Arsenic exposures in Mississippi: a review of cases.

abstract：:Like the introduction of bare metal stents (BMS), that of drug-eluting stents (DES) represented a quantum leap in the interventional cardiology community's ongoing efforts to conquer restenosis. However, recent concerns over late thrombosis (LT) have tempered the initial enthusiasm. Nonetheless, when compared with BMS...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Chen JP

更新日期：2008-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The objective of the study was to determine whether treatment with protease inhibitors is associated with unprotected sexual behavior. METHODS:A total of 592 HIV-infected persons recruited from statewide public clinics in nonurban Alabama communities completed an assessment that, among other variables, elic...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： DiClemente RJ,Funkhouser E,Wingood G,Fawal H,Holmberg SD,Vermund SH

更新日期：2002-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The association of hypercoagulation and cancer, a well established pattern of disease, often leads to pulmonary emboli in an already compromised patient. Anticoagulation therapy in these patients is occasionally complicated by several factors including thrombocytopenia, which may result in a life-threatening situation...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Whitney BA,Kerstein MD

更新日期：1987-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The clinical presentations of liver abscess, hepatoma, and metastatic tumor to the liver may be quite similar, and procedures such as computerized tomography, radionuclide scanning, and ultrasonography of the liver cannot make a specific diagnosis. Therefore, we compared the clinical presentations of 38 patients seen ...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Klotz SA,Penn RL

更新日期：1987-12-01 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：:A 66-year-old white male presented with jaundice, pruritus, and a 30-pound weight loss over two months. Physical examination revealed scleral icterus. Laboratory evaluation revealed ALT 161 U/L, AST 290 U/L, alkaline phosphatase 2004 U/L, GGT 2,552 U/L, total bilirubin 10.2 mg/dL, and a carbohydrate antigen 19-9 (CA 1...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Lowe D,Lee J,Schade R,Chaudhary A

更新日期：2006-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Psoriasis treatments range from topical treatments and phototherapy to oral systemic medications and injections. Despite good control of the disease when applying appropriate treatments (according to disease severity, insurance parameters, patient preference, and patients' ability to adhere), continued advancements wi...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Smith J,Cline A,Feldman SR

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report the case of a 55-year-old woman who was thought to have systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) for more than 13 years before Crohn's colitis was correctly diagnosed. The differentiation of Crohn's disease from SLE may be difficult, as illustrated by our case. Gastrointestinal symptoms, laboratory studies, and ra...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Buchman AL,Wilcox CM

更新日期：1995-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Our objective was to assess the educational benefits of a formal pathology rotation during an obstetrics and gynecology residency program and to determine the utility of this information in clinical practice. METHODS:In this descriptive study, the benefits of a 2-month rotation in pathology for obstetrics a...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： McGehee RP,Meeks GR,Davey-Sullivan BJ,Cowan BD,Morrison JC

更新日期：1998-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Endobronchial tuberculosis (EBTB) is an infection of the tracheobronchial tree. A 17-year-old male patient with tuberculosis who developed middle lobe syndrome on antituberculous treatment is presented. The patient was admitted with complaints of fever, cough and weight loss. Right paracardiac and perihilar heterogene...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Erelel M,Yakar F,Yakar A

更新日期：2009-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Six patients characterized by psychopathic behavior were treated with lesions placed in the center median nucleus of the thalamus. There was marked improvement of the psychopathic behavior in five patients. One patient with unilateral thalamotomy was parqially improved. Four of the six patients have been productive an...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Andy OJ

更新日期：1975-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Many psychiatric patients experience pharmaceutical intolerances, and some of them do not derive optimal efficacy from their pharmacotherapies. Clinical problems such as these may result in prolonged dysfunction, adverse consequences, and repeated changes in medication treatment regimens. Pharmacogenomics is a laborat...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Narang P,Johnson A,Enja M,Lippmann S

更新日期：2016-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The use of stress echocardiography (SE) in an elderly population was retrospectively evaluated and compared with myocardial perfusion scintigraphy (MPS) in a similar group. Patients > or = 80 years of age were evaluated by treadmill or pharmacologic SE (group 1; n = 65) to determine its predictive value for cardiac ev...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Font VE,Lara WC,Bournigal DR

更新日期：1996-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Since the incidence of endometrial cancer among estrogen-treated women at Wilford Hall Air Force Medical Center was not increased as reported by others, a prospective study was begun in 1975. With this data base, the cases of breast and endometrial cancer in estrogen and oral contraceptive users were reviewed. The inc...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Gambrell RD Jr

更新日期：1984-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The temporary tissue expander can generate an excess of full-thickness skin that can be recruited into an adjacent area of tissue deficiency caused by scar contracture. The creation of a pseudobursa enhances the functional improvement gained by this technique. Now in its developmental stage, tissue expansion carries a...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Hagerty RC,Zubowitz VN

