Journal of the Medical Association of Thailand = Chotmaihet thangphaet
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To assess the accuracy of Alvarado Score in predicting acute appendicitis in Chachoengsao Hospital. ⋯ Though the diagnosis of acute appendicitis remains mainly clinical evaluation, Alvarado Score can be recommended as a helpful tool for the admission criteria and further management in order to reduce unnecessary admission, morbidity and mortality, length of stay, and cost of treatment.
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To determine the validity and reliability of the Thai version of the WHO Schedules for Clinical Assessment in Neuropsychiatry (SCAN) Version 2.1, Eating Disorders Section ⋯ The Thai version of the Eating Disorders Sections of SCAN version 2.1 proved to be a valid and reliable tool for assessing eating disorders among Thai speakers.
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To assess current pediatric anesthesia practice for further education from Royal College of Anesthesiologists of Thailand. ⋯ Routine investigation in healthy patients, IE prophylaxis in non-cyanotic patients, intraoperative fluid replacement, and pediatric advanced life support and postoperative pain management were the issues recommended for further education.
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Multicenter Study
Perioperative pulmonary aspiration: an analysis of 28 reports from the Thai Anesthesia Incident Monitoring Study (Thai AIMS).
To study the patients' characteristics, outcomes, contributory factors, factors minimizing the incidence and suggested corrective strategies for perioperative pulmonary aspiration in Thailand. ⋯ The contributing factors that might lead to the incidents were improper decision (75%), lack of experience (53.5%) and lack of knowledge (21.4%). Factors minimizing incident, were vigilance (85.7%), having experienced assistant (50%) and experience in that situation (25%). Suggested preventive strategies were guidelines practice in anesthetic management (67.8%), improvement of supervision (57.1%), additional training (42.8%) and quality assurance activity (28.6%).
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Help eradicate or at least alleviating head lice in a primary school with malathion shampoo and to study clinical response and safety of malathion shampoo. ⋯ Malathion shampoo is safe and effective in the treatment of head lice. There is significant skin absorption so a scalp examination for head lice should be done before subsequent application to avoid unnecessary exposure.