The 5 Ps of acute ischemic stroke treatment: parenchyma, pipes, perfusion, penumbra, and prevention of complications.

abstract：:In an attempt to prevent morbidity and mortality in carotid endarterectomy, we monitored 47 operations with intraoperative EEG to determine which patients should have a shunt during endarterectomy. The EEG was recorded for up to five minutes during test carotid cross-clamping. When EEG asymmetry between the cerebral h...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Byer JA,Henzel JH,Dexter JD

更新日期：1979-08-01 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：:This report describes the case of a 32-year-old male presenting with acute progressive bilateral carpal tunnel syndrome after a benign upper respiratory tract infection. Serial nerve conduction studies confirmed progressive entrapment of the median nerves in the carpal tunnel to the point of axonal damage. Surgical de...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： El Hajj II,Harb MI,Sawaya RA

更新日期：2005-11-01 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：:The right ventricle is not normally displayed by studies with thallium 201 in patients at rest, but it can be shown by thallium 201 myocardial scintigraphy with pressure or volume overload of the right ventricle and with right ventricular hypertrophy. We sought to determine the frequency of right ventricular demonstra...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Shuck JW,Walder J,Oetgen WJ,Thomas HM

更新日期：1985-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Though low, the incidence of malaria in the United States is not insignificant and can be the source of infection in febrile travelers returning from endemic areas. Clinicians practicing in the United States must have a basic understanding of the malaria life cycle and its treatments to properly diagnose and treat thi...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Bledsoe GH

更新日期：2005-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite recent pharmacologic advances in the prevention and treatment of osteoporosis, the disease remains incurable. Effective disease management ultimately lies in the hands of the individual patient, who must take responsibility for key health behaviors related to bone health. One behavior modification strategy tha...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Gold DT,Silverman SL

更新日期：2004-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Satiety is the perception of satisfied fullness and represents a summation of neural and hormonal influences. Satiety can be assessed by drink tests, including water load. The objective of our study was to confirm the difference in water load volume between nonobese control children and children with function...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Arrouk R,Karpinski A,Lavenbarg T,Belmont J,McCallum RW,Hyman P

更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The use of lasers has assumed an increasingly important role in the treatment of a variety of cutaneous lesions over the past few decades. Because of their effectiveness, physicians from a variety of specialties have incorporated lasers into their practices. Unfortunately, widespread availability of lasers a...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Alster TS,Bettencourt MS

更新日期：1998-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Since 2001 there have been several reported outbreaks due to carbapenem-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae (Kp), particularly in the northeastern states. METHODS:Carbapenemase-producing Enterobacteriaceae from healthcare facilities in Northeast Florida were phenotypically identified and confirmed using PCR amp...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Halstead DC,Sellen TJ,Adams-Haduch JM,Dossenback DA,Abid J,Doi Y,Paterson DL

更新日期：2009-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case of ruptured interstitial pregnancy is reported, along with review of the literature. Although sonography did not differentiate between interstitial and intrauterine pregnancy, I believe it will prove to be one of the most accurate diagnostic aids in detecting this condition. ...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Gray CL

更新日期：1980-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have described a patient with vaccinia necrosum after smallpox vaccination for persistent herpes labialis. The patient eventually recovered after surgical resection of the lesion and multiple courses of vaccinia immune globulin and methisazone. This report emphasizes the needless risks of vaccinating patients with ...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Funk EA,Strausbaugh LJ

更新日期：1981-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A prospective study of 45 granulocyte transfusions in children using continuous flow centrifugation is reported. During 13 episodes of proven or presumed infection, only two children failed to show a favorable response to granulocyte transfusion. The neutropenic child shows a significantly increased absolute granulocy...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Maybee DA,Millan AP,Ruymann FB

更新日期：1977-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This case presents a rare type of crescentic glomerulonephritis characterized as IgA deposits predominantly along the glomerular basement membranes (GBM). The patient clinically manifested with rapidly progressive glomerulonephritis (RPGN) without pulmonary hemorrhage or vasculitis-related systematic symptoms. No posi...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Cai G,Chen P,Wu D,Shi S,Yin Z,Zhang X,Wei R,Chen X

更新日期：2008-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Buried bumper syndrome (BBS) is an uncommon complication of percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) tube placement. This unusual phenomenon occurs when the internal bumper of a PEG tube erodes and migrates through the gastric wall and becomes lodged anywhere between the gastric wall and the skin. If not removed and ...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Khalil Q,Kibria R,Akram S

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have presented an unusually swift progression of progressive systemic sclerosis (PSS), with death from cardiogenic shock in a 22-year-old woman who had severe hypertension and acute renal insufficiency. She arrived at our hospital with pericardial tamponade and shock. Despite initial improvement after pericardiocen...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Lawrence ME,Robinson JC,Terry EE

