Exile Vol. II No. 1

SHORT STORIES The Berry Pickers by Jim Bowman 6-17 The Molting Season by Lois Rowley 19-31 The Breaking Point by Sally Falch 36-45 Flight of the Falcon by Hans Peeters 48-54 SKETCH Portrait of a Grandfather by Barbara Haupt 32-35 POETRY The Brightened Mirror by E. B. Chaney 18 Holiday by Nancy McBride 31 Christ-Song: The Descent By Ellen Moore 46-47 Four Poems by Nil Muldur: A Preview 55 Strange Land, Strange Altars 55 Two Love Lyrics 56 In this issue the editors of EXILE are proud to publish The Flight of the Falcoln by Hans Peeters. This story has been awarded the first Denison Book Store - EXILE Creative Writing Prize

Exile Vol. III No. 2

Trade Winds by Lois Rowley 7-20 Little Movements and Little Noises by Dennis Trudell 21-25 The Second Angel by Lewis D. Clark 27-43 Journeying Through the Bankbrooks by Virginia Wallace 46-49 Say It With Flowers by Robert Marriott 50-51 Departure by Yoko Kuyama 52-58 POETRY Sun-Discovered by Barbara Haupt 20 The Optimist by Jesse Matlack 25 Fragments of Finality by Ellen Moore 26 Along A Stream by Yoko Kuyama 43 Elegy by Nikos Stangos 44-45 You Sauntered Out To Love by Ellen Moore 45 A Poem by Thomas Turnbull 49 Song No. 7 by Nikos Stangos 59 In this issue the editors of EXILE are proud to publish Departure by Yoko Kuyama. This story has been awarded the semi-annual Denison Book Store - EXILE Creative Writing Prize

Global patient outcomes after elective surgery: prospective cohort study in 27 low-, middle- and high-income countries.

BACKGROUND: As global initiatives increase patient access to surgical treatments, there remains a need to understand the adverse effects of surgery and define appropriate levels of perioperative care. METHODS: We designed a prospective international 7-day cohort study of outcomes following elective adult inpatient surgery in 27 countries. The primary outcome was in-hospital complications. Secondary outcomes were death following a complication (failure to rescue) and death in hospital. Process measures were admission to critical care immediately after surgery or to treat a complication and duration of hospital stay. A single definition of critical care was used for all countries. RESULTS: A total of 474 hospitals in 19 high-, 7 middle- and 1 low-income country were included in the primary analysis. Data included 44 814 patients with a median hospital stay of 4 (range 2-7) days. A total of 7508 patients (16.8%) developed one or more postoperative complication and 207 died (0.5%). The overall mortality among patients who developed complications was 2.8%. Mortality following complications ranged from 2.4% for pulmonary embolism to 43.9% for cardiac arrest. A total of 4360 (9.7%) patients were admitted to a critical care unit as routine immediately after surgery, of whom 2198 (50.4%) developed a complication, with 105 (2.4%) deaths. A total of 1233 patients (16.4%) were admitted to a critical care unit to treat complications, with 119 (9.7%) deaths. Despite lower baseline risk, outcomes were similar in low- and middle-income compared with high-income countries. CONCLUSIONS: Poor patient outcomes are common after inpatient surgery. Global initiatives to increase access to surgical treatments should also address the need for safe perioperative care. STUDY REGISTRATION: ISRCTN5181700

An Anthology of Poetry by Saskatoon Poets

This anthology of poems, illustrated by artist's works and photographs, is described as an experiment in community poetry. Brief biographical notes on the contributors

Kuluttajabarometri maakunnittain 2000, 2. neljännes

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