exudates and Joint-Diseases

A prospective cross-sectional study was done between December 2007 and June 2009 in the skin clinic, Sarawak General Hospital, to determine the clinical characteristics of 138 Sarawakian natives with a clinical diagnosis of psoriasis. Women made up 50.7% and the mean age of the patients was 45.2 years. Of the group, 94.2% had chronic stable plaque psoriasis, 86.9% had a body surface area involvement of less than 10%, 60.9% had nail disease, 22.5% had joint disease and 55.1% had minimal effects to their quality of life because of their psoriasis.

Topics: Adolescent; Adult; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Child; Cross-Sectional Studies; Female; Humans; Joint Diseases; Malaysia; Male; Middle Aged; Nail Diseases; Population Groups; Prospective Studies; Psoriasis; Quality of Life; Severity of Illness Index; Young Adult

Sixty-seven primary THR surgeries in 57 patients between January 1992 and December 1998 were reviewed after a mean follow-up of 35.9 months. The rate of superficial and deep wound infections were 11.9% and 1.5% respectively. The most common organism in superficial wound infection was Staphylococcus aureus. The factors that were significantly associated with superficial wound infection were diabetes mellitus (p= 0.0230) obesity (p=0.0088). The patients who developed superficial wound infection have a significantly longer duration of surgery compared to patients without infection (p=0.014). However, there was no significant difference between the mean age among patients with and without superficial wound infection (p=0.814).

Topics: Adult; Arthroplasty, Replacement, Hip; Case-Control Studies; Female; Hip Joint; Hospitals; Humans; Joint Diseases; Malaysia; Male; Middle Aged; Retrospective Studies; Risk Factors; Surgical Wound Infection

The organisation of the radiological services in Malaysia is described and those diseases in which radiology plays an important part in diagnosis are discussed. As radiology embraces all specialities a pattern of diseases emerges which is different from that seen in the West. The control of infectious diseases, the general improvement in health care and the more sophisticated radiological investigations now available mean that in future radiology will play a much more important part in diagnosis and management of patients.

Topics: Biliary Tract Diseases; Bone Diseases; Cardiovascular Diseases; Communicable Diseases; Community Health Services; Diagnostic Services; Gastrointestinal Diseases; Humans; Joint Diseases; Lung Diseases; Malaysia; Neoplasms; Radiography; Radiology; Urinary Tract Infections

Topics: Adult; Amphotericin B; Asian People; Body Temperature; Bone Diseases; Cryptococcosis; Granulation Tissue; Humans; Injections, Intravenous; Joint Diseases; Malaysia; Male; Pulse; Radiography; Sternum