Puerperal Infection in Private Practice.

Puerperal and intrapartum group A streptococcal infection.

OBJECTIVE To determine the demographic and clinical variables characteristic of non-epidemic intrapartum or puerperal group A streptococcal (GAS) infection. METHODS The records of 47 patients diagnosed with intrapartum or puerperal GAS infection over a 6 1/2 year period at Hadassah-University Hospital-Mt. Scopus, Jerusalem were reviewed. Data regarding 25,811 women, the general population of ...

Occupational therapists in private practice.

Although increasing numbers of occupational therapists are choosing to work in private practice, little data exist describing this sector of the profession. In the present study, experienced occupational therapists were asked about their moves into private practice, including (a) their motivation, (b) their preparation, and (c) their perceptions of the move's risks and benefits before and after...

Anticoagulant therapy in private practice.

THE DISCOVERY of heparin by McClean in 1916' and the identification of bishydroxycoumerin (Dicumarol) by Link and his co-workers in 1934 as the agent responsible for sweet clover disease in cattle,2 stimulated studies of the clinical use of anticoagulant therapy. The excellent work of Jorpes,3 Zilliacus,4 Barker5" 6 of the Mayo Clinic, and Wright7'8 of New York, and others,9' 10, n has crystall...

Forensic psychiatry in private practice.

This paper presents statistical and explanatory analyses of 637 forensic psychiatry cases in a private practice setting during the past 12 years, highlighting the remarkable variety of clinical and legal issues addressed by forensic psychiatrists. Emphasis is on how and why forensic psychiatrists need to be expert diagnosticians and clinicians, and ways in which they may respond to difficult cl...

The Source of Streptococcal Infection in Puerperal Fever