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J Sitzman

Publications and source records attributed to J Sitzman.

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PubMed1992

Panniculus morbidus.

Eight patients with large panniculi are described where severe problems with hygiene, immobility, and chronic infection were caused by the lymphedematous, chronically infected pannus. Protracted nonsurgical management of the infected panniculus had failed in all 8 patients. Wedge resection without fat undermining removed diseased tissue. Infection and sepsis were eliminated and ambulation was restored in all patients. Formerly immobile patients were returned to normal activity. Significant self-induced weight loss was not observed in a 2-year follow-up period; weight gain, however, was not experienced. The primary anesthetic method was thoracic epidural reducing the requirements for general endotracheal anesthesia. The chronically infected pannus is a surgical problem deserving earlier recognition and resection.

Abdomen↗
PubMed1985

Psychiatric aspects of patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.

This chapter reviewed many of the psychiatric aspects of patients with COPD. It is hoped that this chapter will facilitate an understanding of some of the more common psychological and sociocultural settings in which COPD patients operate and some of the variables that can be utilized to increase these patients' and their families' abilities to adapt by increasing the fit of their environments with the severity of the patients' COPD.

Arousal↗
PubMed1979

A health education model for ambulatory care.

Nurses in this ambulatory care center recognized a need for a systematic, planned approach to health education, and developed a health education model. The nurses on the committee serve as inhouse consultants to help other nurses develop, implement, and evaluate health education programs.

Ambulatory Care↗
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Biofeedback training for reduced respiratory rate in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: a preliminary study.

The overall objective of this preliminary investigation was to determine whether breathing patterns of patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease could be altered by training patients to voluntarily change their breathing, using techniques of biofeedback training. The specific aims were (1) to develop a method of monitoring respiratory rate and tidal volume with a device that was both accurate and usable without discomfort or inconvenience to the patient; (2) to use the method with patients having chronic obstructive pulmonary disease to determine whether respiratory rate could be slowed by voluntary controls; and (3) to determine whether patients who could slow their breathing rate would increase their tidal volume and demonstrate other respiratory changes.

Biofeedback, Psychology↗