The patient safety climate in Danish hospital units.

Introduction: This study aimed to describe and analyse the patient safety climate in 15 Danish hospital units.

Methods: A cross-sectional study design was applied. Patient safety culture was measured by the Danish version of the Safety Attitude Questionnaire comprising six cultural subscales.

Unemployment among breast cancer survivors.

Aim: Though about 20% of working age breast cancer survivors do not return to work after treatment, few studies have addressed risk factors for unemployment. The majority of studies on occupational consequences of breast cancer focus on non-employment, which is a mixture of sickness absence, unemployment, retirement pensions and other reasons for not working. Unemployment in combination with breast cancer may represent a particular challenge for these women.

Specificity and detection limit of a dermal temperature histamine sensitization test for absence of residual pertussis toxin in vaccines.

Currently, an assay based on fatal sensitization of mice to histamine challenge is widely used for testing absence of residual pertussis toxin in acellular pertussis containing vaccines. For replacement of this lethal end-point assay, an alternative method based on body temperature measurement in mice has been presented, and in this study the specificity and detection limit of a dermal temperature-based assay were assessed. Test preparations containing pertussis toxin were prepared in aluminum-adjuvanted pertussis toxoid vaccine and injected intraperitoneally in histamine sensitive mice.

The prevalence and clinical significance of intestinal parasites in HIV-infected patients in Denmark.

To investigate the prevalence and clinical significance of intestinal parasites in human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected patients, faecal specimens from 96 HIV-infected patients were submitted to microbiological analyses, including microscopy and polymerase chain reaction for protozoa and enteropathogenic bacteria. Results of microbiological analyses were compared with self-reported gastrointestinal complaints collected using a validated questionnaire. Thirty-two (33%) patients were positive for parasites.

Assessment of left ventricular systolic function by the chest x-ray: comparison with radionuclide ventriculography.

Background: The value of the plain chest roentgenogram in predicting cardiac status remains controversial.

Methods And Results: A total of 111 randomly selected survivors of acute myocardial infarction (age 38 to 83 years) were studied prospectively. X-ray and radionuclide examinations were performed on a morning in the second week after myocardial infarction.