The prevalence of female-to-male intimate partner violence in an urban emergency department.

Female-to-male intimate partner violence (IPV) recently has become a recognized health care issue. We screened a heterosexual male Emergency Department population for IPV using the HITS scale, a four-question survey. Two hundred eighty-two men were enrolled in the study.

The effect of pulsed electromagnetic fields on flexor tendon healing in chickens.

This study was designed as a pilot investigation of the effect of pulsed electromagnetic fields (PEMF) stimulation on early flexor tendon healing in a chicken model using a similar stimulus to that used clinically. The PEMF used caused a decrease in tensile strength and an increase in peritendinous adhesions.

Patterns of liver test abnormalities in patients with surgical sepsis.

The progression of changes in biochemical liver test results during moderate and severe sepsis (SS) was studied prospectively in 43 patients admitted to a surgical intensive care unit. Using predetermined criteria, severity of sepsis was assessed by physicians blinded to the liver test results. Linear regression analysis showed that bilirubin levels increased at a rate approximating 0.

Normal cutaneous sensibility of the face.

Normal values for facial sensibility were determined in 36 healthy subjects. Sensation was evaluated using static and moving two-point discrimination and pressure and vibratory threshold in four major regions of the head and neck. Each region was directly related to the area innervated by a particular peripheral sensory nerve (supraorbital, infraorbital, inferior alveolar-mental, or the great auricular nerve).

Determination of the relationships between psychological stress levels and blood pressure, pulse and respiratory rates, weight and cigarette consumption.

Stress has often been invoked as the intervening variable between various patterns of environmental and psychological stimulation, and various physiological and non-physiological responses. In an attempt to document this, 71 subjects completed the Staats Stress-Vector Analysis Questionnaire yielding measures on environmental, psychogenic and somatogenic stress dimensions, as well as on an overall net stress measure. These were then correlated against the blood pressure, pulse rate, respiratory rate, weight and smoking indices of the respondents, measured under controlled circumstances.