Viral infections in the elderly. The challenges of managing herpes zoster, influenza, and RSV.

abstract：:Many medical conditions that clearly have a strong genetic component are not transmitted in a straightforward dominant, recessive, or X-linked pattern. Recent progress in understanding other modes of inheritance, such as imprinting, trinucleotide repeat expansion, mitochondrial inheritance, and mosaicism, has allowed ...

journal_title：Postgraduate medicine

authors： Wagstaff J

更新日期：2000-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Vasculitis encompasses a wide variety of diseases. Because diagnosis may be difficult, a careful evaluation is essential, including a detailed patient history, thorough physical examination, and appropriate laboratory studies. Diagnosis is based on clinicopathologic features that permit identification of the condition...

journal_title：Postgraduate medicine

authors： Semble EL,Chmelewski WL,Pisko EJ

更新日期：1991-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:When ascites is the presenting symptom and the underlying disease is not apparent, the physician must be aware of the various diseases that may be associated with the accumulation of serous fluid in the abdominal cavity and the various approaches that are available to aid in the differential diagnosis. ...

journal_title：Postgraduate medicine

authors： Wortzel EM,Rogers AI

更新日期：1977-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The practitioner plays an important role in providing guidance for exercise. Physical activity is one component of a life-style aimed at enhancing the health of the individual. When entered into with appropriate understanding and with reasonable expectations and goals, exercise can also be a major source of enjoyment....

journal_title：Postgraduate medicine

authors： Smith LK

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Legg-Calvé-Perthes disease affects children, mostly boys, in the age range of 3 to 12 years. Severity and duration are quite variable. Catterall's classification of disease according to degree of femoral head involvement is of real prognostic value. Other factors of prognostic importance are loss of motion, metaphysea...

journal_title：Postgraduate medicine

authors： Kamhi E

更新日期：1976-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Opioids with abuse-deterrent properties may reduce widespread abuse, misuse, and diversion of these products. This study aimed to quantify misuse, abuse, dependence, and health resource use of extended-release morphine sulfate with sequestered naltrexone hydrochloride (ER-MSN; EMBEDA®), compared with non-abus...

journal_title：Postgraduate medicine

authors： Cicero TJ,Mendoza M,Cattaneo M,Dart RC,Mardekian J,Polson M,Roland CL,Schnoll SH,Webster LR,Park PW

更新日期：2019-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The mechanism of action of dipeptidyl peptidase-4 inhibitors, such as saxagliptin, makes them suitable for combination therapy in type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). Genetic, cultural, and environmental differences in individuals from different regions of the world may result in differences in treatment respons...

journal_title：Postgraduate medicine

authors： Karyekar C,Donovan M,Allen E,Fleming D,Ravichandran S,Chen R

更新日期：2011-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Prescription opioids have substantial abuse potential. This study compared the positive subjective drug effects of a newly developed extended-release (ER) oxycodone (OC)/acetaminophen (acetyl-para-aminophenol [APAP]) formulation with those of immediate-release (IR) OC/APAP. METHODS:This randomized, double-b...

journal_title：Postgraduate medicine

authors： Morton T,Kostenbader K,Montgomery J,Devarakonda K,Barrett T,Webster L

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Amyloidosis occurs in association with many diseases and can also be idiopathic. It is usually a systemic disease with variable presentations. The diagnosis should be suspected in patients with unexplained proteinuria, cardiomyopathy, congestive heart failure, peripheral neuropathy, carpal tunnel syndrome, macroglossi...

journal_title：Postgraduate medicine

authors： Vogelgesang SA,Klipple GL

更新日期：1994-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Genetic syndromes that convey a significant risk of breast cancer are responsible for a small but significant percentage of these cancers. However, the vast majority of breast cancers occur in women with no family history of the disease. Nongenetic risk factors include age, previous breast disease, breast tissue densi...

journal_title：Postgraduate medicine

authors： Korde LA,Calzone KA,Zujewski J

更新日期：2004-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Not since the early 1950s has the number of new cases of syphilis been as high as it is now. The infectious agent, Treponema pallidum, is extremely difficult to culture in vitro and almost impossible to see by conventional light microscopy. A nonspecific antibody test is used for screening and a specific treponemal an...

journal_title：Postgraduate medicine

authors： Farnes SW,Setness PA

更新日期：1990-02-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Identification of the cause and subsequent specific therapy are indicated for those prolonged or relapsing fevers that follow abdominal surgery. On rare occasions, these fevers can be attributed to potentially life-threatening occult infections, including maxillary sinusitis, acute cholecystitis, antibiotic-related ps...

journal_title：Postgraduate medicine

authors： Gleckman RA,Roth RM

更新日期：1986-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:By being aware of which patients are at high risk for ingestion or insertion of foreign bodies, physicians can be on the lookout for objects in the gastrointestinal tract and ready to institute initial care. Esophageal foreign bodies and other objects that increase the chance of perforation or obstruction may require ...

journal_title：Postgraduate medicine

authors： Clarkston WK

更新日期：1992-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Severe myocardial ischemia and infarction cause release of catecholamines, with exposure of injured myocardial cells to relatively high concentrations during the transitional period in which myocyte injury worsens. In experimental animals, the number of beta-adrenergic receptors increases markedly without any change i...

journal_title：Postgraduate medicine

authors： Willerson JT,Buja LM

更新日期：1988-02-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Broncholithiasis, a disease that is probably much more common than has been reported, is most often associated with pulmonary infections, for example, tuberculosis and histoplasmosis. Stones originate from calcified peribronchial lymph nodes that erode into the tracheobronchial tree, but lithoptysis occurs infrequentl...

