Tracheobronchitis due to Corynebacterium pseudodiphtheriticum.

abstract：:Overall physical fitness has become increasingly popular in the 1990s, especially in the geriatric community. More runners, bikers, swimmers, and aerobic advocates over the age of 55 are requiring medical attention for foot complaints, as the feet are a necessary tool for almost any athletic activity. This paper discu...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Gordon GM,Cuttic MM

更新日期：1994-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The use of tourniquets for upper and lower extremity operative procedures is controversial in patients with sickle cell hemoglobinopathies. The authors used Ovid and MEDLINE®, PubMed, and CINAHL® to detect English-language reports of any surgical procedure where a tourniquet was used on a patient with sickle cell dise...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Fisher B,Roberts CS

更新日期：2010-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Abscess of the spleen is uncommon and potentially lethal, but until recently it was rarely diagnosed except by exploratory celiotomy or at autopsy. Now, with the advent of radionuclide scanning, ultrasonography, and selective angiography, earlier diagnosis is possible in most cases. We report a case of traumatic absce...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Brown JJ,Sumner TE,Crowe JE,Shaffner LD

更新日期：1979-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Transcranial Doppler ultrasound (TCD) effectively identifies children with sickle cell anemia (SCA) who are at increased risk of stroke. We evaluated a low-cost quality improvement (QI) intervention to increase the proportion of children screened by TCD. METHODS:We measured the proportion of children with S...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Muntz DS,Bundy DG,Strouse JJ

更新日期：2016-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Stercoraceous perforation of the colon is most often unsuspected and is usually diagnosed at operation or autopsy. Abdominal radiographs show large fecal masses in the rectum and sigmoid colon, and occasionally lying free in the peritoneal cavity. Free intraperitoneal air is present. We have reported a single case, wi...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： McCrea ES,Diaconis JN

更新日期：1979-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The predictability of a method of determining serum digoxin concentration was assessed in a retrospective study of 35 hospitalized patients taking digoxin orally for maintenance therapy. Simple pharmacokinetic expressions were used to estimate digoxin concentration. Clinically, the mean measured digoxin concentration ...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Shearer SW,Sawyer WT,Petteway SB Jr

更新日期：1984-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Axillary and palmar hyperhidrosis are featured prominently in the literature, but no previous studies have detailed a treatment regimen for specific excessive localized sweating of the face and scalp. In this report, a patient was treated for this condition with a combination of clonidine hydrochloride (0.3 mg to 0.4 ...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Torch EM

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Endocrine metabolic emergencies are common clinical entities seen by most health care professionals in acute care medicine. Except for cardiopulmonary arrest, few situations require such rapid institution of immediate drug therapy to reverse life-threatening metabolic imbalances. To safely guide patients through these...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Rush DR,Hamburger SC

更新日期：1984-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rapid, extreme expansion of the extracellular fluid with solutions devoid of acid or alkali theoretically can produce a metabolic acidosis, due to buffer dilution. This phenomenon has previously been demonstrated only in experimental animal studies. We have reported what we believe to be the first documented case of h...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Goodkin DA,Raja RM,Saven A

更新日期：1990-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:How outside factors affect physician decision making remains an open question of vital importance. We sought to investigate the importance of various influences on physician decision making when clinical guidelines differ from patient preference. METHODS:An online survey asking 469 primary care providers (PC...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Le HH,DeCamp M,Bertram A,Kale M,Berger Z

更新日期：2018-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a rare case of Candida glabrata liver abscess and fungemia complicating severe calculus cholecystitis in a 64-year-old female patient who had no history of immunosuppression or diabetes mellitus. The patient underwent cholecystectomy, resection of liver abscess, and systemic antifungal therapy using micafung...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Lima R,Shams W,Kalra S,Borthwick T

更新日期：2010-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:One hundred sixty-two adolescents being seen for sick or well visits at two suburban private pediatric practices completed an anonymous, written questionnaire about drug habits. The respondents' ages ranged from 14 to 17 years; all were white and from middle-class or upper-middle-class families. The adolescents report...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Schwartz RH,Hayden GF

更新日期：1986-08-01 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：:There are presently more than 7,000 Vietnamese refugees living in the greater New Orleans area. This paper summarizes the health and information on nutrition now available regarding Vietnamese refugees living in the United States. It is hoped that this effort will add to the documentation of the health changes occurri...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Waldman EB,Lege SB,Oseid B,Carter JP

更新日期：1979-10-01 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：:Of ten patients with anterior diaphragmatic hernia treated by operation, only three had shortness of breath and chest pain. The remainder of the patients were referred to us because of a roentgenographic abnormality. All patients have had follow-up of between six months and 11 years without recurrence. Surgical repair...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Saha SP,Mayo P,Long GA

