Hypercalcemia and T-cell lymphoma with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome: occurrence without human T-cell leukemia virus-I.

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Airway failures are the second leading cause of potentially preventable death on the battlefield. Improvements in airway management depend on identifying current challenges. We sought to build on previously reported data on prehospital, combat airway management. METHODS:We used a series of emergency departm...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Schauer SG,Naylor JF,Maddry JK,Beaumont DM,Cunningham CW,Blackburn MB,April MD

更新日期：2018-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patient survival depends on a number of factors, including early diagnosis and initiation of treatment. Standard treatment options for patients with NSCLC include surgery, radiation therapy, and chemotherapy. The objective of this study was to evaluate the impact that the i...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Bullard JT,Eberth JM,Arrington AK,Adams SA,Cheng X,Salloum RG

更新日期：2017-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Penetrating neck trauma may be managed operatively or nonoperatively, depending on precise anatomic location. Conservative management of zone II injuries is currently an issue under debate. We present a brief case report followed by a description of the current strategies for operative exploration and diagnostic maneu...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Siegrist B,Steeb G

更新日期：2000-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We studied the efficacy of infrainguinal bypass for limb salvage in patients with end-stage renal disease. The patency of 42 femoropopliteal and femorodistal bypasses, performed for limb salvage in 37 patients with end-stage renal disease, was assessed with Doppler ultrasonography and dye tests. Patency rates and limb...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Wassermann RJ,Saroyan RM,Rice JC,Kerstein MD

更新日期：1991-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The gene for sickle cell disease is carried by 8% of the African-American population in the United States. The primary care physician is often called upon to recognize and treat one of the major sequelae of sickle cell disease--vaso-occlusive pain crisis. An injectable nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug has recently ...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Sanders DY,Severance HW,Pollack CV Jr

更新日期：1992-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Range-gated pulsed Doppler echocardiography has been reported to be a useful noninvasive bedside technic for detecting ductal left-to-right shunting in premature infants. We studied 30 premature infants with a birth weight of less than 1,500 gm, using a 5 MHz system developed by Advanced Technology Laboratories. An um...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Rees A,Elbl F,Solinger R,Gattinella J,Lambert L,Cook L

更新日期：1981-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sections from 879 consecutive breast biopsies performed for clinically and grossly benign disease between 1962 and 1966 were reviewed. Twenty-four cases of undiagnosed lobular carcinoma in situ or atypical lobular hyperplasia and six cases of intraductal papillary carcinoma were found. Only one patient later developed...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Harvey DG,Fechner RE

更新日期：1978-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two cases of recurrent psychotic depression are reported in which ECT (electroconvulsive therapy) was administered with good results for previous episodes of depression, but treatment of the current episode with combined drug therapy (antidepressant and antipsychotic drugs) in one case and antidepressant chemotherapy ...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Solomon JG

更新日期：1978-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Early gradual ambulation is currently recommended for patients with acute low back pain if results of neurologic examination are normal. Bed rest for up to 2 days is considered optimal. To assess management practices, we retrospectively reviewed the medical records of individuals with acute back pain treated at three ...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Frazier LM,Carey TS,Lyles MF,McGaghie WC

更新日期：1991-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Axillary and palmar hyperhidrosis are featured prominently in the literature, but no previous studies have detailed a treatment regimen for specific excessive localized sweating of the face and scalp. In this report, a patient was treated for this condition with a combination of clonidine hydrochloride (0.3 mg to 0.4 ...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Torch EM

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Doyle's medical writings represent a valuable contribution to both the scientific and nonscientific aspects of medicine of the late 19th Century. Up to the present, accounts of these writings have been few, and none of them have been evaluative of their scientific merit. Analysis of Doyle's writings on infectious dise...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Rodin AE,Key JD

更新日期：1982-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We retrospectively studied 125 patients treated for carcinoma in situ of the vulva from 1961 through 1984, with follow-up ranging from one to 24 years. Patients' ages ranged from 24 to 90 years, with a mean age of 53 years. Multifocal disease was more common in women under age 40. Pruritus was the most common complain...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Fiorica JV,Cavanagh D,Marsden DE,Shepherd JH,Ruffolo EH,Songster CL

更新日期：1988-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The term "top of the basilar" has been used in reference to a group of signs and symptoms of midbrain, diencephalic, and posteroinferior hemispheric dysfunction. It has been attributed to ischemia in the territory of second- and third-order vessels that arise from the uppermost portion of the basilar artery. We report...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Gomez CR,Hogan PA,Cruz-Rodriguez RF,Jumao-As AP

更新日期：1988-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have reported a case of suppurative pylephlebitis in an elderly, debilitated patient. The infection was caused by toothpick perforation of and migration from the gastrointestinal tract. The patient had risk factors for foreign body ingestion, including poor dentition, aphasia caused by a previous cerebrovascular ac...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Peters TG,Locke JR,Weight GR

