Predictive Factors of Diarrhea Preventive Practices by Caretakers

Aerosol pentamidine-induced bronchoconstriction. Predictive factors and preventive therapy.

OBJECTIVE To describe the frequency of aerosol pentamidine-induced bronchoconstriction, its relationship to non-specific airway responsiveness, and its response to preventive therapy using salbutamol, ipratropium bromide, or sodium cromoglycate. METHODS Consecutive HIV-infected individuals starting prophylactic AP were eligible if they had not been previously treated with this agent. Simple s...

Preventive medicine practices by primary care providers in Karachi.

The Basics of Predictive / Preventive Maintenance

Maintenance costs, as defined by normal plant accounting procedures, are normally a major portion of the total operating costs in most plants. Traditional maintenance costs (i.e. labor and material) in the U. S. have escalated at a tremendous rate over the past 10 years. In 1981, domestic plants spent more than $600 Billion to maintain their critical plant systems. By 1991, the costs had increa...

Parental awareness and practices in acute diarrhea.

In 1992, in Srinagar, India, the Pediatric Outpatient Department of the Institute of Medical Sciences interviewed the parents of 1600 infants with acute diarrhea to learn their awareness and practices in infantile diarrhea. The parents were divided into two groups: Group A (physicians, engineers, teachers, professors, lawyers, clerks, and educated business professionals; N = 660) and Group B (...

Applying psychological theories to evidence-based clinical practice: identifying factors predictive of placing preventive fissure sealants

BACKGROUND Psychological models are used to understand and predict behaviour in a wide range of settings, but have not been consistently applied to health professional behaviours, and the contribution of differing theories is not clear. This study explored the usefulness of a range of models to predict an evidence-based behaviour -- the placing of fissure sealants. METHODS Measures were colle...