Purpose: Perform an initial formal assessment of the costs and benefits of bundled cardiovascular screening. Primarily, determine the relative importance of data uncertainties to the integrity of modeled outcomes associated with bundled screening for carotid artery stenosis (CaS), peripheral artery disease (PaD), and abdominal aortic aneurysm (aaa); secondarily, establish parameters around pote...

sepsis is the most common cause of neonatal mortality. as per national neonatal-perinatal database (nnpd), 2002-2003, the incidence of neonatal sepsis in india was 30 per 1000 live births. signs and symptoms of sepsis are nonspecific; therefore empirical antimicrobial therapy is promptly initiated after obtaining appropriate cultures. the early manifestations of neonatal sepsis are vague and il...

background: neonatal infections are one of the major causes of death in iran. since identifying the risk factors, types, site, bacterial causes, and case fatality rate of an infection can be effective in selecting preventive and therapeutic methods, and appropriate supportive measures, this study aimed to investigate the aforementioned factors in the neonatal intensive care unit (nicu) of ghaem...

BACKGROUND We examined the effect of adult weight change on risk for total hip replacement resulting from primary osteoarthritis, using a prospective study design. METHODS We linked data on body mass index and body weight from 3 screening surveys in 3 Norwegian counties (mean ages at screenings 34, 43, and 47 y; n = 38,868) with follow-up data on total hip replacement (n = 572). Mean age at t...

Significant prevalence rates of adolescent scoliosis in China were suggested in previous studies. However, school screenings for adolescent scoliosis have been suspended due to low rates of positive detection under the past screening system in China. The present study was undertaken to screen for adolescent scoliosis in middle school students under a modern assessment system in a district of Sh...

Hearing and balance problems are prevalent among the elderly. Primary care physicians (PCPs) are important pivotal points of entry for ensuring that patients receive needed audiology services. New Medicare beneficiaries are entitled to one-time preventative examinations including hearing/balance screenings. A 35-item questionnaire was developed to assess physicians' participation in, knowledge ...

OBJECTIVE To determine the time to benefit of using flexible sigmoidoscopy for colorectal cancer screening. DESIGN Survival meta-analysis. DATA SOURCES A Cochrane Collaboration systematic review published in 2013, Medline, and Cochrane Library databases. ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA Randomized controlled trials comparing screening flexible sigmoidoscopy with no screening. Trials with fewer than 1...

Within the framework of the health-belief model, some studies exist investigating the association between illness-specific psychosocial factors and the use of cancer screenings. However, studies investigating the association between general psychosocial factors and the use of cancer screenings are missing. Thus, this study aimed at examining the association between well-established general psyc...

Nucleic acid amplification test (NAT), which was introduced by the Japanese Red Cross Society in October 1999, began to be performed for screening of blood transfusion formulations in Japan in August 2014. In this study, the precision of immunological screenings of hepatitis B (HBsAg, HBcAb, and HBsAb), hepatitis C (HCVAb), and human immunodeficiency (HIVAb) virus antigens in donated blood were...