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R G Oliver

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PubMed1982

The casual attender.

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PubMed1977

Early psycho-social assessment of overdose patients in a casualty department.

In response to the very large number of patients presenting at the Casualty Department of the Alfred Hospital, Melbouren, following suicidal acts, a Psycho-Social Assessment Clinic employing a crisis intervention model was established in 1970. This communication outlines the structure and functions of the Clinic, describes 100 consecutive new patients seen over a four month period in 1974 and emphasises the benefits to both patients and hospital arising from the operation of such a Clinic.

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Trends in Australian mortality of asthma, 1979-1985.

Trends in Australian mortality rates that have been ascribed to asthma and to non-tuberculous, non-malignant respiratory diseases were examined for the period 1979-1985. Mortality rates of asthma and respiratory diseases increased substantially from 1979 to 1985, and in the case of asthma, the crude death rate in 1985 was higher than at the peak of the "epidemic" of the 1960s. The increase in mortality of asthma was most pronounced in those of greater than 60 years of age (from 11.5 per 100,000 such population in 1979 to 22.9 per 100,000 such population in 1985). Asthma mortality rates in five- to 34-year-old persons increased, although there were marked yearly fluctuations, and deaths of asthma in this age-group comprised only a small percentage (13% in 1985) of all deaths of asthma. Reasons that are considered for the rising death rate of asthma include changes in diagnostic fashion; an increase in the incidence or a change in the natural history of asthma; and an increased case fatality rate. With the presently-available data, it is not possible to distinguish among these possible explanations.

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Delayed eruption of a maxillary central incisor associated with an odontome: report of case.

A case is presented in which a maxillary left central incisor was delayed in its eruption. At initial examination, there was no known etiological factor; two years later, however, an intraoral radiograph revealed a substantial odontome. Treatment consisted of surgical removal of the odontome and application of orthodontic traction to the unerupted tooth. Histological examination confirmed a diagnosis of complex odontome.

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