ISSN:0025-729X    

DOI:10.5694/j.1326-5377.1984.tb108350.x

出版商:Wiley    

年代:1984

数据来源: WILEY

ISSN:0025-729X    

DOI:10.5694/j.1326-5377.1984.tb108351.x

出版商:Wiley    

年代:1984

数据来源: WILEY

ISSN:0025-729X    

DOI:10.5694/j.1326-5377.1984.tb108352.x

出版商:Wiley    

年代:1984

数据来源: WILEY

ISSN:0025-729X    

DOI:10.5694/j.1326-5377.1984.tb108353.x

出版商:Wiley    

年代:1984

数据来源: WILEY

ISSN:0025-729X    

DOI:10.5694/j.1326-5377.1984.tb108354.x

出版商:Wiley    

年代:1984

数据来源: WILEY

ISSN:0025-729X    

DOI:10.5694/j.1326-5377.1984.tb108355.x

出版商:Wiley    

年代:1984

数据来源: WILEY

摘要:

The results of 126 consecutive balloon dilatations of coronary arteries, carried out in 110 patients between 1980 and the end of 1983, are reported. The follow‐up periods ranged from one to 47 months. The primary success rate was 74%, and the long‐term success rate was 65%. In successful cases, the diameter of stenosis was changed, on average, from an initial 88% to 33%. Acute occlusion of the vessel occurred on 13 occasions (10%). Of these, myocardial infarction occurred in eight (6%), and emergency bypass grafts were performed in nine (7%). One of these 13 patients died (case fatality rate, 0.8%). Occlusion of the dilated vessels did not occur after the patients were discharged from hospital. However, stenosis recurred in 20 of 80 patients with successfully dilated arteries (25%). Dilatation was repeated in 16 of these, and stenosis had not recurred at the three‐months’ follow‐up. There has been a marked improvement in the success rate of this procedure over the years. It is concluded that balloon dilatation is an effective and safe alternative to bypass graft surgery in selected patients with coronary artery disease.

ISSN:0025-729X    

DOI:10.5694/j.1326-5377.1984.tb108356.x

出版商:Wiley    

年代:1984

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摘要:

We carried out a retrospective survey of all children born in the district of Bourke, New South Wales, over a three‐year period to determine the frequency of lobar pneumonia in the first three years of life. Although more non‐Aboriginal children (167) than Aboriginal children (103) were born during this period, there was a striking difference between these groups in the frequency of pneumonia. Twenty‐six (25.2%) Aboriginal children had one or more episodes of lobar pneumonia, compared with only five (3%) non‐Aboriginal children born during the same period. Characteristic features of the disease in the Aboriginal children included a high rate of recurrent pneumonia (35%), frequent involvement of the upper lobe of the right lung (77%), and often a family history of pneumonia in early childhood. Of those with siblings, 39% of the affected infants had siblings who had suffered from pneumonia in early childhood. No perinatal factors which correlated with the subsequent development of lobar pneumonia could be identified. However, a greater proportion of the affected than of the non‐affected children lived in substandard housing conditions.

ISSN:0025-729X    

DOI:10.5694/j.1326-5377.1984.tb108357.x

出版商:Wiley    

年代:1984

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摘要:

Ear, nose and throat diseases in children living in the Kimberley region of Western Australia have been systematically studied over the last 15 years. A “diagnostic triad” is described; this offers a comprehensive approach to the assessment of middle‐ear disease. The aetiology of chronic ear disease in Aboriginal children has been investigated. Management problems of deafness are discussed.

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DOI:10.5694/j.1326-5377.1984.tb108358.x

出版商:Wiley    

年代:1984

数据来源: WILEY

ISSN:0025-729X    

DOI:10.5694/j.1326-5377.1984.tb108359.x

出版商:Wiley    

年代:1984

数据来源: WILEY