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J Clinch

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PubMed1992

Perinatal mortality 1988.

This is the 10th Annual Report of Perinatal Mortality in the Republic of Ireland, based on figures supplied to the Institute of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists by the Obstetrical staff of the Units listed on page 453. Details were available for 53,346 of the 54,815 babies born in 1988. Data is included about all infants dead or alive who at birth weighed 500 grams or more.

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PubMed1992

Perinatal mortality 1989.

This report complements the 1988 figures reported earlier in this edition of the Journal. Data were available for 50931 of the 51659 babies born in 1989 weighing 500 grams or more. These were supplied by the Units listed in Table I.

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PubMed1984

Measuring the quality of life of cancer patients: the Functional Living Index-Cancer: development and validation.

The classical criteria for the evaluation of clinical trials in cancer reflect alterations in physical well-being, but are insensitive to other important factors, such as psychosocial state, sociability, and somatic sensation that may play a critical role in determining the patients' functional response to their illness and its treatment. The Functional Living Index-Cancer is designed for easy, repeated patient self-administration. It is a 22-item questionnaire that has been validated on 837 patients in two cities over a three-year period. Criteria for validity include stability of factor analysis, concurrent validation studies against the Karnofsky, Beck Depression, Spielberger State and Trait Anxiety, and Katz Activities of Daily Living scales, as well as the scaled version of The General Health Questionnaire and The McGill/ Melzack Pain Index. The index is uncontaminated by social desirability issues. The validation studies demonstrate the lack of correlation between traditional measures of patient response and other significant functional factors such as depression and anxiety (r = 0.33), sociability and family interaction, and nausea. These findings elucidate the frequently observed discrepancies between traditional assessments of clinical response and overall functional patient outcome. The index is proposed as an adjunct to clinical trials assessment and may provide additional patient functional information on which to analyse the outcome of clinical trials or offer specific advice to individual patients.

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PubMed1979

Induction of labour--a six year review.

A retrospective survey of surgical induction of labour has shown that induced patients had a lower perinatal mortality rate and a lower Caesarean section rate than non-induced women.

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PubMed1976

The ultrasonic measurement of fetal crown-rump length as a method of assessing gestational age.

The fetal crown-rump length (CRL) was measured by means of pulsed ultrasound, and the normal values between 47 and 101 days from the onset of the last menstrual period were determined from cross-sectional data in 253 patients. For any given CRL, the range was found to be within three days of the menstrual age with a maximum variation for a given occasion of three days. Detailed statistical analysis showed that the acceleration in the rate of change in the CRL was a constant and that the intrapatient variability, where measured, was low. A close correlation between the measurement and the date of ovulation was demonstrated in a further 40 patients.

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