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Remember that great presentation you heard at last year's convention? Perhaps the marketing case study was especially interesting. Or perhaps you wondered whether you could use the organizational tools the speaker described in your own work. Finally, you might have wondered, "Could I offer a conference presentation at…

The UK's four chief nursing officers should carry out workforce planning exercises to identify the number of mental handicap nurses likely to be needed over the next ten years, according to a new report published last week.

The rate of caesarean births has increased rapidly in the last 20 years. Midwives have a vital role in helping the parents through this experience and ensuring it is as positive as possible.

High tibial osteotomy (HTO) is a widespread option to avoid or delay total knee arthroplasty (TKA). The present study aimed to assess the long-term survival rate and postoperative subjective knee function after isolated medial open wedge HTO in patients with symptomatic medial compartment knee osteoarthritis (OA) and v…

INTRODUCTION: Ablative surgery is an intervention of last resort for treatment-resistant obsessive-compulsive disorder (TROCD). Our center has been using bilateral anterior capsulotomy (BAC) for the past 20 years for patients eligible for limbic surgery. This report details our experience with BAC for TROCD. METHOD: F…

PURPOSE: The efficacy of posterior optic capture (POC) in reducing posterior capsule opacification (PCO) in pediatric cataract is well recognized. The purpose of this paper was to identify the surgical challenges when attempting this technique and highlight the etiquettes to follow when performing this maneuver. METHO…

The thrust plate prosthesis (TPP) is a neck preserving femoral component in total hip arthroplasty (THA). We present our mid-term results from using the thrust plate prosthesis in young patients with hip arthritis. We conducted a retrospective review of a consecutive series of patients with a minimum of 5 years follow-…

BACKGROUND: Acquired rectourethral or urethrovaginal fistula between the rectum or vaginal and lower urinary tract is an uncommon entity, which occurs as a consequence of pelvic disorder, including trauma, iatrogenic injury, inflammatory bowel disease, pelvic neoplasm or infection. But when is it appropriate to repair…

OBJECTIVE: To report 10 years' experience with ileal ureteric replacement as a last resort in complex reconstruction of the urinary tract. PATIENTS AND METHODS: From March 1991 to February 2002 ileal segments were used for partial or total substitution of the ureter in 43 patients (mean age 45.6 years) with structural…

The "third-generation" cephalosporins (3GC) have emerged as one of the most significant therapeutic entities in the last 15 years. These 3GC compounds (using cefotaxime as a model) have generally maintained their potency and spectrum of activity against important pathogens. However, the continuing popularity of this cl…

BACKGROUND: Brain arteriovenous malformations (BAVMs) are a frequent cause of pediatric hemorrhagic stroke, which frequently results in significant morbidity and mortality. OBJECTIVE: To analyze the results of multimodality treatment for a consecutive series of pediatric patients with ruptured and unruptured BAVMs at…

INTRODUCTION: Persons with Parkinson disease (PD) are hospitalized at higher rates, have longer lengths of stay, and are more likely to die in the hospital than age-matched peers. Although prior studies have compared inpatient outcomes between persons with and without PD, little is known about inpatient outcomes across…

In the last 10 years biofeedback training (BFT) has been used in 72 patients with anal continence disturbances following rectoanal agenesis, constipation, MMC, etc. Using the BF-method we treated 35 children with incontinence following rectoanal agenesis (5 infralevator, 30 supralevator). Visual analog feedback was use…

The skin response to 1 microgram Phytohemagglutinin (PHA) was studied in 359 subject including 235 cancer patients and 124 without cancer. Responses to PHA, tuberculin, candidin were compared. A positive skin response to PHA was observed in 88% of patients without malignancy. This percentage remained almost equal in ol…

9482 pregnant women searched for the Department of Prenatale Care of the town Karl-Marx-Stadt between 1968 and 1972. Obesity were found in 6, 2 p.c., glycosuria in 5, 1 p.c., a history of diabetes with glycosuria in 0,5 p.c. and obesity with gylcosuria in 0,5 p.c. The perinatale mortality rate was heightened only in th…

A long-term (the average 22.4 years) follow-up study of 757 schizophrenic patients displayed in 22% of the cases full recoveries, in 42,3% -- atypical types of recovery and in 35.7% -- characterisctic deficiency symptoms. At the time of the last follow-up 85.5% of the patients were living at home. 14.5% were permanentl…