the aim of current study was to determine women´s maternal asthma in pregnancy, delivery and birthl outcomes. using a retrospective cohort design, data of 580 pregnant women were gathered form a large teaching hospital in tehran, iran. the medical records of pregnant women who had attended this hospital between 2009 and 2011 were assessed. data of delivery and birth outcomes were gathered by ob...

BACKGROUND Applying the chronic care model (CCM) for diabetes management helps improve health outcomes and patient care. The CCM was implemented at U.S. Air Force Wilford Hall Medical Center through the Diabetes Outreach Clinic (DOC) in 2006, but its cost-effectiveness in this setting is unknown. METHODS We constructed a Markov decision model to estimate DOC cost-effectiveness compared with u...

OBJECTIVES To determine what effect driving cessation may have on subsequent health and well-being in older adults. DESIGN Systematic review of the evidence in the research literature on the consequences of driving cessation in older adults. SETTING Community. PARTICIPANTS Drivers aged 55 and older. MEASUREMENTS Studies pertinent to the health consequences of driving cessation were iden...

BACKGROUND This study assessed the validity of the Resident Assessment Instrument Minimum Data Set (RAI-MDS) Version 2.0 for diagnoses of diabetes and comorbid conditions in residents of long-term care facilities (LTCFs). METHODS Hospital inpatient, outpatient physician billing, RAI-MDS, and population registry data for 1997 to 2011 from Saskatchewan, Canada were used to ascertain cases of di...

OBJECTIVE To assess the short-term and long-term outcomes of pediatric polytrauma patients and to analyze the extent to which short-term outcomes can predict long-term outcomes. MATERIALS AND METHODS All pediatric polytrauma patients (Injury Severity Score of > or = 16, < or = 15 years of age) who were treated at a Level I trauma center between 1985 and 1989 and who were 18 years or older at ...