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Background: As much there have been limited number of studies which have examined misdiagnosis of bipolar disorder, it is so difficult to say that there are enough systematic research to identify the diagnostic rate of bipolar disorder. On the other hand, we did not find any research in Turkey. For this reason, we wondered what is situation in our country in terms of misdiagnosis of bipolar disorder. Methods: The present study was done at xxx University, School of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry. Patients who were from both out-patient and in-patient clinics were included in the study. After a selection process, 171 patients with bipolar disorder were enrolled. In this group of patients, misdiagnosis of bipolar disorder were investigated. Results: 56.14 percent of patients had misdiagnosis of bipolar disorder. The most frequent misdiagnosis was fetermined to be major depressive disorder (in fifty cases, 54.3%). Followings were schizoaffective disorder (in eighteen cases, 24.3%), schizophrenia (in thirteen patients, 24.3%), delusional disorder (in thirteen patients, 24.3%), dysthymic disorder (in ten cases, 15.9%), generalized anxiety disorder ((in ten cases, 15.9%), obsessive compulsive disorder (in seven cases, 12.6%), paranoid personality disorder (in two cases, 4.1%). Conclusions: The results of the study suggest that bipolar disorder is frequently misdiagnosed one and that the most frequent misdagnoses were majör depressive disorder and following psychotic spectrum disorders. Clinicians should be aware of frequent misdiagnosis in patients with bipolar disorder.

The compression load of straight bars, for which the cross-sections are smaller compared to their length, causes a phenomenon of bending along the longitudinal axis. Upon reaching a certain level, called the critical level of the stresses, the bending deformations begin to increase beyond the bearing limit of the bar. It yields instantly, due to an unstable elastic deformation state, although the material's resistance limit has not been exceeded. The irreversibility of the phenomenon is dangerous especially for the railway tracks and is not fully mastered by calculation methods. They can eventually establish the level of the critical demand, which has values specific to each rail configuration. It is accepted that for loads lower than this level, buckling of the respective rail does not occur. The longitudinal tension in the railway tracks occurs due to the expansion caused by their heating under the action of the sun's rays, but also due to the friction between the rails and the train wheels. This paper proposes the realization of a study model of the buckling of the railway tracks. This model is represented by an assembly, built in the SOLIDWORKS application for which a Buckling simulation was made. The imposition of two distinct temperatures on the rails and crossties is the source of the model's request. The increase in the temperature of the component parts of the assembly causes their expansion, so implicitly the appearance of some longitudinal deforming forces, specific to the buckling phenomenon. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Objective: Addressing the complex needs of callers who use helplines frequently has proved challenging for counselling helplines around the world. This paper examines the feasibility and acceptability of a telephone intervention called the Wellbeing Support Program (WSP), designed to address the needs of this group. Methods: A mixed methods approach involving quantitative clinical data and thematic analysis of semi-structured interviews with frequent callers was used to evaluate the Wellbeing Support Program (WSP). Three counsellors from SANE Australia delivered the program and collected non-identifying telephone counselling data between June 2017 and February 2018. Researchers from Monash University undertook 20 semi-structured interviews with 15 participants and conducted analysis of the data. Results: The complex and diverse needs of frequent callers posed challenges for the feasibility of the WSP. However, callers expressed a high level of acceptability with the key features of the WSP including the continuity of care; the opportunity to explore things in greater depth; regularity; reliability; safety; trust; professional competence; and empathy and human connection. Discussion: This research provides valuable insights into the ongoing support needs of people who have experienced early childhood adversity and social disadvantage, highlighting the importance of being person centred and trauma informed. The results identify gaps in a fragmented mental health system and highlight a need to design an advanced model of care that sees General Medical Practitioners, mental health professionals and crisis helplines collaborating to provide an integrated approach to improving outcomes for those in most need. