OBJECTIVES The aim of the study was to retrospectively evaluate the effectiveness of a fertility awareness-based method supported by a mobile-based application to prevent unwanted pregnancies as a method of natural birth control. METHODS In a retrospective analysis, the application's efficiency as a contraceptive method was examined on data from 4054 women who used the application as contrace...

BACKGROUND Many institutions have guidelines for initiation and monitoring, but not timing, of vancomycin. OBJECTIVE Our objective was to evaluate vancomycin trough collection appropriateness before and after an initiative to change the dosing and trough collection times in ward patients. METHODS A retrospective cohort study of ward patients from May 2014-16 who received scheduled intraveno...

OBJECTIVE To determine the postoperative instruction compliance rate in men undergoing bilateral vasectomy. DESIGN Retrospective chart review. SETTING Private practice urological office. PATIENT(S) The records of all patients undergoing vasectomy were reviewed to determine the rate of compliance with postvasectomy follow-up instructions. It is our policy to have the patient continue to us...

PURPOSE Medication-related adverse events (MRAEs) are an important priority for patient safety. Results from Dutch AE studies showed that-despite various improvement initiatives-the incidence of preventable MRAEs did not decline. The aim of this study is to describe the characteristics of MRAEs during hospitalizations using national patient data from records of patients admitted to Dutch hospit...

OBJECTIVE The objective of this study was to determine whether professional maintenance appointments were related to a decrease on dental implant loss. METHODS We performed a retrospective review (1995-2012) of 1020 patient dental charts to collect data including a cadre of different variables such as age, gender, race, diabetes, osteoporosis, jaw location, implant dimensions and professional...

This paper presents a retrospective study on the detection of the treatment of leprosy reactions in a field situation, and the effect of prednisone on the various affected nerves. Two patient cohorts were analysed. The leprosy control programme in the testing area is not backed up by a specialized referral leprosy hospital, but patients are treated on an ambulatory basis at peripheral health ce...

BACKGROUND Although plastic surgeons daily encounter various facial tumors in the field, reports limited on face are scarce. In our study, we want to provide basic epidemiologic data to help clinicians to decide the proper management for their patients. METHODS We retrospectively reviewed the medical records of patients including age and gender, location and size of the tumor, histopathologic...

AIM To explore the association between Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) infection and obesity/weight gain in a Chinese population. METHODS Our primary outcome was the change in body mass index (BMI). The generalized linear models were used to explore the association between H. pylori infection and the change of BMI, and the logistic regression models were used to explore the association betwee...

OBJECTIVES The purpose of this study was to describe the rate of medication short-term supply dispensings (tider), patient and medication characteristics associated with a tider, and costs for tider dispensings in an integrated healthcare delivery system in Colorado, United States. METHODS This was a retrospective study conducted in an integrated healthcare delivery system's outpatient clinic...