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M Martin

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[Crenotherapy].

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[Five cases of pharyngeal tuberculosis seen over a period of one year (author's transl)].

The authors report five cases of pharyngeal tuberculosis seen over a period of one year and which were all, with one exception, surprise histological findings. Such histological findings were not always completely specific and the diagnosis was confirmed by a strongly positive tuberculin skin reaction, pulmonary disease and, above all, the elimination of symptoms and physical signs in less than 3 weeks under the influence of specific antituberculous therapy.

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[The Clock Test: drawing a clock for detection of cognitive disorders in geriatric patients].

Patients of a geriatric hospital (n = 263; 145 women, 118 men) had the task of drawing a clock and indicating a given time by the placements of hands. Errors were classified hierarchically by using a five-category-panel based on defined criteria. Its use as a "first-line" screening test for cognitive disorders in old age was evaluated. Retest- (r = 0.89) and interrater- correlations (r = 0.81) were satisfying. The results of this "clock drawing test" were compared both to the outcome in the Abbreviated Mental Test (AMT) and to the general judgment of the patients' cognitive status, based on the history, the report of informants, on clinical observation and examination. Patients with faultless clock drawings performed well in the AMT. However, prediction of the outcome in the AMT gradually became impossible with poorer performance in the clock drawing test, resulting in a low specificity (0.74) for a normal AMT. Specificity of the clock drawing test increased (0.79) for the general judgment of cognitive disorder, with sensitivity remaining constant (0.84). Sudden onset of cognitive disorder (most commonly confusion) in case of acute disease was discovered by the clock drawing test. Focusing on all patients without apparent cognitive disorder and with normal AMT-result, the subgroup of patients with faultless clock drawings was significantly younger (t = 5.0); p < 0.001). It is suggested to use the clock drawing test in addition to conventional psychometric screening tests because it requires visuospatial skills and conceptual thinking in addition to mere mnestic and verbal qualities.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)

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[Labor contraction-dependent changes in magnesium and calcium in the myometrium].

Magnesium is commonly used in the therapy and prevention of preterm labor. Therefore the differences of the concentrations of magnesium and its antagonist calcium were measured in the human myometrium to examine the interaction of labour and ionic changes. The ionic concentration in the myometrium of 37 patients without labour are determined and the values are compared to the data of 26 patients in active labour. Women of the first group without labour had a magnesium concentration of mean = 4.1 mmol/kg wet weight and a calcium concentration of mean = 2.9 mmol/kg wet weight. Women of the second group with active labour have a significantly lower (p < 0.01) magnesium concentration (mean = 3.5 mmol/kg wet weight). However, the calcium level (mean = 2.7 mmol/kg wet weight) does not show significant differences. These results indicate that the decrease of magnesium plays an important role in the physiology of parturition. A low magnesium concentration in the myometrium might have a considerable influence on premature labour in the third trimester of pregnancy. Therefore a prophylactic application of magnesium seems to be useful.

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