Tuberculosis awareness program: Need for longer and more rigorous follow-up

Need for follow up in coeliac disease.

The use of follow up studies was evaluated in 128 patients with coeliac disease during their first visit to a department for adults. The original diagnosis had been made in childhood in all patients. Fifty eight (45%) of the subjects were following a gluten free diet, 23 (18%) were following a gluten free diet but with occasional gluten consumption, and 47 (37%) had adopted an unrestricted, glu...

The need for setting up tuberculosis hostels.

The hypertension detection and follow-up program: Hypertension detection and follow-up program cooperative group.

Excess mortality in persons of lower socioeconomic status is a finding confirmed in many population studies. Among the nearly 11,000 hypertensive trial participants in the population-based Hypertension Detection and Follow-up Program, lower educational level (an indicator of low socioeconomic status) was associated with a 5-year death rate significantly above that found in those with higher edu...

Autism--Need for Awareness.

A is a neuro-developmental disorder characterized by qualitative abnormalities in social interactions, markedly aberrant communication skills, and restricted repetit ive behaviors, interests, and activit ies. Diagnostic criteria Under DSM-IV-TR require that symptoms become apparent before the child is 3 year old. However, autism is not a single disorder, but a spectrum of c losely related disor...

The Danish Cerebral Palsy Follow-up Program

AIM OF DATABASE The Danish Cerebral Palsy Follow-up Program is a combined follow-up program and national clinical quality database that aims to monitor and improve the quality of health care for children with cerebral palsy (CP). STUDY POPULATION The database includes children with CP aged 0-15 years and children with symptoms of CP aged 0-5 years. MAIN VARIABLES In the follow-up program, t...