Inpatient psychiatric adolescents function better than expected after discharge. A follow-up study

1990 ◽  
Vol 81 (4) ◽  
pp. 317-321 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Pelkonen
Keyword(s):  
Follow Up Study ◽  
Better Than

Surgical treatment of laterally ruptured cervical disc

1973 ◽  
Vol 38 (6) ◽  
pp. 679-683 ◽  
Author(s):  
Francis Murphey ◽  
James C. H. Simmons ◽  
Bruce Brunson
Keyword(s):  
Nerve Root ◽  
Cervical Disc ◽  
Root Pressure ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Arm Pain ◽  
Follow Up Study ◽  
History Of ◽  
Neurosurgical Operation ◽  
Better Than

✓ From the analysis of 648 patients operated on for ruptured cervical discs between 1939 and March of 1972 and a follow-up study of 380 of these patients, the following conclusions seem justified. Osteophytes or hypertrophic spurs rarely produced the classical clinical picture or deficits. Ninety per cent of the patients awakened in the morning with pain in the neck and rhomboid region. Ten per cent had a history of injury, but there was no characteristic pattern as in lumbar discs. Only one patient had a typical hyperextension injury. Anterior chest pain occurred in one-fifth of the cases. Pain in the neck, rhomboid region, and anterior chest was referred from the discs, while the arm pain was usually the result of nerve root compression; however, in a few cases the degenerating disc caused referred pain to the arm without any nerve root pressure. Since accurate diagnosis can be made on clinical grounds, myelography is not necessary in most cases. In our experience conservative treatment was usually unsuccessful while the surgical results were better than in almost any other neurosurgical operation. The nerve root syndromes associated with extruded lateral cervical discs are outlined and the indications and contraindications for myelography discussed.

Eight-Year Follow-up of Cognitive Development in 33 Twin Pairs

1995 ◽  
Vol 44 (3-4) ◽  
pp. 179-188 ◽  
Author(s):  
B. Alin Åkerman
Keyword(s):  
Cognitive Development ◽  
Twin Pregnancy ◽  
School Teacher ◽  
Block Design ◽  
Intelligence Scale ◽  
Follow Up Study ◽  
Performance Scale ◽  
Negative Expectations ◽  
Better Than

AbstractThis is a follow-up study of twins, including 33 twinpairs from the Stockholm area, aiming to study the cognitive development of twins at eight years of age. The twins have been followed at different ages from birth onwards. All children were tested with the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children in a Swedish translation (WISC). The WISC test consists of a Verbal and a Performance Scale. There were no significant differences between twin girls and twin boys on these Scales. On the Performance subtests Block Design, Object Assembly, and Coding, however, the twin girls performed significantly better than the twin boys. In comparing cognitive development for twins and singletons, the twin group had somewhat lower average scores than the singletons. Prematurity and low birth weight continued to be related to cognitive development at eight years of age. Also at this age the school teacher completed a questionnaire about the twins social behaviour and some personality traits. There was a relation between one questionnaire factor, a low score of assertiveness, and the mother's negative or ambivalent expectations concerning the twin pregnancy. The twin group with the mother's negative expectations also had significantly lower results on the subtests Comprehension and Coding. Negative mothers had more premature twins than mothers who were positive toward the twin pregnancy.

PROGNOSIS IN INFANTILE SPASMS

PEDIATRICS ◽  
1958 ◽  
Vol 21 (5) ◽  
pp. 719-721
Author(s):  
L. L. Burnett ◽  
E. L. Gibbs ◽  
F. A. Gibbs
Keyword(s):  
Mentally Retarded ◽  
Infantile Spasms ◽  
Mental Development ◽  
Follow Up Study ◽  
The Difference ◽  
Better Than

A follow-up study has been conducted on 27 patients who had infantile spasms and normal electroencephalograms before the age of 1 year, and who did not have hypsarhythmia, the electroencephalographic abnormality which is usual in this condition. The purpose of the study was to determine whether the absence of electroencephalographic abnormality alters the prognosis. Less than half of the patients were found to be physically or mentally retarded and only one quarter still had seizures, which is somewhat better than was previously reported for cases with hypsarhythmia. However, the difference in prognosis is most evident as regards mental development: The present data indicate that there is a 55% chance that a child with infantile spasms and a normal electroencephalogram will develop normal mentality; the chance is only 15% with hypsarhythmia.

Defiers of Negative Prediction: A 14-Year Follow-up Study of Legally Blind Children

1991 ◽  
Vol 85 (9) ◽  
pp. 365-370 ◽  
Author(s):  
R.D. Freeman ◽  
E. Goetz ◽  
D.P. Richards ◽  
M. Groenveld
Keyword(s):  
Follow Up Study ◽  
Negative Prediction ◽  
Blind Children ◽  
Blind Persons ◽  
Better Than

This article reports the results of a 1987–88 follow-up study of 69 out of 92 legally blind persons who were children in the original 1973–74 study. Semistructured psychiatric cointerviews were conducted to determine how well the participants had fared compared to the prognoses in the first study. Overall, it was found that they were functioning as well as or better than expected.

Prosopagnosia: A Face-Specific Disorder

1993 ◽  
Vol 46 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-10 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jane E. McNeil ◽  
Elizabeth K. Warrington
Keyword(s):  
Recognition Memory ◽  
Paired Associate ◽  
Paired Associate Learning ◽  
Human Face ◽  
Associate Learning ◽  
Follow Up Study ◽  
Face Stimuli ◽  
Better Than

A follow-up study of a patient, WJ, with a very severe prosopagnosia is reported. After a stroke he became a farmer and acquired a flock of sheep. He learnt to recognize and name many of his sheep, and his performance on tests of recognition memory and paired-associate learning for sheep was significantly better than on comparable tests using human face stimuli. It is concluded that in some instances prosopagnosia can be a face-specific disorder.

Electron Microscopy of Human Gallstones

1971 ◽  
Vol 29 ◽  
pp. 296-297
Author(s):  
C. Wolpers ◽  
R. Blaschke
Keyword(s):  
Electron Microscopy ◽  
Room Temperature ◽  
Bile Pigment ◽  
X Ray Diffraction ◽  
Triclinic Crystal System ◽  
X Ray ◽  
Follow Up Study ◽  
Infra Red ◽  
Main Components

Scanning microscopy was used to study the surface of human gallstones and the surface of fractures. The specimens were obtained by operation, washed with water, dried at room temperature and shadowcasted with carbon and aluminum. Most of the specimens belong to patients from a series of X-ray follow-up study, examined during the last twenty years. So it was possible to evaluate approximately the age of these gallstones and to get information on the intensity of growing and solving.Cholesterol, a group of bile pigment substances and different salts of calcium, are the main components of human gallstones. By X-ray diffraction technique, infra-red spectroscopy and by chemical analysis it was demonstrated that all three components can be found in any gallstone. In the presence of water cholesterol crystallizes in pane-like plates of the triclinic crystal system.

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