The prevalence of cardiovascular disease in the United States1 and the number of noncardiac surgical procedures performed are progressively increasing. Preoperative risk assessment is an important step in reducing perioperative morbidity and mortality in patients undergoing noncardiac surgery. Successful perioperative evaluation is best achieved by combining an integrated multidisciplinary appr...

UNLABELLED In recent years, there has been an emerging preference by patients for emergency services due to the efficiency of transactions and the increased quality of service. As a result, emergency departments have experienced an extreme density of patients. Nevertheless, patients require the same standard of care and should be evaluated carefully. The emergency physician should evaluate the ...

Edward Nilges is a former software consultant who came from Chicago to Hong Kong in 2005, and has since worked as a teacher. Having been residing in Hong Kong for all these years, Edward fell ill with cancer and its complications. He choose to receive medical treatment in Hong Kong, where both the dominant culture and medical system were foreign to him. Here, he gives an account of his physical...

John Henry was educated at St Joseph’s Academy at Blackheath in London and qualified MBBS from King’s College Hospital, London in 1965. He obtained the MRCP (UK) Diploma in 1974 and was elected to the Fellowship of the Royal College of Physicians of London in 1986. He was appointed as Consultant Physician to the Poisons Unit at Guy’s Hospital in 1982 and continued in that role until he became P...

Two cases of scrub typhus are described. In both, the existence of a genital eschar with regional adenitis pointed to venereal infection. Although only two cases have been recorded during the previous two years at the Venereal Disease Department of the British Military Hospital, Singapore, it is possible that others have been missed and it is considered that scrub typhus should enter into the d...

background: family physician plan is known as one of the most appropriate strategies to implement rural health insurance program in the form of referral system in iran. this study aims to determine the satisfaction of family physicians and service consumers and its causes of dissatisfaction in the south of iran. materials and methods: this cross-sectional study was performed in kerman health ne...