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Post lumbar puncture headache: diagnosis and management
Postgraduate Medical Journal - Tập 82 Số 973 - Trang 713-716 - 2006
Saber Ahmed, C. Jayawarna, Edward B. Jude
Abstract Lumbar puncture is a frequently performed procedure in medical emergencies and anaesthesia. Headache after lumbar puncture is a common occurrence (32%) and carries a considerable morbidity, with symptoms lasting for several days, at times severe enough to immobilise the patient. If untreated, it can result in serious complications such as subdural haematoma and seizures, which could be fa... hiện toàn bộ
Republished: Interprofessional education in team communication: working together to improve patient safety
Postgraduate Medical Journal - Tập 89 Số 1057 - Trang 642-651 - 2013
Douglas M. Brock, Erin Abu-Rish Blakeney, Chia-Ru Chiu, Dana P. Hammer, Sharon Wilson, Linda J. Vorvick, Katherine Blondon, Douglas C. Schaad, Debra Liner, Brenda K. Zierler
Abstract Background Communication failures in healthcare teams are associated with medical errors and negative health outcomes. These findings have increased emphasis on training future health professionals to work effectively within teams. The Team Strategies and Tools to Enhance Performance and Patient Safety (TeamSTEPPS) communication training model, widely employed to train healthcare teams, h... hiện toàn bộ
Severe childhood obesity: an under-recognised and growing health problem
Postgraduate Medical Journal - Tập 91 Số 1081 - Trang 639-645 - 2015
Rosara Bass, Ihuoma Eneli
ABSTRACT Childhood obesity is a serious and urgent public health problem. In the last 10 years, there has been a concerted effort in the USA and globally to develop and implement educational, medical and public health interventions designed to attenuate its growth. The success of these efforts was probably responsible for the plateau in the prevalence rate of childhood obesity noted in the last tw... hiện toàn bộ
Systolic and diastolic function in middle aged patients with sickle β thalassaemia. An echocardiographic study
Postgraduate Medical Journal - Tập 81 Số 961 - Trang 711-714 - 2005
Ioannis Moyssakis, Revekka Tzanetea, Panayiotis Tsaftaridis, Ioannis Rombos, Dimitrios Papadopoulos, Vassiliki Kalotychou, Athanasios Aessopos
Abstract Objective To evaluate the right and left ventricular systolic and diastolic function in middle aged patients with sickle β thalassaemia. Methods Forty three patients with sickle β thalassaemia were recruited for echocardiographic study while 55 controls, matched for age and sex, served as the control group. Parameters measured included: dimensions and wall thickness of left (LV) and right... hiện toàn bộ
Some aspects of the epidemiology of hepatitis in Sweden
Postgraduate Medical Journal - Tập 47 Số 549 - Trang 465-472 - 1975
Olof Ringertz
SummaryThe incidence of hepatitis in Sweden is relatively low, but an outbreak associated with the consumption of infected oysters occurred in 1955.Subsequently, an increasing incidence was noted among track-finders. Methods of eliminating cross-infection by traces of blood among the runners greatly reduced this incidence.Since 1964, hepatitis associated with haemodialysis and with narcotic addict... hiện toàn bộ
Prognosis for fertility and ovarian function after treatment with radioiodine for thyroid cancer
Postgraduate Medical Journal - Tập 78 Số 916 - Trang 92-93 - 2002
L. Vini, Stephen Hyer, Amal Al-Saadi, B. Pratt, Clive Harmer
Abstract The aim of this study was to review the outcome of ablative radioiodine treatment on ovarian function in young women treated for differentiated thyroid carcinoma. Of 1398 patients with differentiated thyroid cancer, 496 were women under the age of 40 at the time of diagnosis who had received radioiodine therapy. Of these, 322 received a single 3 GBq ablation dose of radioiodine while the ... hiện toàn bộ
Seizures in a patient with diffuse scleroderma
Postgraduate Medical Journal - Tập 71 Số 841 - Trang 687-689 - 1995
A Bhardwaj, P S Badesha
The metabolic syndrome: common origins of a multifactorial disorder
Postgraduate Medical Journal - Tập 85 Số 1009 - Trang 614-621 - 2009
Kimberley D. Bruce, Christopher D. Byrne
Abstract The metabolic syndrome (MetS) represents a combination of cardiometabolic risk determinants including obesity (central adiposity), insulin resistance, glucose intolerance, dyslipidaemia, non-alcoholic fatty liver disease and hypertension. MetS is rapidly increasing in prevalence worldwide as a consequence of the continued obesity “epidemic”, and as a result will have a considerable impact... hiện toàn bộ
Relationship between clock and star drawing and the degree of hepatic encephalopathy
Postgraduate Medical Journal - Tập 87 Số 1031 - Trang 605-611 - 2011
Natasha Edwin, John Victor Peter, George John, C. E. Eapen, Petra L. Graham
ABSTRACT Purpose of the study Current hepatic encephalopathy grading tools are limited because of complexity or subjectivity. The degree of constructional apraxia could serve as a simple, objective and reproducible tool to grade encephalopathy. Study design In this cross-sectional study of patients with chronic liver disease, the degree of constructional apraxia was judged by their ability to copy... hiện toàn bộ
Testicular cancer in three brothers
Postgraduate Medical Journal - Tập 65 Số 767 - Trang 689-690 - 1989
V. Raina, PM Young, M Soukop
Summary Three of four brothers in a family were diagnosed to have testicular tumour. All brothers were in their twenties at diagnosis and all had malignant teratoma, intermediate. One of the brothers, in addition, had a seminoma on the same side as the teratoma. The cases were unusual as there was no family history of cancer and no congenital abnormalities, such as cryptorchidism. Chromosomal anal... hiện toàn bộ
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