In spite of the growing awareness of emerging drug-resistant M. tuberculosis, the extent of inappropriate tuberculosis (TB) case-management may be underestimated, even in Europe.We evaluated TB case-management in the EU/EEA countries, with special focus on multi- and extensively drug-resistant (MDR/XDR) TB, using a purposely developed, standardised survey tool.National reference centres ...

To establish a management pathway for blast ear injuries in mass casualty environments and to review the management of ear injuries caused by blast. Relevant literature search on blast injury was performed through MEDLINE. Comprehensive review of management of blast injuries of the ear was undertaken. There was an overview ...

The old saying, 'a stitch in time saves nine' is particularly true in the management of eczema. Early diagnosis and the recognition of an underlying cause can mean that more simple measures, such as moisturizers, may be sufficient to keep eczema under control, while the identification of an allergic stimulus ...

Solicitor, Mark Solon, gives practical advice on appearing at a Fitness to Practise hearing. Giving evidence can be a daunting prospect for midwives whose professional future can be at stake. They need to have good written evidence to rely on as well as understanding the process.

BACKGROUND:: Middle manager resistance is often described as a major challenge for upper-level administrators seeking to implement complex innovations such as evidence-based protocols or new skills training. However, factors influencing middle manager support for innovation implementation are currently understudied in the U.S. health care literature. PURPOSE:: This article examined the ...

This paper explores the historical context of the dramatic rise in surgery for glue ear in the mid-20th century, and questions the published assertion that this represented a manufactured 'epidemic'. In examining historical sources, the reader's theoretical viewpoint greatly influences their conclusions: the sustained rise in treatment for glue ear ...

Combining intervention diffusion with change in clinical practice and public policy is an ambitious agenda. The impressive effort in Hawaii can be instructive, highlighting questions for a science of treatment dissemination. Among these questions, some of the most important are the following: (a) Who should be targeted for change? (e.g., ...

Music and Medicine are united by Mythology. Apollo links them with his lyre and the snake that accompanies him. He has two sons, one called Asclepius, the Physician, and the other called Orpheus, the Musician. Elsewhere, poor taste in music, the occasional benefits of deafness, the charisma of music, the ...

This paper examines the professionalising of geriatric medicine in the UK roughly between the 1940s and the 1970s and locates it in terms of the broader context of the relationship between the professions and the state. It looks at how this relationship shaped geriatric medicine's professional jurisdiction, including the discourses ...

On October 22-23, 2008, an ACSM Roundtable was convened at the Uniformed Services University (Bethesda, MD) to discuss return-to-play or return-to-duty for people who have experienced exertional heat illness (EHI) and to develop consensus-based recommendations. The conference assembled experts from the civilian sports medicine community and the Department of Defense ...

The 32nd National Medicinal Chemistry Symposium, held in Minneapolis, MN, USA, included topics covering new developments in the field of medicinal chemistry. This conference report highlights selected presentations on NR2B subtype-selective NMDA receptor antagonists from Merck; selective neuronal nitric oxide synthase inhibitors from Northwestern University; novel GPR119 agonists, suchas GSK-1292263A ...

Postural management is used to help address the musculoskeletal and participation issues associated with cerebral palsy (CP). This study aimed to identify the factors influencing postural management in special schools. A purpose-designed, cross-sectional, descriptive survey was sent to teachers, physiotherapists, occupational therapists and speech pathologists working with children with moderate-to-severe ...

Abstract Scientific session presentations ( http://apiii.upmc.edu/abstracts/2009_sci.cfm ) and electronic poster presentations ( http://apiii.upmc.edu/abstracts/2009_ep.cfm ) were conducted at the 14th annual international conference on Advancing Practice, Instruction, and Innovation Through Informatics (APIII 2009) on September 20-23, 2009, at the Marriott City Center Hotel, located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The course director was ...

Considered an institution mainly devoted to astrology and medicine by Simon de Phares and by some historians who believe that he was reliable, the college founded in 1371 by Charles V's first physician, Gervais Chrétien, was in fact primarily dedicated to theological students. It was not before 1377 that there ...

In Lacey J. Benson, Robert Cohn and David C. Kaelber's article 'The association of continuity of care on the diagnosis of hypertension in children and adoles- cents', 13(4): 361-369, 2009, DOI: 10.1177/1367493509344680, the following errors have been identified: Dr. Robert Cohn's affiliations should have read: Case Western Reserve University School ...

