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PubMed1990

Analysis of the gut contents of naiads of Enallagma civile (Odonata: Coenagrionidae) from a Texas pond.

Foregut contents of naiads of the damselfly species, Enallagma civile, collected from a permanent pond, were analyzed to determine the natural prey for immatures of this species. The analyses revealed the naiads containing prey had fed predominantly on chironomid larvae. Corixid, cladoceran, ostracod and aquatic mite remains were found in some of the naiad specimens examined. However, no remains of mosquito larvae were detected in any of the specimens, even though mosquito larvae were observed as being continuously present in the pond sites where the naiad specimens were collected.

Animals↗
PubMed1990

[Professional, criminal and civil responsibility and the legal medical aspects of the performance of the dentist practicing local anesthesia and tooth extractions].

The paper affirms that the dentist can come up against severe complications while exercising his profession which expose him to charges outlined by the Penal and Civil Codes. The circumstances in which the operator's responsibility can be questioned during the use of local anesthesia and extraction are discussed.

Anesthesia, Dental↗
PubMed1990

Civil commitment: a range of patient attitudes.

The authors interviewed adult civil commitment excandidates about their perceptions of commitment six months after discharge. Scales were developed for the following constructs: perceived need of commitment, perceived personal consequences of commitment, view of medication, view of primary hospital physician, and view of hospital experience. Excandidates had a mixed view of commitment. The majority reported positive views, but a substantial minority endorsed negative descriptors.

Adult↗
PubMed1990

Fitness of civil aviation passengers to fly after ear surgery.

Movements of the tympanic membrane caused by changes in air pressure are conducted to the ossicles of the middle ear. The gliding mechanism of the malleus-incus articulation converts in-and-out movements of the eardrum into up-and-down movements of the stapes, thereby protecting the inner ear from static pressures. In certain ear operations, the replacement of a middle ear ossicle by a prosthesis disjoints the malleus-incus articulation or makes it rigid. Pressure is then transmitted in unattenuated form from the eardrum through the oval window to the inner ear. Impairment of pressure equilibration, for example due to obstructed eustachian tubes, can lead to prosthesis displacement with severe injury to the vestibulocochlear apparatus. Thus, patients should be advised to begin equilibration of pressure at the beginning of descent of commercial airlines or civil aviation flights, and to repeat it a brief intervals.

Acoustic Impedance Tests↗
PubMed1989

[Eclampsia management at the Civil Hospital Medical Complex of Guadalajara].

Prospectively from 1986 to 1988 we studied at the "Complejo Médico Hospital Civil de Guadalajara" 17 eclamptic patients treated with diazoxide besides magnesium sulfate, diazepam and dexamethasone. The average age was 25.4 years, the average gestational age was 33.5 weeks and the average dose of diazoxide was 210 mgs. In the 88.2% of the patients the general anesthesia was used. The average Apgar at minute was 6.6 and 8.8 at five minutes. The newborns average weight was 2,135 g. We had one maternal death (5.8%) and two perinatals demise (11.8%). The more frequent maternal complications were the blindness and oliguria postdelivery and the average maternal hospitalization was 5.7 days.

Adolescent↗
PubMed1989

The Army Medical Department and the Civil War: historical lessons for current medical support.

With the resurgent interest in the operational level of war and the art of military campaigning, how the United States Army updates its combat service support doctrine could have a significant impact on future field medical support concepts. Historically, the Civil War provides important lessons that must not be forgotten by today's military medical leaders concerning casualty evacuation and its control during military campaigns. To prevent the repetition of earlier mistakes in future conflicts, military medical leaders must appreciate the painful lessons of war and actively communicate these lessons to the larger military community. This article provides some insight into that history and those lessons.

History, 19th Century↗
PubMed1989

[Hygienic standardization of physical factors generated by civil aviation in residential areas].

The study was designed to analyze the hygienic characteristics of civil aircraft institutions (airports, facilities for air traffic safety control, meteorological service) as the main sources of electromagnetic energy and noise at the adjacent residential territory. The problems of hygienic standardization of electromagnetic emission in the radio frequency range of 4-9 produced by various radio engineering airport devices were studied together with other physical environmental factors (noise, temperature). Methodological approaches to the regulation of the above factors on the basis of hygienic standards were proposed.

Aerospace Medicine↗
PubMed1989

Response capability during civil air carrier inflight medical emergencies.

Expanded civil aircraft medical emergency kits have been mandated on U.S. carriers since August 1986. Airlines provided the Federal Aviation Agency reports on medical kit usage and outcomes of the associated medical emergencies; 1,016 inflight medical events during the period August 1, 1986, through July 31, 1987, were available for review. Physicians responded to the emergencies in over 63% of the occurrences; the two most prevalent presenting situations were chest pain and syncopal episodes. Nine passengers died on board aircraft, and at least three deaths occurred postlanding. A minimum of 89 of the total cases resulted in flight diversions. The sphygmomanometer (739 cases) and stethoscope (734 cases) were the most frequently used kit items; oropharyngeal airways were utilized in 14 cases. Since standardized reporting formats are not required, evaluation of response capability remains incomplete.

Aircraft↗
PubMed1987

Civil commitment by conservatorship: the workings of California's law.

