This research presents an inventory of 750 collections historical documentary and instrumental meteorological observations registered in the Island Ireland prior to twentieth century, which require rescue. The comprises references on location registers, metadata, data holders sources. majority registers remain as handwritten records or publications kept various archives across abroad online res...

INTRODUCTION The Danish National Patient Register (DNPR)is widely used for research and administrative purposes. However, its usability is highly dependent of the validity of the registered data. We therefore aimed to determine the positive predictive value (PPV) of angina pectoris and acute coronary syndrome (ACS) in the DNPR. METHODS We selected a random sample of 500 patients registered wi...

Reliable estimates of disease incidence are fundamental to planning future healthcare services. However, in many countries registration of basal cell carcinoma (BCC) is often non-existent. This study examines how many BCC treatments were carried out in Denmark in 2013. The Danish Cancer Registry and the Danish Pathology Registry were used to examine how many BCC treatments were registered, and ...

Background: There has recently been increasing interest in the role of the human microbiome in disease. Antibiotic use is known to disrupt the intestinal microbial environment and cause acute disease, for example pseudomembranous colitis. This study aimed to investigate the hypothesis that long-term antibiotic use is associated with the development of chronic diseases, i.e., Asthma, Rheumatoid ...

the term calcifying odontogenic cyst (coc) was first introduced by gorlin in 1962. coc occurs mainly as an intra-osseous lesion in mandible or maxilla but the peripheral variation of coc has also been reported. the confusion about coc nature as cyst or tumor has not been resolved and a vast diversity has been shown in clinicopathologic aspects of coc. the purpose of this study was the review an...

BACKGROUND The Dutch College of General Practitioners' guidelines specify that antibiotics should only be used for severe cases of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). However, GPs tend to administer antibiotics rather than a short course of steroid treatment regardless of severity. AIM The aim of this study was to determine how GPs use current guidelines in treating exacerbations of...

OBJECTIVE To describe how episodes of gender violence notified to the Registro de Atención Sanitaria en Violencia contra las Mujeres del Principado de Asturias (VIMPA) are registered in the clinical records of a health area of this geographical region. METHODS We performed a cross-sectional, descriptive study in a sample of cases collected in the VIMPA Registry in 2005 and 2006. The variables...

BACKGROUND Establishing a diagnosis of dementia in young patients may be complex and have significant implications for the patient. The aim of this study was to evaluate the quality of the diagnostic work-up in young patients diagnosed with dementia in the clinical routine. METHODS Two hundred patients were randomly selected from 891 patients aged ≤65 years registered with a diagnosis of deme...