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A Paton

Publications and source records attributed to A Paton.

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PubMed1978

If I had a melaena.

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Blood Transfusion↗
PubMed1977

Aminopyrine breath test in alcoholic liver disease and in patients on enzyme-inducing drugs.

The 14C-aminopyrine breath test was used to measure liver function in 14 normal subjects, 16 patients with alcoholic cirrhosis, 14 alcoholics without cirrhosis, and 29 patients taking a variety of drugs. The normal value for the breath test was 8.6 +/- 1.5%, whereas it was significantly lower (5.1 +/- 3.8%) in patients with alcoholic cirrhosis. Higher than normal values were found in some alcoholic patients without cirrhosis and in patients receiving enzyme-inducing drugs, such as phenobarbitone. There was a significant correlation between serum gamma-glutamyltransferase and breath test in these groups. Some patients with alcoholic cirrhosis may also be capable of enzyme induction.

Adrenal Cortex Hormones↗
PubMed1976

Hepatitis-B surface antigen and cirrhosis in Iraq.

Hepatitis-B surface antigen was found in 58% of 64 patients with cirrhosis in Iraq using counter immunoelectrophoresis (CIE), radioimmunoassay (RIA), and three commercial haemagglutination tests--Auscell (Abbott Laboratories), Hepatest (Wellcome Reagents Ltd.), and Hepanosticon (Organon Teknika). CIE detected about half as many positives as the other methods; RIA was the most sensitive. The number of positive reactions was much higher than in any previously reported series of patients with cirrhosis and seven times higher than in a normal hospital control population.

Adolescent↗
PubMed1976

Potassium status of patients with cirrhosis.

Whole body potassium measurements were performed on 55 cirrhotic patients in different stages of the disease. They included 34 with alcoholic cirrhosis, 10 with cryptogenic cirrhosis, eight with chronic active hepatitis, and three with haemochromatosis. Serial measurements were carried out in 21 patients. The findings of this study indicate that: (1) the aetiology of the cirrhosis is important in determining the potassium status of cirrhotics, most alcoholics being depleted; (2) ascites and decompensation are usually associated with potassium depletion but compensated cirrhotics may also be depleted even when not receiving diuretics; (3) the initial potassium status, whether a cirrhotic be decompensated or not, is difficult to alter in the short term (six months). Marked changes in potassium status can occur in alcoholic patients studied over longer periods.

Adult↗
PubMed1975

Evaluation of group therapy: correlations between clients' and observers' assessments.

An attempt to compare observers' evaluations of aspects of group psychotherapy with the patients' assessments of the same selected variables (i.e. 'acceptance', 'abreaction'and 'improvement') is described. Correlation coefficients between the observers' and clients' rankings of these factors were obtained, and the implications of the findings are discussed in relation to each group.

Abreaction↗