Abstract Aim To determine whether requesting images for plastic surgery trauma referrals reduced the number of patients transferred to hospital on day assessment and management. Method Two data collection periods between 31/08/22 - 18/09/22 (round 1) 24/10/22 – 17/11/22 2) were undertaken. For round one call SHOs asked keep track all outside their base which they accepted review. Once patient h...

Four randomised controlled trials (RCTs) and one RCT metaanalysis are featured in the Journal this month. The latter is a review of trials of newer-generation antidepressants and cognitive–behavioural therapy (CBT) for adolescent depression (Dubicka et al, pp. 433–440). In an area of clinical practice plagued by controversy, the authors of this review were able to contribute the finding that ad...

We report a family with co-occurring disorders including neuroblastoma in the first child conceived by in-vitro fertilization with history of sodium valproate use by the mother during pregnancy and mosaic trisomy 22 in the third child. We discuss the possibility of an association between the disorders but conclude that no firm aetiological connection can be established between the different dis...

this study is due to investigate the histological and histochemical properties of the tongue of the embryo and one day old ostrich chickens. twelve eggs in various embryonic stages (22, 26, 30 and 36 embryonic days) and three one day chicks were used. the specimens from whole of tongue were collected and after preparing tissue were stained by histological staining methods include h & e,masson t...

Maize (Zea mays) has a large class of seed mutants with opaque or nonvitreous endosperms that could improve the nutritional quality of our food supply. The phenotype of some of them appears to be linked to the improper formation of protein bodies (PBs) where zein storage proteins are deposited. Although a number of genes affecting endosperm vitreousness have been isolated, it has been difficult...

Three papers in the Journal this month consider issues related to measuring, understanding and treating mental ill health in childhood. Baron-Cohen et al (pp. 500–509) undertook a study to establish the prevalence of autism-spectrum conditions in Cambridgeshire using two case ascertainment methods. First, a survey of individuals on the Special Educational Needs register and second, a screening ...

The contralateral uninjected hind paws of rats which had been injected with Freund's complete (FCA) or incomplete (FIA) adjuvant 10,14, 18, or 22 days previously were perfused under urethane anaesthesia using a stainless steel coaxial catheter. In one series of experiments cyclic AMP (cAMP) levels were determined after a 2-hour perfusion. cAMP levels were also determined in rats treated on days...

Delivery by Caesarean Section (CS) of pregnant rats at 09.00 hours on the 23rd day of gestation reduced the range of times of ovulation after parturition by 18 hr. Ovulation had not occurred by 15 hr after CS but was completed by 18 hr, an interval which is similar to that of ovulation for females of this colony littering at 09.00 hours. Operation on Day 21 or 22 post coitum did not change the ...

Pregnant Charles Foster rats were subjected to amniotic sac puncture on day 15 of gestation and the effect was observed on parturition. All the control rats as expected delivered on day 22 of gestation. In the group where all the sacs were punctured, only 12.5% rats delivered on day 22 while rest either failed to deliver (62.5%) or died (25%). In the group with unpunctured sacs at vaginal ends,...