Accuracy of interpretation of full-length pediatric echocardiograms transmitted over an integrated services digital network telemedicine link.

abstract：:The use of psychostimulants as antidepressants remains controversial in the field of psychiatry. While methylphenidate hydrochloride (MPH) and dextroamphetamine (DA) are often considered to be equivalent drugs, differences in their neurobiologic mechanism of action may account for different clinical response patterns....

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Kraus MF,Burch EA Jr

更新日期：1992-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A previously healthy 38-year-old man was stung multiple times by yellow jackets without any signs of anaphylaxis being observed. An electrocardiogram taken 16 hours later revealed episodes of wandering atrial pacemaker, junctional rhythm, and intermittent premature ventricular contractions. These arrhythmias disappear...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Rowe SF,Greer KE,Hodge RH Jr

更新日期：1979-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:With ever-increasing costs confronting health care facilities, much attention is being focused on various cost-containment projects. Although it is generally assumed that a radiology department quality control program will increase costs, institutional savings may also result. A comprehensive quality control program i...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Carlton WH,Avecilla LS,Pool WH,Wise CH Jr,Young RG

更新日期：1980-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The objective of this study was to assess the cardiovascular health status of baby boomers with diabetes mellitus (DM) in comparison to the same-age population with DM 10 years previously. METHODS:The study was conducted in baby boomers with DM using data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination S...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： King DE,Xiang J,Kulshreshtha A

更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article summarizes the research base, probable mechanism of actions, and clinical applications of acupuncture. It offers the clinician a deeper understanding of appropriate conditions for which acupuncture may be useful, outlines how to integrate acupuncture into a clinical practice, and describes referral and tr...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Sierpina VS,Frenkel MA

更新日期：2005-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Our study aimed to investigate the association between maternal-perceived psychological stress and fetal telomere length. METHODS:We recruited women in labor upon hospital delivery admission. Based on responses to the Perceived Stress Scale, we categorized participants as having "high," "normal," or "low" pe...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Salihu HM,King LM,Nwoga C,Paothong A,Pradhan A,Marty PJ,Daas R,Whiteman VE

更新日期：2016-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Patients with cirrhosis have a high rate of 30-day hospital readmission that affects their quality of life and contributes to increased healthcare-related costs. The aim of our study was to identify frequency, predictors, and preventable causes of hospital readmissions among patients with decompensated cirrh...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Agrawal K,Kumar P,Markert R,Agrawal S

更新日期：2015-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) has engendered a crisis of fear among the public and health professionals alike. In addition to the myriad anxieties that generally accompany dying and death, AIDS patients must deal with numerous additional fears. In rushing to treat the physiologic aspects of AIDS, health pr...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Thompson LM

更新日期：1987-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although recent increases in the incidence of syphilis are well known to public health officials, the general medical community is less well informed regarding the dramatic rise in cases. We present trend data from Nashville and Tennessee over the past decade. These statistics emphasize specific factors, such as drug ...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Quinn RW,Federspiel CF,Lefkowitz LB Jr,Keller R

更新日期：1992-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Maffucci's syndrome in a 17-year-old girl is reported. Since the entity was first described in 1881 by Maffucci, 105 additional cases have been recorded. Several series have reported a small but significant percentage of cases (up to 18%) with malignant change. Our case, although not particularly unique in comparison ...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Gutman E,McCutcheon S,Garber P

更新日期：1978-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A marked increase in the number of cases of shigellosis was reported in Kentucky in 1988. To examine reasons for this increase, we reviewed the 389 cases of shigellosis reported from 1986 through 1989. Ninety-three percent (285/305) of cases due to known species were due to Shigella sonnei. Sixty-two percent (243/389)...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Pelletier AR,Finger RF,Sosin DM

更新日期：1991-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Perinephric and prostatic abscesses may present with protean symptoms and often arise from ascending urinary tract infections. Both abscesses are often caused by uropathogens, and only on rare occasions is the etiology due to methacillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA). Perinephric and prostatic abscesses have ...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Tobian AA,Ober SK

更新日期：2007-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case of pneumococcal endocarditis in an infant is reported together with a review of seven cases previously described in the literature. The prominent presenting symptoms of this usually fatal disease consisted of tachycardia, tachypnea, and cardiomegaly. A new murmur was heard in six of the eight patients. Fever wa...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Tolaymat A,Rhatigan RM,Levin S

更新日期：1979-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Studies at "the Farm," a community of spiritually gathered young people in Summertown, Tenn, have shown that it is possible to sustain a normal pregnancy on a vegan diet. The source of dietary protein (ie, animal or vegetable) does not seem to affect birth weight, as long as vegans are health conscious, receive contin...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Carter JP,Furman T,Hutcheson HR

