Diagnosis and treatment in inflammatory neuropathies.

abstract：:A previously healthy 17 year old boy had Staphylococcus aureus endocarditis presenting as acute scrotal pain. There was no trauma or evidence of scrotal or epididymal infection. The pain subsided after therapy for endocarditis was started. ...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Watanakunakorn C

更新日期：1987-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Effective hand hygiene has long been recognised as an important way to reduce the transmission of bacterial and viral pathogens in healthcare settings. However, many studies have shown that adherence to hand hygiene remains low, and improvement efforts have often not delivered sustainable results. The Childr...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Jamal A,O'Grady G,Harnett E,Dalton D,Andresen D

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The diagnosis and early management of genitourinary disorders in children is challenging for the child, parents and carers. There have been enormous developments in paediatric care medically and surgically and as a result many patients with complex anomalies reach adult life and have a normal desire for a good quality...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Creighton SM,Wood D

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The causes of death, as determined by autopsy, in 10 patients dying from the acute effects of phaeochromocytoma were myocardial infarction (five patients), left ventricular failure (two patients), cerebral haemorrhage (two patients) and circulatory collapse with malignant phaeochromocytoma (one patient). Most patients...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Cohen CD,Dent DM

更新日期：1984-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:There is paucity of evidence regarding the role of drain in laparoscopic cholecystectomy (LC) in acute calculous cholecystitis (ACC), and surgeons have placed the drains based on their experiences, not on evidence-based guidelines. This study aims to assess the value of drain in LC for ACC in a randomised co...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Valappil MV,Gulati S,Chhabra M,Mandal A,Bakshi S,Bhattacharyya A,Ghatak S

更新日期：2020-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Colonic strictures are very common and are a frequent finding on double contrast barium examination; they very often reflect the presence of malignancy, diverticular disease, ischaemia, inflammatory bowel disease, and rarely mycobacterial disease. A case of mycobacterial disease mimicking malignancy is presented; this...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Rees JR,Longstaff A,Rigby HL,Smith DL,Dixon AR

更新日期：2003-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Psychosis is common in Parkinson's disease (PD), particularly in its later stages. The symptoms range from comparatively minor illusions, vivid dreams, and occasional, non-disturbing visual hallucinations to frank psychosis. The pathogenesis of psychosis in PD is not fully known. Management of psychosis in PD requires...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Thanvi BR,Lo TC,Harsh DP

更新日期：2005-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 77-year old woman with pituitary-driven Cushing's disease is described. The condition was completely controlled on long-term treatment with metyrapone. ...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Donckier J,Burrin JM,Ramsay ID,Joplin GF

更新日期：1986-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Post-radiation large vessel injury has not received as much attention as microvascular irradiation injury. A few studies have shown that common carotid intima-media thickness (IMT) is increased after radiotherapy to the head and neck. However, in most of these studies, the irradiated subjects also had other ...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Shariat M,Alias NA,Biswal BM

更新日期：2008-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Since many years, teaching and training in communication skills are cornerstones in the medical education curriculum. Although video recording in a real-time consultation is expected to positively contribute to the learning process, research on this topic is scarce. This study will focus on the feasibility an...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Eeckhout T,Gerits M,Bouquillon D,Schoenmakers B

更新日期：2016-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effective training of facilitator/ tutors is crucial to the success of a problem-based learning approach to medical education. New skills are needed to accomplish the change from giver of information to facilitator of learning, coach, and guide. This paper outlines considerations for the design of a tutor training...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Wetzel MS

更新日期：1996-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recurrence of adrenal cortical carcinoma 22 years after first presentation is reported in a 54-year-old woman with Cushing's syndrome. This tumour is normally associated with poor prognosis and prolonged survival is rare. Although the patient had remained well with apparent 'cure' in the intervening years, it is sugge...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Shaw KM,Fisher C,Peters JL,Ross EJ

更新日期：1979-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Digital clubbing has been a well recognised feature of several distinct clinical conditions, including respiratory, cardiac, and gastrointestinal diseases since the Hippocratic era. However, clubbing associated with Behçet's disease has not been reported before. We describe a case of clubbing in a young man with Behçe...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Benekli M,Güllü IH

更新日期：1997-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although the relationship between group A streptococcal upper respiratory tract infection and the development of acute rheumatic fever has been known for many years, the pathogenetic mechanism(s) have never been defined. Thus, the mechanism of damage to the valves and to the myocardium in patients with rheumatic fever...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Kaplan EL

更新日期：1992-01-01 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

abstract：:A patient presented with fever, malaise and a staphylococcal wound infection occurring 3 weeks after severe haemorrhage from a lacerated brachial artery. There were no clinical features to suggest Addison's disease but abdominal computed tomography to exclude abdominal sepsis showed bilateral adrenal gland enlargement...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Wheatley T,Gallagher S,Dixon AK

