Hammertoe surgery: waist resection of the proximal phalanx, a more simplified procedure.

abstract：:This study was planned to determine the effectiveness of the Breese scoring system for the diagnosis of streptococcal pharyngitis and to evaluate its significance in different age groups. The research population was divided into two age groups. Group 1 consisted of children aged three and below and group 2 comprised c...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Karacan M,Karakelleoğlu C,Orbak Z

更新日期：2007-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The empirical use of amphotericin B in febrile leukemic patients not responding to antimicrobial agents has previously led to a significant decrease in fatal fungal infections and a significant increase in complete remissions. In this series of 66 patients receiving induction therapy for acute myelogenous leukemia (AM...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Stein RS,Greer JP,Ferrin W,Lenox R,Baer MR,Flexner JM

更新日期：1986-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Aspergilloma is a common complication of cystic lung disease; it is widely considered to be a saprophytic colonization and local or disseminated invasion is unusual. We describe a patient with stage IV sarcoidosis and bilateral aspergillomas in whom locally invasive disease led to spinal cord compression. ...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Polatty RC,Cooper KR,Kerkering TM

更新日期：1984-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ten bites by Loxosceles reclusa, the North American brown recluse spider, are reported from South Carolina. Envenomation by the brown recluse spider is becoming a public health problem in the United States. The spider reportedly now is found from coast to coast in the southern half of the country and its range is prob...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Majeski JA,Durst GG Sr

更新日期：1976-07-01 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：:In response to the increasing care needs of geriatric patients and attendant hospital costs, the Nashville Veterans Administration Medical Center, which has 393 beds and admits 8400 patients annually, initiated an Intermediate Care Service in 1988. A geriatric team was formed, sharing staff and resources from existing...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Hauser B,Robinson J,Powers JS,Laubacher MA

更新日期：1991-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe a fatal case of tuberculous peritonitis and review the literature on the diagnostic modalities available to diagnose this entity. We suspect a delayed diagnosis resulted in the death of our patient. Today, the prompt diagnosis of an unknown ascitic process involves laparoscopy. A patient with unknown large...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Ahmad M,Ahmed A

更新日期：1999-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An aberrant internal carotid artery (ICA) in the middle ear is rare. If unrecognized, it may lead to massive hemorrhage or other catastrophic results during even a minor surgical procedure of the tympanic membrane or middle ear. Recognition of this entity is particularly significant to the primary care or emergency de...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Cole RD,May JS

更新日期：1994-12-01 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：:We have described a 38-year-old white American woman who had a 7-year history of pain in the left anterior chest, neck, right wrist, and buttocks. The pain fluctuated in severity and appeared to coincide with worsening of her skin condition, palmoplantar pustulosis (PPP). She manifested the typical skeletal features o...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： McGee TC,Field RS,Loebl DH,Bailey JP Jr,Sizemore KR

更新日期：1993-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Between October 1977 and 1978, 93 CutterCast casts were applied at the Veterans Administration Hospital in Atlanta, Georgia. The composition and application of this new casting system are described, and the performance of the 93 casts is evaluated in relation to ease of application, roentgenographic clarity, skin cond...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Fleming LL,Miller K,Sinback M

更新日期：1980-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:This study compares the primary health care quality of community health centers (CHCs) and health maintenance organizations (HMOs) in South Carolina to elucidate the quality of CHC performance relative to mainstream settings such as the HMO. METHODS:Mail surveys were used to obtain data from 350 randomly sel...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Shi L,Starfield B,Xu J,Politzer R,Regan J

更新日期：2003-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Prosthetic joint infection with Mycobacterium tuberculosis usually involves the hips or knees and can result from either local reactivation, or less often from hematogenous spread. Predisposing conditions include rheumatoid arthritis, chronic steroid use and pulmonary diseases. The most common symptom at presentation ...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Khater FJ,Samnani IQ,Mehta JB,Moorman JP,Myers JW

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Accurate and consistent documentation of pain management, including patient responses regarding improvement in pain scores, is essential for improving patient care. The objective of the project was to evaluate the current prescribing patterns and to review the current documentation for opioid-managed, chroni...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： DeRemer CE,Fleming VH,Brown S,May JR

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a rare case of Candida glabrata liver abscess and fungemia complicating severe calculus cholecystitis in a 64-year-old female patient who had no history of immunosuppression or diabetes mellitus. The patient underwent cholecystectomy, resection of liver abscess, and systemic antifungal therapy using micafung...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Lima R,Shams W,Kalra S,Borthwick T

更新日期：2010-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The use of psychotropic medication is often associated with weight gain. We provide documentation for this effect and review the mechanisms possibly responsible for it in the case of neuroleptic agents, lithium carbonate, monoamine oxidase inhibitors, and amitriptyline. We also enumerate the undesirable medical conseq...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Rockwell WJ,Ellinwood EH Jr,Trader DW

