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Newsletter, Volume 26, Number 06, November - December 1981

Newsletter: A Report to Physicians of Texas Archives

• UT System Board of Regents Approves Construction, Establishes New Chairs
• Patients and Staff Benefit from Time and Skills Offered by More than 750 Volunteers
• Noteworthy
• Hilkemeyer Recognized for Work in Oncology Nursing
• Researchers Continue Careful Exploration of Tuftsin’s Potential as an Anti-Cancer Agent
• Dr. Clark Receives Board of Visitors Award
• UT MDAH Offers Summer Biomedical Cancer research Program for College Students
• Leon L. Dmochowski, Emeritus Professor of Virology, Dies at 72

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Henry Ford Hospital Medical Journal

No abstract provided.

Visual And Auditory Attention In Hyperactive And Normal Boys, Ronald T. Brown

Integrated Health Sciences Faculty Research

No abstract provided.

Remediation Efforts For Hyperactivity: Training In Attention Or Inhibitory Control, Ronald T. Brown

Integrated Health Sciences Faculty Research

No abstract provided.

Survey Of Pediatricians : What Are The Criteria Used For Referral To Speech And Language Pathologists?, Janet Bradley

Loma Linda University Electronic Theses, Dissertations & Projects

The purpose of the present research was to summarize from the pediatric literature the norms for speech and language development and to determine if the pediatrician is utilizing these norms as criteria for making referrals to speech and language pathologists. Research tends to show a discrepancy between the incidence of speech and language disorders and the rate of referrals made by physicians.

The methodology involved developing a three-part questionnaire to determine what screening instruments are being used in the pediatric office in regard to speech, language, and hearing, and what informal criteria are utilized for making referrals for a speech …

A Comparison Of Self-Esteem And Health Locus Of Control In Adolescents With Insulin Dependent Diabetes Mellitus, Janice Mace

Loma Linda University Electronic Theses, Dissertations & Projects

This study was a descriptive survey establishing a baseline level of self-esteem and health locus of control in insulin dependent diabetes mellitus (IDDM) adolescents. The purpose of the research was to study and describe health behaviors of IDDM adolescents in regards to self-concept and health locus of control. These behaviors are believed to have life-long ramifications on the IDDM adolescent's health status.

The sample consisted of 91 IDDM adolescents, 34 male and 57 female, in a nonrandom convenience cluster attending a 10-day summer camp.

Null hypothesis one was: Insulin dependent diabetes mellitus would make no difference at the .05 level …

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Henry Ford Hospital Medical Journal

No abstract provided.

The Evolution Of Prenatal Care In The United States : The Formative Years, Cristina M. Thomsen

Loma Linda University Electronic Theses, Dissertations & Projects

In the early decades of the twentieth century prenatal care became an accepted part of routine obstetrical care. This thesis is a description of the evolution of the prenatal care idea in the United States during these years. Two approaches are used in this description. An internal approach to prenatal care notes the maturation of procedure and technique. An external approach notes the inpatient and outpatient suggestions for providing prenatal care, the suggestions for educating the public to value and expect prenatal care and the medical profession to provide such care, and the varied promoters of such care, with their …

Environmental Enrichment And Nursing Therapy With Comatose Patients : Two Case Studies, Marilyne R. Sayler

Loma Linda University Electronic Theses, Dissertations & Projects

As a part of a larger research project with comatose patients the problem stated for this portion of the research study was to investigate the potential for identifying whether or not the quality of nursing care for comatose patients could be improved by nursing therapy with environmental enrichment and meaningful systematic orienting stimuli given by professional nurse clinicians and a patient's significant others. The effects of the orienting stimuli were measured by observable changes in arousal patterns in serial electroencephalograms (EEGs) , level of arousal as scored on the Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS), and selected measures of recovery outcome (RO). …

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Henry Ford Hospital Medical Journal

No abstract provided.

Vital Signs, March 1981, Boonshoft School Of Medicine

Vital Signs

An eight page newsletter created by the Boonshoft School of Medicine to document the current affairs of the school. This issue includes a variety of feature articles, alumni profiles, class notes, and more.

Newsletter, Volume 26, Number 02, March - April 1981, Raymond Alexanian Md, Walter J. Pagel, Diane Culhane

Newsletter: A Report to Physicians of Texas Archives

• New Books Help Pediatric Patients and Their Parents Cope with Cancer
• Eight Patients Receiving Synthetic Interferon
• Center Helps Recovering Cancer Patients
• Routine Machine Solves the Problem of Transfusions for Jehovah’s Witnesses
• Noteworthy
• Treatment for Multiple Myeloma Reviewed, Raymond Alexanian, MD
• Smith Delivers 18th Mike Hogg Lecture, Walter J. Pagel
• 1979 Clinical Conference Book Reviewed, Diane Culhane
• National Large Bowel Cancer Project Holds Workshop

