abstract：:Low megavoltage electrons, because of their limited penetration, have been found very useful in the treatment of generalized superficial malignancies. However, because of the complexity of the human body contour, it is extremely difficult to achieve uniform dose distribution over the entire body surface. To achieve th...

journal_title：Journal of the National Medical Association

authors： Kumar PP,Patel IS

更新日期：1978-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The following is a review of the literature concerning hidradenitis suppurativa with emphasis on aspects of this disease which suggest that it may be a result of altered host-defense mechanisms.Deep fistula formation, anemia, and the development of carcinoma are complications seen only in disease affecting the periana...

journal_title：Journal of the National Medical Association

authors： Gordon SW

更新日期：1978-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An efficient, reliable, and immediate method of treating full-thickness skin avulsions of fingertips in an Emergency Room is presented. A series of patients are discussed. ...

journal_title：Journal of the National Medical Association

authors： Vecchione TR

更新日期：1978-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The provision of quality out-patient psychiatric care to a predominately black inner-city population, in a University setting such as ours, is a complex and challenging task. This paper addresses service and teaching issues related to the provision of that care in the Adult Unit of the Howard University Hospital Menta...

journal_title：Journal of the National Medical Association

authors： Snipe RM,Bullock SC,Randall LA

更新日期：1978-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Caseous granulomatous lesions, consistent with tuberculosis, were found in the spleen in two of our renal transplant candidates. There was no clinical evidence of tuberculosis in either patient. Only one patient had a positive tuberculin skin test whose chest film showed hilar calcifications suggestive of healed granu...

journal_title：Journal of the National Medical Association

authors： Cummings Y,Cruz I,Kovi J,Callender C,Dillard M,Hosten A

更新日期：1978-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this report is to review personal experience with digital palpation of the nasopharynx, particularly as it relates to an apparently reversible posterior pharyngeal mass commonly found in patients who are heavy smokers. ...

journal_title：Journal of the National Medical Association

authors： Seltzer AP

更新日期：1978-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The rare association of protease inhibitor deficiency (Pi(zz) genotype) in a black American with chronic, obstructive pulmonary disease due to asthmatic bronchitis, rather than basal pan lobular emphysema, is presented. The late onset of symptoms, despite environmental exposures, is also unusual in this homozygote, as...

journal_title：Journal of the National Medical Association

authors： Young RC Jr,Headings VE,Bose S,Hackney RL Jr

更新日期：1978-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although pulmonary tuberculosis has decreased, extra pulmonary tuberculosis has shown a relative increase in frequency during the past decade. This paper discusses three cases of extrapulmonary tuberculosis which presented with abdominal signs. The patients were completely evaluated and surgery was done, followed by a...

journal_title：Journal of the National Medical Association

authors： Smith RJ

更新日期：1978-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Clinical and pathological findings in 15 patients with carcinoma of the midthoracic esophagus were analyzed. The author concluded that preoperative radiotherapy reduces tumor size and improves resectability. Longer follow-up is required to determine whether or not preoperative radiotherapy improves survival rates in t...

journal_title：Journal of the National Medical Association

authors： Garvey JW

更新日期：1978-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Family medicine as a specialty has now "come of age." To maintain its new status, the specialty must be able to survive the vigorous assessment that is given other specialties by the public, the profession, and the academic community. One way of achieving this is for the family physician to do research of excellent qu...

journal_title：Journal of the National Medical Association

authors： Style AJ

更新日期：1977-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pneumococcal and mycoplasma infection of the lung or pleura, infarction of lung or pleura, local abscess below the diaphragm, and heart, kidney, or pancreas involvement are among the many causes of pleural effusion. Several of these have an increased likelihood of occurrence in sickle cell disease as a direct conseque...

journal_title：Journal of the National Medical Association

authors： Oestreich AE

更新日期：1977-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Invasive techniques continue to be used in monitoring and treating the critically ill patient in spite of preference for, and increasing use of, non-invasive or minimally invasive techniques. With or without simultaneous determination of left ventricular filling pressure, the central venous pressure (CVP) catheter is ...

journal_title：Journal of the National Medical Association

authors： Odelowo EO,Roux VJ

更新日期：1977-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pulmonary edema is a complex subject. Knowledge of the anatomy of the distal air space is essential to the understanding of the pathophysiology of pulmonary edema.Histological evaluation of experimental pulmonary edema in dogs by Staub et al using the quick freeze method indicates that the edema begins in the intersti...

journal_title：Journal of the National Medical Association

authors： Miles WA

更新日期：1977-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Congenital pleuroperitoneal diaphragmatic hernia usually presents in neonates. Children manifesting symptoms and signs after the neonatal period constitute a distinct, uncommon, and infrequently recognized group of patients. Occurrence in adults is also uncommon, with fewer than a hundred patients reported in the lite...

journal_title：Journal of the National Medical Association

authors： Adeyemi-Doro S

更新日期：1977-02-01 00:00:00