Trichomoniasis in a Closed Community: 100% Follow-up

Trichomoniasis in a closed community: efficacy of metronidazole.

A retrospective survey of women treated in prison for trichomonal vaginitis with metronidazole showed that 488 of 496 (98.3%) were cured after one course of drugs. Five of the eight treatment failures were successfully treated by further courses of metronidazole.A regimen of 400 mg metronidazole twice daily for seven days is simple and effective when taken in prescribed dosage. Metronidazole is...

Diverticulitis: a follow-up of 100 cases.

From available evidence lymphography must be considered to be a potentially dangerous method of investigation. However, if certain precautions are taken no serious complications should develop. Particular care should be taken over the amount of Lipiodol Ultra Fluid injected, especially after lymphadenectomy or in the presence of lymphatic obstruction, and the procedure should not be undertaken ...

The Criminally Insane: a Community Follow-up

In a landmark study, Careers of the Criminally Insane, Steadman and Cocozza investigated the behavior of patients who were released from institutions for the criminally insane in the State of New York. Protesting the court decision (Baxstrom v. Herold) mandating a transfer to civil hospitals for evaluation and possible release, state corrections officers claimed their patients were "too dangero...

A Five-year Follow-up of 100 Neurotic Out-patients.

Surgery in Cholesteatoma: Ten years Follow-up

Background: During last decades, many otologists attempted to make a long standing dry ear, resulting in better hearing after cholesteatoma surgery. This study evaluated the prognosis of two common methods of cholesteatoma ear surgery considering ten years follow-up. Methods: This retrospective analysis was done using medical records of 108 adult patients with cholesteatoma. After ten years of ...