CLINICAL EXPERIENCE WITH THE OTAGO PHOTOSCREENER

Maori experience of community treatment orders in Otago, New Zealand.

OBJECTIVE To consider the impact of community treatment orders (CommTOs) on Maori patients and their whanau (extended family) and the associated views of mental health professionals. METHOD As a distinct aspect of a larger study of CommTOs, eight Maori patients under compulsory community care were interviewed and, where possible, members of their whanau. Associated interviews were held with t...

Clinical Experience with Aureomycin.

The Clinical Presentation and Outcome of Infants with Nodular Lymphoid Hyperplasia: Experience with 34 Cases from Southern Iran

Background: Rectal bleeding is a relatively uncommon, but potentially important problem in early infancy.  The common causes of fresh rectal bleeding in this age group are: bleeding diathesis (vit. K deficiency), infectious colitis, cow’s milk protein allergy and anal fissure.  Nodular lymphoid hyperplasia (NLH) is another cause of prolonged fresh rectal bleeding in early infancy. Objective: To...

Clinical laboratory experience with the improved Enterotube.

The reactions elicited in this evaluation of the improved Enterotube indicate the efficacy of using this device for the differentiation of the members of the family Enterobacteriaceae.

Clinical experience with the oxygen concentrator.

The oxygen concentrator is an accepted means of delivery of long term domiciliary oxygen treatment. Conditions of use, however, need to be carefully defined. Fourteen concentrators were used for one year by patients with hypoxaemic chronic obstructive airways disease, and mechanical reliability, patient compliance with a regimen of 15 hours' use a day, smoking habits, and variation in arterial ...