background: periodic epidemiological studies are necessary to understand the pattern of poisoning in each region. this study was designed to evaluate the pattern of acute poisoning cases treated in a tertiary care hospital in navi mumbai, india. methods: this cross sectional study was conducted at dr. d. y. patil medical college, hospital and research centre during july 2012 to july 2013. all c...

introduction: the study was conducted to assess the school activity of thalassemic children and to reveal the relationship between school activity with the socio-demographic factors as well as clinico-therapeutic profile. methods: a total of 365 admitted thalassemic patients of burdwan medical college (ages 5 to 12 years) were participated in this cross sectional descriptive study conducted on ...

ing in Nebraska. Cornhusker Family Physician 2007; 53:54–5. 10. Miller LG, Diep BA. Clinical practice: colonization, fomites, and virulence: rethinking the pathogenesis of community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infection. Clin Infect Dis 2008; 46:752–60. 11. Padoveze MC, de Jesus Pedro R, Blum-Menezes D, Bratfich OJ, Moretti ML. Staphylococcus aureus nasal colonization...

The Douglas Inquiry has clearly illustrated systematic deficiencies in the delivery and regulation of Obstetric and Gynaecological services. Such problems are not unique to the KEMH. Irrespective of the specialty, seven million dollars of careful analysis at any Australian tertiary hospital would have yielded the same conclusions. What lies at the core of the problem are grossly deficient indus...

AIM The role of the child protection paediatrician is varied. This study examines perceptions of how tertiary child protection (tCP) paediatricians view their multifaceted roles, perceived adequacy of length of pre-FRACP training and how this relates to confidence and satisfaction in their roles. METHODS An anonymous self-report survey was distributed to child protection paediatricians workin...

BACKGROUND Presenteeism affects the performance of healthcare workers. This study examined associations between job stress, affective commitment, and presenteeism among healthcare workers. METHODS To investigate the relationship between job stress, affective commitment, and presenteeism, structural equation modeling was used to analyze a sample of 1392 healthcare workers from 11 Class A terti...

The objective of present study was to determine the profile and antimicrobial sensitivity pattern of bacteria isolated from various cultures in a tertiary hospital in Delhi. Culture and sensitivity of all blood, urine, pus, and throat sample reports obtained from May 2006 to April 2007 were analyzed from the central microbiology laboratory register. Among 6918 sample reports analyzed, about hal...

BACKGROUND Little is known about the influence of the site of research or publication on the impact of the research findings on clinical practice, particularly in developing countries. The International Clinical Epidemiology Network (INCLEN) is dedicated to improving the quality of health research in the Developing World through institutional capacity building for evidence based medicine, and p...