Submit Manuscript | http://medcraveonline.com and concentration of physicians [1]. It is also reported that allowing SD to permeate all medical specialties will cause damage both to patients and healthcare professionals [2]. Errors reported in nurses affected by SD are, an incorrect characterization of a patient’s problem, neglected medication, neglected care, mistakes in the communication of d...

OBJECTIVE The goal of this research was to examine racial differences in trust in various healthcare institutions. METHOD In telephone interviews, 195 Whites, 183 Blacks, and 171 Latinos from Durham, NC indicated how often they trust various institutions (community doctors, local hospitals, county health department, insurance companies, and state and federal government) to do what is best for...

OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to investigate whether the acute care of frail elderly patients in a comprehensive geriatric assessment (CGA) unit is superior to the care in a conventional acute medical care unit. DESIGN This is a clinical, prospective, randomized, controlled, one-center intervention study. SETTING This study was conducted in a large county hospital in western Sweden. ...

Ladyfish (Elops sp) are a common and economically valuable coastal nearshore species found along coastal beaches, bays, and estuaries of the southeastern United States, and subtropical and tropical regions worldwide. Previously, ladyfish were a substantial bycatch in Florida's commercial fisheries, but changes in regulations significantly reduced commercial landings. Today, ladyfish are still t...

BACKGROUND Clinical pharmacy is not only a medical science but also an elaborate public health care system firmly related to its subsystems of education, training, qualification authentication, scientific research, management, and human resources. China is a developing country with a tremendous need for improvements in the public health system, including the clinical pharmacy service system. ...

BACKGROUND Little is known about parents' views on the use of online resources for information, education and support regarding childhood type 1 diabetes (T1DM). Considering the rapidly evolving new communication practices, parents' perspectives need to be explored. The main purpose of this paper was to explore parents' perceptions of their information-seeking, Internet use, and social networki...

We present a case series of five patients who were diagnosed in our institution with rare tumors of neuroectodermal origin. They were discovered within 1 year, by two otorhinolaryngologists at the county hospital which covers the area of about 1,00,000 inhabitants. Neuroectodermal tumors of the head and neck are rare pathologies, with extremely varied clinical behavior, treatment and prognosis....

Submit Manuscript | http://medcraveonline.com and concentration of physicians [1]. It is also reported that allowing SD to permeate all medical specialties will cause damage both to patients and healthcare professionals [2]. Errors reported in nurses affected by SD are, an incorrect characterization of a patient’s problem, neglected medication, neglected care, mistakes in the communication of d...

We studied the effect of surgical experience on the dislocation rate after 4230 primary total hip arthroplasties (THAs) all performed using the posterior approach at three orthopaedic centres at major county hospitals. There were 129 postoperative (3%) dislocations. Twice the number of dislocations were registered for inexperienced surgeons as for their more experienced colleagues. This frequen...

A review of all cases of nocardiosis in a large hospital in South Florida over the last 6 years was conducted. There were 25 cases of nocardiosis and 76% of them were also infected with HIV. Of the HIV infected patients, all of them had CD4 counts less than 100 cells/mm(3) and most cases were localized in the lungs.