The early recognition of severe sepsis is important; however, early identification of severe sepsis can be challenging, especially in the prehospital setting. As previous research has shown, advanced notification of time-sensitive disease states by prehospital personnel can improve outcomes and time to initiation of treatments. Prehospital personnel can potentially impact outcomes in sepsis thr...

The presence of Aedes aegypti in Malaya has been noted very early by Leicester (1908) and Stanton (l914).One of the earliest survey carried out on the species was by Reid (1954).Macdonald(1965a) submitted a paper dealing extensively with the distribution and dispersal of the species in Malaya. At that time, the interest in Ae. aegypti centered on it being a potential vector of yellow fever in M...

OBJECTIVE To describe the incidence of three conditions of acute severe maternal morbidity in selected regions in nine European countries. DESIGN A population-based questionnaire survey. SETTING Eleven regions in nine countries of Europe. POPULATION All the pregnant women in each region who had delivered during the period covered by the study. METHODS Standard definitions of three sever...