abstract: introduction: psychiatric disorder is a disease in which patients suffer from emotional problems that these are visible in all aspect of patient’s life. studies show that there is a major difference between the prevalence of this disease in different countries and also show that this disorder is increasing. the aim of this study is to find the possible relationship between psychiatric...

the present study aims at locating the appropriate site for the training of medical students. it is argued that in community oriented medical education the training of medical students should take place where more patients come for consultation. this will result in students having a greater exposure to patients with a variety of medical problems. in order to find out the places where more patie...

INTRODUCTION Most studies investigating disability outcomes following injury have examined hospitalised patients. It is not known whether variables associated with disability outcomes are similar for injured people who are not hospitalised. AIMS This paper compares the prevalence of disability 24 months after injury for participants in the Prospective Outcomes of Injury Study who were hospita...

This paper describes the epidemiology of hospitalised cases with influenza-like illness (ILI) and laboratory-confirmed influenza A cases in Sicily (Italy) during the 2009 influenza pandemic. The first ILI case diagnosed as infected with pandemic influenza A(H1N1)2009 in Sicily was reported in June 2009 and it rapidly became the dominant circulating strain. In the period from 30 April 2009 throu...

Nonpsychiatric hospitalized patients are frequently exposed to psychiatric disorders, such as anxiety and depression, which significantly infuence the patient's subsequent admission days and the rate of recovery. The aim of this study was to evaluate the prevalence of anxiety and depression among hospitalised patients in Mashhad hospitals and to compare the level of anxiety in patients admitted...

OBJECTIVES The prevention of venous thromboembolism (VTE) is a priority for improved safety in hospitalised patients. Worldwide, there is growing concern over the undersuse of appropriate thromboprophylaxis. Computerised decision support improves the implementation of thromboprophylaxis and reduces inpatient VTE. However, an economic assessment of this approach has not yet been performed. OBJ...

The aim of our study was to analyse all medical records from the years 2009-2015 for adult patients with acute hepatitis A virus (HAV) infection who were hospitalised at the Department of Infectious Diseases, Medical University of Lublin (Eastern Poland). During this 7-year study, there were only 5 hospitalised patients with confirmed HAV infection. In the study group 4 out of 5 patients had tr...