Scombroid fish poisoning after eating seared tuna.

abstract：:Serial carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA) levels were measured during chemotherapy for metastatic cancer in 94 patients. Criteria for chemotherapy responses were those used by the Central Oncology Group. Patients were classified according to changes in CEA levels and response to chemotherapy. Four categories represented a...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Young VL,Kashmiri R,Hazen ZR,Meeker WR Jr

更新日期：1976-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Medical care in resource-limited environments (austere settings) can occur in the context of a disaster, wilderness, or a tactical field operation. Regardless of the type of environment, there are common organizational themes in most successful humanitarian missions that occur in harsh natural or manmade environmental...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Macias DJ,Williams J

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have reported a case of Campylobacter osteomyelitis, which we believe has not been previously reported. Symptoms and signs were nonspecific, but darkfield microscopy of a suspension of isolated bacteria was useful in making a presumptive diagnosis. Initial parenteral therapy based on sensitivity testing and prolong...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Bracikowski JP,Hess IE,Rein MF

更新日期：1984-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This review assessed the overall effectiveness of repeated treatments with botulinum toxin type A (BoNTA) across different conditions, as documented in the published literature. Forty-four original research articles reporting on 16 different conditions were identified that included data on the duration or efficacy of ...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Gordon MF,Barron R

更新日期：2006-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Eighty-five overriding tibial shaft fractures (46 open, 39 closed) were treated at Ochsner Foundation Hospital between 1960 and 1972. Nine different treatment methods were employed by seven orthopedic surgeons. The best results were obtained in the nine patients treated by open reduction and either compression plating...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Dunn AW

更新日期：1976-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Millions of concussions occur every year in the United States. The public interest in concussion has increased after a number of high-profile deaths in high school athletes from sports-related head trauma and in some professional athletes from chronic traumatic encephalopathy. One of the most active areas of research ...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Terrell TR,Cox CB,Bielak K,Casmus R,Laskowitz D,Nichols G

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Anticonvulsant hypersensitivity syndrome (AHS) is a potentially life-threatening adverse drug reaction presenting with fever, skin eruptions, and internal organ involvement. We describe a case of AHS with fulminant hepatitis that occurred two weeks after introduction of lamotrigine in a 40-year-old female patient with...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Ouellet G,Tremblay L,Marleau D

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We present this case to emphasize the potentially fatal outcome of supraventricular tachycardia in infancy, particularly if it has been undiagnosed for several days. Certainly, careful monitoring needs to take place during any attempt at cardioversion or any other noxious stimulation of the patient. Bicarbonate therap...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Callanan DL,Bloom KR

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Results of treating 238 transverse, longitudinal, and osteochondral fractures of the patella are reviewed. Of these, 89 patients had partial patellectomy and extensor mechanism reconstruction. After an average follow-up of four years, functional results have been excellent; there have been no late patellectomies and t...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Andrews JR,Hughston JC

更新日期：1977-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Reported is the fifth known case of Addison's disease due to adrenal involvement by North American blastomycosis (Blastomyces dermatitidis infection). The fact that amphotericin B therapy precipitated an addisonian crisis suggests that patients with disseminated blastomycosis should have their adrenal function and res...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Chandler PT

更新日期：1977-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have reported a case in which focal uptake in a uterine fibroid simulated a sacral metastasis on bone scanning. CT suggested the correct diagnosis. However, a repeat bone scan using single photon emission computerized tomography (SPECT) was definitive in correctly localizing the abnormality. This method should be u...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Rohrer DG,Williamson BR,Teates CD

更新日期：1988-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rapidly growing mycobacteria have occasionally been reported to cause catheter-related infections. We report a case of a central venous catheter-related bacteremia, caused by Mycobacterium smegmatis, in a patient with cancer. Cultures of the catheter tip and blood cultures grew M smegmatis and Enterococcus faecalis. T...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Skiest DJ,Levi ME

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have reported the case of a patient with AIDS who had appendiceal perforation and periappendiceal abscess. Extensive infection with cytomegalovirus was found in the appendix; no other pathogen could be implicated in the perforation. This case emphasizes the broad spectrum of disease due to cytomegalovirus, particul...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Tucker RM,Swanson S,Wenzel RP

更新日期：1989-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Liver amyloidosis is very rare but is relatively common within the group of amyloid diseases. Jaundice seldom accompanies this condition. Since the results of liver tests are often abnormal, liver amyloidosis cannot be diagnosed by symptoms alone. Diagnosis is provided only by liver or rectal biopsy. We have described...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Rubio PA,Farrell EM,Lehane DE

更新日期：1979-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Undocumented patient information in the medical record (MR) is a barrier to providing high quality care. Inadequate documentation has recently been reported for two cardiovascular diseases. This study was designed to evaluate the documentation of asthma management in the MR to determine if it is consistent with the NI...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Arnold LB,Usery JB,Finch CK,Wallace JL,Deaton PR,Self TH

