Goldstein J

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Findings from 441 patient evaluations performed at the Taste and Smell Clinic of the Connecticut Chemosensory Clinical Research Center are presented. Taste and smell dysfunction was the chief complaint in all patients. The diagnostic approach included tests of taste and smell function; history taking; physical, neurol...

journal_title：Postgraduate medicine

authors： Goodspeed RB,Gent JF,Catalanotto FA

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Solid organ transplantation is now the standard of care for end-stage organ failure, and primary care physicians are frequently involved in the follow-up care of transplant recipients. New-onset diabetes mellitus after solid organ transplantation (NODAT) has emerged as an increasingly important determinant of outcomes...

journal_title：Postgraduate medicine

authors： Reynolds LR,Tannock LR

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The evaluation of the bleeding patient starts with the integration of data from the history and physical examination. From this results either one probable explanation that can easily be substatniated by laboratory studies or, as more commonly occurs in practice, several possibilities that are reasonable and must be i...

journal_title：Postgraduate medicine

authors： Marengo-Rowe AJ,Leveson JE

更新日期：1977-07-01 00:00:00