The present study was undertaken to determine the frequency with which undigested meat fibres in the stool could be found after partial gastrectomy. A sample of stool was examined in 61 patients who had undergone a partial gastrectomy and in 92 control patients. The age ranges and average ages of both groups were similar. The stools of 77 of the 92 control patients contained well-digested meat fibres, 14 showed partially digested fibres, and one patient had completely undigested meat fibres. In the postgastrectomy group, 44 of 61 patients had well-digested meat fibres and 17 showed partially digested fibres in their stools. None showed undigested fibres. The present study demonstrated that the finding of undigested meat fibres is as infrequent in postgastrectomy patients as in control patients. If undigested meat fibres are found in the stools of postgastrectomy patients, it is suggestive of pancreatic exocrine insufficiency.

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Longevity in Down's syndrome in British Columbia.

Life Tables to age twenty for Down's syndrome cases born in British Columbia from 1952 through 1971 were constructed using data from the British Columbia Health Surveillance Registry. No significant difference in survival to age twenty between males and females was found either in the presence or in the absence of congenital heart anomalies. Data from the life Tables show that Down's syndrome patients with congenital heart anomalies experience higher mortality to age twenty than cases without congenital heart anomalies.

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Congenital anomalies ascertained by two record systems run in parallel in the Canadian Province of Alberta.

To assess the quality and appropriateness of Canadian Congenital Anomalies Surveillance System (CCASS), a system based on routine hospital admission/separation records, we compared the congenital anomalies ascertained by CCASS for the period of January 1, 1990 to December 31, 1993 in the province of Alberta with corresponding figures obtained from Alberta Congenital Anomalies Surveillance System (ACASS), a specific-purpose surveillance program collecting information on congenital anomalies from multiple sources with mechanisms to evaluate diagnosis. Rates of congenital anomalies estimated by CCASS tended to be higher. Agreement between CCASS and ACASS depended on diagnosis: for the International Clearinghouse for Birth Defects Monitoring System standard categories of congenital anomalies (except for anomalies of abdominal wall), agreement usually exceeded 50%; for less clear-cut diagnoses, it was well below 50%. We conclude that routine medical records can be used for surveillance purposes for major congenital anomalies with clear-cut diagnosis.

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The British Columbia Registry for Handicapped Children and Adults: evolutionary changes over twenty years.

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