Early diffusion weighted imaging and expression of heat shock protein 70 in newborn pigs with hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy.

abstract：:Various tumours, in particular lymphomas, have been reported in association with azathioprine treatment, both after renal transplantation and in other conditions. A case is reported here of acute myeloid leukaemia associated with azathioprine therapy for rheumatoid arthritis, and this is now the third case reported in...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Gilmore IT,Holden G,Rodan KS

更新日期：1977-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Five per cent of patients with germ cell tumours of the testis will develop a further tumour in the contralateral testis. Standard treatment in such cases is a second orchidectomy, resulting in infertility, hormone replacement, and psychological morbidity. In this case report we explore the role of testis conservation...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Sawyer EJ,Oliver RT,Tobias JS,Badenoch DF

更新日期：1999-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 46 year old Nigerian man presented with a four week history of progressive bilateral visual loss. He had been unwell, with weight loss, fever, and night sweats for six months. Dilated fundoscopy revealed macular haemorrhages and diffuse Roth's spots. The patient was found to be severely anaemic and a bone marrow asp...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Vose MJ,Charles SJ

更新日期：2003-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case of hypereosinophilic syndrome is reported. Investigation failed to reveal any precipitating cause or evidence of leukaemia. Death was due to intractable cardiac failure, and post-mortem examination showed infiltration of the myocardium with sheets of immature cells. The relevance of these cells is discussed and...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Scott DG,Leatherdale BA

更新日期：1979-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Post-radiation large vessel injury has not received as much attention as microvascular irradiation injury. A few studies have shown that common carotid intima-media thickness (IMT) is increased after radiotherapy to the head and neck. However, in most of these studies, the irradiated subjects also had other ...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Shariat M,Alias NA,Biswal BM

更新日期：2008-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The leukocyte count is frequently used to evaluate suspected bacterial infections but estimates of its test performance vary considerably. We evaluated its accuracy for the detection of serious bacterial infections in febrile children. DESIGN:Prospective cohort study. SETTING:Paediatric emergency department...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： De S,Williams GJ,Hayen A,Macaskill P,McCaskill M,Isaacs D,Craig JC

更新日期：2015-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case of primary purulent meningococcal pericarditis presenting with chest pain, hypotension and cardiac tamponade followed by oliguric renal failure is reported. Treatment with antibiotics and surgical drainage was successful. ...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Ramsdale DR,Kaul TK,Coulshed N

更新日期：1985-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Video evaluation of resuscitation is becoming increasingly integrated into practice in a number of clinical settings. The purpose of this review article is to examine how video may enhance clinical care during resuscitation. As healthcare and available therapeutic interventions evolve, re-evaluation of accepted paradi...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Lowe DJ,Dewar A,Lloyd A,Edgar S,Clegg GR

更新日期：2017-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case of left-sided subphrenic abscess, secondary to perforation of a carcinoma of stomach, is described. The patient presented with a palpable spleen which was shown to be normal in size but displaced by the subphrenic collection. The importance of correct interpretation of this physical sign is discussed. ...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Snape J,Baker AR,Rees Y

更新日期：1986-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe a patient with primary amyloidosis in whom multiple osteolytic lesions caused by amyloid bone tumours developed, and review the clinical features of the 18 cases with primary amyloidosis in whom destructive bone lesions have been reported. In contrast to amyloidosis associated with multiple myeloma, destru...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Kramer MR,van Dijk JM,Hadas I,Hershko C

更新日期：1986-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Circulating nitric oxide (NO) and lipid levels are closely associated with coronary artery disease (CAD). It is unclear whether the rs1799983 polymorphism in endothelial nitric oxide synthase (NOS3) gene is associated with plasma levels of NO and lipids. This systematic review and meta-analysis (Preferred Re...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Luo Z,Jia A,Lu Z,Muhammad I,Adenrele A,Song Y

更新日期：2019-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Little is known about orthostatic blood pressure regulation in acute stroke. We determined postural haemodynamic responses in 40 patients with acute stroke (mild or moderate severity) and 40 non-stroke control in-patients, at two days ('Day 1') and one week ('Week 1') post-admission. Following a 10-minute supine rest ...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Panayiotou B,Reid J,Fotherby M,Crome P

更新日期：1999-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The anticoagulant agents heparin and warfarin were introduced before the era of randomised clinical trials. As a result, the indications, dosages and monitoring techniques of these drugs have undergone re-evaluation in multiple clinical trials in the past years. Low molecular weight heparin has been developed, which h...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Toh CH

更新日期：1997-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF THE STUDY:This study aims to describe all unsolicited electronic invitations received from potential predatory publishers or fraudulent conferences over a 12-month period following the first publication as a corresponding author of a junior academician. STUDY DESIGN:Unsolicited invitations received at an in...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Mercier E,Tardif PA,Moore L,Le Sage N,Cameron PA

更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two hundred and thirty-three patients with renal amyloidosis were studied in an attempt to identify the incidence and pattern of the disease in northern India. The incidence of amyloidosis was 1.01% of 6431 post-mortems and 8.4% of 1980 renal biopsies from patients who presented with clinical evidence of glomerular di...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Chugh KS,Datta BN,Singhal PC,Jain SK,Sakhuja V,Dash SC

