introduction: the study was conducted to assess the school activity of thalassemic children and to reveal the relationship between school activity with the socio-demographic factors as well as clinico-therapeutic profile. methods: a total of 365 admitted thalassemic patients of burdwan medical college (ages 5 to 12 years) were participated in this cross sectional descriptive study conducted on ...

OBJECTIVES To determine the impact of sinus computed tomography (CT) on treatment decisions by otolaryngologists and to explore the factors leading to choice of surgical treatment for patients suspected of having chronic sinusitis. DESIGN Prospective cohort study. SETTING A tertiary academic medical center. PATIENTS Questionnaires were administered to 3 otolaryngologists in a tertiary aca...

In developing wastewater treatment regulations and guidelines for potable reuse, the reduction of pathogens is critical importance. draft regulations, state California has proposed overall process log values (LRVs) 20, 14, 15 respectively viruses, Giardia cysts, Cryptosporidium oocysts, direct reuse. meeting requirements, agencies have sought to obtain credit LRVs achieved consistently through ...

Interventions to reduce the morbidity and mortality of preterm birth can be primary (directed to all women), secondary (aimed at eliminating or reducing existing risk), or tertiary (intended to improve outcomes for preterm infants). Most efforts so far have been tertiary interventions, such as regionalised care, and treatment with antenatal corticosteroids, tocolytic agents, and antibiotics. Th...

CONTEXT The performance of each ICU needs to be assessed within the overall context of medical care, as well as by the institution which the ICU forms part of. Evaluation mechanisms in the field of intensive care have been developed that are recognized worldwide within the scientific literature. OBJECTIVE To study outcomes from groups of critical patients and to compare their actual and estim...

INTRODUCTION The rapidly increasing of incidence colorectal cancer (CRC) in Malaysia and the introduction of new treatments that prolong survival advocating treatment outcome measures such as patients' quality of life (QOL) are evaluated in this study. The study aims to determine QOL in CRC patients according to cancer stage and age. METHODS A cross-sectional study was performed from June to ...