更新日期：1985-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Asthma is an inflammatory disease characterized by infiltration of the airways by eosinophils and ensuing bronchial hyperresponsiveness. The activation of eosinophils and their recruitment to the airways are strongly influenced by T-lymphocytes and their products. There is now evidence that successful therapy of asthm...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Milgrom H

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of graded exercise on the secretion of cortisol, testosterone, prolactin, growth hormone, thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH), luteinizing hormone and follicle stimulating hormone (FSH) is reported. While cortisol, prolactin, growth hormone and testosterone rise during the period of exercise, a rise in lutein...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Gawel MJ,Park DM,Alaghband-Zadeh J,Rose FC

更新日期：1979-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The literature of the outbreaks of 'epidemic neuromyasthenia' (ENM) from 1934 to 1955 has been selected to show that the disease affects other people besides young adult females in hospitals and nursing homes. There have been district epidemics, in which the male: female ratio was almost even and several male outbreak...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Parish JG

更新日期：1978-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Very few cases of acquired severe copper deficiency have been described. The principal effects are haematological, but the precise abnormalities are uncertain due to the possible association of other deficiencies. A case of isolated severe copper deficiency associated with late onset hypogammaglobulinaemia is reported...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Oppenheimer SM,Hoffbrand BI,Dormandy TL,Parker N,Wickens DG

更新日期：1987-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Postgraduate medical education bodies and national patient safety institutes recommend that trainees develop patient safety competencies such as those for Morbidity and Mortality (M&M) rounds, yet there exists no model for their educational delivery. OBJECTIVE:We studied the effect of a single educational i...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Mondoux SE,Frank JR,Kwok ESH,Cwinn AA,Lee AC,Calder LA

更新日期：2016-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Haemorrhage of small bowel origin may prove to be a clinical and diagnostic challenge, particularly when the bleeding is massive and continuous. Such a case is described where the source of blood loss was a jejunal vascular abnormality. ...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Saunders MP

更新日期：1991-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Rapid response systems (RRSs) have been introduced to facilitate effective 'rescue' of seriously ill patients on hospital wards. While research has demonstrated some benefit, uncertainty remains regarding impact on patient outcomes. Little is known about the relationship between social contexts and the app...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Mackintosh N,Rainey H,Sandall J

更新日期：2012-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A patient presented with tracking of pus from a chronic appendiceal abscess along the lateral cutaneous nerve of the thigh. In the absence of such a tunnel, which is only present in a small proportion of individuals, the infection would have resulted in a subinguinal psoas abscess. Although pus may conceivably extend ...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Gatt D

更新日期：1985-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Obstructive sleep apnoea syndrome (OSAS) is a highly prevalent disease and is recognised as a major public health burden. Large-scale epidemiological studies have demonstrated an independent relationship between OSAS and various cardiovascular disorders. The pathogenesis of cardiovascular complications in OSAS is not ...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Ryan S,Taylor CT,McNicholas WT

更新日期：2009-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report on 8 patients with giant lymph node hyperplasia (GLNH), diagnosed over a 10-year period. The age of the patients at diagnosis, the clinical presentation and the histological subtype varied, indicating that GNLH is a heterogeneous condition. One case was associated with liver cirrhosis, and in another patient...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Baruch Y,Ben-Arie Y,Kerner H,Lorber M,Best LA,Gershoni-Baruch R

更新日期：1991-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Patients with coronary atherosclerosis present with angina, myocardial infarction and sudden death, most often caused by atherosclerotic stenosis complicated by spasm and/or occlusive thrombosis. All of these events have been shown to exhibit similar diurnal rhythms, with a peak incidence in the morning after waking a...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Selwyn AP,Raby K,Vita JA,Ganz P,Yeung A

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 29-year-old gardener developed acute renal failure following the ingestion of 'Mersil', a combination of mercurous and mercuric chloride, achieving a plasma mercury concentration of 22,000 nmol/litre (400 micrograms/litre). Haemodialysis and charcoal haemoperfusion were ineffective in removing mercury despite prior ...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Worth DP,Davison AM,Lewins AM,Ledgerwood MJ,Taylor A

更新日期：1984-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Transient ischaemic attacks (TIAs) carry a significant early risk of stroke. New national guidelines state patients should be seen within 7 days of the incident, with higher-risk patients being seen within 24 h. Meeting these targets across the NHS poses a significant challenge. A novel approach to TIA asses...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Banerjee S,Natarajan I,Biram R,Sutton K,Ekeng G,Ames D,Chataway J

更新日期：2009-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The term "natural childbirth" denotes an approach to childbirth characterised by a bias towards physical and mental hygiene in the management of pregnancy and labour. It emerged in Britain in the interwar period, partly as a response to the growing interventionism of mainstream obstetrics. Its appeal since then has re...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Moscucci O

更新日期：2003-03-01 00:00:00