ISSN:0025-729X    

DOI:10.5694/j.1326-5377.1987.tb120412.x

出版商:Wiley    

年代:1987

数据来源: WILEY

ISSN:0025-729X    

DOI:10.5694/j.1326-5377.1987.tb120414.x

出版商:Wiley    

年代:1987

数据来源: WILEY

摘要:

Treatment guide‐lines for gender‐disturbed children currently are unclear. This clinical report describes eight children with cross‐gender behaviour who were treated in an inpatient unit for children. The short‐term outcome and long‐term clinical observations are provided, which indicate a generally good outcome. The findings may have both practical and theoretical significance because they suggest that some gender disorders may be determined by intrafamilial interactions which are correctable.

ISSN:0025-729X    

DOI:10.5694/j.1326-5377.1987.tb120415.x

出版商:Wiley    

年代:1987

数据来源: WILEY

摘要:

Antibodies to Barmah Forest virus, a member of the alphavirus group, which was first isolated in 1974, have been found to be widespread in humans in New South Wales. Antibody studies showed a higher prevalence in the north coastal zones of the State, and lower rates in individuals who were living in all other biophysical zones. Antibody rates were significantly higher in male than in female subjects. The pathogenicity of the Barmah Forest virus is at present not known.

ISSN:0025-729X    

DOI:10.5694/j.1326-5377.1987.tb120416.x

出版商:Wiley    

年代:1987

数据来源: WILEY

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Hyperlipidaemia appears to be a major factor in the development of graft atherosclerosis in the five‐ to 10‐year period after coronary artery bypass graft surgery. A preliminary survey of coronary risk factors was conducted in 103 consecutive patients, who lived in the Sydney metropolitan area and who had undergone coronary artery bypass graft surgery six to 12 months previously in a single hospital unit. The information was collected by reply‐paid questionnaire (response rate, 93%) and by clinical assessment (measurement rate, 85%). The group was predominantly (86%) male and elderly (mean age, 62 years; 60% of men and 85% of women were aged over 59 years). Seven per cent of the group had undergone a second operation. Approximately two of every three subjects manifested hypercholesterolaemia, one in four subjects manifested hypertension and one in three subjects was overweight, but only one in 20 subjects currently smoked cigarettes. The findings were compared with those in a general population sample; the assumption was made that coronary risk factors would be overrepresented in a sample of patients in whom coronary artery bypass graft surgery had been required. The data suggested that cigarette smoking was receiving appropriate intervention (before or after surgery), that hypertension was receiving some intervention, and that hyperlipidaemia was receiving insufficient intervention. On a purely empirical basis, the appropriate use of a cardiac rehabilitation service is suggested as one possible way of preventing the return of a large number of patients with graft atherosclerosis in later years.

ISSN:0025-729X    

DOI:10.5694/j.1326-5377.1987.tb120417.x

出版商:Wiley    

年代:1987

数据来源: WILEY

摘要:

The prevalence of antibodies againstStrongyloidesin the serum of newly‐arrived Indochinese immigrants was determined. Sera that had been stored in the State Health Laboratories, Perth, were stratified according to age and sex, then samples were selected at random. Two hundred and ninety sera that had been obtained from persons between the ages of one and 69 years were examined by an indirect fluorescent antibody test. Five per cent of children who were aged between one and two years gave positive reactions. The positive reaction rate in this population increased by approximately 7% per year until the age of seven to eight years at which point it levelled off. Approximately half of all older children, teenagers and adults had positive antibody responses, indicating past or present infection withStrongyloides stercoralis.This parasite is an extremely unusual worm in that it is able to replicate within the human host. Consequently, infection may persist for years.Furthermore, immunosuppression may result in fatal, disseminated infection. Strongyloidiasis is now recognized in three major Australian population groups: Aborigines who are living in the north of the country; World War II veterans who were prisoners in southeast Asia; and Indochinese immigrants. The salient features of the clinical manifestations, diagnosis and treatment of strongyloidiasis are reviewed.

ISSN:0025-729X    

DOI:10.5694/j.1326-5377.1987.tb120418.x

出版商:Wiley    

年代:1987

数据来源: WILEY

ISSN:0025-729X    

DOI:10.5694/j.1326-5377.1987.tb120419.x

出版商:Wiley    

年代:1987

数据来源: WILEY

ISSN:0025-729X    

DOI:10.5694/j.1326-5377.1987.tb120420.x

出版商:Wiley    

年代:1987

数据来源: WILEY

ISSN:0025-729X    

DOI:10.5694/j.1326-5377.1987.tb120421.x

出版商:Wiley    

年代:1987

数据来源: WILEY

ISSN:0025-729X    

DOI:10.5694/j.1326-5377.1987.tb120422.x

出版商:Wiley    

年代:1987

数据来源: WILEY