Cases from Wards and Out-Patients

Cases Treated in the 2nd Surgeon's Wards

From wards 5 and 6 to Sainsburys (the history of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest.).

Appalled at the high mortality from ischaemic heart disease in the province, his studies showed that there was a substantial delay between the onset of symptoms and the call for professional help. Moreover, there was little being done to treat these patients in the pre-hospital phase, apart from reassurance, and perhaps some analgesia and basic life support should cardiac arrest occur. The resu...

Relationship between Awareness of and Respect for Patients’ Rights from the Perspective of Patients Admitted to Psychiatric Wards

Background: It seems difficult to develop comprehensive legislations that can include the rights of all psychiatric patients. Nevertheless, awareness of patients’ rights among patients with psychiatric disorders and their caregivers play an important role in advancing the treatment goals and human rights. This study was aimed to determine the relationship between awarness of and respect f...

What has happened to patients from long-stay psychiatric wards?

Evidence bearing on the issue of what happens to patients from long-stay psychiatric wards in Britain is scarce. The results of a particularly well-planned resettlement programme may not be representative of the outcome from general policies of discharge from all psychiatric hospitals. The present study was undertaken in Sheffield to find the whereabouts of patients from long-stay wards after e...

Choking incidents among psychiatric patients: retrospective analysis of thirty-one cases from the west Bologna psychiatric wards.

OBJECTIVE To determine the rate of choking incidents among the psychiatric population of 4 inpatient facilities, classifying the incidents according to their probable etiology. METHOD All incidents recorded over 18 months were retrospectively analyzed for demographic variables, psychiatric and medical diagnoses, and drug therapy at the time of incident. Where possible, patients underwent psyc...