Objective: To determine the prevalence and correlates of cesarean deliveries (CS) in Beirut.
Methods: A cross-sectional study conducted on 18,837 consecutive infants born at nine hospitals from the National Collaborative Perinatal Neonatal Network (NCPNN)...
Keywords: Cesarean delivery, correlates, middle-income country, prevalence
04/2007 | Journal of Perinatal Medicine, Walter de Gruyter
Undiagnosed thyroid disease is a common problem with significant public health implications...
Keywords: pregnancy, prevalence, thyroid dysfunction
11/2005 | Clinical Chemical Laboratory Medicine, Walter de Gruyter
Background: We studied the incidence, classification and isotype distribution of monoclonal gammopathies and M-protein detected between 1992 and 2005 inclusive in the clinical laboratory of a healthcare district in Madrid (Spain) with an average population of 280,574 inhabitants.
Methods: Serum electrophoresis was carried out on a cellulose acetate support up until 1997, and then using capillary zone electrophoresis systems, with M-protein identification carried out by agarose gel immunofixation...
Keywords: classification of monoclonal gammopathies, incidence, M-protein isotype distribution, prevalence
02/2007 | Clinical Chemical Laboratory Medicine, Walter de Gruyter
Aims: In order to evaluate the prevalence of human papillomavirus (HPV) in the pregnant population in Japan.
Methods: We examined cervical swabs of 1,183 pregnant women for HPV DNA using a PCR-RFLP method during October, 2000 and February, 2001...
Keywords: human papillomavirus, infection, pregnancy, prevalence
02/2006 | Journal of Perinatal Medicine, Walter de Gruyter
Aims: To investigate the prevalence of H. pylori antigen in the stools of Norwegian neonates and small children.
Methods: A total of 249 children aged 0 days–3 years were tested for the presence of H...
Keywords: Helicobacter, HpSA, infants, infection, Norway, PCR, perinatal, prevalence, stool, transient colonization
04/2007 | Journal of Perinatal Medicine, Walter de Gruyter Zusammenfassung
Zusammenfassung Diabetes mellitus umfasst eine Gruppe von metabolischen Störungen, welche durch eine Hyperglykämie als Folge von Störungen der Insulinsekretion, der Insulinaktivität oder von beidem charakterisiert sind.
Die diagnostischen Kriterien - und damit auch die Prävalenz - wurden im Laufe der Zeit unterschiedlich definiert...
Keywords: C-peptide, Diabetes mellitus, diagnostische Kriterien, HbA1c, Prävalenz, Proinsulin, screening, diagnostic criteria, prevalence
08/2004 | LaboratoriumsMedizin, Walter de Gruyter