Ward atmosphere in acute psychiatric in-patient care: patients' perceptions, ideals and satisfaction.

Objective: To investigate the relationship between patients' perception of the real and ideal ward atmosphere and their satisfaction.

Method: Patients filled in the Ward Atmosphere Scale (WAS, Real and Ideal Form) and a satisfaction questionnaire. Patient characteristics were derived from clinical assessments.

Chromosome aberrations and prognostic factors in therapy-related myelodysplasia and acute nonlymphocytic leukemia.

Cytogenetic studies of 91 consecutive patients with therapy-related myelodysplasia or overt acute nonlymphocytic leukemia disclosed characteristic defects of chromosome 7 in 48 cases and of chromosome 5 in 21 cases. The chromosome 5 abnormalities were consistently present in all abnormal mitoses at the time of diagnosis, as were the chromosome 7 abnormalities in 45 of the 48 patients. Various abnormalities, primarily of the short arm of chromosome 17, were observed in 13 cases, abnormalities of the long arm of chromosome 21 were observed in 12 cases, and rearrangements of 11q23 were seen in nine cases.