Partnering together? Relationships between faith-based community health centers and neighborhood congregations.

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To explore factors that might contribute to misattribution of mental status changes to psychiatric illness when an elderly patient actually has a delirium (mental status changes due to a medical condition). METHODS:Records of 900 elderly patients referred to a Veterans Affairs psychiatric inpatient unit and...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Reeves RR,Parker JD,Burke RS,Hart RH

更新日期：2010-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Primary sternal osteomyelitis is a rare entity found most frequently in heroin addicts. We have reported the diagnosis and successful treatment of primary sternal osteomyelitis in a 22-year-old man. ...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Classen JA,Dales RL,Davies RS

更新日期：1987-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The objectives of the study were to determine the percentage of osteopathic emergency medicine (EM) residencies that require an original research project to meet the American Osteopathic Association requirement, describe the resources available to the residents and faculty members to complete their projects,...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Kirkpatrick A,Doran T,Mullins D,Gnugnoli D,Ashurst J

更新日期：2019-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The antibody-coated bacteria (ACB) test was used to localize the site of urinary tract infection in a group of pediatric and adult patients. Duration of treatment of ACB-positive (upper tract) and ACB-negative (lower tract) infections was correlated with rates of recurrence during follow-up for six or more months. Two...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Kulasinghe HP,Cushing AH,Reed WP

更新日期：1977-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:I have reported two cases of Mallory-Weiss tear occurring after the patients drank an oral electrolyte/polyethylene glycol preparation before colonoscopy. Only two other such cases have been previously reported. ...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Hroncich ME

更新日期：1992-03-01 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

authors： Rock JA,Acuña JM,Lozano JM,Martinez IL,Greer PJ Jr,Brown DR,Brewster L,Simpson JL

更新日期：2014-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The ability of Clonorchis sinensis to cause severe hepatobiliary disease is illustrated by the case we have reported, in which biliary obstruction and hepatic fibrosis resulted from the pathologic process associated with chronic clonorchiasis. Immunodiagnostic tests are currently limited, and diagnosis, as illustrated...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Lin AC,Chapman SW,Turner HR,Wofford JD Jr

更新日期：1987-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The association between acute coronary events and acute allergic reactions has been recognized for several years. The first reported case occurred in 1950, during an allergic reaction to penicillin. In 1991, Kounis and Zavras described the syndrome of allergic angina and allergic myocardial infarction, currently known...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Lopez PR,Peiris AN

更新日期：2010-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Guar gum is a high polymer carbohydrate that undergoes considerable expansion and thickening when placed in water. Because of this property, guar gum has been used in "weight loss" tablets marketed by several pharmaceutical manufacturers. These tablets undergo expansion in the stomach and are expected to cause early s...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Halama WH,Mauldin JL

更新日期：1992-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This case presents a rare type of crescentic glomerulonephritis characterized as IgA deposits predominantly along the glomerular basement membranes (GBM). The patient clinically manifested with rapidly progressive glomerulonephritis (RPGN) without pulmonary hemorrhage or vasculitis-related systematic symptoms. No posi...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Cai G,Chen P,Wu D,Shi S,Yin Z,Zhang X,Wei R,Chen X

更新日期：2008-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Review of 185 consecutive Muller total hip arthroplasties five to nine years after operation showed that 14 patients had died and that three deaths were directly related to the surgery. Of these, 37 patients (54 hips) could not be located and were excluded. Another patient, nonambulatory for an unrelated cause, was al...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Dunn AW

更新日期：1982-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Computed tomography (CT) is increasingly used to evaluate abdominal diseases, including those of the colon. Recent CT studies have documented colonic abnormalities in patients with pseudomembranous colitis; however, these findings are not widely appreciated by primary care physicians. Over a 25-month period, we prospe...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Wilcox CM,Gryboski D,Fernandez M,Stahl W

更新日期：1995-09-01 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

authors： Rowe MS,MacKechnie HL

更新日期：1984-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In response to the increasing care needs of geriatric patients and attendant hospital costs, the Nashville Veterans Administration Medical Center, which has 393 beds and admits 8400 patients annually, initiated an Intermediate Care Service in 1988. A geriatric team was formed, sharing staff and resources from existing...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Hauser B,Robinson J,Powers JS,Laubacher MA

更新日期：1991-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:This study was done to determine survival rates in subpopulations of severely neurologically disabled children who reside in pediatric skilled nursing facilities and to compare these survival rates with those in previously published studies. METHODS:Data were collected at three pediatric skilled nursing fac...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Plioplys AV,Kasnicka I,Lewis S,Moller D

更新日期：1998-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have reported the case of a 26-year-old man who had had intermittent but severe gastrointestinal bleeding over a 30-month period from a Meckel's diverticulum. Meckel's diverticulum should be searched for angiographically, even in the face of normal isotopic scans, in cases of chronic or intermittent gastrointestina...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Geelhoed GW,Druy EM,Steinberg WM

