five warfare spinal cord injured patients with intractable constipation are described. treatment with cisapride (4 x 10 mg daily) was undertaken. the agent cisapride significantly reduced the oral-anal transit time from 25.2 days to 14.4 days. it also improved other subjective complaints of these patients markedly. no side effects were seen during the trial.

Patients with head injuries frequently complain of a decreased ability to endure intense light and sound stimuli. The few psychophysical studies that have objectively studied this type of hyperaesthesia have not assessed to what extent patients recover from this hyperaesthesia after mild head injury (MHI). A computerised rating technique was used to assess tolerance to intense sound (95 dB) and...

BACKGROUND General Practice Co-Operatives provide most out of hours care in communities in Ireland. Limited data exists on patient complaints. This study reports on complaints at Kildare and West Wicklow Doctors on Call ('K Doc'), a GP Co-Operative in Ireland, examining the impact of a formal risk reduction strategy implemented (2010-2013). The aim of the study was to determine if it was possib...

background the occupational health is an important issue. in some jobs, the working conditions contribute to musculoskeletal complaints and the overall health of the individual is compromised. musculoskeletal complaints have gained credence in the public as one of the most important problems in the field of occupational diseases. physical and mental health of crew members with critical jobs and...

Crowding in emergency departments (EDs) is associated with long lengths of stay (LOS); however, it is not known whether the effect is equal across different chief complaints.The aim of the study was to compare the effect of crowding on LOS in the 10 most common medical or surgical chief complaints in the ED.All adult visits to a university hospital ED on weekdays between 8 AM and 9 PM in 2012 (...

Introduction: Differentiated thyroid cancer (DTC) is the most common endocrine malignancy. This malignancy generally has an excellent prognosis with more than 90% long term survival. Consequently, life quality improvement is the first priority especially in the young DTC survivors. In classic management of a new DTC patient, each therapeutic modality can significantly induce morbidities. In the...