BACKGROUND Serious mental illness (SMI) is associated with elevated mortality compared to the general population; the majority of this excess is attributable to co-occurring common physical health conditions. There may be variation within the SMI group in the distribution of physical co/multi-morbidity. This study aims to a) compare the pattern of physical co- and multi-morbidity between patien...

background: there is an increase in the worldwide prevalence, morbidity and mortality of asthma. therefore, study of the possible factors related to the burden of this disorder could help the health providers to introduce effective initiatives and reduce adverse consequences due to this condition. this study was designed to investigate any relationship between asthma morbidity with inhaler tech...

rohrer's ponderal index in newborns (birth weight * 100/height3) has been used as an indicator of fetal growth status, especially to assess asymmetrical intrauterine growth retardation. low ponderal index or disproportionate intrauterine growth retardation has higher neonatal morbidity and there are some specific guidelines in intrauterine growth retarded infants to control some of their p...

background: a number of former studies have shown that tuberculosis (tb) is higher in diabetes mellitus (dm) patients than non-diabetics. both dm and tb are major public health problems in iran, and because of the lack of investigation in this field in the region, we conducted this study to evaluate the prevalence of dm in admitted pulmonary tuberculosis patients. methods: the medical files of ...

background: malnutrition is a major public health problem in a developing country like india. keeping this in mind a study was carried out to find the proportion of under–five children suffering from malnutrition among the under‑five hospitalized children and to study co‑morbid illnesses and epidemiological factors associated with malnutrition. methods: this was a hospital‑based cross sectional...

BACKGROUND Multi-morbidity, or the presence of multiple chronic diseases, is a major problem in clinical care and is associated with worse outcomes. Additionally, the presence of mental health conditions, such as depression, anxiety, etc., has further negative impact on clinical outcomes. However, most health systems are generally configured for management of individual diseases instead of mult...

OBJECTIVE To determine whether a multi-dimensional cumulative risk index (CRI) is a stronger predictor of asthma morbidity in urban, school-aged children with asthma, than poverty or severity alone. METHODS A total of 163 children with asthma, ages 7-15 years (42% female; 69% ethnic minority) and their primary caregivers completed interview-based questionnaires, focusing on potential cultural...

brain injuries that caused by strokes (result of intra partum ischemia) are a frequent cause of prenatal mortality and morbidity with limited therapeutic options. transplanting human mesenchymal stem cells (hmscs) indicates improvement in hypoxic ischemic brain injury (hibd) by secretion growth factor stimulating repair processes (hmscs) known as multi potent cells which isolated from bone marr...