Annual report 1984-85

Review of general surgery 1984-85.

This review of general surgery has a distinctly abdominal flavour, with sections on the acute abdomen, inflammatory bowel disease, large bowel tumours, and diseases of the biliary system and pancreas. However, I also include peripheral vascular disease, the breast and experimental surgery as topics for discussion. As usual, the papers reviewed are those that particularly caught the author's eye...

Association of American Medical Colleges. Annual meeting and annual report, 1984.

Immune haemolytic anaemia and nomifensine treatment in north west England 1984-85: report of six cases.

Nomifensine, an antidepressant used for eight years in Britain, was particularly popular in the north west of England. Haemolytic anaemia was recognised as a rare side effect, but in 1984 a cluster of six cases was referred to the North West Regional Transfusion Centre, reflecting an incidence of 0.006%. These were collected within 18 months and showed variable serological features, indicating ...

Evaluation of Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System, 1984-85

In this article, we describe the evaluation of the Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System (AHCCCS), Arizona's alternative to the acute care portion of Medicaid. We provide an assessment of implementation of the program's innovative features during its second 18 months of operation, from April 1984 through September 1985. Included in the evaluation are assessments of the administration of t...

Biological Report 85(1

Uses Background Concentrations Environmental Chemistry General Chemical Properties Mode of Action Fate in Soils and Water Lethal and Sublethal Effects General Terrestrial Plants and Invertebrates Aquatic Organisms Birds Mammals Recommendations Acknowledgments References Tables Number 1 Paraquat concentrations in field collections of selected organisms and nonbiological materials 2 Chemical and ...