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R Roberge

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PubMed1987

Termination of paroxysmal supraventricular tachycardia by digital rectal massage.

A 71-year-old woman with an episode of paroxysmal supraventricular tachycardia (PSVT) complicated by angina pectoris and hypotension had her arrhythmia abruptly terminated by digital rectal massage (DRM) after other vagotonic maneuvers had failed. DRM termination of PSVT has not been heretofore reported. In treating PSVT by physical vagotonic maneuvers, DRM may be preferable to other techniques because of the decreased likelihood of complications noted with other such maneuvers.

Aged↗
PubMed1987

Myalgia cruris epidemica (benign acute childhood myositis) associated with a Mycoplasma pneumonia infection.

We report the case of a 6-year-old boy who presented with difficulty ambulating and an elevated creatinine phosphokinase level following an upper respiratory tract infection. Crural myositis was diagnosed; convalescent serum was negative for viruses, but demonstrated significant titers to Mycoplasma pneumoniae. Benign acute crural myositis has not heretofore been associated with Mycoplasmal infection.

Acute Disease↗
PubMed1984

Hypoglycemic hemiplegic syndrome.

Hypoglycemia must be considered in any patient with an acute change of mental status or in a patient who shows a focal neurological deficit. Treatment with high IV glucose concentrations can save the patient from grave irreversible neurological sequelae and death.

Female↗