background: coronary artery disease is recognized as one of the three major causes of mortality around the world. the role of inflammation in producing coronary artery disease has been established in previous studies. since periodontitis, which is highly prevalent, is considered as a cause of inflammation, its influence on producing coronary artery disease was investigated in the present study ...

abstract background: hypoglycaemia is a well recognized complication of falciparum malaria in children but its diagnosis may be overlooked because all the clinical features may be mimicked by severe malaria. to determine the prevalence of hypoglycaemia at the point of hospital admission of under-fives with falciparum malaria and identify its risk factors in patients seen in a nigerian secondary...

purpose: to evaluate the prevalence and risk factors of dry eye in the patients referred to an eye clinic in birjand, iran. methods: this cross sectional descriptive-analytical study consisted of 600 patients who were referred to the eye clinic of birjand, iran between september 2010 and september 2011. they were given a simple questionnaire about the risk factors of dry eye including the demog...

conclusions overall, incidence of birth trauma in kashan city was lower in comparison with most studies. considering existing risk factors, further monitoring on labor, and delivery management in teaching hospitals are recommended to prevent birth injuries. in addition, careful supervision on students and residents' training should be applied in teaching hospitals. patients and methods in this ...

original article   musculoskeletal problems, resulting from lifting and transferring patients, are often reported among hospital orderlies worldwide. the purpose of this study was to describe the prevalence and factors associated with musculoskeletal disorders in thai hospital orderlies. this cross sectional study was conducted in a government tertiary care hospital (2,221-bed hospital) in bang...

Based on an in-depth case study of the ecosystem of one of the world ́s largest healthcare companies including internal and external data collected since 2009, and through over 50 interviews with key stakeholders from Biotech companies, Academia, Contract Research Organizations, and Venture Capital firms this article elaborates on the challenges and opportunities of collaborative innovation in t...

abstract  introduction: this study was conducted to cluster cardiac risk factors of patients and to compare the prevalence of these risk factors in diabetic patients and patients with glucose intolerance with normal people, and also to compare the prevalence of these factors in known and new cases of diabetes mellitus. methods: this descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted on a sample se...

erectile dysfunction (ed) is an important impediment to quality of life. diabetes mellitus is one of the most common causes of ed. however, it has been one of the most neglected complications of diabetes mellitus. our objective was to study the prevalence of ed and its risk factors in iranian diabetic men. during 2002-2004, 700 diabetic men aged 20-69 years were interviewed to report on their e...