Congenital and acquired conditions of the aortic root: multidetector computed tomography features.

abstract：:Coronary heart disease, especially when it affects younger individuals, tends to cluster in families. Known risk factors occur in 50-75% of patients with myocardial infarction. Yet commonly occurring risk factors are not strongly inherited, and the familial aggregation of coronary heart diseas may not be attributable ...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Epstein FH

更新日期：1976-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Strips form canine saphenous veins were incubated with (3H)-noradrenaline and mounted for superfusion. 5-Hydroxytryptamine (5-HT inhibited the release of tritium caused by sustained electrical stimulation (2 Hz, 150 mA, 0.1 msec) being about 10 times more potent than noradrenaline. 5-HT inhibited contractions induced ...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Müller-Schweinitzer E

更新日期：1981-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Relatively simple and rapid procedures have been developed for evaluating the local efficacy of vaginal antifungal agents in vivo in a vaginal candidiasis model in ovariectomized rats. The results of this investigation indicate that the model and methods described are quite suitable for screening potential antifungal ...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： McRipley RJ,Erhard PJ,Schwind RA,Whitney RR

更新日期：1979-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Although risk assessment is an integral part of management, there are currently no risk calculators of long-term mortality after acute coronary syndrome (ACS). The aim was to provide risk equations for 10-year and 20-year mortality following ACS. METHODS:Patients hospitalised with ACS from December 1990 to ...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Magri CJ,Debono R,Calleja N,Galea J,Fava S

更新日期：2017-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To audit the current UK outpatient workload and compare this to the national standards as set out by the British Association of Urological Surgeons (BAUS) in A Quality Urological Service for Patients in the New Millennium published in October 2000. PARTICIPANTS:520 UK (NHS) and 21 Republic of Ireland (non-NH...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Gilmore PE,Shackley DC,Clarke NW,Betts CD,O'Flynn KJ

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To analyse the clinicopathological presentation, outcome and importance of bone marrow haemophagocytosis in patients with infection-associated haemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (IA-HLH) in a tertiary care hospital in Northern India. STUDY DESIGN:Between January 2007 and December 2009, 26 consecutive patien...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Nair V,Das S,Sharma A,Sharma S,Sharma P,Ray S,Bhattacharya S

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Prompt restoration of coronary artery patency in acute myocardial infarction is associated with substantial improvements in morbidity and mortality. The pivotal role of thrombolysis and aspirin in achieving these goals is well established. However, despite the success of thrombolytic therapy in large trials, clinical ...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Mahy IR,Jennings KP

更新日期：1998-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Eight patients with steroid-sensitive nephrotic syndrome which frequently relapsed despite cyclophosphamide treatment were given cyclosporin A (7.5 mg/kg/day to 10 mg/kg/day) for 8 to 12 weeks. Six had minimal change glomerulonephritis and two had focal segmental glomerulonephritis. Cyclosporin A was given to 5 patien...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Chan MK,Cheng IK

更新日期：1987-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Learning curves graphically represent the relationship between learning effort and learning outcome. Learning curves are increasingly used in research, the design of randomised controlled trials, the assessment of competency, healthcare education and training programme design. In this review we have outlined the princ...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Valsamis EM,Chouari T,O'Dowd-Booth C,Rogers B,Ricketts D

更新日期：2018-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Between 1975 and 1982 in 2 centres in Glasgow, 53 previously untreated patients with aggressive non-Hodgkin's lymphomas received chemotherapy consisting of one of the following regimens-CVP, MOPP, CHOP or BACOP. Twenty nine patients (55%) entered complete remission (CR), 20 (38%) had partial remission (PR) and 4 (7%) ...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Cunningham D,Hepplestone A,Gilchrist NL,Dagg JH,Evans IL,Soukop M

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Audience response systems (ARSs) are electronic devices that allow educators to pose questions during lectures and receive immediate feedback on student knowledge. The current literature on the effectiveness of ARSs is contradictory, and their impact on student learning remains unclear. OBJECTIVES:This rand...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Mains TE,Cofrancesco J Jr,Milner SM,Shah NG,Goldberg H

更新日期：2015-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Diuretics are used extensively in hospitals and in community medical practice for the management of cardiovascular diseases. They are used frequently as the first line treatment for mild to moderate hypertension and are an integral part of the management of symptomatic heart failure. Although diuretics have been used ...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Shah SU,Anjum S,Littler WA

更新日期：2004-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The frequency of the diagnosis of takotsubo cardiomyopathy has increased rapidly over the past few years, possibly due to increasing awareness among cardiologists. At initial presentation the diagnosis remains a challenge because of the close similarity between the presentation of takotsubo cardiomyopathy, and that of...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Zeb M,Sambu N,Scott P,Curzen N

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case of Peutz-Jeghers syndrome with polyps in the gall bladder is presented. No previous description of this finding has been reported. The literature regarding known sites of polyposis in this condition is reviewed. ...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Foster DR,Foster DB

