Antibiotic use in elderly patients in ambulatory care: A comparison between Hungary and Sweden.

The elderly use antibiotics frequently due to their increasing infection susceptibility. Given the high and increasing proportion of elderly in the population, their antibiotic use is substantial. This study aimed to compare antibiotic use in the elderly in the ambulatory care sector between Hungary and Sweden.

Treatment of Cystitis by Hungarian General Practitioners: A Prospective Observational Study.

Lower urinary tract infections (LUTIs) are amongst the most common community acquired infections with frequent antibiotic prescribing. To assess empiric antibiotic choice in different types of lower urinary tract infections. We also aimed to identify determinants of fluoroquinolone prescribing, as well as to determine the rate of short antibiotic courses.

Lung Computational Models and the Role of the Small Airways in Asthma.

Asthma is characterized by disease within the small airways. Several studies have suggested that forced oscillation technique-derived resistance at 5 Hz (R5) - resistance at 20 Hz (R20) is a measure of small airway disease; however, there has been limited validation of this measurement to date. To validate the use of forced oscillation R5 - R20 as a measure of small airway narrowing in asthma, and to investigate the role that small airway narrowing plays in asthma.

A novel type of semi-active jet turbulence grid.

This article describes a novel approach to generate increased turbulence levels in an incoming flow. It relies on a cost-effective and robust semi-active jet grid, equipped with flexible tubes as moving elements attached onto tube connections placed at the intersections of a fixed, regular grid. For the present study, these flexible tubes are oriented in counter-flow direction in a wind tunnel.