MedWorm provides a medical RSS filtering service. Over 6000 RSS medical sources are combined and output via different filters. This feed contains the latest medical blog items that have been tagged with 'closure'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 02:05:09 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4704657&cid=t_178376_87_f&fid=39187&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgetbetterhealth.com%2Ftrue-story-an-anesthetist-attempts-to-sabotage-a-surgeon%2F2011.04.12 There is a sort of love/hate relationship between the surgeons and the anesthetists. Neither one can survive without the other. We supply them with work and they get the work to lie still while we cut and dice. Yet their job is to keep the patient alive while we challenge their ability to stay alive. At the moment of surgery they play good cop and we play bad cop. Of course after surgery the good cop is suddenly the surgeon through and through. But that is another story. I really appreciate a good anesthetist (I‘ve had bad ones) and to tell the truth these days I’m spoiled by the quality of the gas monkeys that I work with. However many years ago I remember a case where the anesthetist and I had a misunderstanding about time frame. I was doing a laparotomy in Kalafong. The gas ... Better Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4704657 Tue, 12 Apr 2011 17:00:00 +0100 4704657 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4446021&cid=t_178376_150_f&fid=34768&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpharmagossip.blogspot.com%2F2011%2F02%2Fall-aboard-phitanic.html Watch the video (Source: PharmaGossip) PharmaGossip blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4446021 Mon, 07 Feb 2011 18:29:00 +0100 4446021 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4326932&cid=t_178376_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2011%2F01%2F09%2F7-steps-to-closure-when-a-friend-dumps-you%2F I think we’ve all been dissed by a friend at least once in our lifetime, right? Recently I’ve had two people remove me as a friend on Facebook. Like that feels good. Was it my annoying status updates? The singing video that I uploaded (“A Few of My Favorite Things” … check it out )? I know I was off-key. Oh, the picture of the old lady that I posted and said it was me. You are that old lady? Geez… Sorry. Frankly I don’t know what’s worse: the e-mails and the phone calls that aren’t returned, or the letter (or really painful conversation) explaining why the friendship is toxic and needs to be terminated. It all feels the same: REJECTION. Like you’re back in the sixth grade again, with bad acne, and the boys want to date your pretty... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4326932 Sun, 09 Jan 2011 13:45:10 +0100 4326932 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4294627&cid=t_178376_87_f&fid=39187&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgetbetterhealth.com%2Fpsychiatric-diagnosis-and-early-closure%2F2010.12.28 Meg sent me a link to Happiness in The World (what an upbeat name for a medical blog!) and The Danger of Early Closure. She wanted to know how it pertains to psychiatry. The author writes: Sometimes doctors gather all the clues correctly, think all the right things based on those clues, and still get it wrong. But in this case, another significant thought error contributed to the misdiagnosis: My tendency to come to early closure. Early closure, it turns out, is a danger that lies in wait mostly for seasoned clinicians (far more commonly, at least, than for medical students and residents). Because seasoned clinicians rely more on pattern recognition to make diagnoses and often come to their conclusions rapidly, they’re at far greater risk for leaping toward those conclusions without exam... Better Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4294627 Tue, 28 Dec 2010 21:00:00 +0100 4294627 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3965431&cid=t_178376_88_f&fid=38129&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Flifeinthefastlane%2FWZHV%2F%7E3%2F26pHukZ1Q20%2F For the first time, we're also featuring EBMedicine‘s latest Pediatric Emergency Medicine Practice review on LITFL. Just like our sneak peeks at each issue of Emergency Medicine Practice for 'big people' this is going to become a monthly diversion. First up we've got: Agrawal P, Brown CA (2010). Management Of Wounds In The Pediatric Emergency Department. Pediatric Emergency Medicine Practice, 12(9). (Source: Life in the Fast Lane) Life in the Fast Lane blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3965431 Tue, 07 Sep 2010 00:00:55 +0100 3965431 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3718318&cid=t_178376_83_f&fid=34856&url=http%3A%2F%2Finsidesurgery.com%2F2010%2F07%2Ffistulas-reasons-nonclosure%2F FETID F – foreign body present E – epithelization T – tumor present I – infection present D – distal obstruction Fistulas cause some FETID (i.e., soiled, foul-smelling) dressings. (Source: Inside Surgery) Inside Surgery blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3718318 Fri, 02 Jul 2010 01:22:12 +0100 3718318 