BACKGROUND Provider-initiated HIV testing and counselling (PITC) is promoted as a means to increase HIV case finding. We assessed the effectiveness of PITC to increase HIV testing rate and HIV case finding among outpatients in Rwandan health facilities (HF). METHODS PITC was introduced in six HFs in 2009-2010. HIV testing rate and case finding were compared between phase 1 (pre-PITC) and phas...

A study of glomerular filtration rate estimation by cockcroft-gault, mdrd and ckd-epi formula in comparison with dtpa renal scan – a comparative study among live related kidney donors in south india. a b c Original Article BACKGROUND: Renal function assessment is the most important part of donor evaluation. The Glomerular Filtration Rate (GFR) is considered to be optimal test for overall assess...

Fibrous dysplasia is a rare bone condition in which normal replaced by aberrant fibrous tissue. The patient may come to evaluate with other diseases and while doing investigations, it observed. Here we present case of 24 years male who came our OPD swelling around the left cheek region for 5 days. underwent Computerised tomography scan revealed an expansile, sclerotic, cystic ground-glass appea...

This theoretical article makes a contribution to the field of "psychoanalytically informed neuroscience". First, central characteristics of psychoanalysis and neuroscience are briefly described leading into three epistemic dichotomies. Neuroscience versus psychoanalysis display almost opposing methodological approaches (reduction vs. expansion), test quality emphases (reliability vs. validity) ...

OBJECTIVE To measure the satisfaction of patients attending the OPD in SKIMS tertiary hospital of Soura, India. METHODS Pre-structured questionnaire was framed and data collected from consenting patients attending the OPD of SKIMS hospital. The data were analyzed using SPSS version 12. SETTINGS OPD section of SKIMS hospital, Soura, India. RESULTS Four hundred (400) OPD patients were inclu...

OBJECTIVE The objective was to determine the preliminary psychometric performance of a new clinical feeding scale to diagnose oropharyngeal dysphagia (OPD) in neonates. METHODS Twenty neonates with a median gestational age of 35 weeks were evaluated using the Neonatal Feeding Assessment Scale (NFAS) and modified barium swallow studies (MBSS). The results were compared. RESULTS Nine of the 2...

Although measuring bite force is an important indicator of the health of the masticatory system, few commercially available transducers have been validated for routine clinical use. T-Scan(®) III Occlusal Analysis System allows to record the bite force distribution, indicating its relative intensity and occlusal timing. Nevertheless, even fewer studies have evaluated the validity and reliabilit...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the yield of a routine voluntary HIV testing program compared with traditional provider-referred voluntary counseling and testing (VCT) in a hospital-affiliated outpatient department (OPD) in Durban, South Africa. DESIGN AND METHODS In a prospective 14-week "standard of care" period, we compared OPD physician logs documenting patient referrals to the hospital VCT site wi...

BACKGROUND To determine if expenditures for dentistry (DENT) correlate with severity of chronic kidney disease (CKD). METHODS A total of 10,457 subjects were enrolled from January 2008 to December 2010, divided into three groups: healthy control (HC) group (n = 1,438), high risk (HR) group (n = 3,392), and CKD group (n = 5,627). Five stages were further categorized for the CKD group. OPD util...