The purpose of this study was to describe medical characteristics and assess treatment outcomes at a respiratory clinic, tertiary hospital, Bangkok, Thailand. One hundred seventy-seven patients diagnosed as having any type of TB and having taken anti-TB drugs for one month were included in the study. The patients were interviewed the end of the first month and their medical files were reviewed ...

BACKGROUND The purposes of this study were to determine the following: (1) the percentage of fracture patients at a tertiary pediatric emergency department (ED) who previously sought treatment for the injury elsewhere and (2) how often such patients were sent from another ED. METHODS A prospective survey was conducted in the ED of a tertiary pediatric medical center in a large metropolitan ar...

The pathogenic yeast Candida albicans produces large N-glycans with outer regions containing only mannose residues. The outer region comprises a primary branch with multiple secondary and tertiary branches. Tertiary branches are linked to secondary branches by phosphodiester bridges. In the current model of outer chain elongation in the genetically related yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae, synthe...

PURPOSE/OBJECTIVES To identify the impact of fatigue, site-specific side effects, and individual characteristics on role activities during radiation therapy. DESIGN Secondary data analysis. SETTING A community radiation therapy department in the northeastern region of the United States. SAMPLE 77 patients receiving radiation therapy for adjuvant or curative intent. METHODS Items from th...

objective: the lack of adequate recognition of health importance of non-hiv reproductive health infections (rhis) in nigeria has led into this study, which was to determine clinical pathogens in non-hiv rhi in nigeria using a tertiary health facility as case study. materials and methods: a nine-year investigation was carried out between 1997 and 2005 on 4047 (n = 1626 males; n = 2421 females) p...

The City of Stockton, CA operates a wastewater treatment facility that discharges tertiary treated effluent during the summer and secondary treated effluent during the winter to the San Joaquin River. Investigations were carried out between 1996 and 2002 to provide insight regarding the potential public health benefit that may be provided by year-round tertiary treatment. A hydraulic model of t...

OBJECTIVE To estimate clinical progression and resource utilisation together with the associated costs of managing children and adults with LAL Deficiency, at a tertiary referral centre in the UK. METHODS A retrospective chart review was undertaken of patients in the UK with a confirmed diagnosis of LAL Deficiency who were managed at a LAL Deficiency tertiary referral treatment centre. Patien...