The 1993-94 Bangladesh Demographic and Health Survey (DHS) reported substantial declines in vital rates, especially the fertility rate, which needed confirmation. The demographic database of the International Center for Diarrheal Disease Research, Bangladesh (ICDDR,B) contains the birth and death records for 200,000 people whose households have been visited every 2 weeks since 1966. In additi...

BACKGROUND Polymethylmethacrylate (PMMA) cement-augmented dynamic hip screws (DHS) have been used as a solution in unstable intertrochanteric fractures (ITF). Our aim was to investigate the complications in PMMA cement-augmented DHS. METHODS All patients who had received DHS plate osteosynthesis with or without PMMA cement augmentation from August 2005 to July 2009 in one medical center were ...

T. Schäfer3, B. Sorg, C. Karalaib, E. Hecker* Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum, Division Mechanisms of Tumorigenesis, Research Program 3, Risk Factors of Cancer and Cancer Prevention, Im Neuenheimer Feld 280, D-69009 Heidelberg, Germany Z. Naturforsch. 49b, 128-134 (1994); received September 6,1993 Daphnane Derivatives, Diterpene Esters, Simplexin, Skin Irritant Activity, Skin Tumor Promoting A...

BACKGROUND Tuberculosis remains a major public health problem in sub-Saharan Africa. District hospitals (DHs) play a central role in district-based health systems, and their relation with vertical programmes is very important. Studies on the impact of vertical programmes on DHs are rare. This study aims to fill this gap. Its purpose is to analyse the interaction between the National Tuberculosi...

Abstract Dropped head syndrome (DHS) exhibits cervical deformity due to weakness of the extensor group, and sarcopenia is characterized by progressive systemic reduction in skeletal muscle mass. These clinical finding are associated with reduced activity daily living, quality life, increased risk mortality. We collected reviewed prospective registry data for 16 patients idiopathic DHS continuou...

BACKGROUND Conversion to total hip arthroplasty (CTHA) is a relatively common procedure after a failed dynamic hip screw (DHS) or proximal femoral nail anti-rotation (PFNA) fixation of intertrochanteric fractures, but there have been far fewer reports specifically describing the long-term results of CTHA after failed treatments of stable intertrochanteric fractures with DHS or PFNA. The aim of ...

The drug hypersensitivity syndrome (DHS) is a severe, idiosyncratic multi-system reaction caused by drugs. It is defined by the clinical triad of fever, rash and internal organ involvement 1) . Vancomycin has rarely been reported as a cause of the DHS 2) . There are only a few cases of suspected DHS due to vancomycin previously reported in the medical literature 3-5) . In 1990, Hannah et al. 3)...

This study explores the potential contribution of DHS data in improving knowledge of trends in neonatal mortality in developing countries. It outlines the causes and possible consequences of sampling and non-sampling error in survey data of this nature, before using DHS and World Fertility Survey estimates to describe apparent trends in neonatal mortality over the last few decades. It also exam...