Holistic obstetrics: the origins of "natural childbirth" in Britain.

abstract：:A clinical and laboratory survey of systemic lupus erythematosus was conducted in 33 Arab patients in the UAE. Arthropathy (91%) followed by renal involvement (54%) and haematological disorders (45.5%) were the major clinical manifestations. Discoid rash (3%) was the least common. Apart from headaches, other neuropsyc...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： al-Attia HM

更新日期：1996-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Four studies have been carried out on propofol in this department, one being part of a multicentre trial. The minimum induction dose in unpremedicated patients was found to be 2.5 mg/kg. Propofol has been shown to be an acceptable induction agent, although with an incidence of pain on injection which is much higher wh...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Grounds RM,Morgan M,Lumley J

更新日期：1985-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Postherpetic neuralgia is defined as pain persisting, or recurring, at the site of shingles at least three months after the onset of the acute rash. Thus defined, at least half of shingles sufferers over the age of 65 years develop postherpetic neuralgia. In addition to increasing age, less important risk factors for ...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Bowsher D

更新日期：1997-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tuberculous infection of the oesophagus is rare. This is confirmed by our present review of cases managed in our teaching hospitals over a period of 18 years which uncovered only 11 patients. The main presentation is that of dysphagia whose algorithm of investigation should seek to differentiate tuberculosis from carc...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Mokoena T,Shama DM,Ngakane H,Bryer JV

更新日期：1992-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lymphocyte adenosine deaminase (L-ADA) activity, a measure of lymphocyte activity, was estimated in 10 healthy controls and 30 patients with typhoid fever (20 uncomplicated and 10 complicated) at the time of admission, at onset of complications and weekly until recovery. Mean L-ADA activity in healthy controls was 20....

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Khosla SN,Kumar D,Singh V

更新日期：1992-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The new UK Foundation Programme is competency based, with a trainee's progression dependent on achieving and demonstrating a range of competencies. However, we do not know whether all rotations, comprising different combinations of specialties, will enable the foundation programme trainees to acquire these competencie...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Higgins R,Cavendish S

更新日期：2006-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sixty-nine infants were examined who presented with rectal bleeding in the first month of life. In 64% of these children no cause was found. Infantile diarrhoea, haemorrhagic disease of the newborn and anal fissure were the most common diagnoses made. The mortality in the entire group was less than 3%. It is concluded...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Levene MI

更新日期：1979-01-01 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：: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：:Studies on hypouricaemia observed in a patient with 48,XXYY syndrome revealed an abnormality in renal urate handling. His renal urate clearance was abnormally increased. Inosine administration and provocative tests using probenecid and pyrazinamide identified an isolated renal tubular abnormality with increased urate ...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Nakajima H,Tajima K,Nakajima T,Iida S,Sumi S,Kono N,Moriwaki K,Nonaka K,Tarui S

更新日期：1986-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Participant modelling, a behaviourally-orientated treatment technique, is an effect method of treating phobias associated with minor medical procedures or apparatus such as needles or intravenous catheters. The steps in this technique are described and two cases of severe needle phobias successfully treated with parti...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Taylor CB,Ferguson JM,Wermuth BM

更新日期：1977-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This is a study of the use of myocutaneous flaps by general surgeons in a district general hospital over a 5 year period, and shows that such work can be satisfactorily performed by general surgeons. ...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Allan SM,Williams CR,Heddle RM,Jackson DB,Collins RE

更新日期：1989-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine the utility of a novel Paediatric Consultation Assessment Tool (PCAT). DESIGN:Developed to measure clinicians' communication behaviour with children and their parents/guardian, PCAT was designed according to consensus guidelines and refined at a number of stages. Volunteer clinicians provided vi...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Howells RJ,Davies HA,Silverman JD,Archer JC,Mellon AF

更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Liver transplantation is the accepted treatment for a wide variety of liver diseases in children. Over the past 10 years a number of innovative surgical techniques have been developed to overcome the shortage of size matched donors particularly in children less than 5 years of age. Graft and patient survival at one ye...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Vilca-Melendez H,Heaton ND

更新日期：2004-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fasting plasma and urinary calcium and urinary hydroxyproline are known to rise at the menopause, reflecting increased bone resorption. Oestradiol valerate and cyclic oestradiol valerate/DL-norgestrel are shown to reduce this evidence of increased bone loss. It is concluded that these preparations will be effective in...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Crilly RG,Marshall DH,Nordin BE

