1 Electrical and Electronics Engineering Department, Middle East Technical University, 06530, Ankara, Turkey 2 Max-Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics, 72076, Tuebingen, Germany 3 Computer Engineering Department, Istanbul Technical University, 34390, Istanbul, Turkey 4 Gulhane Military Medical Hospital, Biomedical and Clinical Engineering Center, 06018, Ankara, Turkey 5 Gulhane Military...

Mustafa Hatipoglu, Sevket Balta, Mustafa Cakar, Sait Demirkol, Omer Kurt, Mustafa Dinc I Gulhane Military Medicine Academy Haydarpasa Training Hospital, Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology, Üsküdar/İstanbul, Turkey. II Gulhane Medical Academy, Cardiology, Ankara, Turkey. III Gulhane Medical Academy, Internal Medicine, Ankara, Turkey. IV Beytepe Military Hospital, Internal Medicine, An...

Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Defense Military Medical Academy, Belgrade, Serbia General Hospital Medigroup, Belgrade, Serbia Department of Pharmacokinetics and Clinical Pharmacy, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia ENT Hospital, Dr. Zutic, Belgrade, Serbia Institute for Pharmacy, Faculty of Medicine, University of Defense Milita...

The comprehensive retrospective and prospective data on nosocomial infection at the Al-Hada, Rehab and Prince Sultan Military Hospitals pointed to approximately one-third nosocomial episodes belonging to the urinary tract.1 That indeed is in accordance with the reported 40% contribution by urinary infections towards the nosocomial infections.2 Urinary tract infections have been responsible for ...

The results of a quinquennial audit of trauma care in the Cambridge Military Hospital using the TRISS method is presented. 113 cases were analysed. The mean age was 32 years and the mean Injury Severity Score 16. Twenty-five deaths occurred of which 12 were potentially preventable. Means of reducing the number of preventable deaths are discussed.

objective: this study was conducted to identify the characteristics of patients with psychosis who had escaped from hospital or were discharged prematurely and against medical advice. method: we carried out this retrospective study on 72 patients with psychosis who were discharged prematurely over a 38-month period and compared them to 76 patients with psychosis who were discharged according to...

Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) is a simple, relatively safe and cost effective means of establishing enteral access for patients requiring long term nutritional support. PEG has several advantages over surgical gastrostomy and should be considered the procedure of choice for long term enteral therapy in appropriate patients. At the Queen Elizabeth Military Hospital (QEMH) between Jun...

Wenjuan Xing,* Youyou Li,* Haifeng Zhang,* Chunjuan Mi, Zuoxu Hou, Michael J. Quon, and Feng Gao Department of Physiology, The Fourth Military Medical University, Xi’an, China; Experiment Teaching Center, The Fourth Military Medical University, Xi’an, China; Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Nutrition, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland; and Department of Card...

Ninety three cardiac catheterisations were carried out at St Thomas' Hospital on behalf of the Queen Elizabeth Military Hospital in 1991. Fifty-nine (63.4%) of procedures resulted in the patient's being recommended for further intervention. Sixteen (20%) of the 79 patients, thought to have ischaemic heart disease, had normal coronary arteries, but on further analysis of this group none could re...

Yi Wen1,2, Sijun Hu3, Junjie Wu1,2* 1State Key Laboratory of Military Stomatology, Xi'an, Shaanxi Province, People's Republic of China 2Department of Orthodontics, Fourth Military Medical University, School of Stomatology, Xi'an, Shaanxi Province, People's Republic of China 3State Key Laboratory of Cancer Biology and Xijing Hospital of Digestive Diseases, The Fourth Military Medical University,...