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Present use of pesticides for vector and allergen control and future requirements

MEDICAL AND VETERINARY ENTOMOLOGY, Issue 3 2001
C. F. Curtis
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Hormone replacement therapy and headache prevalence in postmenopausal women.

EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF NEUROLOGY, Issue 1 2007
The Head-HUNT study
Conflicting evidence exists whether hormone replacement therapy (HRT) is a risk factor for headache. The aim of the study was to examine the prevalence of headache and migraine amongst postmenopausal women using HRT. In the Nord-Trøndelag Health Study 1995,97 (HUNT 2), 18 323 (62%) out of 29 679 women aged 40 years or more responded to headache questions (Head-HUNT). Amongst the 6007 postmenopausal women, 5507 (92%) responded to questions regarding use of HRT (2375 used or had used it) and questions related to headache (2407 had complaints). There was a significant association between headache and present use of HRT, both with local [odds ratio (OR) = 1.4, 95% confidence intervals (CI) 1.1,1.7] and systemic (OR = 1.6, 95% CI 1.4,1.9) application. This was found for non-migrainous headache (OR = 1.3, 95% CI 1.1,1.5) and migraine (OR = 1.6, 95% CI 1.4,1.9). Both migraine and non-migrainous headache were more probably amongst users of postmenopausal HRT than amongst those who had never used HRT. Whether HRT caused headache or was used partly because of headache cannot be determined in this cross-sectional study. [source]

Training trauma teams in the Nordic countries: An overview and present status

ACTA ANAESTHESIOLOGICA SCANDINAVICA, Issue 7 2005
T. Wisborg
Background:, During the last decade there has been an increased interest in the organisation and quality of trauma care in the Nordic countries. Still, most patients are initially cared for at hospitals with low caseloads of severe trauma. More than 200 hospitals offer initial care to trauma patients. Training of trauma teams using simulators or simulated patients has evolved in the same period, as one important factor to overcome lack of practical training. This overview describes the present state of trauma team training in the Nordic countries. Methods:, Members of a Nordic working group on the use of simulation in medicine reviewed present literature on training with simulation and described the present use of team training in their own countries during winter 2004. Results:, There is an increasing amount of evidence indicating that training of teams with simulation reduces treatment errors and improves performance. The training activities do not need to be complex, but skilled debriefing seems necessary. Few Nordic hospitals train their trauma teams. The training activities vary considerably between and within countries. Conclusion:, There is considerable evidence supporting an increased use of experience gained in other high-risk domains where training in communication, leadership and decision-making is the focus for safety and improvement efforts. There is a need for more widespread training of trauma teams. The different training activities actually undertaken should be scientifically evaluated. [source]

Urinary incontinence across the lifespan

NEUROUROLOGY AND URODYNAMICS, Issue 6 2003
Yvette D. Miller
Abstract Aims The objectives of the current study were (1) to measure type and severity of urinary leakage and (2) to investigate the association between these factors and age-related life events and conditions in three groups of Australian women with a history of urinary leakage. Methods Five hundred participants were randomly selected from women in the young (aged 18,22 in 1996), mid-age (45,50), and older (70,75) cohorts of the Australian Longitudinal Study of Women's Health (ALSWH) who had reported leaking urine in the 1996 baseline survey. Details about leaking urine (frequency, severity, situations) and associated factors (pregnancy, childbirth, body mass index [BMI]) were sought through self-report mailed follow-up surveys in 1999. Results & Conclusions Response rates were 50, 83, and 80% in the young, mid-age, and older women, respectively. Most women confirmed that they had leaked urine in the past month, and the majority of these were cases of "mixed" incontinence. Incontinence severity tended to increase with BMI for women of all ages, and increased severity scores were associated with having urine that burns or stings. Additional independent risk factors for increasing incontinence severity were heavy smoking in young women, past or present use of hormone replacement therapy in older women, and BMI and history of hysterectomy in mid-age women. Neurourol. Urodynam. 22:550,557, 2003. © 2003 Wiley-Liss, Inc. [source]

Utilization of Metallurgical Slag as Resource Materials in China

ASIA-PACIFIC JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERING, Issue 3-4 2006
Jian-Guo Shen
New developments that utilize metallurgical slag as resource materials are important in order to decrease the land used for disposal of slag, reducing environmental pollution, and also promoting the continuous and highly efficient development of China's metallurgical industry. Current major problems and possible future uses of metallurgical slag are discussed based on assessments of present uses. Improving the use of metallurgical slag as resource materials requires the development of new high-value-added products. [source]