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3136615&cid=t_178376_111_f&fid=36048&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FAHeartyLife%2F%7E3%2F32upWk8QQ40%2F It’s January again – funny how that comes around every 12 months, isn’t it? And with January and a new year, we’re back to Glaucoma Awareness Month. It seems that one month isn’t enough to help raise awareness for such a devastating disease. Glaucoma, which is really a group of diseases, hits what people seem to fear most – losing their eyesight. Glaucoma is a silent disease, it has no symptoms in its early stages, nothing that can warn you that it’s going to happen to you. This is why awareness is so important, particularly if you fall into a high risk category. What is Glaucoma? Glaucoma is the leading cause of preventable blindness around the world. While it’s more common among seniors, even babies can develop it. According to Glaucoma.or... A Hearty Life blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3136615 Fri, 01 Jan 2010 22:40:38 +0100 3136615 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3096930&cid=t_178376_111_f&fid=34716&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FNurseRatchedsPlace%2F%7E3%2F9dyjg_9D5YM%2F I took this picture a couple of years ago during a trip to Iowa. This is the old Clarinda Asylum for the Insane. The name was changed for obvious reasons a long time ago to the Clarinda Treatment Complex. I grew up in Iowa, so let me tell you a few things about my home state. Among other things, Iowans grow corn, raise hogs, and sometimes elect people to the Iowa State House who need a little schooling about mental illness and the needs of the mentally ill. Iowa currently has four state hospitals for the mentally ill. Now that number is being cut down to three. Iowa State Legislators, who have no clue about what they’re doing, ordered the head of the Department of Human Services, Charles Krogmeier, to shut down one of the state’s mental hospitals. The Clarinda facility and three ... Nurse Ratched's Place blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3096930 Thu, 17 Dec 2009 02:23:59 +0100 3096930 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2688860&cid=t_178376_135_f&fid=35274&url=http%3A%2F%2Facidrefluxweb.com%2F%3Fp%3D3881 All weekend I watched my eldest dog, you know the one I called Betty Ford as she was on a steady dose of narcotics and anti-inflammatory to keep her glued together. Each time she began to cough, I knew in my heart her time was coming to an end. Our journey together began when I picked her out as a puppy at the St. Francis Animal Rescue way the f. out in Scarborough on a cold January day. I was working at MAC Cosmetics at the time at the Queen St. location. I hadn’t set out to get a puppy; I really wanted an older, and trained dog. Instead I did the opposite, and it was a lot of work. Since the dog before her that I left with my ex was an abused shelter animal, I showed “Jo” with lots of love as these innocent souls should never have to know fear from their owners. Her cou... acidrefluxweb.com blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2688860 Tue, 11 Aug 2009 12:29:39 +0100 2688860 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2626084&cid=t_178376_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2009%2F07%2F21%2Fhospitals-full-up-state-suggests-we-cut-beds%2F Tough economic times affect everyone. Even, apparently, the ability to look at data in a rational and logical manner. When your data tell you that your psychiatric hospital bed capacity is hovering around 97 percent, many people would consider that a sign that perhaps more psychiatric hospital beds are needed. But in Massachusetts, apparently the reverse is true — at least, that is, when you start looking at ways to cut the budget. The Boston Globe has the story: A state commission has proposed speeding up the closure of Westborough State Hospital and a slate of other measures that would cut about 120 psychiatric beds at a time when the mental health system is already under significant strain. The proposal is in response to a $13 million budget deficit at the state Department of Men... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2626084 Tue, 21 Jul 2009 19:13:19 +0100 2626084 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2615452&cid=t_178376_133_f&fid=35129&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwhitterer-autism.blogspot.com%2F2009%2F07%2Fanimal-planet-and-general-menagerie.html Television has a lot to answer for, or rather, unsupervised television viewing by the youth of today. I find the youth of the day spitting into the air and watching the spittle land at his toe nails. I admonish the youth today, although I am secretly pleased at his incredible display of such fine lip closure, “and just what exactly do you think you are doing Sunny Jim!”“I am being dah Archer Fish.”Of course he is!