PURPOSE In spite of increased prostate cancer patients, little is known about the impact of treatments for prostate cancer patients and outcome of different treatments based on nationwide data. In order to obtain more comprehensive information for Korean prostate cancer patients, many professionals urged to have national system to monitor the quality of prostate cancer care. To gain its objecti...

INTRODUCTION The aim of this study is to describe factors associated with noncompletion of latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) therapy. METHODS We conducted a retrospective cohort study of adults who initiated LTBI treatment with isoniazid, rifampin, or isoniazid-rifapentine at 5 clinics. Demographic, treatment, and monitoring characteristics were abstracted. We estimated descriptive statist...

Background: Relapse in leukemic patients is considered as a major cause of treatment failure and a decrease in patient survival rate. This study was conducted to determine the survival rate of patients with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) and acute myeloid leukemia (AML) based on their relapse status. Materials and Methods: This retrospective cohort study was performed on a total of 243 case...

OBJECTIVE To determine the postoperative instruction compliance rate in men undergoing bilateral vasectomy. DESIGN Retrospective chart review. SETTING Private practice urological office. PATIENT(S) The records of all patients undergoing vasectomy were reviewed to determine the rate of compliance with postvasectomy follow-up instructions. It is our policy to have the patient continue to us...

OBJECTIVE The primary aims of this retrospective study were to describe the burden of injury presenting to the medical team and the changes in injury profile over 10 years (2003-2012) at The Championships, Wimbledon. Secondary aims included description of gender difference in rates, distribution and pathology of injuries. DESIGN Retrospective observational cohort of player injury presentation...

PURPOSE Medication-related adverse events (MRAEs) are an important priority for patient safety. Results from Dutch AE studies showed that-despite various improvement initiatives-the incidence of preventable MRAEs did not decline. The aim of this study is to describe the characteristics of MRAEs during hospitalizations using national patient data from records of patients admitted to Dutch hospit...

In Focus Global Epidemiology of Drug Resistance after Failure of WHO Recommended First-line Regimens for Adult HIV-1 Infection: A Multicentre Retrospective Cohort Study Welcome to the Preexposure Prophylaxis Revolution Combination Social Protection for Reducing HIV Risk Behavior amongst Adolescents in South Africa Behavioral Prevention A Global Research Synthesis of HIV and STI Biobehavioural R...

A prospective study on the management of suspected malaria using a protocol on a general medical ward during the months of February and March, 1992 was done and the results compared with those of a retrospective study covering the months of November and December, 1991. The retrospective analysis showed that 78 (65%) from a total of 120 patients received antimalarial drugs despite negative or ab...

OBJECTIVE The objective of this study was to determine whether professional maintenance appointments were related to a decrease on dental implant loss. METHODS We performed a retrospective review (1995-2012) of 1020 patient dental charts to collect data including a cadre of different variables such as age, gender, race, diabetes, osteoporosis, jaw location, implant dimensions and professional...