Continuity of care and mortality in patients with type 2 diabetes: a cohort study.

Background: How GP continuity of care (GP-CoC) affects mortality in patients with type 2 diabetes (T2D) is unclear.

Aim: To examine the effect of having no continuity of care (CoC) and GP-CoC on mortality in primary health care (PHC) patients with T2D.

Design & Setting: A cohort study in patients aged ≥60 years with T2D, which was conducted within the public PHC of the city of Vantaa, Finland.

Comparison of Black Bone MRI and 3D-CT in the preoperative evaluation of patients with craniosynostosis.

Purpose: Black Bone (BB) magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is a nonionizing imaging method and a recent alternative to computed tomography (CT) in the examination of cranial deformities. The purpose of this study was to compare BB-MRI and routine 3D-CT in the preoperative evaluation of patients with craniosynostosis.

Methods: At our center, we have routinely performed preoperative CT of the skull and brain MRI for patients with clinical suspicion of craniosynostosis.