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J Health Monit
December 2024
National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM), Centre for Public Health, Healthcare and Society, Bilthoven, The Netherlands.
Background: The European Core Health Indicators (ECHI) are a set of 88 indicators that provide a compact overview of the extensive field of European public health and healthcare. The ECHI set adds value to European Union health information systems (HIS) for both Member States and EU-associated countries and the European Commission by providing a solid, comparable information base on national public health and healthcare trends and developments. The indicators allow for learning by comparison and the list supports the organisation of national health information systems.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFCommun Dis Intell (2018)
January 2025
The Kirby Institute, UNSW Sydney, Australia.
Australia is the only high-income country where trachoma has been endemic, defined as an overall trachoma prevalence in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children aged 5-9 years of 5% or more. The Australian Government funds the National Trachoma Surveillance and Reporting Unit to collate and analyse trachoma prevalence data and control strategies annually. This report presents data submitted from 2014 to 2022.
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January 2025
Institute of Digital Technologies for Personalized Healthcare (MeDiTech), University of Applied Sciences and Arts of Southern Switzerland, Via Pobiette, Manno, 6928, Manno, Switzerland.
The analysis of repetitive hand movements and behavioral transition patterns holds particular significance in detecting atypical behaviors in early child development. Early recognition of these behaviors holds immense promise for timely interventions, which can profoundly impact a child's well-being and future prospects. However, the scarcity of specialized medical professionals and limited facilities has made detecting these behaviors and unique patterns challenging using traditional manual methods.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFJ Trauma Acute Care Surg
January 2025
From the Division of Urology, Department of Surgery (S.K., J.B.M.), University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, Utah; Department of Surgery (G.T.T.), Scripps Memorial Hospital La Jolla, La Jolla, California; Division of Urology, Department of Surgery (R.M.), University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Department of Radiology (J.A.G.), University of Washington, Harborview Medical Center, Seattle, Washington; Department of Surgery (C.C.), UC Health Medical Center of the Rockies, Loveland, Colorado; Department of Surgery (K.L.K.), University of California San Francisco Fresno, Fresno, California; Department of Surgery (M.C.), Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio; Shock Trauma Center (R.A.K.), University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland; Division of Acute Care and Regional General Surgery (N.L.W., B.L.Z.), University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, Wisconsin; and Scott Department of Urology (M.C.), Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas.
The American Association for the Surgery of Trauma initially published the organ injury scaling for the kidney in 1989, which was subsequently updated in 2018. This current American Association for the Surgery of Trauma kidney organ injury scaling update incorporates the latest evidence in diagnosis and management of renal trauma and is based upon a multidisciplinary consensus. These changes reflect the near universal use of computed tomography for renal trauma evaluation and the widespread adoption of conservative management across all grades of renal trauma.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe conclusions of the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) following the peer review of the initial risk assessments carried out by the competent authorities of the rapporteur Member State, the Netherlands, and co-rapporteur Member State, France, for the pesticide active substance spinosad and the assessment of applications for maximum residue levels (MRLs) are reported. The context of the peer review was that required by Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 844/2012. The conclusions were reached on the basis of the evaluation of the representative uses of spinosad as insecticide on bulb/dry onions, maize (fodder and grain), sweet corn, grapes (table and wine), lettuce, potato, aubergine, pepper and tomato.
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