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Background: Work related musculoskeletal disorders (WRMSD) are the sort of disorders which involves soft tissues. The involvement of soft tissues can be due to the over use, restlessness and improper use. The main target of WRMSD are working indicuduals. it may cause muscle strain, ligament strain, tendon strain, tendentious and bursitis. Methods: The cross section survey was conducted and data was collected from July to October 2018 from civil hospital Quetta, Pakistan. A self-constructed proforma was used among the 97 patients who meet the inclusion and exclusion criteria and Spss version 23 was used. Results: The majority (n=49, 50.5%) were belongs to age group of 21 to 35 and were (n=51, 52.6%) were male. In marital status majority (n=64, 66%) were married. In involvement of part majority (n=28, 28.9%) were suffering from lower back problem. After checking the type of injury (n=48, 49.5%) were suffering from muscular strain. In the context of onset of injury majority (N=41, 42.3%) were experienced their problem suddenly. Conclusion: The study finalized that WRMSD is most common in working individuals especially in older and females. The WRMDS puts heavy burden on the society, annually. As the participants who belongs to low socio economic status are more vulnerable for WRMDS. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Introduction:The purpose of this study was to determine if differences could be detected in the presentation patterns and admission rates among frequent emergency department users (FEDU) of an urban emergency department over a 10-year period.Methods: This was an IRB approved, retrospective review of all patients who presented to the ED 5 or more times for 3 distinct time periods: “year 0” 11/98-10/99, “year 5” 11/03–10/04, and “year 10” 11/08–10/9. FEDU were grouped into those with 5–9, 10–14, 15–19, and ≥ 20 visits per year. Variables analyzed included number of visits, disposition, and insurance status. We performed comparisons using Kolmogorov-Smirnov and chi-square tests. A P < 0.05 was considered significant.Results: We found a a 66% increase in FEDU patients over the decade studied, with a significant increase in both the number of FEDU in each visit frequency category over the 3 time periods (P < 0.0001), as well as the total number of visits by each group of FEDU (P < 0.0001). The proportion of FEDU visits for the 5–9 group resulting in admission increased from 25.9% to 29% from year 0 to year 10 (P < 0.001), but not for the other visit groups. In comparing admission rates between FEDU groups, the admission rate for the 5–9 group was significantly higher than the ≥ 20 group for the year 5 time period (P < 0.001) and the year 10 time period (P < 0.001) and showed a similar trend, but not significant, at year 0 (P = 0.052). The overall hospital admission rate for emergency patients over the same time span remained stable at 22-24%. The overall proportion of uninsured FEDU was stable over the decade studied, while the uninsured rate for the overall ED population for the same time periods increased.Conclusion: The results demonstrate the FEDU population is not a homogeneous group of patients. Increased attention to differences among FEDU groups is necessary in order to plan more effective interventions. [West J Emerg Med. 2013;14(3):243–246.]

With the advent of big data era, enormous volumes of data are generated every second. Varied data processing algorithms and architectures have been proposed in the past to achieve better execution of data mining algorithms. One such algorithm is extracting most frequently occurring patterns from the transactional database. Dependency of transactions on time and location further makes frequent itemset mining task more complex. The present work targets to identify and extract the frequent patterns from such time and location-aware transactional data. Primarily, the spatio-temporal dependency of air quality data is leveraged to find out frequently co-occurring pollutants over several locations of Delhi, the capital city of India. Varied approaches have been proposed in the past to extract frequent patterns efficiently, but this work suggests a generalized approach that can be applied to any numeric spatio-temporal transactional data, including air quality data. Furthermore, a comprehensive description of the algorithm along with a sample running example on air quality dataset is shown in this work. A detailed experimental evaluation is carried out on the synthetically generated datasets, benchmark datasets, and real world datasets. Furthermore, a comparison with spatio-temporal apriori as well as the other state-of-the-art non-apriori-based algorithms is shown. Results suggest that the proposed algorithm outperformed the existing approaches in terms of execution time of algorithm and memory resources.

