• The Cancer Epidemiology Research Group at the Centre for Public Health invite you to attend the Professor Liam Murray Cancer Epidemiology symposium on Wednesday 19 January 2022 , 10.30 am - 1.30 pm in honour of our colleague and former Director of the Centre for Public Health, Professor Liam Murray. (qub.ac.uk)
  • Professor Murray had a distinguished career in Public Health and Epidemiology, and some 20 years of his career was dedicated to furthering knowledge and insights into Cancer Epidemiology research. (qub.ac.uk)
  • To honour these contributions and qualities of our fondly remembered colleague, future Cancer Epidemiology Research Group annual retreats will continue to include Memoriam sessions dedicated to Professor Murray. (qub.ac.uk)
  • Is farm-related job title an adequate surrogate for pesticide exposure in occupational cancer epidemiology? (bmj.com)
  • The journal is published for the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America. (wikipedia.org)
  • CDC and the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA) will cosponsor a hospital epidemiology training course October 5-8, 1996, in San Antonio, Texas. (cdc.gov)
  • Studies, including sexual behaviour, prevention, reasons for attending STI health care, STIs in different anatomical sites and management of STIs, are required to elucidate the impact of COVID-19-associated social and physical distancing restrictions on sexual activity and the incidence and epidemiology of chlamydia and gonorrhoea in Sweden. (nih.gov)
  • 1 While there have been several recent studies reporting the incidence and epidemiology of injury in professional rugby union, there is limited understanding of the injury profile in amateur and in particular youth rugby. (bmj.com)
  • This retrospective, cross-sectional study identified firearm injury patients from January 2016 to September 2022 by ICD code using the electronic health records (EHR) from a 17-hospital health system. (jefferson.edu)
  • METHODS: A retrospective analysis of hospital-treatment data associated with cricket injuries sustained by women between 1 July 2002 and 30 June 2014, inclusive were extracted from databases held by the Victorian Injury Surveillance Unit in Australia. (edu.au)
  • This was a retrospective analysis of records of women who underwent emergency or elective peripartum hysterectomy in a tertiary care hospital . (bvsalud.org)
  • Methods Retrospective analysis of hospital-based trauma registry burn victims (July 2008 to June 2009, N=332) and cross-sectional analysis of burn injuries (November 2009, N=39). (bmj.com)
  • Retention in care among HIV-positive patients initiating second-line antiretroviral therapy: a retrospective study from an Ethiopian public hospital clinic. (lu.se)
  • However, previous research has not adequately explored how existing clinical data may improve our understanding of the spatial epidemiology of firearm injuries in Philadelphia. (jefferson.edu)
  • This study sought to address this gap by exploring clinical data's utility in understanding firearm injury epidemiology. (jefferson.edu)
  • Measures in Category II are supported by highly suggestive clinical studies in general hospitals or by definitive studies in specialty hospitals that might not be representative of general hospitals. (cdc.gov)
  • Her global health focus continued through Pediatric Residency at UNC Children's Hospital when she continued a longitudinal project on improving pediatric clinical education in Tanzania through the support of the OIA global health scholarships. (unc.edu)
  • Ms A's clinical condition continued to deteriorate, and she required hospital admission for more active management. (psychiatrist.com)
  • Clinical isolates of Staphylococcus aureus from the Arkhangelsk region, Russia: antimicrobial susceptibility, molecular epidemiology, and distribution of Panton-Valentine leukocidin genes. (cmac-journal.ru)
  • Infectious disease physicians and nurses, clinical and environmental services, hospital leadership, hospital epidemiology, infection preventionists, emergency management, and laboratory scientists who had experiences either preparing for or responding to C. auris cases or outbreaks. (cambridge.org)
  • Health facilities in the state should institute effective antimicrobial stewardship, intensify surveillance and screening of Staphylococcus aureus for MRSA strains to guard against dissemination of multidrug resistant strains in both hospital and community settings because of the clinical implications. (who.int)
