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S Stevens

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Esthetic overdenture for a patient with possible Seckel syndrome.

This is a case report of a 21-year-old with possible Seckel syndrome (bird-headed dwarfism), micrognathia, microdontia, severe bony undercuts, and periodontal disease who sought treatment at a university dental clinic. Treatment included extractions, periodontal therapy, retention of premolars with sealants, and overdentures with resilient soft liners. A limited review of Seckel syndrome literature is included. The modification of existing dental materials and procedures required for successful functional and esthetic results are discussed.

Abnormalities, Multiple↗
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The WA Hospital Morbidity Data System: an evaluation of its performance and the impact of electronic data transfer.

The paper evaluates the performance of the Hospital Morbidity Data System, maintained by the Health Statistics Branch (HSB) of the Health Department of Western Australia (WA). The time taken to process discharge summaries was compared in the first and second halves of 1995, using the number of weeks taken to process 90% of all discharges and the percentage of records processed within four weeks as indicators of throughput. Both the hospitals and the HSB showed improvements in timeliness during the second half of the year. The paper also examines the impact of a recently introduced electronic data transfer system for WA country public hospitals on the timeliness of morbidity data. The processing time of country hospital records by the HSB was reduced to a similar time as for metropolitan hospitals, but the processing time in the hospitals increased, resulting in little improvement in total processing time.

Databases, Factual↗
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Recent advances in speech and language therapy.

Speech and language therapists are involved in the care of a wide range of pathogies. Recent changes have been marked by an increased involvement in feeding and swallowing work with premature babies, and oropharyngeal cancer sufferers. Changes have also occurred in assessment and management of communication problems resulting from acquired neurological pathologies such as stroke, Parkinson's disease and dementia. Some of these are discussed in the following article.

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Work status and attrition from longitudinal studies are influenced by psychiatric disorder.

Participants (n=95) were assessed at the time of discharge and at 4 and 12 months after discharge in regard to work status and psychiatric history both before and after the burn injury. Complex psychiatric comorbidity and substance abuse disorders that occurred before the burn injury each significantly raised the risk of unemployment before the burn injury; preburn substance abuse also affected unemployment at 4 months after the burn injury. Trends for higher unemployment rates at 12 months after discharge also were noted among those with a preburn history of complex psychiatric comorbidity and alcohol use, anxiety, or mood disorder. Preburn substance-use disorder raised the risk of attrition from the 12-month study; whereas, those diagnosed at the time of discharge with post-traumatic stress disorder or with two or more current psychiatric disorders after the burn injury dropped out less often. The greater risk for unemployment and attrition observed among subjects with psychiatric disorders before the burn injury suggests the need for routine screening, tracking, and assistance in accessing supportive or rehabilitative services to remove barriers to employment.

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