BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE Sore throat and hoarseness rank, besides pain and nausea, among the most frequent subjective complaints after tracheal intubation for general anaesthesia. Our intention was to determine the incidence of postoperative sore throat from a large sample of patients and thus to identify the most important associated factors. METHODS We prospectively followed up 809 adult pa...

Chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) is characterized by severe fatigue, lasting for at least 6 months, for which no somatic explanation can he found. Because hyperventilation can produce substantial fa­ tigue, it seems worthwhile to investigate the relationship between it and CFS. It might be hypothesized that hyperventilation plays a causal or perpetuating role in CFS. CFS patients, non-CFS patient...

BACKGROUND The general practitioner needs to discriminate complaints with need of specialist care from those that can be managed in primary care. However, no previous research has studied prognostic indicators for the course of hip complaints in a primary care population. PURPOSE The purpose of this study was to investigate the course of hip complaints presented in general practice and to ide...

Background: The number of complaints from patients and/or carers concerning aspects of care has increased over time. Yet, in spite of a growing body of national and international literature on healthcare complaints, there is a lack of knowledge around how nurses and midwives manage informal complaints at ward level, or staff needs in relation to this. Aim: Using an action research approach with...

Abstract Background We aimed at screening for subclinical psoriatic arthritis (PsA) among patients without musculoskeletal complaints using ultrasonography of the lower limbs and finding best predictor its development. Results Subclinical inflammatory articular affection was found by ultrasound in 33 patients, whom 26 had nail affection. According to CASPAR criteria, those could be diagnosed as...

BACKGROUND The sacroiliac joint is a common but under-recognized source of low back and gluteal pain. Patients with degenerative sacroiliitis or sacroiliac joint disruption resistant to nonsurgical treatments may undergo open surgery with sacroiliac joint arthrodesis, although outcomes are mixed and risks are significant. Minimally invasive sacroiliac joint arthrodesis was developed to minimize...