Editor, Van Brakel et aI. have recently made a strong case for using the EHF score (Eye-Hand-Foot score) as a means of monitoring changes in impairment status in individuais or groups of people over time. lt would provide at least a crude measure of the effectiveness of prevention of impairment activities . ! It is a simple score, the components of which are already collected in most leprosy co...

OBJECTIVES High microbial exposures in farmers and agricultural workers are associated with less atopy. Although it has been speculated that healthy worker survival could be an explanation, this has not been studied so far. Therefore, we investigated the presence of healthy worker survival in a five-year follow-up study of an occupational cohort of Dutch farmers and agricultural industry (compa...

background: gestational diabetes mellitus (gdm) is a form of diabetes that occurs in pregnancy. gdm, defined as glucose intolerance, first diagnosed or initiated during pregnancy affects 1-14% of pregnancies based on various studies. screening and early diagnosis and appropriate glycemic control can improve prenatal outcomes. telephone follow-up seems to be a reasonable way for pregnant women f...

background: one of the main causes of adverse complications following kidney transplantation is urinary tract infection (uti). this study was done to define the incidence rate, clinical profiles, causative microorganisms, and uti risk factors among kidney transplant recipients in mashhad city. materials and methods: in this retrospective study, we perused medical files of 247 kidney recipients ...

conclusions the current results showed no significant differences between the outcomes of the two procedures at short-term follow-up. however, the results might have changed in the long term. background stress urinary incontinence in women is a common problem that impairs the quality of life in patients. the extraordinary number of procedures to treat stress urinary incontinence reflects a lack...

OBJECTIVES Compare proportion lost to follow-up, successful abortion, and staff effort in women who choose office or telephone-based follow-up evaluation for medical abortion at a teaching institution. STUDY DESIGN We performed a chart review of all medical abortions provided in the first three years of service provision. Women receiving mifepristone and misoprostol could choose office follow...