Abstract:
:Coronary heart disease remains the major cause of mortality and morbidity in the United States and other western countries despite major advances in its treatment. During the last decades, many markers of coronary artery disease have been found which help predict future risk of cardiovascular events. High-sensitivity C-reactive protein has been studied extensively and was seen to be associated with a higher risk of cardiovascular events in patients with acute coronary syndromes and/or peripheral artery disease. Discussed in this review is the latest literature about this marker and its association with cardiovascular disease, as well as the latest therapeutic options available.
journal_name
South Med Jjournal_title
Southern medical journalauthors
Abi-Saleh B,Iskandar SB,Elgharib N,Cohen MVdoi
10.1097/SMJ.0b013e31816c0195subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2008-05-01 00:00:00pages
525-33issue
5eissn
0038-4348issn
1541-8243journal_volume
101pub_type
杂志文章,评审abstract::Most nonendocrine pancreatic neoplasms are adenocarcinomas of ductal cell or acinar origin. Primary carcinomas of the pancreas with squamous differentiation are rare enough to warrant a search for other primary tumors. In the past few decades, well-documented individual reports and large series reviews support the vie...
journal_title:Southern medical journal
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:2000-08-01 00:00:00
abstract::Twenty-four hour ambulatory blood pressure monitoring (24BP) is an emerging technology used to further evaluate elevated blood pressure readings obtained during office visits. We wondered whether a less costly approach than 24BP would lead clinicians to similar treatment decisions. Eleven faculty general internists se...
journal_title:Southern medical journal
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/00007611-199006000-00003
更新日期:1990-06-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Physicians often treat patients with physical illnesses that have a functional component. Investigators have discovered that many of these patients have unresolved emotional problems associated with histories of trauma and abuse. METHODS:Abused and traumatized patients with medical complaints often seek med...
journal_title:Southern medical journal
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:
更新日期:1998-04-01 00:00:00
abstract::Bleeding is the most serious complication of thrombolytic therapy and limits its usefulness. We have reported a case of epidural hematoma, a rare occurrence after combined therapy with tissue plasminogen activator (TPA) and heparin. We emphasize that in patients treated with thrombolytic agents, any trauma may increas...
journal_title:Southern medical journal
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:1991-05-01 00:00:00
abstract::The "wink" sign of nerve root cut-off seen on metrizamide-enhanced computerized tomography correlates well with compression of a lumbar nerve by a herniated disk. Seven of 46 patients had normal or equivocal myelograms, but had definite nerve root cut-off on metrizamide-enhanced CT scan. All seven patients were found ...
journal_title:Southern medical journal
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/00007611-198605000-00009
更新日期:1986-05-01 00:00:00
abstract::We report a case of perforated solitary jejunal diverticulum in an 80-year-old woman. Jejunal diverticulosis occurs in 0.07% to 2.0% of the population. Jejunal diverticulitis with perforation is rare and is associated with high mortality. Treatment is surgical resection of the involved segment. Several theories to exp...
journal_title:Southern medical journal
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/00007611-199505000-00013
更新日期:1995-05-01 00:00:00
abstract::I reviewed factors contributing to diagnostic delay in 12 children who had symptoms of meningitis for more than three days before diagnosis. Prior antibiotic therapy was more common in children with delayed diagnosis. Parental factors included possible neglect in one child and passivity and failure to recognize the se...
journal_title:Southern medical journal
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/00007611-198409000-00014
更新日期:1984-09-01 00:00:00
abstract::Supplemental digital content is available in the text. ...
journal_title:Southern medical journal
pub_type: 评论,杂志文章
doi:10.14423/SMJ.0000000000000716
更新日期:2017-11-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:The prevalence of smoking in the general US population has declined significantly over the past few decades. Despite this, few studies have examined changes in cigarette attributes perceived by less educated, rural, or southern populations. METHODS:A survey was administered to individuals in clinic waiting ...
journal_title:Southern medical journal
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:2002-07-01 00:00:00
abstract::Of five patients with hypernephroma who were maintained on hemodialysis after nephrectomy, four died with metastic disease after having been on hemodialysis for an average of 13.7 months (range 8 to 19). The fifth patient had no evidence of malignancy after 21 months of dialysis; he then received a renal allograft fro...
journal_title:Southern medical journal
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/00007611-197908000-00019
更新日期:1979-08-01 00:00:00
abstract::Sepsis due to Pseudomonas aeruginosa continues to be an important source of morbidity and mortality in hospitalized patients. Early recognition of this condition is of paramount importance in choosing specific therapy at the earliest possible moment. We present three cases in which P aeruginosa bacteremia was manifest...
journal_title:Southern medical journal
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/00007611-199402000-00017
更新日期:1994-02-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Mortality rates for hyperthermia and hypothermia are higher in Alabama than nationally, and Alabama has twice as many hypothermia deaths as hyperthermia deaths. These causes of death have not been studied in the southeastern United States. We describe the epidemiology of heat- and cold-related deaths in Alab...
journal_title:Southern medical journal
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:2000-08-01 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
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.14423/SMJ.0000000000000534
更新日期:2016-10-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVE:To determine vitamin D status in children with spina bifida (SB). METHODS:Charts of all patients with SB at the Shriners Hospital for Children in Houston, Texas, seen between July 2011 and June 2013 were retrospectively reviewed. Daily intake of milk, vitamins, amount of screen time, and time spent outdoors ...
journal_title:Southern medical journal
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.14423/SMJ.0000000000000397
更新日期:2016-01-01 00:00:00
abstract::The application of 70% helium-30% oxygen mixtures by tight-fitting face mask in the emergency management of large airway obstruction is well known. We present the case of an infant with severe large airway obstruction and respiratory failure that was unresponsive to the more traditional approaches of airway management...
