Guiding adults impartially: A Scottish study

Community-based stroke incidence in a Scottish population: the Scottish Borders Stroke Study.

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE The purpose of this study was to determine the incidence and case fatality of stroke in a geographically defined region of Scotland, a nation with a high cardiovascular risk. METHODS All strokes occurring in residents of the Scottish Borders (population 106,352) were identified during a 24-month period from 1998 to 2000 using multiple overlapping methods of case-ascerta...

Scottish audit of interhospital transfers of acutely ill adults

A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF URBAN AND RURAL TETANUS IN ADULTS

An analysis of 382 patients, aged 12 and over, admitted to the infectious disease ward of Amin Hospital in Isfahan over a 20 year period with clinically diagnosed tetanus is reported. The study comprised 297 patients, 77.7% from rural areas and 85(22.3%) from the city of Isfahan. The male- female ratio for both groups was approximately 2:1. Rural patients were younger and showed a lower cr...

Haemophilia A and the blood transfusion service: a Scottish study.

The demand for blood products containing factor VIII for treating patients with haemophilia A in south-east Scotland was reviewed. From 1961 to 1975 the demand for fresh frozen plasma (FFP), cryoprecipitate (CP), and antihaemophilic factor (AHF) increased by seven and a half times, while total donations increased by only a third. Patients with severe haemophilia A treated at the regional haemop...

Climate Change: Scottish Implications Scoping Study

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