  • The course, designed for infectious disease fellows, new hospital epidemiologists, and infection-control practitioners, provides hands-on exercises to improve skills in detection, investigation, and control of epidemiologic problems encountered in the hospital setting and lectures and seminars on fundamental aspects of hospital epidemiology. (cdc.gov)
  • He completed his PhD in infectious disease epidemiology, focusing on malaria, under the direction of Steve Meshnick, Jon Juliano, and other members of the IDEEL group. (unc.edu)
  • He subsequently did an MSc and PhD in Epidemiology at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, exploring potential links between infectious and non-communicable diseases. (kemri-wellcome.org)
  • Some of these tools have been employed in epidemiologic investigations of infectious agents in hospitals and communities. (bio.net)
  • Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology is a peer-reviewed medical journal published by Cambridge University Press. (wikipedia.org)
  • Hospital-acquired pneumonia (HAP), or nosocomial pneumonia, is a lower respiratory infection that was not incubating at the time of hospital admission and that presents clinically 2 or more days after hospitalization. (medscape.com)
  • Measures in this category are viewed as applicable for most hospitals -- regardless of size, patient population, or endemic nosocomial infection rates. (cdc.gov)
  • They might be considered by some hospitals for implementation, especially if the hospitals have specific nosocomial infection problems, but they are not generally recommended for widespread adoption. (cdc.gov)
  • The purpose of the Guidelines was twofold: 1) to disseminate advice on how to prevent or control specific nosocomial infection problems and 2) to cover the questions most frequently asked of the Hospital Infections Program staff on different aspects of the hospital's inanimate environment (1). (cdc.gov)
  • The aim of this study was to estimate the prevalence of urinary tract infection (UTI) in children attending Pediatric outpatient clinic in Zagazig University Children 's Hospital . (bvsalud.org)
  • Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology, 18 , 397-399. (cdc.gov)
  • We undertook a study at Kamuzu Central Hospital in Lilongwe, Malawi, to determine (1) the epidemiology and burden of burn injuries and (2) quantify outcome measures including physiotherapy, wound infection and mortality. (bmj.com)
  • A Guide to Infection Control in the Hospital 2002. (cmac-journal.ru)
  • Epidemiology of hospital-treated cricket injuries sustained by women f" by Nirmala Kanthi Panagodage Perera, Joanne L. Kemp et al. (edu.au)
  • OBJECTIVES: To present the first comprehensive epidemiological profile of hospital-treated injuries sustained by female cricketers from 2002-2003 to 2013-2014 in Victoria, Australia. (edu.au)
  • CONCLUSIONS: These findings provide the first overview of the nature of injuries requiring hospital attendance in female cricketers, and a foundation to inform the development of targeted injury prevention programs for female cricketers. (edu.au)
  • Most data on the epidemiology of pneumonia in healthcare-exposed patients are derived from tertiary care centers, academic hospitals, and major urban settings. (medscape.com)
  • Peripartum hysterectomy in a tertiary care hospital: Epidemiology and outcomes. (bvsalud.org)
  • We obtained data on hospital admissions from the National Health Service records, using the main diagnosis. (bmj.com)
  • 11. Deurenberg R.H., Stobberingh E.E. The molecular evolution of hospital- and community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus. (cmac-journal.ru)
  • 9:30-10:00 A.M. Michel Tibayrenc: Unified approach to molecular epidemiology. (bio.net)
  • The aim of this study was to conduct and epidemiologic study of patients attended at the Buccomaxillofacial Surgery and Traumatology Service of a regional hospital in Goiania/GO, Brazil, between 2008 and 2010. (bvsalud.org)
  • The search terms were "cough AND (epidemiology OR epidemiologic OR epidemiological OR prevalence OR incidence)" for articles published in peer-reviewed journals between 1980 and 2013. (ersjournals.com)
  • Now in Pediatric Nephrology fellowship her research focus is on better understanding the epidemiology of pediatric acute kidney injury in the US and Africa as well as on improving diagnostic detection of AKI. (unc.edu)
  • It is recognized as one of the most important causes of both acute and chronic cases of community-acquired and hospital-associated infections including urinary tract infections, blood stream infections, soft tissue infections and 2 pneumonia. (who.int)
