Psychiatric problems in the first year after mastectomy.

Psychiatric disorders in temporal lobe epilepsy patients over the first year after surgical treatment

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the psychiatric disorders over a 1-year period in a group of TLE patients who underwent surgery. METHODS Prospective, open study in a sample of 70 TLE patients. Psychiatric disorders' assessment was made before surgery, and at 1, 6 and 12 months after surgery, with the structured clinical diagnostic interview for DSM-IV axis I diagnoses (SCID). Presurgical psychiatric an...

First Year After Stroke

Over time there have been many advancements in acute care management after the event of a stroke. However, stroke episodes continue to have associated complex adverse sequelae that require ongoing attention beyond the initial inpatient acute and rehabilitation phases. Gradual functional decline frequently occurs poststroke and has been associated with inactivity, fatigue, cognitive issues, addi...

Increased adolescent mortality in the year after a psychiatric admission.

ED FROM James A, Clacey J, Seagroatt V, et al. Adolescent inpatient psychiatric admission rates and subsequent one-year mortality in England: 1998–2004. J Child Psychol Psychiatry 2010;51:1395–404. Correspondence to: Anthony James, Highfi eld Adolescent Unit, Warneford Hospital, Oxford OX3 7JX, UK; [email protected] Source of funding: NIHR Centre for Research Capacity Development. ▶ ...

The Electrocardiogram after Mastectomy

T HE CHARACTERISTICS of the electrocardiographic tracing are determined by three independent variables. The first of these involves the potentials generated by the myocardium during depolarization and repolarization. These potentials can be altered by a wide variety of physiologic states, as well as by intrinsic disease of the myocardium. The second factor relates to the properties of the extra...

The electrocardiogram after mastectomy.