Acute electrocardiographic changes after pneumonectomy.

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The problem of high body mass index (BMI) for age in the Head Start population in Texas is of great concern. The primarily Mexican American population is at high risk for diabetes and cardiovascular disease. This study examines the prevalence of elevated BMI for age in the Head Start population in a sampling ...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Piziak V,Morgan-Cox M,Tubbs J,Rajab MH

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have presented an unusual case of CJD in which the magnetic resonance images obtained four months before death revealed high signal intensity in the caudate nuclei bilaterally. These findings correspond to severe involvement of this region at autopsy. This radiologic pattern has not generally been included in the d...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Pearl GS,Anderson RE

更新日期：1989-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:As residency programs adapt to the need to promote primary care, the importance of quantitating qualitative issues increases. In this study, a questionnaire based on reported residency stressors was answered by 238 internal medicine residents. The Profile of Mood States (POMS) was also completed by 64. Factor analysis...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Seelig CB,DuPre CT,Adelman HM

更新日期：1995-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Radiation therapy and/or chemotherapy are the treatment modalities of choice in lymphomas. Except for Burkitt's tumor, surgery is usually indicated only when percutaneous biopsy fails to establish the histologic diagnosis. We have described a patient with glomerulonephritis and anasarca secondary to an IgM-producing p...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Osguthorpe JD,Rice D,Adkins WY

更新日期：1982-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have reported a case of horseshoe kidney, a common renal fusion anomaly. Because of the 25% incidence of associated genitourinary anomalies, we believe that the diagnosis of horseshoe kidney in pediatric patients should initiate a thorough urologic evaluation, including intravenous urography and real-time sonograph...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Sumner TE,Volberg FM,Munitz A,Harrison LH,Mashburn AM

更新日期：1985-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The clinical presentations of liver abscess, hepatoma, and metastatic tumor to the liver may be quite similar, and procedures such as computerized tomography, radionuclide scanning, and ultrasonography of the liver cannot make a specific diagnosis. Therefore, we compared the clinical presentations of 38 patients seen ...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Klotz SA,Penn RL

更新日期：1987-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of food on the absorption characteristics of procainamide was assessed after oral administration of the drug to eight male patients in the fasting and postprandial states. Serum concentration-time curves showed no significant difference in peak serum levels of procainamide, in the time the peak value was re...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： McKnight WD,Murphy ML

更新日期：1976-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The role of antibiotics in large bowel surgery was established by experimental studies indicating that antibiotics could protect a colonic anastomosis subjected to unusual stress. A number of different agents were studied to patients to determine which ones significantly altered the bacterial flora of the colon. Clini...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Cohn I Jr

更新日期：1982-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper reports results of a project designed to examine factors related to compliance with referral for follow-up and treatment of cervical dysplasia. Women studied had cervical dysplasia diagnosed by Pap smear between May 1989 and April 1990. These women had regular follow-up at the gynecology clinic of the Reyno...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Laedtke TW,Dignan M

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The rapid increase in the use of helicopters for hospital transport during the 1980s is the culmination of several hundred years of military medical innovation. Mass battefield casualties spurred both technologic and medical changes necessary for today's sophisticated helicopter systems in use worldwide, particularly ...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Meier DR,Samper ER

更新日期：1989-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The development of hyperthyroidism after primary hypothyroidism is unusual. We report such a case in a 37-year old man and review the clinical and immunologic aspects of the previously published cases of 50 female and 19 male patients with a similar condition. ...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Al-Sharafi BA,Khardori R

更新日期：2000-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ovarian vein thrombophlebitis is often misdiagnosed because of vague symptoms leading to unnecessary surgery, morbidity, and mortality. CT findings in such a case are very useful in making a definite diagnosis of ovarian vein thrombophlebitis. We consider CT the preferred method for evaluating pain in the right lower ...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Reddy SC,Reddy SC

更新日期：1989-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case of multifocal systemic sporotrichosis presenting with lobar pneumonia caused by Sporothrix schenkii is described. While five cases of pulmonary involvement in multifocal sporotrichosis have been previously reported, all had nodular or cavitary apical lesions. Similarly, unifocal pulmonary sporotrichosis usually...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Arango C,Davila E,Greenman R

更新日期：1981-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Brown recluse spider bites are usually self-limited skin lesions that infrequently progress to bullae, ulceration, and scarring. We treated a patient with a documented brown recluse bite who had recurring lesions resembling pyoderma gangrenosum (PG) that persisted for months. Three other patients referred to Vanderbil...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Rees RS,Fields JP,King LE Jr

更新日期：1985-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We reviewed 76 cases of the empty sella syndrome. Headache was the chief complaint in 47 cases (62%), and 45 patients (60%) presented with signs and symptoms related to increased intracranial pressure and/or pituitary dysfunction. The CSF pressure was elevated in 35 of the 62 patients who had lumbar puncture, suggesti...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Jaffer KA,Obbens EA,El Gammal TA

