[Nursing care of radiation patients].
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The application of a pelvic external fixator can be a vital stage in the management of patients with severe pelvic fractures, either as part of the resuscitation phase or as definitive treatment. This paper shows the complication rate of pelvic external fixation to be 47 per cent. This high rate increases the morbidity associated with the fracture, and may also interfere with the definitive management. The majority of complications were associated with pin placement and the pin-bone interface. An understanding of the principles of external fixation and knowledge of the correct methods of application should reduce this complication rate.
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Individual psychotherapy with the old is being described and analyzed on the basis of treatment experiences with 48 geriatric and gerontopsychiatric patients aged 80 to 96. Furthermore conditions of successfully integrating psychotherapists in the team of geriatric hospital are examined. Special problems in treating the chronically and terminally ill are dealt with and resulting therapeutical aims are discussed.