更新日期：1987-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We reviewed the results of lymphocyte karyotypes from 232 couples who had had two or more pregnancy losses (spontaneous abortions or stillbirths). Despite the use of strict criteria to correct for possible bias of ascertainment, 8% of these couples (19 of 232) had a chromosome abnormality. Six of these abnormalities w...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Sider D,Wilson WG,Sudduth K,Atkin JF,Kelly TE

更新日期：1988-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Tobacco-growing states have few tobacco control laws, which are relatively weak compared with those in non-tobacco-growing states. Region of the country has been shown to be a predictor of legislators' intentions to vote for cigarette tax increases. METHODS:A total of 116 lawmakers (84%) participated in fac...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Hahn EJ,Rayens MK

更新日期：2002-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Highly trained medical specialists now possess a vast array of sophisticated technical apparatus with which to fight diseases. These tools, coupled with a growing emphasis on cost accounting and a medical paradigm emphasizing facts and depicting the human body as a machine, depersonalize health care by militating agai...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Thompson LM

更新日期：1993-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:One hundred sixty-two adolescents being seen for sick or well visits at two suburban private pediatric practices completed an anonymous, written questionnaire about drug habits. The respondents' ages ranged from 14 to 17 years; all were white and from middle-class or upper-middle-class families. The adolescents report...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Schwartz RH,Hayden GF

更新日期：1986-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Hepatitis secondary to infection with the hepatitis C virus (HCV) is one of the most common causes of viral hepatitis worldwide. Multiple extrahepatic manifestations of HCV infection have been recognized. Dilated and hypertrophic cardiomyopathy associated with HCV infection have been recently described in th...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Demir M,Demir C

更新日期：2011-08-01 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：:Among natural disasters, lightning is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality throughout the world. A well-informed bystander and an astute physician can make the difference between an outcome of death or lifelong disability versus complete or near-complete recovery. What is done in the first few minutes after such...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Milzman DP,Moskowitz L,Hardel M

更新日期：1999-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article explores the history of lupus erythematosus from the origins of the name to the most modern therapeutic advances. The review includes information about the origin of the name "lupus," the first clear description of the skin lesions, the discovery of the systemic and discoid forms, and further advances whi...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Mallavarapu RK,Grimsley EW

更新日期：2007-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:I reviewed the cases of 50 consecutive patients who had a total of 75 plastic surgery procedures after weight reduction. The average weight loss was 126 lb. There were 28 women and 22 men. The 75 operations were abdominoplasty (24), face-lift (18), reduction mammaplasty (ten), blepharoplasty (eight), mastopexy (eight)...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Lanier VC Jr

更新日期：1987-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:AIDS-related Kaposi's sarcoma rarely involves bone or bone marrow. Computed tomography of the abdomen and pelvis of an AIDS patient with lower back pain and bilateral limb edema revealed multiple lesions involving liver, spleen, and axial skeleton. Bone marrow examination of the involved iliac crest revealed Kaposi's ...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Teh BS,Lu HH,Lynch GR,Banez E,Kroll MH

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:From our retrospective review of 30 patients having hepatic resection, we have made the following conclusions: (1) Hepatic resection is an uncommon procedure. (2) The majority of liver injuries require only drainage or suture ligation and drainage. (3) Midline incision, early arterial occlusion, and resectional debrid...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Lang NP,Westbrook KC,Read RC

更新日期：1981-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have described the clinical, hemodynamic, and echocardiographic features of torn aortic cusps with mitral valve fenestration in a patient with infective endocarditis. Hemodynamic studies showed left atrial pressure intermittently exceeding left ventricular end-diastolic pressure. This phenomenon corresponded with i...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Dianzumba SB,Montello NJ,Joyner CR

更新日期：1984-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chronic metformin use results in vitamin B12 deficiency in 30% of patients. Exhaustion of vitamin B12 stores usually occurs after twelve to fifteen years of absolute vitamin B12 deficiency. Metformin has been available in the United States for approximately fifteen years. Vitamin B12 deficiency, which may present with...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Bell DS

更新日期：2010-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The topical anesthetic solution TAC (tetracaine, adrenaline, cocaine) has gained widespread acceptance as the preferred local anesthetic for repairing skin lacerations in children. Despite this popularity, there are no universally accepted guidelines for its application. We report the case of a 6-month-old infant who ...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Tipton GA,DeWitt GW,Eisenstein SJ

更新日期：1989-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:In 2010, the American Heart Association unveiled a strategic plan to reduce cardiovascular deaths by targeting seven components of ideal cardiovascular health. Although education is a sensible first step, it is not known whether awareness correlates with healthy behavior. The objective of the study was to ex...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Alzaman N,Wartak SA,Friderici J,Rothberg MB

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case of perforation and bleeding from a diverticulum of the second portion of the duodenum in a patient with recurrent pancreatitis is presented. Upper gastrointestinal roentgenogram revealed an abnormal tract and retroperitoneal air arising from the diverticulum. The fistulous tract communicated with pancreas. Blee...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Ettman IK,Kongtawng T

更新日期：1977-06-01 00:00:00