更新日期：1986-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Of 72 patients with chronic myelogenous leukemia (CML), 37 were Ph1 positive, eight were negative, and 27 were not evaluated for the Ph1 chromosome. Of the 37 patients positive for Ph1, 31 had adequate evaluation. These 31 patients were reviewed for survival with reference to spleen size. Seventeen patients with splee...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Collins RK,Jackson JF,Morrison FS,Meydrech EF

更新日期：1979-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this paper we describe a technique for continuous spinal anesthesia, first described at the turn of the 20th century and long thought to have become obsolete. We discuss reasons for discontinuance and neglect of the technique, as well as its indications, applications, and specific advantages, and we report a signif...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Shroff PK,Skerman JH,Blass NH

更新日期：1988-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:This study was done to determine the safety, efficacy, dosing requirements, and spontaneous recovery profiles of prolonged infusions of rocuronium bromide in the critically ill. METHODS:This multicenter, prospective, nonrandomized, open label trial enrolled 32 patients at two university-based medical center...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Circeo LE,Reeves ST

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This report describes a 9-year-old girl with pigmented villonodular synovitis of the right knee. She presented with a chronic bloody effusion of the knee. The diagnosis of pigmented villonodular synovitis was suggested by the findings on magnetic resonance imaging and confirmed at the time of arthroscopic synovectomy....

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Saulsbury FT

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Streptococcus pneumoniae produced an erysipelas-like eruption in a patient with the nephrotic syndrome. The eruption and accompanying fever resolved upon treatment with aqueous penicillin. ...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Varghese R,Melo JC,Chun CH,Raff MJ

更新日期：1979-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Patient comfort is an important part of laceration repair. METHODS:The study was a randomized single-blind cross-over trial in which each participant received 250 ml warmed and 250 ml room temperature saline irrigation in simple linear wounds after a local anesthetic was instilled. The solutions and the ord...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Ernst AA,Gershoff L,Miller P,Tilden E,Weiss SJ

更新日期：2003-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS) encompasses the variants of acute immune-mediated polyneuropathies usually preceded by an infection. A few case reports have associated GBS to neoplastic diseases. It remains unclear whether these are merely coincidental or represent paraneoplastic phenomena. The clinical features of GBS ...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Naveed S,Okoli K,Hollingsworth J,Kasmani R

更新日期：2010-02-01 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：:Hypochlorhydric states such as atrophic gastritis and partial gastrectomy have long been known to cause iron deficiency anemia. However, studies to date have failed to show a similar association with omeprazole, a proton pump inhibitor that also produces achlorhydria. These studies, however, have primarily involved no...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Sharma VR,Brannon MA,Carloss EA

更新日期：2004-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There is controversy in the medical literature regarding the significance of "sickle cell cardiomyopathy." In an attempt to clarify this, we studied 14 patients with sickle cell anemia (age range 16 to 36 years) using simultaneous echocardiography and phonocardiography. The values of systolic time intervals and echoca...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Covarrubias EA,Sheikh MU,Solanki DL,Morjaria M,Fox LM

更新日期：1980-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Doyle's medical writings represent a valuable contribution to both the scientific and nonscientific aspects of medicine of the late 19th Century. Up to the present, accounts of these writings have been few, and none of them have been evaluative of their scientific merit. Analysis of Doyle's writings on infectious dise...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Rodin AE,Key JD

更新日期：1982-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thirty-five patients with chronic low back pain responded to a follow-up survey 18 months after being discharged from the hospital. All patients had objective (MMPI) evidence of psychologic disturbance during hospitalization. Seven patients subsequently obtained additional elective back surgery; the remaining 28 did n...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Gentry WD

更新日期：1982-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ours is apparently the first reported pediatric case of Stomatococcus mucilaginosus bacteremia. It is the second reported case of S mucilaginosus catheter-associated infection, but the first case successfully treated without removing the central venous catheter. This unusual organism should be added to the list of opp...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Ascher DP,Bash MC,Zbick C,White C

更新日期：1991-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The primary aim of this study was to determine reasons why health care personnel (HCP) in a public health department chose or refused free influenza vaccinations offered at the worksite. METHODS:In an internal review board-approved study, we offered, through a health nurse at the site, self-administered sur...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Millner VS,Eichold BH 2nd,Franks RD,Johnson GD

更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To provide a succinct and updated discussion on common ear, nose, and throat (ENT) disorders encountered by primary care physicians. METHODS:Review of recent and pertinent literature. RESULTS:Recent data was identified via a PubMed search as well as commonly utilized texts in otolaryngology. DISCUSSION:Whi...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Emerick KS,Deschler DG

更新日期：2006-10-01 00:00:00