Association of pancreatitis with administration of contrast medium and intravenous lipid emulsion in a patient with the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome.

abstract：:Although successful transposition of the ovaries at the time of staging laparotomy for Hodgkin's disease is well documented, little comment has been made on potential complications. This case report of a primary ovarian neoplasm (benign) developing in a transposed ovary serves to alert physicians as to possible ovaria...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Andersen WA,Chambers J,Wanebo HJ,Taylor PT

更新日期：1983-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) seroprevalence surveys help determine the extent of HIV and the need for routine HIV counseling and testing. We sought to describe trends in five south Georgia hospitals and compare two protocols for conducting anonymous HIV surveys. METHODS:From 1993 to 1997, each hospita...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Beltrami JF,Franko EA,Toomey KE

更新日期：2001-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The ultimate evolution of our case and its atypical features of unilateral blindness, bilateral involvement, and extensive involvement of the trigeminal nerve revealed the pathogenesis of this case of alternating painful ophthalmoplegia resembling the Tolosa-Hunt syndrome to be that of a parasellar pituitary adenoma. ...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Freeman NR,Shraberg D

更新日期：1980-10-01 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：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：:Schwannoma arising within breast parenchyma is rare. We report such a case in a 50-year-old woman. The tumor, which measured 7 mm, is the smallest and the only mammographically detected schwannoma of the breast thus far reported. Clinicians should be aware that this benign tumor of breast may simulate a malignant neop...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Gultekin SH,Cody HS 3rd,Hoda SA

更新日期：1996-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Survival of infants with necrotizing enterocolitis may be complicated by intestinal stricture(s) as a result of healing of ischemic segments of bowel. An asymptomatic cecal stenosis not visible on barium enema was identified at operation for reestablishment of intestinal continuity. Infants recovering from acute necro...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Woodard BH,Bradford WD,Filston HC

更新日期：1979-12-01 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：:In the ten-year period from 1978 through 1987, 261 patients with intussusception were admitted to Chang Gung Memorial Hospital. The diagnosis was established by barium enema or at laparotomy. The patients were divided into two groups; there were 228 children ranging in age from 1 month to 14 years, and 33 adults. Amon...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Pang LC

更新日期：1989-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Valvular heart disease accounts for considerable morbidity and some mortality among patients with end-stage renal disease (ESRD). To determine the prevalence and severity of valvular and perivalvular abnormalities, including valvular thickening, stenosis, calcification, regurgitation, and mitral annular calcification ...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Stinebaugh J,Lavie CJ,Milani RV,Cassidy MM,Figueroa JE

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We recently managed a patient with diabetic ketoacidosis who had an exceptionally high arterial oxygen tension of 144 mm Hg while breathing room air. This was higher than the calculated alveolar oxygen tension and suggested the impossible situation of an uphill diffusion gradient. We were surprised to find this is a r...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Kelton JG,Collins FF

更新日期：1979-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We surveyed 1528 first-year students at the University of Virginia, 1 month after their arrival on campus, who had used alcohol at some time in their lives. Our survey was designed to identify alcohol and cocaine use, and related psychosocial patterns. Men drank more and more often than women. Our data suggest that bo...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Canterbury RJ,Gressard CF,Vieweg WV,Grossman SJ,Westerman PS,McKelway RB

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Compartment syndrome of the leg is usually associated with significant trauma. It has also been associated with prolonged surgery in the hemilithotomy position. Fracture tables that are used for the internal fixation of proximal femur fractures under fluoroscopy place a patient in this position. This report chronicles...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Meldrum R,Lipscomb P

更新日期：2002-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Coronary heart disease (CHD) is the leading cause of morbidity and mortality in patients more than 65 years old. Within this population, elevated cholesterol levels are prevalent and associated with increased risk of CHD. Despite increasing emphasis on lipid-lowering treatment in the elderly population, questions rema...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Dalal D,Robbins JA

更新日期：2002-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Malignant secondary parotid neoplasms are uncommon. Among 545 malignant parotid tumors, we found 52 (9%) that did not arise primarily in the parotid gland. Lymphomas or tumors of hematopoietic origin were excluded from this study. All patients had a parotid mass (two bilateral), one third of which were painful; 20% ha...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Rees R,Maples M,Lynch JB,Rosenfeld L

更新日期：1981-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Use of mucolytic agents that result in reduced mucous viscosity of the gastric mucous has been suggested to have an additive effect in curing Helicobacter pylori infection. METHODS:Seventy Hpylori-positive patients were given either eradication treatment consisting of 500 mg clarithromycin bid and 30 mg lan...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Gurbuz AK,Ozel AM,Ozturk R,Yildirim S,Yazgan Y,Demirturk L

