Abstract:
:Disorders of the foregut are an increasingly common cause of symptoms in Western populations. This review summarizes recent advances in the understanding and treatment of gastroesophageal reflux disease, dyspepsia and celiac disease.
journal_name
South Med Jjournal_title
Southern medical journalauthors
Moss AC,Kelly CPdoi
10.1097/01.smj.0000242808.91797.3dsubject
Has Abstractpub_date
2007-03-01 00:00:00pages
266-72; quiz 273, 294issue
3eissn
0038-4348issn
1541-8243journal_volume
100pub_type
杂志文章,评审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::High fever occurred in a 30-year-old woman five weeks after transsphenoidal hypophysectomy for a pituitary adenoma. Extensive investigation failed to reveal any evidence of infection, and the clinical findings suggested the fever to be a manifestation of steroid withdrawal. Either suboptimal dosage of corticosteroid r...
journal_title:Southern medical journal
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/00007611-198903000-00027
更新日期:1989-03-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVES:In 2010, the American Heart Association unveiled a strategic plan to reduce cardiovascular deaths by targeting seven components of ideal cardiovascular health. Although education is a sensible first step, it is not known whether awareness correlates with healthy behavior. The objective of the study was to ex...
journal_title:Southern medical journal
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/SMJ.0000000000000013
更新日期:2013-11-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Remodeling of the endocrine pancreas, caused by the deleterious effects of amylin as it is co-synthesized, co-packaged, and co-secreted with insulin, gives clinicians and researchers cause to ponder. METHODS:A literature search was done, and relevant publications and texts on amylin and islet amyloid polype...
journal_title:Southern medical journal
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:
更新日期:2000-01-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Despite an effective tetanus vaccine, tetanus continues to claim lives worldwide. The very young and the elderly are at highest risk for the disease. Farmers are at high risk for injury, the leading factor associated with tetanus. METHODS:As part of a larger study of older members of farm households in the ...
journal_title:Southern medical journal
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/SMJ.0b013e31818f6544
更新日期:2009-03-01 00:00:00
abstract::This study was done to ascertain whether there was an increased incidence of acute rheumatic fever (ARF) in west Alabama, similar to that reported elsewhere within the United States. Hospital records for the previous 10 years were reviewed and 5-year intervals were compared (1980 through 1984 vs 1985 through 1989). A ...
journal_title:Southern medical journal
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/00007611-199203000-00007
更新日期:1992-03-01 00:00:00
abstract::In two decades there has been a sweeping metamorphosis of the antiquated conception of breast cancer as a solitary mass of questionable operability, accompanied by numerous axillary lymph nodes and probably distant metastasis. An undreamed-of recognizable preclinical stage of breast cancer has drastically changed atti...
journal_title:Southern medical journal
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/00007611-197811000-00004
更新日期:1978-11-01 00:00:00
abstract::As this case illustrates, lung cancer should be included in the differential diagnosis in a young person with fever, purulent sputum, and a large cystic mass on chest roentgenogram. An aggressive diagnostic approach including biopsy is recommended if symptoms do not respond to early treatment. ...
journal_title:Southern medical journal
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/00007611-198810000-00031
更新日期:1988-10-01 00:00:00
abstract::We report the first case ofextracranial tuberculous lymphadenitis which paradoxically developed during treatment of intracranial tuberculoma. Our patient, a 15-year-old girl who initially presented with meningitis and intracranial tuberculomas, developed extracranial tuberculomas during treatment for central nervous s...
journal_title:Southern medical journal
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/01.smj.0000209091.57281.23
更新日期:2006-04-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVES:Airway failures are the second leading cause of potentially preventable death on the battlefield. Improvements in airway management depend on identifying current challenges. We sought to build on previously reported data on prehospital, combat airway management. METHODS:We used a series of emergency departm...
