OBJECTIVES The purpose of this study was to evaluate social, economical, and cultural factors of childhood injuries and to assess preventive measures. METHODS The study included 120 children (75 boys, 45 girls; mean age 8.3 years; range 0 to 14 years) who presented to the emergency department due to trauma from September to December 2007. Information was gathered from the patients or parents ...

The application of the advanced technologies in medicine has led to the appearance of new risk factors for health personnel. One of these could be the surgical smoke produced by electrosurgical instruments, ultrasounds or laser. However, there is still insufficient evidence in the published population studies on the detrimental effects of chronic exposure to surgical smoke. The main concern on ...

Infertility treatment has been changed dramatically over the last decades with the introduction of the new assisted reproduction techniques (ART). Ovarian stimulation, either to induce ovulation in the management of anovulatory infertility or for controlled ovarian hyperstimulation in the course of in vitrofertilization, is a main part of the various ART. Nevertheless, ovarian stimulation entai...

Aim: To assess the preventive measures adopted by the cured TB cases. Study Participant: A descriptive survey approach was adopted for the study. Setting: Rural community at Udupi Dist. Population: The sample consists of 10 cured TB cases. By using purposive sampling technique sample selection is done and distributed the checklist to assess the preventive measures. The data was collected by usi...