1.   He played a cameo role, that of a young Aids patient in hospital.

2.   Perhaps it would be possible to screen all pernicious anaemia patients gastroscopically at the time of the diagnosis and follow up at least young patients endoscopically every three years.

3.   Longterm results, however, were unsatisfactory because of clogging or dislodgement, and required frequent replacement, which is not acceptable to these often young patients.

4.   The yield from barium enema is so low in young patients that if an upper gastrointestinal cause is found and there are no clinical indicators it would seem unnecessary.

5.   There may also be a place for preserving a useful gall bladder in young patients with solitary or few stones, who may not reform stones.

6.   Nevertheless, a proximal hepaticojejunostomy in a young patient seems unattractive and justifies exploration of other, less invasive, alternatives.

7.   Physicians are more likely to admit old patients than young patients for any given severity of illness.

8.   Pressure from parents has forced a hospital to think again about the way it treats some young patients.

9.   Young patients can arrive for surgery in the morning... and be back home by mid-afternoon.