Current concerns for blood donor well-being and health.

abstract：:Hepatitis C is a leading cause of liver failure and transplantation in the United States and a major public health issue. Studies have shown that patients with hepatitis C are at an increased risk of cardiovascular disease, which make statins of particular benefit in this patient population. However, the National Chol...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Andrus MR,East J

更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have reported a case of reversible acute renal transplant failure due to the Page kidney phenomenon, which followed routine diagnostic needle biopsy. Duplex Doppler ultrasonography differentiated between allograft rejection and graft failure due to perirenal and mechanical abnormalities. Renal transplant failure ma...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Dempsey J,Gavant ML,Cowles SJ,Gaber AO

更新日期：1993-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have described a case of malignant schwannoma (MS) originating from the posterior mediastinum with subsequent pathologic rupture of the thoracic aorta. The patient presented with acute retrosternal pain radiating to the back, and she died on the day of admission. Necropsy revealed a large hemothorax and a tumor mas...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Bambirra EA,Miranda D

更新日期：1980-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Several treatment regimens of trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole (TMP-SMZ) were compared to the USPHS-recommended schedules for treatment of uncomplicated gonorrhea with ampicillin plus probenecid, tetracycline, or aqueous procaine penicillin G in both men and women. TMP-SMZ, six tablets as a single oral dose daily for 3 d...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Duncan WC,Knox JM,Jackson TH

更新日期：1975-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Computed tomography (CT) is increasingly used to evaluate abdominal diseases, including those of the colon. Recent CT studies have documented colonic abnormalities in patients with pseudomembranous colitis; however, these findings are not widely appreciated by primary care physicians. Over a 25-month period, we prospe...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Wilcox CM,Gryboski D,Fernandez M,Stahl W

更新日期：1995-09-01 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：:Although skin testing with ubiquitous antigens is widely employed to assess delayed hypersensitivity, little is known about the effect of geographic location on the frequency of skin test reactions to given antigens. To assess skin test reactivity in the mid-South, 82 hospitalized patients and 68 normal controls had s...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Stimpson PG,Paty JG Jr,Hudson T,Lieberman P

更新日期：1976-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 54-year-old woman, perhaps the oldest living American black with homozygous beta thalassemia, has had a relatively benign clinical course since her case was first reported two decades ago. Despite progressive splenomegaly, she has remained active without blood transfusions. This case emphasizes the mildness of homoz...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Eichner ER

更新日期：1976-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case of Wuchereria bancrofti filariasis was recently seen in a Haitian immigrant in Charleston, SC. The Caribbean area is a known endemic focus for this organism. With the increased numbers of immigrants from that area, it is likely that other such cases will be seen in the US. ...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Morris RC,Pappas AA,Garvin AJ

更新日期：1985-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The modern, comprehensive care of patients with hemophilia requires an awareness that complications other than those caused by acute hemorrhage can occur. The use of newer, more potent plasma concentrates has been accompanied by an increased incidence of liver disease in transfusion-requiring hemophiliacs. The progres...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： White GC 2nd,Blatt PM,McMillan CW,Webster WP,Lesesne HR,Roberts HR

更新日期：1980-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The advantages of topical (as opposed to systemic) therapy for allergic rhinitis include the avoidance of undesirable systemic effects and the concentration of therapeutic effect on the target organ. Successful topical therapy requires establishment of a proper diagnosis, followed by effective delivery of the medicati...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Mabry RL

更新日期：1992-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have presented the case of an elderly woman with severe kyphoscoliosis, osteoarthritis and left knee effusion who had symptoms and signs of intermittent intestinal obstruction. Operation showed a left-sided obturator hernia. In any elderly, debilitated, chronically ill woman, symptoms and signs of recurrent small-b...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Rizk TA,Deshmukh N

更新日期：1990-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An 8 year-old girl had a large congenital nevus involving the posterior thigh, leg, and foot. The nevus on non-weight-bearing areas was resected, and the areas were resurfaced with artificial skin and ultra-thin split-thickness grafts. A good result was ultimately achieved. Our management of this case and the relative...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Thomas WO,Rayburn S,LeBlanc RT,Powell RW,Luterman A

更新日期：2001-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two cases of recurrent psychotic depression are reported in which ECT (electroconvulsive therapy) was administered with good results for previous episodes of depression, but treatment of the current episode with combined drug therapy (antidepressant and antipsychotic drugs) in one case and antidepressant chemotherapy ...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Solomon JG

更新日期：1978-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rocky Mountain spotted fever is a serious acute systemic illness frequently complicated by cardiac involvement. To evaluate the spectrum of myocardial dysfunction, we obtained M-mode echocardiograms on nine consecutive patients with Rocky Mountain spotted fever within 72 hours of admission. Seven of the nine patients ...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Feltes TF,Wilcox WD,Feldman WE,Lipskis DJ,Carter SL,Bugg GW