Namru-3 Translations Of Parasite Literature From Russian, French, Japanese, Etc. Into English (1921-1981) T1401-T1500, United States Naval Medical Research Unit Number Three, Cairo, Medical Zoology Department

United States Naval Medical Research Unit 3: Publications

T1401. TRANSLATION FROM RUSSIAN. L'VOV, D. K., GROMASHEVSKY, V. L., SIDOROVA, G. A., TSIRKIN, Yu. M. CHERVONSKY, V. L. GOSTINSHCHIKOVA, G. V. and ARISTOVA, V. A. (1971). Isolation of a new arbovirus Baku of Kemerovo group from argasid ticks Ornithodoros coniceps. in Azerbaijan. Vop. Virus., 16(4):434-437.

T1402. TRANSLATION FROM RUSSIAN. ALEKSANDROV, Yu. V., KORYAGIN, V. L. and YOVAL'CHUK, Zh. T. (1970). Observations on ecological biological properties of Hyalomma plumbeum ticks in eastern Crimea. Tezisy Dokl. 2. Akarol. Soveshch., (1):22-24.

T1403. TRANSLATION FROM RUSSIAN. MATEVOSYAN, K. Sh., KARASEVA, P. S. and SEMENOV, B. F. (1974). Study of potential arbovirus foci in …

Cineradiography Of The Temporomandibular Joint : A Research Entity And Diagnostic Modality, L. Albert Lewis

Loma Linda University Electronic Theses, Dissertations & Projects

Readily accessible equipment as utilized for cineangiography has been demonstrated to be useful in producing dynamic studies of the temporomandibular joint.

The reproducible studies have been obtained without adaptation of equipment. Methods used in this project were based on principles which have been advocated for the past thirty years for static radiographs of the temporomandibular joints.

Studies were made of a variety of subjects varying in size and joint integrity. Diagnostic views were obtained on all subjects showing normal osseous joint structures and typical joint function via the use of motion picture records. Changes in osseous joint structures were readily …

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Henry Ford Hospital Medical Journal

No abstract provided.

Phleborheography: A Correlative Study With Venography, Joseph P. Elliott Jr., John H. Hageman, Ann C. Belanger, Roger F. Smith

Henry Ford Hospital Medical Journal

The Vascular Laboratory of Henry Ford Hospital has used the Cranley-Grass Phleborheograph (PRG) as the primary noninvasive method to determine the presence or absence of deep venous thrombosis (DVT) in the lower limbs since December 1977. In order to determine its proper role and clinical reliability, we compared the diagnostic accuracy of phleborheography with contrast venography. From December 1977 through December 1978, 483 cases (963 limbs) were successfully examined by PRG. Ofthese, 111 cases (216 limbs) also had contrast venography. The PRG was confirmed as normal in 151 out of 157 (6 false negatives). There were 53 abnormal PRCs, with …

Digest Of The Philadelphia College Of Osteopathic Medicine (Winter 1980-1981), Philadelphia College Of Osteopathic Medicine

Digest

The Winter 1980-1981 issue of the Digest of the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine includes the following articles:

• President's Page
• Dedication/Founders Day
• Reunions
• Flounders Day Follies
• Moving Day at 4190
• SAH Graduation
• People
• Faculty Notes
• News from the College
• News from the Hospital
• Pacemaker Evaluation Center
• Worth Mentioning
• Alumni News Briefs
• From the Alumni Office
• In Memoriam

The Coronary Distribution Zone : Mathematical Modelling Of The Left Ventricular Epicardial Surface For Area Calculation, Three-Dimensional Rotaton And Display, S. Matts E. Sjölander

Loma Linda University Electronic Theses, Dissertations & Projects

A computer model of the left ventricular (LV) epicardial surface was developed from Jang’s truncated ellipsoidal model, which has a minor to major axis ratio of 6:10. The model was applied in calculating the area of a segment of the myocardium, jeopardized by an impending occlusion of its associated artery. The endangered segment of the LV muscle was also visualized in different projections by rotations in three space and graphical displays simulating the three dimensions.

The area formula for the surface of the ideal model , a truncated prolate spheroid, was derived and used in producing maps for manual calculations …

Modeling: A Cognitive Approach In Ameliorating Impulsivity In Hyperactive Children, Ronald T. Brown

Integrated Health Sciences Faculty Research

No abstract provided.

Some Misgivings About Locus Of Control Orientation And Its Relationship To Intelligence, Academic Achievement, And Delinquency, Ronald T. Brown

Integrated Health Sciences Faculty Research

No abstract provided.

