Longitudinal study of Chinese patients with pernicious anaemia.

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：:Leuco-erythroblastosis has many known associations (Burkett, Cox and Fields, 1965; Weick, Hagedorn and Linman, 1974; Retief, 1964), but the only ones related to drug therapy are the well established response to haematinics (Burkett et al., 1965) and one possible case following anti-epileptic therapy (Retief, 1964). Th...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Trenchard PM,Wells CE,Jarriwalla AG

更新日期：1977-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Purtscher's retinopathy presents to the clinician as loss of vision in a patient with a history of a possible precipitating event such as recent major trauma, pancreatitis, childbirth or renal failure. The ophthalmological picture is one of ischaemia at the posterior pole with white patches of oedema and haemorrhages ...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Buckley SA,James B

更新日期：1996-07-01 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：: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：:Three patients with Crohn's disease are described who were treated by ileal resection for intestinal obstruction. Histological examination of the resected specimen in each case established the diagnosis of adenocarcinoma of the small intestine complicating Crohn's disease. This diagnosis should be considered in patien...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Gillen CD,Wilson CA,Walmsley RS,Sanders DS,O'Dwyer ST,Allan RN

更新日期：1995-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case of skin necrosis at the sites of injection of subcutaneous heparin is described. The patient went on to develop heparin-induced thrombocytopenia and pulmonary embolism. Review of the previously described cases of heparin-associated skin necrosis reveals that this sequence of events is not uncommon. ...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Fowlie J,Stanton PD,Anderson JR

更新日期：1990-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Important implications for the recognition of iron deficiency anaemia include diagnosis and correction of underlying causes, most of which are identifiable, in the older patient, by means of conventional upper gastrointestinal endoscopy, and by colonoscopy. The aetiological search may, however, have to be widened to i...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Jolobe OM

更新日期：2000-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hospital referral is indicated as an emergency for breast infections not settling with oral antibiotics. Referrals to a breast clinic over a period of 6 months were assessed for prior antibiotic prescription. A total of 1078 patients were seen during this period. 91 (8%) patients had been prescribed antibiotics, 71% o...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Twine C,Gateley CA

更新日期：2006-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A woman presented with painful enlargement of her parotid and submandibular glands. She was shown to have the previously unreported combination of idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura, Sjögren's syndrome, Hashimoto's disease, and myasthenia gravis. Parotid gland biopsy and bone marrow examination showed the presence of...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Savage AW,Shareef DS,Maher EJ,Bennett MH,Thomas DJ

更新日期：1989-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：CONTEXT:In Sweden, patient malpractice claims are handled administratively and compensated if an independent physician review confirms patient injury resulting from medical error. Full access to all malpractice claims and hospital discharge data for the country provided a unique opportunity to assess the validity of pa...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Pukk-Härenstam K,Ask J,Brommels M,Thor J,Penaloza RV,Gaffney FA

更新日期：2009-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The majority of second-generation calcium antagonists are dihydropyridines, some of which show vascular selectivity. Several new dihydropyridines have been developed with comparable pharmacodynamic properties to existing calcium antagonists in this class and greatly improved kinetic half-lives. Of these agents, amlodi...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Opie LH

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Autoimmune pancreatitis (AIP) is a form of chronic pancreatitis characterised clinically by frequent presentation with obstructive jaundice, histologically by a lymphoplasmacytic infiltrate with fibrosis, and therapeutically by a dramatic response to steroids. When so defined, AIP can be sub-classified into two subtyp...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Kamisawa T,Chari ST,Lerch MM,Kim MH,Gress TM,Shimosegawa T

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Forty-five healthy men aged 21-34 years took part in a double-blind, parallel-group, placebo-controlled study of the effects of 28 days' treatment with lornoxicam 4 mg twice daily or indomethacin 50 mg twice daily on faecal blood loss and the endoscopic appearances of gastric and duodenal mucosa. After an initial endo...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Warrington SJ,Debbas NM,Farthing M,Horton M,Johnston A,Thillainayagam A,Turner P,Ferber H

更新日期：1990-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Approximately 366 million people worldwide live with diabetes and this figure is expected to rise. Among the correct diagnosis, there will be errors in the diagnosis, classification and coding, resulting in adverse health and financial implications. AIM:To determine the prevalence and characteristics of d...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Seidu S,Davies MJ,Mostafa S,de Lusignan S,Khunti K

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A study was undertaken to determine the effects of long-term insulin therapy on the development and regression of lipid perturbations and experimental cholesterol atherosclerosis in rabbits: (1) Insulin administration for 15 days significantly reduced plasma lipid levels and free fatty acids in rabbits fed a high-chol...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Marquié G

