SMJ // November 1968, Volume 61 - Issue 11
Case Report
Tuberculous Peritonitis Diagnosis By Percutaneous Needle Biopsy
The diagnosis of tuberculous peritonitis may be quite difficult, especially when the disease coexists with hepatic cirrhosis, as emphasized by Burack and Hollister.1 Often it is discovered only at laparotomy or autopsy. Cultures of ascitic fluid for Mycobacterium tuberculosis have produced a poor yield.1–3 Peritoneoscopy is useful, but may be…
Case Report
Bilateral Candida Albicans Endophthalmitis
Original Article
Nosocomial Ureteral Injuries
This paper reviews injuries which have occurred to a ureter at the time of a surgical procedure. The types of trauma are considered, their avoidance, and management of the complications of injury.
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Inheritance Patterns in Patients with Asthma, Allergic Rhinitis and Eczema
From their study the authors emphasize that the genetic background for atopy is not simple. The hypothesis of a polygenic system may need to be invoked to explain these studies on heredity.
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Medical Grand Rounds From the University of Alabama Medical Center
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Types of Injuries in Airplane Crash Survivors
The author details the fatal and nonfatal injuries on all occupants of a single air disaster. This paper may be valuable in setting up disaster procedures in relation to the types of injuries to be expected.
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The Scientific Management of Breech Presentation in the Primipara at Term
Breech presentation in a primipara is a serious complication of pregnancy and delivery. There is a tenfold chance of the loss of the baby over a vertex presentation. Therefore care must be given in thought and in action to the circumstances attendant to the delivery of the child.
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Disseminated Histiocytosis X
The authors consider the reasoning favoring a Unitarian concept of the lesions characterized by the lipid-laden reticuloendothelial cell. They report on the instance of the rare involvement of the optic nerve.
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Results with the Use of Pleoptics in the Treatment of Amblyopia
The author makes a careful analysis of the usefulness of this modality in the amblyopic child, comparing it to the use of a patch. Though satisfactory results are not universal, pleoptics may produce useful binocular vision in the child of properly motivated parents, especially.
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Ulcerative Colitis in Children
Ulcerative colitis occurs more often in infants than is suspected. It may be attended by serious retardation in growth and development. Surgical treatment is generally successful.
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Atopic Symptoms Caused by Tobacco Hypersensitivity
The author demonstrates there is such an entity as sensitization to tobacco smoke. This he has done, not only by intradermal testing but also by the passive transfer technic. Desensitization has been quite successful.
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The Allen Vision Test Results of 2600 Screenings
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Restoration of the Severely Distorted Urinary Tract
The author has considered uropathies of the very young and approaches to their management. Preliminary drainage of the urinary system may be important. Subsequent procedures may then establish quite satisfactory function.
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The English Sweating Sickness
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Evaluation of a New Applanation Tonometer
The authors show that this tonometer has no advantages over the use of older instruments. In fact it does not seem to permit equal performance in measuring intraocular pressures.
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The Treatment of Injuries to the Inferior Vena Cava
Prompt recognition and treatment of this grave injury by blood replacement and newer surgical technics is offering an improved salvage rate in recent years.THE INFERIOR VENA CAVA lies comparatively well protected by surrounding viscera and musculoskeletal structures, and injuries to it are relatively infrequent. When this vessel is damaged by…
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Late Irradiation Injuries Masquerading as Rectal Carcinoma
It is not generally known that ulceration may occur in the rectum many years after irradiation for pelvic carcinoma. Several cases are described in which the ulceration was so suggestive of carcinoma that repeated biopsies were done, always with negative results. Suggestions are made for treatment of this condition.
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The A/B Ratio: The Separation of the CO2 Content Into Its Acid-Base Equivalents
This paper describes a method of reporting acid-base data, to show excess or deficit of the respiratory and metabolic factors and the balance between them.
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Evaluation of Pyloroplasty and Vagotomy in the Surgical Management of Peptic Ulcer
The authors have reviewed the accumulated statistics upon this surgical approach to the problem of peptic ulcer. They point to its advantages but also remind the reader of the unfavorable results.
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Termination of Pregnancy by Intra-Amniotic Hypertonic Solutions
The authors have found that the infusion of hypertonic solutions, either saline or glucose, into the amniotic fluid is effective in inducing labor. One complication is recorded in the group studied.
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Triamcinolone Hexacetonide as Adjunctive Therapy in Cystic Acne
By the use of the jet spray technic, the author has found that the injection of a steroid into the lesions of cystic acne is followed by rapid resolution of the process. Scarring occurs not at all.
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Innominate Osteotomy as a Reconstructive Procedure
In abnormal relationships of the acetabulum and the femoral head, the innominate osteotomy may be a helpful procedure in correcting the anatomic relationship.
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Resurfacing the Injured Hand
The author describes the indications for the employment of the several types of grafts in repairing injuries and their results in the hand. All management is directed to an attempt to provide the best possible function for the member.
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Studies in Sickle Cell Anemia XXXIII. Interesting Osseous Manifestations in a Young Child
A wide variety of osseous manifestations have been reported in this hemoglobinopathy. We wish to present a child who exhibited interesting roentgenographic findings attributable to bone infarcts as well as periosteal and other osseous changes.