  • The epidemiology and control profile of malaria in Kenya: reviewing the evidence to guide the future vector control. (ajtmh.org)
  • Currently completing a dual Pediatric Nephrology fellowship and PhD in epidemiology, Erica's work has primarily focused in Sub-Saharan Africa. (unc.edu)
  • For the past ten years, the National Epidemiology Unit of the Ministry of Health has reported NCDs as being the leading cause of illness and death. (who.int)
  • Conclusions From 2008 through 2012, the incidence of healthcare-related MRSA pneumonia among patients who were admitted to a large network of community hospitals increased, despite the decreasing incidence of invasive MRSA infections nationwide. (medscape.com)
  • The epidemiology of severe infections caused by MRSA has changed in the last 2 decades. (medscape.com)
  • This was a cross sectional hospital- vancomycin as the drug of choice in the treatment of based study involving 300 patients of all ages with 6 infections caused by MRSA. (who.int)
  • The objective of this study was to assess the immune response following vaccination with two doses of Sputnik V in health-care workers (HCW) at a Children's Hospital. (ssrn.com)
  • The development of hospital-acquired pneumonia (HAP) represents an imbalance between normal host defenses and the ability of microorganisms to colonize and then invade the lower respiratory tract. (medscape.com)
  • Objective Describe the epidemiology of healthcare-related (ie, healthcare-associated and hospital-acquired) pneumonia due to methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) among hospitalized patients in community hospitals. (medscape.com)
  • Methods Adult patients with healthcare-related MRSA pneumonia admitted to study hospitals from January 1, 2008, to December 31, 2012, were identified using surveillance data. (medscape.com)
  • Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is one of the most common causes of pneumonia in healthcare-exposed patients, and it accounts for more than 20% of cases of hospital-acquired pneumonia (HAP) and healthcare-associated pneumonia (HCAP). (medscape.com)
  • [ 14 ] To our knowledge, no data have been published regarding the epidemiology of MRSA pneumonia in the community hospital setting. (medscape.com)
  • Thus, the objective of our study was to describe the epidemiology of MRSA pneumonia among healthcare-exposed patients admitted to community hospitals. (medscape.com)
  • The epidemiology of exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is reviewed with particular reference to the definition, frequency, time course, natural history and seasonality, and their relationship with decline in lung function, disease severity and mortality. (bmj.com)
  • Ms A, a 49-year-old woman with a history of severe obesity, bipolar disorder, anxiety, and multiple medical problems, was admitted to the hospital with severe anasarca and a chronic pleural effusion. (psychiatrist.com)
  • The Psychiatric Consultation Service at Massachusetts General Hospital sees medical and surgical inpatients with comorbid psychiatric symptoms and conditions. (psychiatrist.com)
  • Dr Tagoni is a resident in the Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston. (psychiatrist.com)
  • Dr Stern is chief of the Psychiatric Consultation Service at Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, and a professor of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts. (psychiatrist.com)
  • UUTH), Uyo and General Hospital, Ikot Abasi (GHIA) were investigated based on the strategic location of the hospitals. (who.int)
  • Within this context, Buccomaxillofacial Surgery and Traumatology is increasingly being affirmed as one of the most important specialties at the emergency centers of regional hospitals concerning to the treatment of patients who are victims of traumatisms. (bvsalud.org)
  • MRSA does not only University of Uyo Teaching Hospital, Uyo. (who.int)
  • Data from 976 patients registered in a community survey as suffering an acute stroke have been analysed to discover what factors are associated with admission to hospital, how long patients spend in hospital, and whether there are any specific benefits attributable to hospital admission. (bmj.com)
  • Exacerbations can require physician consultation in primary and secondary care, may result in admission to hospital, and eventually lead to death. (bmj.com)
  • 2001). Nurses Reports On Hospital Care In Five Countries. (cdc.gov)
  • Cases primarily were employed in hospitals and were nurses. (cdc.gov)
