Medical screening

2021 ◽  
pp. 139-152
Author(s):  
Nicholas T. Longford
Keyword(s):  
Medical Screening

Seven-Year Follow-Up of Screening for Hypertension and Diabetes at a Dental Clinic

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Göran Friman
Keyword(s):  
Antihypertensive Drugs ◽  
Study Data ◽  
Initial Screening ◽  
Pharmacological Treatments ◽  
Medical Screening ◽  
Follow Up Study ◽  
Undiagnosed Hypertension ◽  
Dental Setting ◽  
Study Participants

Objective: To describe the distribution of risk, diagnosis and pharmacological treatments for diabetes and hypertension after seven years among patients provided with opportunistic medical screening in a dental setting. Material and Methods: The initial screening’s 170 participants were asked to take part in a seven-year follow-up study. Data were collected through self-reported information in a written health declaration. Outcome measures: • Number of study participants who had passed away • Prescription of antidiabetics or antihypertensives • Changes in weight and height to calculate body mass index (BMI) Results: The follow-up study consisted of 151 participants. Twenty had passed away. The risk needs for medicating with antihypertensive drugs after seven years for those not receiving pharmacological treatment at the initial screening was 3.7 times greater (p=0.025 CI 1.2-11.3) for participants with a diastolic blood pressure (BP) ≥ 90 mm Hg (85 for diabetics) than for the others. The risk was 3.9 times greater (p=0.020 CI 1.2-12.6) for those with a systolic BP of 140-159 mm Hg and 54.2 times greater (p<0.0001 CI 9.8-300.3) for those with a systolic BP ≥ 160 mm Hg than for those with a systolic BP 140 mm Hg. There were no changes in BMI. Conclusion: At least one in ten cases of incorrect medication or undiagnosed hypertension may be identifiable through opportunistic medical screening

Medical Screening and the Employee Health Cost Crisis

JAMA ◽  
1990 ◽  
Vol 264 (9) ◽  
pp. 1177
Author(s):  
Arthur L. Frank
Keyword(s):  
Employee Health ◽  
Medical Screening ◽  
Health Cost

Medical Screening of the Athlete: How Does Asthma Fit In?

2005 ◽  
Vol 29 (2) ◽  
pp. 097-112 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gene Hong ◽  
Nirandra Mahamitra
Keyword(s):  
Medical Screening

“On the Dump Heap”: Employee Medical Screening in the Tri-State Zinc-Lead Industry, 1924–1932

1988 ◽  
Vol 62 (4) ◽  
pp. 656-677 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alan Derickson
Keyword(s):  
Respiratory Disease ◽  
Medical Screening ◽  
Mining Community ◽  
Mine Workers

In the following article, Professor Derickson examines the motivation for and the results of employee medical screening of workers in a midwestern mining community. He argues that, contrary to the goals of the associative state as envisioned by Herbert Hoover and others, government and mine operator efforts to determine the extent of respiratory disease among mine workers in the Tri-State were neither impelled by a concern for workers' welfare nor conducive to the amelioration of their problems.

Presumptive Treatment and Medical Screening for Parasites in Refugees Resettling to the United States

2013 ◽  
Vol 15 (3) ◽  
pp. 222-231 ◽  
Author(s):  
William M. Stauffer ◽  
Paul T. Cantey ◽  
Susan Montgomery ◽  
LeAnne Fox ◽  
Monica E. Parise ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
The United States ◽  
Medical Screening ◽  
Presumptive Treatment

Medical Screening for Red Flags in the Diagnosis and Management of Musculoskeletal Spine Pain

Pain Practice ◽  
2007 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 53-71 ◽  
Author(s):  
Phillip S. Sizer ◽  
Jean-Michel Brismée ◽  
Chad Cook
Keyword(s):  
Red Flags ◽  
Medical Screening ◽  
Diagnosis And Management ◽  
Spine Pain
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