Ethnic minorities, health provision and the 1976 Race Relations Act.

abstract：:Verrucous carcinoma is a rare skin malignancy of squamous cell origin. It is characterised by negligible cellular atypia and a low mitotic rate. These are reflected in slow locally invasive behaviour and very infrequent metastatic spread. The tumour is also recognised in oral and anogenital sites. Cutaneous lesions pr...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Munro NA,Smith C,Purushotham AD

更新日期：1999-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of cholestyramine in the peritoneal cavity of the rat are described. Cholestyramine causes mild peritonitis with adhesion formation between the liver and the omentum. In the management of biliary peritonitis, a lavage solution containing a suspension of cholestyramine would appear to be contra-indicated by...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Walker EM

更新日期：1979-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case of fatal pseudomembranous enterocolitis associated with ampicillin therapy is described and possible mechanisms for its production discussed. ...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Read L,Cove-Smith JR

更新日期：1977-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:I report a case of a large liver abscess causing a severe debilitating condition in which the diagnosis was delayed by several weeks following two normal ultrasound scans at days 5 and 19 of the illness. Up to one in four cases of liver abscess can be missed on ultrasound. A high degree of clinical suspicion must be m...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Bunney RG

更新日期：1988-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case of intrahepatic cholestatic jaundice following warfarin therapy is described. The patient made a complete recovery on withdrawal on the drug. ...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Jones DB,Makepeace MC,Smith PM

更新日期：1980-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The anaesthetic properties of propofol ('Diprivan') have been described previously. This report summarizes additional studies designed to investigate some aspects of the general pharmacology of propofol. Following recovery from anaesthesia with propofol there was no evidence of any central anticholinergic or anticonvu...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Glen JB,Hunter SC,Blackburn TP,Wood P

更新日期：1985-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A series of 8 adult patients with stable bronchial asthma and an established diagnois of essential hypertension (WHO I and II) was studied in a randomized double-blind cross-over study to assess the effect of captopril (50-100 mg/day) and verapamil (160-240 mg/day) on blood pressure, lung function and asthmatic sympto...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Riska H,Stenius-Aaniala B,Sovijärvi AR

更新日期：1986-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Autoamputation is an uncommon phenomenon that has been reported for the fingers, toes, appendix, ovary, spleen, etc. Autoamputation of the tongue has never been reported. An elderly man with carcinoma of lateral pharyngeal wall and tonsil presented with an autoamputated tongue that was attached to the oral cavity with...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Patel AK,Chaturvedi P,Panday RK,Sanyal B

更新日期：2001-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A study was undertaken to determine the effects of long-term insulin therapy on the development and regression of lipid perturbations and experimental cholesterol atherosclerosis in rabbits: (1) Insulin administration for 15 days significantly reduced plasma lipid levels and free fatty acids in rabbits fed a high-chol...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Marquié G

更新日期：1978-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Leg ulcer is a leading cause of morbidity among older subjects, especially women in the Western world. About 400 years BC, Hippocrates wrote, "In case of an ulcer, it is not expedient to stand, especially if the ulcer be situated on the leg". Hippocrates himself had a leg ulcer. The best treatment of any leg ulcer dep...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Sarkar PK,Ballantyne S

更新日期：2000-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Various tumours, in particular lymphomas, have been reported in association with azathioprine treatment, both after renal transplantation and in other conditions. A case is reported here of acute myeloid leukaemia associated with azathioprine therapy for rheumatoid arthritis, and this is now the third case reported in...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Gilmore IT,Holden G,Rodan KS

更新日期：1977-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Renal disease in Churg-Strauss syndrome is generally thought to be benign in nature, thereby distinguishing this rare condition from other necrotizing vasculitides. We report a case in which acute renal failure developed during the aggressive vasculitic phase of the illness requiring dialysis therapy. After one week o...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Davenport A,McDicken I,Goldsmith HJ

更新日期：1988-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:One hundred and thirteen patients were entered into a randomized, prospective double-blind, placebo controlled trial to assess the use of co-trimoxazole in reducing wound infections after dog bites. Although there was a reduction in the wound infection rate from 13.8% in the placebo group to 5.5% in the treatment grou...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Jones DA,Stanbridge TN

更新日期：1985-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We present a 78-year-old woman with clinical acute hypopituitarism in whom pathologic findings showed lymphocytic hypophysitis and retroperitoneal fibrosis. Lymphocytic hypophysitis should be included in the differential diagnosis of hypopituitarism at any age. The association with idiopathic retroperitoneal fibrosis ...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Alvarez A,Cordido F,Sacristán F

更新日期：1997-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF THE STUDY:To look at the association of central and peripheral skinfold thickness with parental history of diabetes in subjects without diabetes. METHODS:Subjects with no parental history of diabetes (n=1132), subjects with one parent with diabetes (n=271) and subjects with both parents with diabetes (n=51)...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Surendar J,Indulekha K,Deepa M,Mohan V,Pradeepa R

