BACKGROUND Any delay in diagnosis and consequently treatment of TB patients not only increases the infectivity of the disease in the community, but may also lead to more advance disease state, which may result in more complications and expose patients to higher risk of death. The aim of this study was to assess delays in diagnosing new TB patients and the factors associated with these delays in...

BACKGROUND Delay in cancer diagnosis may have serious prognostic consequences, and some patients experience delays lasting several months. However, we have no knowledge whether such delays are associated with general practitioner (GP) characteristics. The aim of the present study was to analyse whether GP and practice characteristics are associated with the length of delay in cancer diagnosis. ...

any patient with bilateral lymphadenopathy especially in indian subcontinent is regarded as suffering from tuberculosis unless proved otherwise. this sometimes leads to unwarranted delay in correct diagnosis and management if there is ignorance regarding other rarer etiologies. rosai-dorfman disease (rdd) may present in the same manner and should always be kept on the back of the mind to help a...

background the x-linked cyclin-dependent kinase like 5 (cdkl5/stk9) gene has been shown to be responsible for a severe encephalopathy condition characterized by early onset of epilepsy and severe developmental delay. cdkl5 mutations have been shown to be more frequent among female patients. results here we report a 6- month male patient, second child of a healthy non consanguineous in the irani...

using a hierarchical hybrid fuzzy model, this paper presents an intelligent system to manage the traffic of ambulances and the vehicles for transporting blood and blood products and generally the transportation related to health emergencies. the transportation of emergency patients, emergency accidents and health-related emergencies, and the transportation of blood and blood products should be ...

STUDY OBJECTIVE To measure the pre-hospital delay times in patients with proven acute myocardial infarction (AMI) and to identify possibilities for reduction of treatment delay. DESIGN Descriptive three centre study. SETTING One university teaching hospital and two regional hospitals in Groningen, the Netherlands. PATIENTS 400 consecutive confirmed AMI patients, age below 75 years, admitt...

BACKGROUND Delayed diagnosis of pulmonary embolism (PE) is common because symptoms can be non-specific. The few studies that have investigated diagnostic delay have not taken into account the role of primary care physicians in the diagnostic process. AIM To document and quantify the stages of diagnostic delay of PE and to identify clinical factors associated with this delay. DESIGN AND SETT...

BACKGROUND Early detection and treatment of tuberculosis cases are the hallmark of successful tuberculosis control. We conducted a cross-sectional study at public primary health facilities in Kampala city, Uganda to quantify diagnostic delay among pulmonary tuberculosis (PTB) patients, assess associated factors, and describe trajectories of patients' health care seeking. METHODOLOGY/PRINCIPAL...

OBJECTIVE To systematically review Indian literature on delays in tuberculosis (TB) diagnosis and treatment. METHODS We searched multiple sources for studies on delays in patients with pulmonary TB and those with chest symptoms. Studies were included if numeric data on any delay were reported. Patient delay was defined as the interval between onset of symptoms and the patient's first contact ...