In Lacey J. Benson, Robert Cohn and David C. Kaelber's article 'The association of continuity of care on the diagnosis of hypertension in children and adolescents', 13(4): 361-369, 2009, DOI: 1 0.1177/1367493509344680, the following errors have been identified: Dr. Robert Cohn's affiliations should have read: Case Western Reserve University School ...

This article investigates geriatric psittacine medicine; it identifies how to recognize and treat pain, and describes disease conditions by system, administration of medicine, and examination techniques.

Klaus Hierholzer (1929-2007) dissected various functions influenced by steroids in the distal tubule and showed that aldosterone in low doses reversed the sodium and potassium transport defect in adrenalectomized rats, through a rapid activation of Na+,K+-ATPase. Subsequent studies addressed the role of 11-beta-hydroxysteroid oxidoreductase (11-HSD) and showed that the undisturbed ...

The name of Vasanthi Thevanesam should have been included in the author list for the article Severe Dengue Epidemics in Sri Lanka, 2003-2006 (N. Kanakaratne et al.). Prof Thevanesam is affiliated with the University of Peradeniya Faculty of Medicine, Peradeniya, Sri Lanka. The article has been corrected online (www.cdc.gov/eid/content/15/2/192.htm).

Francisco Ort-Llorca (1905-1993) was one of the most outstanding Spanish embryologists of the XX century. He was disciple of Henri Rouvire in Paris (France), Alfred Fischel in Vienna (Austria), Walther Vogt in Munich (Germany) and Pedro Ara in Madrid (Spain). From 1935, he was professor of Human Anatomy at the ...

The jubilee Symposium on the 80th Anniversary of the University Department of Dermatology and Venereology, Zagreb University Hospital Center and School of Medicine was held on December 9, 2008, honored by the presence of invited persons, representatives of the Ministry of Health and Social Welfare of the Republic of Croatia, ...

The University of Pennsylvania's School of Veterinary Medicine (Penn Vet), in partnership with other veterinary schools and health professions, is positioned well to advance an international 'One Medicine - One Health' initiative. Founded in 1884 by the University's Medical Faculty, the School has been a leader in moulding the education ...

Approximately 19% to 20% of all family medicine office visits involve care to patients older than age 65, yet limited research addresses family medicine geriatric education in the outpatient setting. This study explored how geriatric content is incorporated into resident/attending precepting encounters, using direct observation. An observer recorded the content ...

This supplement contains the consensus statement from the UK Consensus Conference on Acute Medicine held by theRoyal College of Physicians of Edinburgh on 13 and 14 November 2008. It also contains the background papers, abstracts from the speakers and the posters which were presented at the conference. This supplement is ...

Dr. Alan Trounson received a B.Sc in 1968 and an M.Sc. in 1971 from the School of Wool and Pastoral Sciences, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia. He earned his Ph.D. in 1974 from the Faculty of Agriculture, Sydney University, for the thesis "Studies on the development of fertilized ...

Some reminiscences of events since the 1930s are presented chronologically. These include sketches of informal introduction to Medicine at the General Hospital (SGH), the amazing spirit of medical professionals during the "Syonan" years at Tan Tock Seng Hospital (TTSH) and of professors of Medicine and training in Hong Kong, Singapore ...

INTRODUCTION: Training of future physicians in the care of elderly patients will need to evolve in accordance with the exponential increase of elderly patients, but some may have preconceived attitudes affecting their management. This study determined medical students' attitudes towards older people and their willingness to consider a career in ...

OBJECTIVE: The objective of this study was to compare the seasonal concussion incidence for school, university, club and provincial level Rugby Union players in South Africa. DESIGN: The study presents a retrospective statistical analysis of the number of reported concussions documented annually for groups of Rugby Union players as a ...

During a meeting of the American Society of Hypertension in New Orleans, LA, in May 2008, an expert panel was convened to discuss nonpharmacologic therapy in hypertension. This is an update of a panel discussion that was held in March 2007. The panel was co-moderated by Marvin Moser, MD, Clinical ...

William Gregory was descended from a long line of academics. Although he graduated in medicine, he had earlier determined on a career in Chemistry but more particularly to succeed Professor Thomas Charles Hope in the Edinburgh Chair in that discipline. At various times during the 1830s and 1840s he studied ...

In April 2008, a panel was convened to discuss the effects of angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors and angiotensin II receptor blockers in the treatment of hypertension and the possible added benefit of using these agents together. The panel was moderated by Marvin Moser, MD, Clinical Professor of Medicine at Yale University ...

The development of neurosurgery at Emory University has paralleled the evolution of the science and practice of neurosurgery during the 20th century. This article features those individuals who have influenced and nurtured neurosurgery at Emory. It discusses the contributions of Crawford W. Long and further traces the development of the ...

