Erythromelalgia--the role of hypnotherapy.

abstract：:A patient presented with retroperitoneal fibrosis but without any ureteric obstruction. The diagnosis was made by an abdominal CT scan and also at laparotomy. Post-operatively, she developed hypertensive encephalopathy. An isotope renogram with captopril was abnormal but not diagnostic of renal artery stenosis. The pa...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Das D,Brigg J,Brown CM

更新日期：1999-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF THE STUDY:Resistin, a recently discovered proinflammatory cytokine, has been strongly linked to kidney dysfunction. The aim of this study was to determine the relationship of serum resistin with serum cystatin C (sCysC) and albuminuria, two sensitive endogenous markers of renal function, in elderly male pati...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Zhang M,Cui H,Zhu BP,Fu SH

更新日期：2015-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tissue auto-antibodies were investigated in fifty-one patients (twenty-five female, twenty-six male) receiving practolol for ischaemic heart disease or dysrhythmias and compared with those found in 204 patients (fifty-eight female, 146 male) with ischaemic heart disease who did not receive practolol. Antinuclear facto...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Jachuck SJ,Stephenson J,Bird T,Jackson FS,Clark F

更新日期：1977-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 63 year old woman had been intensively treated for recurrent carcinoma of the neck. Following acute vascular surgery of the carotid artery, she developed the vasodilatory type of the carotid sinus syndrome. The presentation of this type of the syndrome was remarkable, since it is usually associated with primary or m...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Dees A,Baatenburg de Jong RJ,Meeuwis CA,de Boer MF,de Leeuw PW

更新日期：1992-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Using the WHO/ISFC definition and recommendations of nomenclature for cardiomyopathies, the aetiology is unknown. Over many years research has concentrated on defining pathogenetic mechanisms and owing to the widespread use of the bioptome-permitting recovery of fresh endomyocardial tissue-myocarditis has emerged as b...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Olsen EG

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case of eosinophilic leukaemia in association with chromosomal abnormalities including a double Philadelphia chromosome is reported. Comment is also made on the cardiological problems which arise in this condition. ...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Stockdill G,Hartley SE,Allan NC

更新日期：1980-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Asthma is an inflammatory disease characterized by infiltration of the airways by eosinophils and ensuing bronchial hyperresponsiveness. The activation of eosinophils and their recruitment to the airways are strongly influenced by T-lymphocytes and their products. There is now evidence that successful therapy of asthm...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Milgrom H

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ulcerative colitis is not commonly associated with recognizable pulmonary disease and only four sporadic cases of sarcoidosis in association with ulcerative colitis have been previously reported. However, in a series of 680 patients with ulcerative colitis, pulmonary or extra-pulmonary sarcoidosis has at some stage be...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Barr GD,Shale DJ,Jewell DP

更新日期：1986-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Clomipramine may affect reproduction in male rats and dogs, while other psychotropic drugs can affect sperm motility in vitro. This study investigates the motility of hamster sperm and the fertilization of hamster eggs in vitro with epididymal sperm from alpha-chlorohydrin-pretreated males, and after preincubation wit...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Stein DM,Schnieden H

更新日期：1980-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the 1920s Moynihan described acute pancreatitis as "..the most terrible of all intra-abdominal calamities". He established a practice of immediate surgical intervention to remove the toxic products accumulating in the peritoneal cavity, and this treatment was endorsed by most centres, remaining the standard therapy...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Skaife P,Kingsnorth AN

更新日期：1996-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The empty sella syndrome (ESS) presents a varied clinical and radiographic picture. It may remain asymptomatic or may stimulate an intrasellar growth thereby causing diagnostic and therapeutic problems. An air encephalogram (AEG) is required for diagnosis. The purpose of this paper is to review the clinical and radiol...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Sachdev Y,Evered DC,Appleby A,Hall R

更新日期：1976-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ultrasound guidance has been reported to facilitate the performance of lumbar punctures (LPs). However, the use of ultrasound guidance has not yet received consistent conclusions. We performed a systematic review and meta-analysis to determine the efficacy of ultrasound-guided LPs. PubMed, Embase and the Cochrane Libr...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Shu L,Huang J,Liu JC

更新日期：2021-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Peyronie's disease can cause severe physical and psychological distress. Of 31 cases in this retrospective study, 12 underwent spontaneous improvement in their symptoms which makes the assessment of active treatment in other patients difficult. The indications and limitations of operative approach are discussed. ...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Odiase VO,Whitaker RH

更新日期：1980-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although the relationship between group A streptococcal upper respiratory tract infection and the development of acute rheumatic fever has been known for many years, the pathogenetic mechanism(s) have never been defined. Thus, the mechanism of damage to the valves and to the myocardium in patients with rheumatic fever...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Kaplan EL

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It was considered that the first dose reaction occurring with prazosin may have been due either to hypotension or to a specific reduction in cerebral blood flow. The development of a quantitative non-invasion nuclear medicine technique for cerebral flow has now made it possible to investigate the effects of prazosin o...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Rutland MD,Lee TY,Nimmon CC,Granowska M,Britton KE