This article summarizes the conservatorship provisions of the California Civil Commitment Statute, the Lanterman-Petris-Short (LPS) Act and reviews the major findings from previous studies. By studying the hospital records of eighty-five gravely disabled patients affected by LPS, the authors address issues raised by these reports. The results indicate that the law's provisions work unevenly. Patients with acute and current disability received conservatorships more frequently than those who had been disabled in the past. There is some evidence that the process is used to confine threatening patients and does not function equally well for all diagnostic groups.

Activities of Daily Living↗
PubMed1987

[Responsibility of the hospital psychiatrist in civil rights].

As every hospital practitioner, the psychiatrist of hospitals engages his liability at each act. But his responsibility is however edulcorated by the difficulties bound up with consent, confinement, possible dangerosity and suicide risk of mental patients, and also sector policy. He can be therefore, brought to account to his behaviors, before certain instances. This present work only treats upon civil and penal liability, insisting on their basis and their starting up.

Dangerous Behavior↗
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[Epidemiologic study on small-for-gestational-age neonates carried out at the Velletri civil hospital (U.S.L. RM 31) 1981-83].

The authors at the Ospedale of Velletri performed a study about the relationship between the small for date infants, and various medical, socio-economical and cultural conditions of the parents. From the collected data we affirm that, since 1981 an evident and continuous lowering of small for date natality rate occurred and, on the other hand, socio-economical and cultural conditions of the parents improved as well. We guess, that what we remarked was due to the educational work performed by medical and paramedical staff of the services of neonatology and obstetrics on the "Ospedale civile di Velletri", and by the staff of the consultatory of U.S.L. RM 31.

Alcohol Drinking↗
PubMed1986

[Pregnancy and unexpected children following failed sterilization and voluntary pregnancy interruption. 2: Bases of civil responsibility in cases of failed induced abortion or sterilization and the prevention of medicolegal risks].

Bases for responsibility of the civil courts in cases where legal abortion or sterilisation has failed and which, as described in the previous article, have given rise to a disturbing amount of French and foreign jurisprudence have been analysed in order to demonstrate three elements: failure or carelessness in performing the procedure; the detriment that has really been suffered and the link between the causes of the first two elements. Practical advice is given which has been based on detailed analysis of the cases found both in the French and foreign jurisprudence to protect gynaecologists or surgeons from this new unexpected medico-legal risk. The decisions of the courts both for termination of pregnancy and for sterilisation have been reviewed in relationship to pregnancy or to the birth of a child resulting from the statistically acceptable chances of failure that must happen in procedures that are carried out thousands of times a year in France.

Abortion, Induced↗
PubMed1986

A study of different dietary survey methods among 30 civil servants.

A sample of 30 volunteers from a population of 100 Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (MAFF) civil servants took part in a series of dietary assessments. Food frequency interview, 24-hour dietary recalls, 7-day weighed food record, duplicate diet analysis and 28-day household food purchase records were all used to estimate intakes of energy and a range of nutrients. When results for energy, fat and iron, using the five different methods, were compared there appeared to be systematic differences between methods. The highest results came from food purchase records for the women and from food frequency interviews for the men. Lowest results came from the duplicate diet analysis for fat and energy but from the 24-hour recall for iron, for men and women alike. The implications of these findings, together with possible explanations for them, are discussed.

Adult↗
PubMed1985

[Hygienic problems of sanitation procedures in civil aviation].

Hygiene problems that arise in connection to sanitation procedures in civil aviation are described; the relevant international regulation and recommendation are explained. The particular problems that arise in connection to prophylaxis to infections, food hygiene, sanitation, refuse disposal and the maintenance lavoratory facilities are emphasized. Relevant rules and recommendations are quoted.

Aviation↗
PubMed1985

Use of outpatient treatment during civil commitment: law and practice in Nebraska.

Applying the principle of least restrictive alternative in civil commitment seldom results in outpatient treatment, even after initial treatment in a more restrictive setting. We studied 18 committed persons who were receiving outpatient treatment and compared them with three patient groups that differed by admission status and treatment setting. We offered explanations as to why outpatient treatment seldom proved to be the final step toward release from commitment.

Adult↗
PubMed1979

Medically equipped emergency ambulance units at "Hôpital Civil de Charleroi". Four years' activity.

In narrow collaboration with the so-called "900 Service", the civil Hospital of Charleroi provides, since 1971, medical attendance for two emergency medical aid flying squads. Five hospital doctors belonging to this "900 Service" alternately assume, night and day, such responsibilities. Their background is reanimation anesthesia. Medical attendance is assumed on the ground of gravity criterions which are appreciated by a switchboard operator working at the Telephone calls' Centre. The number of such emergency medical attendances is gradually increasing: 377 in 1974, 489 in 1975, 973 in 1976, 1661 in 1977, 2135 in 1978. The proportion of "flying" attendances assumed for sheer medical affections is also gradually increasing in regard to those assumed for traumatological causes. The daily average of such "flying interventions" reaches 5.8 with a daily peak record of 15, which unquestionably shows that such an organised medical service is definitely positive. One should concede that a better selection among such emergency telephone calls could make the good results now recorded even better. The way to improve this selection could be achieved if the operator were a physician as this is the case in France with the S.A.M.U. services. In theory, such an improvement could be reached through a Regional Centre for Emergency Medical Aid, such a Centre being activated by both local medical and hospital forces interdependent in the pursuit of the same goal i.e. "Cases of Emergency".

Ambulances↗