Showing papers by "Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust published in 1975"

A preliminary study of Mexican-American medical students.

Abstract: The results of a 1973 mail questionnaire survey of Chicano medical students are reported. A response rate of 50 percent was achieved, and the results indicate that this group of medical students is similar to the majority of medical students in some respects but diverges widely in other areas, for example, parental socioeconomic status and language use. Differences in ethnic identification within the group were also found. California and Texas are educating the majority of the Chicano students surveyed.

The treatment of rejection. A trial of acetylsalicylic acid, dipyridamole, and heparin.

Abstract: Serial studies of platelet and fibrinogen survival were performed in 26 nonimmunosuppressed dogs after allogenic renal transplant operations. Treatment with acetylsalicylic acid, dipyridamole, and heparin failed to improve the selective platelet destruction which occurred in untreated animals, and it did not improve postoperative longevity. There was a high incidence of postoperative wound and intrarenal hemorrhage after heparin treatment. These results are consistent with the hypothesis that platelet destruction is a consequence rather than the cause of acute graft rejection, and it is concluded that antithrombotic therapy is not of practical benefit in preventing acute rejection.