Chinese red rice-induced myopathy.

abstract：:Human ehrlichiosis is a tick-borne rickettsial disease characterized by fever, headache, myalgias, anorexia, and occasionally rash. In our patient, changes in mental status, upper motor neuron signs, cerebrospinal fluid pleocytosis, and increased serum protein levels were found in association with serologically confir...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Harkess JR,Stucky D,Ewing SA

更新日期：1990-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Our study aimed to investigate the association between maternal-perceived psychological stress and fetal telomere length. METHODS:We recruited women in labor upon hospital delivery admission. Based on responses to the Perceived Stress Scale, we categorized participants as having "high," "normal," or "low" pe...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Salihu HM,King LM,Nwoga C,Paothong A,Pradhan A,Marty PJ,Daas R,Whiteman VE

更新日期：2016-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Blastomycosis in children is relatively infrequent. Further, osteomyelitis of the frontal bone, which prior to the antibiotic era occurred more frequently and was mostly due to pyogenic cocci, is rare today. We described a case of frontal osteomyelitis in a child due to blastomycosis which occurred in the absence of f...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Devgan BK,Devgan M,Gross CW

更新日期：1978-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Community violence is associated with health-compromising behaviors (HCBs) and adverse general health and pregnancy outcomes. It is unknown whether these effects persist after adjusting for health behaviors. METHODS:Retrospective cohort study of 36,637 pregnancies, 2005-2009, using birth certificate/hospita...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Okah FA,Oshodi A,Liu Y,Cai J

更新日期：2014-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pressure modes of invasive mechanical ventilation generate a tidal breath by delivering pressure over time. Pressure control ventilation (PC) is the prototypical pressure mode and is patient- or time-triggered, pressure-limited, and time-cycled. Other pressure modes include pressure support ventilation (PSV), pressure...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Singer BD,Corbridge TC

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Aspergilloma is a common complication of cystic lung disease; it is widely considered to be a saprophytic colonization and local or disseminated invasion is unusual. We describe a patient with stage IV sarcoidosis and bilateral aspergillomas in whom locally invasive disease led to spinal cord compression. ...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Polatty RC,Cooper KR,Kerkering TM

更新日期：1984-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Endorphins and narcotics have been implicated in the exacerbation of neurologic deficits after stroke. To test the theory that narcotic antagonists might offer an improvement in neurologic sequelae following stroke, we administered various doses of naloxone intraperitoneally to 50 adult gerbils 45 minutes after caroti...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Benzel EC,Musgrove CC 2nd,Kesterson L

更新日期：1989-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sucralfate is an unabsorbed antiulcer drug that binds to gastrointestinal tissue and protects it from acid and pepsin. Twenty-two arthritic patients taking nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) were given sucralfate concomitantly for two weeks in an attempt to lessen gastrointestinal side effects. Changes from...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Caldwell JR

更新日期：1985-08-01 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：OBJECTIVES:To determine the documentation frequency of informed consent for women undergoing a trial of nonemergent instrumental delivery. STUDY DESIGN:A retrospective chart review of instrumented vaginal deliveries from 1992 to 2005 was performed. Cases were identified from a Labor and Delivery database and hospital ...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Nichols CM,Pendlebury LC,Jennell J

更新日期：2006-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A three-year prospective study during the entire course of preventive therapy with isoniazid (INH) for recently infected hospital employees was undertaken to evaluate the risk of developing INH-related hepatic injury. Results of clinical and laboratory tests at 1, 2, 6, and 12 months were correlated to ascertain the s...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Atuk NO,Hart AD,Hunt EH

更新日期：1977-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:With the FDA approval of the first cochlear implant device in November 1984, the possibility of the perception of sound became a reality for the profoundly deaf individual. The cochlear implant group of Cincinnati was involved in the coinvestigator study before the approval of the device. This paper presents data from...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Miller GW,Hepfner S

更新日期：1987-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:To design and evaluate interventions for reducing the impact of stroke in Georgia, we assessed knowledge of signs, risk factors, and burden of stroke. METHODS:Adults in Georgia were studied with a random digit dial telephone survey. RESULTS:Answering an unaided question, 39% of 602 respondents named > or =...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Rowe AK,Frankel MR,Sanders KA

更新日期：2001-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Elevation in fasting serum gastrin levels was found in three patients being evaluated for persistent upper abdominal pain without radiographic evidence of peptic ulcer disease. Fiberoptic endoscopy of the upper gastrointestinal tract in each patient revealed characteristic changes of chronic atrophic gastritis. Gastri...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Reinhardt JD,McCloy RM,Blackwell CF

更新日期：1976-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:One hundred consecutive patients admitted to our cardiology service with the suspected diagnosis of acute myocardial infarction were evaluated with serical enzyme and isoenzyme determinations in an attempt to develop the medically and financially optimal combination of enzyme tests. In patients with onset of chest pai...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Gann D,Cabello B,DiBella J,Rywlin AM,Samet P

