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M A Nevins

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Retching and termination of ventricular tachycardia. Report of two cases.

Two patients had ventricular tachycardia that reverted to sinus rhythm during retching. These cases are consistent with recent experimental and clinical observations that suggest the presence of significant vagal innervation of the ventricles and an important vagal effect on some ventricular arrhythmias.

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Nontreatment of hip fractures in senile patients.

Five elderly patients with hip fractures were deemed unsuited for surgical repair because of severe organic mental syndromes. All survived the postfracture period without the morbidity of decubitus ulcers and pulmonary complications, or the pain, mental anguish, and expense of hospitalization and surgery. Surgical repair of a hip fracture is not necessarily a mandatory or life-saving procedure. For patients unlikely to walk again, nonoperative management is a reasonable alternative--provided good nursing care is available.

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