BACKGROUND A majority of studies examining the relationship between advancing maternal age and the likelihood of cesarean section (CS) use data from regional samples or from a limited number of medical institutions. This study uses population-based data from Taiwan to explore the relationship between maternal age and the likelihood of a CS. METHODS The National Health Insurance Research Datab...

The care of patients in hospitals and other health-care facilities is often dependent on the effective use of drugs. The multiplicity of drugs available makes it mandatory that a sound program of drug usage be developed within the institution to ensure that patients receive the best possible care. In the interest of better patient care, the institution should have a program of objective evaluat...

In 2022, the Clinical Infectious Diseases Hospital named after S.P. Botkina (Botkin Hospital) celebrated its 140th anniversary. The name of this famous medical institution is associated with history domestic infectology, fight against infectious diseases, including development disinfection in Russia. review presents historical data on activities Botkin different eras our country. Particular att...

Educating medical students in musculoskeletal surgery and medicine: How to get a course up and running at your institution: AOA Critical Issues. Introduction Approximately 15% to 30% of visits to primary care physicians in the United States and Canada

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Improving medical practice begins with the improvement of medical education. In this process, most academic medical faculty assume the dual roles of both teacher and researcher, often without intending to or realizing that they are. With the increased tightening of regulation and supervision of biomedical research in the United States, academic medical institutions and their individual faculty ...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the effectiveness of medical schools and neurology training programs in the United States by determining their contribution to academic neurology in terms of how many graduates choose academic careers and their respective influence on current medical knowledge through bibliometric analysis. DESIGN, SETTING, AND PARTICIPANTS Biographical information from current faculty m...

In a randomized controlled trial we compared the clinical outcome of acute stroke patients, 110 of whom were allocated to treatment in a stroke unit and 110 to treatment in general medical wards. No significant difference existed between these groups with regard to sex, age, marital status, medical history, or functional impairment on admission. Outcome was measured at 6 and 52 weeks after the ...