January 2011

Rehabilitation for Parkinson’s disease: Analysis of the Australian rehabilitation outcomes dataset

To examine the outcomes of inpatient rehabilitation for Parkinson’s disease (PD) using the Australian Rehabilitation Outcomes Centre (AROC) database. De-identified data from the AROC database were analysed for all rehabilitation admissions during 2003 - 2008, using 4 classes for functional level.  The outcomes included: Functional Independence Measure (FIM) scores and FIM efficiency, hospital length of stay...

Author(s): Khan F, and Amatya B

January 2011

Prospective study of ingestional hair dye poisoning in Northern India (Prohina)

Hair dye (paraphenylene di-amine, PPD) poisoning has high morbidity and mortality and its incidence has increased dramatically in the past 4 years. A prospective study was planned to assess the clinical profile and outcome with different treatment approaches and mortality rate in patients with hair dye ingestion. The material comprised 1020 cases admitted in Medicine Department of MLB Medical College, Jhansi, U. P. from...

Author(s): P. K. Jain, Navneet Agarwal, Awadhesh Kr Sharma and Asif Akhtar

January 2011

Gender differences in student’s knowledge of HIV/AIDS in the Niger Delta, Nigeria

HIV/AIDS, a disease first mentioned in 1981 has remained the most stigmatized illness especially in sub Saharan Africa. To assess the knowledge and effect of the large pool of information on HIV/AIDS in the lives of teenagers. A total of 1748 male and female students aged 15 to19 years in 12 secondary schools in Port Harcourt and Calabar randomly selected were used for this study between May and December 2009. A self...

Author(s): H. A. A. Ugboma, M. E. Kooffreh and C. A. Nwauche