更新日期：1982-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ninety-four children with typhoid fever presented with the primary complaints of fever, diarrhea, and vomiting. Fifty-two percent had hepatomegaly and derangements of SGOT and LDH. None developed hepatic decompensation and all had rapid clinical recovery. The abnormal liver function test served no prognostic purpose. ...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Colon AR

更新日期：1976-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A technic for correcting hammertoe and other toe deformities by waist resection of the proximal phalanges of the toes effectively corrected these conditions in 95 patients and 466 toes. This procedure can be done quickly and easily with low morbidity. Through a very short incision over the waist of the proximal phalan...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： McConnell BE

更新日期：1975-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sodium fluoride has clearly been shown to have pronounced effects on the skeleton, probably more than any other currently available therapeutic agent. Unfortunately, these effects appear to be both beneficial and potentially toxic at the same time. A more clear understanding is needed of the basic mechanisms whereby t...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Kleerekoper M,Balena R

更新日期：1992-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sections from 879 consecutive breast biopsies performed for clinically and grossly benign disease between 1962 and 1966 were reviewed. Twenty-four cases of undiagnosed lobular carcinoma in situ or atypical lobular hyperplasia and six cases of intraductal papillary carcinoma were found. Only one patient later developed...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Harvey DG,Fechner RE

更新日期：1978-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Most congenital heart anomalies now can be surgically corrected in a neonate or very young infant. Because their hearts are so small, it is advantageous to work in a bloodless and motionless operative field. Deep hypothermia with circulatory arrest provides this setting. Physiologic problems associated with hypothermi...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Ochsner JL,Lawson NW,Mills NL,King TD,Williams LC

更新日期：1976-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A patient with stable non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus had five successive cranial nerve palsies, all of which resolved. This syndrome is rarely encountered in patients with diabetes and in otherwise healthy individuals. ...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Brett AS

更新日期：1985-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Diabetic ketoacidosis can be effectively and economically treated by using low-dose intravenous insulin and 2 to 3 liters of isotonic saline at 500 ml/hr to replace extracellular fluids, followed by 2 to 4 L of 5% glucose in 0.45% saline with potassium chloride and/or potassium phosphate to replace intracellular fluid...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Moss JM

更新日期：1987-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Twelve cases of Shigella sonnei infection, with two deaths, occurred at a custodial institution in Donelson, Tennessee, in April and May 1973. Nine of the cases and both deaths were in patients hospitalized at the institution's infirmary. The patients with nosocomial shigellosis were significantly younger and had been...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Weissman JB,Hutcheson RH

更新日期：1976-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Penetrating neck trauma may be managed operatively or nonoperatively, depending on precise anatomic location. Conservative management of zone II injuries is currently an issue under debate. We present a brief case report followed by a description of the current strategies for operative exploration and diagnostic maneu...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Siegrist B,Steeb G

更新日期：2000-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The number of methicillin-resistant STaphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infections in the hospital setting is increasing but little is known of its prevalence in the community. In a 1986-1987 study, the prevalence in dermatology outpatient clinics was <0.9%. This study reports changes in the same facilities from 19...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Price MF,McBride ME,Wolf JE Jr

更新日期：1998-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The diagnosis of sarcoidosis is best established when there is evidence of granulomatous involvement in two or more organs. Three patients with unusual cutaneous manifestations of sarcoidosis, including palmar and follicular lesions, nonscarring alopecia, and widespread plaque or erythrodermic sarcoidosis, are reporte...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Greer KE,Harman LE Jr,Kayne AL

更新日期：1977-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:I have reported two cases of Mallory-Weiss tear occurring after the patients drank an oral electrolyte/polyethylene glycol preparation before colonoscopy. Only two other such cases have been previously reported. ...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Hroncich ME

更新日期：1992-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 45-year-old Costa Rican woman was seen for a jejunostomy tube malfunction. There was no evidence of tube malposition or intestinal obstruction. During endoscopy, a long worm was retrieved from the distal duodenum; it was later confirmed to be Ascaris lumbricoides. After treatment with mebendazole, no further episode...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Kiafar C,Shah D,Wadas D,Gilani N

更新日期：2008-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have described a case of thrombocytopenic purpura caused by methyldopa. A methyldopa-dependent antiplatelet antibody as the mechanism of the patient's thrombopenia was suggested by a positive clot retraction inhibition test. This simple in vitro test should be done more often in suspected cases of drug-induced thro...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Polk OD,Kletter GG,Smith J,Castro O

更新日期：1982-03-01 00:00:00