Coercion in psychiatry and the fight against forced treatment are two of the main topics in the mental health service user/psychiatric survivor movement worldwide. At the same time, our own user-led or survivor-controlled research in this field is almost nonexistent. This chapter explores some of the structural obstacles to including service user/survivor perspectives in psychiatric research on...

INTRODUCTION Self-report instruments such as the Impact of Cancer (IOC) are designed to measure quality of life (QOL) impacts that cancer survivors attribute to their cancer experience. Generalizability of QOL findings across distinct diagnostic categories of survivors is untested. We compare measurement of the impact of cancer using the IOC instrument in breast cancer (BC) survivors (n = 1,188...

INTRODUCTION Reversible myocardial depression occurs early in severe sepsis and septic shock. The question of whether or not early ventricular depression or dilatation is associated with lower mortality in these patients remains controversial. Most studies on this topic were small in size and hence lacked statistical power to answer the question. This meta-analysis attempted to answer the quest...

The rapid growth of very elderly populations requires accurate population estimates up to the highest ages. However, it is recognised that estimates derived from census counts are often unreliable. Methods that make use of death data have not previously been evaluated for Australia and New Zealand. The aim was to evaluate a number of nearly-extinct cohort methods for producing very elderly popu...

BACKGROUND Disorders of water and sodium balance are frequently seen in patients with severe brain injury (SBI), and may worsen their prognosis. PURPOSE To evaluate vasopressin (AVP) serum levels and sodium and water balance disorders during the first week post-injury in patients with SBI. METHOD Thirty-six adult patients with SBI (admission Glasgow Coma Scale score < or= 8) and an estimate...

BACKGROUND/AIMS To evaluate the impact on mortality of anti-tumor necrosis factor (anti-TNF) treatment of rheumatoid arthritis-associated interstitial lung disease (RA-ILD). METHODS We retrospectively reviewed the medical records of 100 RA-ILD patients who visited our tertiary care medical center between 2004 and 2011, identified those treated with an anti-TNF agent, divided patients into non...

OBJECTIVE This study evaluated associations between social, environmental, demographic, and medical predictors, and child and adolescent survivors' physical activity (PA). METHODS A structured telephone survey was conducted with 105 caregiver-survivor (aged 8-16 years) pairs and 36 caregivers of younger survivors (aged 6-7 years) alone. Participants completed measures assessing survivor PA an...

Spores of Geobacillus stearothermophilus at two inoculum levels (3 and 6 log colony forming units per gram, cfu/g) were challenged with superheated steam (SS) at a velocity of 0.35 m/s and temperature of 130, 145, 160, and 175C. Tailing was observed in the survivor curves (plots of survival ratios, log( o N N ) against treatment time) as a monotonic upward concavity. Therefore, a non-linear reg...

Telomeres are protein-DNA structures found at the ends of linear chromosomes and are crucial for genome integrity. Telomeric DNA length is primarily maintained by the enzyme telomerase. Cells lacking telomerase will undergo senescence when telomeres become critically short. In Saccharomyces cerevisiae, a very small percentage of cells lacking telomerase can remain viable by lengthening telomere...

BACKGROUND Improved treatment for pediatric cancers has ensured an evergrowing population of patients surviving into adulthood. The current study evaluated the impact of previous engagement in survivor care on patient knowledge and awareness of health risks as young adults. PROCEDURE Young adult survivors of childhood cancers (N=93, M age=23.63 y) were recruited during their annual survivor c...