Verrucous carcinoma of the female breast.

abstract：:We report a case of severe chronic iron deficiency anaemia secondary to blood loss from gastric angiodysplasia. The clinical features, diagnosis and management of this uncommon condition are discussed. ...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Tung KT,Millar AB

更新日期：1987-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Royal Hospital for Incurables (RHI), now known as the Royal Hospital for Neuro-Disability and situated on West Hill, Putney, was founded by Andrew Reed DD exactly 150 years ago. The RHI was thus the pioneer in modern times of long stay institutions for the sick and dying. It became one of the great Victorian chari...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Cook GC

更新日期：2004-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Clinical, endocrinological and computed tomographic features of three patients with unusual manifestations or complications of craniofacial involvement of fibrous dysplasia are presented. One patient with polyostotic fibrous dysplasia presented in late pregnancy with acute onset of bilateral optic nerve compression an...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Daly BD,Chow CC,Cockram CS

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two patients with a rise in cardiac troponin T (cTnT) concentrations during the course of lobar pneumonia, without any evidence of acute coronary syndrome or renal failure, are presented. The increase in cTnT concentration is considered a highly sensitive marker of cardiac injury, although it may also rise in other co...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Weinberg I,Cukierman T,Chajek-Shaul T

更新日期：2002-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper reviews briefly the place of ipratropium bromide in the treatment of airways obstruction. Oxitropium bromide, a new quaternary ammonium compound derived from scopolamine was shown to be as effective a bronchodilator in a dose of 200 micrograms by inhalation as ipratropium bromide 80 micrograms in 20 patient...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Anderson G

更新日期：1983-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Following the National Chemotherapy Advisory Group report, calling for better management of patients with cancer admitted acutely to hospital, Clatterbridge Cancer Centre, with Merseyside and Cheshire Cancer Network, implemented an acute oncology service (AOS) for the region's seven acute trusts. STUDY DESI...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Neville-Webbe HL,Wong H,Marshall E

更新日期：2016-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case of Peutz-Jeghers syndrome with polyps in the gall bladder is presented. No previous description of this finding has been reported. The literature regarding known sites of polyposis in this condition is reviewed. ...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Foster DR,Foster DB

更新日期：1980-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The gross and microscopic features of an unusual case of neurocutaneous melanosis are described. This is an example of the rare association between a primary central nervous system malignant melanoma and a giant congenital melanocytic naevus of 'bathing trunk' distribution. ...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Salisbury JR,Rose PE

更新日期：1989-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Exercise is known to have a vast array of health benefits. It may however confer delirious effects on most body systems, with the cardiovascular system taking particular prominence. Athletes in particular are known to be at a higher risk for sudden cardiac death as a result of several cardiac adaptations which take pl...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Abela M,Sammut L

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of graded exercise on the secretion of cortisol, testosterone, prolactin, growth hormone, thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH), luteinizing hormone and follicle stimulating hormone (FSH) is reported. While cortisol, prolactin, growth hormone and testosterone rise during the period of exercise, a rise in lutein...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Gawel MJ,Park DM,Alaghband-Zadeh J,Rose FC

更新日期：1979-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Antiphospholipid syndrome is a disorder of recurrent vascular thrombosis, pregnancy loss and thrombocytopenia associated with persistently elevated levels of antiphospholipid antibodies. It was first described in a group of patients with systemic lupus erythematosus but has since been associated with a wide range of c...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Samadian S,Estcourt L

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:New-onset seizures are frequent manifestations of central nervous system disorders in patients infected with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). Seizures are more common in advanced stages of the disease, although they may occur early in the course of illness. In the majority of patients, seizures are of the generalis...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Garg RK

更新日期：1999-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case of left-sided subphrenic abscess, secondary to perforation of a carcinoma of stomach, is described. The patient presented with a palpable spleen which was shown to be normal in size but displaced by the subphrenic collection. The importance of correct interpretation of this physical sign is discussed. ...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Snape J,Baker AR,Rees Y

更新日期：1986-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Twenty-four hour intragastric acidity was measured in nine volunteer subjects in a single-blind placebo-controlled cross-over study comparing the effects of famotidine with ranitidine. The volunteer subjects received famotidine (40 mg at night), famotidine (20 mg at night), ranitidine (300 mg at night) or placebo in a...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Santana IA,Lanzon-Miller S,Pounder RE

更新日期：1986-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) has emerged worldwide as a significant and difficult-to-treat source of nosocomial infection, emphasizing the ever-present need for reliable and effective antisepsis. Betadine Solution (10% povidone-iodine; PVP-I) and Betadine Cream (5% povidone-iodine) are broad-spec...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Goldenheim PD

