Ugeskrift for laeger
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Anaesthesia with closed anaesthetic systems demands knowledge of the physiology of the patients and of how the various anaesthetic gases behave in the organism as only the gases which the patients produces and absorbs are eliminated and replaced. The system is educational as it provides knowledge of the genuine absorption of oxygen and anaesthetic gases. The method is favourable to the environment as only the gases which are used are supplied and it is thus economical in use although investment in monitoring equipment is necessary. In practice, induction and waking of the patient are complicated with this system and it requires an anaesthetist who constantly adjusts the gases in the circuit.
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The purpose of this investigation was to describe why patients change their general practitioners (GP) by the means of questionnaires. Questionnaires were given 357 patients who had changed GPs in 1990 and 206 (58%) returned the questionnaire. ⋯ Women accounted for approximately 75% of the total number and preferred female GPs, whereas men who changed doctors probably did so because they wanted to have the same GP as their families. The frequency of change was about 1% and most of the patients had stuck to the same GP for several years before changing.
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Ugeskrift for laeger · Nov 1992
[Epidemiological studies on scalded children admitted to the burns unit at the Hvidovre hospital during 1981-1990].
During the ten year period 1981 to 1990, a total of 436 children aged 0-5 years were admitted for scalds at the Burns Unit of Hvidovre Hospital. We did not find any reduction in the number of admissions during this period nor was any change in the patterns of scalds found. ⋯ In 37% of cases, the scalds required grafting and the average stay in hospital was 16 days. The background for this unchanged pattern could be that the prophylactive campaigns have been insufficient.
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Ugeskrift for laeger · Oct 1992
Case Reports[Reversible pulmonary hypertension in a woman with connective tissue disease].
The present case report describes a woman with known MCTD, who developed acute pulmonary hypertension. She was treated with methylprednisolone and had fully recovered after five days.