BACKGROUND Clinical history-taking can be employed as a standardized approach to elucidate the use of herbal medicines and their linked suspected adverse drug reactions (ADRs) among hospitalized patients. We sought to identify herbal medicines nominated by Ugandan inpatients; compare nomination rates by ward and gender; confirm the herbs' known pharmacological properties from published literatu...

Abstract The emergence of new SARS-CoV-2 variants is a challenge to the control this pandemic. It therefore important collect and analyze data related infection caused by different variants. We have obtained more than 3,700 COVID-19 patients between April 2020 March 2021 from Tokat, Turkey (roughly 3,100 outpatients close 600 inpatients) where about 30% were infected with Alpha variant (B.1.1.7...

Background: Prevalence of orthostatic hypotension (OH) has been investigated in many studies, mainly on selected samples of subjects. We aimed to assess the prevalence of OH and its association with incidence of adverse events among older medical inpatients. Methods: OH was evaluated according to current guidelines at admission and at discharge among older medical inpatients admitted to a Geria...

The level of understanding of taking medicine was examined at the start and the end of medicine-taking guidance, based on the estimation by pharmacists and inpatients. Six items for the estimation, such as "the way of taking medicines" were evaluated using a five-grade system. The significant improvement was observed in all items, suggesting that inpatients' understanding is improved by the gui...

BACKGROUND Patients with severe mental disorders have increased mortality, and cardiovascular disease (CVD) accounts for a large part. Physical inactivity and low aerobic fitness have been recognized as significant risk factors for CVD. In this study, we investigated the differences in aerobic fitness and physical activity between in- and outpatients with severe mental disorders. METHOD AND S...

Human bocavirus (HBoV) is a parvovirus and detected worldwide in lower respiratory tract infections (LRTIs), but its pathogenic role in respiratory illness is still debatable due to high incidence of co-infection with other respiratory viruses. To determine the prevalence of HBoV infection in patients with LRTI in Shanghai and its correlation with disease severity, we performed a 3-year prospec...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the impact of two medical insurers' policies on the hospitalization of people with schizophrenia and the economic burden they faced during a period of rapid health services reform in China. METHODOLOGY A comparative analysis was made of Urban Employee-Basic Medical Insurance (UE-BMI) and Urban Residents-Basic Medical Insurance (UR-BMI) policies on the medical management ...

Background: Studies at the macro level (such as longer-term interventions) showed that physical activity impacts positively on cognitive-emotional processes of patients with mental disorders. However, research focusing on the immediate impact of acute bouts of exercise (micro level) are missing. The aim of the present study was therefore to investigate whether and to what extent single bouts of...

Background. Contrast-induced nephropathy (CIN) is a recognised complication of intravascular administration of iodinated contrast media (ICM). Previous studies suggest a higher incidence in the elderly, but no large study has assessed this to date. We set out to assess changes in creatinine in elderly inpatients following computed tomography (CT) examination and compare those who received intra...

OBJECTIVE Each year approximately 2.5 million Americans are hospitalized after sustaining traumatic physical injuries. Few investigations have comprehensively screened for posttraumatic symptomatic distress or identified predictors of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in representative samples of surgical inpatients. METHOD The subjects were 101 randomly selected survivors of motor vehicle...