Disease relevance of Disabled Persons

• CONCLUSION: We report a rare case of acute abdomen due to peritonitis after a ruptured pyosalpinx in an IVF patient who lifted a disabled person [1].
• CONCLUSION: Residents with MS were more physically disabled and had more frequent pain and a higher prevalence of pressure ulcers and depression on admission than residents without MS [2].
• The present double-blind, cross-over study was to evaluate a twice daily mouth rinse of 10ml 0.2 per cent chlorhexidine on plaque and gingivitis in physically handicapped pupils aged 6 to 21 years [3].
• A population of mentally retarded and physically disabled individuals on long-term therapy with anticonvulsant drugs had a high prevalence of folic acid and riboflavin deficiency, 20% and 17%, respectively, as they entered an institution devoted to their care [4].

Psychiatry related information on Disabled Persons

• Nursing homes caring for residents with MS should provide services and programs, including mental health care, that address the needs of these younger, more physically disabled, and more cognitvely intact residents [5].
• The Motor Control Assessment has been developed as a research tool for the assessment of motor skills in physically disabled children [6].
• Locus of control in 13 nondisabled and 8 congenitally physically disabled adolescents was examined with the use of the Nowicki-Strickland Locus of Control Scale for Children (Nowicki & Strickland, 1973a) [7].

High impact information on Disabled Persons

• Our responsibilities to persons with disabilities and advances in our understanding of seizures and the nature of driving risks warrant a reappraisal of the current medical, legal, and social implications of driving and epilepsy [8].
• The International Year for Disabled Persons (IYDP), 1981 [9].
• Buspirone therapy for maladaptive behavior and anxiety in developmentally disabled persons [10].
• RESULTS: Among younger adults (18-24 years), persons with disabilities were more likely than those without disabilities to report that they had used heroin (adjusted odds ratio [OR] = 6.89; 95% confidence interval [CI] = 1.35, 35.1) or crack cocaine (OR = 6.38; 95% CI = 1.05, 38.6) [11].
• Of 31 severely mentally and physically handicapped children with gastroesophageal reflux treated with a standard medical regimen, only eight (26%) had complete or partial therapeutic response [12].

Biological context of Disabled Persons

• ABC of sports medicine. Sport for people with disability [13].
• The article briefly describes activities and emerging opportunities for a public health focus on people with disabilities with the ICF as a foundation and Healthy People 2010 as a vision [14].

Anatomical context of Disabled Persons

• We measured peak power and mean power of the upper and lower limbs in 29 boys and 20 girls, aged from 6 to 14 years, by means of the Wingate Anaerobic Test. In addition, the physical components (physical capacity, upper limb, and lower limb) of a system used for evaluating function in the physically disabled were assessed [15].

Associations of Disabled Persons with chemical compounds

• These problems suggest that people with disabilities fall into the "quality chasm," the metaphor used by the Institute of Medicine to describe the gap between ideal care and current reality [16].
• A preliminary report of the use of methylphenidate and oxprenolo in 24 apathetic physically disabled elderly people is presented [17].
• Chlorhexidine rinsing in physically handicapped pupils in Katlehong [3].
• PURPOSE: The overall aim of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of day activity centres in providing a service to physically disabled clients in the Eastern Region of Ireland. METHOD: Qualitative and quantitative methodologies were used [18].
• Local Authority residential homes for the elderly are caring for substantial proportions of physically disabled and mentally confused residents in non-specialist settings [19].

Gene context of Disabled Persons

• African American residents with MS were significantly more physically disabled and cognitively impaired at admission than white residents with MS [20].
• SUBJECTS: Subjects consisted of 362,370 persons with disability and 1.5 million AFDC and TANF beneficiaries in California, Colorado, Georgia, and Tennessee during 1990-1999 [21].
• A survey of severely mentally and physically disabled children (SDC) aged 6-15 years was conducted in Okinawa [22].
• A Morse-code recognition system with LMS and matching algorithms for persons with disabilities [23].
• The physically disabled show seriously elevated rates of both depressive symptomatology and major depressive disorder [24].

Analytical, diagnostic and therapeutic context of Disabled Persons

• Post-rehabilitation health care for people with disabilities: an update on the 1989 White Paper of the American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine [25].
• The module on informatics for disabled persons has been focussed on computer-based aids and is being linked to the EU-project "Impact" aimed at increasing knowledge about assistive technology [26].

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