Serous retinal detachment — an unusual complication of preeclampsia

A case of preeclampsia complicated by serous retinal detachment is described. The anaesthetic implications are discussed.     

应用MEBT/MEBO治疗55例烧伤病人的疗效观察

目的：观察MEBT／MEBO对烧伤病人的治疗效果。方法：全程采用MEBT／MEBO治疗55例不同面积和深度的烧伤病人，观察创面愈合时间，感染及创面疼痛程度。结果：55例烧伤病人全部治愈，治愈率100％；创面感染3例，感染率5．5％。各种创面均能在预期内愈合，疼痛减轻和消失。结论：MEBT／MEBO能促进创面愈合，减少创面感染率，对深Ⅱ度烧伤创面治疗愈后不留瘢痕或少留瘢痕，方法简便，效果良好。     

Reversal of sterilisation by the railroad technique

Objective To show that a simple, easily learned and relatively inexpensive method of reversal of sterilisation provides good results.
Design Retrospective observational study.
Setting An NHS Trust Hospital.
Sample Sixty-seven women aged 19 to 39 years who underwent reversal of sterilisation between January 1984 and December 1993.
Main outcome measures Pregnancy rate following reversal; rate of ectopic pregnancy.
Results Thirty-four women (51%) had intrauterine pregnancies after reversal of sterilisation; intrauterine pregnancy rate in women who had been sterilised with rings or clips was 64%. Five women (7.5%) had ectopic pregnancies.
Conclusion This technique provides results that compare favourably with those of microsurgery. It offers hope to couples who do not meet the restrictive criteria for microsurgery and in vitro fertilisation and should appeal to purchasing authorities.     

The change process in alcoholics: client motivation and denial in the treatment of alcoholism within the context of contemporary nursing

Despite being constantly cited as a critical intervening variable in the recovery from alcohol problems, there is a paucity of literature on client motivation. This paper reviews the current literature which impacts on motivation and its importance in treatment and develops in a stepwise manner the revised expectancy/motivation hypothesis, tentatively explaining both motivation and denial as a natural process in behavioural change. Because of the revised expectancy/motivation hypothesis' distinctly defined stages which closely relate to the process of nursing and the qualitative and quantitative measurement it entails which the nursing process demands, it offers a particularly appropriate model for treatment within nurse practice.