“Well I don’t want to see that again thank you,” I lie in a truthful manner. I watch him tip toe out into the garden in exaggerated sneak mode.If you like what you read, send it to someone in 'need.' (Source: Whitterer on Autism) Whitterer on Autism blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2615452 Sun, 19 Jul 2009 06:03:00 +0100 2615452 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2296738&cid=t_178376_133_f&fid=35129&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwhitterer-autism.blogspot.com%2F2009%2F03%2Fhow-to-stop-special-needs-kid-from.html Please scroll down for Smiley Saturday and SOOC[*] most interesting google search question of the weekSo much depends upon what kind of special needs? Is he or she 2 or 10? But even more pivotal, is the ‘why’? Why is the child spitting? Special needs, autistic or typical. I’m confident that together we could come up with a lengthy collective list, but I’m happy to make the first move.Top of my list would be Copying. Both my boys are exceptionally good at both copying and mimicry. Like most children that begin to attend school, they come home having learned a great many things that they were previously unaware of, such as name calling, teasing, arm pit farting and a great many other egregious but thoroughly predictable habits. Exposure to typically developing peers generally has t... Whitterer on Autism blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2296738 Sun, 29 Mar 2009 06:57:00 +0100 2296738 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1502525&cid=t_178376_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2008%2F06%2F09%2Ftexting-through-your-grief%2F First it was cybertherapy. Now texting is making inroads into the national psyche, helping people work out tough emotional issues that under different circumstances, they might otherwise leave alone. A story at MSNBC describes how some people turn to texting to deal with a recent emotional trauma, with the inevitable quote from a psychologist suggesting that “although texting may be a beneficial way to cope with tribulations initially, it’s too superficial to help overcome life’s obstacles.” Really now? While the limits of texting are obvious (160 character limit, for instance), there’s actually been no research on this topic one way or another. So while common sense says you can’t text your way out of your feelings, I think texting can be just as help... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1502525 Mon, 09 Jun 2008 12:36:31 +0100 1502525 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1375246&cid=t_178376_109_f&fid=36089&url=http%3A%2F%2Fthesituationist.wordpress.com%2F2008%2F04%2F16%2Fvictims-closure-and-the-sociology-of-emotion-abstract%2F Susan Bandes has posted an interesting paper, titled “Victims, ‘Closure’, and the Sociology of Emotion” on SSRN (forthcoming in Law and Contemporary Problems). Here is the abstract. * * * The concept of closure, almost unknown two decades ago, has had a meteoric rise. It has been enthusiastically embraced by the legal system not only as a legitimate psychological state, but as one that the criminal justice system ought to help victims and murder survivors to attain. In the death penalty context, the concept of closure has changed the way we talk about the rationale for capital punishment, it has changed the shape of the legal process, and it has even changed what both survivors and jurors in capital cases expect to feel. Yet, as I will illustrate, the term clos... The Situationist blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1375246 Wed, 16 Apr 2008 04:36:50 +0100 1375246 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=957296&cid=t_178376_133_f&fid=35129&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwhitterer-autism.blogspot.com%2F2007%2F10%2Fwhimsical-investment.html Parents of autistic children are vulnerable both to the hype of those who promote snake oil as a cure, as well as the demands of the children themselves. Some parents of autistic children have more money than sense, or certainly little sense, when it comes to money. In their favour, parents of autistic children readily admit their shortcomings – encyclopedic knowledge of dinosaurs, [C +] time table details of Thomas and his rabble, [D-] plot graph of the powers of Pokemon, [E for effort] Yukio qualities, [F--] just let me die now! This is how parental bias sneaks into the equation. I grind the sleepy sand out of my eyes as I shuffle around the kitchen in my black fluff muffs, willing the life blood to flow back to my toes that I can avoid gangrene and digit removal. A small, bouncy fast ... Whitterer on Autism blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=957296 Tue, 16 Oct 2007 19:32:00 +0100 957296 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=791371&cid=t_178376_133_f&fid=35129&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwhitterer-autism.blogspot.com%2F2007%2F08%2Ffood-and-growth.html Many people have a hard time understanding why the parents of special needs children are so incredibly inefficient. So many of these children are more than capable but their parents get in the way of progress. [translation = a lawful impediment] Most parents have the best of intentions, but sometimes it can take a very long time for what appear to be simple skills, to be mastered. In this particular household, we have been struggling with mealtimes for many a long year. For one of my sons, food is aversive. Like many children, food is of no interest to him. [translation = refueling stop] A