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Counting men, missing women: a qualitative exploration of barriers underlying sex disparity in death registration in selected districts of Bangladesh [PDF]

BMJ Public Health
Introduction Accurate and timely reporting of deaths and causes of death is crucial evidence for health policy and planning. However, in practice, there is a low level of completeness of the death registration process in low-income settings such as ...
Malabika Sarker, Nazrul Islam, Romain Santon, Mrittika Barua, Avijit Saha, Protyasha Ghosh, Muhammad Abdul Mannan, Md Jahedul Islam, Shahrear Alam, Saima Mehjabeen, Syeda Tahmina Ahmed, Sayema Akter, Anushka Mangharam, Moyeen Uddin   +13 more
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Efficacy and safety of RApid PrednIsolone Dose reduction for acute exacerbation of Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis (RAPID-IPF Trial): a study protocol for a randomised controlled trial [PDF]

BMJ Open Respiratory Research
Introduction Acute exacerbation of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (AE-IPF) is a life-threatening event with high mortality. While systemic corticosteroids are commonly used in clinical practice for AE-IPF despite the absence of randomised evidence, the ...
Yuki Kataoka, Yosuke Yamamoto, Masataka Taguri, Kazunori Tobino, Keisuke Anan, Kazuya Ichikado, Kodai Kawamura, Ryo Tachikawa, Chigusa Shirakawa, Takafumi Kawabata   +9 more
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What was Killing Babies in Trondheim? An Investigation of Infant Mortality Using Individual Level Cause of Death Data, 1830–1907

Historical Life Course Studies, 2023
This paper examines infant mortality amongst newborns in Trondheim city, 1830–1907, working specifically with individual level cause of death data. Findings show that infant mortality in the city started to drop from 1895, primarily as a result of a ...
Hilde Leikny Sommerseth
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Epidemiology of sudden infant death syndrome in Mexico, 2005–2020

Frontiers in Pediatrics, 2022
BackgroundSudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) constitutes one of the main causes of mortality in children under one year of age in developed countries; it's frequency to varies geographically.
Libny Martínez-Valdez, Vesta Richardson, Aurora Bautista-Márquez, Mauricio Hernández-Ávila   +3 more
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Improving quality of medical certification of causes of death in health facilities in Tanzania 2014–2019

BMC Health Services Research, 2021
Background Monitoring medically certified causes of death is essential to shape national health policies, track progress to Sustainable Development Goals, and gauge responses to epidemic and pandemic disease.
Trust Nyondo, Gisbert Msigwa, Daniel Cobos, Gregory Kabadi, Tumaniel Macha, Emilian Karugendo, Joyce Mugasa, Geofrey Semu, Francis Levira, Carmen Sant Fruchtman, James Mwanza, Isaac Lyatuu, Martin Bratschi, Claud J. Kumalija, Philip Setel, Don de Savigny   +15 more
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Refining circumstances of mortality categories (COMCAT): a verbal autopsy model connecting circumstances of deaths with outcomes for public health decision-making

Global Health Action, 2021
Background Recognising that the causes of over half the world’s deaths pass unrecorded, the World Health Organization (WHO) leads development of Verbal Autopsy (VA): a method to understand causes of death in otherwise unregistered populations.
Lucia D’Ambruoso, Jessica Price, Eilidh Cowan, Gerhard Goosen, Edward Fottrell, Kobus Herbst, Maria van der Merwe, Jerry Sigudla, Justine Davies, Kathleen Kahn   +9 more
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Statins for extension of disability-free survival and primary prevention of cardiovascular events among older people: protocol for a randomised controlled trial in primary care (STAREE trial)

BMJ Open, 2023
Introduction The world is undergoing a demographic transition to an older population. Preventive healthcare has reduced the burden of chronic illness at younger ages but there is limited evidence that these advances can improve health at older ages ...
Rory Wolfe, Christopher M Reid, Andrew Tonkin, John J McNeil, Mark Nelson, Sophia Zoungas, Stephanie A Ward, Stephen J Nicholls, Geoffrey Cloud, Ingrid Hopper, Andrea Curtis, Joanne Ryan, Lawrence Beilin, Anthony Wierzbicki, Simone Spark, Trevor T-J Chong, Alissia Kost   +16 more
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Increasing the Scope of Birth and Death Registration: Issues and Challenges

Jurnal Bina Praja, 2016
Despite being regulated by the Presidential Decree No 25 of 2008, which then was simplified by the Law No 24 of 2013, the registration of birth and death in Indonesia does not automatically promote the scope of birth and death certificate in Indonesia ...
Hari Prasetyo, Moh. Ilham A. Hamudy
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Rationale and design of a cardiac safety study for reduced cardiotoxicity surveillance during HER2-targeted therapy

Cardio-Oncology, 2023
Background Echocardiograms are recommended every 3 months in patients receiving human epidermal growth factor 2 (HER2)-targeted therapy for surveillance of left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF).
Anthony F. Yu, Chau T. Dang, Justine Jorgensen, Chaya S. Moskowitz, Patricia DeFusco, Eric Oligino, Kevin C. Oeffinger, Jennifer E. Liu, Richard M. Steingart   +8 more
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Effect of competing mortality risks on predictive performance of the QFracture-2012 risk prediction tool for major osteoporotic fracture and hip fracture: external validation cohort study in a UK primary care population

BMJ Medicine, 2022
Objective To externally evaluate the QFracture-2012 risk prediction tool for predicting the risk of major osteoporotic fracture and hip fracture.Design External validation cohort study.Setting UK primary care population. Linked general practice (Clinical
Bruce Guthrie, Peter Donnan, Megan McMinn, Daniel R Morales, Shona J Livingstone, Chima Eke   +5 more
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