Improving adherence to national recommendations for zoster vaccination through simple interventions.

Objective: In 2011, 15.8% of eligible patients in the United States were vaccinated against herpes zoster (HZ). To increase the usage of the HZ vaccine by studying physicians' knowledge, attitudes, practices, and perceived obstacles after interventions to overcome barriers.

Physician survey for study of suppressive antiviral treatment to reduce chronic ocular disease and postherpetic neuralgia after herpes zoster ophthalmicus.

Objectives: The purpose of this study was to develop a consensus regarding the appropriate regimen to evaluate long-term suppressive antiviral treatment to reduce complications from herpes zoster ophthalmicus (HZO) and identify potential study sites.

Methods: In January 2013, a survey of 13 questions was distributed among cornea fellowship directors, board members of the Cornea Society and Ocular Microbiology and Immunology Group, and Kera-net Listserv members. Questions identified respondents' preferred antiviral regimens to administer for chronic or recurrent HZO, gauged the level of interest in participation in a planned randomized clinical trial, and assessed the number of HZO patients treated among specialists in the past year.

Incidence of nutritional support complications in patient hospitalized in wards. multicentric study.

Introduction: Nutritional support generates complications that must be detected and treated on time.

Objective: To estimate the incidence of some complications of nutritional support in patients admitted to general hospital wards who received nutritional support in six high-complexity institutions.

Methods: Prospective, descriptive and multicentric study in patients with nutritional support; the variables studied were medical diagnosis, nutritional condition, nutritional support duration, approach, kind of formula, and eight complications.