OBJECTIVE RA has a substantial impact on both patients and healthcare systems. Our objective is to advance the understanding of modern management principles in light of recent evidence concerning the condition's diagnosis and treatment. METHODS A group of practicing UK rheumatologists formulated contemporary management principles and clinical practice recommendations concerning both diagnosis...

OBJECTIVE Acute pancreatitis represents a spectrum of disease ranging from a mild, self-limited course requiring only brief hospitalization to a rapidly progressive, fulminant illness resulting in the multiple organ dysfunction syndrome (MODS), with or without accompanying sepsis. The goal of this consensus statement is to provide recommendations regarding the management of the critically ill p...

134 IRON BALANCE AND REQUIREMENTS IN INFANCY H UMAN iron requirements and metabolism of iron during the first 18 months of life have been the subjects of a number of reports, reviews, and commentaxies over the past decade.1#{176} Sufficient knowledge has been accumulated to permit a clear statement of dietary recommendations. Implementation of these would assure a satisfactory iron intake for t...

The Italian Group of Gastrointestinal Pathologists has named a committee to develop recommendations concerning the surgical pathology report for pancreatic cancer. The committee, formed by individuals with special expertise, wrote the recommendations, which were reviewed and approved by council of the Group. The recommendations are divided into several areas including an informative gross descr...

On April 1, 2011, Poland adopted new EUCAST recommendations for microbial susceptibility testing, approved by the National Consultant for Microbiology. They contain important guidelines for microbiologists and many valuable data for physicians concerning antimicrobial drugs. The introduction of these recommendations to hospitals by microbiological laboratories involves changes in the interpreta...

Early detection of breast cancer is desirable to prevent progression to advanced disease. This subject has been one of significant study and debate for women at normal risk, and recommendations continue to evolve. However, with regard to women at high risk, the recommendations from various health care professional organizations, including the recent recommendations from the United States Preven...

One of the current challenges concerning improving recommender systems consists of finding ways of increasing serendipity and diversity, without compromising the precision and recall of the system. One possible way to approach this problem is to complement a standard recommender by another recommender “orthogonal” to the standard one, i.e. one that recommends different items than the standard. ...

aim and background: suicide is a multifactorial attempt. cultural and religious factors play important roles in its prevention and frequency. moslem societies have various approaches to different months of the year. they also have different ceremonies and customs during each month. we studied the frequency of suicide attempts during different months of lunar calendar along a 10-year period. met...