Submit Manuscript | http://medcraveonline.com and concentration of physicians [1]. It is also reported that allowing SD to permeate all medical specialties will cause damage both to patients and healthcare professionals [2]. Errors reported in nurses affected by SD are, an incorrect characterization of a patient’s problem, neglected medication, neglected care, mistakes in the communication of d...

We studied the effect of surgical experience on the dislocation rate after 4230 primary total hip arthroplasties (THAs) all performed using the posterior approach at three orthopaedic centres at major county hospitals. There were 129 postoperative (3%) dislocations. Twice the number of dislocations were registered for inexperienced surgeons as for their more experienced colleagues. This frequen...

A review of all cases of nocardiosis in a large hospital in South Florida over the last 6 years was conducted. There were 25 cases of nocardiosis and 76% of them were also infected with HIV. Of the HIV infected patients, all of them had CD4 counts less than 100 cells/mm(3) and most cases were localized in the lungs.

Giraffaphaenops yangi n. sp. is described from a limestone cave named Shizikou Dadong, Tianlin County, northwestern Guangxi, China. It is the second species of this genus, which is the most morphologically modified in the tribe Trechini in terms of troglobiomorphy. So far, Giraffaphaenops ranges in a small karstic area in northwestern Guangxi. Of the two known species, G. clarkei Deuve, 2002 wa...

To monitor disease incidence and antibiotic resistance, effective, practical surveillance strategies are needed at the local level for drug-resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae (DRSP). Knox County, Tennessee, participates in three forms of DRSP surveillance: an active system sponsored by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC; Atlanta, Georgia); a novel county-sponsored system; and c...

The study aimed at examining the relationship between quality of social support system and drug use among street children in Starehe Sub-County, Nairobi County Kenya. specific objectives were to: explore psychosocial health This adopted correlational research design. Data collected from 100 children. These sampled using cluster simple random sampling techniques a target population 30,000 Sub-Co...

It is now well-known that the design of the ballot in Palm Beach County could have led to numerous mistakes in voting. Moreover, it is easy to show that the Buchanan vote in Palm Beach County is a substantial outlier considering the Bush and Gore votes in that county. Buchanan obtained about .8% of the vote, but his expected vote was probably no more than .2% to .3%. Indeed, statewide, Buchanan...

conclusions the results showed that the prevalence of pediculosis among the glogah county primary school students was less than the average percentages observed in other students inside and outside of iran. results based on a total of 300 pupils, 17 of them (5.7%) were infested with pediculus capitis. the prevalence rate was 6.8% in the boys and 4.8% in the girls, while the rate of infestation ...

INTRODUCTION Although county-level obesity estimates are necessary for planning and evaluating community-based interventions, the quality of these data has never been examined. OBJECTIVES To evaluate the reliability of the county-level obesity prevalence estimates from Wisconsin's 72 counties and to highlight the variation of obesity among Wisconsin counties. METHODS Obesity prevalence data...