BACKGROUND It is well known that treatment variation exists in oral healthcare, but the consequences for oral health are unknown as the development of outcome measures is still in its infancy. The aim of this study was to identify and develop outcome measures for oral health and explore their performance using health insurance claims records and clinical data from general dental practices. ME...

tal groups in the primary outcome measures (table): change of diabetes treatment (36% v 42%), lipid lowering drugs (9% v 12%), or blood pressure drugs (10% v 16%) and referral to dietician (13% v 10%). There were no differences in other interventions between the control and experimental groups. Among high risk patients, however, those in the experimental group were more likely to be prescribed ...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Early assessment of the likelihood of neurological recovery in comatose cardiac arrest survivors remains challenging. We hypothesize that quantitative noncontrast computed tomography (NCCT) combined with neurological assessments, are predictive of outcome. METHODS We analyzed data sets acquired from comatose cardiac arrest patients who underwent CT within 72 hours of ar...

introduction deafness is one of the most important sensory disturbances at birth. hearing loss can affect the development of speaking and learning during life. early diagnosis and intervention improve language outcome. the  current study aimed to determine the frequency of profound congenital hearing loss in healthy newborn infants in fars province. methods in a multicenter prospective study, f...

OBJECTIVES This study investigates risk of mortality associated with nurses' assessments of patients by physiological system. We hypothesise that nursing assessments of in-patients performed at entry correlate with in-hospital mortality, and those performed just before discharge correlate with postdischarge mortality. DESIGN Cohort study of in-hospital and postdischarge mortality of patients ...

OBJECTIVE To define the long-term outcome in Gilles de la Tourette syndrome (GTS) using objective rating measures. BACKGROUND Previous historical studies suggest spontaneous improvement of tic symptoms after adolescence, but objective longitudinal data are limited. METHODS The authors reviewed all videotapes in their database (1978 through 1991) of children with GTS (ages 8 to 14) who were ...