  • Accurate assessment of exposure is a key factor in occupational epidemiology but can be problematic, particularly where exposures of interest may be many decades removed from relevant health outcomes. (bmj.com)
  • CVD mortality has declined notably for both men and women while hospital admissions have increased. (bmj.com)
  • A study linking hospital admissions and mortality data showed that within England, a 50% decline in age-standardised mortality from myocardial infarction was due to both a reduction in incidence and case fatality. (bmj.com)
  • Our objective was to determine temporal trends in hospital admissions and in-hospital mortality for AF-related stroke in Canada from 2007 to 2015. (researchgate.net)
  • A goal of this plan is the integration of laboratory science and epidemiology to develop and use tools to detect and promptly identify emerging and re-emerging pathogens, and investigate factors that influence their emergence. (bio.net)
  • Data from the new reporting system demonstrates that transmission of norovirus levies a heavy burden on English hospitals. (cambridge.org)
  • Methods: Cases were identified using physician reports and hospital discharge data, as part of four state-based surveillance systems. (cdc.gov)
  • Methods: Records for 2175 cases of scorpion stings were obtained and retrospectively analysed for the years 2012 and 2014-2020 from the main hospitals in four districts in the West Bank. (who.int)
  • 5 Johns Hopkins Surgery Center for Outcomes Research, Department of Surgery, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland4Center for Surgery and Public Health, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachussets5Department of Epidemiology, Johns Ho. (nih.gov)
  • Research about the epidemiology of olfactory dysfunction in Asians was not enough. (nature.com)
  • A new surveillance system for outbreaks of norovirus in English hospitals, the hospital norovirus outbreak reporting system (HNORS), was launched in January 2009. (cambridge.org)
  • In the period 1992-2008, 1817 suspected and confirmed outbreaks of norovirus in English hospitals were reported to national surveillance. (cambridge.org)
  • In February 1981, CDC mailed to each U.S. acute-care hospital Part I of the Guideline for Hospital Environmental Control, which contained sections entitled 'Antiseptics, Handwashing, and Handwashing Facilities,' 'Cleaning, Disinfection, and Sterilization of Hospital Equipment,' and 'Microbiologic Surveillance of the Environment and of Personnel in the Hospital. (cdc.gov)
  • He joined KWTRP in 2010 to set up ward based surveillance for invasive pneumococcal disease at the Kilifi County Hospital. (kemri-wellcome.org)
  • Exacerbations have been defined using respiratory symptoms alone (symptom-based), or symptoms plus an event such as the prescription of medication by a general practitioner or hospital admission for an acute exacerbation. (bmj.com)
  • The aim of this study was to investigate the epidemiology of scorpion stings encountered in four districts in the Palestinian Territories in 2012 and 2014-2020 in the interest of evaluating the public health importance of a neglected cause of distressing symptoms, especially in children. (who.int)
  • We aimed to describe the contemporary temporal trends in hospital admissions, case fatality rate, as well as sex differences in atrial fibrillation-related stroke in Canada. (researchgate.net)
  • The public health and financial impact of norovirus outbreaks in English hospitals was first illustrated by a study conducted in the county of Avon, in South West England, between 2002 and 2003 [ Reference Lopman 7 ]. (cambridge.org)
  • 4 Center for Surgery and Public Health, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachussets. (nih.gov)
  • In November 1983, a follow-up statement requested that users delete the portion of the Guideline for Hospital Environmental Control that recommended specific generic antimicrobial ingredients for use in health care personnel hand washes and announced that the entire Guideline would be comprehensively revised. (cdc.gov)
  • If you are looking for a trusted source of health education, look no further than your local hospital. (medlineplus.gov)
  • From health videos to yoga classes, many hospitals offer information families need to stay healthy. (medlineplus.gov)
  • Many hospitals have a free online health library. (medlineplus.gov)
  • You can find it on the hospital website, usually under "Health Information. (medlineplus.gov)
  • Many hospitals offer health fairs. (medlineplus.gov)