A panel was convened to discuss current combination therapy for hypertension. Alan H. Gradman, MD, of the Western Pennsylvania Hospital, Temple University School of Medicine (Clinical Campus), Pittsburgh, PA, moderated the discussion. Participants included Matthew R. Weir, MD, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, and George L. Bakris, ...

Advised by Dr. Joseph Wedekind, Ph.D., Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry.

The conference series European Conference on Scientific Publishing in Biomedicine and Medicine (ECSP) was originated at the Faculty of Medicine, Lund University, Sweden and was for the first time launched in Lund in 2006. The mission to be highly relevant for researchers was retained at the second meeting, hosted by ...

We wish to commemorate Paul Ehrlich on the centennial of his being awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1908. His studies are now considered as milestones in immunology: the morphology of leukocytes; his side-chain theory where he defined the cellular receptor for first time; and his clarification ...

In this essay Dr Valter Rukavina (Rijeka 1896-1972), excellent specialist in infectious diseases and professor of the Rijeka University School of Medicine, is presented as successful amateur painter. He had been refining his talent through relentless practice since the school days, complementing it with skills and advice from established painters ...

A panel was convened on January 10, 2007, to discuss the challenges to the diagnosis, evaluation, treatment, and management of clustered cardiometabolic risk factors. George Bakris, MD, Professor of Medicine, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, moderated the panel. Vivian Fonseca, MD, Tulane University Health Science Center, New Orleans, LA, and ...

Many foreign students (mainly from Scandinavian countries) come to study medicine to Jessenius Faculty of Medicine, Comenius University, in Martin. From the first weeks after their arrival, they have to learn besides specialized subjects also Slovak. Slovak seems to be a very difficult language to them. In this article we ...

The University Institute of Legal Medicine of the University Hospital Charité in Berlin is the oldest faculty in Germany. On February 11, 1833 it was founded as a "Praktische Unterrichtsanstalt für Staatsarzneikunde (Practice-oriented School of Public Health and Medicine)" at the Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität (founded in 1810) and in 1886 it received ...

This article on the occasion of the 111th birthday of professor Valter Rukavina (Rijeka, 1896-1972) recalls this extraordinary personality who is remembered by local and national history as an excellent physician, infectionist, university professor, equally successful scientist and practitioner, scholar and a polyglot, art lover, and last but not least, ...

Following a hypertension symposium in San Francisco in September 2007, an expert panel was convened to discuss the treatment of hypertension in the elderly. Based on recent data, new recommendations may be indicated. The session was moderated by Marvin Moser, MD, Clinical Professor of Medicine at Yale University, New Haven, ...

A panel was convened on February 18, 2008, to discuss the challenges to the diagnosis, evaluation, treatment, and management of clustered cardiometabolic risk factors. Peter W.F. Wilson, MD of Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, moderated the panel. Henry R. Black, MD, New York University School of Medicine, New ...

Professor Eugen Cerkovnikov, PhD (Kamenska, Russia, 1904- Rijeka, Croatia 1985) graduated in chemical technology from the Faculty of Engineering in Zagreb in 1929. His first job was at the School of Medicine in Paris in 1930, and then he moved to Zagreb to the Department of Organic Chemistry of the ...

A panel was convened to discuss the question, "Is blood pressure lowering the sole determinant of outcome, or do specific drugs make a difference?" The panel was moderated by Marvin Moser, MD, Clinical Professor of Medicine at the Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT. Panelists included Norman Kaplan, ...

The Catholic Church has established a large number of universities worldwide. A dozen have schools of medicine and the impact of church doctrine on reproductive medicine appears widely disparate between some medical schools at Catholic universities in Europe and the rest of the world. The pressure of the Vatican on ...

No Abstract. <i> The Journal of Medicine in the Tropics </i> Vol. 8 (2) 2006: pp. 1-8

To examine the experiences and concerns of young people and their parents regarding the management of medication for asthma or diabetes whilst at school. Face-to-face semi-structured interviews were conducted with 69 young people aged 8-15 years (43 with asthma and 26 with diabetes) and their parents (138 interviews in total) ...

Thesis (M.Sc.)--Chulalongkorn University, 2004

Biologic therapies play a greater role in the treatment of human autoimmune diseases than they did in the past. Arthur Kavanaugh, MD, Professor of Clinical Medicine, University of California, San Diego, School of Medicine, talked with Managed Care Interface about the use of these agents, ongoing research in this area, ...