wise parent would open a catering carton of Goldfish crackers and be done with it. [translation = guilty as charged] Other more foolish parents, know that the food campaign must be maintained. [transla... Whitterer on Autism blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=791371 Thu, 09 Aug 2007 15:11:00 +0100 791371 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=736350&cid=t_178376_86_f&fid=35594&url=http%3A%2F%2F3cst2.wordpress.com%2F2007%2F07%2F16%2Fweek-9-course-evaluation-completed%2F A list of completed course evaluation by 3CsT2 participants: Chris Hand Colin Engel Michelle Moran Clare Powell (part 1) and Clare Powell (part 2) Susan Smith Karen Wight (Source: Customer-focused, Collaboration, Communities: the New Model for Library Services ... Take Two (3CsT2)) Customer-focused, Collaboration, Communities: the New Model for Library Services ... Take Two (3CsT2) blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=736350 Mon, 16 Jul 2007 09:27:13 +0100 736350 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=727361&cid=t_178376_86_f&fid=35594&url=http%3A%2F%2F3cst2.wordpress.com%2F2007%2F07%2F11%2Fweek-9-last-conference-call%2F Here’re some of the comments raised during the conference call. Please feel free to add in more if I I have missed out anything or any after thoughts. About group assignments … difficult to co-ordinate group members to work together owing to different commitments; group dynamics is important. General comments … Some suggest the need for a mid-course break to catch up while others suggest it is important to keep the momentum; some suggest staggering the registration / installation of various tools at the beginning of the course. Does this course change you in any ways? … Some say you need time to consolidate; some say this gives them the confidence to plan new projects. Future of this course blog and all the other course components … This course blog together ... Customer-focused, Collaboration, Communities: the New Model for Library Services ... Take Two (3CsT2) blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=727361 Wed, 11 Jul 2007 10:03:34 +0100 727361 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=727362&cid=t_178376_86_f&fid=35594&url=http%3A%2F%2F3cst2.wordpress.com%2F2007%2F07%2F11%2Fweek-9-course-evaluation%2F Please post your course evaluation on your personal blogs by by 16th July noon. Completion of the evaluation is one of the requirements of this course. In your course evaluation, LIST your answers to the following questions ONE BY ONE. Please do not mix together your answers to multiple questions. 1) How well does this course meet your expectations / learning objectives? 2) What are the difficulties encountered in accessing the course materials on the Internet at your workplace which have NOT been reported before? 3) Did you need to seek the permission of your trust IT before you accessed certain course materials on the Internet? 4) Do the readings meet the learning objectives of each topic? 5) What is the average amount of time you spent on the course each day? 6) How do you fi... Customer-focused, Collaboration, Communities: the New Model for Library Services ... Take Two (3CsT2) blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=727362 Wed, 11 Jul 2007 09:34:46 +0100 727362 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=723307&cid=t_178376_86_f&fid=35594&url=http%3A%2F%2F3cst2.wordpress.com%2F2007%2F07%2F09%2Fweek-9-course-closure-evaluation%2F What you need to do this week … If you have not completed ALL the course requirements please do so. Details of the course evaluation will be posted here after the conference call on 11th July. If you have any questions, please add your comments to this post. (Source: Customer-focused, Collaboration, Communities: the New Model for Library Services ... Take Two (3CsT2)) Customer-focused, Collaboration, Communities: the New Model for Library Services ... Take Two (3CsT2) blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=723307 Mon, 09 Jul 2007 18:52:06 +0100 723307 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1186447&cid=t_178376_165_f&fid=36777&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.therapytimes.com%2Fblog%2FRickSteinberg%2Findex.cfm%2F2006%2F12%2F11%2FVisual-PerceptionVisual-Closure One issue we in the handwriting of children is visual closure. This is the process of seeing a letter, for example letter "O" and copying it with a completely closed circular shape. This is needed to write language, which can be read correctly. It's particularly important in letters like "b", "d", "p", "q". The loops need to be closed for the purpose of understanding the written word. One training activity that I use is closing shapes. A friend drew about 16 various geometric shapes on a page and we photocopy it for an exercise in visual closure. It's not only to close a circular form but also to predict where a line on a form may progress to at a junction. Does it turn right or left. The other corners in the form serve as a reference for a student to figure out where to turn. This ... Rick Steinberg's Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1186447 Tue, 12 Dec 2006 00:09:00 +0100 1186447