The Effect Of Natural Measures To Aid In Sleep As Compared With The Use Of Flurazepam 30 Milligrams As Seen In The Hospitalized Male Patient, Myra Ladd Thompson

Loma Linda University Electronic Theses, Dissertations & Projects

Sleep is necessary for physical and psychological restoration of the body. Studies indicate that tissue repair is augmented during sleep, showing that rates of protein synthesis and of mitotic division are higher at times of rest and sleep. Studies evaluating sleep-deprived subjects reveal that after loss of normal sleep, some types of memory and learning processes are impaired. These subjects generally become anxious and irritable, especially after loss of dreaming sleep.

Sleeping medications have been implicated by observers and researchers to be a cause of altered sleep patterns. These medications not only disrupt normal sleep cycles, but their continued use …

Graves' Disease Following The Occurrence Of Hypothyroidism, A. R. Guansing, D. D. Klink, N. Engbring, Y. Leung, J. Chakravarty, S. Wilson

Henry Ford Hospital Medical Journal

Three patients with hypothyroidism of 15-48 months' duration developed Graves' disease while on thyroid hormone replacement therapy. In one patient, the hyperthyrold phase was preceded by ophthalmopathy and nonsuppresslble 24-hour radioactive iodine uptake (RAIU). Eventually, all had hyperthyrold findings with elevated thyroid hormone levels, high 24-hour RAIU, and a diffuse uniform uptake of RAI by the enlarged thyroid. All subjects had negative antithyroglobulin and antimicrosomal antibody titers. Two had demonstrable long-acting thyroid stimulator (LATS) in their sera. All three were followed for 5-36 months while on propylthiouracil therapy prior to surgery or RAI administration. Both LATS-positive patients underwent bilateral subtotal …

Vital Signs, June-July, 1980, Boonshoft School Of Medicine

Vital Signs

A sixteen page newsletter created by the Boonshoft School of Medicine to document the current affairs of the school. This issue includes a variety of feature articles, a research spotlight, alumni notes, and more.

Lipoprotein Lipase Inhibitor Removal During Ultrafiltration Of Renal Failure Patients, Alisa Minear

Loma Linda University Electronic Theses, Dissertations & Projects

Plasma samples were obtained from seven hypertriglyceridemic (>150 mg/dl) chronic renal failure patients before and after regular hemodialysis. The effect of the plasma on the lipolytic activity of bovine milk lipoprotein lipase was investigated. The lipoprotein lipase activity, as measured by release of C¹⁴-labeled free fatty acid from triglyceride, was decreased 8-67% when incubated with uremic plasma as compared to the control plasma (44 mg/dl triglyceride). The inhibition noted prior to hemodialysis did not appear to be alleviated by the dialysis but subsequent treatment with an isolated ultrafiltration technique did appear to remove an inhibitory substance as …

An Analysis Of The Attitudes Of Unlicensed Personnel In San Bernardino Metropolitan Area Convalescent Hospitals Toward Their Jobs And The Geriatric Patients, Theodore G. Sneed

Loma Linda University Electronic Theses, Dissertations & Projects

In American society, convalescent facility residency is a fact of life for many of the aged. Typically, in these geriatric facilities, eighty to ninety percent of primary patient care services are delivered by unlicensed personnel. Unfortunately, this segment of the convalescent facility employee population tends to be transient, underpaid and overworked, and to feel very low esteem for themselves and their jobs. This situation has produced many service abuses and interaction difficulties in the convalescent facilities. Up until the present there has been little attempt on the part of Sociology to study this portion of the employee population in these …

A Study Of The Physiological And Mental Effects Of Various Shift Patterns On Registered Nurses, Carolyn Taylor Smith

Loma Linda University Electronic Theses, Dissertations & Projects

The effects of shift work on circadian I an rhythms has become a subject of great Interest to many industries, hospitals, and sleep researchers. More and more recognition is being given to the results of these studies, especially the possible adverse effects on those working the night shift or a shift they are unable to adapt to adequately. Only a few of these studies, however, have been conducted on registered nurses, a major group involved with shift work.

The purpose of the present study was to investigate the effects on nurses working the a.m. shift (7 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.), …

Dissecting Aneurysm Of Aorta Complicating Coarctation Of The Aorta: Case Report And Brief Literature Review, Remigio Garcia, Julius M. Ohorodnik, Donald J. Magilligan Jr.

Henry Ford Hospital Medical Journal

The incidence of dissecting thoracic aorta aneurysm complicating coarctation of the aorta ranges from 1.7 to 23% in large series of coarctation of the aorta reported. In a review of 95 cases of dissection of the aorta, we found only one case with associated coarctation of the aorta. The presence of this anomaly, although rare, should be suspected and searched for in younger patients with dissection, in view of the surgical implications at the time of correction.

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Henry Ford Hospital Medical Journal

No abstract provided.

A Developmental Analysis Of Attentional Processes In Educabley Mentally Retarded And Normally Developing Children, Ronald T. Brown

Integrated Health Sciences Faculty Research

No abstract provided.

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Henry Ford Hospital Medical Journal

No abstract provided.