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OBJECTIVE
To determine the extent and nature of health-related behaviours and outcomes among members of the first foreign medical team to arrive in Aceh, following the Boxing Day tsunami in 2004.
METHODS
A cross sectional survey of team members 4 weeks after return from Aceh.
RESULTS
Compliance with
BACKGROUND
Wilderness travellers to remote National Parks of Brazil may be particularly at risk of tropical diseases and injury. The aim of this study was to describe injury and illness, potentially hazardous situations, accidents and other incidents experienced by travellers to a remote National
Scombroid fish poisoning, one of the most common adverse reactions to fish, is also probably one of the most common causes of a flushing syndrome. The reaction usually involves fishes of the Scombridae family but, in Hawaii, the reaction is most often due to mahimahi (Coryphaena hippurus). Onset of
An increasing number of persons say that they get cutaneous problems as well as symptoms from certain internal organs, such as the central nervous system (CNS) and the heart, when being close to electric equipment. A major group of these patients are the users of video display terminals (VDTs), who
A three-day open air musical festival attended by approximately 20 000 people was held at Ngaruawahia in January 1973. A medical service was provided and staffed mainly by medical students, nurses and young medical graduates. There were 1998 patient visits to the medical area, the five most common
An outbreak of an illness suggestive of boric acid poisoning occurred among 51 persons who had eaten lunch at the cafeteria of the United States Agency for International Development in Islamabad, Pakistan, on February 11, 1990. Affected patients had headache and severe myalgias 2 to 4 hours after
METHODS
An 18-year-old school girl was referred for admission by another hospital because of headache, joint pains, fever, vomiting, diarrhoea and orthostatic syncope associated with renal failure. On admission he was somnolent with a blood pressure of 90/60 mmHg, heart rate of 104 beats/min and a
Postoperative toxic shock syndrome (PTSS) caused by toxin-producing Staphylococcus aureus has incidentally been reported to be experienced following various surgical procedures or wounds. This syndrome includes sudden high fever, headache, muscle ache, a sunburn-like rash, hypotension, and
BACKGROUND
International visitors to tropical Australia may be exposed to health and safety problems. Because they are younger, stay longer and participate in more activities, backpackers have a greater exposure to such problems than other visitors.
METHODS
The study's aim was to determine how many
Objective: We sought to evaluate the safety, tolerability, and patterns of use for the once-daily oral, narrow-spectrum antibiotic sarecycline in patients with moderate-to-severe acne vulgaris during a 40-week Phase III, multicenter, open-label extension study. Participants: Patients
BACKGROUND
Side effects may limit the use of current tetracycline-class antibiotics for acne.
OBJECTIVE
Evaluate the efficacy and safety of once-daily sarecycline, a novel, narrow-spectrum tetracycline-class antibiotic, in moderate to severe acne.
METHODS
Patients 9-45 years with moderate to severe