更新日期：1978-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Congenital heart disease is now more prevalent than acquired in pregnancy in the developed world. In pregnancy the fall in systemic vascular resistance and increase in blood volume and cardiac output can cause functional deterioration in certain conditions. A minimally symptomatic woman with good ventricular function,...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Head CE,Thorne SA

更新日期：2005-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To establish a cerebral hypoxia ischaemic model in piglets and to explore the early diffusion weighted imaging (DWI) as well as the expression of heat shock protein 70 (HSP70) with hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy (HIE). METHODS:Twenty four 3 day old piglets were permanently ligated common carotid arteries b...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Cheng Y,Liu GR,Guan JT,Guo YL,Li YK,Wu RH

更新日期：2005-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The results of oesophago-gastro-duodenoscopy (OGD) and radiology in one hundred consecutive elderly patients were reviewed to assess the efficacy, safety and acceptability of endoscopy in this age group. False positive radiological features occurred in two of nine patients with normal endoscopic examinations. The rema...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Stanley TV,Cocking JB

更新日期：1978-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case is reported where the use of i.v. disopyramide for a supraventricular tachycardia resulted in a more serious ventricular dysrhythmia giving hypotension and this probably contributed to the development of a myocardial infarction. Attention is drawn to the possible risk. ...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Dibble JB,Webster NR

更新日期：1979-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This review considers some of the more common problems in the interpretation of the results of biochemical tests and, where possible, highlights ways in which errors can be identified or avoided. ...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Ayling RM

更新日期：2000-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Large population studies now demonstrate that frailty is prevalent in all adult age groups. Limited data exist on the association between frailty and surgical outcome in younger patients. The aim of the study was to explore the agreement between frailty identification tools and collect pilot data on their predi...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Dale MacLaine T,Baker O,Burke D,Howell SJ

更新日期：2021-01-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Studies on hypouricaemia observed in a patient with 48,XXYY syndrome revealed an abnormality in renal urate handling. His renal urate clearance was abnormally increased. Inosine administration and provocative tests using probenecid and pyrazinamide identified an isolated renal tubular abnormality with increased urate ...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Nakajima H,Tajima K,Nakajima T,Iida S,Sumi S,Kono N,Moriwaki K,Nonaka K,Tarui S

更新日期：1986-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 68 year old man developed cranial diabetes insipidus 3 years after the diagnosis of myelofibrosis, coincident with a marked increase in nucleated cell count. No mass lesion was demonstrable on computed tomographic or magnetic resonance imaging. It is suggested that hypothalamic damage was caused by local infiltratio...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Dornan TL,Gillett G,Jones PA,Jeffcoate WJ

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Medical views about the clinical value and potential detrimental effect on quality of life of postoperative follow up are divided. There is no literature on the views of British patients with colorectal cancer towards the follow up process. AIM:To investigate patients' views and experiences of follow up of ...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Papagrigoriadis S,Heyman B

更新日期：2003-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Elective root replacement in Marfan syndrome has improved life expectancy in affected patients. Three forms of surgery are now available: total root replacement (TRR) with a valved conduit, valve sparing root replacement (VSRR) and personalised external aortic root support (PEARS) with a macroporous mesh sleeve. TRR c...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Treasure T,Takkenberg JJ,Pepper J

更新日期：2016-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Eosinophilic gastroenteritis is a condition characterised by eosinophilic infiltration of the gastrointestinal tract. Biliary obstruction is an unusual presentation. A case where the initial investigations were consistent with carcinoma of the head of pancreas but the resection specimen showed no malignancy is present...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Christopher V,Thompson MH,Hughes S

更新日期：2002-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pneumonia due to Mycoplasma pneumoniae is common, but it is rarely life-threatening. A case is reported in a previously healthy adult whose illness was severe enough to require treatment with intermittent positive pressure ventilation (IPPV) for 14 days and which resolved after treatment with corticosteroids. ...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： McGonigle R,Wagstaff JK

更新日期：1980-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case of adenocarcinoma of the lung, in which high titre anticardiolipin antibodies were associated with recurrent venous thromboses resistant to all forms of therapy, is described. It is suggested that such an autoimmune response may be a contributory factor in the para-neoplastic development of vascular thromboses....

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Shaukat MN,Hughes P

更新日期：1990-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 25 year old woman with a 15-year history of paroxysmal nocturnal haemoglobinuria developed transient pancytopenia following infection with human parvovirus B19. This is the first report of transient pancytopenia in a patient with an acquired haemolytic anaemia due to parvovirus. The possible mechanism of pancytopeni...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Lakhani AK,Malkovska V,Bevan DH,Anderson MJ

更新日期：1987-06-01 00:00:00