ABSTRACT
This study investigated the phonological disruption and subsequent self-correcting behaviour in Cantonese aphasic speakers. The self-correcting behaviour was investigated by examining the sequence of successive spontaneous attempts in producing a target sound. Five anomic, five non-fluent aphasic and five normal control subjects were assessed by using a confrontation naming task which included monosyllabic, disyllabic and trisyllabic targets. All the aphasic subjects demonstrated successive phonological self-corrections towards the target. Initial consonants were more vulnerable to phonological disruption and more resistant to self-correction than vowels, lexical tones and final consonants.
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Anomia/physiopathology , Aphasia, Broca/physiopathology , Articulation Disorders/physiopathology , Feedback/physiology , Aged , Analysis of Variance , Anomia/complications , Aphasia, Broca/complications , Articulation Disorders/etiology , Case-Control Studies , Female , Humans , Male , Middle Aged , Psycholinguistics , Statistics, NonparametricSubject(s)
Antiemetics/therapeutic use , Vomiting/drug therapy , Antiemetics/adverse effects , Antineoplastic Agents/adverse effects , Humans , Medulla Oblongata/drug effects , Neural Pathways/drug effects , Receptors, Dopamine/drug effects , Reticular Formation/drug effects , Vomiting/chemically inducedABSTRACT
A case of pentazocine induced hallucinations which responded to treatment with Naloxone is reported.
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Hallucinations/chemically induced , Naloxone/therapeutic use , Pentazocine/adverse effects , Adolescent , Femoral Fractures/surgery , Fracture Fixation, Internal , Hallucinations/drug therapy , Humans , MaleABSTRACT
Two cases are reported in which Caesarean section was successfully performed under epidural analgesia in patients whose pregnancy was complicated by a phaeochromcytoma. Pre-operative phenoxybenzamine therapy together with careful peri-operative monitoring produced cardiovascular stability and led in both cases to the delivery of a healthy infant.
