Myelomeningocele og seksualitet

Myelomeningocele.

1. Recognize the signs and symptoms of ventricular shunt failure (increased intracranial pressure). 2. Identify the signs and symptoms of tethered spinal cord. 3. List signs and symptoms of Chiari II malformation. 4. Apply the three-level classification system to patients who have spinal cord abnormalities. 5. Use system-based recommendations for ongoing surveillance and care of patients who ha...

Optimal Policy in OG Models

In the present paper general stationary overlapping generations economies with many commodities in every period and many different consumers in every generation are considered. A government maximizes a utilitarian social welfare function, which is the sum of weighted averages of utilities for generations, through fiscal policy, i.e., monetary transfers and taxes. Situations both with and withou...

Placebo. Historie, biologi og effekt

Since 1950 or so, placebos and their effect have generated a considerable interest in certain medical communities, in particular among psychiatrists and the designers of clinical trials, yet the only significant external study of this phenomenon to appear has been Howard Brody's doctoral investigation, Placebos and the philosophy ofmedicine, published in 1980. In 1997, however, three book-lengt...

Spina Bifida (Myelomeningocele)

Management of Lumbosacral Myelomeningocele

Peter M. DeJong, BS,a Nicholas S. Adams, MD,a,b Robert J. Mann, MD,a,b,c John W. Polley, MD,a,b,c and John A. Girotto, MD, MMAa,b,c aMichigan State University College of Human Medicine, Grand Rapids, Mich; bPlastic and Reconstructive Surgery Residency, Grand Rapids Medical Education Partners, Grand Rapids, Mich; and cPediatric Plastic and Craniofacial Surgery, Helen DeVos Children’s Hospital, G...