Adenocarcinoma of the lung in Chinese patients: a revisit and some perspectives from the literature.

abstract：:Secondary hyperkalaemic paralysis is a rare condition often mimicking the Guillain-Barré syndrome. There have been a few case reports of hyperkalaemia caused by renal failure, trauma, and drugs where the presentation has been with muscle weakness. A case of hyperkalaemic paralysis caused by an angiotensin converting e...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Dutta D,Fischler M,McClung A

更新日期：2001-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 3-year-old girl is described who became oliguric and hypoglycaemic whilst receiving an excessive dose of sulphadiazine. The mechanism of the hypoglycaemia is discussed. ...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Craft AW,Brocklebank JT,Jackson RH

更新日期：1977-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The causes of death, as determined by autopsy, in 10 patients dying from the acute effects of phaeochromocytoma were myocardial infarction (five patients), left ventricular failure (two patients), cerebral haemorrhage (two patients) and circulatory collapse with malignant phaeochromocytoma (one patient). Most patients...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Cohen CD,Dent DM

更新日期：1984-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We studied two sisters who developed large non-toxic goitres in adolescence. Deiodinase deficiency was diagnosed by a rapid thyroid uptake of radioactive iodine (RAI) at 2 hours associated with a marked fall in thyroidal 131I by 24 hours. Serial RAI scans in the second patient documented evolution of the iodine-defici...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Hirsch HJ,Shilo S,Spitz IM

更新日期：1986-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tuberculosis of the appendix is rare. It is usually secondary to tuberculosis elsewhere in the abdomen. Tuberculosis of the appendix is not associated with any specific clinical features and diagnosis is revealed only after histopathological examination. Appendicectomy should be performed in all patients with abdomina...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Singh MK,Arunabh,Kapoor VK

更新日期：1987-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Epilepsy is common and serious (prevalence 750 per 100 000) and has an impact upon employment, education, and driving. The diagnosis requires a detailed history including witness account. Clinicians must distinguish seizures particularly from syncope and psychogenic attacks. Electroencephalography and magnetic resonan...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Hadjikoutis S,Smith PE

更新日期：2005-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A patient is described with severe haemorrhage from a lumbar artery following percutaneous renal biopsy. The exact source of haemorrhage in this previously unreported complication proved difficult to locate even at surgical exploration. ...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Jamison MH,Coward RA

更新日期：1985-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report the use of nivazol in a patient with Nelson's syndrome. Nivazol was highly effective in reducing ACTH secretion but, contrary to reports of its use in other primates, in our patient nivazol did have systemic glucocorticoid effects. ...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Ball JA,Williams G,Yeo TH,Joplin GF

更新日期：1988-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article reviews the unique pharmacological properties of methadone and outlines its appropriate clinical application, with focus upon its use in the treatment of chronic pain. Although methadone is most widely known for its use in the treatment of opioid dependence, methadone also provides effective analgesia. Pa...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Brown R,Kraus C,Fleming M,Reddy S

更新日期：2004-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A young man developed acute renal failure and hypercalcaemia following severe burns. The hypercalcaemia was initially controlled by haemodialysis, but it persisted after return of renal function. Plasma PTH was inappropriately elevated, but the nephrogenous cyclic adenosine monophosphate level was low; thus the PTH wa...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Evans RA,Lawrence PJ,Thanakrishnan G,Hills E,Wong SY,Dunstan CR

更新日期：1986-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:About 0.5% of infants are infected in utero with cytomegalovirus (CMV). As many as 20% become mentally retarded and a further substantial proportion suffer lesser degrees of brain damage. The need for a vaccine is greater than in the case of rubella. A live, tissue culture-adapted strain of CMV has been shown to produ...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Stern H

更新日期：1977-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To explore the relationship between cognitive impairment and conventional measures of disability in multiple sclerosis (MS), quality of life (QOL) and employment status using the brief international cognitive assessment for multiple sclerosis (BICAMS) in the routine outpatient clinic. METHODS:62 patients wi...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Campbell J,Rashid W,Cercignani M,Langdon D

更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF STUDY:The aim of the study is to describe the prevalence of illicit drug use in England and Wales using data from the UK Survey of Non-Medical Use of Prescription Drugs (NMURx) programme and to compare against the well-established Crime Survey England and Wales (CSEW). The rationale is that recreational and ...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Ng FL,Rockhill K,Black J,May KP,Whittington MD,Wood DM,Dargan PI,Green JL

更新日期：2018-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To obtain the views of specialist registrars on specialty care in the community. METHOD:Specialist registrars from five Deaneries in England completed an online questionnaire about their views on employment prospects, the role of specialty care in the community, and the need for additional training in this area. ...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Azam N,Moshkovska T,Mayberry JF

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To determine the association between professors' self-perception of mentoring skills and their academic performance. DESIGN:Two hundred and fifteen professors from Imperial College London, the first Academic Health Science Centre (AHSC) in the UK, were surveyed. The instrument adopted was the Mentorship Skills...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Athanasiou T,Patel V,Garas G,Ashrafian H,Shetty K,Sevdalis N,Panzarasa P,Darzi A,Paroutis S

