Abstract:
:Exercise-induced bronchospasm is a common complication of asthma. Aggressive treatment of this conditions permits patients to maintain full activity despite their illness. Since most asthmatic patients are healthy except for an intermittent respiratory problem, providing them the opportunity to exercise in all weather conditions affords a clear improvement in their quality of life. Conceptualizing exercise-induced bronchospasm as a hyperreactive airway response to rapid inhalation of cool, dry air leads logically to the primary methods used to treat this disorder.
journal_name
Postgrad Medjournal_title
Postgraduate medicineauthors
Brook CJdoi
10.1080/00325481.1992.11701232subject
Has Abstractpub_date
1992-02-15 00:00:00pages
155-8, 162issue
3eissn
0032-5481issn
1941-9260journal_volume
91pub_type
杂志文章,评审abstract::Arthritis complicating the common viral infections--mumps, coxsackievirus, and adenovirus--can be enigmatic. Mumps arthritis is often difficult to identify, especially when parotitis is mild, because the arthritic syndrome generally follows complete clearing of salivary adenitis by one to two weeks. Migratory polyarth...
journal_title:Postgraduate medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1080/00325481.1980.11715487
更新日期:1980-07-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Postgraduate medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1080/00325481.1979.11715159
更新日期:1979-05-01 00:00:00
abstract::A woman with excessive body hair may visit a physician with concerns about fertility and general health as well as appearance. Fortunately, the cause is usually benign, most often polycystic ovarian syndrome. However, life-threatening causes must be quickly ruled out. Hirsutism secondary to endocrinopathies and tumors...
journal_title:Postgraduate medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:
更新日期:1995-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Postgraduate medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1080/00325481.1977.11712114
更新日期:1977-02-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Postgraduate medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.3810/pgm.09.2002.suppl19.100
更新日期:2002-09-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Postgraduate medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.3810/pgm.09.2004.suppl34.206
更新日期:2004-09-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Postgraduate medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:
更新日期:2003-05-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Postgraduate medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:
更新日期:1994-07-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Postgraduate medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.3810/pgm.2008.11.1943
更新日期:2008-11-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Postgraduate medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1080/00325481.2016.1188664
更新日期:2016-06-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Postgraduate medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.3810/pgm.2014.09.2800
更新日期:2014-09-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Postgraduate medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1080/00325481.1991.11700988
更新日期:1991-07-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Postgraduate medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1080/00325481.1988.11700344
更新日期:1988-07-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Postgraduate medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1080/00325481.2020.1757266
更新日期:2020-08-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Postgraduate medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1080/00325481.1983.11698315
更新日期:1983-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Postgraduate medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1080/00325481.2018.1412799
更新日期:2018-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Postgraduate medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章,随机对照试验
doi:10.1080/00325481.2018.1398047
更新日期:2018-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Postgraduate medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1080/00325481.1984.11698651
更新日期:1984-06-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Postgraduate medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.3810/pgm.2011.03.2270
更新日期:2011-03-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Postgraduate medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:
更新日期:1995-09-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Postgraduate medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.3810/pgm.1997.07.260
更新日期:1997-07-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Postgraduate medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1080/00325481.1978.11714791
更新日期:1978-03-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Postgraduate medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1080/00325481.1989.11704412
更新日期:1989-09-15 00:00:00
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journal_title:Postgraduate medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1080/00325481.1994.11945875
更新日期:1994-07-01 00:00:00
abstract::Electroconvulsive therapy is controversial and readily arouses the passions of both its supporters and detractors. In this article, Dr Schoen, an internist, discusses various aspects of this 50-year-old technique, including risks, contraindications, and physiologic effects. ...
journal_title:Postgraduate medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1080/00325481.1990.11716347
更新日期:1990-05-01 00:00:00
abstract::Scleroderma, psoriasis, lichen planus, and other skin disorders may signal a more serious internal disease. Physicians who recognize such clues can initiate early treatment while disease is in its early stages. The authors of this article describe several of the more common dermatologic conditions linked to systemic d...
journal_title:Postgraduate medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.3810/pgm.1997.06.227
更新日期:1997-06-01 00:00:00
abstract::Venous thromboembolism is a serious and, often, asymptomatic complication of hip surgery. A reliable screening test is needed to detect thrombi early to prevent death from pulmonary emboli. Noninvasive screening tests were ineffective in our study of 453 patients. We recommend early use of ventilation/perfusion lung s...
journal_title:Postgraduate medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1080/00325481.1986.11699529
更新日期:1986-09-15 00:00:00
abstract::External otitis is directly related to patient habit patterns. It is easily treated, but the habits must be changed to effect permanent cure. Serous otitis media is the most common cause of conductive hearing loss, and its presence my predispose to development of purulent otitis media. Removal of middle ear fluid may ...
journal_title:Postgraduate medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1080/00325481.1977.11712183
更新日期:1977-05-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Postgraduate medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1080/00325481.2019.1552824
更新日期:2019-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Postgraduate medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1080/00325481.1989.11704454
更新日期:1989-10-01 00:00:00