BACKGROUND Risk adjustment and stratification play an important role in quality assurance and in clinical research. The Physiological and Operative Severity Score for the enUmeration of Mortality and morbidity (POSSUM) is a patient risk prediction model based on 12 patient characteristics and 6 characteristics of the surgery performed. However, because the POSSUM was developed for quality asses...

aim : the present study aimed to evaluate the prevalence of positive family history of these cancers in a large population-based sample of tehran province, capital of iran. background : upper gastrointestinal (ugi) cancers (gastric and esophagus cancer) constitute a major health problem worldwide. a family history of cancer can increase the risk for developing cancer and recognized as one of th...

Objectives. To examine compliance for a newly designed hip protector and reasons for non-compliance among elderly participants with a moderate-to-high risk of falls. Methods. This was a descriptive observational study conducted in acute aged care wards at the Bankstown Hospital, Sydney, Australia. Seventeen in-patients aged between 71 and 95 years in the four aged care wards at the Bankstown Ho...

‘‘He inflicts none of those small pains and discomforts which irregular men scatter about them and which in the aggregate so often become formidable obstacles both to happiness and utility; while on the contrary he bestows all the pleasures, and inspires all that ease of mind on those around him or connected with him, with perfect consistency, and (if such a word might be framed) absolute relia...

OBJECTIVES Health-related quality of life (HRQOL) is a key indicator of health. However, HRQOL data from representative populations in South Asia are lacking. This study aims to describe HRQOL overall, by age, gender and socioeconomic status, and examine the associations between selected chronic conditions and HRQOL in adults from three urban cities in South Asia. METHODS We used data from 16...

The purpose of this study was to assess the effect of external load at varying hand positions on discomfort, and to provide a new classification of external load. An experiment was carried out in which 16 postures with an external load of 0, 1.5, 3 kg were tested. The postures were controlled by 2 independent variables of hand distance and hand height. The subjects were instructed to rate their...

Natal teeth (teeth present at birth) and neonatal teeth (teeth observed in the first 30 days of life) are uncommon. They may cause feeding problems and ulcerations on the ventral surface of the tongue. They can also be alarming to parents and cause discomfort with breastfeeding. A review of literature was conducted to review their etiology, significance, and clinical features with special empha...