background: diabetes is a leading cause of cardiovascular disease (cvd). moreover, cvd accounts for primary cause of death among diabetic patients. physicians, especially in the primary care setting, have effective role in the management of cardiovascular risk factors. therefore, we aimed to compare the prevalence of modifiable cardiovascular risk factors in type 2 diabetic patients attending t...

background in this article, we analyze one case instance of how proposals for change to the priority setting and resource allocation (psra) processes at a canadian healthcare institution reached the decision agenda of the organization’s senior leadership. we adopt key concepts from an established policy studies framework – kingdon’s multiple streams theory – to inform our analysis.   methods tw...

objective: the scale of the problem of poisoning is enormous hence clinico epidemiological spectrum of all poisoning cases need to explore to generate the management tool. methods: this prospective study was done at two medicine units (unit 5 and 10) of dhaka medical college hospital from july to december 2010 where all poisoning cases were seen. a total of 2890 patients were admitted out of wh...

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...

background and objectives: the expanding field of psychopharmacology is constantly seeking new and improved drugs to treat psychiatric disorders. although psychotropic drugs have had a remarkable impact in psychiatry, their utilization, effectiveness, and side effects in the in clinical practice need continuous study. the present study was thus designed to analyze the pattern of psychotropic dr...

nurses play a functional role in preventing drug related problems. they need to be aware of the dangers of polypharmacy while reviewing patient medications. we studied the nurses' opinion on the diverse effects of polypharmacy in the hospital setting. nurses working in a tertiary care teaching hospital participated in this cross-sectional study, conducted over 3 months, by responding to a self-...

Introduction: Stenotrophomonas maltophilia is intrinsically resistant to many antimicrobials. Like Pseudomonas spp., this bacterium has a remarkable ability to cause infections, particularly in the respiratory and urinary tracts. This study aims to determine the antimicrobial resistance pattern of S. maltophilia isolates collected from a tertiary care setting and frequency of multi, extensively...