Low grade B cell gastric mucosa associated lymphoma presenting as upper gastrointestinal bleeding from non-healing stomal ulcers.

abstract：:Forty patients with seasonal rhinitis and a proven sensitivity to pollens were studied for 2 weeks during the pollen season of 1982. The study was carried out according to a double-blind, double-dummy design. All patients received 100 micrograms beclomethasone dipropionate (BDP) into each nostril twice daily (400 micr...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Dunn AM,Wilson RS,Baggott PJ

更新日期：1984-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Duodenal carcinoids are rare tumours. There is an increased incidence of primary carcinomas, especially in the gastrointestinal tract, which occur synchronously with gastrointestinal tract carcinoids. However, the synchronous occurrence of adenocarcinoma of the gastro-oesophageal junction with a duodenal carcinoid has...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： McCabe HL

更新日期：2001-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The selective COX-2 inhibitors (coxibs) were originally developed to minimise the adverse effects of conventional non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) while maintaining the same analgesic and anti-inflammatory properties. Many large studies confirmed the improved gastric side effect profile of coxibs compare...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Sooriakumaran P

更新日期：2006-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Obstructive sleep apnoea syndrome (OSAS) is a highly prevalent disease and is recognised as a major public health burden. Large-scale epidemiological studies have demonstrated an independent relationship between OSAS and various cardiovascular disorders. The pathogenesis of cardiovascular complications in OSAS is not ...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Ryan S,Taylor CT,McNicholas WT

更新日期：2009-12-01 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：BACKGROUND/OBJECTIVES:Obesity has been declared a 21st century pandemic by WHO. Yet surveys reveal physicians-in-training are uncomfortable managing obesity. One major barrier is the lack of residency education on obesity management. This study incorporates an obesity-specific didactic curriculum into an internal medic...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Acosta A,Azzalin A,Emmons CJ,Shuster JJ,Jay M,Lo MC

更新日期：2014-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A patient is described who developed acute peripheral neuropathy of Guillain-Barré type occurring shortly after commencement of captopril for moderately severe hypertension and resolving after discontinuation of the drug. ...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Chakraborty TK,Ruddell WS

更新日期：1987-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe the cases of two young women who died due to air embolism during sexual intercourse early in the puerperium. ...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Batman PA,Thomlinson J,Moore VC,Sykes R

更新日期：1998-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The nature of rehabilitation medicine is outlined in terms of its objectives, its methods, the patient groups which it seeks to help and its relationships to other specialties. Some major advances of recent years are discussed, such as the development of the impairment/disability/handicap framework. With particular em...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Cozens JA,Chamberlain MA

更新日期：1995-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Three cases of severe and irreversible alopecia occurring in patients with common variable immunodeficiency are described. In all three cases, hair loss developed after the diagnosis of immune deficiency; one of the patients also had extensive vitiligo. A fourth patient had vitiligo in the absence of alopecia. No chan...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Spickett G,Prentice AG,Wallington T,Webster AD,Chapel H

更新日期：1991-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fibrosing colonopathy is a recently described complication of cystic fibrosis, of unknown aetiology but possibly related to treatment with high-dose pancreatic enzyme supplements. We have used a whole gut perfusion technique to study subclinical gut inflammation in cystic fibrosis patients; concentrations of haemoglob...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Croft NM,Marshall TG,Ferguson A

更新日期：1996-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The in vitro activity of cefaclor was compared with that of cephalexin and cephradine. This new antibiotic was the most active of the oral agents against Haemophilus influenzae (especially non-beta-lactamase producing strains). It was also significantly more active against N. gonorrhoeae and the Enterobacteriaceae. Th...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Gillett AP,Andrews JM,Wise R

更新日期：1979-01-01 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

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) has been caused the greatest pandemic of our century. Many of the deaths related to it are due to a systemic inflammatory response, which has been called 'cytokine storm'. OBJECTIVES:We developed a comprehensive review of the pathophysiology mec...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Mélo Silva Júnior ML,Souza LMA,Dutra REMC,Valente RGM,Melo TS

更新日期：2020-10-02 00:00:00

abstract：:The effective management of constipation in childhood requires an understanding of the ways that the physical and psychological factors interact. The early difficulty with defecation that leads to pain, fear, and refusal to use the pot or lavatory often progresses to the formation of vicious cycles of increasing faeca...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Clayden G,Keshtgar AS

更新日期：2003-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe the case of an acromegalic woman with primary infertility who was treated with clomiphene, and subsequently developed pituitary apoplexy. ...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Walker AB,Eldridge PR,MacFarlane IA

