RESUMO
This pilot study investigated the feasibility of surveying, anonymously, HCV infection among healthy children using an oral fluid specimen. Seventy seven per cent of children provided their assent, or where appropriate, consent to participate; 2.8% were anti-HCV positive. Oral fluid collection is acceptable to children and more extensive studies are indicated.
Assuntos
Hepatite C/diagnóstico , Consentimento Livre e Esclarecido , Cooperação do Paciente , Saliva/virologia , Adolescente , Anticorpos Antivirais/análise , Criança , Pré-Escolar , Estudos Transversais , Ensaio de Imunoadsorção Enzimática , Ética Clínica , Estudos de Viabilidade , Feminino , Hepacivirus/imunologia , Humanos , Masculino , Projetos Piloto , Manejo de Espécimes/ética , Manejo de Espécimes/métodosRESUMO
The Telemedicine Centre at Sismanoglion Hospital of Athens is connected to seven primary-care units (HCCs) on the mainland and six HCCs on Aegean islands. Telemedicine activity from 1992 to 1995 was reviewed. During the study period, the data relating to 1947 cardiac patients were transmitted through the telemedicine network: 681 (35%) of the patients presented with cardiological problems and 333 (17%) of them had an urgent cardiac event. The telemedicine network brought a number of benefits, including better access to cardiology specialists, improved decisions about patient transportation, a reduction in isolation and continuing professional education.
