A Canadian Urban Early Pregnancy Assessment Clinic: A Review of the First Year of Operation

Female bottlenose dolphins (genusTursiops) usually associate at moderate level with other females within social clusters called bands or cliques. It has been suggested that reproductive state may play the predominant role in determining associations within femaleT. truncatusbands. Here, we test the hypothesis that reproductive state correlates with associations of female Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphins (T. aduncus). We found that females in similar reproductive state, which included females from late pregnancy to the first year of their calves' life or females from early pregnancy to their calves' newborn period, had higher-association coefficients with each other than they did with females in different reproductive states (females with older calves or without calves). This was observed both within and across social clusters suggesting that reproductive state, at least for pregnant females and those with young calves, plays an important role in determining who to associate with. However, a female's most frequent associate was not always with another in similar reproductive state. We suggest that several factors, including reproductive state, may be of importance in determining associations of female bottlenose dolphins.

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Single-visit venous ulcer assessment clinic: The first year

British Journal of Surgery ◽

10.1046/j.1365-2168.1997.02559.x ◽

1997 ◽

Vol 84 (3) ◽

pp. 334-336 ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

J. M. Scriven ◽

T. Hartshorne ◽

P. R. F. Bell ◽

A. R. Naylor ◽

N. J. M. London

Keyword(s):

Venous Ulcer ◽

First Year ◽

Assessment Clinic ◽

Single Visit

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THE INFLUENCE OF REPRODUCTION ON BODY WEIGHT IN WOMEN

Journal of Endocrinology ◽

10.1677/joe.0.0150393 ◽

1957 ◽

Vol 15 (4) ◽

pp. 393-409 ◽

Cited By ~ 23

Author(s):

THOMAS McKEOWN ◽

R. G. RECORD

Keyword(s):

Body Weight ◽

Early Pregnancy ◽

Growth Rates ◽

First Year ◽

Weight Changes ◽

Present Communication ◽

Small Loss ◽

One Year ◽

First Year Of Life

SUMMARY 1. Data recorded in respect of all women whose children were born in a county borough during one year included the weight at the first antenatal examination (adjusted according to the number of days by which it preceded or followed the 124th day of gestation), and at 3, 6, 9, 12 and 24 months after delivery. The present communication is concerned with the influence of reproduction on body weight. 2. It is estimated that between conception and 24 months after birth women gained, on the average, approximately 6·6 lb. This is about 5 lb. more than would have been added in the same period if they had not been pregnant. Reasons are given for believing that these estimates may be a little low, probably not by more than 1 lb. 3. The increase in weight occurred mainly during pregnancy. From 3 months after delivery changes in mean weight were relatively small: a loss of 1·8 lb. between 3 and 12 months, and a gain of 0·6 lb. between 12 and 24 months. 4. The increment in mean weight between conception and 24 months increased slightly with parity, and, less certainly, with age. The most striking association with these variables occurred between 3 and 12 months after birth, when the proportion of women who gained weight decreased with increasing parity and increased with increasing age (Fig. 5). It is suggested that this relationship is probably attributable to an association between age and parity and social circumstances, and it is shown that the same trend was exhibited by the growth rates of the offspring of the same mothers during the first year of life (Fig. 6). 5. Lactation had little influence on mean weight. It resulted in a small loss during the period of lactation, but its effect was almost eliminated at 24 months after delivery (Fig. 7). 6. During the various intervals between early pregnancy and 24 months after delivery weight changes appear to be continuously distributed (Fig. 1). The constants of the distributions are given (Table 4).

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An early pregnancy assessment clinic combined with emergency physician ultrasound reduces admissions

Emergency Medicine Australasia ◽

10.1111/j.1742-6723.2010.01278.x ◽

2010 ◽

Vol 22 (2) ◽

pp. 194-194 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Keyword(s):

Early Pregnancy ◽

Emergency Physician ◽

Assessment Clinic

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Effects of an Early Pregnancy Assessment Clinic (EPAC) on the Management of Spontaneous Abortions

Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Canada ◽

10.1016/j.jogc.2020.02.126 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 42 (9) ◽

pp. 1086-1092

Author(s):

Lawrence Woo ◽

Jenna Shirley ◽

Emilie Wellman ◽

Erwin Karreman ◽

Corrine Jabs

Keyword(s):

Early Pregnancy ◽

Spontaneous Abortions ◽

Assessment Clinic

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A UK hospital based multidisciplinary balance clinic run by allied health professionals: first year results

The Journal of Laryngology & Otology ◽

10.1017/s0022215111000624 ◽

2011 ◽

Vol 125 (7) ◽

pp. 661-667 ◽

Cited By ~ 12

Author(s):

A Lee ◽

G Jones ◽

J Corcoran ◽

P Premachandra ◽

G A J Morrison

Keyword(s):

Waiting Time ◽

Health Professionals ◽

Allied Health ◽

Pilot Project ◽

Adverse Outcomes ◽

First Year ◽

Balance Assessment ◽

Assessment Clinic ◽

Allied Health Professionals ◽

Mean Waiting Time

AbstractObjective:To describe our experience of a new multidisciplinary balance clinic for the management of patients with vestibular disorders, run as a pilot project for 12 months.Design:Retrospective review of the outcomes of 194 patients.Subjects:All patients were first evaluated at the balance assessment clinic. Subsequently, each case was discussed at the multidisciplinary balance clinic weekly review meeting, and management decisions made.Results:The mean waiting time for the balance assessment clinic was 12 weeks (standard deviation six weeks). In total, 74 per cent of patients underwent rehabilitation, 26 per cent were seen in the balance specialist clinic, 15 per cent underwent additional testing, 6 per cent were followed up in adult otology clinics and one patient was listed for surgery. The waiting time for vestibular rehabilitation was reduced from 21 to 15 weeks. Patient satisfaction with the service was encouraging, and no adverse outcomes were recorded.Conclusion:This multidisciplinary balance clinic, run by allied health professionals, represents an alternative model for the management of patients with balance disorders.

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