The second generation and asthma: Prevalence of asthma among Israeli born children of Ethiopian originMichal Shani
Department of Family Medicine Central District, Clalit Health Service, Israel
Respir Med 107:519-23. 2013
..We compared the prevalence of asthma among Israeli born children of Ethiopian origin to that in non-Ethiopian children...
[Family physicians attitude towards quality indicator program]Michal Shani
Department of Family Medicine Central District, Clalit Health Services, Israel
Harefuah 151:589-91, 604. 2012
..Quality indicator programs for primary care are implanted throughout the world improving quality in health care. In this study, we have assessed family physicians attitudes towards the quality indicators program in Israel...
- Is rosiglitazone use associated with an increase in intensive eye treatment in diabetic patients? A community based study
Michal Shani
Department of Family Medicine Central District, Clalit Health Service, Israel
Eur J Gen Pract 17:205-9. 2011
..To evaluate the effect of rosiglitazone on diabetic retinopathy in the usual care setting...
- Achieving target cholesterol levels in diabetic patients: potency of the statin or potency of the physician?
Michal Shani
Department of Family Medicine, Clalit Health Services, Central District, Rehovot, Israel
Isr Med Assoc J 10:354-7. 2008
..The introduction of more potent statins such as atorvastatin and rosuvastatin in Israel was accompanied by massive advertising about their superiority...
- Characteristics of diabetics with poor glycemic control who achieve good control
Michal Shani
Department of Family Medicine, Central District, Clalit Health Service, Rehovot, Israel
J Am Board Fam Med 21:490-6. 2008
..To find the characteristics of diabetics with poorly controlled diabetes that became well controlled compared with the patients with poorly controlled diabetes that remained poorly controlled...
Patient characteristics correlated with quality indicator outcomes in diabetes careMichal Shani
Department of Family Medicine, Clalit Health Service, Israel
Br J Gen Pract 60:655-9. 2010
..Quality indicators were adopted to compare quality of care across health systems...
- Adherence with statins over 8 years in a usual care setting
Shlomo Vinker
Department of Family Medicine, Tel Aviv University, POB 14238, Ashdod 77042, Israel
Am J Manag Care 14:388-92. 2008
..To describe adherence with statin treatment in a usual practice setting and to investigate potential determinants of better adherence...
- [Attitudes of family physicians to influenza vaccination after a cluster of deaths that were initially attributed to the vaccination]
Roberto Ainbinder
Department of Family Medicine, Central District, Clalit Health Service, Rishon Lezion, Israel
Harefuah 147:947-9, 1032. 2008
..We postulated that this event affected family physicians who usually recommend vaccination, and caused a change in their prescribing behavior...
- [Has the time come to adopt consultation time as a new technology for "the basket"? A literature review of the relations between consultation duration and consultation quality in primary care]
Yael Landau
Department of Family Medicine, Central District, Clalit Health Services, Rishon Le Zion
Harefuah 147:1016-20, 1026. 2008
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- [Impact of living in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip on chronic disease among the Jewish population]
Eliezer l Kitai
Department of Family Medicine, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv
Harefuah 147:774-6, 838-9. 2008
..To assess chronic physical morbidity in the terror-prone Jewish population of the West Bank and the Gaza Strip (WBGS)...
- N-acetylcysteine may improve residual renal function in hemodialysis patients: A pilot study
Leonid Feldman
Nephrology Division, Assaf Harofeh Medical Center, Zerifin, Israel Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
Hemodial Int 16:512-6. 2012
..12 to 0.29 ± 0.14 (P < 0.01), and residual GFR increased from 1.6 ± 1.6 to 2.4 ± 2.3 mL/minute/1.73 m(2) (P < 0.01). N-acetylcysteine may improve RRF in patients treated with chronic hemodialysis...
- [The untold story--the stories of Ethiopian women]
Galit Erez
Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
Harefuah 147:975-7, 1030. 2008
..They presented many different complaints, with no medical explanations. Their stories illuminate personal, social and cultural concepts which characterize these women...
- Effect of timing of the first cannulation on survival of arteriovenous hemodialysis grafts
Leonid Feldman
Nephrology Department, Assaf Harofeh Medical Center, Zerifin, Israel
Ther Apher Dial 17:60-4. 2013
..In our study, timing of the first cannulation of a new arteriovenous polytetrafluoroethylene graft had no significant impact on graft survival...
- [Breastfeeding characteristics and reasons to stop breastfeeding]
Michal Shani
Kiryat Moshe Clinic, Rehovot
Harefuah 142:426-8, 486. 2003
..The most common reason to stop breastfeeding is "insufficient milk", which in most cases is a reversible condition...
