Laparoscopic Nissen fundoplication in a community hospital: patient satisfaction survey.

abstract：:A bulging fissure sign was noticed on chest roentgenogram in a patient with H influenzae pneumonia. This sign is usually associated with Klebsiella pneumonia and has also been seen in pneumococcal and plague pneumonia, tuberculosis, mass lesions of the lung, and large lung abscesses. This is thought to be the first re...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Francis JB,Francis PB

更新日期：1978-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Patients with blunt hepatic injury can safely be managed nonoperatively if they show hemodynamic stability. Transcatheter arterial embolization (TAE) is a useful adjunct in the treatment of patients who show evidence of continued hemorrhage or who have pooling of contrast material on computed tomography (CT). In these...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Harper HC 3rd,Maull KI

更新日期：2000-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Several recent cases illustrate the medical-ethical-legal consequences associated with lack of awareness in caring for and treating the dying patient. We question whether solutions advanced by others are feasible or desirable for use in medical education, and suggest looking to the familiar principles of clinical medi...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Mullaly RW,Osmond H

更新日期：1979-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Medical inpatients in inner-city hospitals have both potentially lead-related disorders and potential lead exposure. To see whether there is substantial unexpected lead intoxication in this population, we did a cross-sectional study of 117 consecutively admitted patients to a general medical ward of an inner-city univ...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Kilmarx PH,Allen DW,Brancati FL

更新日期：1996-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a case of multiple myeloma in which the bone lesions showed high uptake of technetium Tc 99m methylene diphosphonate on a bone scan. A review of the literature comparing the usefulness of conventional skeletal radiography and bone scans in diagnosing the osteolytic lesions of myeloma shows that bone scintigr...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Murthy NJ,Rao H,Friedman AS

更新日期：2000-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Gas exchange measurements obtained during submaximal exercise have been shown to provide prognostic and diagnostic information in patients with heart failure (HF) and to differentiate heart versus lung limitations in patients with unexplained dyspnea. The aim of our study was to assess the clinical utility o...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Bhatt DV,Kocheril AG

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Appendicovesical fistula is an uncommon condition usually occurring in boys and young men and associated with chronic urinary tract infection. Diagnosis is based on cystoscopic findings that may be confirmed by a retrograde study. Treatment by appendectomy is usually successful. ...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Carson CC 3rd,Malek RS

更新日期：1980-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rheumatoid arthritis, a chronic inflammatory polyarthritis that destroys synovial joints, is associated with systemic as well as local inflammation and with an increased risk of cardiovascular disease and death not fully explained by traditional cardiac risk factors. Statins (HMG-coA reductase inhibitors), medications...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Costenbader KH,Coblyn JS

更新日期：2005-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Whereas painless gross hematuria in the hemophiliac is usually secondary to the basic coagulation defect, it is not always so. An elderly man presented with this clinical situation which, after a protracted course, was ultimately proven to be associated with an infarcted kidney. In retrospect, the patient's age and th...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Carroll RR,Kitchens CS

更新日期：1982-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This is a prospective clinical study of 41 consecutive patients with isolated tears of the medial meniscus who underwent meniscectomy by conventional arthrotomy. The results are presented in terms of length of hospitalization, complications, analgesic requirements during hospitalization, and ability to regain muscle c...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Henard DC

更新日期：1983-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 50-year-old man presented with progressive visual loss, headache, and two days of confusion. A computed tomography of his head suggested subarachnoid hemorrhage with accompanying right parietal ischemic infarction. The magnetic resonance image was consistent with right parietal perisulcal pial and superficial cortic...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Hoque R,Gonzalez-Toledo E,Jaffe SL

更新日期：2008-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In addition to assuring an adequate and safe blood supply, blood collection agencies are responsible for the well being of donors. Several aspects of the current blood donor experience may negatively impact donor health and require modification. Physicians need to be aware of health-related issues associated with bloo...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Reiss RF,Kessler D

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sixty-six cases of serologically documented Rocky Mountain spotted fever (RMSF) from North Carolina are reviewed. Gastrointestinal manifestations were present in 80% of these patients. Because other common expressions of RMSF occasionally do not accompany severe gastrointestinal dysfunction, improper diagnosis and the...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Middleton DB

更新日期：1978-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have reported a case of severe erythema multiforme caused by outbreaks of recurrent HSV-2 infection. The EM was debilitating and responded to the treatment of HSV with oral acyclovir. On stopping the oral acyclovir, the HSV and the EM both recurred. We recommend a trial of oral acyclovir in cases of severe EM cause...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Goldberg LH,Sperber J

