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A Storm

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PubMed1999

[Acute change in behavior of an elderly patient due to epilepsy].

A man aged 69 years with a history of a cerebrovascular accident showed progressively strange behaviour in two weeks. There were no signs of a neurological disorder. Psychiatric examination revealed psychotic symptoms. The electro encephalogram revealed epileptic activity at the site of the old infarct. The diagnosis was 'psychotic disorder due to a non-convulsive status epilepticus'. Treatment with anti-epileptics was followed by clinical recovery. An epileptic insult must be thought of in every elderly patient with unexplained changed behaviour. A cerebrovascular accident is the main risk factor for developing an insult in elderly.

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PubMed1990

Molecular epidemiology of Shigella sonnei in Pima County, Arizona: evidence for a Mexico-related plasmid.

In 1984, the incidence of shigellosis was 32.4 per 100,000 population in Pima County, Arizona. To investigate sources, Shigella isolates and epidemiologic data were collected for 79 cases of infection with Shigella sonnei, the most common species. Since S. sonnei has a single serotype, plasmid isolation was attempted to refine the epidemiologic analysis. There were seven plasmid patterns containing 17, 13, 4, 22, 9, 2, and 3 isolates. Twelve of 17 isolates associated with recent travel to Mexico were in a group distinguished by a 5.1-kilobase (kb) plasmid. This plasmid was used to probe Southern blots of plasmids from strains of all groups. The Mexico-related plasmid probe hybridized to all the 5.1-kb plasmids and to 5.5- and 7.4-kb plasmids from three other groups. Of the 79 isolates, 50 contained plasmids homologous to the Mexico-related plasmid probe, suggesting association with travel to Mexico.

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PubMed1981

[Assessment of the working capacity in functional rehabilitation (author's transl)].

One of the most important factors in rehabilitation is the assessment of the handicapped's capacity to return to this previous work, or possibly to choose a new job (vocational rehabilitation) or to adapt the operation station. It is thus advisable to elaborate an assessment system of the working possibilities in order to better program individually the activities of functional rehabilitation, or retraining to effort, or of retraining to work. The assessment of the working capacity must take account of 3 principles: to observe--to assess--to guide, and this throughout rehabilitation, considering it must be precocious, progressive and continuous. The objective is to allow the handicapped person to determine his project of social and vocational rehabilitation. Therefore the program will be established according to pathology, characteristics of the profession and principles of the work. The statement will be basically turned to the questionnaire analysing the vocational activity requirements (the contents, the why and its grounds) and so to consider the vocational activity with regard to the functional shortage either temporary or permanent.

Disability Evaluation↗