Relationship between sleep disorders and the risk for developing type 2 diabetes mellitus.

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：: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：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the proportion and the long-term prognostic significance of heart failure (HF) in sarcoidosis patients. METHODS:Data extracted from a large Israeli healthcare provider's database were used to study sarcoidosis patients and matched non-sarcoidosis controls since 2000 to 2016. The proportion of HF ...

journal_title：Postgraduate medicine

authors： Etinger R,Comaneshter D,Amital H,Cohen AD,Tiosano S

更新日期：2020-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The cultural drive to be thin can lead to eating disorders in many women and girls. In adolescent females with diabetes, the increased focus on eating and the weight gain associated with good glycemic control likely increase their susceptibility to abnormal eating. It is clear that nonspecified and subthreshold eating...

journal_title：Postgraduate medicine

authors： Hoffman RP

更新日期：2001-04-01 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：:Although statin therapy has revolutionized management of coronary heart disease (CHD), the lowering of low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) levels is not the whole story. Increased plasma concentrations of high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C) have a cardioprotective effect that is just as important for ...

journal_title：Postgraduate medicine

authors： McGovern ME

更新日期：2005-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The primary care physician can often delineate the cause of chest pain in a patient under 21 years of age after a thoughtful, careful, and thorough history and physical examination. Occasionally, an ECG and a chest x-ray film may be helpful. Noncardiac causes for the chest pain should be explored, and if found, the ch...

journal_title：Postgraduate medicine

authors： Diehl AM

更新日期：1983-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Difficult or painful coitus is a symptom, not a pathologic entity. It may be caused by a congenital anomaly, an organic lesion, or a functional disorder of the vulva or vagina, or it may be psychic in origin. Although its cause can usually be determined relatively easily, a conditioned reflex created by a preexisting ...

journal_title：Postgraduate medicine

authors： Huffman JW

更新日期：1983-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Stenosis in the right common iliac artery of a 61-year-old man was manifested as pain in the right leg and foot and cyanosis of the second and third toes. Dilatation of the lesion was performed using a Grüntzig catheter; arteriography and measurement of femoral artery pressure confirmed a successful result. The patien...

journal_title：Postgraduate medicine

authors： Mathis JM,Goncharenko V,Zelenik ME

更新日期：1980-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fever of unknown origin (FUO) remains a challenging clinical problem despite recent advances in diagnostic tools and techniques. Because primary care physicians are often the first ones to encounter a case of FUO, it is important that they be familiar with the best strategy and steps for confronting this problem initi...

journal_title：Postgraduate medicine

authors： Amin K,Kauffman CA

更新日期：2003-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Infections of the neck become life-threatening with airway or systemic involvement. The first step in successful management is early recognition by the initial examiner. Patient evaluation includes a thorough history and physical examination, laboratory studies, and if the patient's condition is stable, roentgenograph...

journal_title：Postgraduate medicine

authors： Beck HJ,McCaffrey TV

更新日期：1984-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although the link between cigarette smoking and its cardiovascular effects is well established, the mechanisms through which smoking raises blood pressure remain to be clarified. Possible mechanisms include nicotine-induced peripheral and central sympathetic nervous system stimulation, persisting levels of nicotine in...

journal_title：Postgraduate medicine

authors： Kochar MS,Bindra RS

更新日期：1996-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hoarseness indicates an abnormality at the level of the glottis. This symptom may result from either structural or physiologic disorders. The differential diagnosis is lengthy and includes both benign and malignant diseases. History taking and physical examination, particularly laryngeal visualization, provide key clu...

journal_title：Postgraduate medicine

authors： Dettelbach M,Eibling DE,Johnson JT

更新日期：1994-04-01 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：:Uremic polyneuropathy occurs in about half of patients undergoing dialysis and is characterized by axonal degeneration with secondary segmental demyelination. Hemodialysis or peritoneal dialysis halts the progress of polyneuropathy but usually does not bring improvement. However, improvement invariably occurs with suc...

journal_title：Postgraduate medicine

authors： Pirzada NA,Morgenlander JC

更新日期：1997-10-01 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：:Prompt, thorough evaluation is needed when patients present with symptoms of renal colic, acute urinary retention, prostatitis, pyelonephritis, and other urologic emergencies. Primary care physicians have an important role in initial workup and treatment. Once the diagnosis is determined, urologic consultation may be ...

