Medical Check-ups Aimed at Women's Health at Gynecological Menopause Outpatient Clinics

E-Health at Outpatient Clinics in Uganda

Patients' Perspectives on Responsiveness in Outpatient Clinics of Hospitals at Zanjan University of Medical Sciences

Background and Objectives: According to the World Health Organization (WHO), responsiveness is the ability of health systems to meet the legitimate expectations of populations for non-clinical enhancing aspects of health system. Assessment of responsiveness can help to manage resource allocation and improve strategies. The aim of this study was to assess the responsiveness in outpatient clinics...

Medical check-up findings characteristic of smokers: aimed at improving smoking cessation interventions by physicians.

OBJECTIVE The purpose of this study was to elucidate the medical check-up findings associated with smoking habit, which medical professionals, particularly physicians, should use for the promotion of quitting smoking. METHODS In 6,215 male and 1,627 female employees who participated in annual medical check-up, we compared the results of each test between smokers and nonsmokers. RESULTS Many...

Medical waste management at health-care centers, clinics, and laboratories of Mahmoud Abad, Mazandaran

Background and Objective: Clinics, laboratories and health care centers are considered as one of the main waste generating sources in solid waste management. The problems associated with the generated health-care waste in clinics, laboratories and health care centers have been rarely investigated in Iran. Therefore, the present study was developed to investigate the status of health care waste ...

The association between risk of airflow limitation and serum uric acid measured at medical health check-ups

The prevalence of COPD and asthma is increasing all over the world; however, their morbidities are thought to be greatly underestimated because of unawareness of patients' conditions and respiratory symptoms. Spirometry is useful for the early detection of COPD and asthma with airflow limitation (AL), although it is not yet widely used for screening in epidemiological and primary care settings....