journal_title:Southern medical journal
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.14423/SMJ.0000000000000906
更新日期:2018-12-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVES:Helicobacter pylori is prevalent worldwide, especially in Latin America. Triple and quadruple antibiotic therapies have been relatively effective; however, resistance has emerged in recent years. The treatment success rate of these regimens on the border of the United States and Mexico is unknown. Our study ...
journal_title:Southern medical journal
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.14423/SMJ.0000000000000747
更新日期:2018-01-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVES:Osteopenia is considerably more common than osteoporosis and accounts for most of the fracture burden in women older than 50 years. It is uncertain when to initiate treatment in osteopenia. We sought to determine in women with osteopenia what effect transitioning to lower categories had on subsequent fractur...
journal_title:Southern medical journal
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.14423/SMJ.0000000000000410
更新日期:2016-02-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVES:Current US healthcare delivery systems do not adequately address healthcare demands. Physicians are integral but rarely emphasize prevention as a primary tool to change health outcomes. Home visitation is an effective method for changing health outcomes in some populations. The Florida International Universi...
journal_title:Southern medical journal
pub_type: 杂志文章,随机对照试验
doi:10.1097/SMJ.0000000000000080
更新日期:2014-04-01 00:00:00
abstract::A large number of drugs can induce pulmonary disease. We report the case of a female patient who was receiving cyproterone acetate for severe hirsutism. After 4 months of cyproterone therapy, she had dyspnea, pulmonary infiltrates, and a restrictive ventilatory defect. Bronchoalveolar lavage showed CD8+ lymphocytosis ...
journal_title:Southern medical journal
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/00007611-199710000-00016
更新日期:1997-10-01 00:00:00
abstract::Sometimes physicians assume responsibilities to third parties when undertaking the care of patients. Physicians have been held liable to third parties, though strangers to the patients, for failing to warn regarding the communicability of contagious diseases. Two suits have been allowed against physicians by third par...
journal_title:Southern medical journal
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/00007611-197606000-00031
更新日期:1976-06-01 00:00:00
abstract::With the advent and increased use of chemotherapeutic agents and radiation therapy, cancer survival rates have increased. With increased survival, both acute and chronic cardiotoxic adverse effects have emerged. The growing need for managing the treatment of individuals with chemotherapy-induced cardiotoxicity has led...
journal_title:Southern medical journal
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.14423/SMJ.0000000000000232
更新日期:2015-02-01 00:00:00
abstract::We present a case of renal cell carcinoma extending into the inferior vena cava and resulting in total occlusion. Perioperative transesophageal echocardiography allowed us to assess cardiac function, follow the extent of vascular involvement, and prevent embolization of tumor and air. ...
journal_title:Southern medical journal
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/00007611-199402000-00027
更新日期:1994-02-01 00:00:00
abstract::We report on two healthy white men who sustained high-voltage electrical burns and were transferred to our regional burn center for specialized care. Within 24 hours of admission, both patients developed clinical signs and laboratory evidence of diabetes insipidus. With appropriate treatment, no sequelae occurred and ...
journal_title:Southern medical journal
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/00007611-199403000-00025
更新日期:1994-03-01 00:00:00
abstract::Meropenem is a new carbapenem antibiotic shown to resist degradation by renal dehydropeptidase I. In a multicenter, open-label, prospective trial, we compared the efficacy and safety of meropenem with imipenem/cilastatin in patients with skin and soft tissue infections. Patients received either 500 mg of meropenem eve...
journal_title:Southern medical journal
pub_type: 临床试验,杂志文章,多中心研究,随机对照试验
doi:10.1097/00007611-199504000-00003
更新日期:1995-04-01 00:00:00
abstract::We have described clostridial sepsis in a child who presented with an abdominal crisis of sickle cell disease. Clostridium paraputrificum should be included in the list of organisms known to cause sepsis in patients with sickle cell anemia. ...