journal_title：Postgraduate medicine

authors： Samm BJ,Dmochowski RR

更新日期：1996-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The case described here illustrates the need to consider milk-alkali syndrome in the differential diagnosis of hypercalcemia, even in this age of histamine2 blockers and mucosal protectors. Thorough history taking and gastrointestinal workup help rule out alternative causes of hypercalcemia, such as cancer, hyperparat...

journal_title：Postgraduate medicine

authors： Newmark K,Nugent P

更新日期：1993-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:With prostate cancer being diagnosed and treated in more than 300,000 men each year, the pool of long-term survivors is dramatically increasing. Because these patients are usually elderly, they are often receiving follow-up care for unrelated problems in a primary care setting. This offers the physician an excellent o...

journal_title：Postgraduate medicine

authors： Freedman A,Hahn G,Love N

更新日期：1996-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The goals of therapy for congestive heart failure (CHF) are to improve quality of life and to prolong it. Improvement in patients with CHF can only be realized, however, if a multidisciplinary healthcare team can provide effective management in both the inpatient and outpatient settings. Inhibition of compensatory mec...

journal_title：Postgraduate medicine

authors： Sorrentino MJ

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Simple screening tests are available to detect abnormalities in the plasma coagulation system and platelet function. Prothrombin time reflects the integrity of the extrinsic system, while activated partial thromboplastin time indicates whether the intrinsic system is intact. Thrombin clotting time is a measure of the ...

journal_title：Postgraduate medicine

authors： Horwitz CA

更新日期：1981-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present staging methods for non-small-cell lung cancer provide little more than epidemiologic assessment of prognosis for grossly defined groups of patients. Except in extreme instances, physicians can tell patients very little about their prognosis or the need for supplemental therapy. More effective and less tox...

journal_title：Postgraduate medicine

authors： Landreneau RJ

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Good personal hygiene is one of the most important measures for control of hepatitis infection. Hepatitis is transmitted by close contact with an infected person or nonhuman primate, exposure to infected food or water, transfusion of infected blood, dialysis, or contact with hepatitis-containing laboratory specimens. ...

journal_title：Postgraduate medicine

authors： Bryan JA

更新日期：1980-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Part 1, which begins on page 64, discusses diagnosis of rheumatic disease by radiography. The most popular laboratory tests in rheumatic disease are nonspecific and include those based on the formation of autoantibodies. Rheumatoid factor assays actually are of little diagnostic help in rheumatoid arthritis, but antin...

journal_title：Postgraduate medicine

authors： Bluestone R

更新日期：1979-03-01 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：BACKGROUND:Prescription opioids have substantial abuse potential. This study compared the positive subjective drug effects of a newly developed extended-release (ER) oxycodone (OC)/acetaminophen (acetyl-para-aminophenol [APAP]) formulation with those of immediate-release (IR) OC/APAP. METHODS:This randomized, double-b...

journal_title：Postgraduate medicine

authors： Morton T,Kostenbader K,Montgomery J,Devarakonda K,Barrett T,Webster L

更新日期：2014-07-01 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：:Captopril (Capoten) and minoxidil (Loniten) have recently become generally available for treatment of hypertension, and calcium channel blockers, although not yet officially approved for this indication, clearly have potential as antihypertensive agents. Captopril, the only available inhibitor of angiotensin-convertin...

journal_title：Postgraduate medicine

authors： Kaplan NM

更新日期：1983-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Management of patients with diabetes mellitus and chronic kidney disease (CKD) is a challenging task because multiple factors in each condition may impact the other. Glycemic control offers significant benefits in the prevention of diabetic kidney disease (DKD), but other associated morbidities are also important to a...

journal_title：Postgraduate medicine

authors： Ahmed Z,Simon B,Choudhury D

更新日期：2009-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:This study aims to compare the effectiveness of insulin glargine 300 U/mL (Gla-300) with its accompanying patient support program with that of other basal insulin and available patient support programs in patients with type 2 diabetes (T2D) in a real-world setting in terms of achieving HEDIS (Healthcare Effec...

journal_title：Postgraduate medicine

authors： Oster G,Sullivan SD,Dalal MR,Kazemi MR,Rojeski M,Wysham CH,Sung J,Johnstone B,Cali AM,Wei LJ,Traylor L,Anhalt H,Hull M,Van Vleet J,Meneghini LF

更新日期：2016-11-01 00:00:00