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2024-03-28T15:21:07ZRespiratory difficulties in the newborn period
https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/43668
Title: Respiratory difficulties in the newborn period
Abstract: One of the major problems in paediatric practice is respiratory distress of the newborn. This problem is frequently met with; the causes are various and the mortality rate is considerably high. The neonatal period covers the first four weeks of life. Depending upon its basic cause, respiratory distress may make its appearance immediately after birth or at any time thereafter. The severity varies from simple rapidity of respiratory rate (tachypnoea), to the most extreme air hunger. The main physical signs which are found in most moderate to severe cases are: increased respiratory rate, cyanosis, grunting respirations, intercostal and sternaI retraction and seesawing of the abdominal wall. Silverman et al. evaluate severity of respiratory distress by assigning a score of 0, 1, or 2, to 5 of these physical signs, the sum constituting the infant's score. Silverman score for assessing respiratory distress is used in most units in the United Kingdom and United States of America.1971-01-01T00:00:00ZThe ABO blood groups and disease
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Title: The ABO blood groups and disease
Abstract: The discovery of definite associations between the ABO blood groups and disease, apart from certain antigenic phenomena, has only been made in the last two decades. In a few conditions an association has been very well established. Aird, Bentoll and Roberts (1953) were the first to produce strong evidence to show the disadvantage of group A in cancer of the stomach, and Aird et al (1954) that of group 0 for peptic ulcer. The advantages and disadvantages of belonging to one or other ABO blood group are being slowly established but the cause of the association between blood groups and certain diseases is still unknown, although, in the case of peptic ulcer it has been suggested that group-specific substances (A, B or H) in the gastrointestinal secretions may exert a protective influence.1971-01-01T00:00:00ZThe problematic pill
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Title: The problematic pill
Abstract: The first oestrogen containing oral contraceptive was introduced in 1957 as a clinical trial involving a few hundred Puerto Rican women; it was first sold on the open market in 1960, and it is now taken by over 14 million women throughout the world. There are two types of oestrogen containing oral contraceptive, a corn bined preparation in which both oestrogen and progestogen are present in all 20 to 22 tablets, or a sequential preparation in which all the tablets contain an oestrogen, but only the last 5 to 7 contain a progestogen. Recently a pill containing a progestogen alone has been introduced, but as it is not very effective as a contraceptive its use is limited, and there has been as yet little research work carried out on its metabolic effects. Only the first two types, that is those containing an oestrogen, will be considered.1971-01-01T00:00:00ZChest-piece : volume 3 : issue 3
https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/43609
Title: Chest-piece : volume 3 : issue 3
Editors: Psaila, J. V.; Vella Briffa, Dino
Abstract: Table of contents:
1/ PSAILA, J. V., & VELLA BRIFFA, D. - Editorial --
2/ ELDER, M. G. - The problematic pill --
3/ WILLIAMS, M. A. - The ABO blood groups and disease --
4/ FELICE, A. - Malignant change in gastric ulcer --
5/ BUGEJA, T. J. - Communication --
6/ VASSALLO AGIUS, P. - Some reflections on the Rhesus problem --
7/ PSAILA, A. J. - Respiratory difficulties in the newborn period.1971-01-01T00:00:00Z