The medical check-up.

Working over 5,000 m: medical check-up.

Any work activity performed at elevations over 3,000 m above sea level is considered as work at high altitude. The changing environmental conditions result in an adaptation of the human organism, mainly due to a reduced partial pressure of oxygen in the air and a proportional decrease in barometric pressure. We carried out a systematic review of the scientific literature in this field so as to ...

A routine check‐up at the digital medical centre

(Mrs. Tristram-Wellness has just received an automatic e-notification that her routine health check-up is due, and arrives at the entrance of the Digital Medical Centre. She proceeds to the patient identification booth, lays her thumb on the fingerprint scanner, and stares into the iris scanner. After identification confirmation, she enters the adjoining basic health parameter room and follows ...

Why One Should Avoid ‘Routine’ Medical Check-Up?

Interpretation of a test result should be done carefully considering test’s characteristics (sensitivity & specificity) and correct estimate of ‘prior probability’ based on all background factors, history, presence of signs-symptoms, physical/clinical examination findings, etc. This short assay will focus on these aspects and will hopefully be useful. Every laboratory test or diagnostic or scre...

[The check-up in railroad personnel].

Prevalence of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in Japanese people on medical check-up.

In Japan, spirometry has not been included as an item in medical check-ups for all persons. The purpose of this study was to show evidence to recommend spirometry routinely on medical check-up for the early detection of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). There were 12,760 enrolled persons who underwent medical check-up. COPD was defined as a ratio of forced expiratory volume in one s...