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The Effect Of 72 Consecutive Hours In The Coronary Care Unit On The Night Sleep Of 10 Patients Age 65 And Older, Eugenia J. Creason

Loma Linda University Electronic Theses, Dissertations & Projects

The prevalence of heart disease in the population over age 65 has contributed to the increasing number of aged patients hospitalized in critical care units (Gsell, 1977). Changes which occur in the process of aging and in cardiac disease should be considered when providing nursing care to these patients. A disturbance in the sleep wakefulness cycle resulting in a decrease of restorative sleep is a major change occurring at age 65 and after (Feinberg, 1967). The cardiac patient finds that it takes longer to go to sleep, and then awakens often during the night (Karacan et al., 1969).

Rome (1969) …

The Rear-End Collision — Soma Or Psyché?, Hugh A. Clarke

Henry Ford Hospital Medical Journal

Rear-end collisions represent 25% of all vehicular accidents. On occasion, the patients become more disabled by the diagnosis of "whiplash" than by the injury. During the past three years, 100 patients were referred for neurological examination and disposition following rear-end collisions. Appropriate neurological testing, included the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory Test (MMPI). A minority of these patients required hospitalization. The incidence of disc rupture requiring surgical decompression was less than 1%. The psychological tests were of limited aid in helping the physician to treat this group of patients. The middle-aged patient without concomitant arthritic change, having secured conservative treatment in …

The Treatment Of Chronic Pain: Program Of The Community Hospital Rehabilitation Center For Pain, Karl L. Manders

Henry Ford Hospital Medical Journal

After approximately three years' experience, the use of multiple modality treatment appears to be the most advantageous for individuals who have not responded satisfactorily to routine medical and surgical treatment. Alleviation of pain, discontinuance of narcotic medication, and return to both social and vocational activities has been accomplished in most patients of this center for the treatment of chronic pain.

Digest Of The Philadelphia College Of Osteopathic Medicine (Fall 1977), Philadelphia College Of Osteopathic Medicine

Digest

The Fall 1977 issue of the Digest of the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine includes the following articles:

• The President's Page
• We're Expanding
• The First Day
• Convocation
• Open House
• News from the College
• News from the Hospital and Health Care Centers
• Meet the Board of Trustees
• An Interview with Emanuel Fliegelman, D.O.
• Alumni News Briefs
• New Appointments
• People - Charles Hillyer, D.O.
• Board of Trustees News Briefs
• Faculty Notes
• In Memoriam

Digest Of The Philadelphia College Of Osteopathic Medicine (Summer 1977), Philadelphia College Of Osteopathic Medicine

Digest

The Spring 1977 issue of the Digest of the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine includes the following articles:

• President's Page
• Commencement
• Commencement Speaker
• Commencement Dinner
• Awards
• News from the College
• Alumni Fund Report
• Promotions and Appointments
• New Appointments
• Faculty Notes
• Alumni News Briefs
• News from the Hospital
• Highlights of EROC
• Class of 1977
• CME Calendar
• In Memoriam

Vital Signs, July, 1977, 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, a research spotlight, alumni notes, and more.

Clinical Uses Of Biofeedback: A Review Of Recent Research, Richard M. Lee, Scott E. Baldwin, Julia A. Lee

Henry Ford Hospital Medical Journal

Biofeedback refers to a special type of operant conditioning (ie, a category of learning) in which subjects acquire control over physiological processes through the feedback of information. Its methodology is based upon principles of behavioral science developed in the laboratory through experimentation. It has been conclusively demonstrated that humans (and other animals) can learn to control such actions as EKG parameters, blood pressure, body temperature, EEG, individual motor units, and glandular secretions. Clinically, biofeedback has been applied to a wide variety of psycho-physiologic disorders in which a measurable response requires alteration. The best established applications are tension and migraine headaches, …

The Effects Of Systematic Relaxation On The Number Of Times Pain Medication Was Administered To Immobilized Traction Patients, Brenda Carol Armstrong

Loma Linda University Electronic Theses, Dissertations & Projects

[Abstract Not Included]

Newsletter, Volume 22, Number 03, May - June 1977

Newsletter: A Report to Physicians of Texas Archives

• MDAH Researchers Test New Drug
• Genetic Patterns in Retinoblastoma
• Distinguished Service Awards
• Department of Developmental Therapeutics
• Spanish Classes Held at MDAH
• Anderson Clinic Moves to New Facilities
• New Developments in radiology
• National Conference on Breast Cancer
• Pediatrics Workshop
• MDAH Symposium Held
• Workshop Discussions of Childhood Cancer Published
• Book on Cancer Immunology

Vital Signs, April, 1977, 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, a research spotlight, alumni notes, and more.

