RESUMO
From September 1977, 11 general practitioners took part in a survey of 12 months' duration in which they recorded morbidity at every doctor-patient encounter. 35,143 patients made 53,094 encounters and a total of 62,932 problems were identified. The most common reason for going to the doctor was for examination with no disease detected. Acute upper respiratory tract infections, hypertension and pregnancy were the 3 most common specific problems with which the doctors dealt. The results demonstrated some features of general practice such as the abundance of the common diseases, the need to be alert to the infrequent occurrence of wide range major disease, pre-symptomatic screening of the healthy "at risk" patient and the problems of the ill-defined conditions. Comparisons with other surveys show some similarities in general practice morbidity, but also important differences that can be related to prevailing local conditions (AU)
Assuntos
Feminino , Humanos , Masculino , Medicina de Família e Comunidade , Morbidade , Prática Privada , BarbadosRESUMO
281 inguinal hernias were repaired by a nylon darn method and 249 examined between one and ten years after operation. There were five failures, including three reoccurrences. There were four imperfections, none of which required re-operation. Combining this series with the original one of Leacock & Rowley, a total of 729 hernias were repaired by this method. 597 were followed up, with a failure rate of 2.15 percent. (AU)