diamondback  moth,  piute/la xylostella  l. is  a  major pest of cruciferous  crops worldwide.   it  out broke in cabbage   fields  of tehran province   in  1999 and   caused considerable   yield   losses.  seven treatments  including  biological   and chemical   pesticides   were used in   the field  test.  these   treatments were as follow:  consult  (ec i 0%) 0.4 kg/h & 0.5 kg/h, carbaryle  ...

STUDY OBJECTIVES We sought to evaluate whether a targeted obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) consult (TOSAC) protocol that reduced sleep-specialist time spent with patients suspected of having OSA would improve quality of care compared with the previous clinical method for evaluation of patients internally referred for suspected OSA. METHODS Prospective cohort design. TOSAC patients received oxime...

International Journal of Medicine and Public Health,2021,11,3,168-169.DOI:10.5530/ijmedph.2021.3.31Published:August 2021Type:Letter to the EditorPopulation Mental Health during COVID-19 Pandemic: Experiences from a Drive-thru Testing CenterKenneth Andrew Hoekstra Kenneth A Quest Diagnostics, C/o Peace United General Medical Center, Sedro- Wooley, WA, USA. Abstract:Aim/Background: health has uni...

A 21-year-old woman was diagnosed with B lineage acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) after presenting to a community-based medical oncologist with fatigue, fevers, and pancytopenia (white blood cell count 2.3 103/ L, hemoglobin 8 g/dL, platelets 42 103/L). She was transferred to a regional children’s hospital to institute therapy. Cytogenetics showed 55, XX, 4, 6, 10, 14, 17, 18, 21, 21[8]/46, X...

OBJECTIVES To describe the population served and issues encountered by Hospital Ethics Committee consultation, to describe the incidence of consultation per hospital admission, and to describe the resource utilization per consult. PATIENTS AND METHODS This is a retrospective review of all ethics consults at a large urban teaching hospital and level one trauma center in a metropolitan area fro...

OBJECTIVE To determine the pattern and characteristics of palliative care (PC) consultations in patients with stroke and compare them with the characteristics of nonstroke consultations. METHODS The palliative care program at Strong Memorial Hospital (SMH) was established in October 2001. SMH is a 765-bed academic medical center with approximately 38,000 discharges. For each consult from 2005...