更新日期：1984-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Since April 1975, 292 patients have had gastric operations for morbid obesity: gastric bypass with Roux-en-Y gastrojejunostomy (RY), 105 patients; gastric bypass with loop gastrojejunostomy (loop), 69 patients; greater curvature gastroplasty, 40 patients; and gastric partition with gastrogastrostomy, 78 patients. Foll...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Herbst CA Jr,Buckwalter JA

更新日期：1982-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In children, intramural duodenal hematomas resulting from blunt abdominal trauma are generally managed nonoperatively with nasogastric suction and parenteral nutrition. Experience with three cases in which this form of treatment failed caused us to reappraise its benefits and results. Consequently, we now recommend su...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Thoms CA,Ricketts RR

更新日期：1988-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Erythromycin has been associated with prolongation of myocardial repolarization and torsades de pointes (TdP). METHODS:To determine the frequency, dose-response, and risk factors for erythromycin-associated prolongation of myocardial repolarization, we observed data of patients admitted to our hospital with...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Kdesh A,McPherson CA,Yaylali Y,Yasick D,Bradley K,Manthous CA

更新日期：1999-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A patient with pathologically proven acrometastasis of his left thumb presented 3 months after esophagectomy for esophageal squamous cell carcinoma. Interestingly, there was indeed a faint uptake in his left thumb that was initially considered an artifact in the whole body bone scan taken before esophagectomy. Physici...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Hsieh CY,Bai LY,Lo WC,Huang HH,Chiu CF

更新日期：2008-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper describes a transverse approach to the knee which gives unequalled access to the joint for extensive synovectomies, extensive surgical debridement, installation of total knee prostheses, or reduction of supracondylar fracture of the femur involving the articular surfaces. The temporary patellar tendon subst...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： McConnell BE

更新日期：1976-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rheumatoid arthritis, a chronic inflammatory polyarthritis that destroys synovial joints, is associated with systemic as well as local inflammation and with an increased risk of cardiovascular disease and death not fully explained by traditional cardiac risk factors. Statins (HMG-coA reductase inhibitors), medications...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Costenbader KH,Coblyn JS

更新日期：2005-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The sleep apnea syndromes have been recognized clinically in the United States only within the past ten years. The true extent of the problem is not known, but it seems certain that these syndromes are much more common than was generally assumed five years ago. Every clinician should be aware of the signs and symptoms...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Chaudhary BA,Speir WA Jr

更新日期：1982-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pyridium (phenazopyridine hydrochloride) is often prescribed as an analgesic in patients following trauma, surgery, or infections of the urinary tract. Pyridium toxicity has been previously reported, however, most cases result in a single adverse effect. Herein the authors describe an elderly patient who presented wit...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Haigh C,Dewar JC

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES:Use of health services in rural communities has not been well studied. We explored how black and white children used health services in a rural Mississippi community. METHODS:Data were prospectively collected for 396 children attending a private practice to determine if race was associated wi...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Kum-Nji P,Mangrem CL,Wells PJ,Klesges LM,Herrod HG

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:While in most states information physicians obtain from the about patients is confidential and cannot be disclosed without the patient's permission, a recent California Supreme Court decision affirms that when the doctor reasonably believes his patient can cause violent harm to third persons, he had an overriding duty...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Bunch PL,Dowben C

更新日期：1979-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Guidelines have recommended that risk stratification be performed in patients diagnosed with an acute pulmonary embolism (PE). No study has described the use of risk stratification in routine clinical practice. The purpose of this study was to measure the frequency and impact of risk stratification on treatm...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Stamm JA,Long JL,Kirchner HL,Keshava K,Wood KE

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Autoimmune neutropenia (AIN) is defined as a neutrophil count <1.5 × 109/L caused by increased peripheral destruction of neutrophils from an underlying autoimmune mechanism in which autoantibodies are directed against a patient's own neutrophils. AIN has a multifactorial etiology ranging from an idiopathic primary phe...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Afzal W,Owlia MB,Hasni S,Newman KA

更新日期：2017-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We evaluated the indices of arterial distensibility in a group (N = 40) of normotensive subjects and patients with borderline or established hypertension by measuring intra-arterial pressure, pulse wave velocity, and a mathematical modification of MOEN's formula to calculate arterial distensibility. Multiple linear re...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Aristimuño GG,Suarez DH

更新日期：1984-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Malignant secondary parotid neoplasms are uncommon. Among 545 malignant parotid tumors, we found 52 (9%) that did not arise primarily in the parotid gland. Lymphomas or tumors of hematopoietic origin were excluded from this study. All patients had a parotid mass (two bilateral), one third of which were painful; 20% ha...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Rees R,Maples M,Lynch JB,Rosenfeld L

更新日期：1981-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thoracic splenosis is rare, with fewer than two dozen reported cases. Patients uniformly have a history of splenectomy with combined abdominal and thoracic trauma. Clinical signs and symptoms are usually absent, and the condition is most often discovered on routine chest radiography. The interval between trauma and cl...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Buchino JJ,Buchino JJ

更新日期：1998-11-01 00:00:00