更新日期：1979-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The correct diagnosis of benign hyperthyroxinemia in this patient and his family members will spare them the unnecessary testing and treatment for thyrotoxicosis that has befallen some such patients. Results of the usual blood tests for assessment of thyroid function, such as T4, T3, and thyrotropin determinations, we...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Tucker WS Jr

更新日期：1989-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hypersplenism is a known complication of portal hypertension secondary to cirrhosis of the liver. Although thrombocytopenia secondary to hypersplenism does not cause clinically significant hemostatic defect, it may need to be addressed in selective circumstances, such as preoperative preparation for a surgery. This re...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Pinto AG,Namyslowski J,Pandya P

更新日期：2005-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An instance of thyroglossal duct cyst in a 68-year-old man was reported. The clinical diagnosis of a thyroglossal duct cyst is suggested by the presence of a cystic mass situated anteriorly in the midline of the neck regardless of the patient's age. A review of the literature revealed that the incidence markedly decre...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Murphy JP,Budd DC

更新日期：1977-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Although we know much about work-related physician burnout and the subsequent negative effects, we do not fully understand work-related physician wellness. Likewise, the relation of wellness and burnout to physician happiness is unclear. The purpose of this study was to examine how physician burnout and well...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Eckleberry-Hunt J,Kirkpatrick H,Taku K,Hunt R,Vasappa R

更新日期：2016-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The ability of Clonorchis sinensis to cause severe hepatobiliary disease is illustrated by the case we have reported, in which biliary obstruction and hepatic fibrosis resulted from the pathologic process associated with chronic clonorchiasis. Immunodiagnostic tests are currently limited, and diagnosis, as illustrated...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Lin AC,Chapman SW,Turner HR,Wofford JD Jr

更新日期：1987-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cantharidin in either a 0.9% or 0.7% solution is a safe and effective office treatment for molluscum contagiosum. It simplifies the treatment, especially of children, by being a quick, simple, and painless procedure, but it should be applied only by the physician. ...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Funt TR,Mehr KA

更新日期：1979-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Results in three series of spinal fusions with Harrington instrumentation for scoliosis were compared. Patient ages ranged from 9 to 22 years, and follow-up from 12 to 105 months. Cylindrical inlay facet grafting was done in all cases. Supplemental heterologous bone was used in the first series of 51 cases, autologous...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Nelson PW

更新日期：1977-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fixation of femur fractures in children and adolescents is becoming widely accepted because of the lower chance of iatrogenic infection and prohibitive cost of in-hospital traction and spica cast care. Interlocking nails, which have dramatically improved adult femur fracture care, have posed problems, such as injury t...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： McGraw JJ,Gregory SK

更新日期：1997-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:[This corrects the article on p. 232 in vol. 113.]. ...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Available N

更新日期：2020-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We reviewed the operative complications in 333 living related donor nephrectomies done at our institution over the past 12 years. The overall complication rate was 17.1%; only three patients (0.9%) had major complications, and none died. The major complications were a delayed splenectomy because of bleeding, an adrena...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Ottelin MC,Bueschen AJ,Lloyd LK,Joseph DB,Diethelm AG,Burns JR

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Castleman disease (CD) is a rare lymphoproliferative disorder that occurs in adults and rarely in the pediatric population. The disease is characterized by slowly enlarging masses that can form anywhere within the lymphatic system. It is an uncommon cause of a neck mass in both children and adults that presents insidi...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Shams AA,Ahmed MM,Scalzitti NJ,Howell DL,Hall JM,Ritter JL,Maturo SC

更新日期：2016-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have described a patient who had lung carcinoma, syndrome of inappropriate antidiuretic hormone, and central pontine myelinolysis (CPM). Although this association is well-known, it appears to be the first report having radiographic documentation of both the intracranial and intrathoracic abnormalities. When searchi...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Hardjasudarma M,Husain F,Fowler M,Eisenberg RL,Mirfakhraee M

更新日期：1992-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:This study was done to determine the safety, efficacy, dosing requirements, and spontaneous recovery profiles of prolonged infusions of rocuronium bromide in the critically ill. METHODS:This multicenter, prospective, nonrandomized, open label trial enrolled 32 patients at two university-based medical center...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Circeo LE,Reeves ST

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have presented an unusually swift progression of progressive systemic sclerosis (PSS), with death from cardiogenic shock in a 22-year-old woman who had severe hypertension and acute renal insufficiency. She arrived at our hospital with pericardial tamponade and shock. Despite initial improvement after pericardiocen...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Lawrence ME,Robinson JC,Terry EE

更新日期：1992-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We studied the effects of intraosseous (IO) infusion of a standard fluid bolus and resuscitative drugs on long-term bone growth and epiphyseal closure in the "pediatric" swine model. Eighteen weanling pigs were randomly assigned to six groups as follows: three animals received two normal saline boluses, 20 mL/kg IO ov...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Woodall BN,Pender ES,Pollack CV Jr,Miller H,Tubbs RC,Andrew ME

更新日期：1992-08-01 00:00:00