更新日期：1978-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We performed a retrospective study to determine the sensitivity of mammography in detecting breast cancer arising in women with augmented breasts. Of eight women with breast implants in whom breast cancer developed, six had mammograms before biopsy. Only two of the six cancers were identified mammographically (sensiti...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Douglas KP,Bluth EI,Sauter ER,McKinnon WM,Bergeron RB,Merritt CR,Sullivan MA,Finley JM

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A patient with thioridazine-hydrochloride-associated agranulocytosis is described and eight previously reported cases are reviewed. This complication is most likely due to a direct toxic effect on the bone marrow. As in our case, markers for an immunologically mediated mechanism have not been found. Thioridazine-hydro...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Ferguson RL,Hodges GR,Bogner PJ

更新日期：1977-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:One key component of human rabies prevention is the use of postexposure prophylaxis (PEP). No information is routinely available to evaluate the appropriateness of this intervention. METHODS:A survey queried county health departments regarding rabies PEP administered during July through September in 1997 an...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Conti L,Wiersma S,Hopkins R

更新日期：2002-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Myelolipomas are benign tumors composed of an admixture of mature adipose tissue and normal hematopoietic cells. The vast majority occur within the adrenal glands, but several extra-adrenal myelolipomas (EAMLs) have been reported. The typical EAML is a solitary, well-defined mass within the abdomen, most commonly in t...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Prahlow JA,Loggie BW,Cappellari JO,Scharling ES,Teot LA,Iskandar SS

更新日期：1995-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:When patient records are to be auditied in a program designed to assess the quality of medical care rendered, careful consideration must be given to the cost of the system implemented. Structured data collection and a defined treatment plan are advantageous in facilitating the use of nonphysicians for the majority of ...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Ahlers P,Sullivan RJ,Hammond WE,Walter EL,Tolley HD

更新日期：1976-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Experience with the posterolateral approach to total hip replacement arthroplasty in 229 patients is reported. The technic has the advantages of providing excellent exposure and decreased operative time, minimal blood loss, and absence of the complications associated with removal and replacement of the greater trochan...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Gristina AG,Rovere GD,Nicastro JF,Burke JG

更新日期：1980-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The association of hypercoagulation and cancer, a well established pattern of disease, often leads to pulmonary emboli in an already compromised patient. Anticoagulation therapy in these patients is occasionally complicated by several factors including thrombocytopenia, which may result in a life-threatening situation...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Whitney BA,Kerstein MD

更新日期：1987-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 27-year-old man had recurrent abscesses of the thigh caused by organisms typical of mouth flora. The unusual identity of these organisms from a thigh abscess led to the recognition that the illness was induced by self-injection with saliva, and that the patient had many of the characteristics of Münchausen's syndrom...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Selinger DS,Chongsiriwatana K,Froelich CJ,Vogel AV,Kisch AL

更新日期：1979-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have reported the case of a 30-year-old woman with Cushing's disease who died of massive pulmonary thromboembolism 5 weeks after successful transsphenoidal hypophysectomy. Glucocorticoid excess appears to cause a hypercoagulable state, and consideration of this thromboembolic propensity and its potential duration a...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Jackson JA,Trowbridge A,Smigiel M

更新日期：1990-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of food on the absorption characteristics of procainamide was assessed after oral administration of the drug to eight male patients in the fasting and postprandial states. Serum concentration-time curves showed no significant difference in peak serum levels of procainamide, in the time the peak value was re...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： McKnight WD,Murphy ML

更新日期：1976-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article explores the history of lupus erythematosus from the origins of the name to the most modern therapeutic advances. The review includes information about the origin of the name "lupus," the first clear description of the skin lesions, the discovery of the systemic and discoid forms, and further advances whi...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Mallavarapu RK,Grimsley EW

更新日期：2007-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This is a systematic review of the available literature and our own personal experience regarding the optimal management of the rhinoplasty patient. The routine utilization of nasal splinting, casting and perioperative antibiotics is supported. The management of a number of common early complications is also discussed...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Cochran CS,Ducic Y,DeFatta RJ

更新日期：2008-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Agenesis of the gallbladder is a rare anomaly believed to be an organogenetic failure. This is the third instance of familial agenesis of the gallbladder reported in the literature. The diagnosis of agenesis of the gallbladder can only be made during exploratory celiotomy and must be confirmed by an intraoperative nee...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Sterchi JM,Baine RW,Myers RT

更新日期：1977-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The cost of managing chronic ulcers, both venous leg and decubiti (sacral pressure), was reviewed using 36 randomized, controlled studies with a focus on saline, hydrocolloid, and a human skin construct. When one includes the labor intensiveness of dressing changes three to four times per day, the application of hydro...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Kerstein MD

更新日期：2004-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To understand fully a physician's role in society, and to deal successfully with the current sense of crisis, the medical profession must evolve a world-view that appropriately relates a physician to the patient, to the practice environment, to the base of knowledge, and to the physician's own sense of self. Such a wo...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Bessinger CD Jr

更新日期：1988-12-01 00:00:00