scholarly journals An epidemiological study of etiology and clinical characteristics in patients with nontraumatic osteonecrosis of the femoral head

2017 ◽  
Vol 22 (1) ◽  
pp. 15 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dewei Zhao ◽  
Feng Liu ◽  
Wei Wang ◽  
Lei Yang ◽  
Benjie Wang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Femoral Head ◽  
Epidemiological Study ◽  
Clinical Characteristics

Repetition of Parasiticide: An Epidemiological and Clinical Study

1988 ◽  
Vol 153 (6) ◽  
pp. 792-800 ◽  
Author(s):  
Norman Kreitman ◽  
Patricia Casey
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factors ◽  
Clinical Study ◽  
Social Class ◽  
Epidemiological Study ◽  
Clinical Characteristics ◽  
Clinical Presentation ◽  
Treatment Centre ◽  
The Stability ◽  
Over Time ◽  
Repetitive Pattern

The dramatic clinical presentation of parasuicide tends to deflect attention from the repetitive pattern of this behaviour in many patients. In an epidemiological study of annual cohorts of parasuicides for 1972, 1977, and 1982 admitted to the Regional Poisoning Treatment Centre, Edinburgh, it was found that for certain subgroups of the population ‘repeaters' were actually commoner than ‘first-ever’ patients, and a number of risk factors were identified, of which social class was particularly important. The clinical characteristics of patients distinguished by their frequency of repetition were also described, with special attention to the stability of these differentiating features over time. It is suggested that the habitual repeater requires closer study, and that the factors which lead to initiation into a parasuicidal ‘career’ are not necessarily those which conduce to repetition.

scholarly journals Epidemiological Study and Clinical Characteristics of Poliomyelitis Survivors in Japan

2013 ◽  
Vol 25 (4) ◽  
pp. 375-378
Author(s):  
Atsushi Teramoto ◽  
Kazutoshi Yokogushi ◽  
Megumi Toki ◽  
Takanori Murakami ◽  
Toshihiko Yamashita
Keyword(s):  
Epidemiological Study ◽  
Clinical Characteristics

Epidemiological study and clinical characteristics of 366 narcolepsy patients

2017 ◽  
Vol 40 ◽  
pp. e353-e354
Author(s):  
L. Yanjiao ◽  
P. Yanjun ◽  
X. Dan
Keyword(s):  
Epidemiological Study ◽  
Clinical Characteristics

scholarly journals An epidemiological study to define the recent clinical characteristics and outcomes of infective endocarditis in southern Turkey

2021 ◽  
Vol 32 (4) ◽  
pp. 16-20
Author(s):  
Aynur Acibuca ◽  
Mustafa Yilmaz ◽  
Sefa Okar ◽  
Ebru Kursun ◽  
Onur Acilar ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Infective Endocarditis ◽  
Epidemiological Study ◽  
Clinical Characteristics ◽  
Southern Turkey

scholarly journals ANALYSIS OF TUBERCULOSIS/HIV CO-INFECTION TRENDS IN UKRAINE IN 2008-2017

2019 ◽  
Vol 72 (5) ◽  
pp. 903-907
Author(s):  
Tetiana V. Stepanova ◽  
Olga P. Nedospasova ◽  
Mykhailo V. Golubchykov
Keyword(s):  
Epidemiological Study ◽  
Clinical Characteristics ◽  
Healthcare Delivery ◽  
Absolute Number ◽  
Comprehensive Analysis ◽  
Active Tuberculosis ◽  
Southern Region ◽  
Urban Residents ◽  
Newly Diagnosed ◽  
Health Statistics

Introduction: According to WHO estimates for the European Region in 2017, Ukraine had the highest proportion of active tuberculosis cases co-infected with HIV – 21.6%, with an average of 12% in the Region, and the absolute number of tuberculosis/HIV co-infection cases in Ukraine was estimated at the level of 8,000. The aim: carry out a comprehensive analysis of the epidemical situation regarding tuberculosis/HIV co-infection in Ukraine according to selected epidemiological and clinical characteristics. Materials and methods: The retrospective epidemiological study was based on the data from national reporting forms “Annual Active TB Report”, which was being collected by the Center for Health Statistics of the Ministry of Health of Ukraine for period 2008-2017. Review: The incidence of newly diagnosed active tuberculosis associated with HIV in Ukraine increased by 89,4% – from 6,1 per 100,000 population in 2008 to 11,6 per 100,000 population in 2017, against the backdrop of a gradual decrease in the incidence of active tuberculosis by 36.5% over the same period. The rates of comorbidity TB/HIV increased by 2.8 times from 7.9% to 20.3%. The highest rates of incidence tuberculosis/HIV co-infection are observed in person aged 25-44, males, urban residents, and in the southern region of Ukraine. Conclusions: The revealed tendency to increase the rate of the incidence and comorbidity of tuberculosis/HIV causes necessitates reviewing the organizational approaches to healthcare delivery for tuberculosis/HIV co-infection patients.

scholarly journals Clinical Characteristics of Mitochondrial DNA Copy Number in Osteonecrosis of the Femoral Head

Medicina ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 56 (5) ◽  
pp. 239
Author(s):  
Si-Wook Lee ◽  
Kyung-Jae Lee ◽  
Beom-Soo Kim ◽  
Hyuk-Jun Kwon ◽  
Jae-Ho Lee
Keyword(s):  
Mitochondrial Dna ◽  
Femoral Head ◽  
Copy Number ◽  
Clinical Characteristics ◽  
Clinicopathological Characteristics ◽  
Clinicopathological Parameters ◽  
Mtdna Copy Number ◽  
Clinical Value ◽  
Mitochondrial Dna Copy Number ◽  
Neck Fracture

