Impact on physical therapy and audiology students of an interprofessional case-based learning experience in education of vestibular disorders.

Vestibular disorders are quite common and can cause significant disability. Diagnosis and treatment of these disorders is very complex, requiring multidisciplinary input including physical therapy (PT) and audiology (AUD). The purpose of this research was to determine if an interprofessional educational experience between the PT and AUD students will increases the students' confidence in their knowledge of the role of the other discipline, circumstances which would require referral to the other discipline, and communication with individuals from the other discipline.

Pediatric Hodgkin's and non-Hodgkin's lymphomas: a retrospective analysis at the Children's Hospital of New Orleans.

Lymphomas constitute 10-12% of childhood cancers and are the third most common childhood malignancy. A retrospective analysis of thirty-six patients from the tumor registry of Children's Hospital of New Orleans was conducted during the period from 1995-2000. Patients were divided based on patient and tumor characteristics with recurrence and survival data compared to the Surveillance, Epidemiology and End Results (SEER) data of the National Cancer Institute.