Up the ANTe

Upping the Ante

Ante-partum Thrombo-embolism.

WHILST thrombo-embolism is a well recognised complication of the puerperium, ante-partum it is rare. No mention of its management is to be found in standard textbooks. Despite controversy concerning the value of anticoagulant treatment in arterial thrombotic disease, the efficacy of this therapy in venous thrombo-embolism is now well established. The apparent rarity of this condition in the ant...

Ante-Natal Care

Ante-natal Care

how many patients are walking about suffering from the disease in a mild form in whom some of the major catastrophes never occur. 3. Its relationship to cancer is doubtful. Most writers say it is not a precursor, but W. T. Mayo found carcinoma in thirteen out of forty-two cases of diverticulitis. 4. It is hard to treat successfully. The treatment that is theoretically correct is often unsuitabl...

The Informational Content of Ex Ante Forecasts

Ahrrwx-The informational content of ditlercnt forecasts can be compared by regressing the actual change in a variable to be forecasted on forecasts of the change. We we the procedure in Fair and Shikr (1987) to examine the informational content of three sets of ex ante forecasts: the American Statist&i Association and National Bureau of Economic Research Survey (ASP.). Data Resources Incorporat...