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O Waltimo

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PubMed1976

An epidemic due to sulphonamide-resistant group A meningococci in the Helsinki area (Finland). Epidemiological and clinical observations.

An epidemic due to sulphonamide-resistant group A meningococci started in Finland in January 1973. By the end of 1974 the number of cases exceeded 1300. This report describes epidemiological and clinical observations in 370 patients treated in Helsinki 1973-1974. The incidence was about 65 per 100 000 per year in children under 7 years of age and about 10 per 100 000 in adults. More than one case occurred in 3.8% of the families and in 36% of the lodging-houses of the lowest social group. The fatality rate of patients treated in hospital was 4.1%. Persistent neurological damage was noticed in 4.6%.

Adolescent↗
PubMed1975

Epidemiology of chronic subdural haematoma.

During the seven year period 1967-1973 a total of 64 residents of the City of Helsinki were diangosed as having chronic subdural haematomas. Forty of the patients were diagnosed during life at the Departments of Neurology and Neurosurgery, University of Helsinki, and treated surgically. Twenty four were diagnosed at autopsy at the Department of Forensic Medicine, University of Helsinki, at which the autopsies in virtually all cases of subdural haematoma in Helsinki are performed. The total of 64 cases gives an incidence of 1.72/100,000/year in the average population, the incidence increasing steeply with advancing age up to 7.35/100,000/year in the age groups 70-79 years.

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PubMed1975

Bilateral internal carotid artery thrombosis. Prognosis and risk factors.

Fourteen patients with bilateral internal carotid artery thrombosis were analysed with respect to long-term prognosis and the prevalence of risk factors of cerebrovascular disease. The patients comprised seven per cent of all patients with internal carotid thrombosis treated in 1966-73 at the Department of Neurology, University of Helsinki. During the follow-up period of 3 to 86 months (median 50 months) five patients died, three during the first, and two during the second year of follow-up. Of the surviving patients: two needed institutionalization; three were able to take care of themselves; and four who were virtually symptom-free, were able to work. The risk factors of cerebrovascular disease were analysed: 91 per cent were cigarette smokers; 70 per cent had serum triglycerides of 140 mg/100ml or higher; and 62 per cent had cholesterol values of 280 mg/100 ml or higher. Fasting glucose values higher than 95 mg/100 ml, and ECG abnormalities were encountered in every third, and obesity and hypertension in every fourth patient. Cigarette smoking and high triglycerides were more prevalent than in the general population. No association between the number of risk factors in the individual patients and the prognosis could be found.

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PubMed1975

Chronic subdural hematoma in adults. Influence of patient's age on symptoms, signs, and thickness of hematoma.

The relationship of age to clinical and pathological findings was analyzed in 109 adult patients operated on because of chronic subdural hematoma. A well-formed membrane on the inner and outer surface of the hematoma was used as the criterion for chronicity of the hematoma. Younger patients had more evidence of increased intracranial pressure; older patients had more evidence of mental deterioration and pyramidal tract lesions. The interval from trauma to operation was shorter in the young patients. The thickness of the hematoma as measured from angiograms increased with the age of the patient. The cause of this difference is discussed.

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PubMed1972

Subacute sclerosing panencephalitis as a cause of chronic dementia and relapsing brain disorder.

Two patients with subacute sclerosing panencephalitis (SSPE) are described because of the course of the disease, which is still thought to be unusual but might prove to be rather common. In both cases there was apparent recovery after about two years of illness. One of the patients had a relapse after eight years of remission and seems to have recovered also from this second period of illness, though with a more severe mental defect than after the first one. Thus, SSPE should be kept in mind as a possible aetiological factor in patients with a persisting slight to severe dementia after a brain disorder. Apparent recovery from SSPE does not exclude the possibility of relapse even many years later.

Adolescent↗