BACKGROUND fall-related injuries in older adults are a major public heath challenge. METHODS we determined the current trends in the number and age-adjusted incidence of fall-induced severe cervical spine injuries among older adults in Finland by taking into account all persons in 50 years of age or older who were admitted to Finnish hospitals for primary treatment of these injuries between 1...

Background.  Vitamin D insufficiency is prevalent in human immunodeficiency virus-positive (HIV+) persons. Human immunodeficiency virus and antiretroviral therapy (ART) may create unique risk factors, and the optimal vitamin D repletion and maintenance regimen in HIV+ persons remains unclear. Methods.  Human immunodeficiency virus-positive adults on suppressive ART underwent routine serum 25-hy...

BACKGROUND The role of the GP in the care of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) is unclear. AIM We studied the prevalence of STI related consultations in Dutch general practice in order to obtain insight into the contribution of the GP in STI control. DESIGN OF STUDY A descriptive study. SETTING The study took place within the framework of the second Dutch National Survey of General P...

OBJECTIVE To describe the impact of a hepatitis A vaccination program for Indigenous children in north Queensland. DESIGN Enhanced surveillance of all notified cases of hepatitis A in north Queensland from 1996 to 2003. SETTING North Queensland; population, 596 500 people, including about 6900 Indigenous children aged under five years. INTERVENTIONS Hepatitis A vaccine was provided to Ind...

BACKGROUND The epidemiology of acute alcoholic pancreatitis (AP), chronic alcoholic pancreatitis (CP), acute alcoholic hepatitis (AH), and chronic alcoholic hepatitis with cirrhosis (CH) alone or in combination is not well described. To better understand alcohol-related liver and pancreas effects on and associations with different ethnic groups and sexes, we analyzed the trends of AP, CP, AH, C...

AIMS To determine whether there is an association between use of fluoroquinolones and tendinitis in a large population under everyday circumstances. METHODS A retrospective cohort study was carried out in a dynamic population. Data came from the IPCI-database which consists of all data on consultations, morbidity, prescriptions and other interventions, as registered by GPs in a source populat...

BACKGROUND The WHO has established the disability-adjusted life year (DALY) as a metric for measuring the burden of human disease and injury globally. However, most DALY estimates have been calculated as national totals. We mapped spatial variation in the burden of human African trypanosomiasis (HAT) in Uganda for the years 2000-2009. This represents the first geographically delimited estimatio...

BACKGROUND Epidemiology data for lower-extremity arterial thromboembolism (LET) are limited and may result from either acute limb ischemia or an acute exacerbation of critical limb ischemia. Given marked changes in both diagnosis and therapy over the last 2 decades, we hypothesized that this time period would have witnessed reductions in both the incidence and in-hospital mortality of LET. ME...

Hexagon TB is intended for the rapid diagnostics of tuberculosis. Tuberculosis is a contagious and epidemic disease. According to the data published by WHO, 3-4 millions of patients are diagnosed with this disease annually. In 2004, 107 new cases were discovered in the area of Tuzla Municipality. Annual incidence of this disease is 62,9 per 100 000 inhabitants in Bosnia and Herzegovina; 28,9 in...