1Division of Psychiatry, King Khalid University Hospital, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Received: 08/10/02; accepted: 22/04/03 ABSTRACT A retrospective review was made of the case records of inpatients referred to the psychiatric consultation–liaison service of King Khalid University Hospital, Saudi Arabia over a 6-year period. For the 109 patients under 18 years old, the study noted both the medical o...

Introduction. Nurses often experience work-related stress. High stress can negatively affect job satisfaction and lead to emotional exhaustion with risk of burnout. Aim. To analyse possible differences in biological stress markers, psychosocial working conditions, health, and well-being between nurses working in two different departments. Methods. Stress was evaluated in nurses working in a neo...

PART I WITH improvements in maternal obstetric management, it is possible to turn increasingly to the care of the child, especially throughout labour and in the immediate postnatal period, when the child is at greatest risk. Though the signs considered to indicate foetal distress have been recognized for many years, it is, however, also necessary to assess the urgency and the severity of the th...

Pipazethate HCl is a centrally acting non-narcotic antitussive which is infrequently used nowadays. The toxicity of this drug is rarely reported in the literature. We were encountered with a case of accidental ingestion of Pipazethate HCl in a 3-years-old child presented with neurological symptoms in the form of somnolence, disturbed sensorium, respiratory symptoms in the form of respiratory di...

Three health symptom checklists were used to measure physical health concerns among university women in relation to prior child physical maltreatment (CPM) (20%, n = 153) and child sexual abuse (CSA) (19%, n = 143). A history of CPM was related to all three general areas of health concerns as well as to many of the specific subscales comprising the measures (e.g., muscular-skeletal symptoms and...

INTRODUCTION Progress has been made in Kenya towards reducing child mortality as part of efforts aligned with the fourth Millennium Development Goal. However, little advancement has been made in reducing mortality among newborns, which now accounts for 45% of all child deaths. The frequently unanticipated nature of neonatal illness, its severity and the high dependency of sick newborns on skill...

Helen House, a hospice for children, opened in Oxford in November 1982. From then until December 1983 care was provided for 52 children with terminal illness, progressive and incurable illness, and very severe handicap. The children came from a wide area of the United Kingdom, and eight died during the year. The style of care provided in Helen House is based on that of the families in their own...

OBJECTIVE To examine the role of children's illness-related cognitive appraisals in the parent-child adjustment relationship in a sample of children and adolescents with juvenile rheumatic disease (JRD). Specifically, we tested the moderating effect of children's perceived illness-induced barriers (i.e., illness intrusiveness) in the parent distress-child depressive symptom relationship. METH...

Background Despite family meetings being widely used to facilitate discussion among patients, families, and clinicians in palliative care, there is limited evidence to support their use. This study aims to assess the acceptability and feasibility of Patient-Centred Family Meetings in specialist inpatient palliative care units for patients, families, and clinicians and determine the suitability ...