更新日期：1996-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome can rarely present with pre-excited atrial fibrillation. In this condition the short refractory period of the accessory pathway can lead to rapid atrioventricular conduction. There is then a danger that at high heart rates the irregular broad complex tachycardia that results can dete...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Adlam D,Azeem T

更新日期：2003-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 12 year old boy presenting with hypercalcaemia (calcium 3.25 mmol/l) and osteopaenia with multiple osteolytic lesions was found to have acute lymphoblastic leukaemia without lymph-adenopathy or organomegaly. Hypercalcaemia is a rare feature of acute leukaemia, but the patients previously described all show very simi...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Soni PN

更新日期：1993-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recurrence of adrenal cortical carcinoma 22 years after first presentation is reported in a 54-year-old woman with Cushing's syndrome. This tumour is normally associated with poor prognosis and prolonged survival is rare. Although the patient had remained well with apparent 'cure' in the intervening years, it is sugge...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Shaw KM,Fisher C,Peters JL,Ross EJ

更新日期：1979-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND/OBJECTIVE:Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center created the Intermediate Improvement Science Series (I(2)S(2)) training course to develop organisational leaders to do improvement, lead improvement and get results on specific projects. DESIGN METHODS:Each multidisciplinary class consists of 25-30 par...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Kaminski GM,Britto MT,Schoettker PJ,Farber SL,Muething S,Kotagal UR

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Oral vitamin B12 can provide an effective alternative to intramuscular injections, so giving patients a choice and reducing costs in primary care. This study investigated the effectiveness, safety, and acceptability of oral vitamin B12 as replacement therapy in patients with vitamin B12 deficiency in a city general pr...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Nyholm E,Turpin P,Swain D,Cunningham B,Daly S,Nightingale P,Fegan C

更新日期：2003-04-01 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：:We report on 8 patients with giant lymph node hyperplasia (GLNH), diagnosed over a 10-year period. The age of the patients at diagnosis, the clinical presentation and the histological subtype varied, indicating that GNLH is a heterogeneous condition. One case was associated with liver cirrhosis, and in another patient...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Baruch Y,Ben-Arie Y,Kerner H,Lorber M,Best LA,Gershoni-Baruch R

更新日期：1991-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Both acute myocardial infarction and reperfusion therapy with thrombolytic agents may be associated with bradyarrhythmias, and there may be a case for 'prophylactic' insertion of a temporary pacing wire in selected patients. We describe 4 patients in whom clinical decisions had to be made concerning the appropriatenes...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Lim CW,Bennie MJ,Lim R

更新日期：1991-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Effective communication is a vital part of good clinical care. Traditionally bleep systems have been used as the mainstay of communication. Mobile technology is increasingly seen as a quicker, easier and more reliable method of communication. Our objective was to assess the use of mobile devices within a typ...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Martin G,Janardhanan P,Withers T,Gupta S

更新日期：2016-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present anti-racial discrimination legislation in the United Kingdom is embodied in the 1976 Race Relations Act. In essence this Act attempts to avoid any form of direct or indirect discrimination on the basis of racial or ethnic origin. However, health professionals are acutely aware that there are important raci...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Bedi R,MacEwen M

更新日期：1990-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hospital referral is indicated as an emergency for breast infections not settling with oral antibiotics. Referrals to a breast clinic over a period of 6 months were assessed for prior antibiotic prescription. A total of 1078 patients were seen during this period. 91 (8%) patients had been prescribed antibiotics, 71% o...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Twine C,Gateley CA

更新日期：2006-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Four automated blood pressure machines (Arteriosonde 1225, Bosomat 11D, Elag Koln BE 237R and Omron HEM 3) have been compared with each other and with the Hawksley Random Zero Sphygmomanometer in 18 subjects with a wide range of BP. Each form of measurement provided a high degree of internal consistency. The Arterioso...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Rubin P,McLean K,Reid J

更新日期：1980-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It is argued that as the major occupational cancer risks become matters of historical interest, research epidemiologists working in the field should broaden their approaches to encompass life style factors. In the investigation of possible low-cancer risks, it no longer makes any sense to confine their data-collecting...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Roe FJ

更新日期：1990-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Sarcoidosis is a chronic, multisystem disease characterised by non-necrotising granulomatous inflammation of unknown aetiology. Most commonly, the lungs, lymph nodes, skin and eyes are affected in sarcoidosis; however, nervous system involvement occurs in approximately 5%-15% of cases. Any part of the nervou...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Radwan W,Lucke-Wold B,Robadi IA,Gyure K,Roberts T,Bhatia S

更新日期：2017-07-01 00:00:00