Background: Oral Leukoplakia is the most common potentially malignant lesion of the oral mucosa. It is seen most frequently in middle-aged and older men, with an increasing prevalence with age. Less than one percent of men below the age of 30 years have oral leukoplakia. The etiology is multifactorial but the most common cause associated with oral leukoplakia is tobacco consumption. Aim: To est...

A total of 383 children aged less than 5 years suffering from acute watery diarrhoea or dysentery were studied in hospital to determine the rate of persistent diarrhoea. Altogether 335 (87.5%) recovered within 13 days. Only in 48 (12.5%) did the diarrhoea continue for 14 days or more, and they were considered as having persistent diarrhoea. Children aged between 7 and 18 months had a significan...

UNLABELLED Intermediate uveitis affecting pars plana, peripheral retina and underlying choroid affects primarily healthy children and young adults. OBJECTIVE To study the components of intermediate uveitis at Nepal Eye Hospital in the year 2003 August to 2004 March. MATERIALS AND METHODS A prospective study was done in patients with intermediate uveitis visiting Nepal Eye Hospital. Sample s...

In this paper the authors analyze different alternatives to provide energy utilities to a hospital center with cogeneration systems with diesel engines and gas turbines. The study considers several power sizes and control strategies, so it shows the influence of these parameters, showing that in this case the options with diesel engines are more efficient than the equivalent ones with gas turbi...

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The healthcare industry has been slower to adopt Business Process Management (BPM) than other industries. However, The Chester County Hospital (CCH) has distinguished itself by not only implementing workflow management technology in a healthcare setting, but by customizing and supplementing that technology with its own home-grown applications. The result is a workflow system t...

A total of 5082 consecutive deliveries in Medical College Hospital, Kottayam during the period August 1992 to July 1993 constituted the study. Perinatal mortality rate (PMR) was 38.5 per 1000 total births and autopsy rate was 72%. More than 85% of perinatal deaths occured in low birth weight and preterm babies. Perinatal hypoxia and congenital anomalies were the leading causes in late fetal dea...

trauma is a leading cause of death and disability especially amongst young people. road traffic crash–related death, injury, and chronic disability continue to be a major worldwide burden to drivers, pedestrians and users of mass transit, especially in low- and middle-income countries(lmic). projections predict worsening of this burden, and while motorization of lmic increases exponentially, a ...

introduction: the application of organizational ethics in hospitals is one of the novel ways to improve medical ethics. nowadays achieving efficient and sufficient ethical hospital indicators seems to be inevitable. in this connection, the present study aims to determine the best indicators in hospital accreditation. methods: 69 indicators in 11 fields to evaluate hospital ethics were achieved ...

Background: The fatal pandemics of infectious diseases and the possibility of using microorganisms as biological weapons are both rising worldwide. Hospitals are vital organizations in response to biological disasters and have a crucial role in the treatment of patients. Despite the advances in studies about hospital planning and performance during crises, there are no internationally accepted ...