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J Croft

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PubMed2005

Quantification of secondary CPP insult severity in paediatric head injured patients using a pressure-time index.

This paper describes and validates a new Cumulative Pressure-Time Index (CPT) which takes into account both duration and degree of cerebral perfusion pressure (CPP) derangement and determines critical thresholds for CPP, in a paediatric head injury dataset. Sixty-six head-injured children, with invasive minute-to-minute intracranial pressure (ICP) and blood pressure monitoring, had their pre-set CPP derangement episodes (outside the normal range) identified in three childhood age-bands (2-6, 7-10, and 11-16 years) and global outcome assessed at six months post injury. The new cumulative pressure-time index more accurately predicted outcome than previously used summary measures and by varying the threshold CPP values, it was found that these physiological threshold values (< or = 48, < or = 52 and < or = 56 mmHg for 2-6, 7-10, and 11-16 years respectively) best predicted brain insult in terms of subsequent mortality and morbidity.

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PubMed1993

The Dai in India.

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Attitude to Health↗
PubMed1990

Passive smoking and 20-year cardiovascular disease mortality among nonsmoking wives, Evans County, Georgia.

The association of passive smoking and cardiovascular disease (CVD) mortality was assessed in a cohort of 513 rural, married Black and White women who were disease-free and self-described as never-smokers at baseline in 1960. Over a 20-year period, 76 of 147 total deaths were attributed to CVD. Relative risk estimates adjusted for age, cholesterol, blood pressure, and body mass from proportional hazards models were 1.59 for CVD (95% CI = 0.99, 2.57) and 1.39 (CI = 0.99, 1.94) for all cause mortality among women with husbands who smoked cigarettes.

Adolescent↗
PubMed1980

Interviewing in physical therapy.

An important responsibility of a physical therapist is to create a communicative atmosphere with his patients so that information can be readily offered and received. The interview is an effective method for gathering information, establishing rapport, and encouraging constructive planning, all of which are important in creating an atmosphere that facilitates communication. Guidelines for effective attitude formation, questioning, and responding within the context of physical therapy are discussed.

Attitude of Health Personnel↗