Sitting on the edge of his bed, Anthony (played by Sir Hopkins) is wondering what happening in flat (figure). Unfamiliar people appear and then disappear. The changing too: “where are these from?” he asks, pointing at chairs, now also painting favourite daughter Lucy has disappeared. “Where she way?” (Actually, had died an accident.) He thinks losing all valuables. “Everyone's just helping them...

STUDY OBJECTIVE To compare pain on infiltration, need for additional anesthesia, and pain on suturing in patients given plain, warm, and buffered lidocaine preparations before the suturing of traumatic wounds in the emergency department. DESIGN Randomized, prospective, single-blinded convenience sample. SETTING University hospital ED. PARTICIPANTS Patients with traumatic lacerations. Pati...

PURPOSE We undertook this study to determine the accuracy of MR cisternography and plain high-resolution CT as a noninvasive alternative to CT cisternography in the diagnosis of CSF fistula in patients with clinically suspected CSF rhinorrhea. METHODS Forty-five consecutive patients with clinically suspected CSF rhinorrhea were examined prospectively for CSF fistula with MR cisternography and...

AIMS To assess the impact of plain packaging on visual attention towards health warning information on cigarette packs. DESIGN Mixed-model experimental design, comprising smoking status as a between-subjects factor, and package type (branded versus plain) as a within-subjects factor. SETTING University laboratory. PARTICIPANTS Convenience sample of young adults, comprising non-smokers (n ...

In a double-blind study, 0.5% bupivacaine 3 ml in plain (n = 10) or hyperbaric (n = 10) solution was injected intrathecally to 20 patients who were in the sitting position, to produce spinal anaesthesia for transurethral resection of prostate. No statistically significant differences were found in time to maximum cephalad spread of analgesia nor in the level reached. However, the plain solution...