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JOURNAL OF PREVENTIVE MEDICINE
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1582-5388
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Public health National survey
of diagnostic x-ray examinations
(2000 y) Cornelia Diaconescu,
Olga Iacob Abstract. The results
of the recent survey on the frequency
of medical and dental X-ray examinations and of radiation doses received by patients are used to assess
population exposure. A
total of about 10,555 million
medical and dental radiological examinations have been performed
in 2000 y (0.49 examination per head
of population) resulting
an annual per capita effective dose of 0.55 mSv. Compared with that of the last survey
(1995), this is 10% lower. However, over the last
ten years computed tomography (CT) increased its contribution up to 4.4% of total annual X-ray examinations and still continues; so, the population
dose is underestimated without the contribution of CT doses. The much
increase of CT and interventional procedures indicates an urgent need to develop activities
to estimate and control these high dose procedures, in order to optimize
patient and population radiological protection. Key words: X-ray examinations, annual frequencies,
effective dose, type of population dose Ü FULL TEXT.PDF
Trend of chilhood leukaemia in eastern Romania Doina Davidescu, Cornelia Diaconescu, Ingrid Miron, Doina
Georgescu Abstract. Descriptive epidemiologic
analyses were performed in five districts of eastern Key words: leukaemia, trend, incidence rate, epidemiological study,
children Ü FULL
TEXT.PDF Some performance indicators
of surgical departments
in tertiary hospitals
Odetta Duma Abstract. The purpose of this study was
to assess the performance of twenty surgical units from tertiary hospitals of
Key
words: performance, surgical units, average hospital stay, occupancy rate,
bed turnover rate, hospital mortality rate Ü FULL TEXT.PDF Intoxication death:
a ten years survey
Emilia Alexandru Muntianu Abstract. The aim of the study was to determine the frequency of death intoxication by alcohol and other types of toxic agents as drugs, industrial, carbon monoxide, mushrooms and unidentified ones. 1606 deaths in the eastern part of the country were recorded during 1992-2001. The alcohol was the most frequently toxic agent, which has caused death. There were registered 1347 (83.9%) alcohol intoxication deaths from which 28% were in women and 72% in men. Higher frequencies of death have been found in urban areas (59.8) than in rural ones (40.2). Blood alcohol levels (g‰) in alcohol intoxications were: 0.5-0.99; 1-1.99; 2-2.99; 3-3.99; 4 and over. The higher frequency of intoxication deaths was found at the level of alcoholemia of 1-3 g‰ (42%), in the groups of age 50-59 years and 40-49 years, both in men and in women. 62 deaths, from which 66% males were caused by a mixture of different toxic agents. There were registered 198 (12.3%) intoxication deaths by the other types of studied agents: drugs, carbon monoxide, industrial agents, mushrooms and unidentified ones. Intoxication deaths caused by these types of toxic agents were more frequently in rural area (53%) and in men (52.5%). The industrial agents were responsible for about 27% of intoxication death, the pesticides being the most frequently (59.8%). Key words:
death, intoxications, alcohol, other toxic agents, environment Ü FULL
TEXT.PDF The effectiveness
of Milgamma–N therapy
in patients with peripheral diabetic neuropathy Ana Stratone, Carmen Stratone,
Roxana Chiruţă, F. Filip, Olimpia Diaconu, Oana Munteanu, F. Topoliceanu Abstract.
Peripheral diabetic neuropathy (PDN) is a severe complication that develops
in diabetic patients. Several clinical trials measured the effectiveness of
different therapeutical regims
for PDN, from which the use of Milgamma-N (Benfotiamine) preparations represents a recent promising
option. The paper presents our experience in treating patients with Milgamma-N preparations and assessing the effectiveness
of the treatment using a standard paraclinical
assessment protocol.
Keywords: diabetes, peripheral
neuropathy, Benfotiamine,
paraclinical assessment Ü FULL TEXT.PDF
Enamel developmental
defects and dental carries frequencies in 8 - 11 y old children Marinela Păsăreanu, Adriana Nedelcovici Abstract. The purpose
of the study was to compare the dental caries
frequencies in children with enamel deficiency,
in primary and permanent teeth, in order to show their importance as a health problem.
In the studied group the percent
of dysplasia of the damaged primary teeth reached a maximum value of 9.1% in ten-year-old girls and 31.4% in boys of the same age. Due to
the physiological exfoliation of deciduous teeth, the proportion
decreased to 0 near the age
of 11 y. At the permanent
teeth, a change of the pattern diseases
appeared because the age of 8-11 is the period of mixed dentition. The eruption of permanent teeth being in progress, the cavities at these
teeth are less and the weight
of dental dysplasia is higher within
the total number of damaged teeth. Key words:
primary and permanent dentition, caries, defects of enamel development Ü FULL
TEXT.PDF Epidemiology: communicable diseases Ceftriaxone resistance
in Streptococcus pneumoniae isolated from pediatric infections Gabriela
Coman, Elena Petraru,
Roxana Filip, Cătălina
Dahorea, F. Butnaru
Abstract. Streptococcus pneumoniae- major cause of infection in children - causes serious therapeutic difficulties,
because of the developed multiresistance. Extended-spectrum cephalosporins,
used in empirical therapy are a therapeutic option. Recent emergence of Ceftriaxone (CRO) and Cefotaxime (CTX) resistant strains with regional differences in frequency requires their detection by quantitative determinations. The results of the first study
on children from
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