Báo cáo y học: "The impact of provider-initiated (opt-out) HIV testing and counseling of patients with sexually transmitted infection in Cape Town, South Africa: a controlled trial" pot
... utilisation of clinical and lay staff.
Retraining of nurses and lay counselors may also be
necessary so as to streamline and integrate HIV testing
more effectively. HIV testing rates could be increased
further ... STI patients, with
up to 70% of HIV infections remaining unrecognized
[18,20-22], and a study in Malawi indicated that an
alarming number of acute...
... type of patients, including
antenatal and TB patients, and was adapted to record
STI patients as a separate category.
Data from the CT register was entered into an Excel
database. Data were linked ... In
the PITC approach, all pa tients are offered HIV testing
routinely by the clinician as part of standard medical
care, regardless of their presenting complaint. T esting...
...
andreliability analyses
The results of the factor analysis indicated that the Kai-
ser-Meyer-Olkin measure of sampling adequacy was at
an acceptable level of 0.72, and the Bartlett's test of ... history, and a physical
examination. Patients who had evidence of organic brain
pathology including cerebral tumour, epilepsy, systemic
disease, history of cranial trauma, br...
... the anti-
biotic use, financial cost and resistance patterns of
leading nosocomial pathogens.
Materials and Methods
Hospital setting and antibiotic policy: NARP
was initiated in Turkey in ... February 2003 by a central
regulation of Ministry of Health and was announced
nation-wide via official newspaper of the state [11].
This is a quasi-experimental study perfo...
... 149 extra-articular rheumatoid arthritis
(ExRA) and 163 non-ExRA patients.
b
Information available from 120 ExRA and 151 non-ExRA patients.
ANA, antinuclear antibody; RA, rheumatoid arthritis; ... community-based
register of RA patients in the city of Malmö [28] or from a com-
munity-based early RA inception cohort from the same area.
Samples from 28 patients with ExRA...
... (4.2–5.1) in RA and 2.7 (2.4–3.1) in PsA.
Patients in large randomized controlled studies of infliximab in
RA, PsA, and AS had similar impairment in physical aspects of
HRQoL at baseline and showed ... Patients with PsA are also
usually affected at a younger age than those with RA. Both RA
and PsA can lead to impaired function and reduced mobility.
AS predo...
... HIV- infected patients treated at a tertiary
care medical center. Lipodystrophy was assessed by physical examination, and effects of lipodystrophy
were assessed via body image surveys. Demographic and clinical ... evaluate healthcare charges, since charges
often are subject to institutional marketing strategies and
markup or markdown policy, and may vary by payor
[28,29].
Lipod...
... Development.
Author details
1
Medicines Information Centre, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South
Africa.
2
Division of Clinical Pharmacology, University of Cape Town, Cape
Town, South Africa.
3
HIV ... treatment of HIV
infection and related diseases.
Queries are answered relating to a variety of topics
including HIV testing, post exposure prophy...
... neuropsychologi-
cal outcome in ALL are poorly understood and in fact
in other areas of acut e brain injury, such as head injury,
girls usually have better outcomes than boys. Again,
changes in therapy protocols ... likely candidates. In an early
meta-analysis [5], a n age of 5 years or under at initial
diagnosis was a significant factor but this study did not
examine gend...