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R McElroy
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Percentages seem too high.
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What we need to know.
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Malignant sex and aggression: an overview of serial sexual homicide.
Serial murderers have attracted considerable attention in the popular press and criminal justice field, but scientific literature about these individuals is limited. This article provides an overview, from a psychiatric perspective, of serial sexual homicide, one type of serial killing. Characteristics of this type of murder and of these offenders are discussed. Defining qualities and diagnoses applicable to serial sexual killers are reviewed. Various etiologic theories are discussed, with emphasis on the role of fantasy and psychodynamic explanations. Governmental agencies involved in combating this type of crime, along with the role of mental health professionals in criminal profiling, are presented. Finally, the authors explore the reaction of society to this phenomenon.
Peritonitis secondary to dialysis tubing contamination among patients undergoing continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis.
Patients were asked to report all dialysis system contaminations occurring from December 1985 through May 1988 to the home training facility. There were 74 instances of peritoneal dialysis system contamination, 20 of which resulted in peritonitis. Prophylactic antibiotics were used in 48 of 54 episodes not resulting in peritonitis. Three cultures yielded gram-positive organisms without clinical peritonitis becoming evident. Fourteen of the 20 episodes of peritonitis had received antibiotics prophylactically. System contaminations were classified into tears or holes of the catheter at the adapter on the Tenckhoff catheter or at the tubing connection to the dialysate bag and breaks of the connecting devices from either dialysis catheter to dialysis tubing or dialysis tubing to dialysate bag. System contaminations accounted for 20 of the 333 episodes of peritonitis that occurred during this time. Identifying system contamination is useful because prophylactic antibiotic therapy may prevent peritonitis.
Hereditary pancreatitis in a kinship associated with portal vein thrombosis.
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Botulism among Cape Dorset Eskimos and suspected botulism at Frobicher Bay and Wakeham Bay.
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