Sample The data were collected as part of a larger study on patients in family and internal medicine in the Meharry Medical Practice Plan (MMPP) primary care clinic, at Meharry Medical College in Nashville, TN, which serves the local low-income, largely Medicaid-eligible population. The study enrolled new and existing patients who presented for primary care. [...]
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Racial/ethnic minorities and the economically disadvantaged are at increased risk for diabetes. For example, 13% of African Americans have diabetes, compared to 6.2% of the general U.S. population. Deaths from diabetes and certain types of diabetes complications are more common among African Americans than among whites. The association between low socioeconomic status and diabetes risk [...]
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The overall rate of 31.4% recorded for controlled SBP and DBP in this study, though marginally better than 25.4% obtained in a teaching hospital in the same region, was comparable to the rates obtained in other studies. This, however, is a far cry from the rates of control of 46% found by Hussain et al. [...]
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A total of 185 patients—including 65 men and 120 women—formed the study group. The mean age ± SD of the population was 57.7±10.0 years (men, 57.4±10.9; women, 57.8±9.5). Thirty-nine patients (21.1%), 96 patients (51.9%), and 50 patients (27.0%) belonged to the age groups of 35-49 years, 50-64 years, and >65 years old, respectively.
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We diagnosed infective endocarditis according to Duke criteria. In our patient, there were two major criteria: positive blood culture and endocardial involvement. In a recent study of 100 cases with fever of unknown origin due to infective endocarditis, the specificity of the Duke criteria was 99%.
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This was a prospective observational study carried out at the Medical Outpatient (MOP) Clinic of the State Hospital, Abeokuta, Nigeria, from February 2002 to January 2003. The study population consisted of 185 consecutive patients (65 males, 120 females) with primary hypertension who had been on drugs one- to 25 years prior to the onset of [...]
CASE REPORT A 61-year-old male was admitted to the hospital because of daily fever (38-39°C) for two weeks, chills and sweating, and low-back pain, which had been worsening with movements for four months. He had a 10-year history of hypertension and had been taking candesartan cilexetil. There was no history of cardiac disease, acute rheumatic [...]
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