The Psychiatric Consultation Service at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) sees medical and surgical inpatients with comorbid psychiatric symptoms and conditions. Such consultations require the integration of medical and psychiatric knowledge. During rounds, Dr. Stern and the chief resident discuss the diagnosis and management of conditions confronted. These discussions have given rise to rou...

Despite great technical advances over the last decades, cardiac pacing is still associated with a significant rate of complications mostly ascribed to the pacing leads. Leads are susceptible to mechanical stress, whether transvenous or epicardial, and constitute the pacing component most prone to failure; they are the major contributor to complications, may cause vascular obstruction, and other...

A retrospective analysis of 70 cases referred for certification revealed that they accounted for less then 1% of total cases. Criminal cases constituted 50% and the rest were service and civil cases. There was no psychiatric problem detectable in 10% of the cases; 7% were for travel concessions. All the certificates issued in service matters were in favor of employees.

This article mentions briefly the history of the early General Hospitals of Singapore, and the events leading to the opening of the 1926 General Hospital (the predecessor of the present General Hospital). There is a detailed description of this hospital. During the next four decades there were many changes (alterations and additions) to cater to changing circumstances. The hospital also underwe...

Most of the cases came from Black Town, the majority being of the malignant tertian type. Qu<irtan is apparently making its wa}7 gradually into the north of Black Town from Ennore and Tiruvottiyur, as some of the patients affected with this species of plasmodium hied from this locality ; their history was clear and admitted of no doubt. A few cases of malaria of long standing were induced to re...

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The Psychiatric Consultation Service at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) sees medical and surgical inpatients with comorbid psychiatric symptoms and conditions. Such consultations require the integration of medical and psychiatric knowledge. During their thrice-weekly rounds, Dr. Stern and other members of the Psychiatric Consultation Service discuss the diagnosis and management of conditio...

To assess the prevalence of alcoholism among people admitted to hospital 303 patients completed a drinking questionnaire. A total of 59 (19.5%) were found to have a drinking problem, which constituted a sixfold greater prevalence than recorded in a community survey using the same technique. The drinkers were mostly men and tended to be younger than the non-drinkers and to smoke more heavily, li...