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G A Binnie

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PubMed1984

Measles immunisation: profit and loss in a general practice.

A survey in one general practice of the occurrence of measles and of immunisation in patients who were born between 1963 and 1982 showed that immunisation not only brought some financial reward to the practice, but by preventing measles reduced the number of consultations related to measles by 40%. Although practice policy often entailed a home visit to immunise a patient, measles disease was three times more likely to require a visit. It is surprising that, considering the efficacy and safety of measles immunisation, in Britain measles has not become the rarity it now is in the United States.

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PubMed1984

Mumps today.

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PubMed1983

Psychotropic drugs and accidents in a general practice.

The incidence of accidents over five years in a group of patients who had taken benzodiazepines, phenothiazines, and antidepressants for more than a year was compared with that in control patients who had not been taking tranquilizers. The patients taking benzodiazepines had a statistically significantly increased risk of having an accident compared with controls, though this was not true when they were not taking the drugs.

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PubMed1983

Injuries in rural practice: their incidence and management.

Injuries in a rural practice were studied for a five-year period. Nine hundred and sixty-five incidences of injury were recorded in a population averaging 1,308 patients. There were complete records for 894 patients; the remaining 71 had left the practice. Eighty-six per cent of cases were managed entirely in the practice; when radiographic facilities used by the practice were included, this figure rose to 97 per cent.Methods by which this proportion of injuries may be managed in general practice involve political decisions as well as provision of facilities to enable general practitioners to achieve this aim.

Adolescent↗
PubMed1977

Ten-year follow-up of obesity.

The care of 43 patients with obesity has been reviewed at least ten years after first presentation. In five patients (12 per cent) there was a successful result, 27 patients (63 per cent) were regarded as failures, and the remaining 11 (25 per cent) were only partially successful. These results are similar to reports from hospital obesity clinics but less favourable than those from general practitioners with an interest in obesity.No definite correlation with the ultimate results of weight control was shown with age or a family history of obesity, but patients who coincidentally required tranquillizers and anti-depressants were more successful at long-term weight loss. Initial weight loss on diet alone gave no guidance as to the final result. Patients who received anorectics for periods totalling more than 12 months had poor long-term benefit.

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