Background and objectives: Alterations in mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) have been observed and studied in various diseases. However, the clinical value of the mtDNA copy number (mtDNA-CN) alterations in osteonecrosis of the femoral head (ONFH) is poorly understood. In the present study, we investigated whether alterations in mtDNA-CNs are associated with clinicopathological parameters in ONFH. Materials and methods: MtDNA-CNs in the synovial tissue of 34 patients with ONFH and 123 control tissues (femoral neck fracture) were measured using quantitative real-time PCR. The present study then analyzed the correlation between the mtDNA-CN and the clinicopathological characteristics of ONFH and fracture patients. Results: The average mtDNA-CN (mean ± standard deviation) was 23.82 ± 22.37 and 25.04 ± 24.27 in ONFH and control tissues, respectively, and was not significantly different between the groups (p = 0.792). The mtDNA-CN was positively associated with age (27.7% vs. 45.9%, p = 0.018) and negatively associated with the erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR) (11.8% vs. 39.7%, p = 0.024) in all of the samples. The study also found further associations with age (22.2% vs. 68.8%, p = 0.014), gender (30.0% vs. 64.3%, p = 0.048), and ESR (0% vs. 57.7%, p = 0.043) in ONFH. Conclusions: in this study, we demonstrated that mtDNA-CN might be a significant marker for predicting clinical characteristics in ONFH.

Population-based study on the prevalence, clinical characteristics and vision-related quality of life in patients with corneal opacity resulting from infectious keratitis: results from the Corneal Opacity Rural Epidemiological study

2021 ◽  
pp. bjophthalmol-2021-320077
Author(s):  
Nimmy Raj ◽  
Noopur Gupta ◽  
Deepak Kumar ◽  
Praveen Vashist ◽  
Radhika Tandon
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Visual Acuity ◽  
Epidemiological Study ◽  
Clinical Characteristics ◽  
Corneal Opacity ◽  
Healthy Controls ◽  
Infectious Keratitis ◽  
Corneal Disease ◽  
Related Quality

AimTo estimate prevalence and characterise clinical features and vision-related quality of life (VR-QoL) of corneal opacities (COs) resulting from infectious keratitis in a rural North Indian population.MethodsThe Corneal Opacity Rural Epidemiological study was a cross-sectional study conducted in 25 randomly selected clusters of rural Gurgaon, Haryana, India to determine prevalence of corneal disease across all age groups. During house-to-house visits, sociodemographic details, presence, type and clinical characteristics of corneal disease, laterality and resultant visual impairment (VI) was noted. Subgroup analysis of data was performed to understand the prevalence, clinical characteristics, VR-QoL in patients with CO due to infectious keratitis. VR-QoL scores were compared with healthy controls.ResultsOverall, 65 of 12 113 participants had evidence of infectious keratitis-related CO with a mean age of 63.3 (±14.7 SD) years. Prevalence of infectious keratitis-related CO, including both bilateral (12/65) and unilateral (53/65) cases was 0.54% (95% CI 0.41 to 0.66) seen in a total of 77 eyes of 65 participants. Mean visual acuity was 1.18±0.80 with 30/77 (38.9%) eyes having a presenting visual acuity <3/60. Most of the CO due to infectious keratitis was <3 mm in size (61.03%; 47/77), nebular (42.85%; 33/77) and central (49.35%; 38/77) in location. These participants had significantly higher VR-QoL scores and hence poorer VR-QoL across all three domains of vision function (scores of 28 vs 22, 7.5 vs 5 and 15.5 vs 9, respectively; p<0.0001) when compared with healthy controls.ConclusionThe data from this study give an insight into the burden and clinical characteristics of COs resulting from infectious keratitis. VR-QoL is significantly impaired in patients with CO resulting from infectious keratitis, both in bilateral and unilateral cases.

Epidemiology of acute drug poisoning in a tertiary center from Iasi County, Romania

2011 ◽  
Vol 30 (12) ◽  
pp. 1896-1903 ◽  
Author(s):  
Victorita Sorodoc ◽  
Irina M Jaba ◽  
Catalina Lionte ◽  
Ostin C Mungiu ◽  
Laurentiu Sorodoc
Keyword(s):  
Epidemiological Study ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
Clinical Characteristics ◽  
Suicide Attempts ◽  
Clinical Forms ◽  
Tertiary Center ◽  
Information Center ◽  
Other Substances ◽  
Anticonvulsive Drugs ◽  
Clinic Hospital

The aim of this retrospective epidemiological study was to investigate the demographical, etiological and clinical characteristics of acute drug poisonings in Iasi County, Romania. All patients were referred and admitted in the Toxicology Clinic of “Sf. Ioan” Emergency Clinic Hospital Iasi, Romania. Between 2003 and 2009, 811 cases of acute drug poisonings were recorded, counting for 28.43% from the total number of poisonings. The majority of these poisonings resulted in mild (51.94%) and medium (28.35%) clinical forms, while 19.71% were coma situations. In all, 63.51% of patients originated from urban areas, 39.94% were unemployed and the patients were predominantly women (66.46%). A high percentage (97.27%) were suicide attempts, using only one type of drug (65.88%) and the 21–30 years group (29.8%) records the highest incidence, for both women and men. The most frequently involved drugs were benzodiazepines 13.69%, anticonvulsive drugs 8.63%, barbiturates 8.51% and cardiovascular drugs 5.92%. Drugs combinations were recorded in 32.92% of cases and 1.2% were combinations between drugs and other substances. Mortality was the outcome in 0.3% of the total registered number of acute drug poisonings. This study underlines that in order to provide a proper management of these situations, a Regional Poison Information Center is absolutely necessary.

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