O basquetebol é esporte competitivo, com alta incidência de lesões de contato e movimentação.OBJETIVO: determinar a incidência de lesões musculoesqueléticas em atletas de elite do basquetebol feminino.MATERIAL E MÉTODOS: foram analisadas prospectivamente 66 atletas adultas, 18 a 37 anos (média: 23), de 5 equipes durante o Campeonato Pauli
Factors associated with antimicrobial drug prescription among inpatient dogs and cats at an academic veterinary hospital
Background: Widespread antimicrobial use in dogs and cats drives antimicrobial resistance in both animals and humans.Knowledge of the factors associated with antimicrobial use is limited in veterinary medicine.We examined factors associated with antimicrobial drug prescription among inpatient dogs and cats at an academic veterinary hospital.Methods
Tampering by office-based methadone maintenance patients with methadone take home privileges: a pilot study
Abstract Methadone Maintenance Treatment (MMT) is among the most widely studied treatments here for opiate dependence with proven benefits for patients and society.When misused, however, methadone can also be lethal.The issue of methadone diversion is a major concern for all MMT programs.A potential source for such diversion is from those MMT patie
A community-level investigation following a yellow fever virus outbreak in South Omo Zone, South-West Ethiopia
Background Despite the availability of a highly effective vaccine, yellow fever virus (YFV) remains an important public health bicycles problem across Africa and South America due to its high case-fatality rate.This study investigated the historical epidemiology and contemporary entomological and social determinants of a YFV outbreak in South Omo Z
Congenital hearing loss. Is CT enough?
The aim of this Airliner Model Kits study is to evaluate the value of high resolution CT scan (HRCT) in diagnosis and management of congenital hearing loss.Patients and methods: This is a prospective study including 60 patients, 24 males and 36 females aged from 1 to 7 years, who were presented by unilateral or bilateral congenital conductive (CHL)