BACKGROUND The success in learning of emergency depends on many factors that can be summarized as: student, instructors and course. OBJECTIVE To evaluate the influence of financial subsidy and venue of course in learning cardiovascular emergency. METHODS Data were analyzed regarding the courses of Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) in the period from December 2005 to December 2006. In agr...

BACKGROUND In 2001, the observed annual mortality from Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) in Switzerland increased from less than 1.5 to 2.6 per million inhabitants. An underlying cause could not be identified. METHODS To analyse potential risk factors for sCJD in Switzerland, close relatives of 69 sCJD-patients and 224 frequency age-matched controls were interviewed in a case-control study usin...

The objective of this study was to describe transmission chains of measles observed in Poland during 2008-2009. A decade ago, the incidence of measles in Poland declined and approached one case per million inhabitants one of the World Health Organization's criteria for measles elimination. Following a period of very few reported measles cases (2003 to 2005), an increase in incidence was observe...

Endogenous Cushing's syndrome is a very rare entity, with an incidence of 2-4 cases per million inhabitants per year. Cases caused by ectopic ACTH secretion are under-diagnosed. Cushing's disease is the most frequent cause of endogenous Cushing's syndrome, which is 5 or 6 times more frequent than adrenal Cushing's syndrome, with an incidence of between 1.2 and 2.4 cases per million inhabitants ...

AIMS To analyse the effect of the change in diagnostic criteria for acute myocardial infarction (AMI) and the use of troponin as a diagnostic marker on the hospitalization rate and mortality of hospitalized AMI patients from 1994 to 2001. METHODS AND RESULTS Patients (> or =30 years) admitted for their first AMI were identified using the National Patient Registry in Denmark. We registered whe...

OBJECTIVE To investigate the association of aircraft noise with risk of stroke, coronary heart disease, and cardiovascular disease in the general population. DESIGN Small area study. SETTING 12 London boroughs and nine districts west of London exposed to aircraft noise related to Heathrow airport in London. POPULATION About 3.6 million residents living near Heathrow airport. Risks for hos...

INTRODUCTION In Brazil, bicycle use has been increasing. Accidents involving cyclists are important causes of morbidity and mortality. OBJECTIVE To describe the mortality of cyclists injured in transport accidents in Brazil, the characteristics of the victims and of the occurrence, and to investigate its trends during the period between 2000 and 2010. METHODS A descriptive study with data f...

Abstract Permafrost thaw is a challenge in many Arctic regions, one that modifies ecosystems and affects infrastructure livelihoods. To date, there have been no demographic studies of the population on permafrost. We present first estimates number inhabitants permafrost Circumpolar Region (ACPR) project changes as result thaw. combine current projected populations at settlement level with exten...