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Blind And Partially Sighted Register: From 1 Different Sources

(in Britain) an incomplete list of persons who are technically blind or partially sighted due to reduced visual acuity, or who have severely restricted fields of vision (see blindness). Registration is voluntary, but it is a precondition for the receipt of some financial benefits. The list is maintained by local authorities (England and Wales), regional or island councils (in Scotland), or the Health and Social Care Board (Northern Ireland).
Health Source: Oxford | Concise Colour Medical Dictionary
Author: Jonathan Law, Elizabeth Martin

Blind Loop Syndrome

A disorder in which abnormal FAECES occur as a result of a redundant loop in the small INTESTINE. The loop obstructs the normal ?ow of the contents of the bowel, causing stagnation. The syndrome is characterised by light-yellow, smelly, fatty, bulky faeces. The patient suffers from tiredness, malaise and loss of weight. Previous abdominal surgery is sometimes the cause, but the condition can be inherited. Blockage of intestinal contents upsets the bowel’s normal bacterial balance and hinders the normal absorption of nutrients. Treatment is either with antibiotics or, if that fails, surgery.... blind loop syndrome

Double Blind Trial

A scienti?c study in which di?erent patients receive a di?erent drug, the same drug at a different dose, or a placebo – with neither the investigators assessing the outcome nor the subjects being treated knowing which of these the latter are receiving. The aim is to remove any hint of bias due to the investigators’ or patients’ preferences or preconceptions. The results are analysed after all the data have been collected and the code has been broken. Trials should have a separate supervising committee, the members of which know the code but do not take part in the study. Their job is to check the results at intervals so they can stop the trial if one arm of treatment is clearly better than another. Otherwise, it would be unethical to continue. (See INTERVENTION STUDY.)... double blind trial

At-risk Register

See RISK REGISTER.... at-risk register

Risk Register

The term is used in two ways. Firstly, it may comprise a list of infants whose obstetric and/or perinatal history suggests they might be at risk of illness or serious abnormality such as LEARNING DISABILITY.

Secondly – and more commonly termed the ‘At-risk register’ – this is a list held by social-service departments, and accessible to doctors in A&E departments, of children whom a local-authority social-services case conference has deemed to have been harmed or to be at risk of harm from mental, physical or sexual abuse (see also CHILD ABUSE).... risk register

Blind Spot

The small, oval-shaped area on the retina of the eye where the optic nerve leaves the eyeball.

The area is not sensitive to light because it has no light receptors (nerve endings responsive to light).

The blind spot can also be used to describe the part of the visual field in which objects cannot be detected.... blind spot

Database (or Register)

Any of a wide variety of repositories (often computerized) for observations and related information about a group of individuals, a disease, an intervention or other events or characteristics, typically organized for easy search and retrieval.... database (or register)

Register

See “database”.... register

Single-blind Trial

See “blinding”.... single-blind trial

Triple-blind Trial

See “blinding”.... triple-blind trial

Double-blind

A type of controlled trial that tests the effectiveness of a treatment or compares the benefits of different treatments.

In double-blind trials, neither the patients nor the doctors assessing the treatments know which patients are receiving which treatment.

This eliminates any expectations about which treatment will be most effective.... double-blind

Blind Trial

see intervention study.... blind trial

Child Protection Register

(in Britain) a confidential list of children whose social circumstances render them at risk of neglect or abuse. Each local authority maintains a register of children who are subject to a child protection plan, who will receive extra support and surveillance from health and/or social services. See also safeguarding.... child protection register

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