Abstract:
:An 8 month old Caucasian girl, with congenital central alveolar hypoventilation syndrome (Ondine's Curse), was discharged with her home ventilation managed by her parents. Her subsequent neurophysical development assessed at 22 months of age was satisfactory.
journal_name
Postgrad Med Jjournal_title
Postgraduate medical journalauthors
Chang YL,Meerstadt PWdoi
10.1136/pgmj.67.787.471subject
Has Abstractpub_date
1991-05-01 00:00:00pages
471-3issue
787eissn
0032-5473issn
1469-0756journal_volume
67pub_type
杂志文章abstract::The Royal Hospital for Incurables (RHI), now known as the Royal Hospital for Neuro-Disability and situated on West Hill, Putney, was founded by Andrew Reed DD exactly 150 years ago. The RHI was thus the pioneer in modern times of long stay institutions for the sick and dying. It became one of the great Victorian chari...
journal_title:Postgraduate medical journal
pub_type: 历史文章,杂志文章
doi:10.1136/pgmj.2003.017673
更新日期:2004-07-01 00:00:00
abstract::A patient with severe pulmonary hypertension due to pulmonary arteriolar obliteration complicating a long standing CREST variant of systemic sclerosis showed improvement in cardiac output and exercise tolerance during treatment with captopril, which was discontinued because of persistent systemic hypotension. It is su...
journal_title:Postgraduate medical journal
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1136/pgmj.60.708.672
更新日期:1984-10-01 00:00:00
abstract::Four studies have been carried out on propofol in this department, one being part of a multicentre trial. The minimum induction dose in unpremedicated patients was found to be 2.5 mg/kg. Propofol has been shown to be an acceptable induction agent, although with an incidence of pain on injection which is much higher wh...
journal_title:Postgraduate medical journal
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:
更新日期:1985-01-01 00:00:00
abstract::Disc herniation at the thoracic the spine level is more common than generally thought. Localisation of pain may be vague and may erroneously point to cardiopulmonary, gastrointestinal, genito-urinary or even psychiatric disease. Magnetic resonance imaging is the investigation of choice, especially if spinal cord compr...
journal_title:Postgraduate medical journal
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1136/pgmj.73.861.423
更新日期:1997-07-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND/OBJECTIVE:Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center created the Intermediate Improvement Science Series (I(2)S(2)) training course to develop organisational leaders to do improvement, lead improvement and get results on specific projects. DESIGN METHODS:Each multidisciplinary class consists of 25-30 par...
journal_title:Postgraduate medical journal
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1136/postgradmedj-2012-000890rep
更新日期:2013-02-01 00:00:00
abstract::A case of post-thyroidectomy hypothyroidism is reported. The patient became euthyroid in three consecutive pregnancies, reverting to hypothyroid within three months of delivery on each occasion. The alteration in thyroid status is attributed to pregnancy related changes in antibody titres, though the laboratory data t...
journal_title:Postgraduate medical journal
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1136/pmj.77.911.591
更新日期:2001-09-01 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
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1136/pgmj.63.735.11
更新日期:1987-01-01 00:00:00
abstract::The prognosis of patients with metastatic adrenal cortical carcinoma is poor, and their disabling symptoms are usually unresponsive to conventional therapy. A patient with Cushing's syndrome secondary to a secretory adrenal cortical carcinoma was treated with octreotide, endocrine therapy and chemotherapy having faile...
journal_title:Postgraduate medical journal
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1136/pgmj.71.834.229
更新日期:1995-04-01 00:00:00
abstract::Tobacco smoking contributes to about six million deaths per year and is predicted to increase in the future. Several pharmacological interventions are used for smoking cessation. Trials using nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) in acute coronary syndrome (ACS) showed inconclusive results. Furthermore, three trials usin...
