PHARYNGO-CONJUNCTIVAL FEVER - SCHOOL OUTBREAKS IN ENGLAND DURING THE SUMMER OF 1955 ASSOCIATED WITH ADENOVIRUS TYPE-3, TYPE-7, AND TYPE-14
PHARYNGO-CONJUNCTIVAL FEVER - SCHOOL OUTBREAKS IN ENGLAND DURING THE SUMMER OF 1955 ASSOCIATED WITH ADENOVIRUS TYPE-3, TYPE-7, AND TYPE-14
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DOI:
10.1136/bmj.2.5037.131
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发表时间:
1957-01-01
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MCDONALD, JC
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作者:
KENDALL, EJC;RIDDLE, RW;MCDONALD, JC
Discussion Without detailing the underlying causes, Malpas (1938) suggested that after three abortions the chance of spontaneous cure was 27%. Swyer and Daley (1953), however, found that this pessimistic assessment was far too low; that approximately 50, of such women had a chance of pro-ducing a live baby without treatment. It is, of course, not difficult, in cases where there is a history of habitual abortion, to perform a Lash or Shirodkar type of operation, either before or during pregnancy, and if subsequently the patient carries to term there would be a natural tendency to claim that any successful result was due to the operation itself. In our opinion, success can be attributed to the operation only if a history of repeated early rupture of the membranes is obtained, or if actual incompetence of the internal os can be demonstrated. It is quite obvious that to amass a series of cases sufficient to produce statistically significant results will take a long time owing to the relative rarity of this cause of habitual abortion. This preliminary communication is published in the hope that it may stimulate other workers in this field to carry out investigation and treatment along similar lines.Summary Deficiency of the internal cervical os is an occasional cause of habitual abortion. Such insufficiency may be either congenital or the result of trauma at gynae-cological operation or during childbirth or miscarriage. The deficiency may be suspected from the history of repeated early rupture of the membranes followed by abortion, and may be demonstrated in the non-pregnant woman by a special x-ray technique or by the passage of a No. 4 cervical dilatorfreely into the uterine cavity. During pregnancy it may be confirmed by the observation that the membranes are bulging and that the cervix is partially dilated in the absence of bleeding or obvious uterine contractions.