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B Sachs

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PubMed1986

[Current role of electroencephalography in the diagnosis of brain tumors].

The comparison of anamnestic and clinical findings and numerous others obtained by medical instruments of 204 patients suffering from cerebral tumour confirmed the high value of the EEG in detecting a cerebro-organic process. Normal EEG-results could be found in 10% of all patients only. Independent of kind and localisation of tumour the supratentorial area showed changes of background activity in 87% and focal findings in 78% of all cases. With so-called epilepsies due to a tumour, pathological EEG-results were found in 94% of all cases. The EEG, an inexpensive method which can easily and everywhere be applied and is also comfortable for the patients, will continue to exist in the pre-diagnostic stage and in the decision-making for other diagnostical measures.

Brain Neoplasms↗
PubMed1986

[Significance of psychopathological findings for early detection and prognosis of intracranial tumors].

Psychic findings of 266 patients suffering from cerebral tumor have been analysed. Psychopathological findings, therefore, were among the most frequent symptoms, at the same time being the second most frequent primary symptom after headache. Disturbance of consciousness and orientation were primarily an indication of malign tumors with increase in cerebral pressure whereas disturbance of motive and cognitive functions were more an indication of slowly growing tumors. Despite the same kind of tumors, same localisation and same duration of anamnesis psychic primary symptoms and disturbance of consciousness and orientation have been found considerably more frequently in older patients than in younger patients.

Brain Neoplasms↗
PubMed1985

Contraceptive decision-making in urban, black female adolescents: its relationship to cognitive development.

Contraceptive education and accessible contraceptive methods have not reduced significantly the incidence of adolescent pregnancy. The cognitive development of adolescents makes contraceptive decision-making difficult. This study examined how cognitive development affected contraceptive decision-making among 86 urban black female adolescents attending three family planning clinics. Hierarchical multiple regression analyses revealed that the stage of cognitive development was the best predictor of contraceptive decision-making. Age and relevant sexual knowledge added to the explanation of decision-making variance. Potential nursing implications include: (1) screening of stage cognitive development prior to rendering care, (2) continuation of contraceptive education and (3) presentation of contraceptive education at appropriate cognitive levels.

Adolescent↗
PubMed1985

[The current role of neurosyphilis in the differential diagnosis of neuropsychiatric diseases].

Over a period of eight years, 16 patients from a non-selected number of patients in a neuropsychiatric special hospital were diagnosed to suffer from neurolues not known so far. Apart from the classical clinical pictures (PP and T. d.) meningovascular courses of disease with apoplectiform onset have been dominant since 1980. The patients concerned were nearly exclusively younger male adolescents. The decline in the classical development of neurolues in favour of meningovascular and atypical clinical pictures makes clinical diagnosis more difficult and requires routine application of standardized specific and serological tests in clinical practice.

Adult↗
PubMed1984

An anthropometric study of males with the fragile-X syndrome.

Anthropometric methods were used to examine 18 males 18 to 69 years old with the Fragile-X syndrome. Thirteen of 15 subjects had macroorchidism. The average height of the individuals with the Fragile-X was less than that of published standards. Seventeen of the 18 subjects had absolute or relative macrocephaly, and two-thirds of the subjects were dolichocephalic. For the group as a whole, facial and ear lengths were increased, and facial breadth, hand length, and foot length were decreased. It is suggested that relationships between various measurements of an individual may be more important than any single measurements for conveying the characteristic appearance of an individual with the Fragile-X syndrome.

Adolescent↗
PubMed1982

[Cryptococcosis of the CNS].

The findings and opinions which are of greater importance for clinical practice with respect to the etiopathogenesis, epidemiology, symptomatology, diagnostics and therapy of cryptococcosis of the central nervous system are discussed with special consideration of the cerebrospinal fluid findings and in evaluation of two cases treated by the authors. Crytococcosis of the CNS produces no clinical pictures that are only typical of it. Favourable curing changes, however, only exist if a specific therapy is initiated systematically and at an early time, for which the application of a combination of amphotericin B and 5-fluorocytosin is considered as the therapy of first choice today. Hints are given that should make an inclusion of cryptococcosis in the differential-diagnostic consideration possible.

Amphotericin B↗
PubMed1981

[Whipple disease of the CNS].

By the example of two cases that could only be cleared up by a postmortem examination the affection of the central nervous system by Whipple's disease is dealt with. The granulomatous inflammatory process which is almost exclusively localised in the grisea and shows a particular concentration in the diencephalon, in the cortex of the frontal, temporal and islet regions as well as in the deeper brain stem, had resulted in a variety of neurological-psychiatric symptoms, in most cases a systemic psychosyndrome, myoclonism and paresis of ocular movement. In both cases the diagnoses was verified by the electromicroscopic identification of the bacteria in the typical SPC cells.

Adult↗
PubMed1976

Psychiatrist-wife-mother: some aspects of role integration.

Throughout her professional life the woman who chooses to combine the roles of psychiatrist, wife, and mother may find them not only compatible but complementary. If she can adopt a philosophy of life that permits her to function in these roles, and if those around her support her activities, she can perform with relative ease and proficiency. Her lifestyle must of necessity differ from that of her male colleagues, but differing lifestyles among members of a profession vitalize the field. A broad perspective is desirable, especially in a profession that deals with the emotional and mental lives of people. Married women and mothers afford such a broadened perspective to the field of psychiatry.

Family↗
PubMed1976

[Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis with myoclonic bodies (Lafora bodies) (author's transl)].

In the present investigation 2 sporadic cases of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis with the occurrence of myoclonic bodies (Lafora bodies) in the CNS are reported. The patients died after about 14 respectively 8 months lasting disease at the age of 41 and 43, respectively under the clinical signs of an ALS. Morphology, staining qualities, and the distribution of the myoclonic bodies in our cases correspond to the adult form of the myoclonic body disease (type Lundborg). In the literature we found further 6 cases of neurogenic muscle atrophy with the occurrence of myoclonic bodies in the CNS so that one might suppose a syntropy of these two affections. The possible pathophysiological relations of neurogenic muscle atrophy to the occurrence of myoclonic body disease in adults are briefly discussed.

Adult↗
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Psychometrics for two short forms of the Center for Epidemiologic Studies-Depression Scale.

The Center for Epidemiologic Studies-Depression Scale (CES-D; L. S. Radloff, 1977) assesses the presence and severity of depressive symptoms occurring over the past week. Although it contains only 20 items, its length may preclude its use in a variety of clinical populations. This study evaluated psychometric properties of 2 shorter forms of the CES-D developed by F. J. Kohout, L. F. Berkman, D. A. Evans, and J. Cornoni-Huntley (1993): the Iowa form and the Boston form. Data were pooled from 832 women representing 6 populations. Internal consistency estimates, correlations with the original version of the CES-D, and omitted-included item correlations supported use of the Iowa form over the Boston form when a shortened version of the scale is desired. Regression statistics are provided for use in estimating scores on the original CES-D when either shortened form is used. Factor analytic results from two populations support a single-factor structure for the original CES-D as well as the short forms.

Adolescent↗