更新日期：1980-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Five cases of primary peritonitis are presented, with a sixth related case of pneumococcal peritonitis secondary to a ruptured ovarian cyst. The patients comprised 4 young girls who recovered, and 2 elderly females who died. Pneumococci were isolated in 3 patients; no organism was found in the other 3. One case of pri...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Armitage TG,Williamson RC

更新日期：1983-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Non-invasive assessment of coronary artery patency has been attempted with different imaging modalities over the last few decades. The continuous motion of the heart, the respiratory movement, together with the small and tortuous nature of the coronary arteries, made this a technically challenging task. Over the last ...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Yerramasu A,Venuraju S,Lahiri A

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Renal disease in Churg-Strauss syndrome is generally thought to be benign in nature, thereby distinguishing this rare condition from other necrotizing vasculitides. We report a case in which acute renal failure developed during the aggressive vasculitic phase of the illness requiring dialysis therapy. After one week o...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Davenport A,McDicken I,Goldsmith HJ

更新日期：1988-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A patient with severe pulmonary hypertension due to pulmonary arteriolar obliteration complicating a long standing CREST variant of systemic sclerosis showed improvement in cardiac output and exercise tolerance during treatment with captopril, which was discontinued because of persistent systemic hypotension. It is su...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Prouse PJ,Lahiri A,Gumpel JM

更新日期：1984-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The survival of whites who have been treated for pernicious anaemia (PA) is unaffected, apart from incurring a greater risk of gastric cancers. The long term outcome of PA in Chinese is unknown. METHODS:A hospital based prospective longitudinal study of Chinese PA patients was conducted. Patients with known...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Chan JC,Liu HS,Kho BC,Lau TK,Li VL,Chan FH,Leong IS,Pang HK,Lee CK,Liang YS

更新日期：2008-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mathematical techniques are well suited to analysis of growth data. In the past there has been much emphasis on the mathematical description of shape and changes of shape as exemplified by the allometric equation. More recently these methods have been less popular and shape analysis has been handled largely by modern ...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Preece MA

更新日期：1978-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Programmed cell death (PCD) is an important terminal pathway for cells of multicellular organisms, and is involved in a variety of biological events that include morphogenesis, maintenance of tissue homeostasis, and elimination of harmful cells. Dysfunction of PCD leads to various diseases in humans, especially variou...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Sun Y,Peng ZL

更新日期：2009-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Workforce studies show a declining proportion of UK junior doctors proceeding directly to specialist training, with many taking career breaks. Doctors may be choosing to delay this important career decision. AIM:To assess doctors' views on the timing of choosing a clinical specialty. METHODS:Surveys of two...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Lachish S,Goldacre MJ,Lambert TW

更新日期：2018-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The term "natural childbirth" denotes an approach to childbirth characterised by a bias towards physical and mental hygiene in the management of pregnancy and labour. It emerged in Britain in the interwar period, partly as a response to the growing interventionism of mainstream obstetrics. Its appeal since then has re...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Moscucci O

更新日期：2003-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In less than ideal situations wounds have to be closed without extensive cleaning using sterile adhesive strips (Steristrips). This prospective analyses the efficiency of this technique and compares it to the more conventional approach. METHODS:Altogether 147 lacerations were closed with sterile strips with...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Maharaj D,Sharma D,Ramdass M,Naraynsingh V

更新日期：2002-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A patient with an aggressive intrasinusoidal non-Hodgkins lymphoma, presenting with marked systemic disturbance but only a mildly raised alkaline phosphatase as a localising sign is described. All imaging studies of the liver were normal and the diagnosis was delayed until a percutaneous liver biopsy was performed. On...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Camidge R,Ong E,Lucraft H

更新日期：2000-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The clinical features of acute chlorine gas inhalation, and its management are reviewed. Current medical views on the chronic effects of an acute overwhelming exposure on lung function (reactive airways dysfunction syndrome), and the more controversial field of lung disease secondary to repeated inhalations of lower c...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Williams JG

更新日期：1997-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case of acute oliguric renal failure following gentamicin and linocomycin therapy is described. Renal biopsy showed an acute interstitial nephritis. This was associated with high serum gentamicin levels and the later development of ototoxicity. Withdrawal of antibiotics and conservative measures was followed by rapi...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Bell GM,Thomson D

更新日期：1980-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe the occurrence of primary hyperaldosteronism in two sisters. Although this is only the second published report of familial Conn's syndrome, it does have implications for the relatives of patients with Conn's syndrome and these are discussed. ...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： London N,Swales J,Hollinrake K,Bell P,Heagerty A

更新日期：1992-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Asthma, a common childhood condition, often presents with chronic cough. While evaluating for chronic cough, many specialists obtain a baseline chest radiograph (CR) to assess for other causes. Usually read as 'normal', sometimes CRs will reveal evidence of airway inflammation in the form of subtle findings,...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Abeles M,Akerman M,Halaby C,Pirzada M

更新日期：2020-12-03 00:00:00