Use of dialectical behavior therapy in a partial hospital program for women with borderline personality disorder

One of the difficulties of surgical treatment of pulmonary atresia with patent septum by unifocalisation resides in the accurate diagnosis of the different collateral vessels to the lung in order to optimise the surgical approach: anterior or posterolateral thoracotomy, and to determine the type of operation: one or two stages repair. Conventional angiography, even using different views, cannot always give an accurate representation of the anatomy of the different collateral vessels, especially their relationship to the bronchial structures. The authors report the contribution of spiral angioscanner with three dimensional reconstruction in the determination of the operative strategy of a case of pulmonary atresia with patent septum.     

Guided tissue regeneration. Nonabsorbable barriers

Nonabsorbable barriers are considered the material by which all other barriers are judged. They have a well-established record of safety and efficacy. They are not a panacea, however. Practitioners must take special care when selecting both patients and surgical sites for GTR. Extensive experience, superior surgical ability, and meticulous attention to detail are also required if one is to achieve predictably favorable results.     

Use of hepatic lidocaine metabolism to monitor patients with chronic liver disease

OBJECTIVES: Public policy has treated drinking and boating as though it were analogous to drinking and driving. Accordingly, recent Federal and state laws to prevent drinking and boating have focused solely on alcohol use by the boat operator. This study was designed to determine boaters' knowledge about the epidemiology of boating fatalities and how boaters perceive the risks of drinking and boating. METHODS: In the summer of 1995, the authors conducted a survey by mail of a random sample of 600 owners of boats registered in Massachusetts. RESULTS: Survey results indicated that boaters believe passengers can safely drink more than operators. Respondents also thought that people on boats at rest can safely drink more than people on boats underway. CONCLUSIONS: The results of this study could be helpful in designing future boating safety campaigns by identifying gaps in knowledge about about the risks of drinking and boating for both operators and passengers.