Post lumbar puncture headache: diagnosis and managementPostgraduate 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 su...... hiện toàn bộ
Republished: Interprofessional education in team communication: working together to improve patient safetyPostgraduate 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 Enhanc...... hiện toàn bộ
Severe childhood obesity: an under-recognised and growing health problemPostgraduate 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 prevalenc...... hiện toàn bộ
Some aspects of the epidemiology of hepatitis in SwedenPostgraduate 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 196...... hiện toàn bộ
Prognosis for fertility and ovarian function after treatment with radioiodine for thyroid cancerPostgraduate 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 sing...... hiện toàn bộ
Relationship between clock and star drawing and the degree of hepatic encephalopathyPostgraduate 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.
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Testicular cancer in three brothersPostgraduate 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 abnorma...... hiện toàn bộ
Probiotics and prebiotics in the elderlyPostgraduate Medical Journal - Tập 80 Số 946 - Trang 447-451 - 2004
J. M. T. Hamilton‐Miller
Abstract
Probiotics (usually lactobacilli and bifidobacteria) and prebiotics (non-digestible oligosaccharides) have been shown to be useful in preventing certain disease conditions as well as possibly promoting specific aspects of health. In the present review, the evidence from clinical trials for benefits from probiotics and prebiotics to elderly p...... hiện toàn bộ