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A Comparative Study Of Discomfort Experienced By Surgical Patients On Three Selected Postoperative Days, Lillian Barker Bartlett

Loma Linda University Electronic Theses, Dissertations & Projects

A descriptive survey was conducted to compare the discomfort experienced on three selected postoperative days to determine if there is one day identified by the patient as the most uncomfortable and to assess the symptoms of which he might complain. A checklist of twelve symptoms common to postsurgical patients was administered on the evenings of the second, third and fourth postoperative days by the researcher. Findings indicated that nineteen or 56 per cent of the thirty-four patients interviewed stated that the second day was most uncomfortable, nine or 27 per cent the third and six or 17 per cent the …

Factors Which Deterred Twenty-Three Selected Patients From Utilizing Public Health Nursing Services, Lora Wood Welch

Loma Linda University Electronic Theses, Dissertations & Projects

A study was conducted to identify factors which deterred twenty-three selected epileptic patients from utilizing public health nursing services. The literature was reviewed in areas relating to factors which may contribute to or deter patients use of clinic or public health services.

The descriptive survey approach employing an interview guide was used. Data on the guide were classified in two areas: (1) personal characteristics and (2) participant responses. The participant responses were further categorized according to (1) perception of the public health department and public health nursing services, (2) perception of the needs of the epileptic patient and his parents, …

International Symposium: Pain

Henry Ford Hospital Medical Journal

No abstract provided.

Art And Drawing In Psychotherapy, Gerald G. Pope

Henry Ford Hospital Medical Journal

No abstract provided.

Art In Psychotherapy, Robert S. Schopbach

Henry Ford Hospital Medical Journal

No abstract provided.

Sociological Aspects Of Regional Enteritis, S. H. Schuman, B. M. Schuman

Henry Ford Hospital Medical Journal

No abstract provided.

Some Essentials Of Child Health Appraisal Relating To School Adjustment, Brenton M. Hamil

Henry Ford Hospital Medical Journal

No abstract provided.

A Study Of The Effect Of Varying Serum Phenylalanine Levels On Changes In Intelligence Quotient, Darlene Imai Manullang

Loma Linda University Electronic Theses, Dissertations & Projects

Data from thirty medical records of phenylketonuric children under treatment were investigated to determine at which serum phenylalanine level (0-3.9 mg. %, 4-7.9 mg %, 8-11.9 mg. %, greater than 12 mg. %) there would be the greatest increase in intelligence. The children involved in the study were divided into the following groups according to the age dietary treatment was initiated: 0 through 5 months, 6 through 11 months, 12 through 23 months, and over 2 years of age.

Among 6 patients who were placed on the diet during the first 5 months of life, it appears that the optimal …

A Prescription For The Alleviation Of Welfare Abuses And Illegitimacy, H. Curtis Wood Jr.

Henry Ford Hospital Medical Journal

No abstract provided.

The Heartbeat, Vol.1 No.2, Kansas City College Of Osteopathy And Surgery

Heartbeat (1964-1967)

Contents: Heartbeat -- Accelerated Campus -- KC Alumni Into Civic Activities -- Dormitory Groundbreaking Set -- A Note from the President's Desk -- DO...ings -- Plan New Emphasis on V.D. -- Post Graduate Surgery Course -- New Psychology Assistant -- Lakeside Opening Set -- Lifeblood Supporters of KCCOS -- Ford Motor Check -- "College Trust Victory" -- Medic Gives Recognition to Manipulative Therapy -- Sigma Sigma Phi -- Professional Image.

A Computer Identification Of The Eeg In A Neurophysiological - Behavioral Problem, W. R. Mccrum, A. W. Jacobson, Lorne D. Proctor, H. Van Den Ende, H. Devore

Henry Ford Hospital Medical Journal

No abstract provided.

A History Of Anesthesia, H. R. Mattern

Henry Ford Hospital Medical Journal

No abstract provided.

Abstracts

Henry Ford Hospital Medical Journal

No abstract provided.

Identification Of Emotional Needs Of Patients With Infectious Hepatitis, Elizabeth Tidmore Shafqat

Loma Linda University Electronic Theses, Dissertations & Projects

It was the purpose of this study to identify the emotional needs of patients with infectious hepatitis through the use of nursing process studies. The information obtained, it was hoped, would be helpful in giving nurses better insight into the emotional needs of these patients and to give a basis for planning nursing care.

The descriptive survey was the method used; the tool, the nursing process study. Nursing care was given to six patients between the ages of 18 and 45 who had infectious hepatitis without other complications.

