Gradenigo's syndrome.

abstract：:Oral administration of 1 g of acetazolamide to 8 normal subjects studied at sea level and in normoxia caused an acute increase in cerebral blood flow (CBF). During the subsequent prolonged oral treatment with 1 g of acetazolamide daily, CBF returned to normal within 2 days. The alveolar CO2 tension decreased gradually...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Lassen NA,Friberg L,Kastrup J,Rizzi D,Jensen JJ

更新日期：1987-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:By comparison with other calcium antagonist drugs, amlodipine has unique pharmacokinetic properties that are probably attributable to its chemical structure and positive ionic charge at physiological pH. Thus, amlodipine undergoes gradual absorption from the gastro-intestinal tract and is widely distributed throughout...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Elliott HL,Meredith PA

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Although risk assessment is an integral part of management, there are currently no risk calculators of long-term mortality after acute coronary syndrome (ACS). The aim was to provide risk equations for 10-year and 20-year mortality following ACS. METHODS:Patients hospitalised with ACS from December 1990 to ...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Magri CJ,Debono R,Calleja N,Galea J,Fava S

更新日期：2017-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two female patients who suffered from drug-induced thrombocytopenic purpura and subendocardial myocardial infarction are presented. One of them died from cerebral haemorrhage and diffuse subendocardial punctate haemorrhages were found at post-mortem. The abnormal haemostasis which is associated with thrombocytopenia m...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Fireman Z,Yust I,Zahavi J,Kahn Y,Abramov LA

更新日期：1979-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This is a case report of a 67 year old man who presented with a fluctuating level of consciousness and myoclonic jerks caused in part by hypercalcaemia. The diagnosis of cerebral neoplastic angioendotheleosis was only made later on brain biopsy and is the first report of the occurrence of hypercalcaemia in neoplastic ...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Wierzbicki AS,Gibbs JM,Lidov HG,Lolin Y,Thomas PK

更新日期：1991-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The survival of whites who have been treated for pernicious anaemia (PA) is unaffected, apart from incurring a greater risk of gastric cancers. The long term outcome of PA in Chinese is unknown. METHODS:A hospital based prospective longitudinal study of Chinese PA patients was conducted. Patients with known...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Chan JC,Liu HS,Kho BC,Lau TK,Li VL,Chan FH,Leong IS,Pang HK,Lee CK,Liang YS

更新日期：2008-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The British Thoracic Society (BTS) guidelines have not been examined collectively for their impact on chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Whether intensive outpatient follow up of COPD patients after acute admission, using these guidelines, improved quality of life compared to the "usual practice" ...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Dheda K,Crawford A,Hagan G,Roberts CM

更新日期：2004-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hospital referral is indicated as an emergency for breast infections not settling with oral antibiotics. Referrals to a breast clinic over a period of 6 months were assessed for prior antibiotic prescription. A total of 1078 patients were seen during this period. 91 (8%) patients had been prescribed antibiotics, 71% o...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Twine C,Gateley CA

更新日期：2006-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Toxicity to digoxin was monitored in 437 consecutive recipients in a comprehensive drug surveillance programme, Adverse reactions developed in 19.5% and, in contrast to previous reports, were generally of a relatively benign nature. There were no drug-related deaths, but patients with adverse reactions spent longer in...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Henry DA,Lowe JM,Lawson DA,Whiting B

更新日期：1981-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a cross-over study, 10 healthy adult volunteers received 1 g cefaclor and 1 g cephalexin orally 1 hour after a standard breakfast. Serum levels of cefaclor rose somewhat faster and were higher than those of cephalexin in the first 60 minutes. At the end of the second hour the serum concentration of cephalexin was 5...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Simon C,Gatzemeier U

更新日期：1979-01-01 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：:Ischaemic heart disease (IHD) related mortality has been on the decline, although its prevalence has been on the rise since the late 1970s. One of the contributing factors to this decline has been improved diagnosis and therapeutic management. Every clinician seeks to answer four key questions while evaluating patient...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Raj V,Agrawal SK

更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A series of 8 adult patients with stable bronchial asthma and an established diagnois of essential hypertension (WHO I and II) was studied in a randomized double-blind cross-over study to assess the effect of captopril (50-100 mg/day) and verapamil (160-240 mg/day) on blood pressure, lung function and asthmatic sympto...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Riska H,Stenius-Aaniala B,Sovijärvi AR

更新日期：1986-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 32 year old man with alcohol-induced pain over a right submandibular swelling is described. Excision biopsy of this swelling revealed chronic sialadenitis and the symptoms promptly ceased following this excision. We speculate on the possible pathophysiological mechanism. ...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Okany CC,Akinsete I,Akinyanju OO

更新日期：1990-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Colonoscopies performed in patients aged 80 years or older at the Sheba Medical Center were analysed according to the primary indication for the procedure: 101 colonoscopies were performed because of rectal bleeding of at least 2 months duration, and 335 for all other indications. Carcinoma of the large bowel was foun...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Bat L,Pines A,Shemesh E,Levo Y,Zeeli D,Scapa E,Rosenblum Y

