AIM In a resource-poor country such as India, telepsychiatry could be an economical method to expand health-care services. This study was planned to compare the costing and feasibility of three different service delivery models. The end user was a state-funded long-stay Rehabilitation Center (RC) for the homeless. METHODOLOGY Model A comprised patients going to a tertiary care center for clin...

    Background: Malnutrition has been linked to poor outcomes after elective joint arthroplasty, but the risk of unplanned postoperative intensive care unit (ICU) admission in malnourished arthroplasty patients is unknown. Methods: 1098 patients were followed as part of a prospective risk stratification program at a tertiary, high-volume arthroplasty center. Chronic malnutrition was defined as ...

background: some congenital defects can be prevented in the pregestational stage. however, many health professionals are not prepared to provide counselling to couples regarding the same. objective: this study aimed to assess the performance of doctors and nurses from a primary health-care unit in florianopolis, brazil, in preventing birth defects in the preconception period based on the recomm...

introduction: the study was conducted to assess the school activity of thalassemic children and to reveal the relationship between school activity with the socio-demographic factors as well as clinico-therapeutic profile. methods: a total of 365 admitted thalassemic patients of burdwan medical college (ages 5 to 12 years) were participated in this cross sectional descriptive study conducted on ...

PURPOSE Evisceration is an alternative treatment modality to enucleation for many end-stage eye diseases. No study has addressed the indications for evisceration of eyes in Saudi Arabia. The aim of this study was to determine the current clinical indications for evisceration in patients at a tertiary eye care center and attempt clinicopathological correlation. METHODS Clinical records of pati...

OBJECTIVE This study aimed to identify predictors of health-related quality of life (HrQoL) and to investigate infection-related concerns in health professionals during the acute treatment episode for one Ebola virus disease (EVD) patient in tertiary care. METHODS In a cross-sectional controlled study, validated self-report questionnaires were completed by three groups of health care professi...

This is a comparative review of various techniques used for the detection of various malarial species, it’s specificity, sensitivity and availability at tertiary care center with its cost effectiveness. [Mehta D et al NJIRM 2013; 4(3) : 138-143]

introduction chronic diarrhea of infancy is a heterogeneous syndrome that includes several diseases with different etiologies. the aim of this study was investigating chronic diarrhea, its etiologies, clinical features and outcomes in infancy.materials and methods retrospective study investigating infants hospitalized in the gastroenterology department of tehran tertiary care center.the main de...

purpose: to evaluate the incidence of medication error in patients who underwent intraocular surgery based on different methods of drug instruction (hand-written versus orally explained) at labbafinejad medical center. methods: during a 6-month period, we evaluated 204 postoperative patients who underwent cataract or glaucoma surgery. patients were randomly assigned to two groups; in group i, p...