Aim:-Hospital based study from April 2005 to March 2011 conducted among the population to determine the prevalence of cataract in Thiruvananthapuram district of Kerala state of India. Methodology:-The data’s collected from registers of ophthalmology department of district hospital Regional Institute of Ophthalmology and private hospital in Thiruvananthapuram district to access the gender preval...

OBJECTIVE To describe the incidence and determinants of methicillin resistant and methicillin sensitive Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA and MSSA) bacteraemia in patients presenting to acute hospitals. DESIGN Anonymised record linkage study with information from hospital information systems and microbiology databases. SETTING One teaching hospital and one district general hospital in Oxfordshire...

1. That a contributory scheme should be adopted throughout the area served by their hospitals where such does not already exist. 2. That the general hospitals concerned should be asked to agree upon boundaries. 3. That in each such hospital district the cottage hospitals be asked to form a branch under the name of that hospital, e.g., the Salisbury and District Infirmary and Hospital League?And...

Peyronie's disease can cause severe physical and psychological distress. Of 31 cases in this retrospective study, 12 underwent spontaneous improvement in their symptoms which makes the assessment of active treatment in other patients difficult. The indications and limitations of operative approach are discussed.

OBJECTIVE To investigate the feasibility of performing electrophysiological studies at a district general hospital and to evaluate the importance of such studies in the management of patients with suspected arrhythmias. DESIGN Retrospective study of patients having had electrophysiological studies during a three year period. SETTING District general hospital. SUBJECTS 93 patients (50 men,...

A programme of Continuous Ambulatory Peritoneal Dialysis has been in progress at the Gloucester Royal Hospital since January 1988. After 2 years patient and technique survival was 81% and 73% respectively, very similar to that in established British Renal Units. Management of end stage renal failure at the local District General Hospital has meant that patients no longer have to travel long dis...

Epsom District Hospital, which has 527 beds, serves a population of about 172 000 in the Mid-Surrey District. At the start of the trial the unit had 22 acute adult beds and a variable number of children's beds in the main hospital. There is a preconvalescent hospital seven miles away where a further four or five beds may be available. These are for patients who have had operations but who are n...

.. Objective: The aim of this study was to assess the outcome of laparoscopic colorectal procedures performed in a district general hospital within 5 years period and to compare it with patients who had an open procedure during the same period. Patients and Methods: Data were collected retrospectively from patient’s case notes retrieved from hospital medical records. One hundred consecutive cas...