The nursing process studies were filled out by the investigator on each …

A Study To Ascertain Why A Selected Group Of Women Do Or Do Not Have Cervical Smear Cytologic Examinations For Cancer Detection, Jeanette Rudy Earnhardt

Loma Linda University Electronic Theses, Dissertations & Projects

It was the purpose of this survey to find out the awareness of a selected group of Seventh-day Adventist women regarding the importance of cervical smear examinations in cancer detection; and to identify the need for health teaching in the prevention and control of uterine cervical cancer among women of this group. The 1715 women attending meetings at the General Conference Session in San Francisco July of 1962, who completed questionnaires were considered to be the participants in this study.

A review of literature revealed that through the use of yearly exfoliative cytology examinations, the approximately 14,000 annual deaths from …

A Comparative Study Of Two Contemporary Methods Of Cephalometric Analysis, Alden B. Chase

Loma Linda University Electronic Theses, Dissertations & Projects

A comparative cephalometric study was made of nineteen cases, fourteen of which were patients under treatment at the Department of Orthodontics, School of Dentistry, Loma Linda University. The remainder were individuals considered to have normal occlusions.

The review of the literature emphasized the plethora of analyses and the fact that cephalometry is a tool that must be mastered if the orthodontist is to give the best service. Thus the need for a study to compare the methods of analyzing the cephalograph. A study was made to compare two main methods of analysis and to determine whether or not the information …

Observations On The Unique Electrical Discharge Following Stimulation In Monkey Brain, Wilbur R. Mccrum, Lorne D. Proctor

Henry Ford Hospital Medical Journal

No abstract provided.

Abstracts

Henry Ford Hospital Medical Journal

No abstract provided.

Neurologic Complications Of Phenothiazine Therapy, John R. Dubois Jr.

Henry Ford Hospital Medical Journal

No abstract provided.

Problems Related To Children's Sleep, Stephen Podolsky

Henry Ford Hospital Medical Journal

No abstract provided.

The Incidence Of Methods Of Postoperative Bladder Evacuation, Joan Marie Zabady

Loma Linda University Electronic Theses, Dissertations & Projects

The purposes of this descriptive survey were to (1) find out if the incidence of bladder infection could be reduced by decreasing the number of postoperative catheterizations, (2) find out what the incidence of current methods of postoperative bladder evacuation were, (3) find out if and what changes had occurred in the incidence of the methods of bladder evacuation since the publication of previous studies, and (4) discover the current relationships of the methods of bladder evacuation to various factors such as age, sex, marital status, admission status, type of operation, and type and length of anesthesia.

Need for the …

Impaired Hearing In Children: A Review Of 227 Patients, J. Lewis Dill

Henry Ford Hospital Medical Journal

No abstract provided.

The Physicians' Understanding Of Social Service, Mary Leila Koeppe

Henry Ford Hospital Medical Journal

No abstract provided.

Visual Hallucinations In Cerebral Lesions: A Case Report, V. N. Samuel

Henry Ford Hospital Medical Journal

No abstract provided.

The Use Of Phenothiazines On A General Hospital Psychiatric Service, Robert S. Schopbach

Henry Ford Hospital Medical Journal

No abstract provided.

Prematurity And Neurological Disorders, Emily A. Bandera, John A. Churchill

Henry Ford Hospital Medical Journal

No abstract provided.

Abstracts Of Recent Publications Of The Professional Staff Of The Henry Ford Hospital And The Edsel B. Ford Institute For Medical Research

Henry Ford Hospital Medical Journal

No abstract provided.

A Review Of Drug Addiction And A Study Of Its Relation To Carbohydrate Metabolism, Eppie Chung Hartsuiker

Loma Linda University Electronic Theses, Dissertations & Projects

The specter of addiction eventually involves everyone of the community. It is a three-fold problem of socio-economic, psychological, and physiological factors. The least understood is the physiological or biochemical aspect of addiction.

It has been postulated that an upset in carbohydrate metabolism may be a biochemical cause of addiction. Several avenues were employed to investigate this possible cause of addiction.

1. A diet survey was conducted and revealed a greater consumption of refined carbohydrates, confections and alcoholic beverages in addicts.

2. Five-hour oral glucose tolerance tests were performed on 7 addicts and 12 non-addicts. These tests revealed that there were decreased glucose …

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Newsletter, Volume 06, Number 01, May 1961

Newsletter: A Report to Physicians of Texas Archives

• Research Expansion Bill Passed
• ACS Leaders Meet
• 1960 Research Report
• Non-Suture Method Repairs Major Veins
• Guest Speakers at MDAH
• Grants Announced
• Computer Checks Radiation Dosage
• Fifteenth Annual Symposium Held
• Bertner Award Presented
• Staff Appointments
• Honor Volunteers
• 1960 Monograph
• Cancer Institute Directors Meet
• Staff Activities
• Cancer Care Institute Held
• Staff Publications

The Physician And His Education, John E. Peterson

Henry Ford Hospital Medical Journal

No abstract provided.