[Post-registration nursing students' perceptions on the subject of nursing ethics].

The registered nurse's pursuit of professionalism is of prime importance in the execution of her task. This research attempts to assess the perceptions concerning the subject Ethos of Nursing held by post-registration nursing students--after they had written the examination on the subject. The purpose was to determine the extent of the student's pursuit of professionalism, as her perception of Ethos is synonymous with her attitude towards professionalism.

Antikeratin antibodies in synovial fluid in rheumatoid arthritis.

Serum and synovial fluid of 20 patients with classical or definite rheumatoid arthritis (RA) were tested for antikeratin antibodies (AKA) by indirect immunofluorescence using rat esophagus as antigen. AKA were found in 80% of the RA patients, in serum as well as in synovial fluid. None of the 54 serum control patients were AKA positive in serum.

Lack of antikeratin antibodies in patients with palmoplantar pustular eruptions and arthropathy.

Assessment of antikeratin antibodies (AKAs), using an indirect immunofluorescence technique with rat esophageal keratin as antigen, was performed in 14 patients with arthropathy and palmoplantar pustular eruptions, six of whom also had psoriasis vulgaris. Twelve patients had seronegative spondyloarthropathy. They were all AKA negative.

Three cases of factor I deficiency: the effect of treatment with plasma.

Three patients with congenital factor I deficiency associated with different clinical manifestations are described. Case 1 had one single episode of meningococcal disease, case 2 experienced four episodes of meningococcal disease and several other severe infections, whereas case 3, without known predisposition for infections, died from a subacute immune-complex mediated syndrome, resembling polyarteritis nodosa. Family studies in cases 1 and 2 revealed healthy individuals with factor I concentrations below the lower reference limit, indicating heterozygous carriers.