Vital Signs, March, 1977, Boonshoft School Of Medicine

Vital Signs

A six 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.

Maine Mental Health Annual Review And Progress Report 1977, Department Of Mental Health And Corrections

Maine Collection

Maine Mental Health Annual Review and Progress Report 1977

State of Maine., Department of Mental Health and Corrections, Augusta, Maine, 1977.

George A. Zitnay, Commissioner

Contents: Preface / Administrative Part / Services and Facilities Part

Current Problems In Gynecology And Obstetrics And Their Effects On Patient Attutudes, Samira El-Mallah

Faculty Book Chapters

The seminar from which these papers flow was the product of many minds, multiple energies and much co-operation during the many months prior to its final implementation. The idea of a women's seminar oriented to the issues and concerns of contemporary Egyptian society was initially put forth in the fal I of 1974 to coincide with efforts that were developing on a national level in Egypt to commemorate 1975 as International Women's Year. It is with deepest gratitude that I extend special appreciation to Mrs. Marlene Michel Anawati, then a Post Master's Fellow in the Department of Sociology­Anthropology and Psychology. …

Vital Signs, January, 1977, 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, a research spotlight, alumni notes, and more.

Women In Menopause: A Study Of Gynecologist's Perceptions, Zadell Cogan, Sharon Kennedy

Dissertations and Theses

The purpose of this study was to explore the needs of women experiencing menopause. Since women at this time experience physical, social and emotional changes, they may have a special need for services. Doctors were selected as the population for study because they treat so many women at this age and because they are powerful transmitters of our culture. This exploratory study was designed to provide descriptive information about the doctors' perceptions.

Results are reported from interviews with seventeen gynecologists from the Portland metropolitan area in Oregon. Attempts were made to interview all female gynecologists in the area. Male gynecologists …

Newsletter, Volume 21, Number 06, November - December 1976

Newsletter: A Report to Physicians of Texas Archives

• First Lady at Dedication
• Carcinogenic Effects of Anesthetics Studied
• Cancer: A Comprehensive Treatise Published
• Patients Helped at Cancer Rehabilitation Center
• Research Institute Renamed
• Two Meetings in January

Vital Signs, September/October, 1976, 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, a research spotlight, alumni notes, and more.

Digest Of The Philadelphia College Of Osteopathic Medicine (September 1976), Philadelphia College Of Osteopathic Medicine

Digest

The September 1976 issue of the Digest of the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine includes the following articles:

• The Class of 1980
• Registration Day 1976
• Convocation
• Open House
• News from the College
• V.I.A. for Students
• PCOM's Rural Health Care Center
• Neuronsensory Unit Reorganized
• News from the Hospital And Health Care Centers
• Greenwood Medical Center
• People
• CME Programs
• Letters
• New Appointments
• Faculty Notes
• Alumni News Briefs
• In Memoriam
• Alumni Board

Sideroblastic Anemias, Louis D. Saravolatz

Henry Ford Hospital Medical Journal

Sideroblastic anemias are reviewed with emphasis on clinical features, biochemical studies, treatment modalities and prognosis. A classification of these anemias based on etiology is also provided.

Hallucinogens: A Cause Of Convulsive Ergot Psychoses, Sylvia Dahl Winters

Loma Linda University Electronic Theses, Dissertations & Projects

Ergotism with vasoconstriction and gangrene has been reported through the centuries. Less well publicized are the cases of psychoses associated with convulsive ergotism. Lysergic acid amide a powerful hallucinogen having one.-tenth the hallucinogenic activity of LSD-25 is produced by natural sources. This article attempts to show that convulsive ergot psychoses are mixed psychoses caused by lysergic acid amide or similar hallucinogens combined with nervous system lesions secondary to vasoconstrictive effects of ergotoxine.

Vital Signs, April, 1976, Boonshoft School Of Medicine

Vital Signs

A four 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.

