patient's consent

Patient's consent and confidentiality

Patients' living conditions and treatment

Means of restraint

The quality of health services through the eyes of the patient

Malassezia pachydermatis isolated from carnivora in Slovenia

Systemic health in patients with periodontal disease

European countries have increasingly begun to define patient rights in a special law or a patient charter.

Protocol on the Pacific Financial Community franc system

PROTOCOL ON THE PACIFIC FINANCIAL COMMUNITY FRANC SYSTEM

Oral pathology of HIV infection and treatment

A periodontal patient is most frequently middle aged or older.

(f) Eight States Parties from South-East Asia, the Pacific and the Far East.

Prevalence of oral pathology and periodontal disease is frequent in HIV infected patients.

At the international level patient rights have been laid down in a Declaration on the Promotion of Patient Rights, adopted by WHO in 1994.

In 10 patients (28%) we found clinical manifestations of pseudomembranous oral candidiasis. Ten patients (28.6%) also showed the manifestation of hairy leukoplakia on the lateral margins of the tongue.

Prevalence of oral pathology and periodontal disease in HIV-1 infected patients in Slovenia

Safety requirements are intended to protect both the patient and the personal from an accidental electric shock.

Many of the oral lesions seen in HIV infection regress or clear during treatment with anti-HIV agents.

Noting that the principles of free consent, good faith and pacta sunt servanda are universally recognised,

This paper reviews the more common oral lesions and their management.

Panoramic radiographs of 671 randomly selected patients, aged 18-75 years (x=4.8) were examined.

A wide range of oral lesions can be seen, notably fungal and viral infections.

Clinical signs of periodontal disase and herpes simplex virus (HSV) infections are recognized complications in HIV infected patients.

The quality of health services perceived through the eyes of the patient may be different from what is usually taken for quality by providers of services and those who create the health care system.

The stage of HIV-1 infection was assessed by the number of CD4+ T-lymphocytes and the number of HIV-1 RNA- copies/ml in the patients sera.

In Slovenia, patient rights are adequately defined in different pieces of legislation. The experience has, however, shown that they are frequently not followed by appropriate enforcement.

Staff in psychiatric establishments should receive training in both non-physical and manual control techniques vis-a-vis agitated or violent patients.

Patients see the quality of health services closely associated with the quality of human relations among all who take part in the process of treatment.

Periodontal tissues of a patient with periodontitis marginalis chronica was evatulated with a whole body MR imager.

Analyses have shown a substaintial gap between patients rights laid down in the law and their enforcement which is due to inadequate complaint procedures available to patients in health care.

Respect for human rights, personal integritey and patient's dignity are relevant factors for assessing the quality of health services.

Management of the HIV-infected person is a team approach and there should adways be close collaboration with the responsible appropriate colleagues, particularly when the oral lesions are not in isolation.

It should also be noted that a prison doctor's professional freedom is limited by the prison situation itself: he cannot freely choose his patients, as the prisoners have no other medical option at their disposal.

Out-patient treatment should be supervised, as appropriate, by health care staff; in many cases it is not sufficient for the provision of follow-up care to depend upon the initiative being taken by the prisoner.

In this study we examined the oral mucosa and periodontal tissues in HIV-1 infected patients in Slovenia, and compared the oral findings to the progression of HIV-1 infection.

Oral lesions are common in patients infected with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), are often the presenting feature, and may herald deteoration in the general health and a poor prognosis.

The CPT closely examines patients' living conditions and treatment; inadequacies in these areas can rapidly lead to situations falling within the scope of the term "inhuman and degrading treatment".

We examined 35 HIV-1 infected patients (27 males and 8 females; age: 19-56 years; mean: 38.8 years), and 35 gender and age matched seronegative control subjects.

Some properties of the yearst M. pachydermatis, which has been known as one of patogenic agents in otitis externa of dogs, from where it has been frequently isolated, were shown.

− improvement of procedures for the protection of citizens' rights, which shall establish the possibility of settlement at the very outset of a complaint procedure and the institution of independent counsel for the defence of patient rights;

In order to avoid unnecessary complications the periodontist must be aware of the patient systemic diseases and impairments.

No oral mucosa lesions were observed in the control group. HIV-1 infected patients with observed in the control group. HIV-1 infected patients with oral candidiasis and hairy leukoplakia hada a significantly lower number (t = 2.22, P 0.05; t = 2.23, P 0.05, respectively) of CD4+ T-lymphocytes, and a non-significantly higher number of HIV-1 RNA copies/ml in the sera comparing to the values found in HIV-1 infect patients without oral candidiasis and hairy leukoplakia.(Abstract truncated at 2000 characters.)

Our investigations of patients with acute and chronic periodontitis have demonstrated that, as well as metalloproteinases, cysteine proteinases, cathepsine B, L and H and their endogenous inhibitors, such as tissue derived stefins A and B, cystatin C, kininogens, a variety of salivary cystatins (S, SN, SA) and alpha-2 marcroglobulin, play an active reole in the process.

High quality in mammography can be achieved with skilled personnel, proper equipment and good organization including quality control program.

France may keep the privilege of monetary emission in New Caledonia, French Polynesia and Wallis and Futuna under the terms established by its national laws and shall be solely entitled to determine the parity of the Pacific Financial Community franc.

This is the reason why in some European countries, patient and consumer organizations regard the patient as a ""consumer"". Such an approach delivers greater authority to the patient and thus provides him or her more impact on the decision-making process in health casre.

These rights are in principle the same as those of an adult; patients rights as part of human rights refer to children as well. Beside general conditions under which these rights can be limited there are in regard to children also those limitations that refer to his age or his/her ability to exercise them.

An overall picture of oral disease in the whole spectrum of HIV infection and the acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) has emerged, with a restricted series of fairly common oral lesions such as candidiasis, viral infections including hairy leukoplakia, gingival and periodontal disease and Kaposi's sarcoma However, a panoply of less common lesions can also be seen.

REAFFIRMING their commitment to working together towards the achievement of the Cotonou Agreement objectives, in particular the eradication of poverty, sustainable development and the progressive integration of the African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) States into the world economy;