The well established phenomenon 0/ seasonality 0/ birth dates (winter excess) and admission dates (summer excess) o/patients with schizophrenia and bipolar disorder was re-examined in a Southern A/rican study 0/ ill-patients. Monthly and seasonal analyses relpectively resulted in a May (late autumn and winter) excess o/schizophrenic male births and a March (late summer and autumn) excess among ...

This study compared the effect of two forms of chest physiotherapy. In the "conventional" form of physiotherapy, postural drainage was combined with percussion and directed coughing. The other, relatively new form of physiotherapy, was the forced expiration technique, i.e. huffing combined with postural drainage, breathing exercises and, if necessary, coughing. Eight patients (six with cystic f...

BACKGROUND Recurrent pneumothorax is the most significant complication after discontinuation of thoracostomy tubes. The primary objective of the present study was to determine which method of tube removal, at the end of inspiration or at the end of expiration, is associated with a lesser risk of developing a recurrent pneumothorax. A secondary objective was to identify potential risk factors fo...

introduction:the assessment of intravascular volume in severely traumatized patients or patients admitted in icu is very essential. at present the accurate method for estimating the intravascular volume requirement is by measuring the cvp which is an invasive method. the measurement of ivc diameter by ultrasound has been suggested as an easily available and simple method for measuring the intra...