The Medical journal of Australia
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To find predictors of outcome and to describe the long term outcome for children who require mechanical ventilation after nearly drowning. ⋯ Children with a motor response to pain seem to have a good prognosis. However, we could not predict which children in cardiac arrest would die or survive either severely impaired or ambulant. All children in cardiac arrest should receive aggressive resuscitation for at least 25 minutes after being warmed; they have a better prognosis if advanced resuscitation is started less than 20 minutes after rescue. Children who survive a cardiac arrest without spastic quadriplegia warrant long term surveillance as they may have coordination and learning difficulties.
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To review deaths in New South Wales associated with anaesthesia from 1984 to 1990. ⋯ From 1984 to 1990, deaths in which factors under the control of the anaesthetist caused or contributed to the fatal outcome occurred at a rate of 1 in 20,000 operations. This figure compares favourably with a rate of 1 in 5500 operations in NSW in 1960 and 1 in 10,250 operations in 1970.
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Biography Historical Article
Alexander Collie, 1793-1835. Colonial surgeon, naturalist, explorer and administrator.
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Multicenter Study Comparative Study
Trends in cardiovascular risk factors in Australia. Results from the National Heart Foundation's Risk Factor Prevalence Study, 1980-1989.
To examine recent changes in the cardiovascular risk factor profile of Australian adults and to compare these with trends in mortality. ⋯ Reductions in cigarette smoking and blood pressure are likely to have contributed to the falls that have been noted in cardiovascular mortality rate. Changes in dietary behaviour were consistent with health education messages. The trend towards greater body fatness may retard the benefits of favourable trends in other cardiovascular risk factors, morbidity and mortality and requires greater attention.