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K O'Keefe

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PubMed1983

Non-organic failure to thrive: decision for placement and videotaped evaluations.

Infants hospitalized for non-organic failure to thrive in the first six months of life are in a life-threatening situation and are already at risk for poor bonding with mother. In light of this, the meaning and use of foster care and how this separation affects the developing mother-child relationship are the issues addressed through examination of 16 cases in which 8 of the infants were placed in foster care and 8 discharged home after the failure to thrive hospitalization. This paper examines (1) maternal histories of pregnancy, labor and delivery and the neonatal status of placed and non-placed infants; (2) the developmental and weight status of placed children; (3) the nature of the decision criteria for after-hospital care; and (4) the mother-infant relationship at initial intake in terms of mother's report of events and observations of feeding and play interactions during a videotaped assessment process. The study found that the interactions between mother and infant in those situations which required foster care were clearly more dysfunctional when compared to those in which the baby was discharged home to mother. Babies in the two groups were comparable in weight status at the time of hospitalization although babies in foster placement had slightly lower scores on the Bayley Scales. Maternal histories of pregnancy, labor, and delivery were similar for the two groups as were the birth and neonatal histories of the infants.

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PubMed1983

Non-organic failure to thrive: implications of placement through analysis of videotaped interactions.

This paper presents 6-month follow-up on a group of 16 infants hospitalized during the first months of life for non-organic failure to thrive (N-O FTT) and their mothers. Eight of these infants were placed in foster care and eight were returned home with their parents following hospitalization. The effects of placement on infant outcomes were examined through comparison of developmental scores and weight percentile changes, and the implications of foster care placements for mother-infant interactions were examined through analysis of patterns of interaction in videotaped sessions of feeding and play six months after hospital discharge. This analysis showed that (1) mothers in both groups failed to make significant progress in resolving their own emotional or psychological conflicts through treatment available; (2) weight and developmental status of the infants did not improve as expected in either group, and finally that (3) the patterns of interaction between mother and infant showed little change over time, and, regardless of placement at home or in foster care, remained concerning.

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PubMed1982

Histochemistry of mouse extraocular muscle.

The organization, histochemical and endplate characteristics, and percentage fiber composition are described for mouse extraocular muscle (EOM). Both recti and obliques, but not the retractor bulbi, have two concentric layers, an inner global and superficial orbital. Three histochemical fiber types, coarse, fine and granular, are present in the EOM. The intermediate diameter coarse fibers are focally innervated and occur in both layers in all muscles. The large diameter granular fibers are focally innervated and occur in all EOM in the global layer. The small diameter fine fibers have multiterminal endplates and occur in both layers of the recti. Fine fibers are not seen in the obliques or retractor bulbi. Focal endplates are confined to a broad diagonal band across the middle one third of the muscle, whereas multiterminal endplates are scattered throughout the length of the muscle.

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