BACKGROUND On 4 October 1992, a cargo aircraft crashed into apartment buildings in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. Fire-fighters and police officers assisted with the rescue work. OBJECTIVES To examine the long term health complaints in rescue workers exposed to a disaster. METHODS A historical cohort study was performed among police officers (n = 834) and fire-fighters (n = 334) who performed ...

BACKGROUND A test panel is a group of tests that are simultaneously performed for diagnosis and follow-up of patients. Organ-specific or disease-specific test panels are currently available. Since the patient's chief complaint plays a key role in obtaining the personal and medical history and performing physical examinations, we proposed a test panel based on the chief complaints of the patient...

conclusions sever thrombocytopenia and bleeding may be the presentation of brucellosis. case presentation we report on an eight-year-old boy who presented epistaxis and gum bleeding. the physical examination revealed petechiae, purpura, ecchymosis, and cervical while inguinal lymphadenopathy and splenomegaly were noted. brucella agglutinin titer was positive. after five days of specific therapy...

BACKGROUND Pain of various causes is a common phenomenon in patients with Multiple Sclerosis (MS). A biopsychosocial perspective has proven a useful theoretical construct in other chronic pain conditions and was also started in MS. To support such an approach, we aimed to investigate pain in MS with special emphasis on separating quantitative and qualitative aspects, and its interrelation to be...

This 6 year follow-up study was designed to evaluate the long-term physical, psychological and social outcomes of severely injured patients (Injury Severity Score of greater than or equal to 16). Patients were treated at the University Hospital Groningen, the Netherlands, between January 1989 and December 1989. Outcomes were assessed using a postal questionnaire. After injury, the 55 respondent...

OBJECTIVE To summarize the methodological quality and developmental stage of prediction models for musculoskeletal complaints that are relevant for physical therapists in primary care. STUDY DESIGN AND SETTING A systematic literature search was carried out in the databases of Medline, Embase, and Cinahl. Studies on prediction models for musculoskeletal complaints that can be used by primary c...

OBJECTIVES To determine correlations between excessively long working hours and subjectively experienced somatic health complaints among hospital physicians. METHODS Quantitative data were collected as part of the survey "Working life, Lifestyle and Health of Hospital Physicians in Germany 2006" using self-reporting questionnaires. The individually experienced health was assessed on the basis...