胶态果胶铋对实验性大鼠急性胃炎及兔慢性胃炎疗效的观察

果胶铋是一种新型的铋制剂，实验发现：０．５ｇ／ｋｇ／ｄ果胶铋灌胃大鼠能够明显减轻由ＨＣＩ引起的急性胃炎胃粘膜的病变程度；同时还发现，０．２５／ｋｇ／ｄ果胶铋灌胃家兔对兔实验性变态反应性胃炎有明显的治疗作用，能显著减小病变面积，减轻或消除胃粘膜炎症，且未见溃疡发生。其疗效与得乐疗效相比无显著性差异。     

A review of 43 cases of tetanus neonatorum.

Forty-three patients with neonatal tetanus admitted to the Infectious Diseases Ward of the Istanbul University Faculty of Medicine Children's Hospital at Capa from 1982-1989 are presented. Thirty-two (74.4%) of the subjects were boys. The overall mortality was found to be 60 percent and the mean incubation period 6.1 +/- 20 days. The mean period between onset of symptoms and hospital admission was 1.7 days. Thirty-nine (90.7%) of the 43 patients were unhygienic home deliveries and only two cases were delivered with a midwife in attendance. None of the mothers of the children in our series had been immunized with tetanus toxoid. The incidence of neonatal tetanus in Turkey is on the decline, but a fraction of the population, the so-called urban poor, is still at high risk for preventable diseases. Every contact an unvaccinated person has with a health care professional should be viewed as an opportunity for tetanus immunization.     

Waiting list hurdles and the role of the pre-surgical booking clinic

Patients requiring surgery have two main hurdles to cross--long waiting lists and the risk of late cancellation when dates become available. A study was conducted to investigate the inconvenience caused by late cancellation, and to show how the pre-surgical assessment clinic can be utilised to reduce the dissatisfaction and disappointment of the current waiting list system in surgery.     

Vaginal cones: a conservative method of treating genuine stress incontinence

Summary. A set of weighted vaginal cones designed to exercise the pelvic floor muscles was used by a group of 39 premenopausal patients with genuine stress incontinence who were awaiting corrective surgery. The effectiveness of the exercises in reducing urinary loss was assessed with a standard urine pad test before and after 1 month of training. Of the 30 women who completed 1 month of the exercises 70% felt they were improved or cured and 90% found it an acceptable method of treatment. Of the 30 women only 11 (37%) opted for surgery after training. There was a highly significant correlation (P<0·001, r_s= -0·21) between decreased urine loss and increase in retained cone weight.