Biomedical subjects

J L Welch

Publications and source records attributed to J L Welch.

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PubMed1982

Psychometric assessment in absence status.

A 66-year-old woman had a ten-year history of attacks of absence status lasting two days. The clinical and psychometric manifestations of absence status in this patients were identical to those found in dementia. Unless a history of fluctuation in the behavioral disturbance is obtained, such a case of absence status may be misdiagnosed as dementia. The results of the longitudinal assessment indicated that the patient suffered more frequent episodes of cognitive impairment than she realized and that such dificits lasted longer than was initially believed.

Aged↗

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Integrating theory and research into practice.

An experiential learning assignment was imPlemented in an undergraduate nursing course. The purpose of the assignment was to integrate theory and research into a nursing practice activity. The authors describe the development, implementation, and evaluation of the assignment. Evaluation data indicated that the assignment was an appropriate way to prepare beginning nursing students for building knowledge about nursing as a scholarly discipline.

Attitude of Health Personnel↗

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Coma arousal procedure: a therapeutic intervention in the treatment of head injury.

This study reports on the efficacy of a 'coma arousal procedure'. This procedure involved a programme of vigorous sensory stimulation administered to comatose patients by relatives using Comakits. An experimental group of 12 severely head-injured patients received the coma arousal procedure while a matched control group did not. Total duration of coma and weekly Glasgow Coma Scale Scores were recorded for the two groups. Results indicate that the total duration of coma was significantly shorter and that coma lightened more rapidly for the experimental group.

Adolescent↗