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Expectations of non-COVID-19 deaths during the pre-vaccine pandemic: a process-control approach

BMC Public Health, 2023
Background Debate over “social distancing” as a response to the pandemic includes the claim that disrupting clinical and public health programming dependent on human-to-human contact increased non-COVID-19 deaths.
Ralph Catalano, Joan A. Casey, Alison Gemmill, Tim Bruckner   +3 more
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Efficacy and harms of convalescent plasma for treatment of hospitalized COVID-19 patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Archives of Medical Science, 2021
Introduction We systematically reviewed benefits and harms of convalescent plasma (CP) in hospitalized COVID-19 patients. Material and methods Randomized controlled trials (RCTs) and observational studies assessing CP effects on hospitalized, adult ...
Alejandro Piscoya, Luis Fernando Ng-Sueng, Angela Parra del Riego, Renato Cerna-Viacava, Vinay Pasupuleti, Priyaleela Thota, Yuani M Roman, Adrian V Hernandez   +7 more
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Early Body Mass Index z‐Score Change and Resolution of Severe Malnutrition in Children With Sickle Cell Anemia in a Low‐Income Setting: A Prospective Single‐Arm Extension Study

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Children with sickle cell anemia (SCA) in low‐income settings are at risk of severe malnutrition, but optimal nutritional management has not been established. We evaluated an intensified ready‐to‐use therapeutic food (RUTF) regimen in children with persistent severe malnutrition after initial treatment and assessed whether early ...
Safiya Gambo, Shehu Umar Abdullahi, Hassan Adam Murtala, Halima Kabir, Khadija A. Shamsu, Sari A. Acra, Virginia A. Stallings, Mark Rodeghier, Michael R. DeBaun, Lauren J. Klein   +9 more
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Association of nonrefractive visual impairment with risk of all-cause and specific-cause mortality in the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 1999 to 2008

BMC Public Health
Objective To investigate and describe the impact of nonrefractive visual impairment (NVI) and its severity on all-cause and cause-specific mortality, along with the latest estimations.
Siyu Gui, Xinchen Wang, Qianqian Wang, Lan Zhong, Jianchao Qiao, Yueyang Xu, Yiran Li, Zhihao Huang, Chengyang Hu, Fangbiao Tao, Xiaodong Sun, Heting Liu, Jie Gao   +12 more
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The U Shaped Relationship Between High-Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol and All-Cause or Cause-Specific Mortality in Adult Population

Clinical Interventions in Aging, 2020
Yu-qing Huang,1 Xiao-cong Liu,1 Kenneth Lo,1,2 Lin Liu,1 Yu-ling Yu,1 Chao-lei Chen,1 Jia-yi Huang,1 Ying-qing Feng,1 Bin Zhang1 1Department of Cardiology, Guangdong Cardiovascular Institute, Guangdong Provincial People’s Hospital, Guangdong ...
Huang Y, Liu X, Lo K, Liu L, Yu Y, Chen C, Huang J, Feng Y, Zhang B   +8 more
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Central Nervous System Tumors Among Infants in Canada: A Report From CYP‐C

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Central nervous system (CNS) tumors in infants are rare, pose unique clinical challenges, and lack large‐scale evidence‐based data to guide management. This study seeks to describe CNS tumors in Canadian infants and to compare their outcomes with those of older children.
Samuel Sassine, Hallie Coltin, Sylvia Cheng, Lucie Lafay‐Cousin, Vanan Issai Magimairajan, Craig Erker, Stéphanie Vairy, Lynette Bowes, Adam Fleming, Donna Johnston, Sarah McKillop, Roona Sinha, Julie Bennett, Christina Coleman, Laura Wheaton, Shayna Zelcer, Samuele Renzi, Thai Hoa Tran   +17 more
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Ethnic differences in cause specific mortality among hospitalised patients with diabetes: a linkage study in New Zealand. [PDF]

, 2005
STUDY OBJECTIVE: To describe patterns of excess mortality among patients with diabetes in three ethnic groups. DESIGN: A linkage study of national hospital discharge records to death records. SETTING: New Zealand.
Mona Jeffreys, Jeffreys, Mona, Wright, Craig, Andrea ‘t Mannetje, Pearce, Neil, 't Mannetje, Andrea, Ken Huang, Craig Wright, Neil Pearce, Huang, Ken   +9 more
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Development of a predictive risk model for all-cause mortality in patients with diabetes in Hong Kong [PDF]

, 2021
Introduction Patients with diabetes mellitus are risk of premature death. In this study, we developed a machine learning-driven predictive risk model for all-cause mortality among patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus using multiparametric approach with
William Ka Kei Wu, Gary Tse, Sharen Lee, Jiandong Zhou, Tong Liu, Ian Chi Kei Wong, Qingpeng Zhang, Keith Sai Kit Leung, Wing Tak Wong, Kamalan Jeevaratnam   +9 more
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Comparative Drug Response Profiling in Neuroblastoma Cell Lines and Patient‐Derived Tumor Organoids

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT High‐risk neuroblastoma remains a leading cause of pediatric cancer mortality, and improved preclinical models are needed to guide therapeutic developments. We screened seven high‐risk neuroblastoma cell lines and three patient‐derived tumor organoids with 528 compounds alongside bone marrow controls, and compared them with external datasets ...
Krzysztof Wierbiłowicz, Se Whee Sammy Park, Aironas Los, Ernest Liu, Nona Struyf, Tom Erkers, Sören Lehmann, Jan J. Molenaar, Jakob Stenman, Olli Kallioniemi, Päivi Östling, Brinton Seashore‐Ludlow, Kasper Karlsson   +12 more
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Relation between early life socioeconomic position and all cause mortality in two generations. A longitudinal study of Danish men born in 1953 and their parents [PDF]

, 2005
Objective: To examine (1) the relation between parental socioeconomic position and all cause mortality in two generations, (2) the relative importance of mother’s educational status and father’s occupational status on offspring mortality, and (3) the ...
Osler, M., Batty, G.D., Andersen, Anne-Marie Nybo, Holstein, Bjørn, Holstein, B., Holstein, Bjørn; id_orcid, Batty, G David, Nybo Andersen, A., Osler, Merete   +8 more
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