Breast carcinoma presenting as acute appendicitis.
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Appendicitis↗
Biomedical subjects
A Halliday
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Alcohol abuse in women seeking gynecologic care.
In several retrospective studies, alcoholic women have reported menstrual problems significantly more often than nonalcoholic women. There is no information, however, comparing the prevalence of alcohol abuse in women who receive periodic gynecologic care and those who seek care for menstrual disorders such as the premenstrual syndromes. This question was studied in two private practice settings. Women seeking periodic care were obtained from a suburban, general gynecology practice. Women seeking treatment for premenstrual syndrome (PMS) were obtained from a practice that specialized in the care of PMS. Ninety-five patients with PMS and 147 patients seeking periodic care were screened with the CAGE questions--a mnemonic for attempts to Cut back on drinking, being Annoyed at criticism about drinking, feeling Guilty about drinking, and using alcohol as an Eye-opener. Women who gave affirmative responses to one or more of the CAGE questions were evaluated for the presence of alcohol abuse. In the women seeking periodic care, 33% were CAGE positive and 12% were alcohol abusers. In the PMS practice, 51% were CAGE positive and 21% were alcohol abusers. Alcohol abuse is a common problem in gynecologic practice. Women who seek medical care for PMS are at much greater risk to be alcohol abusers.
Adolescent↗
111In leukocyte scanning as a guide to abdominal abscess drainage.
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Abdomen↗
Is another clinical trial warranted regarding endarterectomy for asymptomatic carotid stenosis?
BACKGROUND: Several clinical trials regarding carotid endarterectomy for asymptomatic stenosis have been conducted in the past two decades. These research studies have not resolved the controversy regarding the optimal treatment of patients with this condition. SUMMARY OF REVIEW: We examine some of the reasons why there is persisting uncertainty regarding the value of carotid endarterectomy for asymptomatic stenosis. These include the sample size of earlier studies, the generalizability of these studies, and the clinical importance of the reported surgical benefits in some studies. We then review the rationale for another, larger clinical trial. CONCLUSIONS: The role of endarterectomy for asymptomatic stenosis remains an unsettled issue. A larger clinical trial may shed light on how to best identify which patients derive clinically significant benefits from prophylactic carotid artery surgery.
Arteriosclerosis↗
Nutrition and the healthy adult.
Great public concern over the constituents of diets, encouraged by widely publicised and often conflicting advice on what constitutes 'healthy' and 'unhealthy' items, is placing pressures on nurses to understand the nutritional make-up of foods and their uses and abuses. Anne Halliday takes a general look at the requirements of the healthy adult and suggests that there is a need for individuals to review the nature of their whole diet, not merely one or two constituents of it. Nurses will find her article invaluable from a personal as well as professional perspective.
Adult↗
Resuscitation in special circumstances.
Basic and Advanced Life Support Guidelines should be followed as normal in cardiorespiratory arrest where there are 'special circumstances' such as near drowning, hypothermia, electrocution, poisoning, anaphylaxis and pregnancy. In order to increase the chances of a successful outcome there are specific considerations and actions that need to be taken. These will be discussed in this paper, the fifth in our resuscitation series.
Drowning↗