Predictive power of cardiovascular risk factors for detecting peripheral vascular disease.

abstract：:Primary sternal osteomyelitis is a rare entity found most frequently in heroin addicts. We have reported the diagnosis and successful treatment of primary sternal osteomyelitis in a 22-year-old man. ...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Classen JA,Dales RL,Davies RS

更新日期：1987-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study was done to ascertain whether there was an increased incidence of acute rheumatic fever (ARF) in west Alabama, similar to that reported elsewhere within the United States. Hospital records for the previous 10 years were reviewed and 5-year intervals were compared (1980 through 1984 vs 1985 through 1989). A ...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Hefelfinger DC

更新日期：1992-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Semiquantitative amniotic fluid volume (AFV) determination is a component of the fetal biophysical profile (BPP). To assess decreased AVF we did BPPs of 174 fetuses within 1 week of delivery. Two methods were used: measurement of the single largest vertical pocket (oligohydramnios = depth < 1 cm) and the four-quadrant...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Youssef AA,Abdulla SA,Sayed EH,Salem HT,Abdelalim AM,Devoe LD

更新日期：1993-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A patient with pathologically proven acrometastasis of his left thumb presented 3 months after esophagectomy for esophageal squamous cell carcinoma. Interestingly, there was indeed a faint uptake in his left thumb that was initially considered an artifact in the whole body bone scan taken before esophagectomy. Physici...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Hsieh CY,Bai LY,Lo WC,Huang HH,Chiu CF

更新日期：2008-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:High fever occurred in a 30-year-old woman five weeks after transsphenoidal hypophysectomy for a pituitary adenoma. Extensive investigation failed to reveal any evidence of infection, and the clinical findings suggested the fever to be a manifestation of steroid withdrawal. Either suboptimal dosage of corticosteroid r...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Soto-Hernandez JL,Verghese A,Hall BD,Cole CP,Cupp HB Jr

更新日期：1989-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Most patients with heart failure today are treated by primary care practitioners, not cardiologists. The Consensus Recommendations for the Management of Chronic Heart Failure, developed by the Advisory Council to Improve Outcomes Nationwide in Heart Failure, provide practice guidelines for the prevention, diagnosis, a...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Basile J

更新日期：2001-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cladophialophora bantiana, a dematiaceous fungus, is an uncommon pathogenic organism originally thought to more commonly affect immunocompetent patients. Increasing numbers of reports, however, describe the organism affecting immunocompromised patients. Like all dematiaceous fungi, Cladophialophora can be recognized i...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Harrison DK,Moser S,Palmer CA

更新日期：2008-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The use of tourniquets for upper and lower extremity operative procedures is controversial in patients with sickle cell hemoglobinopathies. The authors used Ovid and MEDLINE®, PubMed, and CINAHL® to detect English-language reports of any surgical procedure where a tourniquet was used on a patient with sickle cell dise...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Fisher B,Roberts CS

更新日期：2010-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have presented a case of chronic pancreatitis with pseudocyst involvement of the spleen complicated by splenic rupture. This complication is uncommon, only 19 cases having been reported. As illustrated by our case, there is a high risk of hemorrhage from a pseudocyst involving the spleen and pancreas. Immediate sur...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： McMahon NG,Norwood SH,Silva JS

更新日期：1988-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Symptoms of hyperphosphatemia usually relate to the associated hypocalcemia. In a 33-year-old patient accidental infusion of a bolus of potassium phosphate (5 ml intravenously) was immediately followed by cardiac arrest. During CPR, clinically important hypocalcemia or hyperkalemia was not detected, but serum phosphor...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Nemer WF,Teba L,Schiebel F,Lazzell VA

更新日期：1988-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Endobronchial tuberculosis (EBTB) is an infection of the tracheobronchial tree. A 17-year-old male patient with tuberculosis who developed middle lobe syndrome on antituberculous treatment is presented. The patient was admitted with complaints of fever, cough and weight loss. Right paracardiac and perihilar heterogene...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Erelel M,Yakar F,Yakar A

更新日期：2009-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine whether racial disparities occurred among specialty and allied health inpatient consultations for patients admitted to adult hospital services at an academic hospital. METHODS:A retrospective data analysis of the first 2000 patients, ages 18 years or older, admitted to an academic hospital. RES...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Balter D,Bertram A,Stewart CM,Stewart RW

更新日期：2020-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acute calcareous deposits of the hand and wrist have been infrequently reported. A review of the literature and five recent cases indicate that these painful lesions will respond rapidly to immobilization and medication. Differentiation from infection is important. ...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Watson FM Jr,Purvis JM

更新日期：1980-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Human leptospirosis is an infectious disease that is a substantial problem in the Third World, but it can occur in developed countries as well. Survivors of the acute disease are considered to recover without sequelae, though little literature exists on long-term follow-up among these patients. Eleven patients, at an ...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Shpilberg O,Shaked Y,Maier MK,Samra D,Samra Y

更新日期：1990-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Transcranial Doppler ultrasound (TCD) effectively identifies children with sickle cell anemia (SCA) who are at increased risk of stroke. We evaluated a low-cost quality improvement (QI) intervention to increase the proportion of children screened by TCD. METHODS:We measured the proportion of children with S...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Muntz DS,Bundy DG,Strouse JJ

