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Housing is both a key indicator of, and contributor to, social advantage/disadvantage. Opportunities for wealth creation, affordability, sense of security and belonging to community and place, level of choice, self-esteem and self-determination are all linked to housing and, more specifi cally, to tenure type with its resulting (and often hidden) inequity. Issues relating to affordability and a...

To cite: Amin OSM, Mahmood MM. BMJ Case Rep Published online: [please include Day Month Year] doi:10.1136/bcr-2017219300 DESCRIPTION A woman aged 71 years with hypertension developed sudden severe headache and right-sided weakness. The blood pressure was 210/135 mm Hg. She was drowsy. Examination revealed right-sided upper motor neuron facial weakness, hemiparesis, hemi-anaesthesia and extensor...

PRINCIPLES Despite many reports investigating the relationship of subarachnoid haemorrhage and seasonal variation in different parts of the world, there is no clear correlation. As far as we know this subject has not been reported from Istanbul yet. The purpose of this study is to determine if there is any correlation between season and spontaneous subarachnoid haemorrhage (SAH) caused by intra...

AIMS To review the diagnostic value of using a thorough necropsy protocol for the investigation of sudden infant deaths, with particular emphasis on the value of routine ancillary laboratory investigations. METHODS The necropsy and related records of all neonatal, infant, and young childhood deaths (under three years) referred for medicolegal investigation at Dundee from 1990 to early 1998 we...

INTRODUCTION There is increasing evidence for an association between treatment with selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRI) and an increased risk of bleeding events. The most important underlying mechanism appears to be inhibition of serotonin uptake in platelets, an effect that is also present in antidepressants with non-selective serotonin-reuptake inhibition (NSRI). Accordingly, also ...

Vitreous floaters are one of the most common complain ophthalmological patients. The aetiology includes pathological process (vitreous haemorrhages, injuries, diabetics or uveitis) and also natural age-related changes in vitreous body. Diagnosis treatment depends on severity symptoms. Process posterior detachment requires particularly careful monitoring, because potential complications such as ...