Prediction of cardiovascular events in primary Health care: a cross sectional study (Monastir-Tunisia).

Introduction: We aimed to determine the prediction of cardiovascular events in patients with hypertension and diabetes using the 10-year Framingham score.

Methods: We conducted a cross sectional study in two primary health care centers in Monastir. We included patients with at least one conventional cardiovascular factors.

Trends and health burden of hospitalized acute respiratory infections and impact of Haemophilus influenza immunization in a Tunisian university hospital: a twelve-year study.

Background: We aimed to describe the episodes and trends of admissions for community-acquired Respiratory Infections (RI) over a 12-year period and to assess the impact of Haemophilus influenza type b (Hib) vaccine on RI admissions in children aged up to 3 years.

Methods: We conducted a twelve-year retrospective observational study on all community-acquired RI admitted to Fattouma Bourguiba Hospital in Monastir Governorate (Tunisia) from 1 January 2002 to 31 December 2013. RI cases were selected from the Regional Registry of Hospital Morbidity.

Acute coronary syndrome: factors predicting smoking cessation.

Background: Few randomized controlled trials have examined the efficacy time of smoking cessation in hospitalized patients with acute coronary syndrome, either during hospitalization or after discharge.

Aims: To assess smoking cessation rates at 24 weeks among patients with acute coronary syndrome. Group A had begun nicotine replacement therapy during hospitalization, and Group B after discharge.