abstract introduction: frequency of tramadol intoxication is increasing as a result of its use as a drug for suppression of withdrawal symptoms by opioids abusers and its wide accessibility of this drug. tramadol intoxication can lead to death and, therefore, early identification of its clinical manifestations is crucial since early detection of the intoxication and its treatment could improve ...

background: the most common congenital abnormality of esophagus is esophageal atresia (ea) that can occur with or without tracheoesophageal fistula. other associated anomalies are the leading cause of death in these patients. the present study aimed to evaluate the main complication, outcomes and cause of death in neonate with ea repaired in amirkola children’s hospital (ach), iran within a 13 ...

BACKGROUND Congenital heart defects (CHD) are the most common birth defect and are a major cause of childhood illness and death. Recent progress in management of persons with CHD may have decreased CHD-related mortality. METHODS Year 2000 US death records were used to determine CHD-related mortality by age, sex, and race/ethnicity in children and adults. CHD-related mortality was defined as a...

BACKGROUND Discussions on ethical aspects of life-and-death decisions within the hospital are often made in plenary. The prehospital physician, however, may be faced with ethical dilemmas in life-and-death decisions when time-critical decisions to initiate or refrain from resuscitative efforts need to be taken without the possibility to discuss matters with colleagues. Little is known whether t...

The experience of how GDPH develop information product maps for birth certificate and death certificate processes is presented. Significant information quality issues specific to vital records are also illustrated.

This paper presents a complete workflow designed for extracting information from Quebec handwritten parish registers. The acts in these documents contain individual and family highly valuable genetic, demographic social studies of the population. From an image records, our is able to identify extract personal information. divided into successive steps: page classification, text line detection, ...

STUDY OBJECTIVE It is possible that circumstances over the lifecourse contribute to social inequalities in mortality in adulthood. The aim of this study is to assess the cumulative effect of social class at childhood and adulthood on mortality from various causes of death in young adult men. DESIGN The data consist of census records for all Finnish men born in 1956-60 (112,735 persons and 895...

BACKGROUND Inequalities in the health of different sections of populations are well recognized but were difficult to demonstrate before death registration was introduced in 1837. In the early years of civil registration, geographical and sex differences in mortality were clearly recognized, as were occupational hazards, but socio-economic differences were barely explored in the Annual Reports o...