更新日期：2016-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case of Peutz-Jeghers syndrome with polyps in the gall bladder is presented. No previous description of this finding has been reported. The literature regarding known sites of polyposis in this condition is reviewed. ...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Foster DR,Foster DB

更新日期：1980-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Prostate cancer is receiving ever more publicity with the result that more men are having their prostate specific antigen checked and a greater proportion of men are diagnosed with potentially curable localised disease. Advances in the therapeutic modalities including radical surgery, external beam radiotherapy, and b...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Bott SR,Birtle AJ,Taylor CJ,Kirby RS

更新日期：2003-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF THE STUDY:Grit is characterised by the ability to persevere during difficulties and maintain a sustained effort over an extended period of time. Throughout their careers, doctors will experience many periods of stress and difficulty. This may result in burnout, defined by the presence of exhaustion and disen...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Halliday L,Walker A,Vig S,Hines J,Brecknell J

更新日期：2017-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ganglioneuroblastoma in the spinal region is rare, the treatment of choice being surgical excision. We present a 21 year old male who was diagnosed to have this condition in the dorsolumbar spinal region. The tumour was extending intraspinally and was unresectable. Combination chemotherapy with Adriamycin (doxorubicin...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Raina V,Kamble R,Tanwar R,Singh SP,Sharma S

更新日期：1993-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cardiovascular complications of cirrhosis include cardiac dysfunction and abnormalities in the central, splanchnic and peripheral circulation, and haemodynamic changes caused by humoral and nervous dysregulation. Cirrhotic cardiomyopathy implies systolic and diastolic dysfunction and electrophysiological abnormalities...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Møller S,Henriksen JH

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Greater trochanteric pain syndrome (GTPS) is a commonly diagnosed regional pain syndrome with a wide spectrum of aetiologies, reflecting the anatomy of the structures outside the hip joint capsule. There are five muscle tendons that insert on to the greater trochanter and three bursae in the region of the greater troc...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Chowdhury R,Naaseri S,Lee J,Rajeswaran G

更新日期：2014-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study examines clinical features of late onset anorexia nervosa. This involved the scrutiny of a large database of patients with anorexia nervosa comprising data gathered at standardized initial assessments over the period 1960-1990. Patients with a late onset were compared to other selected patient samples. The ...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Joughin NA,Crisp AH,Gowers SG,Bhat AV

更新日期：1991-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A high proportion (40%) of patients with definite myocardial ischaemia who were questioned on admission to a Cardiac Monitoring Unit had experienced preceding chest pain which had been misinterpreted by both the patients themselves and doctors as 'indigestion' and which had often been inappropriately treated. 'Indiges...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Simpson FG,Kay J,Aber CP

更新日期：1984-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The development of clinical governance in New Zealand has been pivotal to the country's health policy since 2009. Some of the key findings from one component of a national assessment project, which involved interviews with health professionals and managers at 19 of the country's 20 district health boards, are reviewed...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Gauld R

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The clinical features of 62 cases of computerized axial tomography scan-proved cerebral haemorrhage and 81 cases of cerebral infarction in the carotid territory have been compared in a retrospective case note survey. The clinical features which can help in making the distinction between haemorrhage and infarction at t...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Harrison MJ

更新日期：1980-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Staging for non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) requires accurate assessment of the mediastinal lymph nodes which determines treatment and outcome. As radiological staging is limited by its specificity and sensitivity, it is necessary to sample the mediastinal nodes. Traditionally, mediastinoscopy has been used for eva...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Medford AR,Bennett JA,Free CM,Agrawal S

更新日期：2010-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A patient is described who developed acute peripheral neuropathy of Guillain-Barré type occurring shortly after commencement of captopril for moderately severe hypertension and resolving after discontinuation of the drug. ...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Chakraborty TK,Ruddell WS

更新日期：1987-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Large population studies now demonstrate that frailty is prevalent in all adult age groups. Limited data exist on the association between frailty and surgical outcome in younger patients. The aim of the study was to explore the agreement between frailty identification tools and collect pilot data on their predi...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Dale MacLaine T,Baker O,Burke D,Howell SJ

更新日期：2021-01-12 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF THE STUDY:The aim of this study was to investigate the association of fluid overload, measured by bioelectrical impedance vector analysis (BIVA) and also by accumulated fluid balance, with 30-day mortality rates in patients admitted to the emergency department (ED). DESIGN:We conducted a prospective observa...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Kammar-García A,Pérez-Morales Z,Castillo-Martinez L,Villanueva-Juárez JL,Bernal-Ceballos F,Rocha-González HI,Remolina-Schlig M,Hernández-Gilsoul T

更新日期：2018-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Patients with irreversible chronic kidney disease who require dialysis immediately are a subset of ultra late referrals for whom the term chronic kidney disease presenting acutely might usefully be applied. Although well known to nephrologists and recognised as a specific group with considerable problems, li...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Wolfe M,Almond A,Robertson S,Donaldson K,Isles C

更新日期：2010-07-01 00:00:00