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Objective: Patients with schizophrenia are at a greater risk of avoidable death. Although smoking is a modifiable factor to reduce the mortality gap, the rate of quitting smoking in these inpatients is still lower than that in the general population.
Kan- Yuan Cheng, Shu- Yuan Chen
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Avoiding premature death in epilepsy [PDF]
General practice is the place to start, and much can be done An estimated 1.16 per 1000 people with epilepsy die suddenly each year.1 In 2013 there were 680 deaths from epilepsy among people aged under 75 (973 deaths at all ages) in England and Wales.2 Sudden death in epilepsy peaks in young adults, particularly men, so a 20 year old with epilepsy has
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Avoidable Mortality in Municipalities and Administrative Okrugs of Moscow
Background. Avoidable mortality serves as an integral indicator of healthcare system performance. The living conditions of Muscovites and the developments in Moscow healthcare have determined the highest life expectancy rates for the population of Moscow.
T. P. Sabgayda +2 more
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Heart Failure Anticoagulation Teach-Back Education and Readmissions [PDF]
: Heart failure affects millions of Americans each year. Treatment of advanced heart failure with reduced ejection fraction and left ventricular failure is sometimes treated with implantation of a left-ventricular assist device.
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Visualising linked health data to explore health events around preventable hospitalisations in NSW Australia [PDF]
Objective: To explore patterns of health service use in the lead-up to, and following, admission for a ‘preventable’ hospitalisation. Setting: 266 950 participants in the 45 and Up Study, New South Wales (NSW) Australia Methods: Linked data on ...
Falster, Michael O. +2 more
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Background Over 138,000 patients are discharged to hospital wards from intensive care units (ICUs) in England, Wales and Northern Ireland annually. More than 8000 die before leaving hospital.
Sarah Vollam +5 more
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ABSTRACT Background The management of clinically apparent single lesions or oligofocal nephroblastomatosis, a facultative precursor of nephroblastoma, remains debated. Methods We retrospectively analyzed 37 patients with clinically apparent single or oligofocal nephroblastomatosis (two to three lesions per kidney) among 2347 patients registered between
Nils Welter +17 more
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ABSTRACT End‐of‐life conversations with adolescents and young adults (AYAs) with cancer rarely occur without the guidance of healthcare professionals. As a part of the ‘Difficult Discussions’ study, focused on palliative care and advance care planning discussions with AYAs with cancer, we investigated the factors that healthcare professionals identify ...
Justine Lee +9 more
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Australian and New Zealand Atlas of Avoidable Mortality [PDF]
Copyright © 2006 Commonwealth of AustraliaThe Australian and New Zealand Atlas of Avoidable Mortality aims to illustrate geographic and social variations in avoidable and amenable mortality rates both within and between Australia and New Zealand ...
Fisher, E. +5 more
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ABSTRACT Purpose Pediatric central nervous system (CNS) tumors often recur despite multimodality therapy. Although re‐irradiation (re‐RT) has historically been limited by concerns for severe late toxicities, modern techniques have renewed interest in this approach. Proton therapy provides dosimetric advantages that may enable curative re‐treatment with
Jin‐Ho Song +15 more
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