ACMT Chelation Position Adopted by Oregon Medical Board

Defensive measures adopted by the board: Current European Trends

Medical evaluation of internationally adopted children.

BACKGROUND Despite many reports of medical illness in children adopted from abroad, there are currently no accepted guidelines for medical evaluation of this population. METHODS Two hundred ninety-three children adopted from 15 countries (mean age, 14.0 months; 55 percent girls) were evaluated by history taking, physical examination, and screening tests for hepatitis B virus (HBV), human immu...

Oman Medical Specialty Board

Objectives: To assess the maternal and fetal complications of pregnancy in mothers with gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) compared with non-diabetic patients who delivered in the hospital during the study period. Methods: The outcome of pregnancy in 220 Saudi patients with GDM identified from the delivery register/hospital database and matched for age, parity and body mass index with 220 nond...

Position statement: training programme in immunology of the European Board of UEMS Medical Biopathology.

UEMS Medical Biopathology is a Section covering the specialities of Laboratory medicine except Anatomical Pathology/Cytology. Its role is to maintain high educational standards whilst simultaneously ensuring that the vital role of Medical Biopathology in medical practice is recognised within the European Union. It is organised within the European Union of Medical Specialists (UEMS) as depicted ...

Factors associated with American Board of Medical Specialties member board certification among US medical school graduates.

CONTEXT Certification by an American Board of Medical Specialties (ABMS) member board is emerging as a measure of physician quality. OBJECTIVE To identify demographic and educational factors associated with ABMS member board certification of US medical school graduates. DESIGN, SETTING, AND PARTICIPANTS Retrospective study of a national cohort of 1997-2000 US medical school graduates, group...