更新日期：1981-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During the previous 34 months, 3 hypertensive patients on long-term thiazide therapy were admitted to the medical department, Mubarak Hospital, Kuwait, with atrial fibrillation (AF) and hypokalaemia. They received potassium chloride by intravenous infusion, followed by oral therapy with reversion to sinus rhythm. Ther...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Emara MK,Saadet AM

更新日期：1986-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Patients with acquired von Willebrand disease may present with severe bleeding, which is usually difficult to manage. Adequate haemostasis in acquired von Willebrand disease may be achieved with the infusion of factor VIII/von Willebrand factor concentrates or with the administration of desmopressin. We report a case ...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Van Genderen PJ,Papatsonis DN,Michiels JJ,Wielenga JJ,Stibbe J,Huikeshoven FJ

更新日期：1994-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 19-year-old girl developed generalised anhidrosis following typhoid fever. Elaborate investigations disclosed nothing abnormal. A skin biopsy revealed the presence of atrophic as well as normal eccrine glands. This appears to be the third case of its kind in the English literature. It is postulated that typhoid feve...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Raveenthiran V

更新日期：1995-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper reports a clinical study of 20 cases of gangrenous ulcers of the scrotum and/or of the penis (Fournier's gangrene) and a review of previous publications. Even though found mostly in elderly male patients, the disease spares no age group and can involve the external genitalia in neonates and women as well. T...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Efem SE

更新日期：1994-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 3-year-old girl is described who became oliguric and hypoglycaemic whilst receiving an excessive dose of sulphadiazine. The mechanism of the hypoglycaemia is discussed. ...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Craft AW,Brocklebank JT,Jackson RH

更新日期：1977-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although contrast angiography is important in the diagnosis and treatment of atherosclerotic disease, it does have limitations. Intracoronary ultrasound more accurately assesses the amount of atherosclerosis and has given us new insights into the pathophysiology of coronary plaque accumulation and remodelling. It also...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Hammond C,Causer JP,Perry RA

更新日期：1998-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two patients with sarcoidosis and glomerular mesangial proliferative lesions are described. Although a causative relationship between sarcoidosis and glomerulonephritis has been suggested, critical review of the literature fails to confirm this. ...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Howard RS,Gabriel R

更新日期：1992-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A study has been made in rodents of the interactions between a range of psychotropic drugs, narcotic agonist and partial agonist analgesics, and pain. In rodents, tricyclic antidepressants do not alone reduce pain responses but, in combination with morphine or pentazocine, clomipramine enhances analgesic activity afte...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Lee RL,Spencer PS

更新日期：1980-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thiazide diuretics used alone to treat hypertension can cause hypokalaemia in a substantial proportion of patients. The possibility exists that any benefit of reducing high blood pressure by such treatment may be offset by an increased mortality due to arrhythmias initiated by hypokalaemia. ...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Poole-Wilson PA

更新日期：1983-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case of skin necrosis at the sites of injection of subcutaneous heparin is described. The patient went on to develop heparin-induced thrombocytopenia and pulmonary embolism. Review of the previously described cases of heparin-associated skin necrosis reveals that this sequence of events is not uncommon. ...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Fowlie J,Stanton PD,Anderson JR

更新日期：1990-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report the case of a 66 year old woman with clinical manifestations of giant-cell arteritis, positive temporal artery biopsy and excellent response to prednisone, who developed massive cerebral infarcts after 5 days of treatment. Computed tomographic and magnetic resonance imaging scans revealed multiple infarcts i...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Collazos J,García-Moncó C,Martín A,Rodriguez J,Gómez MA

更新日期：1994-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In congestive heart failure (CHF) both the sympathetic nervous system (SNS) and the renin-angiotensin-aldosterone-system (RAAS) are activated. Both phenomena are only of short-term benefit and inevitably detrimental with prolonged activation. There are many possibilities for interaction between the systems, in particu...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： van Zwieten PA,de Jonge A

更新日期：1986-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We present a 78-year-old woman with clinical acute hypopituitarism in whom pathologic findings showed lymphocytic hypophysitis and retroperitoneal fibrosis. Lymphocytic hypophysitis should be included in the differential diagnosis of hypopituitarism at any age. The association with idiopathic retroperitoneal fibrosis ...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Alvarez A,Cordido F,Sacristán F

更新日期：1997-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The Pediatric Emergency Care Applied Research Network (PECARN) traumatic brain injury (TBI) age-based clinical prediction rules identify children at very low risk of a significant head injury who can safely avoid CT. Our goal was to independently validate these prediction rules. DESIGN:Cross-sectional study....

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Schonfeld D,Bressan S,Da Dalt L,Henien MN,Winnett JA,Nigrovic LE

更新日期：2015-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Epilepsy is a common neurological disorder, prevalent in about 1% of the population. Almost half of the patients with epilepsy are women. Epilepsy and antiepileptic drugs can affect each aspect of the female human life cycle which includes menstrual cycle, contraception, fertility, conception, pregnancy and menopause....

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Gooneratne IK,Wimalaratna S

更新日期：2016-09-01 00:00:00