Febrile malaria and asymptomatic malaria parasitemia substantially decrease iron absorption in single-meal, stable isotope studies in women and children, but to date there is no evidence of decreased efficacy of iron-fortified foods in malaria-endemic ...
Background: To report feasibility and safety of the Pathway PV™ Atherectomy System during percutaneous peripheral vascular interventions of in-stent restenosis. Patients and methods: 33 patients (66.7 % men; mean age 68.7 years; 39.4 % diabetics) with ...
Summary.Background: Percutaneous mechanical thrombectomy (PMT) represents a treatment option in addition to conventional therapy for patients with iliofemoral deep vein thrombosis (DVT). We sought to determine the safety, patency and ...
Background: Only the exact pretherapeutical, histopathological diagnosis of non-distinctive soft tissue tumours leads to adequate therapy. Next to the standardized incisional biopsy, current needle biopsy techniques are limited by the small size of the ...
Electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes) are vaporisers of liquids often containing nicotine. In the inhaled aerosol carcinogens, ultrafine and metal particles are detected usually in concentrations below those measured in tobacco smoke. Therefore, these ...
Safety of Pharmacotherapy in EmergenciesAbstract. Emergency pharmacotherapy is one of the most commonly used medical procedures. At the same time, pharmacotherapy in an emergency is always a potentially dangerous action. ...
Abstract. Severe hoarding is associated with a number of health and safety risks, such as fire hazards and health code violations. Older adults in particular are vulnerable to the consequences of hoarding, including malnutrition, medication mismanagement, ...
An intervention study of the impact of human resource management concerning occupational health and safetyAbstract. After a review of the literature in the field of occupational health and safety (OHS) management research, an intervention study is ...
Throughout the world, nearly 4 million children die annually as a result of an unintentional injury. From the perspectives of cultivation theory and social learning theory, children’s risk for injury may be influenced by a variety of sources, including ...
Random testing for alcohol and other drugs (AODs) in individuals who perform safety-sensitive activities as part of their aviation role was introduced in Australia in April 2009. One year later, an online survey (N = 2,226) was conducted to investigate ...
The analysis of major accidents in safety-critical systems requires a “big-picture” approach, with the capacity to accommodate contributing factors from within the organisations involved and from dysfunctional interactions between different parts of the ...
Abstract. The paper examines general aviation (GA) pilot risk perception and decision-making via an online vignette study. GA is a high-risk area of aviation with many GA accidents considered to be the result of pilot performance rather ...
Abstract. Airline safety can be improved when errors and incidents by aircrew are openly reported and justly investigated. Trust and functioning of the reporting system are critical for the success of a just safety culture. In this study, ...