Dengue and primary care: a tale of two cities.

An Architectural Tale of the Two Cities

A comparative study of the corresponding styles of Western and Iranian modern architecture has hardly ever been carried out in detail. This paper aims to sketch out an outline for such an investigation and to present a summary of empirical evidence accompanied by field observations to elaborate the ongoing trend of relationship between architectural styles in Iran and that of the West. This is ...

Restrictive versus Liberal Fluid Resuscitation in Children with Dengue Shock Syndrome: the differences in Clinical Outcomes and Hemodynamic Parameters

Background: Fluid resuscitation is the mainstay of treatment to counteract massive plasma leakage in dengue shock syndrome. We aimed to determine the differences in clinical outcomes and hemodynamic parameters of children with dengue shock syndrome post restrictive and liberal fluid resuscitation.  Materials and Methods: A retrospective observational study of pediatric patients who were betwee...

تاثیر تغییر در مکانیزم پرداخت برعملکرد مراقبتهای درمانی سرپایی مراکز بهداشتی و درمانی روستایی مجری طرح پزشک خانواده در شهرستانهای ساری و جویبار

Background and purpose: From the second half of 2005, family medicine as reform in primary health care sector was introduced for all rural as well as towns with less than 20000 population in order to improve the performance of this system particularly curative care. In this reform both the method of employment and the payment mechanism that could potentially change the performance of family med...

From Chicago to Budapest, a tale of two cities.

Cost-effectiveness of Novel System of Mosquito Surveillance and Control, Brazil

Of all countries in the Western Hemisphere, Brazil has the highest economic losses caused by dengue fever. We evaluated the cost-effectiveness of a novel system of vector surveillance and control, Monitoramento Inteligente da Dengue (Intelligent Dengue Monitoring System [MID]), which was implemented in 21 cities in Minas Gerais, Brazil. Traps for adult female mosquitoes were spaced at 300-m int...