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Quality of care for patients with sexually transmitted diseases in Zambia
(1997-09-10)
Factors which have implications for STD care in Zambia have been described and analysed in order to find strategies for quality improvements. A total of 684 patients with STD were interviewed about health seeking behaviour, ...
Clinical studies of glucose variability and hypoglycemia in adult patients with type 1 diabetes
(2011-11-02)
.05). The prevalence of SH had increased from 17% to 27% (p<0.05) and there was a slight decrease in HbA1c, 7.6% to 7.4% (p<0.05). In spite of the more frequent use of multiple injection therapy and more frequent SMBG, the prevalence of SH increased by more than 50...
Detection and epidemiologic subtyping of Legionella pneumophilia using DNA-based molecular methods
(2003-11-14)
Legionella pneumophila causes 2 - 6 % of hospitalised pneumonia cases. Several community- and hospital-acquired outbreaks have been reported over the years. Legionnaires' disease (LD) or legionellosis is also a frequent ...
Cancer after solid organ transplantation : incidence, risk factors, and survival
(2022-11-25)
Background: Solid organ transplant recipients (OTRs) are at increased risk of cancer compared with the general population, mainly due to post-transplant immunosuppressive treatment. Furthermore, once diagnosed with cancer, ...
Healthcare financing challenges and opportunities to achieving universal health coverage in the low- and middle-income country context
(2020-02-05)
Background: In Bangladesh, on an average 62% of total healthcare spending was borne by households through out-of-pocket (OOP) payments annually during 2000- 2015. Because of such high OOP payments, a sizeable proportion of households (15.7%) faced...
Amino acid predictors of HIV-1 coreceptor use in different subtypes and their application to antiretroviral treatment
(2014-01-10)
The human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) group M is responsible for the HIV pandemic and has great genetic variability. The main subtypes and circulating recombinant forms belonging to this group differ in their ...
Effects of physical training on physical performance in frail elderly people
(2007-10-12)
Aging is often accompanied by decreased muscle strength, aerobic capacity and balance, which can lead to impaired physical performance. Epidemiological data have demonstrated that low levels of physical activity are strongly ...
Basis for reclassification of nasopharyngeal carcinoma
(2012-03-22)
.6%) were histologically classified as undifferentiated epithelial cell carcinoma (UECC), 942 (24.5%) as undifferentiated mixed epithelial-sarcomatoid cell carcinoma (UESCC), 640 (16.7%) as undifferentiated sarcomatoid cell carcinoma (USCC), and 200 (5...
Oesophageal cancer : on surgery and aetiology
(2010-05-14)
Oesophageal cancer is a common type of cancer with a dire prognosis. It
is globally the eight most frequent malignancy and the sixth leading
cause of death from cancer. The doctoral research described in this
thesis has ...
Multimodal treatment of gastric cancer : assessment of tumor regression and the role of minimally invasive surgery
(2023-08-23)
The generally poor prognosis of advanced gastric cancer (AGC) has led to the
development of multimodal therapeutic protocols in which surgery is combined with
systemic treatment, perioperative chemotherapy being the ...