INTRODUCTION Measles, mumps, rubella, and varicella combination vaccines (MMRV) facilitate varicella vaccination uptake compared with separate administration of measles, mumps, and rubella vaccine (MMR) with varicella vaccine (V). However, the risk of developing febrile convulsions (FC) is higher in children vaccinated with MMRV. OBJECTIVES The aim was to demonstrate how to put the increased ...

OBJECTIVE To investigate associations of giving birth with morbidity in terms of hospitalisation and social consequences of morbidity in terms of sickness absence (SA), while taking familial (genetics and shared environmental) factors into account. DESIGN Prospective register-based cohort study. Estimates of risk of hospitalisation and SA were calculated as HRs with 95% CIs. SETTING All fem...

OBJECTIVE To explore patterns of health service use in the lead-up to, and following, admission for a 'preventable' hospitalisation. SETTING 266 950 participants in the 45 and Up Study, New South Wales (NSW) Australia METHODS Linked data on hospital admissions, general practitioner (GP) visits and other health events were used to create visual representations of health service use. For each...

BACKGROUND Older patients are at particular risk of experiencing adverse events during hospitalisation. OBJECTIVE To compare the frequencies and types of adverse events during hospitalisation in older persons acutely admitted to either an Emergency Department Short-stay Unit (SSU) or an Internal Medicine Department (IMD). METHODS Observational study evaluating adverse events during hospital...

BACKGROUND Otitis media (OM) is a very common condition in children and occurs during years that are critical to the development of learning, literacy, and math skills. Therefore, among a large cohort of Danish conscripts, we aimed to examine the association between hospitalisation with OM in early childhood and cognitive function and educational level in early adulthood. METHODS We conducted...

OBJECTIVE To examine trends in hospitalisation for alcohol-attributable conditions in the Northern Territory Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal populations between the financial years 1998-99 and 2008-09. DESIGN AND SETTING Retrospective descriptive analysis of inpatient discharge data from NT public hospitals. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES Alcohol-attributable hospitalisation by age, sex, Aboriginality...

INTRODUCTION Acute myocardial infarction (AMI) due to unprotected left main coronary artery (ULMCA) disease is clinically catastrophic although it has a low incidence. Studies on the long-term prognosis of these patients are rare. METHODS From January 1999 to September 2013, 55 patients whose infarct-related artery was the ULMCA were enrolled. Clinical, angiographic and interventional data wa...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate how the rating of the severity of sickness - as performed by the physician, nurse and patient - is associated with hospitalisation and acute morbidity. METHODS Prospective observational study, performed in the emergency department of a tertiary hospital. Patients, physicians and nurses were interviewed separately after the first contact from 21 October through to 11 Nove...

BACKGROUND Oxidative injury is an important cause of the neurologic lesion in stroke. Serum bilirubin is considered a natural antioxidant that may affect the prognosis of stroke. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the prognostic significance of bilirubin in stroke patients. METHODS A prospective cross-sectional study was conducted in Medical Units of Khyber Teaching Hospital, Peshawar....

OBJECTIVES To estimate the incidence and risk factors for gastroenteritis-related hospitalisations in older adults. DESIGN Longitudinal cohort study. PARTICIPANTS The 45 and Up Study is a large-scale Australian prospective study of adults aged ≥ 45 years (mean 62.7 years) at recruitment in 2006-2009. Self-reported demographic, health and dietary information at recruitment from 265,440 parti...