Trends in incidence of atopic disorders in children and adolescents - Analysis of German claims data
Background: This claims-based study aimed to assess recent nationwide trends in pediatric incidence of atopic diseases in Germany. Methods: Incidence of atopic dermatitis, asthma, and hay fever was assessed from 2013 to 2021 in annual cohorts of 0- to 17-
Claudia Kohring, MSc+5 more
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Long‐Term Evaluation of Givinostat in Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy, and Natural History Comparisons
ABSTRACT Objectives This ongoing, open‐label extension study is evaluating the long‐term safety, tolerability, and efficacy of givinostat, a Class I and II histone deacetylase inhibitor, in patients with Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD). Methods The recruited patients completed one of two prior clinical studies (one Phase 2 and one Phase 3 [EPIDYS ...
Craig M. McDonald+74 more
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Ambulatory Surgery Centers: Big Business, Little Data [PDF]
As medical care continues to shift from inpatient to outpatient settings, many Californians are using freestanding ambulatory or "same-day" surgery centers* for a wide variety of procedures such as colonoscopies, arthroscopies, eye procedures, and more ...
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Assessing a Mitochondrial Disease Treatment via a Novel Statistical Technique for Accelerometer Data
ABSTRACT Objective Therapeutic development for mitochondrial diseases, rare genetic disorders with pathogenic defects of oxidative phosphorylation, is hindered by unsatisfactory outcome measures. To address this problem, we provide the first clinical application of a novel, bias‐adjusted outcome measure of acceleration across a range of subjects ...
Ian W. McKeague+8 more
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Association between the Number of Consecutively Scheduled Telehealth Visits and Video Usage
Background: Schedule design may contribute to successful completion of synchronous telehealth visits by video (versus audio-only). Clustering telehealth visits on schedules may minimize workflow inefficiencies.
Kenan Katranji+6 more
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Previous observational studies using old qualitative methods have not clarified the role of amyloid positron emission tomography (PET) in the assessment of dementia.
Fulvio Lauretani+5 more
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Growing Ambulatory Care Nurse Leaders in a Multigenerational Workforce [PDF]
Executive Summary: Ambulatory care faces challenges in sustaining a nursing workforce in the future as newly licensed nurses are heavily recruited to inpatient settings and retirements will impact ambulatory care sooner than other areas.
Swan, PhD, CRNP, FAAN, Beth
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Effectiveness of a new one-hour blood pressure monitoring method to diagnose hypertension: a diagnostic accuracy clinical trial protocol [PDF]
Introduction 24-hour ambulatory blood pressure monitoring (ABPM) is the gold standard diagnostic method for hypertension, but has some shortcomings in clinical practice while clinical settings often lack sufficient devices to accommodate all patients ...
Alvira Balada, Maria del Carme+3 more
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Characteristics of Cerebral Palsy in the Midwestern US
ABSTRACT Objective Cerebral palsy (CP) is the most common lifelong motor disability worldwide. Yet, data is limited on how CP manifests in the US. Our objective was to characterize and determine factors affecting functional outcomes in a large population of young people with CP in the Midwestern US.
Susie Kim+6 more
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Associations between primary care practice type and patient-reported access
Background We recently defined a global typology of primary care (PC) in Switzerland using a mixed inductive/deductive approach to construct latent, composite variables that summarize variance between practices.
K Selby, J-C Zuchuat, C Cohidon, N Senn
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