Evaluating the use of the wilbarger intervention with schizophrenic patients: a pilot study.

Individuals with schizophrenia have difficulty processing sensory information. The authors hypothesized that the Wilbarger intervention, an occupational therapy technique successfully used to treat children with sensory integration deficits, might prove beneficial if used with schizophrenic patients. Thirty inpatients diagnosed with schizophrenia or schizoaffective disorders voluntarily participated.

Imaging studies in dyspepsia.

Patients with functional dyspepsia have discomfort centred in the upper abdomen in the absence of oesophagitis, ulcer, cancer or other pathology which could have explained the dyspepsia. It is generally accepted that neither endoscopy, nor other imaging modalities give any positive findings supporting the diagnosis. However, recent investigations have shown that both endoscopic and ultrasonographic imaging show changes: erosive prepyloric changes (EPC) and accommodation abnormalities, respectively, in a high percentage of the patients.

Autonomous hyperparathyroidism in X-linked hypophosphataemia.

Four patients with familial hypophosphataemic rickets developed significant hypercalcaemia which persisted after discontinuation of vitamin D therapy. They had increased PTH levels and were operated for hyperparathyroidism at the ages of 18, 20, 24 and 45 years, respectively. Three of the patients had previously received phosphate treatment and one patient developed hyperparathyroidism 7 years after treatment with calcitriol.

Erosive prepyloric changes--a manifestation of stress?

To study the relationship between stress and the endoscopic diagnosis of erosive prepyloric changes (EPC), upper gastrointestinal endoscopy was performed twice in 19 cadets from the Military Academy, once in a 'non-stressed' situation and once after exposure to a standardized stress model. Five biopsy specimens per examination were obtained from the prepyloric mucosa, and the features of acute and chronic inflammation, erosion, and campylobacter-like structures (CLS) were evaluated. The endoscopy showed a significant (p less than 0.

Follow-up study of erosive prepyloric changes.

A follow-up study of erosive prepyloric changes (EPC) was undertaken in 60 patients who originally presented with non-ulcer dyspepsia and EPC grade 2 or 3. After 45 (range, 24-60) months EPC grade 2 or 3 was still present in 80% of the patients, and 82% had unchanged dyspeptic symptoms. Most of the patients (77%) experienced a 'stressful' life situation.