ISSN:0025-729X    

DOI:10.5694/j.1326-5377.1985.tb113550.x

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年代:1985

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DOI:10.5694/j.1326-5377.1985.tb113551.x

出版商:Wiley    

年代:1985

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摘要:

During the period of six years from 1977 to 1982, the number of admissions of victims of traffic accidents to public hospitals in the Hunter Health Region of New South Wales fell from 2099 to 1734, a decline of 21%. About three‐quarters of these patients were male; one‐quarter were in the 15‐20 year age group. Since the introduction of random breath testing (RBT) in 1982, there has been a further decline in admissions of traffic accident victims to hospitals of nearly 20%, attributable to the introduction of RBT. The initial decline of 30% appears to have stabilized at 20% after 12 months. The decline in admissions occurred in the urban hospitals (31%), and not in the rural hospitals; it was greater among male (31%) than among female (8%) accident victims. In the Hunter region, it is estimated that RBT has resulted in a saving of more than 3000 hospital bed‐days in its first year.

ISSN:0025-729X    

DOI:10.5694/j.1326-5377.1985.tb113552.x

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年代:1985

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The accuracy and reliability of a rapid blood alcohol estimation by means of a breath alcohol analyser has been evaluated under casualty department conditions in a series of 646 road‐crash victims managed at the Dandenong and District Hospital. A higher correlation (r= 0.91) was found between the breath alcohol analyser readings in 633 casualties and those obtained by blood analysis in the police laboratory. In 13 unconscious casualties in whom a nasal breath test was performed, the correlation was lower (r= 0.76). In six casualties, the breath alcohol analyser readings showed lower alcohol concentrations than the legal limit of 0.05 g/100 mL (10.9 mmol/L), but blood analysis detected an illegal concentration. Further evaluation of the accuracy of the breath alcohol analyser in other casualty departments is necessary before it can be recommended as a screening device in States which have legislated for compulsory blood alcohol tests in adult road casualties.

ISSN:0025-729X    

DOI:10.5694/j.1326-5377.1985.tb113553.x

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年代:1985

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Intensive care of the newborn is usually unexpected, often involves emergency retrieval, is sometimes administered in life‐threatening disorders, and is always extremely anxiety‐provoking and disruptive for the families involved. All this occurs at a time when mother–infant bonding is so important. The use of a video‐recording system in these acute care situations is described, with particular case examples illustrating its value.

ISSN:0025-729X    

DOI:10.5694/j.1326-5377.1985.tb113554.x

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年代:1985

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Among 2627 necropsies performed in the Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, Perth, over a period of 11 years, 16 cases of non‐bacterial thrombotic endocarditis (NBTE) were found in patients with cancer (13 adenocarcinomas). The final stay in hospital of seven of these patients was complicated by a major embolic cerebral (six patients), or spinal cord (one patient), stroke. In all cases, the diagnosis of NBTE was made at necropsy. The aortic valve was affected in 10 patients, the mitral valve in five, and both the mitral and tricuspid valves in one. The diagnosis of NBTE should be considered in any patient with a known, or suspected, malignant neoplasm who suffers a stroke or other unexplained embolic events.

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DOI:10.5694/j.1326-5377.1985.tb113555.x

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年代:1985

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DOI:10.5694/j.1326-5377.1985.tb113556.x

出版商:Wiley    

年代:1985

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DOI:10.5694/j.1326-5377.1985.tb113557.x

出版商:Wiley    

年代:1985

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DOI:10.5694/j.1326-5377.1985.tb113558.x

出版商:Wiley    

年代:1985

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DOI:10.5694/j.1326-5377.1985.tb113559.x

出版商:Wiley    

年代:1985

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