更新日期：1986-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The diagnoses of complete obstruction in a duplicated renal collecting system and ureterocele can be made with a high degree of confidence by ultrasound. Two children presenting with abdominal masses were examined by gray scale ultrasonography which demonstrated large cystic masses dorsal to and displacing the lower p...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Morgan CL,Grossman H,Trought WS,Oddson TA

更新日期：1980-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Shear wave elastography (SWE) is an emerging technology that assesses hepatic fibrosis. The aim of our study was to determine the diagnostic accuracy of General Electric (GE) Healthcare's LOGIQ E9 SWE in patients with chronic hepatitis C virus using liver biopsy as the reference standard. METHODS:The liver ...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Abrams GA,Jamal H,Deeter WT 3rd,Patil N

更新日期：2016-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Central hypothyroidism is an exceedingly rare form of hypothyroidism that results from a variety of conditions affecting the hypothalamus and the pituitary gland. The classic biochemical abnormality seen in these patients includes a low serum level of circulating thyroxine (T4) concomitant with an inappropriately low ...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Basaria S,Altman K,Braga-Basaria M

更新日期：2003-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The term "top of the basilar" has been used in reference to a group of signs and symptoms of midbrain, diencephalic, and posteroinferior hemispheric dysfunction. It has been attributed to ischemia in the territory of second- and third-order vessels that arise from the uppermost portion of the basilar artery. We report...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Gomez CR,Hogan PA,Cruz-Rodriguez RF,Jumao-As AP

更新日期：1988-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have described a case in which prenatal ultrasonography showed a defect in the fetal abdominal wall. By further careful evaluation gastroschisis was diagnosed, allowing a planned delivery in a tertiary care center where specialized personnel were immediately available to treat the neonate. ...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Bluth EI,Spanjers MA,Goldsmith JP,Sullivan MA

更新日期：1984-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:This study compares the primary health care quality of community health centers (CHCs) and health maintenance organizations (HMOs) in South Carolina to elucidate the quality of CHC performance relative to mainstream settings such as the HMO. METHODS:Mail surveys were used to obtain data from 350 randomly sel...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Shi L,Starfield B,Xu J,Politzer R,Regan J

更新日期：2003-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Myelolipomas are benign tumors composed of an admixture of mature adipose tissue and normal hematopoietic cells. The vast majority occur within the adrenal glands, but several extra-adrenal myelolipomas (EAMLs) have been reported. The typical EAML is a solitary, well-defined mass within the abdomen, most commonly in t...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Prahlow JA,Loggie BW,Cappellari JO,Scharling ES,Teot LA,Iskandar SS

更新日期：1995-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sickle cell trait is present in about 8% of black Americans, and clinically significant sickling disorders are common in this population. These disorders can be accurately defined by combinations of quantitative hemoglobin electrophoresis at alkaline pH, citrate agar electrophoresis, solubility tests for sickle hemogl...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Steinberg MH,Adams JG 3rd

更新日期：1978-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Depression is among the most common of clinical conditions. Like problems such as anemia, it is not one disease, but a constellation of signs and symptoms which may occur as the result of several psychopatho-physiologic processes. This paper summarizes the recent dramatic advances in research into the neurochemistry o...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Bowden CL

更新日期：1975-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The number of methicillin-resistant STaphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infections in the hospital setting is increasing but little is known of its prevalence in the community. In a 1986-1987 study, the prevalence in dermatology outpatient clinics was <0.9%. This study reports changes in the same facilities from 19...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Price MF,McBride ME,Wolf JE Jr

更新日期：1998-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Premalignant lesions of the anal margin include Bowen's disease (intraepithelial squamous cell carcinoma) and Paget's disease (intraepithelial adenocarcinoma). Our experience includes 11 patients with perianal Paget's disease and 37 patients with perianal Bowen's disease treated from 1957 to 1986. The patients with pe...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Beck DE,Fazio VW

更新日期：1989-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We examined present and anticipated future levels of career satisfaction among psychiatrists in the greater Houston area. We gathered data by means of an anonymous questionnaire. The strongest univariate correlations between background variables and current and anticipated future levels of career satisfaction were fou...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： McKelvey RS,Webb JA

更新日期：1995-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The management of acute pain is an aspect of hospital-based practice that has been neglected. Control of pain is important for ethical reasons, for compliance with new guidelines and standards, and for optimizing patient satisfaction and outcomes. METHODS:Be review the rationale for establishing priority to...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Blau WS,Dalton JA,Lindley C

更新日期：1999-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Like all types of farming, raising tobacco has many hazards that may lead to injury, disability, or death. Burley tobacco farming is a multistep process that is not highly mechanized. An 8-year emergency department surveillance system in Kentucky identified 674 injury cases related to the production of burley tobacco....

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Struttmann TW,Reed DK

更新日期：2002-08-01 00:00:00