Biomedical subjects

J Aland

Publications and source records attributed to J Aland.

3 recordsLinked to original sources

PubMed1999

Education in Australia.

School-based adoption of Multimedia: An Australian Perspective. This paper will look first at the work of Young Media Australia--a national community-based, information, research, training and advocacy organization working in the field of children, young people and mass media. The adoption rate of multi-media, including information technologies, in school systems across Australia will then be examined. Issues relating to the use of school-based multimedia, including the internet, will also be identified.

Adolescent↗

PubMed1990

The effects of povidone-iodine preparation on the incidence of post-tympanostomy otorrhea.

Persistent otorrhea after tympanostomy tube placement in children is a common complication. Previous reports have suggested that bacteria present within the ear canal may be the cause of postoperative drainage. Preparation of the ear canal with povidone-iodine solutions has been recommended to decrease these infections. A prospective study evaluating the efficacy of povidone-iodine ear canal preparation before myringotomy and tube placement was performed in 111 children (220 ears) with documented chronic otitis media with effusion. One ear in each patient was prepared with povidone-iodine. The contralateral ear in each child was used as control. Postoperative otorrhea developed in seven (6.3%) of the treated ears within 14 days, compared to eleven (10%) of the ears in the control group. The difference was not statistically significant (p greater than 0.05). Purulent or mucoid middle ear effusions and edematous or granular middle ear mucosa were associated with a significantly higher incidence of postoperative otorrhea (p less than 0.05). This study suggests that postoperative otorrhea is generally a consequence of preoperative middle ear condition rather than contamination from the external canal. Antimicrobial therapy should be considered when purulent effusion or granulation tissue is seen.

Child↗

PubMed1981

Measuring chronic schizophrenic patients attitudes toward their illness and treatment.

The right to refuse medication is a legal right now being extended by federal courts to many voluntary and involuntary mental patients. However, little is known of the insight that chronically ill mental patients bring to the decision of whether or not to accept prescribed medication. In this study, the authors interviewed 45 chronic schizophrenic inpatients to determine their understanding of their illness, need for admission, and need for medication and other treatment. Only 13 per cent understood they were mentally ill, and only 27 per cent of the patients understood that they needed medication. The findings suggest that many chronically mentally ill patients lack sufficient insight into their condition to make sound judgments about medication and treatment. Moreover, even those patients who improved with medication did not improve in their insight into their need for treatment.

Adolescent↗