Health professionals, researchers, and policy makers often consider the two terms aphasia and dysphasia to be synonymous. The aim of this article is to argue the merits of the exclusive use of the term aphasia and present a strategy for creating change through institutions such as the WHO-ICD. Our contention is that one term avoids confusion, speech-language pathologists prefer aphasia, scholar...

This review reports on the progress in the use of the WHO 2009 dengue case classification--dengue and severe dengue--following up on a previous review (Horstick et al, 2012). The previous review detailed Steps 1 - 5 in developing the 2009 WHO case classification. As a further step, a systematic review of published studies comparing the two classifications has been published with 12 studies and ...

Population-based data on myocardial infarction rates in the Islamic Republic of Iran have not been reported on a national or provincial scale. In a cross-sectional study, data were collected on 20 750 new cases of myocardial infarction (ICD10 codes I21-22) admitted to hospitals and registered by the Iranian Myocardial Infarction Registry in 2012. The crude and age-adjusted incidence for the 31 ...

Neurodevelopmental disorders include a wide range of difficulties and impairments in the development cognitive and/or motor functions. The eleventh revision International Classification Diseases (ICD-11), which came out 2018 whose application should start 2022, has introduced for first time diagnostic group named neurodevelopmental disorders, consists intellectual development, developmental spe...

Abstract Background and Aims Double positivity of anti-GBM ANCA serology is uncommon but may represent a distinct disease entity small vessel vasculitis. Previous research has been challenged by low incidence, conflicting results pertaining to risk death ESRD. Accordingly, we examined incidence outcomes based on data from multiple Danish nationwide healthcare registries. Method All patients wit...

Methods Mortality (deaths) were identified in data available online through the NC State Center for Health Statistics (SCHS) and the NC Violent Death Reporting System. Hospital Discharges were identified through the NC SCHS hospital discharge data file and accessed by staff in the Injury and Violence Prevention Branch at NC Division of Public Health (NC DPH). Emergency Department Visits were id...

This paper describes the process of building terminology service and using domain ontology as its conceptual backbone for a European Union agency. ECDC, established in 2005, aims at strengthening Europe's defences against infectious diseases, operates a range of information services at the crossroads of different professional domains as e.g. infectious diseases, EU regulation in public health, ...

The International Classification of Primary Care (ICPC) has, since its introduction in 1987, been quite successful. Now in its second revised version, it has been translated in 22 languages, accepted by the World Health Organization (WHO) as a member of the Family of International Classifications, and is being widely used both in routine daily practice and in research. In this contribution, it ...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE Common mental disorders (CMD) are a leading global burden of disease. Up to 30% of primary care attenders suffer from these disorders but most do not receive evidence-based drug or psychological treatments. There are no trials of interventions which attempt to integrate these treatments into routine primary care in developing countries. The aims of this trial (the MANAS...

BACKGROUND Rotavirus is a leading worldwide cause of acute gastroenteritis in young children. This retrospective hospital-based study assessed the burden of rotavirus gastroenteritis in children younger than 6 years in Japan. METHODS Children admitted to eight hospitals for acute gastroenteritis between 2008 and 2009 were identified from hospital admission databases. Diagnosis of acute gastro...