Newly diagnosed rheumatic heart disease among indigenous populations in the Pacific
...Published in Heart
Correction
Published in Thorax
Non-publication and delayed publication of randomized trials on vaccines: survey
Published in BMJ
The Challenge of Increasing Access and Improving Quality: An Analysis of Universal Primary Education Interventions in Ke...
Published in International Review of Education
This article shows how interventions to provide Universal Primary Education (UPE) from the 1970s into the twenty-first century affected efforts to improve the quality of primary education in Kenya and Tanzania. While the interventions have made significant differences in the lives of many communities by increasing access to education of children wh...
Birth setting, transfer and maternal sense of control: results from the DELIVER study
Published in BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth
BackgroundIn the Netherlands, low risk women receive midwife-led care and can choose to give birth at home or in hospital. There is concern that transfer of care during labour from midwife-led care to an obstetrician-led unit leads to negative birth experiences, in particular among those with planned home birth. In this study we compared sense of c...
HIV/AIDS: Transmission, Treatment, and Prevention, Economics of
Published in Encyclopedia of Health Economics
At the end of 2011, an estimated 34 million people were living with HIV worldwide. Sub-Saharan Africa remains the region most heavily affected by HIV with approximately 69% of all people living with HIV, despite representing only 12% of the global population. This article discusses the economics of HIV/AIDS, with a focus on sub-Saharan Africa, by e...
Rare cause of hip pain in a young girl.
Published in Case Reports
Synovial chondromatosis (SC) is a rare benign disorder of unknown aetiology resulting in multiple cartilaginous loose bodies that form within a synovial joint. It is predominantly seen in men (2:1) in the third and fifth decade of life and is extremely rare in children. Hip joint is an extremely rare and unusual site of presentation thus leading to...
Self-mutilation of teeth due to peer pressure: an aspect of child psychology.
Published in Case Reports
Radiation Dose Metrics in CT: Assessing Dose Using the National Quality Forum CT Patient Safety Measure
Published in Journal of the American College of Radiology
PurposeThe National Quality Forum (NQF) is a nonprofit consensus organization that recently endorsed a measure focused on CT radiation doses. To comply, facilities must summarize the doses from consecutive scans within age and anatomic area strata and report the data in the medical record. Our purpose was to assess the time needed to assemble the d...
Sensitivity of diabetic retinopathy associated vision loss to screening interval in an agent-based/discrete event simula...
Published in Computers in Biology and Medicine
ObjectiveTo examine the effect of changes to screening interval on the incidence of vision loss in a simulated cohort of Veterans with diabetic retinopathy (DR). This simulation allows us to examine potential interventions without putting patients at risk. MethodsSimulated randomized controlled trial. We develop a hybrid agent-based/discrete event ...
