Isotope scanning of the pancreas as a diagnostic aid in some cases of pancreatic diseases.
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J Lähdevirta
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Voluntary caregivers' observations on the dynamics of hope across the continuum of HIV/AIDS: a focus group study.
The purpose of this study was to describe voluntary caregivers' observations on the dynamics of hope across the continuum of HIV/AIDS. Three focus group interview sessions were conducted with 10 voluntary caregivers in 1998. The data were analyzed using the grounded theory method described originally by Glaser and Strauss. Closing and opening emerged as the core categories in the dynamics of hope. Closing means closing down in despair and to the process of life, whereas opening means opening up to hope and the process of life. Nursing interventions that prevent closing and enable opening are helpful for these people. Conceptual clarification and the differentiation between the concepts of hope, wish, despair, and hopelessness presented in this study require further elaboration. Further research on the dynamics of hope in fearing HIV/AIDS or living with HIV/AIDS and being a significant other to a person with HIV/AIDS from different perspectives is also needed.
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The minor problem of hemostatic impairment in nephropathia epidemica, the mild Scandinavian form of hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome.
Nephropathia epidemica (NE) is the mild Scandinavian form of hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome (HFRS). Its hemorrhagic manifestations are so mild that initially--as its name implies--it was not considered a hemorrhagic fever. It is, however, clinically, histologically, and epidemiologically similar to Korean hemorrhagic fever (KHF) except that hemorrhagic manifestations are fewer and mortality is lower. The etiologic agents of the two disorders, Puumala virus (NE) and Hantaan virus (KHF), are closely related. NE is the most benign of the hemorrhagic fevers. Hemostatic impairment is not a significant clinical problem in this disease and therefore has not been thoroughly studied, although abnormalities in hemostasis have been noted. Further investigations of this disease might provide insights concerning the treatment of other, more severe, hemorrhagic fevers.
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