ABSTRACT
In 61 patients with hemiplegia who were under a rehabilitation program, the grade of gait disturbance of each patient was examined by 6 physical therapists. The examination consisted of observation on 46 kinds of gait or related actions; of which 14 were with a handrail, 16 with a cane and 16 with empty hands. Each rater was requested to rate the patient's performance on the basis of 4 stages: impossible, possible with human assistance, possible but not practical, and practical from the standpoint of ADL (activities of daily living). We assigned 1 to the former two cases, whereas 0 to the latter two, respectively.<br>The data collected in this way were analysed by making the cross-table and counting the number of possible tests in each patient and that of possible patients in each test, respectively. By using these results, we rearranged the order of both cases and tests. We found that the rank of this new arrangement of the tests roughly paralleled to that of the difficulty of the tests and could be diverted to be utilized for the scaling of the latter.
ABSTRACT
A 61-year-old man was found to have an abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) during follow-up for ischemic heart disease. On admission, ultrasonograms and computed tomograms revealed a thickened aortic wall surrounded by a soft tissue (so-called mantle). The obstructive right anterior brain artery and stenotic right internal carotid artery were also detected by angiography. Coronary angiography demonstrated multiple stenotic lesions of the coronary arteries. The excised AAA was replaced with an prosthetic graft. The mobilization of the adjacent viscera was kept as little as possible in order to prevent injury to them. We reported a case of “inflammatory” abdominal aneurysm associated with various atherosclerotic lesions.