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Appropriate assessment of community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) allows accurate severity scoring and hence optimal management, leading to reduced morbidity and mortality. British Thoracic Society (BTS) guidelines provide an appropriate score. Adherence to BTS guidelines was assessed in our medical assessment un...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Collini P,Beadsworth M,Anson J,Neal T,Burnham P,Deegan P,Beeching N,Miller A

更新日期：2007-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Medical students' choice of their future specialty is influenced by several factors, including working conditions and type of patient relations. The aim of this study was to investigate the association between the choice of specialty and personality traits. METHODS:This is a cross-sectional questionnaire-ba...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Bexelius TS,Olsson C,Järnbert-Pettersson H,Parmskog M,Ponzer S,Dahlin M

更新日期：2016-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The frequency and characteristics of chest pain and non-respiratory symptoms were investigated in patients admitted with acute asthma. One hundred patients with a mean admission peak flow rate of 38% normal or predicted were interviewed using a questionnaire. Chest pain occurred in 76% and was characteristically a dul...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Edmondstone WM

更新日期：2000-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although recognized since the 1930s, slow infections have only recently received considerable attention. There are three types, group A (related to the type C RNA viruses), group B (bizarre agents such as scrapie and kuru) and group C (viruses such as measles which normally produce acute infections but which are behav...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Sutton RN

更新日期：1979-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A patient with Laurence-Moon-Biedl syndrome and nephrotic range proteinuria is presented. Radiological investigation of the urinary tract revealed clubbed calyces but no evidence of obstruction or vesicoureteric reflux. Renal biopsy revealed occasional sclerotic glomeruli, extensive foot-process fusion and segmental g...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Cheng IK,Chan KW,Chan MK,Kung A,Ma J,Wang C

更新日期：1988-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The majority of second-generation calcium antagonists are dihydropyridines, some of which show vascular selectivity. Several new dihydropyridines have been developed with comparable pharmacodynamic properties to existing calcium antagonists in this class and greatly improved kinetic half-lives. Of these agents, amlodi...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Opie LH

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During the previous 34 months, 3 hypertensive patients on long-term thiazide therapy were admitted to the medical department, Mubarak Hospital, Kuwait, with atrial fibrillation (AF) and hypokalaemia. They received potassium chloride by intravenous infusion, followed by oral therapy with reversion to sinus rhythm. Ther...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Emara MK,Saadet AM

更新日期：1986-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF THE STUDY:This study aims to describe all unsolicited electronic invitations received from potential predatory publishers or fraudulent conferences over a 12-month period following the first publication as a corresponding author of a junior academician. STUDY DESIGN:Unsolicited invitations received at an in...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Mercier E,Tardif PA,Moore L,Le Sage N,Cameron PA

更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This is a study of the use of myocutaneous flaps by general surgeons in a district general hospital over a 5 year period, and shows that such work can be satisfactorily performed by general surgeons. ...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Allan SM,Williams CR,Heddle RM,Jackson DB,Collins RE

更新日期：1989-10-01 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：:A 19-year-old girl developed generalised anhidrosis following typhoid fever. Elaborate investigations disclosed nothing abnormal. A skin biopsy revealed the presence of atrophic as well as normal eccrine glands. This appears to be the third case of its kind in the English literature. It is postulated that typhoid feve...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Raveenthiran V

更新日期：1995-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report what we believe is the first recorded case of Mondor's disease associated with metastatic lung cancer presenting in the breast. An association between Mondor's disease and primary breast cancer has been described previously. In patients with Mondor's disease and primary breast cancer has been described previ...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Courtney SP,Polacarz S,Raftery AT

更新日期：1989-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The mechanisms, clinical features and management of the various forms of urticaria are discussed. The importance of histamine receptors, complement and the kinin cascade are reviewed. ...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Taaffe A

更新日期：1977-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lymphocyte adenosine deaminase (L-ADA) activity, a measure of lymphocyte activity, was estimated in 10 healthy controls and 30 patients with typhoid fever (20 uncomplicated and 10 complicated) at the time of admission, at onset of complications and weekly until recovery. Mean L-ADA activity in healthy controls was 20....

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Khosla SN,Kumar D,Singh V

更新日期：1992-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mild and self-limiting fever following bleomycin use is common, and a fatal hyperpyrexial response occurs rarely. In previously reported cases, such hyperpyrexia occurred either after the initial administration of the drug or during subsequent therapy following an initial pyrexial response. We describe a fatal hyperpy...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Leung WH,Lau JY,Chan TK,Kumana CR

更新日期：1989-06-01 00:00:00