Ua35/11 Student Honors Bulletin, Vol. Iv, Wku Honors Program

WKU Administration Documents

The articles, all papers done for classes in the university honors program, are divided into three groups. The first group deals with science, especially the area of health care, one of the more practical applications of science in the modern age. The second group consists of three papers done for honor courses in which the major purpose was to expose the student to new areas of consciousness and have them respond orally and verbally to what they read, creative writing. The last group deals with the humanities, literature and religion, two of the more popular fields of the humanities today. …

Vital Signs, January, 1976, Boonshoft School Of Medicine

Vital Signs

A four 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.

Digest Of The Philadelphia College Of Osteopathic Medicine (December 1975), Philadelphia College Of Osteopathic Medicine

Digest

The December 1975 issue of the Digest of the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine includes the following articles:

• PCOM Alumnae
• Listing of Alumnae
• Microfilm
• People
• News from the Hospital
• Student Council Christmas Show
• AOA Convention
• New Appointments
• PCOM's New Look
• Alumni News Briefs
• Faculty Notes
• In Memoriam

Digest Of The Philadelphia College Of Osteopathic Medicine (September 1975), Philadelphia College Of Osteopathic Medicine

Digest

The September 1975 issue of the Digest of the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine includes the following articles:

• Alumni Weekend
• Alumni President
• Bicentennial Plans
• People
• News from the Health Care Centers
• New Appointments
• News from the College
• Class of '79
• Fall Activities
• Alumni News Briefs
• Faculty Notes
• In Memoriam

Utilization Of Mental Health Services For Children Relative To Social Class. A Pilot Study, H. K. Von Brauchitsch

Henry Ford Hospital Medical Journal

Two groups of children were selected from those evaluated and treated over a two-year period. The study attempted to contrast the mental health care needs and the health care delivery system of children from the uppermost classes against those of the lowest classes. Very few diagnostic discriminators were found. Prevalence of intellectual dysfunctions In the lower classes and neuroses in the upper classes did not correlate with behavior pattern of "acting out" or "acting in." Autistic psychoses were found almost exclusively among the upper classes; suicidality almost exclusively In the lower classes. Upper class children were more frequently referred by …

The Effect Of Masking On The Acoustic Reflex Threshold, Nancy E. Aldrich

Loma Linda University Electronic Theses, Dissertations & Projects

This study investigated the effect of masking noise on the threshold for stapedial reflex. It has been shown that masking which shifts the hearing threshold causes a loudness function typical of recruitment. It was hypothesized that the stapedial reflex threshold remains the same in a masked situation as in the unmasked situation . It was suggested that this demonstrates recruitment in that the presence of noise reduces the range between hearing thresholds and stapedial reflex thresholds.

Ten subjects, with no known hearing loss or pathology involving the ear or reflex arc were used in this study. A 1000 Hz tone …

Newsletter, Volume 20, Number 02, April 1975

Newsletter: A Report to Physicians of Texas Archives

• MDAH Staff Members Devise Safe Splenectomy Procedure for Patients with Leukemia
• Abercrombie and Inbar Honored Speakers at 28th Annual Symposium
• Clinical Abstracts
• Dial Access
• New Staff

The Relationship Of Locus Of Control Of The Diabetic Patient And Compliance With Medical Regimen, Lois Daniel

Loma Linda University Electronic Theses, Dissertations & Projects

The literature indicates that many diabetic patients do not adhere to their prescribed medical regimen and that there is a need to discover factors that stimulate compliant behavior. It has been proposed that the patient's decision to accept or reject treatment has many determinants. This study explored the effect of one such determinant, the locus of control (the source of the stimulus for a person's behavior). It was hypothesized that a person with an internal locus (one who believes his actions influence his future) would be more likely to comply with a medical regimen than one with an external locus …

Treatment Of The Hyperventilation Syndrome, Hans Von Brauchitsch

Henry Ford Hospital Medical Journal

A review oi the literature on the hyperventilation syndrome reveals a variety of treatment approaches and a virtual absence of controlled studies of this common problem. Attempts to treat the condition by changing the respiratory pattern through mechanical means can be traced back to the first century A.D. The "paper bag method" of treatment has many psychological drawbacks and is often unsuccessful. Several avenues of drug treatment have been explored: acidifiers, minor tranquilizers, antidepressants, and stimulants. Reports of success with insight-oriented intensive psychotherapy are scarce. Some forms of group psychotherapy have been tried with success. The model of the "medical …