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Global burden of 288 causes of death and life expectancy decomposition in 204 countries and territories and 811 subnational locations, 1990-2021: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021. [PDF]

BackgroundRegular, detailed reporting on population health by underlying cause of death is fundamental for public health decision making. Cause-specific estimates of mortality and the subsequent effects on life expectancy worldwide are valuable metrics ...
GBD 2021 Causes of Death Collaborators,, GBD 2021 Causes of Death Collaborators   +1 more
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Global burden of 292 causes of death in 204 countries and territories and 660 subnational locations, 1990–2023: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2023 [PDF]

Background: Timely and comprehensive analyses of causes of death stratified by age, sex, and location are essential for shaping effective health policies aimed at reducing global mortality. The Global Burden of Diseases, Injuries, and Risk Factors Study (
Mario D'Oria, GBD 2023 Causes of Death Collaborators, Simon I. Hay, Luca Cegolon   +3 more
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‘A confession of ignorance’ : deaths from old age and deciphering cause-of-death statistics in Scotland, 1855–1949 [PDF]

, 2015
A large amount of the research undertaken in an attempt to discover the reasons underlying the late nineteenth- and early twentieth-century mortality decline in Britain has relied on the statistics published by the Registrars General.
Reid, A, Williamson, L., Reid, A., Garrett, E., Dibben, C., Garrett, EM, Dibben, C, Williamson, L   +7 more
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Core verbal autopsy procedures with comparative validation results from two countries. [PDF]

, 2006
BACKGROUND: Cause-specific mortality statistics remain scarce for the majority of low-income countries, where the highest disease burdens are experienced.
Yusuf Hemed, Alan D Lopez, Whiting, DR, Daniel Chandramohan, Rao, Chalapati, Whiting, David R, Setel, Philip W, Yang Gonghuan, Yang, Gonghuan, Hemed, Yusuf, K G M M Alberti, Hemed, Y, Philip W Setel, Alberti K. G. M. M, Hemed Yusuf, Yang, G, Setel, PW, Alberti, K. G. M. M., Chandramohan Daniel, Rao Chalapati, Setel Philip W, Whiting David R, Lopez, Alan D, Gonghuan Yang, Chalapati Rao, Lopez, AD, Alberti, KGMM, Lopez, Alan D., David R Whiting, Chandramohan, D, Chandramohan, Daniel, Lopez Alan D, Setel, Philip W., Rao, C, Whiting, David R., Alberti, K. G. M. M   +35 more
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Handheld ECG Tracking of in-hOspital Atrial Fibrillation The HECTO-AF trial Clinical Study Protocol

Trials, 2019
Background/rationale Atrial fibrillation (AF) is frequent and causes great morbidity in the aging population. While initial events may be symptomatic, many patients have silent AF and are at risk of ischemic embolic complications.
Sara Schukraft, Marco Mancinetti, Daniel Hayoz, Yannick Faucherre, Stéphane Cook, Diego Arroyo, Serban Puricel   +6 more
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Feasibility of a pharmacist-led physical health monitoring for patients on antipsychotic medications: protocol for a longitudinal study

BMJ Open, 2022
Introduction Physical health conditions are the leading causes of death in people living with severe mental illness. In particular, the risk of metabolic syndrome; the constellation of abnormalities in weight, blood pressure, blood glucose and lipid ...
Fiona Kelly, Tien Ngoc Thi Bui, Elizabeth Hotham, Vijayaprakash Suppiah   +3 more
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Causes of death in the decade after hospitalisation for injury during adolescence: a study using linked hospital admissions and death registrations data

International Journal of Population Data Science, 2017
Objectives To quantify risks of cause-specific death up to ten years after discharge from an emergency admission to hospital for violent, self-inflicted, or drug/alcohol-related injury, during adolescence.
Annie Herbert, Ruth Gilbert, David J Cottrell, Arturo Gonzalez-Izquierdo, Leah Li   +4 more
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Protocol for an observational study to identify potential predictors of an acute exacerbation in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (the PACE Study)

BMJ Open, 2021
Introduction Acute exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (AECOPD) are the most critical events for patients with COPD that have a negative impact on patients’ quality of life, accelerate disease progression, and can result in hospital ...
Klaus Kenn, Paul W Jones, Carmen Schade-Brittinger, Rainer Gloeckl, Daniela Leitl, Tessa Schneeberger, Inga Jarosch, Wolfgang Hitzl, Peter Alter, Bernd Sczepanski, Sandra Winterkamp, Martina Boensch, Chrysanthi Skevaki, Olaf Holz, Claus F Vogelmeier, Andreas R Koczulla   +15 more
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Protocol for two-arm pragmatic cluster randomized hybrid implementation-effectiveness trial comparing two education strategies for improving the uptake of noninvasive ventilation in patients with severe COPD exacerbation

Implementation Science Communications, 2020
Background COPD is the fourth leading cause of death in the US, and COPD exacerbations result in approximately 700,000 hospitalizations annually. Patients with acute respiratory failure due to severe COPD exacerbation are treated with invasive (IMV) or ...
Mihaela S. Stefan, Penelope S. Pekow, Christopher M. Shea, Ashley M. Hughes, Nicholas S. Hill, Jay S. Steingrub, Peter K. Lindenauer   +6 more
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SYSTEMI - systemic organ communication in STEMI: design and rationale of a cohort study of patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction

BMC Cardiovascular Disorders, 2023
Background ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) still causes significant mortality and morbidity despite best-practice revascularization and adjunct medical strategies.
Florian Bönner, Christian Jung, Amin Polzin, Ralf Erkens, Lisa Dannenberg, Rojda Ipek, Madlen Kaldirim, Mareike Cramer, Patricia Wischmann, Oana-Patricia Zaharia, Christian Meyer, Ulrich Flögel, Bodo Levkau, Axel Gödecke, Jens Fischer, Nicolaj Klöcker, Martina Krüger, Michael Roden, Malte Kelm   +18 more
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