Primary care quality: community health center and health maintenance organization.

abstract：:Two new cases of Menetrier's disease in children are reported. The ten cases of this protein-losing gastropathy previously reported in the literature are reviewed. Clinical presentations, laboratory findings, possible causes, and comparison with the adult form of Menetrier's disease are discussed. Menetrier's disease ...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Kadlec G,Goodwin R,Fellows R,Andrews B

更新日期：1979-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Surveys in recent years show that office emergencies are likely to occur in pediatric offices and that most offices are not equipped to deal with these situations. METHODS:To determine the pediatrician's preparedness to manage emergencies, we surveyed a randomly selected sample of 240 office-based pediatric...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Shetty AK,Hutchinson SW,Mangat R,Peck GQ

更新日期：1998-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bordetella bronchiseptica bacteremia is often associated with various infection in animals. The majority of B bronchiseptica infections reported in humans are cases of pneumonia. Very few cases have been reported in patients with a history of acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS). The patient described herein, wh...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Mazumder SA,Cleveland KO

更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Decreased bone mineral density has been found in the advanced stages of various lung diseases. Limited data are available about prevalence and risk factors for osteoporosis/osteopenia (OP) in pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH). METHODS:Patients with PAH (either idiopathic or secondary to scleroderma [SSC-...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Malik N,McCarthy K,Minai OA

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Haemophilus influenzae endocarditis on a prosthetic valve has previously been reported only once. Routine physical and laboratory evaluation does not distinguish endocarditis from this organism from other causes of endocarditis. Our patient with prosthetic mitral valve endocarditis was successfully treated with antibi...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Blair TP,Baker WP

更新日期：1985-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nearly three million persons in the United States are viremic with hepatitis C (HCV). Despite a decreasing incidence of HCV in this country, the prevalence of HCV-related chronic liver disease is increasing. Most infections in the United States are acquired by intravenous drug use. The chronicity rate of HCV is high, ...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Pearlman BL

更新日期：2004-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Myxoma is the most common primary tumor of the heart. The typical presentations include a triad of embolic phenomena, intracardiac flow obstruction, and constitutional symptoms. We report a case of cardiac myxoma presenting as prolonged fever. Leukocytosis with a left shift, anemia, and elevated C-reactive protein wer...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Lin JN,Lai CH,Lu LF,Lin HH

更新日期：2011-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This case study illustrates the relationship between hypothyroidism and bronchial asthma. As seen here, even slow and cautious restoration of the euthyroid state may lead to problems in the management of asthma. Thus routine or aggressive replacement therapy for thyroid hypofunction in the asthmatic population is not ...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Rowe MS,MacKechnie HL

更新日期：1984-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have described a case of peripelvic extravasation of urine caused by lower ureteral obstruction from a breech presentation in a 20-year-old primigravida. The patient was successfully treated with cesarean section to relieve the obstruction, and systemic antibiotics. ...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Noe HN,Raghavaiah NV

更新日期：1980-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Disseminated histoplasmosis is an unusual complication in endemic areas and has been reported in patients with an immunodeficient state, either from human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection or transplantation. In the non-HIV population, rare cases of disseminated histoplasmosis have been reported in patients with ...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Manepalli AN,Rush L

更新日期：1998-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Noninvasive assessment of right heart function and hemodynamics in patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) is most often performed at rest, whereas the symptoms, in general, present with exertion. Assessment during exertion is limited to symptom assessment and the 6-minute walk distance. We inves...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Freeman ML,Landolfo C,Safford RE,Keller CA,Heckman MG,Burger CD

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lyme disease, now the most common tick-borne illness in the United States, has recently received much media attention, due in part to its potentially serious sequelae in untreated patients. Because a rare patient with late illness may lack antibodies to the etiologic agent, Borrelia burgdorferi, physicians may be temp...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Nadelman RB,Arlin Z,Wormser GP

更新日期：1991-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a case of neutropenia and gram-negative septicemia in a 73-year-old male with ulcerative colitis. During the hospital course, medications were adjusted according to rare accounts of drug-induced neutropenia. While the substitution of propafenone for another antiarrhythmic brought about no change in the patie...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Fowler BT,Gupta T,Bilal M

更新日期：2010-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Millions of concussions occur every year in the United States. The public interest in concussion has increased after a number of high-profile deaths in high school athletes from sports-related head trauma and in some professional athletes from chronic traumatic encephalopathy. One of the most active areas of research ...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Terrell TR,Cox CB,Bielak K,Casmus R,Laskowitz D,Nichols G

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The clinical course and long-term survival of a patient with acute disseminated histiocytosis X and extrahypothalamic CNS involement were presented. The clinical significance of histiocytes appearing in the CSF cocomitant with the onset of this neurologic syndrome was discussed. Detailed cytologic examination of the C...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Ransom JL,Murphy SB

更新日期：1977-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Through a cooperative study, 87 ocular injuries caused by class C fireworks have been recorded in the State of Arkansas over a four-year period. The most common injuries were corneal abrasion, lid laceration or burn, and hyphema. Rockets and firecrackers caused 80% of the injuries. In over half the cases there was mod...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Wilson RS

