Impact of two ambulatory care training programs on smoking-cessation activities.

abstract：BACKGROUND:Our objective was to improve breastfeeding initiation rates at an urban medical center. METHODS:A breastfeeding educational program for health care providers was developed and implemented in 1995. The outcome variable of interest was the change in breastfeeding initiation rate during 2 periods, 1993-1994 an...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Wagner CL,Hulsey TC,Southgate WM,Annibale DJ

更新日期：2002-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have presented a case of extensive coiling of both common carotid arteries in which surgical reconstruction on the most severely affected side relieved symptoms of cerebrovascular insufficiency. The underlying lesion is believed to be congenital, and surgical correction is recommended in symptomatic patients. ...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Daskalakis MK

更新日期：1987-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pseudoepitheliomatous hyperplasia (PEH) arises in areas of chronic inflammation and can be mistaken for squamous cell carcinoma, leading to unnecessary removal of more tissue. We present a study of 21 patients having delayed reconstruction of defects left by Mohs micrographic surgery (MMS) to remove facial skin cancer...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Calhoun KH,Wagner RF Jr,Kumar D,Hokanson JA

更新日期：1995-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Skin and soft tissue necrosis is an uncommon but increasingly recognized complication of coumarin anticoagulant therapy. A patient is described with extensive involvement of all four extremities and the nose, requiring amputation of three extremities. The characteristic clinical features of the disorder are reviewed, ...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Scandling J,Walker BK

更新日期：1980-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Smokeless tobacco (ST) use is associated with significant health risks and is increasing in prevalence in the United States. This study examined the prevalence of ST use among patients seen in two family practice centers and the documentation of that ST use in the medical record. METHODS:A survey of 209 pat...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Feierabend RH Jr

更新日期：1997-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The diagnosis of sarcoidosis is best established when there is evidence of granulomatous involvement in two or more organs. Three patients with unusual cutaneous manifestations of sarcoidosis, including palmar and follicular lesions, nonscarring alopecia, and widespread plaque or erythrodermic sarcoidosis, are reporte...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Greer KE,Harman LE Jr,Kayne AL

更新日期：1977-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The risk of suicidal behavior associated with antidepressant treatment is an issue of debate and concern. The US FDA has required that antidepressants carry a black box warning that there may be a risk of suicidal ideations in depressed pediatric patients treated with these medications, and recently extended the warni...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Reeves RR,Ladner ME

更新日期：2009-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Innovar, administered intramuscularly 45 minutes preoperatively, provides excellent operative sedation, analgesia, and patient cooperation. Postoperative complications are minimized, and the quantity of postoperative analgesics and antiemetics is drastically reduced when Innovar is used as a preoperative medication. ...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Sloan JB

更新日期：1975-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We evaluated 100 primary care outpatients for signs of cognitive impairment using the Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE). The 23 subjects scoring abnormal values (less than 24/30) were found to be cognitively impaired. Seventeen had previously undetected cognitive impairment, while six had prior diagnoses consistent...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Goldschmidt TJ,Mallin R,Still CN

更新日期：1983-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have described a patient in whom complete regression of pulmonary metastases from renal cell carcinoma (RCC) followed treatment with medroxy-progesterone acetate (Depo-Provera). Although the reported rate of objective response to progesterone therapy in RCC is only 10% to 15%, the occasionally dramatic results, esp...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Rao MK,Soloway MS

更新日期：1980-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 42-year-old man had nausea, vomiting, periumbilical pain, tenesmus, and diarrhea shortly after eating seafood. Stool microscopy showed "beaver bodies," or Psorospermium haeckelii, a nonpathogenic algal organism often confused with enteric pathogens and commonly found in the excrement of persons consuming crayfish. ...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Bouckenooghe AR,Marino BJ

更新日期：2001-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Amniotic fluid embolism is an almost universally fatal complication of pregnancy. We have presented a case and reviewed the literature concerning this rare but catastrophic problem. ...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Hardin L,Fox LS,O'Quinn AG

更新日期：1991-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chronic metformin use results in vitamin B12 deficiency in 30% of patients. Exhaustion of vitamin B12 stores usually occurs after twelve to fifteen years of absolute vitamin B12 deficiency. Metformin has been available in the United States for approximately fifteen years. Vitamin B12 deficiency, which may present with...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Bell DS

更新日期：2010-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Eighty-five overriding tibial shaft fractures (46 open, 39 closed) were treated at Ochsner Foundation Hospital between 1960 and 1972. Nine different treatment methods were employed by seven orthopedic surgeons. The best results were obtained in the nine patients treated by open reduction and either compression plating...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Dunn AW