更新日期：1992-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Lichen simplex chronicus (LSC) is a common pruritic disorder resulting from repeated rubbing and scratching. Nighttime pruritus is a common feature in LSC and may disrupt the sleep pattern. The aim of this study is to determine whether there are sleep abnormalities in patients with LSC. PATIENTS AND METHODS...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Koca R,Altin R,Konuk N,Altinyazar HC,Kart L

更新日期：2006-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Because household surveys are expensive and time consuming, determination of state or local family planning needs is based on national household survey estimates of contraceptive use rather than state-specific estimates. In June 1982, the University of Georgia Survey Research Center invited the Georgia Department of H...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Spitz AM,Schuster E,Oberle MW,Zaro SM,Morris L

更新日期：1985-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The study goals were to document the incidence of elevated blood pressure (BP) values in public high school students in Tulsa, Oklahoma; to determine whether age and sex are risk factors; and to encourage adolescents with abnormal screening BP values to seek medical care. Over a 2-year period, 5537 adolescents aged 14...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： O'Quin M,Sharma BB,Miller KA,Tomsovic JP

更新日期：1992-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Hematological malignancies of the breast share a presentation similar to primary breast carcinomas but differ substantially in therapeutic approach and clinical outcomes. In this study, we investigate the frequency of hematological malignancies, their relative primary and secondary occurrences, and further c...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Alsadi A,Lin D,Alnajar H,Brickman A,Martyn C,Gattuso P

更新日期：2017-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Since April 1975, 292 patients have had gastric operations for morbid obesity: gastric bypass with Roux-en-Y gastrojejunostomy (RY), 105 patients; gastric bypass with loop gastrojejunostomy (loop), 69 patients; greater curvature gastroplasty, 40 patients; and gastric partition with gastrogastrostomy, 78 patients. Foll...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Herbst CA Jr,Buckwalter JA

更新日期：1982-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The data from temperate regions indicate increases in pediatric traumatic injuries during the spring and summer months with anticipated admission spikes on warm weather holidays; hospitals in southern subtropical regions should not anticipate the same trends. The objectives of this study were to identify hol...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Eyerly-Webb S,Solomon R,Young L,Bard K,Laituri C,Rosenthal A,Long J

更新日期：2019-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In an investigation of withdrawals and delays among students enrolled at the University of Tennessee College of Medicine over a four-year period, we found significantly higher rates of attrition among minority than nonminority students and among female than male enrollees. There were, however, no significant sex-relat...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Fogleman BY,Vander Zwagg R

更新日期：1981-05-01 00:00:00

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：OBJECTIVES:Insurance status has the potential to play a significant role in an individual's health care by affecting the time of diagnosis and the treatment options used. Our study reviewed insurance status as a determinant of the time of a breast cancer diagnosis as well as the surgical treatment options offered. MET...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Lukavsky R,Sariego J

更新日期：2015-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To determine the prevalence of sexual contact between physicians and patients, we mailed a survey to a nationwide, randomized sample of 1,600 physicians, including internists, family medicine physicians, obstetrician-gynecologists, and ophthalmologists. The response rate was 52% (n = 787). Of all respondents, 4.5% rep...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Bayer T,Coverdale J,Chiang E

更新日期：1996-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Hyponatremia is a frequent condition in elderly patients. In diagnostic workup, a 24-hour urine sample is used to measure urinary osmolality and urinary sodium concentration necessary to confirm the diagnosis of the syndrome of inappropriate secretion of antidiuretic hormone (SIADH). This study was undertake...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Holm EA,Bie P,Ottesen M,Ødum L,Jespersen B

更新日期：2009-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sixteen patients with spinal epidural compression by metastatic small-cell lung cancer were given radiotherapy for palliation. Lower limb motor deficit was the most prominent clinical manifestation. Neurologic dysfunction was commonly present for more than 48 hours before the diagnosis of compression. Median interval ...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Ampil FL,Abreo F

更新日期：1992-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:No standard therapeutic option exists for men with prostate cancer who have failed local therapy, have no gross metastatic disease, and whose only manifestation of disease is a rising prostate-specific antigen (PSA) level. Soy products are able to affect PSA kinetics in some men with prostate cancer, and this...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Joshi M,Agostino NM,Gingrich R,Drabick JJ

更新日期：2011-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cyclosporine is a fungal metabolite increasingly used as an immunosuppressive agent in organ transplantation. It provides immunosuppression primarily through reversible inhibition of T-lymphocytes, without myelotoxicity. Cyclosporine appears to inhibit primary activation of helper cells and to decrease the production ...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Thomas SE,Gordon DS

更新日期：1986-02-01 00:00:00