journal_title:Postgraduate medical journal
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1136/postgradmedj-2017-135040
更新日期:2018-02-01 00:00:00
abstract::Thirty-one patients with radiolucent common bile duct stones received medical treatment. Nineteen had Rowachol, a terpene preparation, eight (42%) achieving complete stone disappearance within 3 to 48 months. Fifteen (including 3 of the above) took Rowachol with bile acid (chenodeoxycholic in 11, ursodeoxycholic in 4)...
journal_title:Postgraduate medical journal
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1136/pgmj.61.714.313
更新日期:1985-04-01 00:00:00
abstract::A review of the role of presynaptic receptors in the modulation of neurotransmitter release indicates two types of presynaptic receptors. By means of presynaptic inhibitory autoreceptors a neurotransmitter can regulate its own release. In addition, presynaptic receptors are acted upon by other endogenous compounds, ei...
journal_title:Postgraduate medical journal
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:
更新日期:1981-01-01 00:00:00
abstract::A double-blind, randomized clinical trial comparing cefaclor with amoxycillin in the treatment of acute otitis media with effusion (OME) in infants and children is being conducted at Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh. Although the randomization code has not yet been broken, the results of treating the first 55 childre...
journal_title:Postgraduate medical journal
pub_type: 临床试验,杂志文章,随机对照试验
doi:
更新日期:1979-01-01 00:00:00
abstract::We report a patient who developed persistent nephrogenic diabetes insipidus associated with renal tubular acidosis, renal resistance to parathyroid hormone, aminoaciduria and proximal tubule pattern proteinuria in the presence of a reduced glomerular filtration rate (19-24 ml/min). A review of the previous reports of ...
journal_title:Postgraduate medical journal
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1136/pgmj.66.776.479
更新日期:1990-06-01 00:00:00
abstract::A 19-year-old girl developed generalised anhidrosis following typhoid fever. Elaborate investigations disclosed nothing abnormal. A skin biopsy revealed the presence of atrophic as well as normal eccrine glands. This appears to be the third case of its kind in the English literature. It is postulated that typhoid feve...
journal_title:Postgraduate medical journal
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1136/pgmj.71.837.435
更新日期:1995-07-01 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
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1136/pgmj.63.737.205
更新日期:1987-03-01 00:00:00
abstract::A case of gonococcal urethritis with bilateral tysonitis is discussed. The patient was treated successfully with oral tetracycline 500 mg 6 hourly for 10 days, with a complete resolution. ...
journal_title:Postgraduate medical journal
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1136/pgmj.62.731.869
更新日期:1986-09-01 00:00:00
abstract::The new UK Foundation Programme is competency based, with a trainee's progression dependent on achieving and demonstrating a range of competencies. However, we do not know whether all rotations, comprising different combinations of specialties, will enable the foundation programme trainees to acquire these competencie...
journal_title:Postgraduate medical journal
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1136/pgmj.2006.045419
更新日期:2006-10-01 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
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1136/pgmj.2009.078956
更新日期:2010-07-01 00:00:00
abstract::In a cross-over study, 10 healthy adult volunteers received 1 g cefaclor and 1 g cephalexin orally 1 hour after a standard breakfast. Serum levels of cefaclor rose somewhat faster and were higher than those of cephalexin in the first 60 minutes. At the end of the second hour the serum concentration of cephalexin was 5...
journal_title:Postgraduate medical journal
pub_type: 临床试验,杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:1979-01-01 00:00:00
abstract::There is considerable evidence to suggest that the identification and treatment of dyslipidaemia will reduce the risk of premature CHD, i.e. before the age of 65. Diagnosis of the cause of raised plasma lipid levels will enable appropriate decisions to be taken with regard to management. The cornerstone of treatment i...
journal_title:Postgraduate medical journal
pub_type: 指南,杂志文章,实务指引
doi:10.1136/pgmj.69.811.359
更新日期:1993-05-01 00:00:00
abstract::Two coronary prognostic indices for patients treated in a coronary care unit, namely the Norris Index and the Chapman-Gray Index were compared. Both were found to be reliable but the Chapman-Gray Index with its ready reckoner was more convenient and was subject to fewer subjective data. ...