更新日期：1980-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Participant modelling, a behaviourally-orientated treatment technique, is an effect method of treating phobias associated with minor medical procedures or apparatus such as needles or intravenous catheters. The steps in this technique are described and two cases of severe needle phobias successfully treated with parti...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Taylor CB,Ferguson JM,Wermuth BM

更新日期：1977-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A patient is described who presented with the classical symptomatology and profound electrolyte disturbance of the Verner-Morrison syndrome due to a pancreatic apudoma secreting vasoactive intestinal polypeptide (VIP). Diagnosis was confirmed by plasma VIP as measured by a radio-immunoassay technique now available. It...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Devine BL,Carmichael HA,Russell RI,Joffe SN

更新日期：1978-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:This explorative study was triggered by the '#hellomynameis' campaign initiated by Dr Kate Granger in the UK. Our objectives were twofold: first, to measure rates of introduction in an Irish hospital setting by both consultant and non-consultant hospital doctors. Second to establish whether such practices we...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Gillen P,Sharifuddin SF,O'Sullivan M,Gordon A,Doherty EM

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Intraoperative transluminal endoscopic illumination is of benefit to locate angiodysplasias of the small bowel at laparotomy in the quiescent non-bleeding phase. ...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Scott SD,Royle GT

更新日期：1987-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In congestive heart failure (CHF) both the sympathetic nervous system (SNS) and the renin-angiotensin-aldosterone-system (RAAS) are activated. Both phenomena are only of short-term benefit and inevitably detrimental with prolonged activation. There are many possibilities for interaction between the systems, in particu...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： van Zwieten PA,de Jonge A

更新日期：1986-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Head injury from physical abuse is unfortunately a common occurrence in our society. It is a major cause of mortality and long-term physical and psychological disability in children. Diagnosis of non-accidental head injury may be difficult, as most infants present with non-specific clinical findings and without extern...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Rajaram S,Batty R,Rittey CD,Griffiths PD,Connolly DJ

更新日期：2011-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 33-year-old housewife with a 14-year history of relapsing polyneuropathy of unknown cause who has apparently responded to azathioprine therapy is described. The place of this form of treatment in idiopathic polyneuropathy is discussed. ...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Pentland B

更新日期：1980-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Mirizzi syndrome is an unusual presentation of gallstones which occurs when a gallstone becomes impacted in either Hartmann's pouch of the gallbladder or the cystic duct, causing obstruction of the common hepatic duct by extrinsic compression. The diagnosis of this syndrome is of importance because surgery in its ...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Pemberton M,Wells AD

更新日期：1997-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Candida albicans peritonitis developed in a 48-year-old man with a perforated gastric ulcer who subsequently was treated with intravenous amphotericin B. The drug penetrated well into the inflamed peritoneal cavity and eradicated the organism from the peritoneal fluid. Nevertheless, at post-mortem, Candida organisms w...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Peterson LR,Kelty RH,Hall WH,Votava HJ

更新日期：1978-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A patient with calcific constrictive pericarditis due to rheumatoid arthritis is presented: the literature reveals only one previous case which was attributed to the long duration of the rheumatoid arthritis. ...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Manji H,Raven P

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous reports have demonstrated that patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) have prolonged isovolumic relaxation period (IRP) reflecting reduced rate of fall of left ventricular pressure. Eighty four patients with proven hypertrophic cardiomyopathy and 31 normal subjects were studied by simultaneous record...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Alvares RF,Goodwin JF

更新日期：1986-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Eight patients with endobronchial tuberculosis diagnosed on bronchoscopy were treated with antituberculosis drugs and a course of prednisone. The progress of the endobronchial lesions was assessed on repeated examinations. The course of the disease was variable and the endobronchial narrowing improved in two patients ...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Chan HS,Sun A,Hoheisel GB

更新日期：1990-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 75 year old woman was treated for over three years with the somatostatin analogue, octreotide for an insulinoma. She had presented in a hypoglycaemic coma. C-peptide and insulin concentrations were both raised and an area of increased vascularity within the pancreas was shown by angiography. No lesion was found at l...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Craig CE,Gallen IW

更新日期：2002-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Sleep deprivation and fatigue from long-shift work impacts doctors' personal safety, inhibits cognitive performance and risks clinical error. The aim of this study was to assess the sleep quality of surgical trainees participating in European Working Time Directive-compliant training rotations within a UK de...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Brown C,Abdelrahman T,Lewis W,Pollitt J,Egan R,members of the Welsh Surgical Research Initiative.

更新日期：2020-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It has long been accepted that communication is of central importance in healthcare, and a core aspect of clinical competence. Many educational institutions and Royal Colleges now reflect this and consider communication skills a priority in postgraduate examination. The new examination "Practical Assessment of Clinica...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Dacre J,Richardson J,Noble L,Stephens K,Parker N

更新日期：2004-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hypothyroidism over a lifetime is rare. Such a case is reported due to post-coupling dyshormonogenesis in a patient who had developed an aortic aneurysm. It is proposed that the aortic aneurysm could have arisen as a direct consequence of the hypothyroidism. Furthermore, Reilly bodies, which are deposits of mucopolysa...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Savage C,Deanfield JE,Jung RT

更新日期：1982-11-01 00:00:00