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G Garrett

Publications and source records attributed to G Garrett.

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PubMed1992

Use of skin staplers in experimental gastrointestinal injuries.

Undocumented reports exist concerning use of skin staplers to close small perforations of the gut. This study examined use of this device in experimental gastrointestinal injuries in dogs. In 18 anesthetized mongrel dogs, matching uniform perforations were made with a sterile leather punch; one perforation of each pair was closed with 3-0 silk and the other with a skin stapler. A total of 80 stomach, 238 small intestine, and 140 colon perforations were created. Hole sizes progressed from 1.9 to 5.0 mm. Unrepaired intestinal wounds leaked and were lethal. No leaks were identified in wounds closed with either sutures or staples provided that closure was complete. Speed of staple closure was faster than that of suture closure (1.2 vs. 16.0 seconds), but ease of closure was similar. It is concluded that skin staplers are safe for repair of small wounds, created under ideal conditions, in canine gastrointestinal tracts. Similar injuries in traumatized humans deserve study, but existing skin staplers may be ineffective for human intestine since gut wall thickness in humans is less than that in dogs.

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PubMed1992

Pseudallescheria boydii keratitis.

We treated a case of post-traumatic keratitis caused by the soil saprophyte, Pseudallescheria boydii. The injury was caused by a wood splinter which produced a perforating corneal laceration that was primarily repaired. Signs of corneal infection were not evident until the fourth postoperative week. The organism was eradicated by topical miconazole and natamycin. Subsequent penetrating keratoplasty combined with cataract extraction and intraocular lens implantation has achieved a good visual outcome.

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PubMed1992

A new lease of life. Nursing care of elderly surgical patients.

Advances in surgical techniques have meant more elderly people can now be operated on. Older people are, however, more prone to postoperative complications and require greater preoperative preparation. Forward planning and setting high standards for nursing care are prerequisites in this area of care.

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PubMed1992

But does it feel like home? Accommodation needs in later life.

A much loved family home can become difficult to look after and expensive to heat for an elderly person living alone. The decision of whether to move belongs to the individual alone, but personal needs must be balanced with health and safety requirements.

Housing for the Elderly↗
PubMed1991

A natural way to go? Death and bereavement in old age.

Death in old age is viewed as 'natural', and bereavement is seen as one of the many losses encountered in later life. All too often, little thought is given to the specific needs of older people in these circumstances. This article seeks to give an overview of their situation, looking at the special features of death and dying in later life. Particular attention will be paid to people who are cared for at home or in community long-stay homes.

Aging↗
PubMed1987

Natural family planning.

It is now well accepted that a woman can conceive from an act of intercourse for a maximum of only about 7 days of her menstrual cycle. The reliability of natural family planning depends on identifying this window of fertility without ambiguity. Several symptomatic markers, cervical mucus and basal body temperature, have been used extensively and with considerable success in most women but failures occur. Ovarian and pituitary hormone production show characteristic patterns during the cycle. Urinary estrogen and pregnanediol measurements yield reliable information concerning the beginning, peak, and end of the fertile period, provided that the assays are accurate and performed on timed specimens of urine. We have developed such enzyme immunoassays for urinary estrogen and pregnanediol glucuronides that can be performed at home. In the early versions of the assays, enzyme reaction rates were measured by eye, but more recently, a simple photoelectronic rate meter has been used. The final problem to be solved is not technologic but whether women are sufficiently motivated to expend the same time and effort each day for 10 days a month, with less cost, on fertility awareness as they spend on making a cup of tea.

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