background: pediculosis capitis is a continuous common health problem worldwide. pediculus capitis distributes quickly in overcrowded regions. the goal of the present research was to determine some epidemiological features of head lice infestation in khorram-shahr county, southwestern iran.   methods: this descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted on the patients with head lice infestatio...

children and adolescents are vulnerable to violent situations in their social, family and school environment. the aim of the study was to characterize morbidity due to violence in brazilian children and adolescents.a cross-sectional study through the analysis of 1,356 corpus delicti medical reports and police reports of children and adolescents aged 0-19 years, victims of interpersonal violence...

conclusions smm analysis provides valuable information on obstetric care. this study highlighted the need to improve antenatal care, which would help early identification of high-risk pregnancies. every smm could progress to maternal mortality if is not suspected, diagnosed and managed on its golden time. background investigating severe maternal morbidity/near miss is a newly recognized tool wh...

INTRODUCTION Like many developing countries, Serbia is facing a growing burden of chronic diseases. Within such public health issue, multi-morbidity requires a special attention. AIMS This study investigated the prevalence of multi-morbidity in the Serbia population and assessed the co-occurrence of chronic diseases by age and gender. METHODS We analyzed data from the 2013 National Health S...

NS DISEASE is a frequent cause of human immuno-C deficiency virus (HW) morbidity and mortality. The newest " su~cessful'~ treatments for HIV disease, the pro-tease inhibitors, have limited CNS penetration. Because of this, CNS morbidity may become even more important in the management of HIV disease. There is a high prevalence of heavy alcohol use in populations at high risk for HIV infection; ...

conclusions the detection of mycobacterium tuberculosis is always an important differential diagnosis for skin and soft tissue involvement in endemic areas. the cold abscess is an uncommon form of cutaneous tuberculosis that can be single or multiple and with or without fistula. case presentation the case was a 42-year-old female, a known case of rheumatoid arthritis that was receiving predniso...

OBJECTIVES To quantify the association between community-dwelling older persons' level of morbidity and their perceptions of the quality of their primary care. DESIGN Cross-sectional study. SETTING Urban primary care practice. PARTICIPANTS A sample of community-dwelling members of a capitated health plan aged 65 and older who were patients of four general internists in one urban practice ...

Introduction: Tuberculosis is one of the most common diseases in developing countries, resulting in significant morbidity and mortality. Tuberculosis has varied clinical presentations, varying from common primary pulmonary tuberculosis to the extremely rare tubercular otitis externa, as in this case. Tubercular otitis externa has an extremely low clinical incidence.   Case Report: We report the...

Background
 Chronic kidney disease (CKD) with its high prevalence, morbidity and mortality is an important public health problem. Considering the nature of haemodialysis process, it has a considerable impact on coagulation profile. To find out variations in Platelet count, Prothrombin time (PT), International Normalised Ratio (INR) Activated Partial Thromboplastin Time (aPTT) before after ...