Characteristics of DUI recidivists: A 12-year follow-up study of first time DUI offenders

2007 ◽  
Vol 32 (4) ◽  
pp. 855-861 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alan A. Cavaiola ◽  
David B. Strohmetz ◽  
Sandra D. Abreo
Keyword(s):  
Follow Up Study ◽  
First Time

scholarly journals Assessment of the potential damaging effect of radiofrequency exposure in children in prospective follow-up (case report series)

2020 ◽  
Vol 35 (3) ◽  
pp. 116-124
Author(s):  
O. Yu. Dzhaffarova ◽  
L. I. Svintsova ◽  
I. V. Plotnikova ◽  
S. N. Krivolapov ◽  
E. O. Kartofeleva
Keyword(s):  
Electrophysiological Study ◽  
Electrical Signal ◽  
Coagulation Necrosis ◽  
Early Age ◽  
Follow Up Study ◽  
Rf Exposure ◽  
First Time ◽  
New Onset

Aim: To evaluate the electrical activity of the myocardium and the radiofrequency (RF) application zone resulting from radiofrequency ablation (RFA) performed at an early age.Material and Methods. A prospective follow-up study included three patients who underwent intracardiac electrophysiological study (EPS) and effective RFA of the tachycardia for the first time at an early age. A reintervention was required in one case 12 years after the procedure and in two cases six years after it due to recurrent and new-onset arrhythmias. During the reintervention, electroanatomical mapping was performed to assess the potential damaging effect of radiofrequency exposure in the area of the first ablation.Results. The intracardiac EPS and amplitude bipolar CARTO-reconstruction of primary ablation area were performed during repeated RFA procedure. The study showed that neither zones with a decrease in the amplitude of electrical signal from the myocardium nor silent electrical zones were present ruling out the cicatricial-sclerotic changes in the myocardium in children in the long-term period after RF exposure.Conclusion. The study showed that no increase in the coagulation necrosis zone in the area of primary ablation occurred during the growth of child when the sparing energy and temperature parameters of RFA and the limited number of RF applications were used. Further research in this area is required.

scholarly journals Factors associated with institutionalization among home-dwelling patients of Urgent Geriatric Outpatient Clinic: a 3-year follow-up study

2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (5) ◽  
pp. 745-751
Author(s):  
Marika Salminen ◽  
Jonna Laine ◽  
Tero Vahlberg ◽  
Paula Viikari ◽  
Maarit Wuorela ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Standard Deviation ◽  
Outpatient Clinic ◽  
Older Patients ◽  
Cox Regression ◽  
Regression Analyses ◽  
Factors Associated ◽  
Follow Up Study ◽  
The Mean ◽  
First Time

Abstract Purpose To examine the effect of predictive factors on institutionalization among older patients. Methods The participants were older (aged 75 years or older) home-dwelling citizens evaluated at Urgent Geriatric Outpatient Clinic (UrGeriC) for the first time between the 1st of September 2013 and the 1st of September 2014 (n = 1300). They were followed up for institutionalization for 3 years. Death was used as a competing risk in Cox regression analyses. Results The mean age of the participants was 85.1 years (standard deviation [SD] 5.5, range 75–103 years), and 74% were female. The rates of institutionalization and mortality were 29.9% and 46.1%, respectively. The mean age for institutionalization was 86.1 (SD 5.6) years. According to multivariate Cox regression analyses, the use of home care (hazard ratio 2.43, 95% confidence interval 1.80–3.27, p < 0.001), dementia (2.38, 1.90–2.99, p < 0.001), higher age (≥ 95 vs. 75–84; 1.65, 1.03–2.62, p = 0.036), and falls during the previous 12 months (≥ 2 vs. no falls; 1.54, 1.10–2.16, p = 0.012) significantly predicted institutionalization during the 3-year follow-up. Conclusion Cognitive and/or functional impairment mainly predicted institutionalization among older patients of UrGeriC having health problems and acute difficulties in managing at home.

scholarly journals Drug-eluting stents or balloon angioplasty for drug-eluting stent-associated restenosis: An observational follow-up study of first-time versus repeated restenosis

2017 ◽  
Vol 29 (2) ◽  
pp. 76-83 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohamed Aboel-Kassem F. Abdelmegid ◽  
Tarek A.N. Ahmed ◽  
Masashi Kato ◽  
Kenji Ando ◽  
Takenori Domei ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Balloon Angioplasty ◽  
Drug Eluting Stents ◽  
Drug Eluting Stent ◽  
Follow Up Study ◽  
Drug Eluting ◽  
First Time

scholarly journals Adjustment disorders in hospital treated adolescents: A follow-up study

2012 ◽  
Vol 140 (5-6) ◽  
pp. 344-349
Author(s):  
Smiljka Popovic-Deusic ◽  
Marija Mitkovic ◽  
Milica Pejovic-Milovancevic ◽  
Dusica Lecic-Tosevski ◽  
Saveta Draganic-Gajic ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Psychiatric Treatment ◽  
Wide Spectrum ◽  
Diagnostic Category ◽  
Adjustment Disorder ◽  
Adjustment Disorders ◽  
Follow Up Study ◽  
Hospital Patients ◽  
Discharge From Hospital ◽  
First Time

Introduction. Adjustment disorders represent a frequent diagnostic entity especially among adolescents. They involve a wide spectrum of various emotional and behaviour problems. Objective. The aim was to investigate characteristics of diagnostic category known as adjustment disorders among hospital treated adolescents for the first time at the Clinical Department for Children and Adolescents of the Institute of Mental Health in Belgrade, during five consecutive years, as well as to investigate the outcome of the disorder in follow-up period. Methods. We conducted a retrospective investigation of the first time hospital treated adolescents from Belgrade with discharge diagnosis of adjustment disorders during 2000-2004. The follow up was conducted 5-10 years after a first discharge from the hospital. Results. During the investigated period 75 adolescents from Belgrade were hospitalized for the first time with diagnosis adjustment disorder. From the studied patients the main sample was formed that included 24 (32%) males and 51 (68%) females. After 5-10 years a follow-up of 52 patients was conducted (sample at follow-up) which included 16 (30.77%) males and 36 (69.23%) females. Of the main sample, 70% of the patients were under follow-up. After the first hospitalization 58% of adolescents continued with further psychiatric treatment, either as rehospitalized or out-of-hospital patients. Conclusion. Our findings showed that 38% of adolescents under follow-up for 5-10 years after the first discharge from hospital with the diagnosis adjustment disorders had multiple hospitalizations. The outcome of the disorder among these patients was the worst, because three-quarters of the patients were rediagnosed in the follow-up period with a new psychiatric disorder, often from psychotic spectrum.

A Follow-Up Study of First Time Military Offenders

1961 ◽  
Vol 126 (11) ◽  
pp. 842-844
Author(s):  
Floyd K. Garetz
Keyword(s):  
Follow Up Study ◽  
First Time
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