Reproductive Health in Eastern Europe: A Collaborative Training Project in Romania

Since the fall of the Berlin Wall, fundamental political changes in eastern Europe have affected the Soviet-style health care systems that formerly provided basic care for everyone. Many of these systems have collapsed, and the new systems of social insurance that have replaced them often are inadequate. Advanced Training in Reproductive Health in Romania aimed to create an authority in family planning and reproductive health in selected Romanian university centers and to improve training and research capabilities. Initially, the project had 2 main goals: to provide advanced training in reproductive health and family planning to Romanian obstetrics-gynecology specialists from the main university centers-which would allow them to train other physicians (obstetricians, gynecologists, and general practitioners) and medical students-and to develop, test, and finalize specific training materials in Romanian to be used by the new trainers.     

Motor skills in children affected by strabismus

ObjectivesTo compare motor skills in patients with infantile strabismus and age and sex-matched control subjects aged 5–11 years.MethodsMotor performances were assessed by the Italian version of Developmental Coordination Disorder Questionnaire 2007 (DCDQ) in children with infantile strabismus and age and sex-matched control subjects. Patients affected by specific neurological, cognitive and behavioural disorders were excluded from the study.ResultsThere were 43 patients included in the study, 23 in the strabismus group (14 males, 9 females, mean age 7.5 ± 2.0 years) and 24 in the control group (14 males and 10 females, mean age 7.2 ± 1.7 years. The overall DCDQ score was significantly lower in children with strabismus compared with control subjects (58.7 ± 11.3 vs. 74.2 ± 1.5; P < 0.001). Children with strabismus and no stereopsis showed a lower DCDQ score compared with those with normal stereopsis (50.8 ± 9.5 vs. 67.3 ± 4.8; P < 0.001).ConclusionMotor skills are reduced in children with strabismus compared with control subjects. Strabismus and lack of binocular vision are factors potentially contributing to developmental coordination disorder.Subject terms: Ocular motility disorders, Outcomes research     

Algorithm-based individualization methodology of the starting gonadotropin dose in IVF/ICSI and the freeze-all strategy prevent OHSS equally in normal responders: a systematic review and network meta-analysis of the evidence

Journal of Assisted Reproduction and Genetics - Ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome (OHSS) represents a rare but dangerous condition associated with controlled ovarian stimulation (COS) in IVF/ICSI....     

Preliminary experience on the use of sucrosomial iron in hemodialysis: focus on safety,hemoglobin maintenance and oxidative stress

International Urology and Nephrology - Iron is usually administered in hemodialysis patients by parenteral route, as oral absorption is poor due to high hepcidin levels. However, administrations of...     

Potential uses of an infodemiology approach for health-care services for rheumatology

Clinical Rheumatology - This is a demand-based infodemiology study using the Google Trends and AdWords tools to illustrate infodemiology’s potential use in rheumatology. The study...