Objective: To determine the frequency of recurrent exacerbations in asthma patients and compare the risk factors for frequent and non frequent exacerbations. Study Design: Cross-sectional study. Place and Duration of Study: KRL Hospital Islamabad from Jun to Dec 2016. Patients and Methods: Non-probability technique was used to sample two hundred and eighty one patients.Asthma exacerbations were defined by GINA guidelines. Frequent exacerbations were defined as two or more in the previous year. Data regarding demographics and risk factors were collected. Inhaler technique was checked.BMI and blood eosinophil levels were measured. SPSS 22 was used for data analysis. Results: Out of total 281 patients, frequent asthma exacerbations were observed in 143 (50.9%) patients. Female gender (p=0.00) and lower education (p=0.02) led to frequent exacerbations. Patients education about disease or treatment (p=0.03), URTI (p=0.00), allergen exposure (p=0.00), drug history (p=0.04), treatment step-II (p=0.00), medication non-compliance (p=0.00), incorrect inhaler technique (p=0.01), anxiety (p=0.01), previous ICU admission (p=0.02) and blood eosinophilia (p=0.00) were significantly associated with frequent exacerbations. Of these, independent predictors were patient education (p=0.02), URTI (p=0.00), allergen exposure (p=0.00), drug history (p=0.00), treatment step-II (p=0.03), medication non-compliance (p=0.02), anxiety (p=0.01) and eosinophilia (p=0.00). Conclusion: Majority of our patients underwent frequent exacerbations. Risk factors found to be associated with frequent exacerbations were female gender, lower education, patient unawareness, URTI, allergen and drug exposure, treatment step-II, medication non-compliance, anxiety and blood eosinophilia.

Objective: To determine if the effective use of Health Information Technologies (HIT) and the Electronic Medical Record (EMR) affects emergency department (ED) usage in a complicated frequently presenting patient population.Methods: A retrospective, observational study of 45 patients enrolled in our Frequent User Program called Community Resources for Emergency Department Overuse (CREDO) between June 2005 and July 2007. The study was conducted at an urban hospital with greater than 95,000 annual visits. Patients served as their own historical controls. In this pre-post study, the pre-intervention control period was determined by the number of months the patient had been enrolled in the program. The pre- and post-intervention time periods were the same for each patient but varied between patients. The intervention included using HIT to identify the most frequently presenting patients and creating individualized care plans for those patients. The care plans were made available through the EMR to all healthcare providers. Study variables in this study intervention included ED charges, lab studies ordered, number of ED visits, length of stay (LOS), and Total Emergency Department Contact Time (TEDCT), which is the product of the number of visits and the LOS. We analyzed these variables using paired T-tests. This study was approved by the institutional review board.Results: Forty-five patients were enrolled, but nine were excluded for no post enrollment visits; thus, statistical analysis was conducted with n=36. The ED charges decreased by 24% from $64,721 to $49,208 (p=0.049). The number of lab studies ordered decreased by 28% from 1847 to 1328 (p=0.04). The average number of ED visits/patient decreased by 25% from 67.4 to 50.5 (p=0.046). The TEDCT decreased by 39% from 443.7 hours to 270.6 hours (p=0.003).Conclusion: In this pre-post analysis of an intervention targeting ED frequent users, the use of HIT and the EMR to identify patients and store easily accessible care plans significantly reduced ED charges, labs ordered, number of ED visits, and the TEDCT. [West J Emerg Med 2010; 11(4):348-353.]

Planning a trip not only depends on the traveling cost, time, and path, but also on the socio-economic status of the traveler. This paper attempts to introduce a new trip planning model that is able to work on real-time data with multiple socio-economic constraints. The proposed trip planning model processes real-time data to extract the relevant socio-economic attributes; later, it mines the most frequent as well as the feasible attributes to plan the trip. The relevance of the socio-economic constraints is defined using correlations, whereas the frequent as well as the feasible attributes are mined through the sequential pattern mining approach. Real-time travel information of about 38,303 trips was acquired from the Indian city of Hyderabad, and the proposed model was subjected to experimentation. The proposed model maintained a substantial trade-off between multiple performance metrics, though the trip mean model performed statistically.