更新日期：2009-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Three foreign bodies were successfully removed from the upper gastrointestinal tract with a fiberoptic endoscope. They included a food bolus lodged above an esophageal stricture, a metallic nebulizer tip impacted in the mid-esophagus, and a spoon lodged in the stomach. A razor blade could not be removed from the duode...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Brady PG,Johnson WF

更新日期：1977-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thirty-two patients with a resectable mass in the head of the pancreas had pancreaticoduodenectomy for suspected or proven cancer. Twenty-eight proved to have cancer (15 periampullary and 13 pancreatic), and four had pancreatitis. The five-year survival for periampullary and pancreatic cancer was 25% and 0%, respectiv...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Harris PL,Rumley TO,Lineaweaver WC,Copeland EM 3rd

更新日期：1985-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite the remarkably low mortality from poisonous snakebites in the United States during the past few years, there has been little improvement in preventing deformities of digits. Using a retrospective study of 207 cases of poisonous snakebite, I present a method that has been highly successful in avoiding deformiti...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Watt CH Jr

更新日期：1985-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two cases of postoperative death due to unsuspected pheochromocytoma are presented. Both patients exhibited signs and symptoms preoperatively which might have been attributable to a pheochromocytoma. These reports serve as a reminder of the potentially fatal consequences of inadequate evaluation of hypertensive patien...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Cross DA,Meyer JS

更新日期：1977-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pseudoepitheliomatous hyperplasia (PEH) arises in areas of chronic inflammation and can be mistaken for squamous cell carcinoma, leading to unnecessary removal of more tissue. We present a study of 21 patients having delayed reconstruction of defects left by Mohs micrographic surgery (MMS) to remove facial skin cancer...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Calhoun KH,Wagner RF Jr,Kumar D,Hokanson JA

更新日期：1995-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The results of radiation therapy of 79 patients with early carcinoma of the vocal cord are reported. Nine (13%) of the 69 patients with stage I disease had local recurrence, and two (20%) of the ten patients with stage II disease had local recurrence without local node metastasis. Subsequent control of radiation failu...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Kim RY,Fincher JA,Roth RE

更新日期：1979-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Satiety is the perception of satisfied fullness and represents a summation of neural and hormonal influences. Satiety can be assessed by drink tests, including water load. The objective of our study was to confirm the difference in water load volume between nonobese control children and children with function...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Arrouk R,Karpinski A,Lavenbarg T,Belmont J,McCallum RW,Hyman P

更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:AIDS-related Kaposi's sarcoma rarely involves bone or bone marrow. Computed tomography of the abdomen and pelvis of an AIDS patient with lower back pain and bilateral limb edema revealed multiple lesions involving liver, spleen, and axial skeleton. Bone marrow examination of the involved iliac crest revealed Kaposi's ...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Teh BS,Lu HH,Lynch GR,Banez E,Kroll MH

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sarcoidosis is a multisystem disorder of unknown cause, characterized pathologically by noncaseating granulomas. It is more commonly seen in younger adults and African Americans. Myocardial involvement occurs in at least 25% of patients with sarcoidosis and is associated with poor prognosis. In spite of recent advance...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Ruiz-Arango A,Sharma GK

更新日期：2008-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Public outcry regarding unsafe interhospital patient transfers led to the passage of the COBRA Law of 1985. Since its implementation in 1986, the law has been sharply criticized for its sporadic enforcement, narrow focus, and lack of care provisions for the poor. We reviewed retrospectively the charts of all emergency...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Kerr HD,Byrd JC,Stuart RW,Whitcomb J

更新日期：1993-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Angioedema has not been associated with losartan therapy in hemodialysis patients, as it has been with angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors. We report the case of a hemodialysis patient who previously had angioedema after therapy with ACE inhibitors and again had angioedema while taking losartan. We suggest ...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Sharma PK,Yium JJ

更新日期：1997-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Because of the persistently high mortality from sepsis in cancer patients, a retrospective study was designed to identify the causative organisms and to determine the factors affecting the outcome of sepsis. A total of 84 episodes of septicemia in 61 children with cancer were studied. The more frequently isolated orga...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Favor LF,Tarpay M,Blackstock R

更新日期：1979-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Chlamydia is the most commonly reported infectious disease in the United States, yet many women at risk for chlamydia infection are not being tested. METHODS:We conducted a chlamydia screening study (Phase I) and retrospective medical chart review (Phase II) of 199 women from 16 to 40 years of age attending...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Oster NV,Rothenberg R,McPhillips-Tangum CA,Gazmararian J,Franks AL

更新日期：2003-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Use of mucolytic agents that result in reduced mucous viscosity of the gastric mucous has been suggested to have an additive effect in curing Helicobacter pylori infection. METHODS:Seventy Hpylori-positive patients were given either eradication treatment consisting of 500 mg clarithromycin bid and 30 mg lan...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Gurbuz AK,Ozel AM,Ozturk R,Yildirim S,Yazgan Y,Demirturk L

更新日期：2005-11-01 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