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Fibrin Fibrinogen Degradation Products/blood , Thrombophlebitis/diagnosis , Adult , Aged , Female , Humans , Latex Fixation Tests , Male , Middle Aged , Phlebography , Thrombophlebitis/bloodSubject(s)
Thermography , Thrombophlebitis/diagnosis , Adult , Aged , Evaluation Studies as Topic , Female , Humans , Male , Middle Aged , Phlebography , Thermography/instrumentationABSTRACT
In 92 consecutive patients admitted with suspected acute deep venous thrombosis, (DVT), the screening value of a new thermographic equipment, DeVeTherm, was evaluated with phlebography as a reference. The predictive value was 0.29 (0.19-0.41) of a positive thermography, and 0.68 (0.43-0.87) of a negative thermography. These results do not justify application of DeVeTherm as a screening method for DVT.
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Body Temperature , Leg/blood supply , Thermography , Thrombophlebitis/diagnosis , Acute Disease , Adult , Aged , Evaluation Studies as Topic , Female , Humans , Male , Middle Aged , Phlebography , Thrombophlebitis/physiopathologySubject(s)
Aged , Geriatric Nursing , Hospitalization , Denmark , Female , Humans , Length of Stay , Male , Old Age Assistance , Patient Admission , Prospective Studies , Socioeconomic FactorsABSTRACT
The purpose of this study was to attempt to collect sufficient data to substantiate the clinical impression that the degree of depression in the paraplegic and his past history are correlated. It was hypothesised that the poorer the past history, the greater the degree of depression in paraplegic individuals. This study was conducted on ten paraplegic subjects from the Spinal Cord Clinic at Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center, Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, based on data obtained from the administration and scoring of the Depression Scale (D-scale) of the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI) and by the clinical observation by the consulting psychiatrist with the Spinal Injury Clinic. Past history was assumed measurable as 'favourable' to 'poor' by the use of an original questionnaire. The results of this investigation suggested a relationship between a paraplegic individual's past history and the degree of depression. The study was deemed significant in presentation of an original past history questionnaire and in the prediction of future difficulties in the rehabilitation of paraplegics so that preventive measures could be instituted.
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Adjustment Disorders/psychology , Paraplegia/psychology , Social Adjustment , Achievement , Adaptation, Psychological , Adolescent , Adult , Child , Humans , MMPI , Male , Parent-Child Relations , Socioeconomic Factors , Spinal Cord Injuries/psychologyABSTRACT
The filtrering effect of an electrostatic filtrattion equipment (Vortronic mod. 75) for air filtration was examined by sampling the air in a general dental practice by means of a Casella Slit Sampler for Airborne Bacteria (C. F. Casella & Co. Ltd., London). A reception, a sterilization, two treatment chairs and a resting cabinet were seperated by 180 cm high walls in a rectangular room of 33 m2 and with an air volume of approximately 80 m3. The staff including one dentist and one or two assistents worked from 8 a.m. till 4 p.m. with a 30 min. lunch break. A mean of 17 patients visited the practice every day. The electrostatic filter was placed in front of one of the treatment chairs and the slit sampler was, for one period, placed at a distance of 5 m from the filter. In the next period both filter and slit sampler were placed within 140 cm from the treatment chair. The air was sampled at noon and at 4 p.m. Micro-organisms from the air samples were cultured on blood agar by incubation at 37 degrees C for 48 hours. After incubation all colonies visible to the eye were counted. A total of 36 air samples were examined. Without filtration of the air the bacterial contamination amounted to 14 cultivable organisms per ft3 air at noon and 54 organisms per ft3 at 4 p.m. The filtration equipment proved to reduce the air contamination to 6 cultivable organisms per ft3.
