BACKGROUND Assessment of oral condition, oral care, and informing the attending doctor of unusual oral findings for possible consultation or referral to a dentist are the advocated roles of hospital nurses. The objective of the study was thus to assess the roles of Nigerian nurses in the assessment of oral conditions of hospitalized patients. METHODS This questionnaire-based cross-sectional s...

OBJECTIVE To examine the prevalence of hospitalized myasthenia gravis (MG), and to determine the factors associated with poor outcomes of hospitalized MG patients at a national level. METHODS This study was based on a retrospective design. We collected data of hospitalized MG adults recorded by the National Health Security Office, Bangkok, Thailand between October 2009 and September 2010. Cli...

background & objectives:extended-spectrum-b-lactamase (esbl)-producing strains of klebsiella pneumoniaare an important cause of many serious infections in hospitalized and nonhospitalized patients and delayed treatment of these infections in crease chance of death in patients. this study was performed to determine the prevalence of esbl-producing k. pneumonia and to evaluate the frequency o...