更新日期：1983-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Myelolipomas are benign tumors composed of an admixture of mature adipose tissue and normal hematopoietic cells. The vast majority occur within the adrenal glands, but several extra-adrenal myelolipomas (EAMLs) have been reported. The typical EAML is a solitary, well-defined mass within the abdomen, most commonly in t...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Prahlow JA,Loggie BW,Cappellari JO,Scharling ES,Teot LA,Iskandar SS

更新日期：1995-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The vast majority of acute iron toxicity cases occur in children less than 5 years of age. Moreover, clinical hepatic injury is uncommon with most symptoms stemming from the intestinal tract (eg, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea). Therefore, physicians, particularly those who do not routinely treat pediatric patients, are o...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Daram SR,Hayashi PH

更新日期：2005-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A bulging fissure sign was noticed on chest roentgenogram in a patient with H influenzae pneumonia. This sign is usually associated with Klebsiella pneumonia and has also been seen in pneumococcal and plague pneumonia, tuberculosis, mass lesions of the lung, and large lung abscesses. This is thought to be the first re...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Francis JB,Francis PB

更新日期：1978-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A patient was referred for evaluation of obstructive uropathy after treatment with 10% formalin to control recurrent hemorrhagic radiation cystitis. Progressive bilateral ureteral, pelvic, and renal parenchymal destruction occurred despite ileal ureteral replacement. This complication of therapy reinforces the concept...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Melman A,Lavelle K,Ludwig J

更新日期：1978-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We discuss the cases of four immigrant workers in whom lead intoxication developed via inhalation while they were cutting steel beams removed from a dismantled bridge. They all had toxic lead levels with symptoms and received chelation therapy; the therapy was followed by a decrease in blood lead levels. Rebound incre...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Grimsley EW,Adams-Mount L

更新日期：1994-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We found magnetic resonance imaging helpful in the localization of both an adrenal and an extra-adrenal pheochromocytoma, since these tumors produced a high-intensity "light bulb" image. MRI is an excellent method for localizing pheochromocytomas because it detects adrenal and extra-adrenal pheochromocytomas missed by...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Beland SS,Vesely DL,Arnold WC,Beavers HK,Gilbert SR,Henson GN,Williamson MR

更新日期：1989-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This report describes a 9-year-old girl with pigmented villonodular synovitis of the right knee. She presented with a chronic bloody effusion of the knee. The diagnosis of pigmented villonodular synovitis was suggested by the findings on magnetic resonance imaging and confirmed at the time of arthroscopic synovectomy....

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Saulsbury FT

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 66-year-old woman with a subacute onset of mild dementia and headaches was discovered to have multiple large, hyperdense lesions on cranial CT scan. Biopsy showed poorly differentiated adenocarcinoma with necrosis and dystrophic calcification, which represented an unusual initial manifestation of metastatic breast c...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Murray JJ,Houston MC

更新日期：1986-02-01 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：:Thoracic splenosis is rare, with fewer than two dozen reported cases. Patients uniformly have a history of splenectomy with combined abdominal and thoracic trauma. Clinical signs and symptoms are usually absent, and the condition is most often discovered on routine chest radiography. The interval between trauma and cl...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Buchino JJ,Buchino JJ

更新日期：1998-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lactulose is a poorly absorbed synthetic disaccharide frequently used in the treatment of portasystemic encephalopathy. Because lactulose syrup contains small amounts of absorbable sugars, it may cause hyperglycemia in diabetic individuals, but is usually well tolerated. We report the case of a patient with diet-contr...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Kirkman MS,Zimmerman DR,Filippini SA

更新日期：1995-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a community hospital, we correlated results of thallium 201 myocardial scintigraphy with coronary arteriographic data in 79 patients. Scintigraphy was 92% sensitive and 85% specific in detecting coronary artery disease. There were no false-negative scintigrams in patients with double or triple vessel disease. The m...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Tendera M,Campbell WB,Moyers JR

更新日期：1984-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Twenty-eight women were tested with a standard three-hour oral glucose tolerance test before and after three years of using a combination-type oral contraceptive containing mestranol and ethynodiol diacetate (Ovulen). At the three-year test time there was a significant elevation of the patients' weights and their 1-, ...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Spellacy WN,Buhi WC,Birk SA

更新日期：1977-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The oligohydramnios sequence (OS) is manifest in newborns when prolonged oligohydramnios has been present during pregnancy. The most important signs are an infant small for gestational age, with wrinkled skin, Potter facies, compression deformities of the limbs, and respiratory distress caused by pulmonary hypoplasia....

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Prouty LA,Myers TL

更新日期：1987-05-01 00:00:00