更新日期：1986-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 62-year-old woman developed a fatal Aeromonas hydrophila infection of the skin after dropping a crab trap on her leg. The area surrounding the punctures was erythematous and had several flaccid bullae. A biopsy specimen of the involved skin showed necrosis and suppuration in the dermis and subcutaneous fat. The A hy...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Fulghum DD,Linton WR,Taplin D

更新日期：1978-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Retrospective review of eight years' experience with the Mallory-Weiss syndrome emphatically supports the need for accurate, early localization of the site of upper gastrointestinal hemorrhage. Pertinent aspects of the history and physical and laboratory evaluation of this group of patients were analyzed to determine ...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Hixson SD,Burns RP,Britt LG

更新日期：1979-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:A retrospective cross-sectional study was performed to assess the prevalence of elevated alkaline phosphatase (ALP) in patients infected with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and to determine the relation between ALP and specific antiretroviral therapy (ART). METHODS:A total of 2990 patients were included...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Alemu BT,Troy SB,Beydoun HA,Akpinar-Elci M,Cunningham TD

更新日期：2016-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To explore temporal trends and geographic variations in mortality from prescription opioids from 1999 to 2016. METHODS:Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Wide-ranging Online Data for Epidemiologic Research Multiple Cause of Death files were used to calculate age-adjusted rates and 95% confidence int...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Palumbo SA,Hennekens CH,Robishaw JD,Levine RS

更新日期：2020-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hypokalemic periodic paralysis is an unusual disease that may begin dramatically. Although terrifying to the patient, the attacks can usually be controlled if the proper diagnosis is made. Although much has been done to determine the pathogenesis, many questions remain unanswered. ...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Johnson V,Winternitz WW

更新日期：1984-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:There is concern that anti-affirmative-action measures will negate gains made ill educating underrepresented minority physicians and that this underrepresentation may have a negative impact on access to health care for these same underrepresented groups. METHODS:A review of the literature was completed to e...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Thurmond VB,Kirch DG

更新日期：1998-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:For over a decade there has been concern about hepatitis related to halothane anesthesia. No dose relationship or other direct cause has ever been established, and jaundice has been found to occur after other anesthetics for surgical operations. Enflurane is a newer halogenated compound with a remarkable record of saf...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Thompson DS,Friday CD

更新日期：1978-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thirty-five patients with chronic low back pain responded to a follow-up survey 18 months after being discharged from the hospital. All patients had objective (MMPI) evidence of psychologic disturbance during hospitalization. Seven patients subsequently obtained additional elective back surgery; the remaining 28 did n...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Gentry WD

更新日期：1982-10-01 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：:Atopic dermatitis (AD) is a common diagnosis seen in both children and adults, and it is often the first manifestation of atopic disease. Research has shown a strong correlation between serum IgE levels, the severity of atopic dermatitis, and co-existing asthma and/or allergic rhinitis. Omalizumab (Xolair, East Hanove...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Amrol D

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Skin and soft tissue necrosis is an uncommon but increasingly recognized complication of coumarin anticoagulant therapy. A patient is described with extensive involvement of all four extremities and the nose, requiring amputation of three extremities. The characteristic clinical features of the disorder are reviewed, ...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Scandling J,Walker BK

更新日期：1980-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have described a patient who died of disseminated strongyloidiasis as a result of steroid therapy, despite an extensive diagnostic evaluation in the face of eosinophilia, but before any immunosuppressive therapy. This death might have been prevented by presumptive treatment after work-up but before immunosuppressiv...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Klein RA,Cleri DJ,Doshi V,Brasitus TA

更新日期：1983-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case of multifocal systemic sporotrichosis presenting with lobar pneumonia caused by Sporothrix schenkii is described. While five cases of pulmonary involvement in multifocal sporotrichosis have been previously reported, all had nodular or cavitary apical lesions. Similarly, unifocal pulmonary sporotrichosis usually...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Arango C,Davila E,Greenman R

更新日期：1981-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The Orthopaedic In-Training Examination (OITE) provides an objective way for both the residency program and the resident to monitor progress. METHODS:This longitudinal descriptive study tracks the OITE performance of 16 residents from one orthopaedic surgery residency program over nine years (1997-2005). Do...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Risner B,Nyland J,Crawford CH 3rd,Roberts CS,Johnson JR

更新日期：2008-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hyponatremia has been recognized as a complication in adults with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS). We did a retrospective study evaluating the medical records of 86 children (age 4 months to 21 years) with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV-1) infection to determine the frequency and clinical associations of ...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Tolaymat A,al-Mousily F,Sleasman J,Paryani S,Neiberger R

更新日期：1995-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This review of the basic purposes and principles of tables is oriented toward their preparation by physician-authors for use in medical manuscripts. The guidelines suggested are consistent with the general format and style current in scientific and medical writing, with emphasis upon the latter. Style and usage do evo...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors：

更新日期：1976-12-01 00:00:00