Some clinical isolates of enteropathogenic Escherichia coli (EPEC) lack bundle-forming pili and are termed atypical EPEC. The aim of this study was to determine if atypical EPEC are pathogens by comparing the clinical features of patients infected with atypical EPEC with those of children infected with other causative agents of diarrhea. Fecal samples obtained from children attending the Royal ...

When a disaster occurs, it is for governments to provide the leadership, civil defense, security, evacuation, and public welfare. The medical aspects of a disaster account for less than 10% of resource and personnel expenditure. Hospitals and health care provider teams respond to unexpected occurrences such as explosions, earthquakes, floods, fires, war, or the outbreak of an infectious epidemi...

Sir,?That empiricism in the treatment of leprosy, pro forma, has been in vogue from time immemorial, perpetually advocating and propounding a something new is beyond controversy. Since the infantile days of medicine the followers of Esculapius have indented largely on the animal, vegetable, and mineral kingdoms. The proof of this is to be found in the history of this malady, for we find the cla...

OBJECTIVE The objective of the study was to obtain data on prevalence and severity of dental erosion among acid industry workers in Baddi (Himachal Pradesh). MATERIALS AND METHODS A cross-sectional study was conducted among 800 battery industry workers. The demographic details were recorded on a prestructured pro forma. Type III examination was done. Dental erosion was recorded based on the i...

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from any of the three federal Canadian funding agencies must be reviewed and approved in advance by a human research ethics board (REB). The Tri-Council Policy Statement: Ethical Conduct for Research Involving Humans (TCPS) requires that each institution be fully responsible for the ethics review of human research conducted under its auspices (Article 1.2). This provision has been interpreted t...

1Directorate of Environmental Health and Malaria Eradication, Ministry of Health, Muscat, Oman. Received: 23/09/01; accepted: 08/01/02 ABSTRACT A simple pro forma was used for a retrospective study of poisoning cases at 45 health institutions in Oman during January–December 2000. No deaths were recorded among 2009 cases of acute poisoning. A quarter of all cases (55.8% of paediatric cases) were...

One of the difficulties facing requirements engineers is the proliferation of radical solutions, i.e., solutions that have not yet become part of established practice. Compared with the normal solutions that have thus become established, radical solutions tend to make the requirements process more timeconsuming and risk-prone. This paper discusses the role of radical and normal solutions in sys...

Patients who have had blood transfusions whilst in hospital must have this information communicated to their General Practitioner at discharge. Audit demonstrated that just 50% of patients (n=15) under medical specialties who had undergone a blood transfusion had this information included in their discharge letter. To improve this, a section was specifically designated on the e-discharge pro-fo...