Forty elderly psychiatric out-patients with an ICD-9 diagnosis of depression and twenty matched controls were studied for the presence of physical illnesses, using a pre-defined battery of investigative techniques. While the prevalence of physical illness diagnosis was not significantly different between the two groups, the number of subjects with undiagnosed illnesses and those with multiple i...

BACKGROUND The relationship between healthcare professionals and patients in the Spanish health sector has undergone dramatic change. One aspect of this is that the use of informed consent has become a key factor in the delivery of adequate healthcare. But although a certain period of time has already passed since informed consent started to be used, in Spain there is still doubt about how adeq...

The digestive system in humans is one of the vital organs body so that health very important to maintain. As a result, disseminating information regarding diagnosis human disorders critical order determine sorts diseases encountered by patients early on. goal this study design an application uses expert and fuzzy logic diagnose illnesses. This can assist doctors patients. System Development Lif...

Executive Summary Introduction Methods Goals, Timing, and Settings for Palliative Care Decision-making Process Advance Directives Care Planning and Delivery Hospice Care Alternative End-of-Life Decisions Symptom Management Dyspnea Management Pain Management Management of Psychological and Spiritual Distress and Suffering Withdrawal of Mechanical Ventilation Process of Decision Making Process of...

Background: Dengue is a severe and notifiable infection in Sri Lanka other tropical countries.There are febrile illnesses,which have the same symptoms as dengue. Identifying early changingmarkers blood their changing patterns dengue illnesses will help to differentiatedengue patients from illnesses.It important for recovery management of patients.
 Methods: suspected 288 were selected adul...

background: psychiatric illnesses are an important group of co‑morbidities that can occur among patients with non‑communicable diseases (ncds). both these chronic conditions have an important implication in terms of quality of life, general well-being and cost of treatment and general longevity of the patient. the objectives of our study were to assess the burden of psychiatric co‑morbidities a...

BACKGROUND Patients with depression and poorly controlled diabetes, coronary heart disease, or both have an increased risk of adverse outcomes and high health care costs. We conducted a study to determine whether coordinated care management of multiple conditions improves disease control in these patients. METHODS We conducted a single-blind, randomized, controlled trial in 14 primary care cl...

fungal elements of urinary tract were investigated in two groups of the individuals, either with major underlying illnesses, or without any diseases. diabetes mellitus was recognized as the most important underlying diseases in this study and candida glabrata was the commonest species occurring in high numbers in urine specimens of debilitated patients.

abstract background: studies have shown that some personal characteristics such as perfectionism are associated with cardiovascular diseases. hence, this study was designed with the aim of doing a comparative evaluation of perfectionism in coronary heart disease patients and healthy individuals referred to shahid faghihi hospital in shiraz. methods: this is a case-control study carried out on 8...

Hypoglycemia is a common finding in both daily clinical practice and acute care settings. The causes of severe hypoglycemia (SH) are multi-factorial and the major etiologies are iatrogenic, infectious diseases with sepsis and tumor or autoimmune diseases. With the advent of aggressive lowering of HbA1c values to achieve optimal glycemic control, patients are at increased risk of hypoglycemic ep...