更新日期：2016-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Isolated left ventricular non-compaction is a rare, morphologically distinct primary genetic cardiomyopathy, which was first described in children, but is becoming increasingly recognised in adults. The most common clinical manifestations include heart failure, arrhythmias and embolic events, and in children it may be...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Nair SB,Khattar RS

更新日期：2009-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Greater trochanteric pain syndrome (GTPS) is a commonly diagnosed regional pain syndrome with a wide spectrum of aetiologies, reflecting the anatomy of the structures outside the hip joint capsule. There are five muscle tendons that insert on to the greater trochanter and three bursae in the region of the greater troc...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Chowdhury R,Naaseri S,Lee J,Rajeswaran G

更新日期：2014-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The literature of the outbreaks of 'epidemic neuromyasthenia' (ENM) from 1934 to 1955 has been selected to show that the disease affects other people besides young adult females in hospitals and nursing homes. There have been district epidemics, in which the male: female ratio was almost even and several male outbreak...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Parish JG

更新日期：1978-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Despite obesity being a major risk factor for ischaemic stroke (IS), the association between body mass index (BMI) and IS in patients with hypertension remains uncertain. OBJECTIVE:To assess the association between BMI and IS among elderly hypertensive patients in China. METHODS AND RESULTS:We recruited 35...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Huang J,Liu L,Yu YL,Chen CL,Lo K,Huang YQ,Tang ST,Feng YQ

更新日期：2020-03-27 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Workplace-based assessments (WBAs) were originally intended to inform learning and development by structuring effective observation-based feedback. The success of this innovation has not yet been established due in part to the widely varied tools, implementation strategies and research approaches. Using a conce...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Barrett A,Galvin R,Scherpbier AJ,Teunissen PW,O'Shaughnessy A,Horgan M

更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case of primary purulent meningococcal pericarditis presenting with chest pain, hypotension and cardiac tamponade followed by oliguric renal failure is reported. Treatment with antibiotics and surgical drainage was successful. ...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Ramsdale DR,Kaul TK,Coulshed N

更新日期：1985-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During the course of an obscure illness in a teenage girl it was eventually realized that the diagnosis was 'epidemic neuromyasthenia'. The illness which occurred between February and September 1976 was characterized by fatigue, pallor, headache, nuchal pain, alterations in mentation, dizziness, nausea and vomiting, p...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Corridan JP

更新日期：1978-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To examine the current attitudes towards the prevention of venous thromboembolism among a cohort of surgeons. DESIGN:A postal survey, comprising a questionnaire covering various aspects of venous thromboembolism prophylaxis was sent to all (n=84) consultant general surgeons in Wales. RESULTS:Replies were re...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Williams EV,Williams RS,Hughes JL,Williams KL,Foster ME,Lewis MH

更新日期：2002-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aortic root links the left ventricle and ascending aorta and functions as a support structure for the aortic valve. It can be affected by a variety of congenital and acquired conditions, some of which are potentially life threatening. Echocardiography and cardiac magnetic resonance imaging are established non-inva...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Vargas HA,Hoey ET,Gopalan D,Agrawal SK,Screaton NJ,Gulati GS

更新日期：2009-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tissue auto-antibodies were investigated in fifty-one patients (twenty-five female, twenty-six male) receiving practolol for ischaemic heart disease or dysrhythmias and compared with those found in 204 patients (fifty-eight female, 146 male) with ischaemic heart disease who did not receive practolol. Antinuclear facto...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Jachuck SJ,Stephenson J,Bird T,Jackson FS,Clark F

更新日期：1977-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It is a paradigm in cancer treatment that early detection and treatment improves survival. However, although screening measures lead to a higher rate of detection, for small bulk localised prostate cancer it remains unclear whether early detection and early treatment will lead to an overall decrease in mortality. The ...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Mazhar D,Waxman J

更新日期：2002-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A high proportion (40%) of patients with definite myocardial ischaemia who were questioned on admission to a Cardiac Monitoring Unit had experienced preceding chest pain which had been misinterpreted by both the patients themselves and doctors as 'indigestion' and which had often been inappropriately treated. 'Indiges...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Simpson FG,Kay J,Aber CP

更新日期：1984-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Postgraduate medical education bodies and national patient safety institutes recommend that trainees develop patient safety competencies such as those for Morbidity and Mortality (M&M) rounds, yet there exists no model for their educational delivery. OBJECTIVE:We studied the effect of a single educational i...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Mondoux SE,Frank JR,Kwok ESH,Cwinn AA,Lee AC,Calder LA

更新日期：2016-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pneumoconiosis is still a health problem in Turkey and has a relatively high incidence. Retired underground miners were investigated to document alveolitis, and to observe the difference in the cellular profiles of bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) fluid with or without pneumoconiosis. Twenty nine retired male miners and 1...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Kayacan O,Beder S,Karnak D

更新日期：2003-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The need to restrain service users will vary according to the area of practice within which practitioners are employed. Many of the principles that relate to the issue of restraining service users are, however, applicable to all, or most, health and social care settings. While the emphasis should be on pre-emptive act...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Horsburgh D

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00