Influenza surveillance: A Review of Data Sources Objective In recent years, influenza surveillance systems have started to include alternative data sources such as hospital emergency department data, school absenteeism reports, pharmaceutical sales, website access and health/medical advice calls. This scoping review aims to map the published papers on the use of non-traditional/alternative
Clinical Calculators
Satiation And Satiety: An Overview And Clinical Calculator
Satiation And Satiety: An Overview And Clinical Calculator Satiation and satiety are often confused and used interchangeably, though both are physiologically and behaviorally different sensations. Satiation describes the series of processes that cause one to stop eating. Governed by hormones and gastric stretch receptors, satiation occurs during an eating episode and
Prostate Cancer: A New Biopsy Risk Calculator using MRI
Prostate Cancer: A New Biopsy Risk Calculator using MRI Study Background In men, prostate cancer (PCa) is the most commonly diagnosed malignancy in over 50% of countries. Despite this statistic, a large number of prostate cancer cases are not clinically significant and are unlikely to lead to problems if left untreated. Differentiating
Spence Children’s Anxiety Scale Validation
Validation of Spence Children's Anxiety Scale ANXIETY IN CHILDREN In Europe, anxiety disorders are highly prevalent and impairing conditions among children and adolescents. Up to 18 - 20% of youth in the general population presenting to primary care clinics report some internalizing problem. Previous studies showed that anxiety disorders start at an early
Anxiety Scales in Lewy Body Disease
Anxiety Scales in Lewy Body Disease Background Anxiety disorders and symptoms are frequent in Lewy Body Disease (LBD) and many scales are available to assess its severity. Yet, there is little consensus on which scale best evaluates anxiety across LBD patients. Objective Comparing the convergent validity of commonly used anxiety scales across synuclein-based diseases. Lewy
Vancomycin – Overview
Basic Review - Vancomycin GlobalRPh Student writer Vancomycin is a drug that is beneficial in the case of life-threatening bacterial infections and should be used only to treat or prevent infections that are proven or strongly suspected to be caused by susceptible bacteria. Common administration routes: intravenously, orally or by inhalation. The
Pain Management: Its various aspects
