BACKGROUND Early detection of smear positive TB cases by smear microscopy requires high level of suspicion of TB among primary care physicians. The objective of this study is to measure TB suspicion and knowledge among private and public sector general practitioners using clinical vignette-based survey and structured questionnaire. METHODS Two questionnaires were distributed to both private a...

BACKGROUND In Sweden, chiropractic is not included in mainstream health care. In Norway chiropractic is a recognized health care profession. The aim of this study was to explore the perceptions of chiropractic among Swedish and Norwegian General Practitioners (GPs). METHODS Eight hundred surveys in each country were distributed randomly by post to Swedish and Norwegian GPs offices. The survey...

PURPOSE This study was conducted to evaluate the systemic inflammatory response in colorectal cancer patients, and to estimate the usefulness of the Glasgow prognostic score (GPS) as a prognostic factor. METHODS Patients with biopsy-proven colorectal adenocarcinoma who were operated between April 2005 and December 2008 were enrolled in this study. The GPS was estimated based on the measuremen...

Acquisition is the first step in the signal processing section of a Global Positioning System (GPS) receiver. It detects the presence of a GPS signal in the signals received by the antenna and provides estimates of code phase and Doppler to the tracking loops. The acquisition process depends upon the precorrelation bandwidth, analog-to-digital conversion (ADC), sampling frequency and predetecti...

Global positioning system (GPS) technology was made possible after the invention of the atomic clock. The first suggestion that GPS could be used to assess the physical activity of humans followed some 40 y later. There was a rapid uptake of GPS technology, with the literature concentrating on validation studies and the measurement of steady-state movement. The first attempts were made to valid...

BACKGROUND Current health policies assume that prescribing is more efficient and rational when general practitioners (GPs) work with a formulary or restricted drugs lists and thus with a limited range of drugs. Therefore we studied determinants of the range of drugs prescribed by general practitioners, distinguishing general GP-characteristics, characteristics of the practice setting, character...

BACKGROUND GPs apply several treatments for patients with cutaneous warts. Available evidence recommends salicylic acid application. OBJECTIVE We investigated whether current choices of GPs in the treatment of warts are in agreement with available evidence. METHODS A nationwide random sample of 700 Dutch GPs received a postal questionnaire on their choices in the treatment of warts. In addi...

background & purpose: the purpose of this research was to evaluate the quantity and quality of continuing medical education programs from the viewpoint of general medical practitioners in ilam province. methods: the research method was descriptive survey and the statistic sample was a group of 61 general medical practitioners who have been working in ilam during 2010-2011 and were chosen by sim...

BACKGROUND Chinese medicine practitioners (CMPs) play an important part in rural and regional Australian healthcare. A survey was conducted to investigate referral practices between Chinese medicine (CM) and conventional primary health care practitioners in this region. METHODS A 27-item questionnaire was sent to all 1486 general practitioners (GPs) currently practising in rural and regional ...