Sinoatrial block complicating legionnaire's disease.

abstract：:Secondary hyperkalaemic paralysis is a rare condition often mimicking the Guillain-Barré syndrome. There have been a few case reports of hyperkalaemia caused by renal failure, trauma, and drugs where the presentation has been with muscle weakness. A case of hyperkalaemic paralysis caused by an angiotensin converting e...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Dutta D,Fischler M,McClung A

更新日期：2001-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a case of adult pyloric obstruction caused by the delayed presentation of a congenital gastric diverticulum. The derivation, classification and treatment of these abnormalities are discussed. ...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Hale PC,O'Flynn WR

更新日期：1992-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a 44 year old man who developed external ophthalmoplegia and predominantly respiratory, truncal and bulbar weakness with brisk reflexes, histological evidence of an inflammatory myopathy and a high titre of acetylcholine receptor antibodies, one month after starting hydroxyurea and allopurinol for chronic my...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Bergin PS,Gale AN

更新日期：1993-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Parasites in the human breast are uncommon but not rare. Cysticercus and filariasis in fine needle breast aspirates have been documented and their cytomorphology is well characterised. However, the host tissue response to these parasites and the factors responsible for their initiation are not clear. Over a 21 year pe...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Sahai K,Kapila K,Verma K

更新日期：2002-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 77-year old woman with pituitary-driven Cushing's disease is described. The condition was completely controlled on long-term treatment with metyrapone. ...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Donckier J,Burrin JM,Ramsay ID,Joplin GF

更新日期：1986-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A previously undescribed type of congenital abdominal wall hernia is described. Presentation was with the symptoms and signs of subacute large bowel obstruction. The diagnosis was suggested by barium enema and confirmed at laparotomy. ...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Siriwardena AK

更新日期：1989-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thrombolysis has been very effective in reducing the morbidity and mortality from acute myocardial infarction. Serious adverse events are not uncommon, however. We describe a case in which a haemopericardium and tamponade developed in a patient with a history of recurrent idiopathic pericarditis and to whom streptokin...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Heymann TD,Culling W

更新日期：1994-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Psoriasis (PsO) is a chronic skin disease. This study aims to evaluate clinical and subclinical response to calcipotriol+betamethasone foam, in patients with PsO, comparing, for the first time, data from microvascular ultrasound (MicroV) and shear wave elastography (SWE) with Psoriasis Area and Severity Index (PASI). ...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Guazzaroni M,Ferrari D,Lamacchia F,Marisi V,Tatulli D,Marsico S,Orlacchio A,Floris R,Bianchi L,Dattola A

更新日期：2021-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:One hundred and thirteen patients were entered into a randomized, prospective double-blind, placebo controlled trial to assess the use of co-trimoxazole in reducing wound infections after dog bites. Although there was a reduction in the wound infection rate from 13.8% in the placebo group to 5.5% in the treatment grou...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Jones DA,Stanbridge TN

更新日期：1985-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The clinical features, treatment and survival of 36 patients with microscopic polyarteritis diagnosed between 1957-1988 have been reviewed. All had a focal segmental necrotizing glomerulonephritis on renal biopsy with evidence of a small vessel vasculitis. Most had a prodromal illness of less than 1 month. Severity of...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Rodgers H,Guthrie JA,Brownjohn AM,Turney JH

更新日期：1989-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study assesses the economic benefits of misoprostol in the prophylaxis of gastric ulcers larger than 0.3 cm in patients with osteoarthritis receiving non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs. Independent epidemiological data were obtained for patients in Scotland and the West Midlands. Co-diagnosis of arthritis with...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Knill-Jones R,Drummond M,Kohli H,Davies L

更新日期：1990-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report the development of synchronous bilateral carpal tunnel syndrome in a woman with metastatic colorectal cancer, undergoing treatment with recombinant interleukin 2. A carpal tunnel decompression was carried out on the hand which was more severely affected, with a gradual recovery in median nerve function. To t...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Heys SD,Mills KL,Eremin O

更新日期：1992-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF THE STUDY:Genome-wide association studies have revealed an association of ADAMTS7 polymorphisms with the risk of cardiovascular diseases. Nonetheless, the role of ADAMTS7 polymorphisms on myocardial infarction (MI) risk remains poorly understood. Here, we aim to evaluate the effect of ADAMTS7 tag single nucl...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Liang LL,Zhou YL,Cheng J,Xiao YT,Tang ZB,Liu SM,Lian JC,Wang XX,Liu X,Xiong XD

更新日期：2019-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 29-year-old gardener developed acute renal failure following the ingestion of 'Mersil', a combination of mercurous and mercuric chloride, achieving a plasma mercury concentration of 22,000 nmol/litre (400 micrograms/litre). Haemodialysis and charcoal haemoperfusion were ineffective in removing mercury despite prior ...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Worth DP,Davison AM,Lewins AM,Ledgerwood MJ,Taylor A

