Journal of the Mississippi State Medical Association

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Background/Objective Many pediatric emergency departments in the United States have adopted a staged ultrasound and CT pathway for the diagnosis of acute appendicitis. However, most algorithms only include radiology-performed ultrasound (RUS) and not emergency physician- performed bedside ultrasound (BUS). Our objective was to determine if emergency physician-performed BUS provides sufficient diagnostic accuracy for acute appendicitis in a pediatric population, thereby limiting additional cost and/or delays in disposition...

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A Mississippi perspective on arsenic poisoning is largely related to thousands of asthma patients cared for by one physician, Elmer D. Gay, MD, in the 1950s. The general medical uses of arsenic and its specific use in intractable asthma are reviewed along with the dermatologic manifestations of arsenic poisoning.

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The Mississippi State Medical Association House of Delegates passed Resolution 18 in 2016 to bring attention to child abuse and neglect in Mississippi. This descriptive article is the first of a number of articles that will be included in the Journal MSMA to educate further the medical community on a problem that impacts individuals throughout their life. Research has shown that our medical professionals, just like many other disciplines that encounter child abuse, are unprepared to identify and respond to the issue of child abuse...

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An 18-year-old female presents with acute hemoptysis and rapidly deteriorates into fulminant pulmonary and renal failure. She is ultimately diagnosed with microscopic polyangiitis with pauci- immune glomerulonephritis. This case report will delineate her presentation, work-up, broad differential diagnosis, and outcome.

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[Research shows that diets are ineffective in the treatment of obesity because neuro-hormonal systems to preserve excess weight are stronger than the will to keep it off No magic pill has worked or is on the horizon. Newel; minimally invasive bariatricsurgery procedures do work but may be underutilized. In this Commentaiy, the authors who are affiliated with the UMMC Mississippi Centerfor Obesity Research and one of whom trained at the London School of Economics (ELW), speak to this issue. ---Ed.].

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