The New Zealand medical journal
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Case Reports
Warm peritoneal dialysis in the management of accidental hypothermia: report of five cases.
Five patients with accidental hypothermia are reported. Admission rectal temperatures ranged from 24 degrees C to 31.7 degrees C and two patients had suffered circulatory arrest. ⋯ Rewarming was rapid, smooth and free of complications. All five patients made a good recovery.
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The families of 441 children seen in accident and emergency departments over a 10 week period were interviewed to find the reasons why they bypassed their general practitioner and took the child to the department. One-quarter of the children did see the general practitioner first. ⋯ The closer the child's home was to either the general practitioner or the accident and emergency department, the more likely that service was to be used. Children from lower socio-economic status families were more likely than other children to see their general practitioner first.
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The present study examines the usefulness of acupuncture as an aid to stopping smoking. Results from 405 subjects show acupuncture can help between 5 and 15 percent of the population to stop smoking for at least six months. ⋯ Additional electroacupuncture on the hand neither increases the probability of stopping smoking nor enhances the reduction in smoking at three week, three month or six month follow-up periods. It is therefore likely that a large psychological component is attached to acupuncture to stop people smoking.