更新日期：1984-09-01 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：:We report a case of persistent chorea as a manifestation of thyrotoxicosis. The chorea was severe and persisted after the patient was rendered euthyroid. Dopamine antagonists only partially suppressed the involuntary movements during the first few months. It was eventually controlled with haloperidol, but whenever she...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Javaid A,Hilton DD

更新日期：1988-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of graded exercise on the secretion of cortisol, testosterone, prolactin, growth hormone, thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH), luteinizing hormone and follicle stimulating hormone (FSH) is reported. While cortisol, prolactin, growth hormone and testosterone rise during the period of exercise, a rise in lutein...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Gawel MJ,Park DM,Alaghband-Zadeh J,Rose FC

更新日期：1979-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The literature of the outbreaks of 'epidemic neuromyasthenia' (ENM) from 1934 to 1955 has been selected to show that the disease affects other people besides young adult females in hospitals and nursing homes. There have been district epidemics, in which the male: female ratio was almost even and several male outbreak...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Parish JG

更新日期：1978-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Medical students' choice of their future specialty is influenced by several factors, including working conditions and type of patient relations. The aim of this study was to investigate the association between the choice of specialty and personality traits. METHODS:This is a cross-sectional questionnaire-ba...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Bexelius TS,Olsson C,Järnbert-Pettersson H,Parmskog M,Ponzer S,Dahlin M

更新日期：2016-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We present an unusual case of extreme metabolic alkalosis resulting from severe hypokalaemia caused by unmonitored fludrocortisone therapy. Biochemical aspects of the disorder are discussed, as is the successful treatment with diuretics and potassium replacement. Some dangers of this therapy and necessary precautions ...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Burns A,Brown TM,Semple P

更新日期：1983-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Prolonged coma resulting from hypoxic brain injury is usually associated with a dismal chance of return to independent existence. In this report a case is described of a 60 year old man who recovered and returned to work as a university professor after being in a vegetative state at least 8 weeks after a prolonged cer...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Falk RH

更新日期：1990-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF THE STUDY:Errors involving drug prescriptions are a key target for patient safety initiatives. Recent studies have focused on error rates across different grades of doctors in order to target interventions. However, many prescriptions are not instigated by the doctor who writes them. It is important to clari...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Ross S,Hamilton L,Ryan C,Bond C

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:High flow arteriogenic priapism is uncommon and usually occurs after trauma to the genitoperineal area. The onset of prolonged erection can be delayed and is often relatively pain free. Arteriography in this case illustrated the causative bilateral arteriocavernosal fistulae and pseudoaneurysms. Treatment consisted of...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Gujral S,MacDonagh RP,Cavanagh PM

更新日期：2001-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 27 year old woman with hepato-lenticular degeneration (Wilson's disease) was found to have primary hepatocellular carcinoma (PHC) three and a half years after she was started on treatment with D-penicillamine. The tumour was resected since when she has remained well. Her liver function tests were normal throughout t...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Guan R,Oon CJ,Wong PK,Foong WC,Wee A

更新日期：1985-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Appropriate assessment of community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) allows accurate severity scoring and hence optimal management, leading to reduced morbidity and mortality. British Thoracic Society (BTS) guidelines provide an appropriate score. Adherence to BTS guidelines was assessed in our medical assessment un...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Collini P,Beadsworth M,Anson J,Neal T,Burnham P,Deegan P,Beeching N,Miller A

更新日期：2007-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acute bacterial meningitis is a common neurological emergency and a leading cause of death and neurological disability worldwide. Diagnosis is based on clinical and microbiological findings with neuroimaging in the form of CT reserved for those with specific adverse clinical features or when an underlying cause such a...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Hughes DC,Raghavan A,Mordekar SR,Griffiths PD,Connolly DJ

更新日期：2010-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To estimate the prevalence of, and implement a diagnostic strategy for, imported helminth infection in the gastroenterology clinic. DESIGN:A retrospective study of eosinophil count and probable tropical exposure (phase I) followed by a prospective study of parasitological investigation (phase II). SETTING:G...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Smith PJ,Theis B,McCartney S,Brown M

更新日期：2012-01-01 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：:We report four cases of Bartter's syndrome in two consecutive generations of an Irish family. Diagnoses were made on the basis of characteristic clinical features, blood and urine biochemistry with additional evidence from renal biopsy in one case. The aetiology, treatment and inheritance of the syndrome are discussed...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Crowe P,Ahmad A,O'Byrne K,Cullen MJ

更新日期：1993-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Micronutrients play a central part in metabolism and in the maintenance of tissue function. An adequate intake therefore is necessary, but provision of excess supplements to people who do not need them may be harmful. Single micronutrient deficiency states are comparatively easily recognised and treated. Subclinical d...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Shenkin A

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00