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G R Thompson

Publications and source records attributed to G R Thompson.

At least 199 records · Page 11Linked to original sources
PubMed1975

Rotator cuff tears in rheumatoid arthritis.

Rotator cuff tear secondary to chronic synovitis eroding the rotator cuff tendon is a complication of rheumatoid arthritis that has received little attention. Patients with such tears have a long history of active rheumatoid disease preceding the sudden onset of increased unilateral shoulder pain and immobility. The physician may interpret this change as indicating a joint infection or rheumatoid flare, and initiate a drastic change in the patient's therapy. Shoulder arthrography reveals the correct diagnosis. Appropriate treatment consists of heat, rest, range of motion exercises, and repeated intra-articular injection of steroids.

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PubMed1975

Computers in anesthesiology and intensive care. User attitudes to a real-time patient data display system.

Wythenshawe Hospital is a large district general hospital, with an important Cardio-Thoracic department. A developed DNTRODUCED into this area and its attendent laboratories two years ago. Six months after hardware commissioning the system was fully operational throughout the whole department and during the past two years most of the additional user requirements, including calculations, have been met. This paper describes the attitudes and acceptance by doctors, nurses, laboratory and para-medical staff to the concept of recording all patients clinical information within this environment, via a computer system. Staff considered that both input and retrieval of information had been improved by computer assistance, and telephone call within the department had been reduced. Nurses and technicians prefered computer assistance to the old system of manual record keeping, but clinicians appeared less decided. However, all groups trusted the computer.

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PubMed1974

Diagnosis and treatment of essential fatty acid deficiency in man.

Essential fatty acid deficiency was found on four occasions in three adult patients with malabsorption after intestinal resection. Diagnosis was primarily based on the gas chromatographic finding of the abnormal fatty acid 5, 8, 11- (omega9) eicosatrienoic acid in plasma lecithin. None of the patients had received parenteral nutrition with a fat-free source of calories but all had been on a reduced intake of dietary fat at some stage. Treatment with intravenous Intralipid rapidly reversed the abnormal plasma fatty acid pattern and also cleared the rash in the patient wih he most severe deficiency.

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