The removal of acalculous and not acutely inflamed gall-bladder in patients with typical biliary pain remains a questionable procedure. This study was conducted to present our experience. In the period 1982-90, 1089 cases of calculous and acalculous gallbladder disease were treated in our clinic. In this period, 27 patients were subjected to cholecystectomy because of an acalculous, non inflame...

proposal at Cambridge University, the heads of three science departments have opposed plans that would offer better salaries for senior academics at the expense of junior and support staff. Short-term contracts are a particular problem for women. A recent report from the AUT shows that the number of female academics has risen by 43 per cent in the past seven years, while the number of male acad...

to the respiration from pressure applied externally to the air passages. The difference between the two lies in the manner in which the force producing this obstruction is applied. In strangulation the result is brought about by compression by the hand as in throttling, or by a rope or some such instrument, while in hanging the constricting force is the weight of the body which is more or less ...

DOI: 10.4103/0019-5359.49220 Postobstructive pulmonary edema (POPE) i s an uncommon bu t we l l -descr ibed complication of upper airway obstruction. [1-2] Two forms of POPE have been deÞ ned: POPE I is associated with sudden, severe upper airway obstruction, whereas POPE II follows surgical relief of chronic upper airway obstruction.[2] Among the numerous causes of POPE I Þ gures hanging.[2] H...

We report the case of a young man who attempted suicide by hanging and whose neurological status deteriorated until the cervical collar, that had been correctly placed by the prehospital team, was removed. We discuss the physiopathological mechanisms leading to death in hanging that is, a blockage of the blood stream to the brain leading to vasogenic and cytotoxic cerebral edema rather than asp...