OBJECTIVES The purpose of the study was to identify and understand social media usage behaviour of dentists in South Africa, in general and in particular as part of their marketing strategy and to consider the potential determinants associated with these behaviours. METHODS Dentists who are members of the South African Dental Association were requested to anonymously complete an online questi...

BACKGROUND Recruitment of women in the periconceptional period to clinical studies using traditional advertising through medical establishments is difficult and slow. Given the widespread use of the internet as a source for medical information and research, we analyze the impact of social media in the second phase of an ongoing randomized, open-label clinical trial among pregnant women. This st...

INTRODUCTION Delayed notification and lack of early information hinder timely hospital based activations in large scale multiple casualty events. We hypothesized that Twitter real-time data would produce a unique and reproducible signal within minutes of multiple casualty events and we investigated the timing of the signal compared with other hospital disaster notification mechanisms. METHODS...

Carotid intima-media thickness (CIMT) is frequently used as a measure of atherosclerosis in various research areas. Despite its frequent use, there are still no accepted standards for the most optimal ultrasound protocol for single or repeat CIMTassessments. Hence, choices of the CIMT ultrasound protocol to be used are generally based on experience and expert opinion rather than on solid eviden...

Social media has the potential to improve communication with patients with cystic fibrosis http://ow.ly/Zdyej.

Social media (SM) encompass a number of online and mobile resources that provide a forum for the generation, sharing, and discussion of individuals’ ideas and content.[1] Kaplan and Haenlein describe six types of SM: collaborative projects (eg, Wikipedia), blogs and microblogs (eg, Twitter), content communities (eg, YouTube), social networking sites (eg, Facebook, Google+), virtual game worlds ...

Address for correspondence: Dr Bhagyesh Shah, Chief Intensivist, CIMS Hospital, Off Science City Road, Sola, Ahmedabad – 380060, Gujarat, India Email: [email protected] Between November 2014 and April 2015, India experienced a severe outbreak of influenza A(H1N1)pdm.1 The state of Gujarat was especially affected. Between 1 January and 22 February 2015, there were 3107 reported A(H1N1)pdm...

We present a model of communication in a packetswitched nehvork called continuous-media (CM) dissemination, which is the distribution of digital audio, video, and other periodic time-correlated data streams, from a source to multiple receivers. This model is similar io that of a Cable TV system. We discuss an important design principle, the Principle of Loose Coupling between a source and multi...

OBJECTIVES/HYPOTHESIS The adenoid pad has been considered a reservoir for bacteria in the pathogenesis of otitis media with effusion. This study aimed to characterize the middle ear microbiota in children with otitis media with effusion and establish whether a correlation exists between the middle ear and adenoid microbiota. STUDY DESIGN Prospective, controlled study. METHODS Middle ear asp...

Introduction. Otitis media with effusion is a common pediatric disease whose diagnosis is based on pneumatic otoscopy, pure-tone audiometry, and tympanometry. The aim of this study was to evaluate transiently evoked otoacoustic emissions in the diagnosis of otitis media with effusion as compared to tympanometry. Patients and Methods. 38 children with bilateral otitis media with effusion were st...