OBJECTIVE To study the trend of accidental death among children under 5 years of age. METHODS A survey on accidental death among children was performed in Guangzhou to compare the data from the national monitoring program on the deaths under five in the same period during 2001 - 2010. Data on mortality and causes of injures were adjusted by missing reports. RESULTS Mortality rates on injuri...

OBJECTIVE Hypoglycaemia is the commonest diabetic emergency and is associated with considerable morbidity and mortality. This study looked at the use of the emergency services by people with diabetes, with particular reference to hypoglycaemia. METHOD Data were collected on all attendances related to diabetes at accident and emergency departments at two district general hospitals in Surrey, U...

INTRODUCTION The status of heart transplantation in Singapore is reviewed in this article. MATERIALS AND METHODS The database of 40 consecutive heart transplantations from July 1990 through December 2007 is reviewed retrospectively. The data is compared with the 2008 registry data of the International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation (ISHLT). RESULTS The average age of recipients ...

Abstract Background Since 2004, Brazil has had a national policy for occupational health and safety. This means companies’ tax burden is altered according to the numbers of work-related accidents ill-health amongst their workers. In 2010, multiplication factor was introduced this policy, called Accident Prevention Factor. The idea new encourage individual employers take initiatives prevent ill ...

Background: Motorcyclists are among the most vulnerable groups of road accident victims, who are prone to a growingmortality rate due to the constant rise in the number of accidents. This study was performed to investigate the injurypatterns among motorcyclist trauma patients admitted to Kamyab Hospital, the largest trauma center affiliated withMashhad Univercity of Medical Sc...

Since 2011, the scientific community has worked to identify the exact transport and deposition patterns of radionuclides released from the accident at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant (FDNPP) in Japan. Nevertheless, there still remain many unknowns concerning the health and environmental impacts of these radionuclides. The present paper reviews the current understanding of the FDNPP ac...