Recent developments in the clinical management of poisoning

The clinical management of the poisoned patient has changed radically during the last few years. Guidelines on gastric decontamination, enhanced elimination and new antidotes are reviewed. Classic gastrointestinal decont...

Κριτήρια και διαδικασία αξιολόγησης των ποιοτικών ερευνών στο χώρο της υγείας

Prevention of cardiovascular diseases. Alma-Ata 1978 and today. <br /> What has been achieved and what should be expected?

A review of the world situation and the events of the preceding 20 years, along with the socioeconomic conditions prevailing world-wide in the late 1970s, led WHO officials to the decision to call an international meetin...

Systematic errors in etiological epidemiological studies

Measurement error refers to deviations between the estimated and the true value of a (biological) variable, which are not caused by mistakes. In epidemiological studies, errors are classified into random and systematic a...

Η έννοια της ποιότητας στην Ιατρική και τις υπηρεσίες υγείας

Στην παρούσα μελέτη γίνεται προσπάθεια ανασκόπησης της «ποιότητας» στην ιατρική πράξη και στην παροχή υπηρεσιών υγείας. Η ποιότητα στον τομέα της υγείας ταυτίζεται κυρίως με την παροχή των αναγκαίων και πλέον αποτελεσματ...