更新日期：1988-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The diagnosis of granular acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) can be problematic as the cytoplasmic granules found in many blast cells may mimic those seen in acute myelogenous leukemia (AML). This rare variant of B-cell ALL is more commonly diagnosed in children, but may occur in adults. We report a case of granular B...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Fulcher JW,Allred TJ,Kulharya A,Satya-Prakash KL,Seigler M,Neibarger D,Mazzella FM

更新日期：2006-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two cases of postoperative death due to unsuspected pheochromocytoma are presented. Both patients exhibited signs and symptoms preoperatively which might have been attributable to a pheochromocytoma. These reports serve as a reminder of the potentially fatal consequences of inadequate evaluation of hypertensive patien...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Cross DA,Meyer JS

更新日期：1977-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A cross-sectional survey of a total semirural biracial population of children was conducted to determine the prevalence and types of cardiac disease. Of 4,074 children examined, 146 were thought to have significant cardiac murmurs. One hundred thirteen of these participated in a follow-up study in which they received ...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Akman D,Berenson GS,Blonde CV,Webber LS,Stopa AR

更新日期：1982-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have described a case in which the diagnosis of multiple sclerosis with findings of progressive paraplegia and a neurogenic bladder led to supravesical urinary diversion. Pyocystis led to creation of a urethrovesicovaginal fistula. Psychotherapy later uncovered hysterical conversion reaction. Which was cured with h...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Frentz GD,Wilcox ME,Epstein AW

更新日期：1981-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We conclude that DIC can occur as a result of sickle cell crisis in the absence of sepsis and we recommend that patients with sickle cell disease, particularly those with hemoglobin SC disease, presenting in crisis should be considered at risk for the development of disseminated intravascular coagulation. With symptom...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Corvelli AI,Binder RA,Kales A

更新日期：1979-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The clinical course and long-term survival of a patient with acute disseminated histiocytosis X and extrahypothalamic CNS involement were presented. The clinical significance of histiocytes appearing in the CSF cocomitant with the onset of this neurologic syndrome was discussed. Detailed cytologic examination of the C...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Ransom JL,Murphy SB

更新日期：1977-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To determine sensitivity and specificity of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and ultrasonography (US) in the detection of breast implant rupture, and also to determine the relative merits of clinical examination and mammography, we studied 81 patients (160 implants). All patients had implants removed, thus allowing co...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Netscher DT,Weizer G,Malone RS,Walker LE,Thornby J,Patten BM

更新日期：1996-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Buried bumper syndrome (BBS) is an uncommon complication of percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) tube placement. This unusual phenomenon occurs when the internal bumper of a PEG tube erodes and migrates through the gastric wall and becomes lodged anywhere between the gastric wall and the skin. If not removed and ...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Khalil Q,Kibria R,Akram S

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Six patients characterized by psychopathic behavior were treated with lesions placed in the center median nucleus of the thalamus. There was marked improvement of the psychopathic behavior in five patients. One patient with unilateral thalamotomy was parqially improved. Four of the six patients have been productive an...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Andy OJ

更新日期：1975-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a case of neutropenia and gram-negative septicemia in a 73-year-old male with ulcerative colitis. During the hospital course, medications were adjusted according to rare accounts of drug-induced neutropenia. While the substitution of propafenone for another antiarrhythmic brought about no change in the patie...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Fowler BT,Gupta T,Bilal M

更新日期：2010-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Despite an effective tetanus vaccine, tetanus continues to claim lives worldwide. The very young and the elderly are at highest risk for the disease. Farmers are at high risk for injury, the leading factor associated with tetanus. METHODS:As part of a larger study of older members of farm households in the ...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Reed DB,Westneat SC

更新日期：2009-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a patient with left ventricular failure complicated by shock and impairment of right ventricular function caused by an infarct, right atrial pacing improved cardiac output. We believe right atrial pacing offers an alternative to plasma volume expansion, afterload reducing agents, and inotropic drugs. ...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Nader DA,Ceretto WJ,Vieweg WV

更新日期：1981-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have described a 38-year-old woman with a lesion of the cervix found on routine physical examination. The lesion proved to be a primary leiomyosarcoma of the cervix. Despite radiation therapy, surgery, and chemotherapy, the tumor recurred and grew relentlessly. She is alive with disease at two years seven months af...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Jawalekar KS,Zacharopoulou M,McCaffrey RM

更新日期：1981-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Haemophilus influenzae endocarditis on a prosthetic valve has previously been reported only once. Routine physical and laboratory evaluation does not distinguish endocarditis from this organism from other causes of endocarditis. Our patient with prosthetic mitral valve endocarditis was successfully treated with antibi...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Blair TP,Baker WP

更新日期：1985-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Interruption of the inferior vena cava by the transvenous placement of a filter or umbrella effectively prevents pulmonary embolism by acting primarily as a physical barrier to emboli. Such a device will be effective only if the site of thrombosis is distal to the planned placement site. We have presented two cases in...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Alberts WM,Tonner JA,Goldman AL

更新日期：1989-06-01 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