*Correspondence [email protected] Department of preventive medicine, School of Public Health, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia, Department of preventive medicine, School of Public Health, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia, [email protected] ABSTRACT Background: Prevention of unintended pregnancy among HIV positive women is the second component of “global plan” that can reduce the desperate st...

BACKGROUND Evidence is limited to guide the management of children exposed to multidrug-resistant (MDR) tuberculosis. We aimed to study the tolerability and toxicity of a standard preventive therapy regimen given to children exposed to infectious MDR tuberculosis, and explore risk factors for poor outcome. METHODS In this prospective cohort study in the Western Cape, South Africa, children <5...

BACKGROUND Stroke is a leading cause of death worldwide. Infections after stroke occur in 30% of stroke patients and are strongly associated with unfavourable outcome. Preventive antibiotic therapy lowers infection rate in patients after stroke, however, the effect of preventive antibiotic treatment on functional outcome after stroke has not yet been investigated.The Preventive Antibiotics in S...

Migraine headaches are among the most common headache disorders seen in various practices. The prevalence of migraine headaches is 18% in women and 6% in men. While millions of Americans suffer from migraine headaches, roughly 3%-13% of identified migraine patients are on preventive therapy, while an estimated 38% actually need a preventive agent. The challenge among physicians is not only when...

Patients with cerebellar infarction should not be neglected because they can experience sudden clinical deterioration from cerebellar swelling. Compared with malignant middle cerebral artery infarctions, malignant cerebellar infarctions can be more urgent because of the smaller space of the posterior fossa, consecutive brain stem compression, and obstructive hydrocephalus. In these situations, ...

1. Methods 2. Definition 2.1Preface 2.2Definition 3. Codes 4. Epidemiology 5. Pathophysiology 6. Causes and findings 6.1Risk factors 6.2Overview 6.3Gynaecological causes and findings 6.4Other somatic causes 6.5Psychosocial causes 7. Diagnosis 7.1Preface 7.2Basic gynaecological diagnosis 7.3 Invasive diagnosis 7.4Diagnostic imaging 8. Therapy 8.1Basic psychosomatic care 8.2Psychotherapeutic conc...

BACKGROUND Although electrophysiologic study (EPS) is one of the most reliable methods for selecting preventive therapy for patients with sustained ventricular tachycardia (VT), VT may recur during EPS-guided effective therapy; therefore, the importance of implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) has been emphasized. In this study, the prognoses of VT patients were evaluated to clarify the ...

introduction: in health care services, preventing problems and failures is more efficient than concentrating on correcting them. repairs are always expensive, as they require highly specialized personnel and costly spare parts. regular inspecting and servicing, using manual services and checklists, would maximize the impact of maintenance and minimize the costs. it is thus important to introduc...

ayurveda, manoeuvres mankind to head a healthy life in order to pursue four-fold bliss. with a view to combat physical and mental annoyances, classics have explicated two-fold therapeutic modalities; langhana/depletion and brihmana/nourishing. upavasa /fasting is one among ten depletion therapies explained. it is envisioned at all three levels of ayurvedic therapies- rational/objectively planne...