更新日期：1978-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Quantitative lipoprotein level data was obtained from healthy subjects and patients with ischaemic heart disease or peripheral vascular disease in four European communities. Hypertriglyceridaemia, due mainly to an increase in VLDL triglyceride, was commoner in London and Uppsala than in Naples and Geneva. In three com...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Lewis B,Carlson LA,Mancini M,Micheli H

更新日期：1975-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Four hundred and fifty asymptomatic general practice patients and 330 hospital inpatients had their stools tested for occult blood with the Haemoccult and Fecatwin methods. In general practice, 9/64 (14%) of patients with a positive result had a colonic neoplasm (three carcinomas, one Dukes' Stage A, two Dukes' Stage ...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Barrison IG,Parkins RA

更新日期：1985-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Helicobacter pylori is associated with gastritis, peptic ulcers and gastric malignancies. Little attention has been paid to the possibility that it may also have a role in the pathogenesis of reflux oesophagitis. This is especially true in elderly patients who have life-long infection and provide an ideal group to stu...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Liston R,Pitt MA,Banerjee AK

更新日期：1996-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Muscarinic receptors are present on several different cells in lung and are predominantly involved in bronchoconstriction and mucus secretion. Muscarinic receptor activation leads to breakdown of phosphoinositides in airway smooth muscle cell membranes, which leads to intracellular calcium release and contraction. Mus...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Barnes PJ

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Vaginal vein thrombosis in a pregnant woman is reported. This entity should be differentiated from vaginal arteriovenous fistula which may cause severe antepartum, intrapartum and post-partum haemorrhage. The humoral and mechanical factors which favour the occurrence of varicosities and thrombosis are briefly describe...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Gitstein S,Ballas S,Peyser MR

更新日期：1983-06-01 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：: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：:Patients with acquired von Willebrand disease may present with severe bleeding, which is usually difficult to manage. Adequate haemostasis in acquired von Willebrand disease may be achieved with the infusion of factor VIII/von Willebrand factor concentrates or with the administration of desmopressin. We report a case ...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Van Genderen PJ,Papatsonis DN,Michiels JJ,Wielenga JJ,Stibbe J,Huikeshoven FJ

更新日期：1994-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Gradenigo's syndrome, which is characterised by the triad of suppurative otitis media, pain in the distribution of the trigeminal nerve, and abducens nerve palsy may give rise to potentially fatal complications. Knowledge of the aetiology and appropriate investigations can lead to early diagnosis. A case is reported w...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Motamed M,Kalan A

更新日期：2000-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 56 year old man presented with an atypical chest infection. Remote inferoposterior myocardial infarction was noted on electrocardiography and transthoracic echocardiography. Hepatic failure developed with sudden gross elevation of liver aminotransferases and coagulopathy. No primary hepatic cause could be identified...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Szawarski P,Sensky PR,Doshi M,Hudson I

更新日期：2004-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:There are wide variations in survival after cardiopulmonary resuscitation. The aim of this survey was to describe how equipment provision of resuscitation trolleys was deployed in a range of clinical ward areas. METHODS:The equipment in randomly selected resuscitation trolleys in all 14 South West Thames Re...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Hogh L,Kane I,Bhalla A,Ward MC

更新日期：2005-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fibrosing colonopathy is a recently described complication of cystic fibrosis, of unknown aetiology but possibly related to treatment with high-dose pancreatic enzyme supplements. We have used a whole gut perfusion technique to study subclinical gut inflammation in cystic fibrosis patients; concentrations of haemoglob...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Croft NM,Marshall TG,Ferguson A

更新日期：1996-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Five cases of strangulated femoral hernia, all with a delay in establishing the diagnosis, are reported here. These cases illustrate the continuing difficulties experienced, both in primary care and hospital practice, in making this diagnosis despite the clinical awareness of this condition. ...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Heys SD,Brittenden J

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:For gastroenterology, The Royal College of Physicians reiterates the common practice of two to three consultant ward rounds per week. The Royal Bolton Hospital NHS Foundation Trust operated a 26-bed gastroenterology ward, covered by two consultants at any one time. A traditional system of two ward rounds per...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Singh S,Lipscomb G,Padmakumar K,Ramamoorthy R,Ryan S,Bates V,Crompton S,Dermody E,Moriarty K

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It is a tragedy that morphine is scarcely available for between 1.3 and 2.5 billion people whilst 3.5 million cancer patients suffer needlessly. In only 10 countries is its consumption rising, in many more only codeine consumption shows an increase, and in many areas even in the Western world prescribing is grossly li...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Doyle D

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00