journal_title:Southern medical journal
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/00007611-198012000-00033
更新日期:1980-12-01 00:00:00
abstract::The gene for sickle cell disease is carried by 8% of the African-American population in the United States. The primary care physician is often called upon to recognize and treat one of the major sequelae of sickle cell disease--vaso-occlusive pain crisis. An injectable nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug has recently ...
journal_title:Southern medical journal
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/00007611-199208000-00005
更新日期:1992-08-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVES:The need for colonoscopy is common among diabetic patients. However, there are no standards per se for bowel preparation in patients with type 2 diabetes. In this study, we evaluated the efficacy, safety, and tolerability of sodium phosphate (NaP), and the quality of bowel cleansing in relation to glycemic c...
journal_title:Southern medical journal
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/SMJ.0b013e3181f20b13
更新日期:2010-11-01 00:00:00
abstract::Interaction of allergen with T-cells is associated with patterns of cytokine release by immunocompetent cells characterized as T-helper Th1 or Th2 T-immune responses. The Th2 pattern of inflammation induced by this cytokine release is associated with allergic diseases. The molecular mechanisms underlying allergic infl...
journal_title:Southern medical journal
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1097/01.SMJ.0000097887.04639.39
更新日期:2003-11-01 00:00:00
abstract::Between 1972 and 1985, 39 patients with superior vena cava syndrome were admitted to the Medical College of Georgia Hospitals. I have reviewed the hospital courses of these patients and compared clinical and laboratory findings with those reported in previous series. The syndrome was malignant in 34 patients (mean age...
journal_title:Southern medical journal
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/00007611-198710000-00011
更新日期:1987-10-01 00:00:00
abstract::This descriptive study prospectively examined the performance and supervision of interpretive and procedural skills during an internal medicine clerkship. Students (N = 150) documented having done 7 required and 12 elective skills. Preceptors of required skills were interns (44%), residents (29%), attending physicians...
journal_title:Southern medical journal
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/00007611-199606000-00009
更新日期:1996-06-01 00:00:00
abstract::The comparative value of palpation, light percussion, and auscultatory percussion for detecting the liver below costal margin was studied in 45 normal subjects and 20 patients. The presence of the liver 2 cm or more below the costal margin was considered abnormal, since this organ was found no more than 1 cm below in ...
journal_title:Southern medical journal
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/00007611-199402000-00006
更新日期:1994-02-01 00:00:00
abstract::The rapid increase in the use of helicopters for hospital transport during the 1980s is the culmination of several hundred years of military medical innovation. Mass battefield casualties spurred both technologic and medical changes necessary for today's sophisticated helicopter systems in use worldwide, particularly ...
journal_title:Southern medical journal
pub_type: 历史文章,杂志文章
doi:10.1097/00007611-198907000-00022
更新日期:1989-07-01 00:00:00
abstract::We have reported a fatal complication of a therapeutic dose of ipecac syrup administered in a hospital emergency room. This child received 15 ml of ipecac syrup shortly after ingesting one to five tablets of chlorpheniramine maleate (4 mg). A prolonged course of vomiting (more than 24 hours) eventually resulted in gas...
journal_title:Southern medical journal
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/00007611-198706000-00031
更新日期:1987-06-01 00:00:00
abstract::A 27-year-old man had recurrent abscesses of the thigh caused by organisms typical of mouth flora. The unusual identity of these organisms from a thigh abscess led to the recognition that the illness was induced by self-injection with saliva, and that the patient had many of the characteristics of Münchausen's syndrom...
journal_title:Southern medical journal
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:1979-02-01 00:00:00
abstract::The management of inflammatory carcinoma of the breast remains a therapeutic dilemma because of two basic conceptual problems: local control and systemic micrometastatic disease. Appropriate management requires a multidisciplinary approach involving radiation therapy, surgery, and medical oncology. ...
journal_title:Southern medical journal
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/00007611-198102000-00020
更新日期:1981-02-01 00:00:00