Saint Francis University

About: Saint Francis University is a education organization based out in Loretto, Pennsylvania, United States. It is known for research contribution in the topics: Population & Osteoblast. The organization has 1694 authors who have published 2038 publications receiving 87149 citations.

Trends in Appropriate Adult Functioning and Biasing Risks in Longitudinal Follow-Ups of Boys With Conduct Disorders

Abstract: Multiple telephone follow-up interviews have been conducted for a number of years for boys with conduct disorders treated at the Saint Francis Academy These follow-ups are done 2 years and 5 years after treatment completion and again after the boy's 24th birthday An overall appropriate adult functioning (AAF) score is obtained for each boy contacted Because the attrition rate is very low, these data provide an opportunity to investigate the stability of treatment effects over time A substantial attempt was made to investigate the possibility that mean group changes in AAF over time might be due to differential attrition effects Two separate analyses indicated that an attrition effect was not a major influence in AAF score changes AAF was relatively stable between the 2- and 5-year follow-ups and showed some improvement

Radiation effects on pulmonary ventilation and perfusion.

Abstract: A woman with breast cancer was noted as having lung ventilation/perfusion mismatch, consistent with a pulmonary embolus. The patient had prior thoracic radiation, corresponding to the site of the perfusion defect. Thus, this was a false-positive result. A second case is presented with markedly decreased lung perfusion after radiation. Effects of therapeutic radiation must be considered when localized decreased pulmonary perfusion is noted