更新日期：2016-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:All indexed cases of typhoid fever occurring in children over a ten-year period in Jacksonville, Fla, were studied retrospectively. This review revealed that anorexia was the most common gastrointestinal complaint and that neurologic symptoms and signs were nearly as common as gastrointestinal signs. There was a signi...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Tolaymat A,Fakhreddine F,David CB,Whitworth JM

更新日期：1979-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Remodeling of the endocrine pancreas, caused by the deleterious effects of amylin as it is co-synthesized, co-packaged, and co-secreted with insulin, gives clinicians and researchers cause to ponder. METHODS:A literature search was done, and relevant publications and texts on amylin and islet amyloid polype...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Hayden MR,Tyagi SC

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 42-year-old woman had dysentery caused by the Shiga bacillus, Shigella dysenteriae type 1, while taking diphenoxylate with atropine during and after her return from a trip to Mexico. Although she was treated with appropriate antibiotics, she suffered a prolonged and toxic acute course followed by intermittent bouts ...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Rice PA,Baine WB

更新日期：1980-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Central hypothyroidism is an exceedingly rare form of hypothyroidism that results from a variety of conditions affecting the hypothalamus and the pituitary gland. The classic biochemical abnormality seen in these patients includes a low serum level of circulating thyroxine (T4) concomitant with an inappropriately low ...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Basaria S,Altman K,Braga-Basaria M

更新日期：2003-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nonmenstrual toxic shock syndrome (TSS) due to Staphylococcus aureus can lead to significant morbidity and mortality. While drotrecogin alfa (DA) has been employed in patients with Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) severe sepsis and septic shock, its utility in TSS remains unclear. The authors report ...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Haddadin DW,Samnani IQ,Moorman JP

更新日期：2006-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Appropriate use of antibiotics is enhanced by the effective application of data on antimicrobial susceptibility. A number of methods are currently available for routine determination of susceptibilities, including agar dilution, broth dilution, agar diffusion, and several semiautomated methods. If susceptibility testi...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Moellering RC Jr,Kunz LJ,Poitras JW,Cameron M,Mercier BA

更新日期：1977-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Meropenem is a new carbapenem antibiotic shown to resist degradation by renal dehydropeptidase I. In a multicenter, open-label, prospective trial, we compared the efficacy and safety of meropenem with imipenem/cilastatin in patients with skin and soft tissue infections. Patients received either 500 mg of meropenem eve...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Nichols RL,Smith JW,Geckler RW,Wilson SE

更新日期：1995-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Documented fetal inactivity is strongly suggestive of fetal jeopardy, but the significance of excessive activity over a prolonged period has not been reported. Using data gathered from fetal movement charts recorded by 931 patients, fetal hyperactivity was defined statistically as 40 or more movements perceived per ho...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Rayburn WF,Rayburn PR,Gabel LL

更新日期：1983-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Gastrointestinal side effects from nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) result mainly from inhibition of the enzyme cyclooxygenase (COX)-1; it is responsible for the synthesis of prostaglandin E2, which leads to increased mucosal blood flow, increased bicarbonate secretion, and mucus production, thus protecti...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Linder JD,Mönkemüller KE,Davis JV,Wilcox CM

更新日期：2000-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to train and evaluate teams of standardized (simulated) patients as part of a required course in family medicine for second-year medical students. During three hours of training, six women were trained to play the same person. These standardized teams played four roles during the 12-week ...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Nieman LZ,Thomas R

更新日期：1987-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The ultimate evolution of our case and its atypical features of unilateral blindness, bilateral involvement, and extensive involvement of the trigeminal nerve revealed the pathogenesis of this case of alternating painful ophthalmoplegia resembling the Tolosa-Hunt syndrome to be that of a parasellar pituitary adenoma. ...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Freeman NR,Shraberg D

更新日期：1980-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have presented four cases of infarcted appendices epiploicae. Because the clinical picture can be confusing, the diagnosis is frequently delayed or missed. Removal of the infarcted appendix results in cure, with no reported cases of recurrence. The disease can be fatal, four deaths having been reported in the liter...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Shamblin JR,Payne CL,Soileau MK

更新日期：1986-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Accurate and consistent documentation of pain management, including patient responses regarding improvement in pain scores, is essential for improving patient care. The objective of the project was to evaluate the current prescribing patterns and to review the current documentation for opioid-managed, chroni...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： DeRemer CE,Fleming VH,Brown S,May JR

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cough syncope occurs primarily in middle-aged male smokers with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). It has also been described in children with asthma. I report the case of a 34-year-old nonsmoker who had syncope due to coughing, and who also related a 1-year history of cough with wheezing. Chest examination...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Beckman TJ

更新日期：2002-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Citalopram is the newest selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI) available in the United States. It is currently approved by the Food and Drug Administration for the treatment of major depression. However, a number of studies have found it to be effective in the treatment of panic disorder as well. While there h...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Brauer HR,Nowicki PW,Catalano G,Catalano MC

更新日期：2002-09-01 00:00:00