更新日期：2005-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Using a phylogenic classification of the spine, one can identify precisely the numerical location of any vertebra or disc, including vertebrae with junctional anomalies at transitional zones. Such precision permitted comparisons of myelographic reports of sites of disc disease with the actual levels of extradural defo...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Wigh RE

更新日期：1979-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Postoperative pain is commonly treated with significant doses of narcotics, occasionally resulting in side effects including nausea, pruritus, and respiratory depression. One potential advantage of regional anesthesia is profound postoperative analgesia that reduces exposure to potent narcotics. To evaluate the effica...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Dorman BH,Conroy JM,Duc TA Jr,Haynes GR,Friedman RJ

更新日期：1994-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chemotherapy with radiation has become more popular than radiotherapy alone for patients with locally advanced head and neck cancer because of the successful results associated with it. We report the case of a 67-year-old man with hypopharyngeal cancer invading the prevertebral fascia who became free of disease after ...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Ampil F,Mills G,Burton G,Malik A,Krishnamsetty RM

更新日期：2004-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Pneumonia is a leading infectious cause of morbidity and mortality in the United States. The Infectious Disease Society of America (IDSA) and American Thoracic Society (ATS) have published treatment guidelines for community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) based upon the site of acquisition and specific pathogen ris...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Fleming V,Buck B,Nix N,Kumar P,Southwood R

更新日期：2013-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The US Bureau of Primary Health Care has promoted collaboration between federally funded community health centers and neighborhood religious congregations, yet little is known about how such organizations currently interact in underserved neighborhoods. METHODS:Semistructured interviews were conducted with l...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Gee L,Smucker DR,Chin MH,Curlin FA

更新日期：2005-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A technic incorporating the simultaneous elevation of multiple adjacent thoracoabdominal pedicale flaps, based in opposite directions, has been successfully used on four patients with extensive degloving injuries of the hand. In all cases, the hand was later divided into individual digits. A five-year follow-up of thr...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Cowen NJ,Giannotto RP

更新日期：1978-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We reviewed the cases of women admitted to LSU Medical Center in Shreveport with the diagnosis of "small bowel obstruction" from Jan 1, 1975 to June 30, 1981. Review of the charts of patients who had exploratory laparotomy for relief of the obstruction showed that 83% of them had had previous abdominal surgery. Furthe...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Ratcliff JB,Kapernick P,Brooks GG,Dunnihoo DR

更新日期：1983-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hypokalemic periodic paralysis is an unusual disease that may begin dramatically. Although terrifying to the patient, the attacks can usually be controlled if the proper diagnosis is made. Although much has been done to determine the pathogenesis, many questions remain unanswered. ...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Johnson V,Winternitz WW

更新日期：1984-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Human ehrlichiosis is not a common cause of acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). Physicians should be aware of this life-threatening but treatable entity. Progression to ARDS may be related to delay in diagnosis and treatment. Fever, leukopenia, thrombocytopenia, and a history of tick exposure in an endemic are...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Patel RG,Byrd MA

更新日期：1999-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The original and most widely accepted applications for point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) are in the settings of trauma, shock, and bedside procedures. Trauma was the original setting for the introduction of POCUS and has been standardized under the four-plus view examination called the Focused Assessment with Sonograph...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Morrow D,Cupp J,Schrift D,Nathanson R,Soni NJ

更新日期：2018-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper describes a transverse approach to the knee which gives unequalled access to the joint for extensive synovectomies, extensive surgical debridement, installation of total knee prostheses, or reduction of supracondylar fracture of the femur involving the articular surfaces. The temporary patellar tendon subst...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： McConnell BE

更新日期：1976-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We evaluated the medical history, physical examination, and laboratory tests done on 245 patients with laparoscopically proven ectopic pregnancies. The absence of abdominal pain was the only clinically useful negative predictive value (91%) regarding tubal rupture. Although mean levels of serum human chorionic gonadot...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Hirata AJ,Soper DE,Bump RC,Hurt WG

更新日期：1991-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Giant cell arteritis has been thought to occur only in white patients. There have been several recent reports of this disorder to blacks, however, and this case of biopsy-proven giant cell arteritis in a black patient indicates the diagnosis should be considered in any elderly patient with typical symptoms regardless ...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Wilson JW,Topolosky MK,Hettleman BD,Bredehoeft SJ

更新日期：1979-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An 80-year-old man had acute pancreatitis during the fourth week of antibiotic therapy for enterococcal endocarditis and 12 days after initiation of ketoprofen therapy for osteoarthritis of the hip. Pancreatitis resolved after discontinuance of ketoprofen therapy and while continuing antibiotic therapy for endocarditi...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Cobb TK,Pierce JR Jr

更新日期：1992-04-01 00:00:00