更新日期：1992-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acute loss of vision and alcoholic intoxication suggests the possibility of methanol poisoning. In this report we describe an alcoholic patient who complained of blindness after recovering from alcoholic pancreatitis and delirium tremens. Visual acuity was severely impaired and fundoscopy revealed florid bilateral cot...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Steel JR,Cockcroft JR,Ritter JM

更新日期：1993-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Various tumours, in particular lymphomas, have been reported in association with azathioprine treatment, both after renal transplantation and in other conditions. A case is reported here of acute myeloid leukaemia associated with azathioprine therapy for rheumatoid arthritis, and this is now the third case reported in...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Gilmore IT,Holden G,Rodan KS

更新日期：1977-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The anticoagulant agents heparin and warfarin were introduced before the era of randomised clinical trials. As a result, the indications, dosages and monitoring techniques of these drugs have undergone re-evaluation in multiple clinical trials in the past years. Low molecular weight heparin has been developed, which h...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Toh CH

更新日期：1997-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) anomaly is one of the macroenzymes. Macroenzymes are enzymes in serum that have formed high molecular mass complexes, either by self polymerisation or by association with other serum components. The aim of this study was to identify the properties of LDH anomaly and observe the cha...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Liu ZJ,Zhang Y,Zhang XB,Yang X

更新日期：2004-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Warfarin, a vitamin K antagonist, is the most widely used oral anticoagulant in the world. It is cheap and effective, but its use is limited in many patients by unpredictable levels of anticoagulation, which increases the risk of thromboembolic or haemorrhagic complications. It also requires regular blood monitoring a...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Saraf K,Morris PD,Garg P,Sheridan P,Storey R

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tienilic acid is a diuretic-uricosuric compound whose natriuretic site of action is in the cortical diluting segment of the distal nephron. Oral doses of 250 mg given to normal human volunteers provided peak blood levels of 10--11 micrograms/ml at 3--4 hours after administration. Approximately 40% of the dose was reco...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Dubb JW,Stote RM,Maass AR,Hwang BV,Familiar RG,Alexander F

更新日期：1979-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Breast cancer is the most common cause of cancer related deaths among women worldwide. The disease in women occurs at a younger age in Iran than in western communities. OBJECTIVE:To determine the practice of breast self examination (BSE) among 25-54-year-old women in Shiraz, southern Iran. METHODS:Using a ...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Simi A,Yadollahie M,Habibzadeh F

更新日期：2009-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report the case of a 58 year old man in whom an unusually prolonged infection with Toxoplasma gondii was the presenting feature of an underlying non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. This case demonstrates the particular usefulness of the IgM ELISA test in monitoring disease activity. ...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Dudley NJ,Balfour AH

更新日期：1988-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Some antifungal agents have been tested qualitatively in various associations against species of Candida, Cryptococcus and Torulopsis. The method used was the channel test and the results are confirmed by comparison with the serial dilution test in agar. The antagonism in vitro with the combination of amphotericin B i...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Dupont B,Drouhet E

更新日期：1979-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report the case of a young man with Fusobacterium necrophorum meningitis who developed bilateral carotid artery stenosis associated with thrombosis of the cavernous sinuses. Intraluminal clot was present in the region of the stenoses for which he was anticoagulated. The clinical presentation, problems with diagnosi...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Jones TH,Bergvall V,Bradshaw JP

更新日期：1990-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Gastric cancer is a cause of significant morbidity and mortality. There are several risk factors, with occupation emerging as one of these. There is considerable evidence that occupations in coal and tin mining, metal processing, particularly steel and iron, and rubber manufacturing industries lead to an increased ris...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Raj A,Mayberry JF,Podas T

更新日期：2003-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF THE STUDY:Genome-wide association studies have revealed an association of ADAMTS7 polymorphisms with the risk of cardiovascular diseases. Nonetheless, the role of ADAMTS7 polymorphisms on myocardial infarction (MI) risk remains poorly understood. Here, we aim to evaluate the effect of ADAMTS7 tag single nucl...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Liang LL,Zhou YL,Cheng J,Xiao YT,Tang ZB,Liu SM,Lian JC,Wang XX,Liu X,Xiong XD

更新日期：2019-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Long intergenic non-coding RNA 01296 (LINC01296) has been reported to play an important role in many human malignancies, but a consistent perspective has not been established now. To explore the prognostic value of LINC01296 in different types of human solid malignant tumours, we performed this meta-analysis.An electr...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Dai C,Dai C,Ni H,Xu Z

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Liver transplantation is a useful treatment for end stage liver disease of all aetiologies but recurrent disease presents an ongoing challenge, particularly for hepatitis C virus (HCV) where recurrence is almost universal. Immunosuppression is needed for all patients after transplantation and should be tailored to the...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Gee I,Alexander G

更新日期：2005-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 75 year old woman was treated for over three years with the somatostatin analogue, octreotide for an insulinoma. She had presented in a hypoglycaemic coma. C-peptide and insulin concentrations were both raised and an area of increased vascularity within the pancreas was shown by angiography. No lesion was found at l...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Craig CE,Gallen IW

更新日期：2002-10-01 00:00:00