journal_title：Postgraduate medicine

authors： Haines JD Jr

更新日期：1988-02-15 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate healthcare resource utilization (HCRU) by osteoarthritis (OA) pain severity. METHODS:Cross-sectional surveys of US physicians and their patients were conducted between February and May 2017. Using the Numeric Rating Scale, patients were classified by self-reported pain intensity in the last week ...

journal_title：Postgraduate medicine

authors： Nalamachu S,Robinson RL,Viktrup L,Cappelleri JC,Bushmakin AG,Tive L,Mellor J,Hatchell N,Jackson J

更新日期：2021-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ultraviolet (UV) radiation is a notorious environmental carcinogen. Acute and chronic UV radiation exposure increase the risk for skin cancer. Protecting oneself from both UVA and UVB radiation with broad-based sunscreen can prevent certain skin cancers, their precursors, and photoaging. Although sun protection factor...

journal_title：Postgraduate medicine

authors： Stechschulte SA,Kirsner RS,Federman DG

更新日期：2011-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Healthcare providers usually assess glycemic control in diabetic patients by measuring fasting plasma glucose and preprandial glucose levels, as well as hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c). Evidence now suggests that elevated postprandial glucose concentrations may contribute to suboptimal glycemic control. Several medications and...

journal_title：Postgraduate medicine

authors： Fasy EA,Buse JB

更新日期：2001-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nearly 1 in 5 Americans will struggle with major depression in their lives; some will have recurring bouts. Recent psychiatric research has given new attention to the prevalence of cognitive deficits in major depression and the impact such deficits have on remission and overall life functioning. When depression is par...

journal_title：Postgraduate medicine

authors： Mattingly G,Anderson RH,Mattingly SG,Anderson EQ

更新日期：2016-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the fast-paced setting of primary care, it is difficult to detect psychiatric disorders, especially the more subtle disorders, such as minor depression and dysthymia. In cases of dysthymia, in particular, the patients themselves may not even have a sense that anything medically treatable is wrong; they feel as thou...

journal_title：Postgraduate medicine

authors： David AK

更新日期：2003-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:With rising health care costs in the United States, trainees will be increasingly challenged in discussing testing stewardship with patients. OBJECTIVE:We piloted a high-value care (HVC) communication skills curriculum utilizing the Four Habits Model for communication. We hoped residents would 1) learn to...

journal_title：Postgraduate medicine

authors： Duran A,Donelan C,Bowman Peterson J,Gladding SP,Weissmann P,Roth CS

更新日期：2020-08-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Unresolved grief refers either to the absence or to the prolongation of normal grief. It is identified by (1) painful response to recall of the deceased, (2) realization of not having accepted the loss or of not being able to grieve, and (3) unaccountable depression, emergence of medical symptoms on the anniversary of...

journal_title：Postgraduate medicine

authors： DeVaul RA,Zisook S

更新日期：1976-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The diagnostic survey of the infertile couple usually takes about three months. After semen analysis, the husband is referred for general and urologic examination. The wife is given a general physical and pelvic examination and returns during the next two months for ovulation studies. Tubal patency tests are also perf...

journal_title：Postgraduate medicine

authors： Cohen MR

更新日期：1977-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The fact that the national death rate from carcinoma of the colon and rectum has remained static over the past two decades is strong incentive for future investigation of measures to allow detection in its early and more favorable stage. Although no significant improvements in surgical techniques have afforded improve...

journal_title：Postgraduate medicine

authors： Bland KI,Garrison RN,Knutson CO

更新日期：1979-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Because of the large number of potentially injurious chemicals present in the home and workplace, chemical burns pose a unique challenge to the health care professional. For the majority of injuries, prompt and prolonged hydrotherapy is the cornerstone of therapy. The clinician needs to remember that the extent and de...

journal_title：Postgraduate medicine

authors： Fitzpatrick KT,Moylan JA

更新日期：1985-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Inhalation of pressurized 100% oxygen is a helpful adjunctive treatment for certain patients, because the increased oxygen carried by the blood to the tissue enhances new growth of microcirculation and, thus, healing. Patients with tissue breakdown after radiation therapy, refractory osteomyelitis, gas gangrene, soft-...

journal_title：Postgraduate medicine

authors： Cohn GH

更新日期：1986-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The association of depression and erectile dysfunction (ED) has been firmly established, but it may be difficult to distinguish between cause and effect--whether ED causes the depression or the depression causes ED--in an individual patient. In most patients who have major depression, successful reversal of the depres...

journal_title：Postgraduate medicine

authors： Seagraves RT

更新日期：2000-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Point-of-care testing (POCT) is widely used to measure blood glucose levels in people with diabetes, although its use in measuring glycated hemoglobin (HbA1c) levels is less common, perhaps due to perceived performance issues and access to the technology. METHODS:Forty blood samples were analyzed in duplica...

journal_title：Postgraduate medicine

authors： Knaebel J,Irvin BR,Xie CZ

更新日期：2013-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Multilevel noncontiguous thoracic and lumbar spinal tuberculosis (MNST) is a relatively rare entity. The objective of this retrospective study was to investigate whether a technique involving a one-stage posterior debridement and decompression, combined with an intervertebral fusion and posterior instrumenta...

journal_title：Postgraduate medicine

authors： Chen RS,Liao X,Xiong ML,Chen FR,Wang BW,Huang JM,Chen XL,Yin GH,Liu HY,Jin DD

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fluoroquinolone-resistant variants of pandemic clones Spain(23F)-1, Spain(6B)-2, Spain(9V)-3, and Spain(14)-5 have been seen in various regions of the United States and the world, leading to the speculation that fluoroquinolone resistance among US Streptococcus pneumoniae may increase because of clonal spread. Using l...

journal_title：Postgraduate medicine

authors： Davies TA,Yee YC,Goldschmidt R,Sahm DF,Evangelista AT

更新日期：2008-09-01 00:00:00