Dental caries remains the most common chronic disease of childhood in the United States. Caries is a largely preventable condition, and fluoride has proven effectiveness in the prevention of caries. The goals of this clinical report are to clarify the use of available fluoride modalities for caries prevention in the primary care setting and to assist pediatricians in using fluoride to achieve m...

PURPOSE The purpose of this paper is to examine race, gender and language concordance in terms of importance to primary care. DESIGN/METHODOLOGY/APPROACH The 2003 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey Household Component (MEPS) was used. Four distinguishing primary care attributes and selected measures were operationalized primarily from a sample subset that identified a usual source of care (USC)...

Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is a chronic neurobehavioral condition that affects most patients throughout their lives and is associated with occupational underachievement, psychiatric comorbidity, and substance abuse. Primary care physicians (PCPs) are at the forefront of helping patients with ADHD manage symptoms and overcome functional impairments. In this article, the prob...

OBJECTIVE To review the diagnosis of patients with atypical cystic fibrosis (CF). SOURCES OF INFORMATION A comprehensive search of MEDLINE (1950 to the third week of May 2009), MEDLINE In-Process and Other Non-Indexed Citations and Cases (1950 to the third week of May 2009), and EMBASE (1980 to the fourth week of March 2009). The Cystic Fibrosis Canada website was also reviewed and the most r...

PERAMPANEL (FYCOMPA®): A NOVEL ANTI-EPILEPTIC DRUG he Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) Recommended Adult Immunization Schedule1 for the United States can be generally summarized in a table by recommended vaccine and indicated age group. However, several vaccines have additional, non-age-based indications due to patient-specific risk factors. Furthermore, recent updates have b...

OBJECTIVE To review practice of massive primary postpartum haemorrhage management and develop a protocol. METHODS Cross-sectional study conducted at the Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology at Aga Khan University Hospital, Karachi between January 1, 2003 and July 31, 2004. Women with primary postpartum haemorrhage and had blood loss > or = 1000ml were included in the study. Medical record...

3 List of Papers 5 Abbreviations 7 Background 9 Introduction 9 Priority setting and rationing – why and what it is 10 Aspects of priority setting and rationing 12 Priority setting at different levels 14 Vertical and horizontal priority setting 14 Explicit and implicit priority setting 15 Central components in priority setting 16 Facts 16 Values 17 Process 18 Synthesis 20 Priority setting in Swe...

The Program for Disordered Eating run at Headspace Gold Coast is a new intervention developed in September 2012 in response to an identified unmet need for a service for young people with eating issues. This program aims to provide screening, assessment and early intervention for those who are suffering from disordered eating at a distressing level but who do not meet the criteria for local pub...

background : sedentary lifestyle represents a growing health problem and considering that there is already a range of unhealthy habits that are marked as health risk factors and the increasing prevalence of sedentary lifestyle worldwide, we aimed to investigate association of sedentary way of living in suburb, working class local community with socioec-onomic determinants such as educational le...