Approximately twenty years ago, American Indian studies programs surfaced in academic institutions in the United States. Some institutions emphasized research, while others focused on teaching, cultural activities, and community service functions. As Russell Thornton explained, the emergence of these programs differed from the histories of most previously existing disciplines. The fundamental difference is that, historically, a discipline came first, followed by its structural component (faculties, courses, and programs). In the case of American Indian studies, the structural element preceded the formalization of intellectual issues. There is still debate over the disciplinary validity of American Indian studies.A standard measure of a discipline is its ability to generate and sustain a scholarly body of literature. Citation analysis is one method for examining and classifying that literature. Citation analysis can examine the scholarly literature emanating from American Indian studies and address questions such as, Who are the most frequently cited authors? Which subject areas receive frequent citation? What are the ages of the most frequently cited works? Which works, including scholarly journals, receive the most citation?

Introduction: Premenstrual syndrome (PMS) is a physical, cogni- tive, affective and behavioural symptoms occuring preceding menstruation and disappears after menstruation. It is reported that 50- 80% of women experience PMS. Studies revealed almost 75% of women belonging to reproductive age group experienced symp- toms associated with menstruation. Objective: This study was done to find out distribution of physi- cal symptoms of premenstrual syndrome among study population and also to assess the most frequent physical symptoms of PMS among study population. Methodology: This descriptive cross sectional study was con- ducted in parangipettai town, Cuddalore district among 650 wom- en of reproductive age. Pretested Proforma was used to collect da- ta. The sampling technique used was single stage area wise cluster sampling technique. Results: Out of 650 women, 519 had atleast any one of the follow- ing the physical symptoms. The ranking reveals that general aches and fatigue are the most frequently reported physical symptoms of PMS. The next symptom will be head ache and back ache. Muscle stiffness and painful breasts ranked as the third group of symp- toms followed by other symptoms. Conclusion: General aches, fatigue, headache and backache are the most frequently occurring physical symptoms.

Background: Frequent premature atrial complexes (PACs) are associated with higher morbidity and mortality. Recent studies suggest that frequent PACs are associated with new onset atrial fibrillation (AF). However, a systematic review and meta-analysis of the literature has not been done. We assessed the association between frequent PACs and new onset AF by a systematic review and a meta-analysis.Methods: We comprehensively searched the databases of MEDLINE and EMBASE from inception to September 2017. Included studies were published cohort (prospective or retrospective) that compared new onset AF among patients with and without frequent PACs documented by Holter monitoring or 12-lead electrocardiogram. Data from each study were combined using the random-effects, generic inverse variance method of DerSimonian and Laird to calculate risk ratios and 95% confidence intervals.Results: Twelve studies from 2009 to 2017 were included in this meta-analysis involving 109,689 subjects (9217frequent and 100,472 non-frequent PACs). Frequent PACs were associated with increased risk of new onset AF (pooled risk ratio = 2.76, 95% confidence interval: 2.05-3.73, p < 0.000, I2 = 90.6%).Conclusion: Frequent PACs are associated with up to three-fold increased risk of new onset AF. Our study suggests that frequent PACs in general population is an independent predictor of new onset AF. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Objective: To determine the frequency of recurrent exacerbations in asthma patients and compare the risk factors for frequent and non-frequent exacerbations. Study Design: Cross-sectional study. Place and Duration of Study: KRL Hospital Islamabad from Jun to Dec 2016. Place and Duration of Study: KRL Hospital Islamabad from Jun to Dec 2016. Patients and Methods: Non-probability technique was used to sample two hundred and eighty one patients. Asthma exacerbations were defined by GINA guidelines. Frequent exacerbations were defined as two or more in the previous year. Data regarding demographics and risk factors were collected. Inhaler technique was checked. BMI and blood eosinophil levels were measured. SPSS 22 was used for data analysis. Results: Out of total 281 patients, frequent asthma exacerbations were observed in 143 (50.9%) patients. Female gender (p=0.00) and lower education (p=0.02) led to frequent exacerbations. Patients