journal_title:Postgraduate medical journal
pub_type: 临床试验,杂志文章
doi:10.1136/pgmj.55.642.255
更新日期:1979-01-01 00:00:00
abstract::A patient who died in asystole less than 18 h after ingestion of 'Clovercide Extra', a combination hormonal weedkiller containing ioxynil and 4-chloro-2-methyl phenoxypropionic acid, is described. Previous reports describe coma as an early event following ingestion of these herbicides. In contrast our patient, althoug...
journal_title:Postgraduate medical journal
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1136/pgmj.64.755.681
更新日期:1988-09-01 00:00:00
abstract::Forty patients with seasonal rhinitis and a proven sensitivity to pollens were studied for 2 weeks during the pollen season of 1982. The study was carried out according to a double-blind, double-dummy design. All patients received 100 micrograms beclomethasone dipropionate (BDP) into each nostril twice daily (400 micr...
journal_title:Postgraduate medical journal
pub_type: 临床试验,杂志文章,随机对照试验
doi:10.1136/pgmj.60.704.404
更新日期:1984-06-01 00:00:00
abstract::Paradoxical vocal cord motion disorder (PVCM), also called vocal cord dysfunction, is an important differential diagnosis for asthma. The disorder is often misdiagnosed as asthma leading to unnecessary drug use, very high medical utilisation and occasionally tracheal intubation or tracheostomy. Laryngoscopy is the gol...
journal_title:Postgraduate medical journal
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1136/pgmj.2006.052522
更新日期:2007-03-01 00:00:00
abstract::Liver transplantation is the accepted treatment for a wide variety of liver diseases in children. Over the past 10 years a number of innovative surgical techniques have been developed to overcome the shortage of size matched donors particularly in children less than 5 years of age. Graft and patient survival at one ye...
journal_title:Postgraduate medical journal
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1136/pgmj.2003.018598
更新日期:2004-10-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:We aimed to report the incidence of hospital-acquired hypophosphataemia and hyperphosphataemia along with their associated in-hospital mortality. METHODS:We included 15 869 adult patients hospitalised at a tertiary medical referral centre from January 2009 to December 2013, who had normal serum phosphate le...
journal_title:Postgraduate medical journal
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1136/postgradmedj-2020-138872
更新日期:2020-10-21 00:00:00
abstract::The Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome can rarely present with pre-excited atrial fibrillation. In this condition the short refractory period of the accessory pathway can lead to rapid atrioventricular conduction. There is then a danger that at high heart rates the irregular broad complex tachycardia that results can dete...
journal_title:Postgraduate medical journal
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1136/pmj.79.931.297
更新日期:2003-05-01 00:00:00
abstract::A case of eosinophilic leukaemia in association with chromosomal abnormalities including a double Philadelphia chromosome is reported. Comment is also made on the cardiological problems which arise in this condition. ...
journal_title:Postgraduate medical journal
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1136/pgmj.56.654.268
更新日期:1980-04-01 00:00:00
abstract::Infants of HBsAg-positive mothers (Group I) as well as those born to women without HBV markers (Group II) were vaccinated with a 10 micrograms dose of a recombinant DNA hepatitis B vaccine within 24 hours after birth according to a 0, 1, and 2 month schedule, with a booster dose planned 12 months later. Vaccination re...
journal_title:Postgraduate medical journal
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:1987-01-01 00:00:00
abstract::Attempts were made to reduce defaulting rates for new appointments to see a consultant in a general medical and gastroenterology clinic. Despite optimising the operation of the clinic, the non-attendance rate remained unsatisfactory, and comparable to the average for the NHS. There were short term improvements in defa...
journal_title:Postgraduate medical journal
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1136/pgmj.2003.013797
更新日期:2004-10-01 00:00:00