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D Ling

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PubMed1972

Teaching a complex verbal response to a hearing-impaired girl.

A 3-yr-old hearing-impaired girl, who used neither the article "the" nor the auxiliary verb "is" was taught to use these words in describing a picture, initially through imitation and then in response to the command, "Tell me about this". As a result, she was able to use sentences in the present progressive form to describe a number of pictures on which she had received no training. This newly acquired behavior was subsequently extinguished and then reinstated.

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Retrocaval lymphadenopathy mimicking tumor thrombus in the inferior vena cava.

The preoperative assessment of many renal and adrenal tumors includes evaluation for tumor extension into the inferior vena cava. Computed tomography (CT) can allow the noninvasive diagnosis of tumor thrombus but specific pitfalls related to incomplete mixing of opacified and unopacified blood limit its utility. We report another pitfall, that of retrocaval lymphadenopathy mimicking tumor thrombus in the inferior vena cava.

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The deaf child: habilitation with and without a cochlear implant.

The rationale underlying the habilitation of deaf children through the use of cochlear implants is discussed. Areas of child development which are especially relevant in the habilitation process are highlighted. The need for rigorous ongoing evaluation is emphasized.

Adolescent↗
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Healthcare expenditure in patients treated with venlafaxine or selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors for depression and anxiety.

We compared healthcare expenditure over a six-month period following initiation of therapy with either venlafaxine (immediate and extended-release) or a selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI) in depressed patients with or without anxiety. Patients beginning treatment for a new depressive episode were identified retrospectively using the administrative data of the MEDSTAT MarketScan database for the period 1994-1999. Before beginning therapy, patients prescribed venlafaxine had more non-mental illnesses (0.85 vs 0.76; p<0.01) and hospitalisations for mental illness (0.53 vs 0.29; p<0.05) than patients prescribed SSRIs. In the six months after initiating treatment, venlafaxine was associated with lower hospitalisation expenditure for non-mental illness ($177 vs $526; p<0.01) than SSRIs, although total healthcare expenditure was not significantly different. Venlafaxine was associated with a 50% decrease in the odds of hospitalisation for non-mental illness compared with SSRIs, with significantly lower inpatient expenditure.

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