OBJECTIVE To determine whether children treated in emergency departments (EDs) with evidence-based standardized protocols (EBSPs) containing evidence-based content and format had lower risk of hospital admission or ED return visit and greater follow-up than children treated in EDs with no standardized protocols in Ontario, Canada. DESIGN Retrospective population-based cohort study of children...

OBJECTIVES To assess health outcomes of home follow-up visits after postpartum discharge and assess relationships between the number of home visits and selected outcomes among women who gave birth at two Queensland, Australia, regional hospitals. DESIGN A cross sectional study. Services provided during the home visits were responsive to a woman's need rather than having a structured protocol ...

BACKGROUND The provision of antiretroviral therapy (ART) to migrant populations raises particular challenges with respect to ensuring adequate treatment support, adherence, and retention in care. We assessed rates of loss to follow-up for migrant workers compared with non-migrant workers in a routine treatment programme in Morjia, Lesotho. DESIGN All adult patients (≥18 years) initiating ART ...

Correspondence to: Dr Paul R Roberts, Southampton University Hospital, Tremona Road, Southampton. SO16 6YD, UK; [email protected]. uk _________________________ P acemaker implantation is only the initial phase in the lifelong management of the patient with a pacemaker. The challenge of this treatment lies in the comprehensive follow up of the device. As the number of implanted devices...

Cardiac implantable electronic devices are increasing in prevalence. The post-implant follow-up is important for monitoring both device function and patient condition. However, practice is inconsistent. For example, ICD follow-up schedules vary from 3 monthly to yearly according to facility and physician preference and availability of resources. Recommended follow-up schedules impose significan...

Editor, Van Brakel et aI. have recently made a strong case for using the EHF score (Eye-Hand-Foot score) as a means of monitoring changes in impairment status in individuais or groups of people over time. lt would provide at least a crude measure of the effectiveness of prevention of impairment activities . ! It is a simple score, the components of which are already collected in most leprosy co...

OBJECTIVE This study examined the association between language access programming and quality of psychiatric care received by persons with limited English proficiency (LEP). METHODS In 1999, the California Department of Mental Health required county Medicaid agencies to implement a "threshold language access policy" to meet the state's Title VI obligations. This policy required Medi-Cal agenc...

background: gestational diabetes mellitus (gdm) is a form of diabetes that occurs in pregnancy. gdm, defined as glucose intolerance, first diagnosed or initiated during pregnancy affects 1-14% of pregnancies based on various studies. screening and early diagnosis and appropriate glycemic control can improve prenatal outcomes. telephone follow-up seems to be a reasonable way for pregnant women f...