BACKGROUND Atopic eczema or dermatitis (AD) is associated with atopy and is characterized by reduced skin hydration and an impaired skin barrier in the epidermis. We investigated the patient acceptability and efficacy of an emollient containing ceramide-precursor lipids and moisturizing factors (LMF) in AD. METHODS Consecutive AD patients were recruited. Swabs and cultures were obtained from ...

INTRODUCTION The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence guidelines recommend acupuncture as a clinically effective treatment for chronic back pain. However, there is insufficient knowledge of what factors contribute to patients' positive and negative experiences of acupuncture, and how those factors interact in terms of the acceptability of treatment. This study used patient inte...

Objective—To evaluate patient acceptability of submuscular implantation of a cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) under local anaesthesia with conscious sedation. Design—Retrospective review. Patient acceptability in the second half of the study was routinely assessed within 24 hours. Setting—Regional cardiac centre. Patients—45 consecutive patients with either aborted sudden death or haemodynamica...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate patient acceptability of submuscular implantation of a cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) under local anaesthesia with conscious sedation. DESIGN Retrospective review. Patient acceptability in the second half of the study was routinely assessed within 24 hours. SETTING Regional cardiac centre. PATIENTS 45 consecutive patients with either aborted sudden death or haemody...

OBJECTIVES To discover what factors affect lay people's judgments of the acceptability of physician assisted suicide and euthanasia and how these factors interact. DESIGN Participants rated the acceptability of either physician assisted suicide or euthanasia for 72 patient vignettes with a five factor design--that is, all combinations of patient's age (three levels); curability of illness (tw...