48 research outputs found
Radiology of pyloric reflux
No full textPaper read at a special meeting at the New Charing Cross Hospital, London, on the 29th September 1971, to discuss the subject of Pyloric Regurgitation. Up to a few years ago the only radiological examination for the pylorus was the standard Regurgitation barium meal, which cannot show whether or not such regurgitation occurs. Bile regurgitation can be deduced by two methods, namely Isotopes Studies and radiology. From the author`s perspective, the antegrade intubation is the preferred method, whereby the findings can be recorded by one of the following methods: a) Cineradiography b) Conventional radiography c) 70 m.m. Fluorography d) Video-tape. Of these four methods, the author maintains that video-tape recording is the most informative. The full significance of pyloric regurgitation is not known yet and in this regard further studies are required.peer-reviewe
Brain damage following whooping cough vaccination : is it time to lay the myth to rest?
No full textWhooping cough causes significant morbidity and mortality, especially in early infancy. Although an effective vaccine exists, vaccine uptake in Malta was previously disappointing due to the general public’s and the medical community’s doubts regarding vaccine efficacy and safety. The aim of this study was to review population-based studies which have analysed the potential short and long term neurological sequelae following pertussis and pertussis vaccination, to describe vaccine uptake globally and in Malta over the past 15 years, and to analyse the effect of vaccine uptake on pertussis epidemics in Malta. This study found that pertussis vaccine uptake has only become satisfactory in recent years, with a resulting attenuation in the most recent pertussis outbreak. Uptake has increased progressively all over the world, and no study has ever incriminated pertussis vaccination as a cause of permanent neurological disability, both locally and abroad. This should encourage the present continuing trend of pertussis uptake.peer-reviewe