更新日期：1976-01-01 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：:We observed a 30-year-old woman in whom a large mass in the right lower quadrant and bilaterally enlarged cystic kidneys with markedly distorted collecting systems by excretory urography suggested a diagnosis of polycystic renal disease (PRD); but the linear and cystic dilatation of collecting tubules, many of which c...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Reed JR,Rutsky EA,Witten DM

更新日期：1984-07-01 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：: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：:Autoimmune neutropenia (AIN) is defined as a neutrophil count <1.5 × 109/L caused by increased peripheral destruction of neutrophils from an underlying autoimmune mechanism in which autoantibodies are directed against a patient's own neutrophils. AIN has a multifactorial etiology ranging from an idiopathic primary phe...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Afzal W,Owlia MB,Hasni S,Newman KA

更新日期：2017-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The diagnosis of intestinal obstruction is readily made when a patient presents with typical history and signs, and when plain films of the abdomen display characteristic findings. Some patients, however, constitute diagnostic problems because abdominal roentgenograms are still equivocal, even after repetition in four...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Han SY,Laws HL,Aldrete JS

更新日期：1979-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We retrospectively analyzed experience with total gastrectomy (TG) for gastric carcinoma in 23 patients. The TNM stage was I in one patient, II in one patient, III in eight patients, and IV in 13. Linitis plastica was found in ten patients. The operation was considered curative in only eight patients (35%). There were...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Brando CR,Halpern NB,Aldrete JS

更新日期：1989-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:In this study, we determined patients' attitudes toward discussing firearms and issues of firearms safety with emergency department physicians. We assessed whether patients feel discriminated against should physicians discuss firearms safety, and whether they believed that physician counseling may change how...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Boge LA,Dos Santos C,Burkholder JD,Koschel BR,Cubeddu LX,Farcy DA

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To explore breast cancer beliefs among a cohort of low-income, urban, English-speaking women in Miami, Florida, who had undergone screening mammography. METHODS:Four focus groups of 34 women were conducted. Discussions were transcribed verbatim and transcripts were analyzed separately by two investigators u...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Marcus EN,Drummond DK,Dietz N,Kenya S

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The management of acute pain is an aspect of hospital-based practice that has been neglected. Control of pain is important for ethical reasons, for compliance with new guidelines and standards, and for optimizing patient satisfaction and outcomes. METHODS:Be review the rationale for establishing priority to...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Blau WS,Dalton JA,Lindley C

更新日期：1999-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Patients awaiting heart transplantation can be listed for prolonged periods of time and, as a result, the prevalence of anxiety and depression is high. Our study evaluates the feasibility of canine-assisted therapy (CAT) in this population. METHODS:A prospective, multicenter study was performed on all statu...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Snipelisky D,Smidt J,Gallup S,Myrick J,Bauer B,Burton MC

更新日期：2019-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A review of 228 cholecystectomies done over a two-year period revealed 15 cases (6.6%) in which gallstones were absent. These 15 patients were all characterized by colicky abdominal pain in the right upper quadrant, with a mean duration of eight months. Ultrasonographic examination was falsely positive for gallstones ...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Frykberg ER,Duong TC,LaRosa JJ,Etienne HB

更新日期：1988-11-01 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：:We reviewed the charts of 106 patients treated with carbamazepine. Age, sex, race, seizure type, seizure focus, age at onset, duration of epileptic illness, reasons for discontinuing treatment, other medications, and response to treatment of seizures, psychiatric symptoms, and behavioral symptoms were recorded. Statis...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Burns RL,Jenkins PL,Vallini AD

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case of brain stem infarction after chiropractic manipulation of the cervical spine is presented. Proposed mechanisms and sites of possible arterial injury are discussed. A diagnosis of vertebral artery occlusion was made using conventional brachial angiography. Digital intravenous angiography, a relatively new and ...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Braun IF,Pinto RS,De Filipp GJ,Lieberman A,Pasternack P,Zimmerman RD

更新日期：1983-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The objective of this population-based study was to examine the relationship between race, socioeconomic characteristics (socioeconomic status, SES), physician density, and colon cancer incidence in Alabama. METHODS:Data for 5,788 colon cancer cases from 1996 to 1999 provided by the Alabama Statewide Cancer...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Shipp MP,Desmond R,Accortt N,Wilson RJ,Fouad M,Eloubeidi MA

更新日期：2005-11-01 00:00:00