Survival time in paraplegics with certain urinary complications

On Iridectomy in Certain Complications of Iritis

Urinary complications of lipomyelomeningocele.

Sokol, G. M., and Schwartz, M. W. (1973). Archives of Disease in Childhood, 48, 560. Urinary complications oflipomyelomeningocele. A review of22 cases of lipomyelomeningocele was conducted with special reference to the urinary system. 13 patients (60%) had evidence of urinary tract infection. 10 urological x-rays were abnormal. Surgical removal of the lipomyelomeningocele had no effect upon the...

The differentiation of Enterobacteriaceae infecting the urinary tract: A study in male paraplegics.

Methods adopted in a routine bacteriology laboratory for the rapid identification of Enterobacteriaceae isolated from urine are described. The incidence of various bacteria causing infection in paraplegics after catheterization of the bladder is recorded, Klebsiella accounting for the majority of infections caused by lactose fermenters and Providence for the majority of ;paracolon' infections. ...

Survival and complications in thalassemia.

The life expectancy of patients with thalassemia major has significantly increased in recent years, as reported by several groups in different countries. However, complications are still frequent and affect the patients' quality of life. In a recent study from the United Kingdom, it was found that 50% of the patients had died before age 35. At that age, 65% of the patients from an Italian long-...

Survey of Paraplegics in Scotland

The facilities available to disabled people living in Scotland were studied by visiting and interviewing a group of 50 paraplegics living in Glasgow and the surrounding counties. The degree of unemployment in the group (74%) was far greater than has been reported in other surveys, and no quadriplegic was in remunerative employment. Though the general unemployment level in the area is high servi...