AIM The aim of this study was to compare the symptomatic and clinical features of depression among five groups of patients with major depressive disorder (MDD) living in China, Korea, Malaysia/Singapore, Taiwan, and Thailand. METHODS Consecutive consenting adults (aged 18-65) who met DSM-IV criteria for non-psychotic MDD – based on the Mini International Neuropsychiatric Interview – and who w...

BACKGROUND Despite being curable, tuberculosis is still a stigmatized disease. Not only is TB patients' suffering due to its clinical manifestations, but also because of society's prejudice, embarrassing situations, and even self-discrimination. This study aims to investigate psychosocial experiences of patients who have completed tuberculosis treatment in São Carlos a municipality in the inter...

In the March issue of this journal there appeared under 'Medical News' (p. 148; an abstract from an article by Brinton) an account of an epidemic at Aden caused by the seed of Lolium temulentum, a weed which grows in wheat fields. The wheat was brought from Abyssinia and milled locally by machinery. The consumption of the product made the inhabitants go down with symptoms of acute intoxication....

The subjects discussed in this paper are the results of an inivestigation pr-inmarily undertaken with a view to (letermining as far as possible some of the biochemical factors underlying, and predisposing to, the various forms of nephritis in children and adults. In the course of our investigations, it soon became evident that the problem resolved itself into a study of subnormal health or ' de...

OBJECTIVE The aim of the study was to investigate the meaning of narrated symptoms in connection to takotsubo syndrome. DESIGN, METHOD, PARTICIPANTS AND SETTING Qualitative study consisting of 25 interviews, 23 women and 2 men aged 39-84 and living in Region Västra Götaland, Sweden. The transcribed text was analysed with phenomenological hermeneutics. RESULTS The interviewees reported a lar...

mn U-nne v?lume is not decreased at first and iy indeed be increased; it is more dilute and chloride is absent except in Addison's disease. As there is no cellular dehydration, thirst is absent; indeed water is often repellent as it tastes insipid. Cramps develop when depletion of salt continues. The patient suffers from lassitude, weakness, headache and tendency to fainting on standing up. App...

A patient with bilateral multinodular bronchiolar carcinoma is described in whom carbon monoxide transfer factor and arterial oxygen saturation were greatly impaired but lung volumes and ventilation were only minimally reduced. We record this because we have not found previous reports of detailed pulmonary function studies in this condition. A 57-year-old man was admitted to hospital in August ...

(a) History: Most patients with diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA) or with hyperosmolar hyperglycemic state (HHS) will have a history of diabetes, and a history of altered insulin dose, infection, signifi cant medical “stress”. Antecedent symptoms of polyuria and polydipsia, lassitude, blurred vision, and mental status changes may predominate the clinical picture. With DKA, abdominal pain and tachypne...

goes on cheerfully attending to his business, when, perhaps, only symptoms of acid dyspepsia exist. The patient now complains of slight vertigo, languor and lassitude, loathsomeness in doing his daily work. His appetite fails, his heart burns, and he feels sick after food. There may be slight diarrhoea towards morning. His eyes become nearly white ; pigmentary changes become distinctly visible ...