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W Weintraub

Publications and source records attributed to W Weintraub.

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Psychiatric manpower and public mental health: Maryland's experience.

From July of 1976 through December 1981, 67 psychiatrists who graduated primarily from American medical schools and who had completed university residency training programs were recruited into Maryland's state mental health system. As of 1981, 43 of these psychiatrists still worked in inpatient facilities; they represented 33 per cent of all state hospital psychiatrists in Maryland. The Maryland Mental Hygiene Administration and the University of Maryland have used two general strategies to develop psychiatric manpower and improve employment conditions. They established close linkages between academia and the public sector and demonstrated positive, effective leadership by psychiatrists within the state mental health system.

Attitude of Health Personnel↗

The influence of left ventricular late diastolic filling on the A wave of the left ventricular pressure trace.

To study the influence of left ventricular (LV) late diastolic filling on the A wave of the LV pressure, simultaneously recorded echocardiographic LV dimensions and high-fidelity LV pressure measurements were taken in 24 patients. Group 1 comprised eight patients without LV hypertrophy (LVH) and LV end-diastolic pressure (LVEDP) less than or equal to 13 mm Hg. Group 2 comprised 16 patients with LVH secondary to aortic stenosis, idiopathic hypertrophic subaortic stenosis, or hypertension and increased LVEDP. Patients in group 2 had significantly thicker left ventricles, decreased mitral E-to-F slopes, and larger A waves in the LV pressure curve. On the basis of end-diastolic chamber stiffness, we divided group 2 into two populations: 12 patients (group 2A) with end-diastolic chamber stiffness similar to that in group 1, and four patients (group 2B) with markedly elevated end-diastolic chamber stiffness. Patients in group 2A had a larger atrial contribution to LV filling than those with markedly abnormal stiffness (group 2B). Therefore, in LVH an increased A wave in the LV pressure may be related to either elevated end-diastolic chamber stiffness or augmented left atrial volume transport.

Adult↗

Abnormal fat collections in the omentum and mesocolon of children.

Two cases of abnormal collection of fat in the abdomen are reported. One involved the omentum, the other involved the mesocolon. Both patients had few symptoms with strikingly similar radiological findings of increased radiolucency due to fat surrounding the small bowel.

Adolescent↗