education about disease or treatment (p=0.03), URTI (p=0.00), allergen exposure (p=0.00), drug history (p=0.04), treatment step-II (p=0.00), medication non-compliance (p=0.00), incorrect inhaler technique (p=0.01), anxiety (p=0.01), previous ICU admission (p=0.02) and blood eosinophilia (p=0.00) were significantly associated with frequent exacerbations. Of these, independent predictors were patient education (p=0.02), URTI (p=0.00), allergen exposure (p=0.00), drug history (p=0.00), treatment step-II (p=0.03), medication non-compliance (p=0.02), anxiety (p=0.01) and eosinophilia (p=0.00). Conclusion: Majority of our patients underwent frequent exacerbations. Risk factors found to be associated with frequent exacerbations were female gender, lower education, patient unawareness, URTI, allergen and drug exposure, treatment step-II, medication non-compliance, anxiety and blood eosinophilia. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Introduction:The purpose of this study was to determine if differences could be detected in the presentation patterns and admission rates among frequent emergency department users (FEDU) of an urban emergency department over a 10-year period.Methods: This was an IRB approved, retrospective review of all patients who presented to the ED 5 or more times for 3 distinct time periods: “year 0” 11/98-10/99, “year 5” 11/03–10/04, and “year 10” 11/08–10/9. FEDU were grouped into those with 5–9, 10–14, 15–19, and ≥ 20 visits per year. Variables analyzed included number of visits, disposition, and insurance status. We performed comparisons using Kolmogorov-Smirnov and chi-square tests. A P < 0.05 was considered significant.Results: We found a a 66% increase in FEDU patients over the decade studied, with a significant increase in both the number of FEDU in each visit frequency category over the 3 time periods (P < 0.0001), as well as the total number of visits by each group of FEDU (P < 0.0001). The proportion of FEDU visits for the 5–9 group resulting in admission increased from 25.9% to 29% from year 0 to year 10 (P < 0.001), but not for the other visit groups. In comparing admission rates between FEDU groups, the admission rate for the 5–9 group was significantly higher than the ≥ 20 group for the year 5 time period (P < 0.001) and the year 10 time period (P < 0.001) and showed a similar trend, but not significant, at year 0 (P = 0.052). The overall hospital admission rate for emergency patients over the same time span remained stable at 22-24%. The overall proportion of uninsured FEDU was stable over the decade studied, while the uninsured rate for the overall ED population for the same time periods increased.Conclusion: The results demonstrate the FEDU population is not a homogeneous group of patients. Increased attention to differences among FEDU groups is necessary in order to plan more effective interventions. [West J Emerg Med. 2013;14(3):243–246.]

We report a quality effects meta-analysis on studies from the period 1966–2016 measuring either (a) lucid dreaming prevalence (one or more lucid dreams in a lifetime); (b) frequent lucid dreaming (one or more lucid dreams in a month) or both. A quality effects meta-analysis allows for the minimisation of the influence of study methodological quality on overall model estimates. Following sensitivity analysis, a heterogeneous lucid dreaming prevalence data set of 34 studies yielded a mean estimate of 55%, 95% C. I. [49%, 62%] for which moderator analysis showed no systematic bias for suspected sources of variability. A heterogeneous lucid dreaming frequency data set of 25 studies yielded a mean estimate of 23%, 95% C. I. [20%, 25%], moderator analysis revealed no suspected sources of variability. These findings are consistent with earlier estimates of lucid dreaming prevalence and frequent lucid dreaming in the population but are based on more robust evidence. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

OBJECTIVE: obtain an epidemiological profile of patients with neoplasms metastatic to bone, documented by positron emission tomography combined with simple tomography, in relation to the primary tumor. INTRODUCTION: based on tomographic studies of patients with cancer metastatic to bone, we conducted a statistical analysis to obtain an epidemiological profile of bone metastases in relation to the primary tumor, frequency of compromise in each particular bone, and the presence of concomitant spread to other organs. MATERIALS AND METHODS: a descriptive study from a database of 250 patients with extraosseous primary neoplasm (132 men and 118 women), who were monitored or diagnosed by positron emission tomography combined with simple tomography. Patients with metastasis were selected to determine the epidemiological profile of bone metastases in relation to the primary tumor, compromise by bone, and the presence of metastatic compromise to other organs. RESULTS: metastasis to bone was found in 12.8% of the cases, occurring with greater relative frequency in hepatic carcinoma (2 of 4 cases), followed by prostate (33.3%), lung (25%), lymphoma (15%), breast (14.9%), pancreas (14.2%), esophagus (14.2%), and bladder (10%). Excluding cases of prostate or breast carcinoma, bone metastases were found in 8.4% of women and 10.1% of men with average ages of 60.5 and 74.1 years, respectively. The bone most commonly affected was the ilium (31%) followed by the vertebrae (27%). Concomitant extraosseous compromise was 76% to lymph nodes and 62% to other organs. DISCUSSION: The lower frequency of bone metastases (12.8% vs. 30- 85%) found may be due to the different clinical indications of positron emission tomography combined with simple tomography and bone gammagram; the latter is usually used in cases of direct suspicion of bone metastasis, and not the former. CONCLUSIONS: we found a frequency of 12.8% of bone metastasis; usually bone compromise was greater in males (except cases of liver cancer and lymphoma). In more than half of the cases of tumoral disease with extension to bone there was also compromise of other organs. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Efficient algorithms for mining frequent itemsets are crucial for mining association rules as well as for many other data mining tasks. It is well known that countTable is one of the most important facility to employ subsets property for compressing the transaction database to new lower representation of occurrences items. One of the biggest problem in this technique is the cost of candidate generation and test processing which are the two most important steps to find association rules. In this paper, we have developed this method to avoid the costly candidate-generation-and-test processing completely. Moreover, the proposed methods also compress crucial information about all itemsets, maximal length frequent itemsets, minimal length frequent itemsets, avoid expensive, and repeated database scans. The proposed named CountTableFI and BinaryCountTableF are presented, the algorithm has significant difference from the Apriori and all other algorithms extended from Apriori. The idea behind this algorithm is in the representation of the transactions, where, we represent all transactions in binary number and decimal number, so it is simple and fast to use subset and identical set properties. A comprehensive performance study shows that our techniques are efficient and scalable comparing with other methods. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Background The extent to which anemia management is facilitated by more frequent hemodialysis (HD) is controversial. We hypothesized as a preselected outcome that patients receiving HD six times (6×) compared with three times (3×) per week would require lower doses of erythropoietin-stimulating agents (ESA) and/or achieve higher blood hemoglobin (Hb) concentrations. Methods Subjects enrolled in the Frequent Hemodialysis Network (FHN) daily and nocturnal trials were studied. As the primary outcome for anemia, the dose of ESAs was recorded at 4-month intervals and the monthly dose of intravenous iron (IV Fe) was reported. Serum iron, transferrin saturation and ferritin were measured at baseline and then at 4-month intervals, whereas Hb concentration was measured monthly. Results There was no significant treatment effect in the 6× versus 3× treatment groups on logESA dose or the ratio of log of ESA dose to Hb concentration in either trial. In the daily trial, Hb concentrations increased significantly in the 6× versus 3× group, at Month 12 compared with baseline (0.3 g/dL; 95% CI: 0.05–0.58, P < 0.021), but both groups had Hb concentrations in the usual target range. In the daily trial, the weekly logESA dose and the logESA dose to Hb concentration ratio tended to decline more in the 6× versus 3× group. This trend was not observed in the nocturnal trial. IV Fe doses were significantly lower in the 6× compared with the 3× group by Month 12 in the nocturnal trial, but not different in the daily trial. Conclusions In the FHN Daily and Nocturnal Trials, more frequent HD did not have a significant or clinically important effect on anemia management. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In the present article, the author presents the main aspects that need to be clarified during the investigation of thefts, both in theory, and in judicial practice in this domain. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article discusses the ways in which common infections may vary in terms of signs and symptoms in different age groups. It states that the differences of signs of illnesses among younger people and the elderly present difficulties in diagnosis and assessment. It cites the aspects of various diseases common to the older age group including urinary tract infection (UTI), pneumonia and influenza.