更新日期：1980-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have reported the case of a 26-year-old man who had had intermittent but severe gastrointestinal bleeding over a 30-month period from a Meckel's diverticulum. Meckel's diverticulum should be searched for angiographically, even in the face of normal isotopic scans, in cases of chronic or intermittent gastrointestina...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Geelhoed GW,Druy EM,Steinberg WM

更新日期：1986-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Six patients with Marfan's syndrome were included in a study to determine the effect of beta-blockers on progressive aortic dilation. Patients' histories and results of physical examination, chest radiogram, electrocardiogram, and echocardiogram are reported. Patients ranged in age from 5 years 8 months to 14 years; o...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Tahernia AC

更新日期：1993-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Stroke is a treatable disease. Despite the therapeutic nihilism of the past, the advent of thrombolysis has changed the way stroke is approached. Acute ischemic stroke is a challenging and heterogeneous disease. Treatment needs to be based on an understanding of the underlying pathophysiology of ischemia. Intervention...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Felberg RA,Naidech AM

更新日期：2003-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Eikenella corrodens was isolated from an orally contaminated hand wound which resulted in cellulitis, osteomyelitis, and arthritis. E corrodens is a gram-negative, microaerophilic bacillus which only lately has received attention as a possible pathogen. The organism grows characteristically as small, corroding, or pit...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Johnson SM,Pankey GA

更新日期：1976-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The appearance of normal and injured cruciate ligaments on magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) has been well described in the literature. Few studies have reported on changes found on sequential imaging of injured posterior cruciate ligaments (PCLs) during the healing process, however. METHODS:Ten consecutive ...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Griffin LY,Burnett M,Milsap JH

更新日期：2002-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ours is apparently the first reported pediatric case of Stomatococcus mucilaginosus bacteremia. It is the second reported case of S mucilaginosus catheter-associated infection, but the first case successfully treated without removing the central venous catheter. This unusual organism should be added to the list of opp...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Ascher DP,Bash MC,Zbick C,White C

更新日期：1991-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Insomnia disorder is present in as much as 30% of the general adult population. Given the significant adverse effects of pharmacotherapy, cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) has been found to be an effective alternative in individuals with insomnia. CBT for insomnia (CBTi) encompasses sleep hygiene, stimulus control, s...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Haynes J,Talbert M,Fox S,Close E

更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe the case of an 11-year-old Bolivian boy with parotitis and aseptic meningitis to demonstrate that parainfluenza virus type 2 can cause disseminated infection in a normal child. Parainfluenza virus type 2 was isolated from nasopharyngeal and CSF specimens from the patient and was confirmed to be parainfluen...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Jantausch BA,Wiedermann BL,Jeffries B

更新日期：1995-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The temporary tissue expander can generate an excess of full-thickness skin that can be recruited into an adjacent area of tissue deficiency caused by scar contracture. The creation of a pseudobursa enhances the functional improvement gained by this technique. Now in its developmental stage, tissue expansion carries a...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Hagerty RC,Zubowitz VN

更新日期：1986-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have presented the case of a 32-year-old man who sustained blunt trauma to the chest in a motor vehicle accident. Plain roentgenograms showed a widened mediastinum and pneumomediastinum, and an esophagogram with water-soluble contrast material showed an esophageal laceration at the T-4 level. ...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Carter MP,Long RF,Pellegrini RA,Wynn RA

更新日期：1991-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An 86-year-old man presented with sudden onset of dyspnea during hospitalization. Initial electrocardiography (ECG) showed poor R-wave progression of precordial leads with elevation of troponin I. Tension pneumothorax was subsequently diagnosed and the ECG returned to normal after resolution of clinical compromise. ...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Chan WH,Lin CS,Yang SP,Cheng SM

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sixty-six cases of serologically documented Rocky Mountain spotted fever (RMSF) from North Carolina are reviewed. Gastrointestinal manifestations were present in 80% of these patients. Because other common expressions of RMSF occasionally do not accompany severe gastrointestinal dysfunction, improper diagnosis and the...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Middleton DB

更新日期：1978-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:This study was done to determine the accuracy of the 2 x 2 cm pocket identifying low amniotic fluid (AF) volume in singleton and twin pregnancies. METHODS:The AF volume was evaluated by ultrasonography for the presence of a 2 x 2 cm pocket before amniocentesis. The actual AF volume was then determined by a ...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Magann EF,Nevils BG,Chauhan SP,Whitworth NS,Klausen JH,Morrison JC

更新日期：1999-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:We sought to determine predictors of coronary events (cardiac death, acute myocardial infarction, and urgent revascularization) within 30 days after admission. METHODS:We prospectively collected data on 400 patients admitted through our emergency room for unstable angina and acute coronary syndromes. Patient...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Tadros GM,McConnell TR,Wood GC,Costello JM,Iliadis EA

更新日期：2003-11-01 00:00:00