journal_title:Southern medical journal
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:1991-05-01 00:00:00
abstract::We evaluated a perinatal outreach education program to determine its "transportability" (usefulness to other regional centers). Three kinds of data were available from seven regional centers: (1) participation in the program by health care providers, (2) changes in cognitive knowledge, and (3) changes in neonatal care...
journal_title:Southern medical journal
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/00007611-198312000-00009
更新日期:1983-12-01 00:00:00
abstract::Each year an estimated 1.3 million Americans suffer eye injuries. There is little information in the literature regarding the prevalence, demographic characteristics, and prognosis of these patients. The Eye Injury Registry of Alabama (EIRA) serves as the first and only statewide system of its kind for the collection ...
journal_title:Southern medical journal
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/00007611-198707000-00004
更新日期:1987-07-01 00:00:00
abstract::Thirteen male patients consecutively admitted to an inpatient drug and alcohol rehabilitation hospital with the primary diagnosis of crack cocaine dependence were shown a 30-minute videotape that included salient environmental cues intended to elicit cocaine craving. The subjects were tested before and after the video...
journal_title:Southern medical journal
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/00007611-199411000-00016
更新日期:1994-11-01 00:00:00
abstract::We describe two patients who had tuberculomas that were initially misdiagnosed as neurosarcoidosis, leading to prolonged steroid therapy before initiation of antituberculous medications. Neither patient was infected with the human immunodeficiency virus, and one of the patients had a negative tuberculosis skin test. ...
journal_title:Southern medical journal
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/01.SMJ.0000048150.02504.99
更新日期:2003-05-01 00:00:00
abstract::This case study illustrates the relationship between hypothyroidism and bronchial asthma. As seen here, even slow and cautious restoration of the euthyroid state may lead to problems in the management of asthma. Thus routine or aggressive replacement therapy for thyroid hypofunction in the asthmatic population is not ...
journal_title:Southern medical journal
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/00007611-198403000-00037
更新日期:1984-03-01 00:00:00
abstract::Inhalation abuse of volatile solvents, previously known generically as "glue sniffing," is typically pursued by adolescents. A wide range of legal, easily obtained products containing volatile substances are available for abuse. We report two illustrative cases of fatal volatile substance abuse: gasoline sniffing in a...
journal_title:Southern medical journal
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:1996-09-01 00:00:00
abstract::We retrospectively reviewed medical records and computerized critical care data for 40 consecutive critically ill surgical patients receiving "standard" doses (1.5 to 2.0 mg/kg loading dose and 3 to 5 mg/kg/day) of gentamicin or tobramycin for gram-negative infections. End points measured were serum drug levels and cl...
journal_title:Southern medical journal
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/00007611-199701000-00007
更新日期:1997-01-01 00:00:00
abstract::In a ten-year period 139 patients with epidermoid carcinoma of the esophagus were treated by palliative feeding procedures, palliative radiation therapy, radiation therapy for cure, or resection. Analysis of the results of these modes of therapy indicates that long-term palliation is best achieved when resection is th...
journal_title:Southern medical journal
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/00007611-197606000-00016
更新日期:1976-06-01 00:00:00
abstract:: Acute pulmonary embolism (PE) is a common clinical condition with presentations that may vary from asymptomatic subsegmental emboli to massive vascular obstruction and shock with high risk of death. Identifying patients at highest risk for death is critical to select those who would benefit most from thrombolytic the...
journal_title:Southern medical journal
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1097/SMJ.0b013e318268dbca
更新日期:2012-10-01 00:00:00
abstract::Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) persists into adulthood in up to 60% of cases with childhood onset. A childhood history of ADHD is a prerequisite for making the ADHD diagnosis in an adult. The Utah, Copeland, and Brown self-rating scales are useful in helping the primary care physician confirm the diag...
journal_title:Southern medical journal
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:
更新日期:2002-07-01 00:00:00
abstract::The incidence of fatal and nonfatal pulmonary embolism (PE) was evaluated in a series of 578 patients, to quantify the suspected higher risk in cancer patients of death from massive PE when compared with patients not having cancer. PE occurred in 13% and was fatal in 8% of noncancer patients. It occurred in 17% and wa...
journal_title:Southern medical journal
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/00007611-198007000-00005
更新日期:1980-07-01 00:00:00
abstract::Thirty-two patients with a resectable mass in the head of the pancreas had pancreaticoduodenectomy for suspected or proven cancer. Twenty-eight proved to have cancer (15 periampullary and 13 pancreatic), and four had pancreatitis. The five-year survival for periampullary and pancreatic cancer was 25% and 0%, respectiv...
journal_title:Southern medical journal
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/00007611-198509000-00007
更新日期:1985-09-01 00:00:00
abstract::We have presented three patients in whom a striking desquamating perineal rash developed within the first five days of a febrile illness. Such a rash should raise the suspicion for Kawasaki syndrome even when all criteria are not present. ...
journal_title:Southern medical journal
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/00007611-198807000-00039
更新日期:1988-07-01 00:00:00
abstract::Although the accurate assessment of blood loss at vaginal delivery is clinically important in terms of maternal morbidity and mortality, the quantity is usually underestimated. We present a simple, practical, and convenient method of quantitating blood loss at vaginal delivery. The method of vaginal delivery (spontane...
journal_title:Southern medical journal
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/00007611-198602000-00013
更新日期:1986-02-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVES:Adherence to National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) guidelines for ovarian cancer treatment improves patient outcomes. The aim of this study was to assess disparities associated with ovarian cancer treatment in the state of Kentucky and central Appalachia. METHODS:Data on patients diagnosed as having ...
journal_title:Southern medical journal
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.14423/SMJ.0000000000000821
更新日期:2018-06-01 00:00:00