OBJECTIVE To update the Portuguese recommendations in order to assist the rational and safe prescribing of biological therapies in children and adolescents with Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis (JIA) as more evidence and experience with these drugs are available. METHODS The recommendations were formulated by Rheumatologists and Pediatricians, with experience in Pediatric Rheumatology, based on ...

BACKGROUND The volume of published literature on the evaluation and use of tests for monitoring purposes is sparse. Our aim was to determine the extent to which recommendations for monitoring prostate-specific antigen to detect recurrent prostate cancer consider key factors that should inform rule-based strategies for monitoring. METHODS We reviewed the recommendations made in clinical guidel...

BACKGROUND The Health Behaviour in School-aged Children Survey is one of very few cross-national health surveys that includes information on injury occurrence and prevention within adolescent populations. A collaboration to develop a Canadian youth injury report using these data resulted in, Injury among Young Canadians: A national study of contextual determinants. The objective of this study w...

OBJECTIVE To assess agreement and application of Treat to Target (T2T) recommendations in Canadian practice. METHODS A survey of Canadian rheumatologists was conducted on the recommendations of T2T, an international initiative toward reaching specific therapeutic goals in rheumatoid arthritis. Agreement with each recommendation was measured on a 10-point Likert scale (1 = fully disagree, 10 =...

eighteen wheat breeding lines were evaluated along with two check cultivars across nine locations of temperate zone of iran during two crop seasons (2003-2004 and 2004-2005). field records were taken for some important traits especially grain yield. combined anova for nine locations in the first season and for seven locations in both seasons was undertaken. in each case, additive main effects a...

the main purpose of this was to analyze challenges and improvement mechanisms of wheat consulting engineers (wces) in iran, isfahan provinces. it was based on survey research which has been two groups (consulting engineers and extension experts). the population of the study was 163 of wheat consulting engineers and 87 extension experts. out of which, 95 consulting engineers and 55 extension exp...

the purpose of this paper is to analyze the willingness of clergymen towards their participation in agriculture and natural resources extension and education programs (anreep). the population of the study consisted of all the clergymen who dialed anreep. using coronbach alpha formula along with stratified random sampling techniques a number of 260 clergymen were selected. a questionnaire, desig...

OBJECTIVE To highlight the 2015 Canadian Hypertension Education Program (CHEP) recommendations for the diagnosis and assessment of hypertension. QUALITY OF EVIDENCE A systematic search was performed current to August 2014 by a Cochrane Collaboration librarian using the MEDLINE and PubMed databases. The search results were critically appraised by the CHEP subcommittee on blood pressure (BP) me...

introduction: today, medical software are used in different aspects of healthcare varying from simple data processing to collection and interpretation of physiological information and education of nurses and physicians. to ensure use of medical software, they must be constantly evaluated based on specific criteria. since there is no organized evaluation system and comprehensive criteria for eva...

Familial Mediterranean fever (FMF) is the most common monogenic autoinflammatory disease, but many rheumatologists are not well acquainted with its management. The objective of this report is to produce evidence-based recommendations to guide rheumatologists and other health professionals in the treatment and follow-up of patients with FMF. A multidisciplinary panel, including rheumatologists, ...