17 research outputs found
APPROVED: A MODEL OF BEST PRACTICE: LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS IN THE NUCLEAR INDUSTRY
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Influence of gestation on blood plasma concentrations of oestrone and oestrone sulphate in Karan Swiss cows and murrah buffaloes
No full textPercutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy in elderly patients.
No full textPercutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) was performed on 28 elderly patients (mean age 82 years) who were dysphagic and intolerant of naso-gastric feeding. Twenty-six patients were recovering from a stroke; the interval between the onset of stroke and PEG averaged 63 days. The procedure was successful and well tolerated by all patients. Nineteen (68%) still had a functioning PEG a median of 14 weeks after placement. One patient whose swallowing recovered had the tube removed 6 months after its insertion. Seven patients (25%) subsequently died from their underlying disease, a mean of 92 days following PEG. There was one procedure-related death from peritonitis. PEG is a useful alternative to surgical gastrostomy in selected elderly patients with dysphagia who are intolerant of naso-gastric feeding
Can the Marketing Concept Be Applied to the Polytechnic and College Sector of Higher Education?
No full textProbing the Group Faultline Concept: An Evaluation of Measures of Patterned Multi-dimensional Group Diversity
No full textgroup faultlines, measurement evaluation, multi-dimensional diversity, polarization,
Comparative efficacy of emergency endoscopic sclerotherapy for active variceal bleeding due to cirrhosis of the liver, non-cirrhotic portal fibrosis and extrahepatic portal venous obstruction
No full textRelationship between morphine responses and sphincter of Oddi motility in undefined biliary pain after cholecystectomy
No full textExperiential Learning and the Hunt-Vitell Theory of Ethics: Teaching Marketing Ethics by Integrating Theory and Practice
No full textSclerotherapy in extrahepatic portal venous obstruction.
No full textOne hundred and twenty two patients who presented with variceal bleeding as a result of extrahepatic portal vein obstruction (EHPO) were entered into the sclerotherapy programme with a mean follow up of 23.69 months (range four to 60 months). Eighteen (14.7%) patients were lost to follow up, three (2.4%) patients underwent surgery, and six (4.9%) patients died. Variceal obliteration was achieved in the remaining 95 patients requiring 5.4 (2.4) sessions of sclerotherapy (range 2-18). Seventeen episodes of upper gastrointestinal bleed occurred in 15 patients during sclerotherapy. Recurrence of oesophageal varices was seen in 15 patients. Ten patients developed bulbous gastric varices after obliteration. Major complications including perforation and strictures were seen more commonly in children. Sclerotherapy was associated with a significant reduction in the bleeding rate (bleeds/month/patient) as compared with the presclerotherapy period (p less than 0.001). Endoscopic sclerotherapy is an effective and safe modality in the prevention of variceal bleeds in patients with extrahepatic portal vein obstruction
