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Publikováno v:
Southern Medical Journal. 107:356-360
OBJECTIVES A physician's advice is among the strongest predictors of efforts toward weight management made by obese patients, yet only a minority receives such advice. One contributor could be the physician's failure to recognize true obesity. The ob
Autor:
Baqar A. Husaini, Robert S. Levine, Uchechukwu K.A. Sampson, Eiman Jahangir, Van A. Cain, Zahid Samad
Publikováno v:
Southern Medical Journal. 106:147-154
Objectives: We sought to determine whether there are signs of improvement in the rates of heart failure (HF) hospitalizations given the recent reports of improvement in national trends. Methods: HF admissions data from the Tennessee Hospital Discharg
Autor:
Silvio García, James G. Schwade, Beatriz E. Amendola, Jack F. Fowler, William T. Brown, Fahed Fayad, Alberto de la Zerda, Xiaodong Wu
Publikováno v:
Southern Medical Journal. 101:376-382
Objectives Based on the reported success of stereotactic body radiotherapy in treating extracranial tumors, we used CyberKnife (Accuray Incorporated, Sunnyvale, CA) to treat patients with metastatic lung cancer. Methods This is a retrospective report
Publikováno v:
Southern Medical Journal. 88:741-744
Although multiple regimens and approaches have been used in attempts to treat pancreatic cancer, the 5-year disease-free survival is dismal. With an increase in incidence of pancreatic cancer over the past 35 years, researchers continue their efforts
Publikováno v:
Southern Medical Journal. 88:543-546
In this series, 35 patients with medical renal disease had renal biopsy guided by computed tomography (CT). Biopsies were done by a coaxial technique in which a thin-walled 16 guage guide needle is placed adjacent to the renal capsule of the lower po
Autor:
Vani Vijayakumar, Anson L. Thaggard, Edward D Green, Amy Farkas, Srinivasan Vijayakumar, John Clark Henegan, Seth T. Lirette, Mary R Nittala
Publikováno v:
Southern Medical Journal
The state of Mississippi has a huge burden of cancer, including prostate cancer (PCa). The state ranks at or near the top in mortality from some of the most common cancers, including PCa. To meet this challenge, there is an urgent need to direct clin
Publikováno v:
Southern Medical Journal. 113:20-22
Objectives To determine the clinical utility and adverse consequences of routine admission chest x-ray (CXR) findings in patients with and without respiratory complaints and/or an abnormal chest examination. Methods In this prospective cohort study i
Publikováno v:
Southern medical journal. 86(5)
Although numerous epidemiologic and lipid intervention studies clearly demonstrate the pivotal role of high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C) on risk of coronary artery disease (CAD), the National Cholesterol Education Program (NCEP) has emphas
Publikováno v:
Southern Medical Journal. 111:489-493
OBJECTIVE Cellulitis is a leading cause of emergency department (ED) visits, with more than 200 cases per 100,000 people per year. Although many risk factors have been identified, including edema, skin breakdown, and penetrance of the skin, there are
Autor:
Santiago Garcia, Richard Madlon-Kay, Kairav Vakil, Edward O. McFalls, Anders Westanmo, Jennifer T. Nguyen, Areef Ishani, Selcuk Adabag
Publikováno v:
Southern Medical Journal. 111:93-97
Quality of care utilization measures for patients admitted to the hospital with an acute myocardial infarction (AMI) include length of stay (LOS) and 30-day readmission rates. Our aim was to test whether efforts resulting in reduced LOS in patients d