RHEUMATISM TREATED BY VENESECTION AND HYPODERMOCLYSIS.

Three Cases of Puerperal Convulsions Treated by Venesection

A Case of Severe Menstrual Headache Successfully Treated by Premenstrual Venesection

distressing sense of weight and fulness in the head. It was so severe that she could not lift up her head, being thus rendered entirely unfit for duty, both during menstruation and for several days afterwards. Sfce was naturally of a somewhat plethoric habit of body. The palpebral conjunctivae were somewhat injected in appearance. The ptilse was large, full, and somewhat incompressible. She com...

Cost-benefit analysis of patients treated at a rheumatism centre.

In recent years economists have been taking an increasing interest in the evaluation of health expenditures. One technique used has been costbenefit analysis, which attempts to evaluate as exhaustively as possible the costs and benefits of the implementation of investment projects, usually in the public sector of the economy. Cost-benefit studies have looked, for example, at cancer, tuberculosi...

Hypodermoclysis: an alternative infusion technique.

Hypodermoclysis, the subcutaneous infusion of fluids, is a useful and easy hydration technique suitable for mildly to moderately dehydrated adult patients, especially the elderly. The method is considered safe and does not pose any serious complications. The most frequent adverse effect is mild subcutaneous edema that can be treated by local massage or systemic diuretics. Approximately 3 L can ...

Hypodermoclysis or subcutaneous infusion revisited.

AIM OF STUDY To review the use of hypodermoclysis in a local Hospice. METHOD A review of all hypodermoclysis carried out over a six-month period was conducted. Special attention was paid to the reason for starting and stopping the drip, duration of the drip, complications, the type and amount of solution infused. RESULTS Fifty-one (19%) out of 266 patients received hypodermoclysis during th...